Foiled Die Cut Tree Card by Nina-Marie Trapani

Add a Shiny Tree to your Holiday Cards! 

I love how our Design Team has been getting some extra mileage out of our new Fox Hollow Die Set! For this card, Nina-Marie used the sweet tree die cut and combined with foil to create the super shiny little tree that she made the focal point of this card! I love how she added sequins to decorate the tree too! She also used the "Merry christmas" sentiment from the Holiday Wishes stamp set, embossed in gold beneath the tree! I always love seeing all the sparkle and shine on cards for the Holidays!

Thanks, Nina-Marie for the fun project today! To see more details and other projects, you can visit her blog, Nina-Marie Design.

Happy Haunts Card by Danielle Pandeline

Halloween is almost here!

Who's excited for Halloween? I hope you have your costume together and the candy purchased for Trick-or-treaters since it's just a couple of days away!

Today I'm sharing this awesome Halloween card by Danielle. It's so fun how the background with paint splatters and  epeated stamping of the eyes and "happy haunts" sentiment from the Spooky Street stamp set! The scary tree on the tag is also from the Spooky Street stamp set! She also used the Pick-a-Pumpkin die set to cut out the fun polka dotted pumpkin in front and stamped the face from the Pick-a-Pumpkin Stamp set! What a fun combo of images!!

Make sure you head over to Danielle's blog, GirlRacerScrap to see more of her work and say hello!

Simon Says Stamp Feature

Sneak Peek!

I'm so excited to be featuring some fun foxy cards over on the Simon Says Stamp blog today! Here's a sneak peek of my card - Make sure to head over to the Simon Says Stamp blog to see the full feature! 

A Holiday Brew Card by Jessica Gerstner

Coffee + Christmas! 

I love how with a little imagination and a change in color palette you can stretch so many of your stamps to work for different occasions!  Jess created this beautiful christmas card using our Newton Loves Coffee stamp set! I love how just by coloring the coffee cups in a tones of red and green it immediately becomes a christmas card! She also altered the sentiment to make it holiday! The original sentiment in the Newton Loves Coffee stamp set says "a birthday brew just for you" but she masked it off and replaced birthday with holiday! So perfect!

Make sure to visit Jess at her blog, Jess Crafts  - and you can also follow her Jess Crafts youtube channel to see more fun videos!

Enter our Inky Paws challenge #26 - Color Challenge

Have you checked out our latest challenge? You have until Friday, November 6th at Midnight CST time to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project using PINK, MINT, TEAL and WHITE using NND products! 

The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still play along - just download and use one of the digital freebies on our freebies page.

Get Well Card by Crafty Math-Chick

Birthday Wishes!

Today I'm sharing a sweet get well card by Crafty Math-Chick! She crocheted a sweet blue ribbon for the recipient and added it to the card with a couple of our favorite kitty sets! The kitty with the nurse hat is from our Newton's Sick Day stamp set and the kitty perched on the top of the ribbon is from the Newton's Antics stamp set. I love how colored the kitties with subtle stripes and left the card layout sweet and simple! I know the recipient of this card will definitely feel the special care that went into it!

Thanks, Crafty Math-Chick for the fun card today! To see more details and other projects, you can visit her blog, Canines & Card Designs.

Mistletoe Bears card by Guest Designer Annette Allen

Sweet kissing bears card! 

We have another fun project today from our October Guest Designer, Annette! She used our Holiday Smooches stamp set to create this sweet Holiday card!

I love how she colored the bears from this set in sweet pastel colors and put a pretty wreath around them! The added paint splatters also add a really fun touch! The "Meet me under the Mistletoe"sentiment is also from the Holiday Smooches stamp set. 

A BIG thank you to Annette for being our guest designer this month! This is her last project for the month but you can always visit her at her blog, My Clever Creations to see more of her work!

Inky Paws Challenge #26 - Color Challenge

This month's challenge is a Color Challenge! 

Create a project inspired by the colors below:

PINK, MINT, TEAL and WHITE

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? The Challenge winner will receive a $10 store credit to our online store and a Inky Paws Challenge Top Pick Badge to add to your blog! If we get more than 15 participants, we will choose two winners so be sure to tell your friends to play along! 

You have TWO WEEKS to play along - Deadline to enter is Friday, November 6th, 2015 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, November 9th.

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky?

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item).

