Enjoy the Little Things Card by Jennifer Timko

Enjoy the Little Things!

Today we have another beautiful Fall card by Jennifer!  She used the sweet image of the kitty with the Fall pumpkins and gourds from our Autumn Newton Stamp Set and did some beautiful watercoloring on the image. The way she added multiple colors on that kitty is so cute! She also stamped and colored a few of the tiny leaves from the Autumn Newton Stamp Set and then she trimmed it all out using the coordinating Autumn Newton Die Set. For the shape behind the kitty she cut out the circle with the flat bottom from our new Snow Globe Shaker Die Set. What a fun way to get more use out of the snow globe shape! Then she added on the "enjoy the little things" sentiment from our Happy Little Thoughts Stamp Set. This sentiment is such a perfect reminder to slow down and enjoy the little things during the seasons! She finished off her card, adding it all to a fun woodgrain card base with a bit of burlap! So perfect for Fall!

Thanks, Jennifer for the beautiful inspiration today! To see more creations by Jennifer, you can head over to her blog, Stampin' on the Fly!

Spooky Card by October Guest Designer Waleska Galindo

Hello Friends!!! Waleska from craftinglovew here, with my last post as the October Guest Designer... (sad face) I had a blast during this month sharing with you a little bit of my Halloween Card Love!!! Tomorrow is Halloween and for today's card as you already imagine I did another Halloween Card! I just can't stop, Newton's Nook stamps are so awesome!!! I hope your halloween decorations are up and you have your costume ready!!! This card was inspired on my own Halloween decorations! Every year the Halloween decoration of my fireplace is very special for all the family!

CARD DETAILS:

I started with a cream card base, I sponged the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink, to make the down part of the wall I used a scoreboard and score every 1/2 inch to create a wall texture and sponge it again with Walnut Stain Distress Ink to accentuate the raised lines. I cut a strip of cardstock in the same color and adhere it to the scored panel. I stamp the spooky frame from the Creepy Cameos Stamp Set and the spooky skeleton with Versafine ink and clear embossing powder. I die cut a gray fireplace with a brick stencil and walnut stain distress ink I created the brick look. I decorated the fireplace with some of the animals from the Spooky Skeletons Stamp Set and I also added bats and spooky pumpkins! 

Thank you so much for stopping by and let me share with you all this Halloween cards! I hope you have an Amazing day! I am very grateful to Newton's Nook for the opportunity to share with you my love not only for halloween cards but for Cardmaking! I send you:

Hugs, Love and a Spooktacular Halloween!!!

NND sponsors Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #429!

Have you heard of the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge? For each challenge they post a YUMMY cupcake photo and color combo for inspiration! Everybody likes cupcakes, right?

The current challenge going up today features the fun color combo of orange, green and brown!

We're sponsoring this challenge so If you head over to their blog and play along you have a chance to win a $25 store credit to our store at newtonsnookdesigns.com! How awesome is that?

Of course I had to play along -- here's the card I created. Since the colors screamed Halloween to me, I decided to put together a Halloween card! I used the fun skeleton kitty and mouse from our Spooky Skeletons Stamp Set and embossed them using green and orange embossing powders. I trimmed them out using the coordinating Spooky Skeletons Die Set. I knew I had to add in some brown so I found a piece of dark brown cardstock and embossed the "Happy Halloween" Stamp set onto it with orange embossing powder. I created a watercolor splash in the background using orange and green distress inks on watercolor paper.

Now that I had something using all the colors I began to assemble the card. I added in a scrap of green polka dot paper cut out with the grass border from the Land Borders Die Set. I added it all onto the orange card base, along with a little piece of orange washi tape and some white twine to finish it off. This card is a little bit "out there" for me but I had fun making it! That's what makes challenges so fun! They get you to try things outside of your comfort zone!!

Make sure you pop over to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge blog to see more fun today. We have several other NND Design Team members featured as "Guest Sweeties" for this challenge and some of the regular "Sweeties" (that's what they call their Design Team -- cute, right?) are featuring Newton's Nook Designs stamps too!

Give Thanks Card by Amanda Bodine

Give Thanks!

Happy Friday! Today we are sharing this lovely Fall card by Amanda! She stamped all those lovely leaves using our Shades of Autumn stamp set. It's so pretty how she used multiple shades of ink to ink up each leaf to give that awesome multi-tonal look! Then she die cut the leaves out using the coordinating Shades of Autumn Die Set and layered them all onto her card over a brown panel. She added the "give thanks" sentiment, also from the Shades of Autumn stamp set, with gold embossing powder to add a touch of shine to her project. Then she finished it off with some pretty brown twine, shiny green embellishments and a gorgeous plaid background! What a gorgeous Fall card!

