Cheers to 2018 by Jennifer Jackson

Happy New Year's Eve!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Holiday! We are looking forward to an amazing New Year here at NND Headquarters! We are so grateful for all we have accomplished this year and we couldn't have done it with out you, our amazing fans! Thank you so much for all your interest and support of our company this year and we can't wait to see what 2018 brings! 

Today I wanted to share a fun card that I created to celebrate the new year! I know champagne glasses would be a bit more traditional but I couldn't resist using those cute martinis from our Cocktail Mixer Stamp Set. I colored two of them and trimmed them out with the coordinating Cocktail Mixer Die Set. I also wanted to use the "cheers" die that comes with that die set and I cut it out of some shiny silver paper. I decided to add on the date so I pulled out the Years of Cheers Stamp Set and added the "to 2018" using the numbers in that set. I layered the cheers over a vellum banner and the 2018 was stamped on a black banner. Both banners were cut out using the Frames & Flags Die Set. I created the sparkly background using our Starfield Stencil with some sparkly clear embossing paste. I added a strip of gold sparkly paper up the side to add a bit more bling too! Then the whole thing was mounted onto a black cardstock base!

We'll be back to our normal blogging schedule this week with fresh inspiration each week day! We hope you will continue to enjoy our creations in the coming year!

Happy 2018!

Merry Christmas! See You in 2018!

Please Note: Our office are closed December 23 - 28 for the Christmas Holiday.

Orders placed during this time will be begin shipping Dec. 29

We are going to be spending some time over the next week with our families so we will also be taking a break from blog posts until the new year! But don't worry - we will be back in January with lots of amazing inspiration! Have a great Holiday!

Merry Christmas from our family to yours! 

 - Jen, Jeff, Newton and Hobbes

Merry Christmas Card by Holly Endress

Merry Christmas!

Christmas is just a few days away! Can you believe it? Today we have another adorable Christmas Card by Holly! She stamped the adorable Santa Kitty, North Pole sign, mouse and little gift from our Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set and colored them with copics. The way she colored the fur on the kitty with two tones is so cool! She also added a tiny white accents to the images too! She then trimmed the images out using the coordinating Santa Paws Die Set before adding them to her card. For the card base she cut out that fun scalloped edged panel using the Frames & Flags Die Set and added some pretty blue distress ink onto it to create that pretty sky! She also used the Land Borders Die Set to create the snowy hill.  To finish the card off she used two sentiments from our Sentiments of the Season Stamp Set, embossing them in white over the blue background. A few sparkly sequins give it the perfect finishing touch!

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

Santa Paws Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

Santa Paws is coming to Town!

Today we are sharing an adorable Santa Kitty card by Tatiana! She used the image of the kitty reading the naughty or nice list with two little mice from our Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set. She colored the image with watercolor markers and cut it out using the coordinating Santa Paws Newton Die Set. The she added a whole stack of rainbow colored gifts, also from the Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set and added a tiny mouse perched on top! How adorable!

For her card base she cut out a white scalloped edge panel using our Frames & Flags Die Set and used added some snowflakes on top using our Snowfall Stencil with white embossing paste! What a fun way to add a bit of snowy texture! Then she finished it off with the "Here comes Santa Paws" sentiment from the Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set.

To see more details on her project today and more of her beautiful creations you can visit Tatiana at Tatiana Craft and Art!

A Trio of Holiday Cards by Maria Russell

 Holiday Inspiration from Maria!

Today we have THREE adorable Holiday cards by Maria to share! First we have an adorable scene featuring that cute pug from our Pug Hugs Stamp Set! Maria added on a Santa Hat to the Pug and put him under some mistletoe from our Holiday Smooches Stamp Set! She added the "meet me under the Mistletoe" sentiment, also from the Holiday Smooches Stamp Set and some cute little presents from the Llama Delivery Stamp Set. I love how with a little creativity you can mix and match so many of our stamps together! She also used our Frames & Flags Die Set to cut out the rounded corner stitched rectangle panel and the red scalloped card frame!

Next Maria created two yummy cards featuring our new Peppermint Die Set:

For the first card she created  a trio of peppermints using our Peppermint Die Set and cutting them from sparkly glitter paper! She also added on a fun scalloped border and the "merry everything" sentiment along the bottom from our Sentiments of the Season Stamp Set. How fun! 

For her second card she made the card into a tree shape, complete with star on top! Then she decorated the tree with festive peppermints using our Peppermint Die Set. In the center she used the "peppermint kisses and mistletoe wishes" sentiment from the Newton's Candy Cane Stamp Set. I love how perfectly this sentiment goes with those sparkly mints!

