Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Week - Day 1 - Tammy Stark

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Welcome to day one of our Deck the Halls with Inky Paws week! 

Each day this week we will have a new awesome featured guest and then a BIG blog hop on Friday, December 4th (with some give-aways, of course!) So make sure you come back and visit us every day!

Today's Featured guest is
Tammy Stark

Hi there! I'm Tammy, and I live in southern Nevada with my hubby, two amazing teenage daughters, and adorable pup. I have been crafting my entire life - from scrapbooking, to creating party favors, to more recently, card making. I actually taught scrapbooking classes for many years, and loved it! I discovered stamping and cardmaking when I was looking for products to make party favors for my daughter's birthday, and completely fell in love! I gravitate towards fun, whimsical, and happy designs that make me smile, and I can never turn down a good pun! When I'm not creating, you can find me drinking coffee with my sketchbook, thinking about creating, haha! I am ecstatic to be joining Newton's Nook this month as a guest designer, and can't wait to share my creations with you!

Here's what Tammy created:

Tammy has created an adorable matching card and tag with our Newton's Snowman Stamp Set! 

For the card, she colored image of the trio of kitties building a snowman from our Newton's Snowman Stamp Set in fun wintery colors! She used the coordinating Newton's Snowman Die Set to cut the image out. Then she created a gorgeous slimline scene for the kitties to play in! She our Forest Scene Builder Die Set to cut out some birch trees to set the wintery scene. The gorgeous snowy background was created using our Snowfall Stencil with white texture paste over a blue distress inked background! So lovey! 

The whole slimline scene was framed with a scalloped edge, cut out using the large frame die from our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set. 

For the matching tag, she used the same colors on the image of the kitties from our Newton's Snowman Stamp Set but switched them up a bit so that the kitties are in opposite colors than they are in the first image. Which version do you prefer?  She created a smaller snowy background on the tag using our Petite Snow Stencil over her blue background. The tag was also cut out using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. 

This set of projects is so adorable! 

Thanks so much, Tammy for being our guest today! She will be back for our Deck the Halls with Inky Paws blog hop on Friday, December 4th. Until then, you can visit her at her blog, Paper Pretty Boutique to read more about her adorable projects and say hello!

Tomorrow we will have special Guest Tina from The Scrappin' Rabbit

so make sure you take some time to come back and visit us again! 

No-line Watercoloring Snowman Card by November Guest Designer Ashley Ebben

Hello friends! It's Ashley with my last guest post for Newton's Nook this month! The time has really flown by! For my last card, I decided to try a bit of no-line watercoloring. I am very new to this technique, but I thought the snowmen from Frosty Folks would look really soft and lovely this way.

I started by stamping the Newton and snowman from Newton's Curious Christmas onto white watercolor cardstock with InkOn3 Fadeout Ink. I masked the image off, then stamped the Frosty Folks in Fadeout Ink as well so the images were layered. I then slowly watercolored everything in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. A few of the details ended up getting lost, but the soft effect is worth it, I think.

Once the watercoloring was dry, I splattered a bit of white acrylic paint over the whole piece to look like a light snowfall. I die cut it with a stitched rectangle, then added it to a piece of blue snowflake paper. I stamped the sentiment from Frosty Folks in a bright blue ink to go with the patterned paper and some of the blue watercolored spots. To finish, I added a scattering of clear snowflake sequins for some sparkle.

Thank you so much for stopping by and for having me as a guest on the blog!
Have a wonderful day!

-Ashley

Small Business Saturday Thank You!

Thank You from Jen & Jeff!

It's Small Business Saturday today and although I don't have a card to share today, I wanted to stop in quick and say THANK YOU for helping our small business by being such amazing fans and customers! As you probably know, our business is run by just Jeff and I and we do every step of the business from designing the products to packing and shipping each individual order! It can be a lot of work but we are so happy to be here and working for ourselves, especially with everything happening in the world right now! We know it's been a tough year for everyone and your support of our small business during it all means so much to us! We can't thank you enough for your ongoing support! 

As a gesture of thanks, we are offering 20% off ALL ORDERS this weekend! You can shop at newtonsnookdesigns.com and use code THANKFUL. It's a great time to get a few goodies and fill your friends' stockings with cute stamps, dies & stencils - and don't forget to pick up some favorites for yourself too

Thank you so much and enjoy shopping! We will be back with new holiday inspiration next week with our "Deck the Halls with Inky Paws" Week! 