• Your project MUST use at least one Newton's Nook Designs stamped image (or free digital stamp - check out our Freebies page).

• Post your project to your blog or to an online photo gallery such as Flickr, Pinterest, or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC26).

• Link back to this challenge (if posting in an online gallery copy the link into the photo description). 

• Submit your project to this challenge using the InLinkz widget below. You must submit a DIRECT link to your post page.

• Have more than one great idea? You can enter more than once! Just link up each card separately. 
• TIP: Please make sure your photo in focus  - We can't pick you as a winner if we can't see your card clearly because your photo is blurry! 

Here's some inspiration!

Several of our Design Team Members decided to play along - check out all the awesome birthday cards they created! Read the description below each card to see who made it.

Yukari used the color combo to create this sweet flamingo card! She used our brand new Festive Flamingos stamp set! I lvo ethe pink sky! Such a fun Christmas Card! 

Lydia was inspired by the color combo to create this soft, snowy card using the Beautiful Blizzard stamp set! I love the ink colors over the white snowflakes and the pop of teal twine! 

This gorgeous flamingo card is by Samantha! She used our Festive Flamingos stamp set to stamp the Flamingos and the "from our flock to yours" Sentiment and added on the "cheers" sentiment from the Years of Cheers stamp set! Such a fun combo and I LOVE the pink watercolored vellum too! 

Larissa used our Newton Loves Coffee stamp set to create her challenge card! I love the teal and pink coffee mug and the sequins that match the color palette! Such an adorable layout too! 

And here's a card by me (Jen)! I used the Festive Flamingos stamp set to create this sweet pink and mint card. I colored the flamingos with the challenge colors and then found some coordinating papers to put behind them! I love this fun and unique color palette for Christmas!!

Now it's your turn! What will you create with this sketch? Link up below:

An InLinkz Link-up

Cat Birthday Card by Yukari Yoshioka

Purr-fect Birthday!

Today I'm sharing this cute birthday card by Yukari using our new Newton's Christmas Cuddles stamp set! I love her sweet color combo of mint and grey and the cute stripes on the kittys face and tail! 

The thing that's SO AWESOME about this stamp set is that you can use it for Christmas now and then after the holidays are over most of the images were drawn so that they could be used for other occassions as well. This card is a great example. Just add a birthday sentiment and then the kitty in the gift box works perfect for a birthday card! Yukari used the "have a purr-fect birthday" sentiment from our Newton's Birthday Bash stamp set.

If you haven't checked out this new set yet, here's an image of it: 

Can you see how you might be able to use the other images too for birthday and love/Anniversary cards? 

Thanks so much to Yukari for the awesome inspiration today. You can head over to Yukari's blog, Handmade by Yuki and see more details about her project. 

Peace on Earth Card by Samantha Mann

Use your dies to make Masks!

Samantha used our new Fox Hollow Stamp set and Fox Hollow Purr-fect Die Set to create this awesome tree card! She cut the trees out of masking paper with the tree dies and then used them to mask off the white area while she watercolored over them - such an awesome technique!! After she was done with the watercoloring she stamped and embossed the trees in white. The added dot textures she added with embossing paste really adds fun dimension. I also love the additon of the sentiment and snowflakes stamped in black! Such a gorgeous card!

Thank you, Samantha for the fun inspiration today! For more details on her project and to see what else she's been doing, you can visit Samantha's Blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

Penguin Kiss-mas Card

Merry Kiss-mas Penguins!

Today I'm featuring another cute card using our brand new Holiday Smooches stamp set! This set is so cute with the fun kissing couples!  For this card I used the sweet penguin couple. I stamped them onto watercolor cardstock and colored them with distress markers and a water brush. I added in a snowbank for them too. Then I added a couple of hearts above their heads and the "Merry Kiss-mas" and "from BOTH of us" sentiments. To finish out the card I added some washi tape and twine and some snowflake patterned paper.

Isn't it cute? This set is perfect for sending cards to or from a couple! I think it would make great anniversary cards too!

Hope you enjoyed today's card! You can find the Holiday Smooches stamp set for sale in our shop now. 

Delicious Day Apple Card

Wishing you a Delicious Day!

Hello and Happy Monday! Hope you enjoyed our Holiday Release last week! I'm taking a slight break from the Christmas cards today to share this sweet Fall card. It's beautiful Fall weather right now in Wisconsin! We are enjoying changing leaves and apple orchards so I thought it would be fun to share this apple card today!

