Sending Snuggles Puppy Card by Nina-Marie Trapani

Puppy Love!

Get ready to fall in love with this cute puppy card by Nina-Marie using our Darling Duos Stamp Set! The way she colored those puppies is so beautiful with the brown noses and black bodies! Black is one of the hardest colors to get just right and she did such an amazing job! Then she fussy cut out the puppies and added them onto a heart-shaped card! Such a fun Valentine! She added on the "sending snuggles" sentiment, also from the Darling Duos Stamp Set!

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

ONE WEEK LEFT to Enter our Inky Paws Challenge #28 - LOVE Theme Challenge

Have you checked out our latest challenge? You have until Friday, February 5th at Midnight CST time to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project inspired by theme LOVE 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.

Polar Bear Love Card by Danielle Pandeline

Sweet Bears for Valentine's Day!

Awww! This card by Danielle will put you in the Valentine mood! She used adorable bear couple from the Holiday Smooches stamp set and gave them cute pink and purple scarves. Although this set was released as a Holiday set, you can definitely continue to use it throughout the winter - just change up the colors of the hats and scarves like Danielle did! She also used our Darling Hearts Die Set to create the cut out hearts and word "love" and the Darling Duos stamp set for the stamped hearts!

To see more fun creations by Danielle you can head over her blog, GirlRacerScrap and say hello!

Sending Snuggles Card by Jessica Gerstner

Puppy Snuggles! 

Love puppies? Love purples? You will love this card by Jess! She colored our cute pups from the Darling Duos stamp set and cut them out with our Darling Hearts Purr-fect Die Set! I love the fun purple hearts behind them that match their cute purple collars! She also used the "sending snuggles" and "sweet friend" sentiments from the Darling Duos stamp set! Check out her video below!

Here's a video Jess created showing you how she made this card:

Thanks for the fun inspiration today,  Jess! You can see more of her projects on her blog, Jess Crafts  - and you can also follow her Jess Crafts youtube channel to see more fun videos!

Thanks Snow Much Card by Crafty Math Chick

Too Much Snow??!

There have been some big blizzards throughout the United States lately so I'm sure many of our readers can relate with the snowy scene on this card by Crafty Math-Chick! She used  that cute bunny up to her nose in snow from our Winter Tails stamp set. I love how she fussy cut her out and put her in front of some snowy paper! The red shovel adds the perfect pop of color on the shovel and the little bird! She used the "thanks SNOW much" sentiment for her card but there are several other sentiments in the Winter Tails stamp set too including "let it snow" and "make it stop!" So fun!

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

Enter our Inky Paws Challenge #28
The theme is LOVE

Have you checked out our latest challenge? You have until Friday, February 5th at Midnight CST time to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project inspired by theme LOVE 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.

A Happy Set of Cards by Stephanie Muzzulin

A Quick and Fun Card set!

Do you have a lot of patterned paper and need a quick gift? Try making a cute set of cards like this one today by Stephanie!  She used some gorgeous pattern papers for her cards and then a strip of white paper on each one, stamped with custom sentiments from our using our Simply Sentimental stamp set! 

This set is so fun to use because you can use the big words and combine them with all the smaller ones to make unique sentiments for your cards! I love this idea of making an entire set of cards - and I KNOW I have way too much patterned paper in my stash that I should use up!!

Special thanks go out to Stephanie for this super cool project today! I hope she inspired you to make a card set of your own! To see more of Stephanie's work you can visit her blog, Handmade Creations by Stephanie!

Join our NEW Newton's Nook Designs Facebook Group!

Do you love to create? We LOVE to see what you create! Share your projects using Newton's Nook Designs Stamps & Dies, be inspired by crafty friends, share ideas & techniques, get sneak peeks, ask questions and connect with the NND Design Team along with your fellow NND fans! You can join here - just click on the "join group" button and we will add you in so you can start sharing!

Inky Paws Challenge #28 - Love Theme

This month's challenge is a Theme Challenge! 

create a project that is all about Love!

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, February 5th, 2015 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, February 8th.

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 IPC28).

• 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.

Here is an adorable Valentine by Jess! She used the cute frog image and "Hoppy Valentine's Day" sentiment from our Hoppy Days Stamp set!  I love how the colors pop off the black background!

Samantha used the cute pup from our Fetching Friendship stamp set for her love-themed creation! Pet lovers will definitely agree that LOVE is a four-legged word! 

Here is delightful Valentine by Yukari! That sweet kitty image, eiffel tower and hot air balloons are from the Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set. I love the scene she created with them! Then she added the "Happy Valentine's Day" sentiment using our Simply Seasonal stamp set! 

Here is an adorable Love card by Stephanie featuring our elephant image from the Wild about Zoo stamp set. I love the big pink bow and the  "Will ZOO be mine?" sentiment on the wood!

This sweet card by Danielle is purr-fect for Valentines Day! This image from the new Darling Duos stamp set is perfect to go with the "I just want to Snuggle" sentiment that Danielle created!

The rainbow hearts on this card by Kimberly look good enough to eat! She used our new Darling Hearts die to cut out the hearts and the "thinking of you" sentiment is from our Whispering Pines stamp set!