We hope these lovely projects by Maria have inspired you today!

To see more beautiful projects by Maria, visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs and don't forget to subscribe to her YouTube channel too!

A Beary Merry Christmas Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Adorable Bear Holiday card and gift envelope

Today we have an adorable Holiday card by Ellen using featuring our Winston's Home for Christmas Stamp Set. This stamp set is one of my favorites for the holidays and I love how Ellen colored that cute bear in the car with all the gifts on top! She even added some bling to the wreath! Then she added a few fun trees int eh background from our Fox Hollow Stamp Set to make it look like he's driving through the woods! So cute!  She also created and adorable gift envelope and added a fun festive pattern to it by using our Holiday Foliage Stencil. Doesn't' the red ink on the kraft paper look so pretty?

Here's a close up of the card so you ca see Ellen's incredible coloring! I love the glow of the sun on the car hood!

Do you love this project by Ellen? To seem more of her beautiful creations, you can visit Ellen over at her blog Crafty Ellen!

DIY Gift Wrapping by Naki Rager

DIY Gift Wrap! 

Christmas is just around the corner! Have you wrapped up your holiday gifts yet? Today Naki is sharing two adorable gifts that she dressed up using NND products! She started by wrapping her gifts in kraft paper. Then she stamped the cute images of Newton dressed as a Santa from our Santa Paws Stamp Set in the corners of the packages! She added a bit of color to the images using colored pencils. Then she created two adorable tags using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. Then she added on cute little stockings using the Stylish Stockings Die Set. It's so cute how she attached the tags to her packages with a strip of washi tape too! What a fun way to make your gifts feel extra special!

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

Fa-la-la-la-llama Card by Juliana Michaels

Fa-la-la-la la and a Llama! 

Today we are sharing an adorable Holiday card by Juliana! She used several of our newest Holiday products to create this fun card. She started out by coloring that cute Llama from our new Llama Delivery Stamp Set in a festive holiday color combo of red, green and teal! She trimmed out the llama using the coordinating Llama Delivery Die Set to add it to her card. Behind the llama is a bunch of cute holly leaves and berries that were cut out using our Pines & Holly Die Set. This is all layered over a panel of kraft paper covered in white snowflakes using our Snowfall Stencil. She cut out that fun teal panel with the scalloped edge and the snowflake panel with the curved dotted edge using the Frames & Flags Die Set. Then she finished off the card with all those "Fa-la-las"  from the Sentiments of the Season Stamp Set white over the bright red banner!

Thanks, Juliana, for the fun Holiday inspiration today! To see more creations by Juliana, visit her over to her blog, 17 Turtles!

You Make Life Sweeter Card by Jennifer Timko

You make life Sweeter!

Jennifer created this adorable clean and simple card featuring our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set today! She colored the mugs in fun tones of teal and yellow and trimmed them out using the coordinating Cup of Cocoa Die Set. It's super cute how she picked two cocoa mugs to color and added the heart between them! The "You make life Sweeter" sentiment is from the Love and Chocolate Stamp Set! What a lovely way to send some love to someone you adore!

Jennifer will be sharing this card on the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop too! If you haven't linked up to this fun hop, make sure you pop over to the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop page! There a just a couple days left to link up and there are so many awesome prizes up for grabs, including one from us at Newton's Nook Designs!

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

Coffee Makes You Sharper Card by Amanda Bodine

Coffee Makes You Sharper!

Today we're breaking from holiday cards to share this adorable coffee themed card by Amanda! She created this card using the fun cacti in coffee mugs from our Cuppa Catus Stamp Set! She colored the cacti and mugs from this set in awesome bright colors then trimmed them out using the Cuppa Cactus Die Set. She added the trio of cacti to her card, added fun little inked circles behind each one! What a cool layout! She also used the pink scalloped edged panel from our Frames & Flags Die Set.

This card would be a a perfect card to enter in the Coffee Lovers Blog hop too! If you haven't linked up to this fun hop, make sure you pop over to the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop page! There are so many awesome prizes up for grabs, including one from us at Newton's Nook Designs!

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

A Hot Chocolate Kind of Card by Larissa Heskett

A good day for some hot cocoa! 

