Merry Christmas from Newton's Nook Designs!

We just wanted to make a quick post today to let you know we are taking a Holiday break and we will not be having any new blog posts for a couple of weeks. But don't worry - we will be back in January with lots of amazing inspiration! 

Wishing you a wonderful Holiday Season! See You Next Year!

Newton's Stocking Gift Bag and Tag by Larissa Heskett

Stocking Kitty for Christmas!

Larissa has created an adorable gift tag and bag that is sure to help make a holiday gift feel special! 

To create this beautiful gift, she started out by stamping and coloring the image of the kitty in the stocking from our Newton's Stocking Stamp Set. She added some amazing details to her coloring with shading, stripes on the kitty and white gel pen accents. She cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's Stocking Die Set and added a little pom pom to the Santa hat.  She also adorned the stocking, adding a sprig of holly stamped from our A Kitten Christmas Stamp Set with a heart embellishment to replace the berries!

Here is a close-up so you can see all the details:

She added this fun image to a tag that was cut out using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. She added a little circle tag to the larger tag using our Jolly Tags Stamp Set (cut out with the coordinating Tags Times Two Die Set). She embellished the top of the tag using a bunch of pretty ribbons! She also used patterned papers from our Canine Christmas Paper Pad and our Christmas Time Paper Pad. 

What a gorgeous Holiday creation! The recipient of this gift is sure to be wowed! 

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

Happy Holidays by Tatiana Trafimovich

Happy Holidays!

Tatiana created this card today, using colorful die cuts for the holidays!

To create this card she used die cuts almost exclusively. She started with our Pines & Holly Die Set and cut out all the amazing holiday foliage shapes from white bristol paper. She then used watercolor markers to add color to all the pieces for that amazing watercolor look. She arranged all the little elements around the edge of a card front panel, trimming off the edges to match the card edges. She splattered the whole piece with white and black ink to add to the painterly feeling. 

For the sentiment in the card center, she die cut out the word "holidays" from our Holiday Greetings Die Set, using gold foiled paper. Then she added the little word "happy" above it, stamped and embossed using the word stamp from our Cycling Friends Stamp Set. 

What a gorgeous way to use die cut images! We hope you will try this technique! To see more of her amazing work, you can visit Tatiana at her blog, Tatiana Trafimovich!

Snowman Greetings Card by Donna Idlet

Snow-one Else Like You!

Today Donna is has created a snowy card that is perfect for making someone feel special this winter!

The adorable snowman holding a sign from our Snowman Greetings Stamp Set sets the stage for this card. She colored stamped the image in black and colored it in festive colors, adding bits of glitter to the snow for an extra special touch. This image has a blank sign and several different sentiments that can be put on the sign front for an easily customizable greeting. For her card today, Donna chose "snow-one else like you!" and embossed it in white. She cut the image out using the coordinating Snowman Greetings Die Set. 

For the card background she ink blended a panel that fit on her card front, using blue for a winter sky. Then she added sparkly snowflakes using our Petite Snow Stencil with glittery texture paste! So pretty!

What a great card for a winter thank you or just to let someone know you care!

To see more beautiful cards by Donna, you can visit her blog, Creative Lady!

Birthday Brew for You Card by Farhana Sarker

Birthday Brew! 

Today Farhana has created a warm birthday wish on this yummy card!

She stamped and colored a series of adorable mugs from our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set in soft yummy colors. Then she cut them out using the coordinating Cup of Cocoa Die Set. 

For her card base she started with a white card base. She choose a green polka dot and a red stripe patterned paper from our Canine Christmas Paper Pad and cut a piece to fit across her white card base. She adhered these to the inside of the card. Then she trimmed the card front half way down the center so the paper shows through to the front. She added the mugs along the bottom of the front card flap, neatly lined up in a row and overhanging the pretty paper. She also added the sentiment "Sending you a Birthday Brew" to front from our Time for Coffee Stamp Set. 

When you open the card the coffee cups lift with the card front and you will see a second sentiment, also from the Time for Coffee Stamp Set, stamped above the paper on the inside of the card! What a fun way to create a fun and unique card layout!

Anyone else feeling like a hot cocoa now?

 We hope you enjoyed this yummy card today! You can find more of Farhana's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Everyday Engineered. 

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop Winners!

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 winning blogs and the comments were chosen using random.org

For the first $25 Store Credit -  comment was randomly chosen from the Ellen's blog: Laurie2cats

For the second $25 Store Credit -  comment was randomly chosen from Amy's blog: Caroline

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 email address to claim your prize.

Festive Cocktail Card by Tina Herbeck

Raise a Glass to the Holidays!

It's time to get into the Holiday Spirit! This card by Tina will definitely put you in the mood for some holiday cheer!

To create this fun card Tina stamped a trio of holiday drinks from our Christmas Cocktails Stamp Set. She colored the drinks in festive colors to coordinate with the holiday theme. Next, she used the coordinating Christmas Cocktails Die Set to cut them out.

For the background she masked off a thick stripe on a white card base. She added ink blended the stripe in  shades of red and added snowflakes on top using our Snowfall Stencil with white texture paste! So festive! To finish this simple card she stamped the sentiment, also from the Christmas Cocktails Stamp Set, underneath the stripe. 

We hope this card has you ready to raise your glass to the holidays! 

