Merry Christmas from Newton's Nook Designs

Merry Christmas! See you Next Year!  

We are taking a bit of a holiday break for some much needed rest and relaxation! 

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!

Merry Christmas from our family to yours! 

 - Jen & Jeff

(Marlowe & Saffron)

Christmas Cactus Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

Christmas Cactus Card

Today we are sharing a gorgeous floral card by Tatiana that is perfect for celebrating the holidays!

This beautiful card features blooms from one of our favorite holiday flowers, the Christmas cactus! She stamped the images using our Christmas Cactus Stamp Set and coloring them in gorgeous hues of red and green with white gel pen accents. She cut the images out using the coordinating Christmas Cactus Die Set. 

To create her card, she started with a white card front and added dimension by using our Starfield Stencil with texture paste to create a gorgeous tone on tone look. Then she added the cactus images, arranging them onto her card in an angle. She also added a few glittery gems and the sentiment, stamped from our Christmas Cactus Stamp Set. The sentiment was embossed in white onto a black cardstock and she carefully hand cut around it before adding it to her card. 

Do you have a Christmas cactus in your house? We have one at NND headquarters and it's just starting to bloom now! 

We hope you enjoyed this beautiful card by Tatiana today! To see more of her lovely work, you can visit Tatiana at her blog, Tatiana Trafimovich! 

A Very Merry Cat Christmas Card by Zsofia Molnar

A Very Merry Kitty Christmas!!

Today Zsofia has created a fun cat themed holiday card featuring images from two of our favorite cat themed holiday stamp sets together!

She started out by stamping the cat wearing a winter scarf from our Newton's Holiday Mischief Stamp Set and the kitty peeking from behind the snowman from our Newton's Curious Christmas Stamp Set. She colored the kitties in neutral colors and added pops of oranges, teals and greens to the winter accessories! She cut both images out using the coordinating Newton's Holiday Mischief Die Set and Newton's Curious Christmas Die Set.

Here are a couple of close ups so you can see her lovely coloring:

Since both of the images have a winter theme, she created a winter holiday scene for her card.  She filled the background with trees using our Evergreens Stencil with green ink and then layered sparkly snow on top using our Petite Snow Stencil with glittery texture paste. So pretty! She added a snowy hill shape along the bottom of her card, cutting it out using our Land Borders Die Set. Then she layered the images of the kitties on top of the snowy hill to complete the scene. For the sentiment she cut out a red ticket shape using our Framework Die Set and added the phrase "Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas," stamped from our Bells & Holly Stamp Set and embossed in white. 

The duo of kitties looks so festive in their winter scene! We hope you enjoyed this gorgeous creation by Zsofia today! You can find more of Zsofia's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

A Jolly Heart Shaped Holiday Card by Diane Morales

Holly Jolly!

Today we are sharing a festive heart shaped holiday card by Diane!

To create this fun heart shaped card she starts out by stamping the large heart filled with holiday foliage from our Heartfelt Holidays Stamp Set. She adds pops of color to the image and a bit of gold sparkle too. Then she cut the image out using the scalloped heart from our Heart Frames Die Set. This image is designed to fit perfectly inside the heart. She cuts a second heart from shiny gold cardstock, again using the Heart Frames Die Set. This heart frames the first one perfectly and adds a beautiful shine! 

She uses the shiny cardstock again to foil the sentiment "holly jolly" using our Holiday Greetings Hot Foil Plates. The light colored foil really pops on the metallic paper! So fun! She cuts out the foiled sentiment using our Banner Duo Die Set and layers it over the heart.

The holidays are a perfect time of year to add lots of shine and sparkle to your cards, don't you think!?

To see more creations by Diane, you can visit on her blog, 2sisters project. 

Shaker Card Duo by Ellen Haxelmans

Shaker Card Duo!

Today we are sharing a duo of Holiday shaker cards by Ellen!

To create this duo of shakers she used both our Ornament Shaker Die Set and Snow Globe Shaker Die Set. She cut the shapes out in fun bright pastels and made them into shakers filled with glittery sparkle. She added the words joy and wish to the fronts of the shakers along with some snowflake shapes, all die cut using the extra shapes from the Snow Globe Shaker Die Set. She also adds a bow to the front of the snow globe, die cut using our Pines & Holly Die Set.  

In the background of each shaker she adds more sparkle by using our Confetti Hot Foil Plate to foil silver confetti! For more fun, she covers each of the card bases with patterened paper using our  Love & Chocolate Paper Pad!