The weather is getting chilly at NND Headquarters so we are getting warmed up today with this adorable Hot Chocolate card by Larissa! For this fun cozy cocoa card, Larissa used our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set! This set has a whole bunch of fun mug images that she stamped over the background using black ink. Then she picked the fun Snowflake mug to feature in the center of her card, coloring it a yummy red! She added the "It's a Hot Chocolate kind of day" sentiment from the Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set embossing in white on a little black banner from the Frames & Flags Die Set. Isn't the black and white with the pop of colors super fun!?

This card would be a great addition to the Coffee Lovers Blog hop too! If you haven't linked up to this fun hop, make sure you pop over to the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop page! There are so many awesome prizes up for grabs, including one from us at Newton's Nook Designs!

To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws WINNERS!

This is our second post today. To see an awesome set of cards by our Kay Miller, scroll down or click here. 

Thank you to everyone for participating in our blog hop!

We really enjoy reading all of your comments! Look below to see if you won! 

The the blogs and the comments were chosen using random.org

For the first $20 Store Credit -  the winner was randomly chosen from the Newton's Nook Design's blog: Mrsfish02

For the second $20 Store Credit -  the winner was randomly chosen from Samantha Mann's blog:  Andrea Hastilow

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 email address to claim your $20 store credit! (It's easiest if you already have an account set up in our shop)

Snow Globe Cards by Special Guest Kay Miller

Hello and Happy Monday! Can you believe it's just TWO weeks until Christmas?! Have you completed your Christmas cards yet? If not we have some beautiful inspiration today by our special guest, Kay Miller! She created two lovely snow globe cards that are just perfect for sending Holiday cheer!  

For her first card Kay created this adorable little scene using the row of houses, tree and car stamps from our Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set. She colored the images and trimmed them out using the coordinating Snow Globe Scenes Die Set. She put all the little pieces inside a snow globe shape that she cut out using our Snow Globe Shaker Die Set! The "merry" die cut was layered on top of the snow globe base and is also part of the Snow Globe Shaker Die Set. She layered this cute little scene on top of a fun background that she inked up using distress inks! So lovely! 

For her second card Kay used the same layout and products to create her card but changed the background to a pretty minty green and used some of the other images from the stamp set to create a different scene! Both cards are so pretty and festive! 

Note: If you are interested in purchasing the Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set or the Snow Globe Shaker Die Set they are temporarily out of stock but we should be getting more in very soon! If you'd like to be notified when we get more back in, just sign up on the product pages to be notified when we add more to our website!

Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia

Advent Calendar Extravaganza is -the- festive event of the season! This ‘hop with a twist’ was dreamed up by Taheerah Atchia and features surprise destinations each day! Joining in the fun with Taheerah are ONE HUNDRED special guests - each serving up some fantastic Christmas inspiration! Just like an Advent Calendar, you’ll never know where you’re going to be visiting next until you ‘open the door’!

And that’s not all! With 25 *amazing* sponsors taking part as guests as well, your crafty wish list is bound to get a boost with a chance to win a prize EVERY SINGLE DAY!!

Join in the fun every day at taheerah-atchia.com to see what special surprises await behind the door!

Here's what I created today:
For this card I stamped Newton dressed as Santa from our Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set.
How cute is that silly kitty in the chimney!? 

I used inktense watercolor pencils and a water brush to color the image and then trimmed it out using the coordinating Santa Paws Newton Die Set. I also colored the little "north pole" image and cut that out. For the card background I used a piece of Kraft colored cardstock and added white snowflakes with embossing paste over our Snowfall Stencil. I love the look of kraft and white together. Then I created a little scene on the bottom by adding a white stitched hill for snow using the Land Borders Die Set. I layered some washi tape and a little strip of red checkered paper along the bottom. For the sentiment, I stamped the Here comes Santa Paws" sentiment from the Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set onto a strip of black cardstock, embossing it in white. Then I layered the kitty image over the top of everything, raising him up a bit with some foam tape! Hope you enjoyed this card today! Make sure to keep reading to find out how you can win prizes during the Advent Calendar Extravaganza!

It’s not a party without a prize - and with prizes every day there are several chances to win! Today’s prize is generously supplied by Newton's Nook Designs so you’ll definitely want to win! Simply leave a comment on this post - then head back to taheerah-atchia.com and leave a comment there too! You must leave a comment on Taheerah’s blog as well as mine in order to be eligible to win! Don’t forget to grab the other surprise destinations from Taheerah’s blog and head over to them to leave comments there as well to improve your odds even more! You have until 23:59 EST on 31st December 2017 to enter.