Thanks for the beautiful Fall inspiration today, Amanda! To see more of her beautiful projects, visit Amanda over at her blog,  RutabagaPie Designs!

Snow Globe Scenes Two Ways by Tatiana Trafimovich

Today Tatiana is sharing two more fun ways to use our new Snow Globe Shaker Die Set!

First she created a fun double sided 3D shaker tag by die cutting the snow globe parts in light purple and creating an acetate window on both sides using Acetate Sheets from our shop. She filled the shaker with little snowflakes cut out in several colors using the confetti snowflake dies that are included in the Snow Globe Shaker Die Set.  She also added on the word joy in silver which is also part of the Snow Globe Shaker Die Set!

For her  her card today Tatiana she added blues to the background with Distress Inks and a blending tool, then layered the Snowfall Stencil over the top dabbing over it with a baby wipe to take off some color from the inked part below! What a fun technique! To finish off her card she added some little snowflakes on the top and the word joy, both from the Snow Globe Shaker Die Set!

Isn't it fun all the things you can create with this amazing new die set!?

You can pop over to Tatiana's blog to see more details on her projects today at Tatiana Craft and Art! Make sure you check out her other beautiful creations and leave her a comment too!

Santa Paws Card by Naki Rager

Believe in Santa Paws! 

Today we are sharing an adorable North Pole scene on this card by Naki!  She used our cute Santa kitty, mouse, and presents from our Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set, embossing them in tan and coloring them with shimmery paints. Isn't the light blue Santa suit so cute!? She trimmed the images out using the coordinating Santa Paws Newton Die Set before adding them to her scene.

For the scene she created a snowy background using our new Snowfall Stencil with multi medium matte and inked a light blue over the top. Then she cut out a couple of hills using the Land Borders Die Set. On the hill in the background she added the North Pole Sign from the Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set and the little house and tree from the Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set. What an adorable winter scene!

To see more adorable cards by Naki,  you can head over to her blog, Notes from Naki and say hello!

Happy Haunts Card by Holly Endress

Happy Haunts!

I know you've been enjoying our Christmas release but let's not forget about Halloween coming up next week! Today we are sharing this spooky card by Holly! She used that spooky haunted house image along with the tree, graveyard and bats from our Spooky Street Stamp Set! Then she created an awesome inked background using distress inks.  Those purples are so pretty with the lighter glow in the middle behind the house. It's super cool how she masked off an area to apply ink to to keep her card simple! That way you don't have so many layers on your card. She finished the card off with some fun purple and black dots and the "happy haunts" sentiment embossing in white on black cardstock. 

Thank you, Holly, for the spooky Halloween card today! You can find more of Holly's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Hollybeary Creations!

Unicorn Kitties Card by October Guest Designer Waleska Galindo

Hello Friends Waleska here with my Monday Blog Post as the October Guest Designer!!! I hope you have a great starting week!!  For today's card I gave halloween cards a rest and I used the Newton´s Costume Party Stamp Set for a non halloween card, I dress up Newton as a beautiful unicorn for a card ready to cheer up someone in need!!!

CARD DETAILS:

I used Oxide Inks for the background in colors Worn Lipstick, Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Cracked Pistachio, Broken China and Wilted Violet,  I put all the colors on a Ranger Mat and I added a little water, I started smooshing a white card base beginning with the light colors until I smooshed all of the them to create a very colorful background.

I die cut the rainbow and color it with the same Oxide colors from the card base to unify the design, I stamped, cut and color three cats and adhere the unicorn horns to them.  I used 3D foam to raised the cats and cloud.  Finally I added the sentiment and clear sequins as embellishments.

The Newton´s Costume Party stamp set is so great because you can use it for many occasions! I hope you like my card and I inspire you to use this and other sets in different ways!

Have a wonderful week!

3rd Annual Cat Lovers Blog Hop!

3rd Annual Cat Lovers Hop

This week is the 3rd Annual Cat Lovers Hop! This hop is so fun and since the theme is CATS we knew we HAD to play along! To participate in this blog hop, you just have to create a project that features a cat and upload it to the post on Her Peaceful Garden! You totally should play along if you can since there are some really awesome sponsors and prizes, including one from us at Newton's Nook Designs! 

Here's what I created:

I've been trying to get a better stash of birthday cards so today I created one using our Newton Rides West Stamp Set. This Western theme on this set is perfect for creating cards for girls and guys both but today I decided to create a more feminine card using pinks! I started out by stamping the image of the kitty in the boot and colored a pink cowboy (or cowgirl) boot using zig clean color watercolor markers. I also colored a lime green cactus image and cut both of them out using the coordinating Newton Rides West Die Set. I also created a cute little scene for the kitty using our Land Borders Die Set to create some grass and a hill too! This die set is a MUST HAVE for creating scenes. I use it all the time! 