I used our the cute little caramel apple image from our Apple Delights stamp set and colored two apples - one red and one green - with copics. Then I fussy cut them out and added some distress stickles on the caramel of one of them. For the other one I added a small bow with some sparkly bakers twine. Then I created a card with some fun fall colors and plaid paper. I also added a piece of wooodgrain washi tape, wooden hearts and a doiley. The "have a delicious day" sentiment is also from the Apple Delights stamp set.  

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you are having a delicious day!

If you haven't had a chance to check out our Holiday Release, you can see it in our shop now here. 

New Holiday Stamps & Dies Available + Blog Hop Winners!!

Are you ready to get your paws inky with our new stamps?

Winners from the blog hop are posted below - scroll down to see if you won

Our new products are now available at newtonsnookdesigns.com

Plus - we just added TWO new die sets 

that coordinate with previously released Holiday Favorites! 

Holiday Hounds Die Set

This coordinates with our Holiday Hounds stamp set.

Newton's Holiday Mischief Die Set

This coordinates with our Newton's Holiday Mischief stamp set. 

October Blog Hop Winners!

Thank you to everyone for participating in our blog hop. We really enjoy reading all of your comments! Check out below to see if you won! The the blogs and the comments were chosen using randomnumbergenerator.com.


For the Holiday Smooches stamp set from Stephanie's blog: 

For the Festive Flamingos stamp set from the Newton's Nook Design's blog: 

For the Newton's Christmas Cuddles stamp set from Samantha's blog: 

For the  Fox Hollow stamp set from Yukari's blog: 

Congrats to the Winners! Don't forget - you have 7 days from today to to e-mail us at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com with your full name and shipping address to claim your prize.

Remember - you can shop online now - our new release is up in the store! 

Holiday Release - Reveal Day 4 - Fox Hollow + Die Set

Today is our last reveal day for our Holiday Release and we are featuring the new Fox Hollow stamp set! We are giving the stamp set away to one lucky winner so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win! 

If you liked our fox from the Sweetheart Tails set, you’re going to LOVE this newt 4x6 stamp set! Our sweet fox is back and dressed for cold weather in a scarf and hat. These cute little foxy friends will make the most adorable winter and holiday cards. Add in the tree and snowflakes to create cute little scenes or backgrounds too.  

Here's some info on the Fox Hollow stamp set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 13 stamps: 10 images and 3 sentiments
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, October 16th

This set also has a coordinating die - Fox Hollow Die set:

• This die set coordinates with Fox Hollow Stamp set and has 9 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, October 16th

Our team really got FOXY with this set! Check out the inspiration! 

Check out all the amazing projects below from our Design Team & guest below - Then, make sure to click through to all their blogs for details on their cards - Some of the designers have extra cards on the blogs and you might even find a fun video or two along the way! Make sure to comment for a chance to win! Details on the giveaway are at the bottom of today's post.

Guest Designer, Anette Allen created this sweet winter card! I love the fun background she created using the smaller stamps from this set!  

Here's an adorable holiday card by Stephanie using the fox and tree images. I love the soft colors and the fun pink cheeks on the sleepy fox! 

Yukari created this adorable winter scene! I love the gray fox running through the snowy hills!

I love how Danielle created her background with white embossed trees and distress inks! The fox couple really pops off that background too! 

This card by Samantha is so sweet! I love how she cut out all those little branches and created that amazing wreath! 

Crafty Math-Chick created this adorable card with the fox gazing into the gorgeous winter sky! I love all the snow and bling! 

Lydia used the no-line coloring technique to create this lovely winter shaker card! I love the glittery snow and trees!

Nina-Marie created this vibrant winter scene! I love the intense colors and the gold stars in the sky! She also used the "peace to the world" sentiments from our Holiday Wishes stamp set. 

This gorgeous watercolor card by Kimberly is so soft and pretty! She also used the no-line coloring technique to create this pretty winter scene! 

Jess created this beautiful winter wreath with the fox nestled sweetly in the middle! Such a lovely card! 

 I love the effect the textured snow adds to this card by Larissa! It looks like the foxes are snugged in a snowdrift! 

Would you like to win the new “Fox Hollow” stamp set?

This prize will be given away to ONE lucky winner! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog release posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, October 15th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 16th. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Jess Gerstner
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Nina-Marie Trapani
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka
Anette Allen - Guest Designer