And lastly, here is what I created. I used the love birds from our new Darling Duos stamp set and colored them bright colored copics. I cut them out with the coordinating Darling Hearts die set. I also added the small heart & "love" sentiment from the die set. 

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

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks so much Bird card by Yukari Yoshioka

Sweet Thank You Wishes! 

Today we're sharing an adorable thank you card by Yukari. I love how she created this little sky scene using our  Winged Wishes stamp set! Those cute little birdies holding up that fun thank you banner are so adorable! I love how she framed the sky scene with a fun scallop framed edge! Her color combo of blue, green and yellow is so cheerful - perfect for a spring thank you! 

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. 

Slow Down Birthday Card by Samantha Mann

SLOW Birthday wishes from a sloth!

Today I'm sharing this adorable birthday card by Samantha Mann using our cute little sloth image from the In Slow Motion  stamp set. I love how she watercolored that cute little guy and fussy cut him out  to add to her scene. The sentiment "slow down & enjoy our day" is also fromthe In Slow Motion  stamp set! I also love that gorgeous background she created for him! So beautiful!

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

Party! It's Your Birthday Card by Larissa Heskett

It's a kitty Birthday Bash!!

Get ready for a fun kitty birthday party! Today I'm sharing this super fun birthday card by Larissa! Larissa combined two of our Newton stamp sets to create this kitty party scene. The cat behind the stack of boxes on the left is from our  Newton's Birthday Bash stamp set and the images of the gifts in the center and the kitty popping out of the gift of the right are from the Newton's Christmas Cuddles stamp set.  This set is so cool because although it was released as a holiday set, you just need to change the colors and it doubles for a birthday set! How fun is that? I also love the way Larissa colored those kitties with the stripes and spots- so adorable!

Thanks so much Larissa for making us smile! To see more gorgeous card by Larssia, head over to her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs and say hello to her today!

Gorgeous Retirement card by Jess Gerstner

Congrats in gold and black! 

Today we are sharing this gorgeous retirement card by Jess! She used our fun bold floral blooms and flourishes from the Fanciful Florals stamp set and embossed them in gold on black paper! What a stunning look! She also created a custom retirement sentiment using our Simply Sentimental stamp set! The words "congrats" and "on your retirement" are part of all the mix and match options available in this set - it's a perfect set to have on hand to make cards for all the special occasions that you might need to make cards for!

Here's a video Jess created showing you how she made this card:

Thanks for the awesome card today, Jess! You can see more of her projects on her blog, Jess Crafts  - and you can also follow her Jess Crafts youtube channel to see more fun videos!

New January Release 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 a new die sets to coordinate
with previously released Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set! 

Newton Dreams of Paris Die Set

This coordinates with our Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set.

January 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 Hoppy Days stamp set from Danielle's blog: 

For the Darling Duos stamp set from the Larissa'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! 

January Release - Day 2 - Darling Duos Stamp Set & Die

Today is our second reveal day for our January Release and we are featuring the new  Darling Duos stamp set and the coordinating Darling Hearts Die 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! 

Perfect for Love and Valentine cards, this 4 x 6 stamp set features sweet couples nestled into heart shapes that are super fun to color! Use these adorable duos to create Love, Valentine, and Friendship wishes to all your animal-loving friends! 

Here's some info on the Darling Duos stamp set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 12 stamps: 7 images and 5 sentiments
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, January 15th

This set also has a coordinating die - Darling Hearts Die set:

• This die set coordinates with Darling Duos stamp set and has 4 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, January 15th

This awesome inspiration from our Design Team will steal your heart!

Check out all the amazing projects below from our Design Team 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.

Jess used our new heart dies to create an awesome tissue paper heart background for her two love birds! 

Danielle created pretty Valentine! I love how she has all the fun layers with a focal point on the two sweet pups! 

Nina-Marie created a whole set of beautiful watercolor cards featuring our new bird image! Isn't it pretty how she cut out the "love" in gold?

Crafty Math-Chick created this fantastic Valentine! I love how she created her own background by stamping the hearts! She added the "dad" from the Winston's BBQ stamp set to customize the sentiment too! 

Here is an adorable shaker card by Larissa! I just love how she nestled those kitties and sequins in a big heart! So cute!!

Here is a sweet and simple heart card by Kimberly I love how she made a window with the heart die and nested the bird image inside it! She also used a our Holiday Smooches and Years of Cheers sets to create the custom sentiment!

Samantha used the sweet kitty image and added an arrow behind the heart! I love how she colored the kitties too! So adorable! 

Yukari created this sweet bird valentine! I love the pretty pastel colors she used - so lovely!

Lydia used the dies to create this gorgeous heart card! I love the way she watercolored all the different colors and then used our heart die to cut them out. The black "love" works perfect with it! 

Stephanie created this sweet bird card! I love the way she used the positive and negative shapes of the heart die cut. The sepia toned coloring on the birds is so pretty too!

Would you like to win the “Darling Duos” stamp set?

This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team 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, January 14th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, January 15th. 

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