I added the "WANTED" and "for celebrating another birthday" sentiments above the hill, also from the Newton Rides West Stamp Set. If you didn't need a birthday card you could use the "for being awesome" sentiment that's also included in this set.

To finish off the card I mounted it on some pink gingham paper and then on a pink cardstock panel and added a bit of twine for a finishing touch! I love how this turned out!

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

You can find it for sale here: Newton Rides West

We have LOTS of other cute kitty stamps too! 

Make sure to check them all out here in our Newton Category. 

I hope you will play along with the Cat Lovers Hop!  I know Newton, our sweet kitty, definitely approves of this hop!! Have you met Newton yet? If you haven't, here's a quick pic of him! He's the inspiration for many of our cat themed stamps and the namesake of our company!  You have until Oct 28th to link up at Her Peaceful Garden for a chance to win prizes! 

Holiday Products Now 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

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 blogs and the comments were chosen using random.org.

Winner of the All Aboard for Christmas stamp set from Ellen's blog: Jackie

Winner of the Sentiments of the Season stamp set from Samantha's blog: Nicole Baruth

Winner of the Snow Globe Scenes stamp set from Naki's blog: Katie

Winner of the Stylish Stockings stamp set from the Jennifers's blog: Linda Callahan

Winner of the Reindeer Roll Call stamp set from Juliana's blog: Kristine Staten

Winner of the Naughty or Mice stamp set from the Newton's Nook Design's blog: Anne T

Winner of the Santa Paws Newton stamp set from Maria's blog: Patricia Brown

Congrats to the Winners! Don't forget - you have 5 days from today to to e-mail us at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com with your full name and mailing address to claim your prize. Also please include the name of the set you won!

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

Holiday Reveals - Day 4 - Naughty or Mice and Santa Paws Newton

Today is our LAST reveal day for our October Release and we have two more new stamp sets to share: Naughty or Mice and Santa Paws Newton! We have a giveaway too so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Naughty or Mice

Have you been Naughty or Mice? This 4x6 stamp set features sweet little mice dressed for the holidays! These cute little critters are helping wrap gifts and spread holiday cheer! The mouse themed sentiments will add a bit of whimsy to your holiday cards this season!

Here's some info on the Naughty or Mice stamp set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• 9 stamps: 5 images and 4 sentiments
• Coordinating Naughty or Mice purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 5 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, October 20th

Santa Paws Newton

Newton, our favorite feline, is having so much fun playing the role of Santa in this 4x6 stamp set! He's delivering holiday gifts and checking his list with the help of some little mice! This set will be great for sending adorable Holiday cards to those who believe in "Santa Paws!"

Here's some info on the Santa Paws Newton stamp set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• 10 stamps: 6 images and 4 sentiments
• Coordinating Santa Paws Newton purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 6 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, October 20th

Adorable inspiration using Kitties and Mice from our Design Team!

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

Naki created this sweet Santa kitty card using our new Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set. It's so cute  how she added in a cute little tree using our Festive Forest Stamp Set and Festive Forest Die Set too!

Larissa created this delightful card using three of the mice from the new Naughty or Mice Stamp Set. Those sweet mice look ready to bring you some holiday gifts!

The Santa Kitty on this card by Jennifer is so charming! The red and green combo with the pop of yellow is perfect for Christmas and it's so cute how he has a little mouse helper

Juliana  created this cheerful holiday card using ALL of the mice from the new Naughty or Mice Stamp Set! They are so festive in the bright holiday colors against the blue background! 

Samantha colored her Santa Kitty from the new Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set in a fun mint green Santa suit! I love the fun little mouse sitting on the kitty's head too! 

Amanda created an adorable trio of mice using for her card using our new Naughty or Mice Stamp Set. Her coloring is so lovely and vibrant with shades of holiday green and red! 

Tatiana created this adorable North Pole themed card using our Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set! That kitty is so cute climbing out of the chimney! Plus she added a gorgeous snowy background using the new Snowfall stencil too!

This card by Ellen is so charming! She used three mice from our new Naughty or Mice Stamp Set and colored them wearing shades of teal and purple! She added in snowy hills using our Land Borders Die Set to create an adorable winter scene!

Maria created an adorable North Pole scene using our Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set. The Santa kitty is so cute checking his wish list with the help of some mice! 

Holly created this cute clean and simple card using our new Naughty or Mice Stamp Set! The cute little mouse with the reindeer antlers is so adorable colored in watercolors! 

Would you like to win the “Naughty or Mice?” or the “Santa Paws Newton” Stamp Set? Each of these stamp sets 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 reveal 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 19th at 9pm CST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 20th.

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:
Newton's Nook Designs
Amanda Bodine
Holly Endress
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Juliana Michaels
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Jennifer Timko
Tatiana Trafimovich