See you then! 

Nailed it Card by Amanda Wilcox + Black Friday Sale Details!

Nailed It!

It's that time of year, when there is SO MUCH to accomplish! Whether you are almost done or just starting, we hope this card by Amanda will inspire you! She used the image of the adorable girl with her arms filled with christmas gifts and a wreath from our Christmas Haul Stamp Set. She colored the image in a fun holiday color combo and cut it out using the coordinating Christmas Haul Die Set.

To set the scene, she created a holiday city street in the background using our Main Street Christmas Stamp Set and embossing the image in white over a kraft colored background. She also added lots of snow flakes to the sky, also from the Main Street Christmas Stamp Set.  Then, she added a snow hill along the bottom, cutting it out with our Land Borders Die Set.  For the sentiment she used "nailed it!" from the Christmas Haul Stamp Set, stamped onto a banner that was cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set. 

Here is a close-up so you can see the details. Isn't the added gloss on those gifts gorgeous?

We hope if you are shopping this weekend you will soon feel as accomplished as the girl on this card does!

Thank you, Amanda, for the fun inspiration! To say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations you can visit Amanda over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Don't Miss our BLACK FRIDAY sale!

Are you inspired to shop now? Check out the BIG SALE today in our shop! It's our BIGGEST sale of the year! Head over to newtonsnookdesigns.com to grab your favorites & pick up some gifts too!

Happy Thanksgiving + Black Friday Sale!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope everyone is having a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday! We want to take a moment today to thank YOU, all of our AMAZING customers and fans! We are hope you are spending our day today filling up on turkey and relaxing! If you are at home doing a little online shopping, make sure to scroll down to the end of this post for details on our Black Friday Sale!

I did want to take time to share a card today as well! To make this funny Thanksgiving card, I started with the images of the the kitty with the full belly  and the kitty with a pie from our Newton's Thanksgiving Stamp Set. I colored the images to look like our kitties, Toulouse and Marlowe,  using copic markers. Once the images were colored, I cut them out with the coordinating Newton's Thanksgiving Die Set. I layered the two kitties onto a rounded stitched square, cut out using our Frames Squared Die Set. I added the sentiment, "There's always room for pie" from the Newton's Thanksgiving Stamp Set. So fitting for Thanksgiving, don't you think!?

For the card background I stenciled a panel of orange cardstock with pumpkins using our Pumpkin Patch Stencil. This panel was cut out with a postage edge using our  Framework Die Set.  I adhered it all together and added some orange bakers twine to finish it off! 

I hope you enjoyed this card today! If you're here to find out about our sale this weekend, that's up next!

BLACK FRIDAY sale starts today!

Yep. We know it's only Thursday, but we figured that since everyone is at home this year, why not start our sale a day early!? It's our BIGGEST sale of the year so head over to newtonsnookdesigns.com to grab your favorites at our best prices & don't forget to pick up some gifts too!

You Make Life Sweeter Card by Maria Russell

You Make Life Sweeter!

Today we are sharing a card by Maria that will make your day sweeter! For this adorable card Maria used  our Love & Chocolate Stamp Set to create a whole row of chocolate dipped strawberries. She colored the strawberries and cut them out using the coordinating Love & Chocolate Die Set to add them onto her card. Above the berries she stamped the sentiment "You make life sweeter." She added some pink checkered paper a pretty bow along the top of the card (from another brand) to add even more sweetness to this yummy card. 

This card would be so perfect for sending smiles to a sweet friend for Valentine's Day or anytime of year!

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

Be Thankful Card by Larissa

Be Thankful!

Today we are gorgeous fall card by Larissa! She used image from several different fall themed stamp sets and arranged them into the shape of a wreath. She started with some lovely sunflowers from our Sunflower Days Stamp Set. She also used images of little pumpkins, acorns and leaves using our Paw-tumn Newton Stamp Set and Autumn Newton Stamp Set. She colored all these fall themed images in gorgeous autumn colors. Then she cut them out using the coordinating Sunflower Days Die Set, Paw-tumn Newton Die Set and Autumn Newton Die Set. After all the images were colored and cut out use carefully arranged them over a lightly blue inked background to create the gorgeous autumn wreath shape. The Sentiment "be thankful" is from our Autumn Newton Stamp Set. Lastly, she framed the whole panel with a scalloped frame, cut from patterned paper using our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

Here's a close-up so you can see all the incredible details on her coloring:

This card would be perfect to send for Thanksgiving or just as a fall thank you for someone special! 