What a gorgeous set of cards, filled with fun pops of color and sparkle!

To see more creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen

Season's Greetings Snowman Card by Amanda Wilcox

Season's Greetings Snowman Card!

Today we are sharing an adorable snowman card by Amanda that is perfect for sending this holiday season!

This card features the cute snowman from our Snow Much Cheer Stamp Set. Amanda stamped and colored the snowman holding the stocking filled with gifts in soft holiday colors. She then used the coordinating Snow Much Cheer Die Set to cut the image out. 

 To create the beautiful snowy oval behind the snowman, she stamped the big oval image with a snowflake border from our Snowflake Oval Stamp Set, embossing it in white. She added blue distress inks over the top to give it that gorgeous color. then she cut it out using our Oval Frames Die Set to give it a fun scalloped edge. 

For the card base, she started with a light green paper and then inked the pine boughs and holly over the top using our Holiday Foliage Stencil.  

Then she added the "Season's Greetings" Sentiment using our Holiday Greetings Hot Foil Plates with green foil onto a banner that was cut out using our Banner Duo Die Set.

What a fun combination of prouducts! We hope you enjoyed this beautiful Holiday card today! To say hello to Amanda and see more details you can visit her over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Simple Christmas Shaker Card by Farhana Sarker

Christmas Tree Shaker!

Today we are sharing a simple Christmas tree card by Farhana that is perfect for last minute holiday card making!

For her card front she started with a white panel and die cut the tree out of it using the tree shape from our Christmas Trees Hot Foil Plates & Die Set. Next to the tree cut out she added the sentiment " Merry Christmas," from the Heartfelt Holidays Stamp Set.

Next, she stamped the big heart image filled with holiday foliage from our Heartfelt Holidays Stamp Set, embossing it in white. She ink blended over the top using shades of green and blue. Then she layered it behind he tree cut out, adding some 3D adhesive between the layers and clear acetate to create a shaker window. The shaker was filled with iridescent sequins. 

What a perfect way to give the simple card such a fun bit of color and sparkle! 

To see more of Farhana's creations and say hello to her you can visit her over at her blog, Everyday Engineered.

Happy New Year Card by Amanda Wilcox

 

Happy New Year!

Have you finished your Christmas Cards and are ready to move on to the New Year? Or maybe you're planning on Sending our New Year's Cards instead?  Either way, today we have the purr-fect New Year's inspiration by Amanda!

This card features the cute image of Newton on a giant firework from our Newton's 4th of July Stamp Set. Although this stamp set has a 4th of July theme, all you need to do is change the sentiment to stretch it's use for other occasions! Amanda colored the image in fun bright pastels and cut it out using the coordinating Newton's 4th of July Die Set. Then she created a coordinating background for the New Year theme using our Fireworks Stencil with fun bright pastels! 

She layered Newton onto the sky and added the "Happy New Year" sentiment from our Newton's New Year Stamp Set, stamped onto a circle that was die cut using our Circle Frames Die Set. She added a few sparkly stars and silver splatters for a finishing touch!

What a fun way to get more out of your products! We hope this creation has helped you to think about ways to use your holiday stamps in different ways! 

We hope you enjoyed this Happy New Year card today! To say hello to Amanda and see more details you can visit her over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Light Up the Holidays Card by Samantha Mann

Light Up the Holidays!

Today we are sharing a gorgeous holiday card created by Samantha!

To create this lovely card she stamped a bunch of Christmas light bulbs using our Holiday Lights Stamp Set. She colored them in soft neutral tones, with just a hint of yellow to give them a glowing look. She also added glitter on top to give them some fun sparkle. The bulbs were all cut out using the coordinating 

Holiday Lights Die Set.

Next, she die cut a lots of branches using our Pines & Holly Die Set from a paper that had been inked up in shades of green to give them a fun dimension. For her card base she inked up the top and side with more green, fading to white on the right side. Then she layered all those fun branches over the top, adding splatters of green and white.  She then added the lights, tucking some of them behind the branches. It's almost as if you are looking through the branches of your Christmas tree! 

The finishing touch is the sentiment "Light up the holidays" stamped from the Holiday Lights Stamp Set.

To say hello to Sam and see more of her beautiful creations you can visit her over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!  

We Whisker You a Purry Christmas Card by Zsofia Molnar

Purry Christmas!!