To see more amazing cards by Tina, you can visit her blog, The Scrappin Rabbit! 

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop!

Welcome to our 10th 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 14 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!

Here is what I created for the hop today:

The kitty on my card today is from the Newton's Holiday Mischief Stamp Set. I wanted to create a fun and festive card featuring our kitty, Newton! If you don't know yet, our company is named after our orange kitty Newton. We lost Newton in 2019 but he definitely still lives on in our orange logo and I still love to color our stamped kitty images orange! I added some fun stripes to the kitty and accents with a white gel pen. The image was cut out using the coordinating Newton's Holiday Mischief Die Set. 

Here is a close-up so you can see the coloring details:

For the card background I created two rows of trees using our Christmas Tree Line Stencil. This stencil has three rows on one stencil that can be combined to create decorative trees. One row has the bold tree centers, one row has the trunks and stars and the third row has decorations that can be added to the tree. All the rows also have etching so you can line up the different elements.  I used just the bold tree centers and the row with the stars and trunks. I stenciled them twice to make two rows of trees on my card. I should have left a little more space between my rows as the tree tops and stars almost touch the trunks above them,  but I decided it was still cute and used it anyway! For this card I skipped the row with the decorations but you could add that if you want to have a more festive feel. 

I assembled the card, adding the kitty on the bottom and mounted it on a kraft colored card base. The finishing touch is the sentiment "'Tis the Season to be MEOWY!" which was stamped from our Newton's Gift Stamp Set. I hope you enjoyed this card today!

Make sure you visit the whole hop for more amazing inspiration from our Design team and guests! 

The next stop is Jennifer Timko.

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws SALE! 

$5 off every $30 You Spend!

That means $5 off $30, $10 off $60...up to $25 off $150!*

No Coupon Needed  •  Now through Sunday, December 5th!

*Maximum $25 discount per order.

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

We will be choosing two lucky winners to win a $25 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 5th at 9 pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, December 6th.

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop List:

Newton's Nook Designs <---you are here

Jennifer Timko

Jenn Shurkus

Jennifer Ingle

Amy Tsuruta

Donna Idlet

Ellen Haxelmans

Tina Herbeck

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Maria Russell

Farhana Sarker

Tatiana Trafimovich

Amanda Wilcox

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Week - Day 4 - Amy Tsuruta

Welcome to day four 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
Amy Tsuruta

Although I've been a lifelong crafter, I started my blog in 2007 and eventually hopped over to IG in 2015.  I love all things, caffeinated, cute + colorful.

Find Amy at:

blog: Tsuruta Designs

Ingstagram: @craftee1

Amy created loads of holiday cheer on this card today!

This sweet and simple card is packed with loads of holiday cheer! Amy started by stamping the big oval image from our Snowflake Oval Stamp Set and embossing it in gold. She then cut the image out using our Oval Frames Die Set. She cut out a second oval with a scalloped edge, again with our Oval Frames Die Set but this time she cut it out of a red polka dot paper from our Christmas Time Paper Pad. 

Then, she added to this fun oval combo by stamping the image of the VW bug carrying a holiday tree on the roof from our Destination Christmas Stamp Set. So cute! She colored just the tree, to give her card that fun pop of bright color and cut the image out using the coordinating Destination Christmas Die Set before layering it over her ovals. She sentiment, "loads of holiday cheer" from the Destination Christmas Stamp Set was also stamped onto the oval shape to finish out the fun! 

Thanks so much, Amy for being our guest today! She will be back for our Deck the Halls with Inky Paws blog hop on Friday, December 9th. Until then, you can visit her at her blog, Tsuruta Designs to read more about her adorable projects and say hello!

Tomorrow we will have special Guest Blog Hop with all the guests we've featured this week and a couple more! Plus our FABULOUS NND Design Team - so make sure you come back tomorrow - there will be prizes too!

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Week - Day 3 - Jennifer Ingle

Welcome to day three 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 9th (with some give-aways, of course!) So make sure you come back and visit us every day!

Today's Featured guest is
Jennifer Ingle

My name is Jennifer Ingle, commonly known as Jingle! (It works particularly well around this time of year.) I have an amazing husband of over twenty years, a three year old who keeps us on our toes, and two wonderful pups who are always up for snuggles. I work full time in the tech industry and in my spare time I love to read and I love to make things!

Find Jennifer at:

blog Just Jingle

instagram @justjingle

Jennifer created a holiday street that you would love to visit this Holiday!

For this incredible Christmas scene Jennifer stamped the image of the holiday street from our Main Street Christmas Stamp Set. She colored the houses in festive colors and cut the image out using the coordinating Main Street Christmas Die Set. For her card base she inked up a gorgeous sky, masking in a bright yellow moon and stamped the image of the Santa and sleigh, also from the Main Street Christmas Stamp Set. 

The finishing touch is the sentiment from the Main Street Christmas Stamp Set, which she stamped onto a thin strip of black paper and embossed in white. 

Thanks so much, Jennifer for being our guest today! She will be back for our Deck the Halls with Inky Paws blog hop on Friday, December 9th. Until then, you can visit her at her blog, Just Jingle to read more about her, see her wonderful projects and say hello!

Tomorrow we will have special Guest Amy from Tsuruta Designs