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

Peace, Love & Belly Rubs Card by November Guest Designer Ashley Ebben

Hello friends! It's Ashley with a new guest post for you all today! I completely fell in love with the belly rubs sentiment from Christmas Puppies and had to use it for a card! One of my dogs can never get enough belly rubs, so it makes me think of her!

I started by stamping the puppy and hat from Christmas Puppies on white cardstock with black Copic friendly ink. I stamped the hat first, then masked it before stamping the puppy so I could keep it all one layer. I colored the image with Copics and added a few highlights with a white gel pen. I stamped my belly rubs sentiment underneath with red and green inks for an extra Christmasy feel. I stamped the holly leaves with black so I could color them with green Copics to match the green on my puppy image.

I trimmed an inch off the white cardstock, so that my colored piece was 5 1/2" x 3 1/4". I wrapped some twine around the bottom three times and tied a tiny bow. I found a cute holly print patterned paper in my stash that matched the holly on my sentiment and cut it to A2 size. I added my stamped piece to the top with foam tape to keep the twine in place and to prevent wrinkles.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

-Ashley

Winter Release Now Available + Blog Hop Winners + Winter SALE!

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

Winners from the blog hop are posted below - scroll down to see if you won. Also, make sure to scroll all the way to the end of this post to see details for our Winter SALE!

Our new products are now available at newtonsnookdesigns.com

November 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.

From Reveal Day 1 - Winner of the Snowman Greetings Stamp Set from Amanda's blog: Sue Hintze

From Reveal Day 2 - Winner of the Snowfall Roundabout Stamp Set from the Newtons's Nook Designs blog: Tammy Bliffin

From Reveal Day 3 - Winner of the Snowman Roundabout Stamp Set from Samantha's blog: Melissa

From Reveal Day 4 - Winner of the Newton's Snowman Stamp Set from Maria's blog: Daria Z.

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, mailing address and the name of the set you won to claim your prize.

Winter Sale!

Shop now and get our new Winter products!
Plus, save up to $15 with our WINTER SALE! Now at www.newtonsnookdesigns.com

Winter Reveals Day 4 - Newton's Snowman and Happy New Year!

It's our last reveal day for the winter release and we have a two more fun sets to share! First, build a snowman with Newton and his kitty friends! Then, celebrate the new year with a fun new mini set! Plus, we are having a giveaway today, so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Newton's Snowman 

Feline Frosty! Newton and his kitty friends are having so much fun building a snowman with a kitty shaped head on this adorable 4x4 stamp set! This image is perfect for sending cute greetings this winter!

Newton's Snowman Stamp Set 

• 4 x 4 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 5 stamps: 3 images and 2 sentiments
• Coordinating Newton's Snowman purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 3 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, November 20th

Happy New Year 

Celebrate the new year with this adorable 2x3 set. This festive mini stamp includes the hand-lettered "Happy New Year" sentiment with champagne glasses. Try using it as the focal point on a celebratory card paired with a fun stenciled background!

Happy New Year Stamp Set 

• 2 x 3 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 1 stamp
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, November 20th

Build a Snowman with Newton and Celebrate the Upcoming New Year with Inspiration 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.

Created by Samantha. Additional products used: Sunscape Stencil, Sky Borders Die Set, Speech Bubbles Die Set

Created by Amy. Additional products used: Bokeh Stencil Set

Created by Andrea. Additional products used: Land Borders Die Set, Forest Scene Builders Die Set

Created by Zsofia. Additional products used: Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set, Newton's New Year Stamp Set, Newton's New Year Die Set, Newton Celebrates Stamp Set, Newton Celebrates Die Set

Created by Amanda. Additional products used: Framework Die Set, Mountain Stencil, Land Borders Die Set

Created by Maria. Additional products used: Newton's New Year Stamp Set

Created by Larissa. Additional products used: Frames & Flags Die Set, Sky Borders Die Set

Created by Ellen. Additional products used: Framework Die Set, Bubbly Stencil, Frames Squared Die Set

Created by Tatiana. Additional products used: Circle Frames Die Set, Snowfall Stencil, Frames Squared Die Set

Would you like to win the “Newton's Snowman” Stamp Set? 
This stamp 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 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 November 19th at 9pm EST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, November 20th. 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Maria Russell

Andrea Shell

Tatiana Trafimovich 

Amy Tsuruta

Amanda Wilcox