Don’t forget Advent Calendar Extravaganza runs from 1st-25th December inclusive so make sure you visit taheerah-atchia.com every day for fabulous inspiration and amazing prizes every single time! Merry Christmas!

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop!

This is our second post today! We are also playing along with the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.
To see that post, scroll down or click here. 

Welcome to our 5th ANNUAL Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop!!

Make sure you scroll down to the bottom of this post to see the whole link list and SALE info -- there are 16 awesome blogs for you to visit today! Plus you can comment for your chance to win a prize too! Details at the end of this post!

Today I'm sharing this project using our BRAND NEW Peppermint Die Set! We are just releasing this new little die set as part of our Deck the Halls with Inky Paws celebration today. You can get this die for free with a qualifying purchase too! Scroll down to our sale to find out how! 

For my card I cut out assembled several mints using the new Peppermint Die Set. I used red and white cardstock for the mint and vellum for the side wrappers! Then I added three of the mints onto a stitched rectangle panel that I cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. I stamped the fun peppermint themed sentiment onto this panel from the Newton's Candy Cane Stamp Set. For the background I created that a festive pattern using white embossing paste on green cardstock with our Holiday Foliage Stencil.  I also added a cute little scalloped border using the scalloped edge from the Sky Borders Die Set. These products all work so well together! 

And since it wouldn't be a blog hop without featuring Newton, I thought I'd share another card today. This one uses our Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set:

For this card I stamped Newton dressed as Santa with his giant bag of gifts and colored it using colored pencils. I don't color with pencils that often but every time I do I wonder why not!? It's so much fun to layer in the colors with pencils and I love how you can give details like the stripes I added to the kitty! After the image was colored I cut out the kitty and using the coordinating Santa Paws Newton Die Set. I also cut out a snowy hill using the Land Borders Die Set and stamped the "Here comes Santa Paws" sentiment from the Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set onto the hill. For the snowy sky added snowflakes to the blue sky with white embossing paste on our Snowfall Stencil. 

In case you haven't met Newton yet... 

Here's one a snapshot of him. Isn't he handsome?
He loves to distract (I mean help) me while I'm working! LOL!

Make sure you check out all the blogs below as the whole NND Design team is participating along with some amazing guests! The next stop is Amy Tsuruta!

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Sale! 

Newton's Nook Designs is also releasing a NEW Exclusive Peppermint Die Set today! This fun new die set will only be available at Newton's Nook Designs shop and you can get it for FREE this week with a $50 purchase! Offer is valid until Friday, December 15th, or while supplies last. This new die set is also available for purchase for $8.99.

Enter to Win! Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Hop Prizes! 

We will be choosing two lucky winners to win a $20 store credit for Newton's Nook Designs online shop! To enter, just leave comments on the Design Team Member and Guest blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the blog hop. 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 Sunday, December 10th at 9 pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, December 11th.

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop List:

Newton's Nook Designs <----You are here
Amy Tsuruta
Kay Miller
Yoonsun Hur
Michelle Short
Nina-Marie Trapani
Amanda Bodine
Holly Endress
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Juliana Michaels
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Jennifer Timko
Tatiana Trafimovich

Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

Today I'm playing along with the WINTER Coffee Lovers Blog hop!

There are going to be TONS of fun prizes too - 

including a $25 store credit from us at Newton's Nook Designs! 

You can head over to the Coffee Lovers Blog for more details on how to play along! 

Here's what I created:

I used our  Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set  to create a fun wintery card. This stamp set has a whole bunch of cute mug images and it'a always hard to decide which one to use! I settled on the mug with the kitty face and the one with the snowman for this card! I colored them with copics and trimmed them out with the coordinating Cup of Cocoa Die Set.  

To put the card together, I cut out a stitched rectangle using the Frames & Flags Die Set and added on a few snowflakes with the Snowfall Stencil and some blue ink. I layered the cocoa mugs over this and added the "Cold days need Hot Cocoa" sentiment from the Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set. Then I added a couple strips of washi tape and some twine to finish off the card.

If you haven't checked out this set yet, here's an image

of the Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set:

If you are new to us, you might not know that Newton is our real kitty! You can follow us on facebook or instagram to see lots of photos of him! By the way - Newton would be a big fan of this blog hop since he really DOES LOVE COFFEE! I can't leave it unguarded or he will come stick his paw into the mug and then lick it! Silly kitty!

Hope you enjoyed this coffee card today! Make sure you head over to the Coffee Lover's Blog to find out how you can link up your card to play along -- There are a TON of prizes, including one from us at Newton's Nook Designs!