Today Zsofia has created a super cute holiday card that mixes several of our stamp sets together!

She started out by stamping the kitty dressed as Santa from our Santa Paws Stamp Set and the tall bell image from our Bells & Holly Stamp Set. She colored both of the images in traditional holiday colors, adding shimmer and shine with some glitter and glossy accents. She cut the images out using the coordinating Santa Paws Die Set and Bells & Holly Die Set before layering them over a kraft colored card panel. She also added a fun gold bead onto the center of the bow on the bell image.

Here is a close up so you can see her lovely coloring and shimmer and shine:

For her card, she started with a white card base and then added a red scalloped panel using our Frames & Flags Die Set. She layered the kraft colored panel over the top and arranged her images. Then she used the fun sentiment from our Cat Christmas Tree Stamp Set, embossed on a black banner to complete the layout. A smaller green banner tucked behind adds a fun detail. 

What a great way to mix and match our holiday stamps. We hope this has inspired you to mix and match your Christmas themed products together! The combinations and endless!

You can find more of Zsofia's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

No Peeking! Cat Christmas Card by Larissa Heskett

Kitty Christmas Card!

Today we are sharing an adorable kitty themed Christmas card by Larissa! 

For this fun card, she started by using the kitten wearing a Santa hat from our A Kitten Christmas Stamp Set and the cat peeking out of the gift box from our Newton's Gift Stamp Set. For both images she colors the kitties in neutral brown with lots of fur details and speckles! So cute! Then she colors the hat and gifts in Christmas reds and greens, adding details to the image with a white gel pen. She also added a tiny bell to the Santa hat! She cut the cat image out using the coordinating A Kitten Christmas Die Set and the Newton's Gift Die Set.

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

For her card base she started with a white card and then layered the plaid patterned paper from the Meowy Christmas Paper Pad, cutting it out with our Frames & Flag Die Set to give it a scalloped edge. 

Behind the kitties and gifts she used our Petite Snow Stencil to add sparkly snow the the background, inking over it with a light blue. The kitties and gifts were layered on top to create a cozy Christmas scene! 

 

This gorgeous holiday card would be PURR-fect for sending to any cat lover! We hope you enjoyed this card by Larissa today! To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, you can visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

Holiday Gift Card Holder by Donna Idlet

No Peeking! Holiday Gift Card Holder!

Today we are sharing a fun card by Donna that is also a gift card holder!

For this fun card layout she started with a  card base that was 5 1/2" x 10 1/2." Then she scored it at 2" and 6 1/4" to make a tri-fold card. On the front panels she cut papers from our Canine Christmas Paper Pad to fit over the panels. She also stamped the kitty in the gift box from our Newton's Gift Stamp Set, coloring the gift in traditional holiday colors and adding "From meow to you!" on to the front.  She cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's Gift Die Set and adhered it to the top flap of the tri-fold card so that the image helps keep the card closed with a little circle of velcro on the back. She also added a "no peeking" in the lower corner, stamped onto a circle that was die cut using the little stitched circle from our Frames Squared Die Set. 

Here is what it looks like as you open the card: 

Once fully open, there are three panels inside that were decorated. On the top and bottom she added white cardstock and the sentiments from our Sentiments of the Season Stamp Set. In the center she added more patterned paper from our Canine Christmas Paper Pad and a pocket to hold the gift card! 

What a fun way to make a gift card feel special!

We hope you have enjoyed this project today. To see more fun creations by Donna, you can visit her blog, Creative Lady!

Warm Holiday Snowman Card by Farhana Sarker

Warm Holiday Wishes!

Today we are sharing a simple and fun snowman card by Farhana!

For this card, she features the trio of adorable snowmen from our Snow Much Cheer Stamp Set. She colored the snowman in bright primary colors using copic markers and cut them out with the coordinating Snow Much Cheer Die Set. 

For her card front, she started with a white panel of cardstock and then cut three circles out of it using our Circle Frames Die Set. Behind each circle she added a snowy background pattern using a sheet of patterned paper from our Christmas Time Paper Pad.  She layered the a snowman onto each of the circles and added a few gilttery gems for a bit of sparkle. The sentiment "Warm Holiday Wishes" from the Snow Much Cheer Stamp Set was stamped inbetween the circles.  

What a fun, yet simple card! This card would be so fun to make and is perfect for sending snowy holiday wishes! 

To see more of Farhana's creations and say hello to her you can visit her over at her blog, Everyday Engineered.