Autumn Shaker Card by Farhana Sarker

Autumn Reads for Fall!

Today Farhana has created a lovely fall shaker that is perfect for sending to a book lover. This card features our Autumn Reads Stamp Set and Falling Leaves Stencil.

To create the shaker she first stenciled a background panel using our Falling Leaves Stencil. She stamped the sentiment "Autumn leaves & cozy reads" from the Autumn Reads Stamp Set in the center of the stenciled panel. She then cut a circle out of the white card front Circle Frames Die Set. She layered the stenciled panel so that it showed through the circle window with the sentiment in the center. She layered the pieces together, creating her shaker window and adding some confetti inside.

For the images she stamped the corner of leaves and the stack of books from our Autumn Reads Stamp Set. She colored the images in fall colors using alcohol markers and then cut them out using the coordinating Autumn Reads Die Set. She added the images to her card, placing one on each side of the circle cut out. 

This beautiful card is sure to make a book lover smile. We hope this card has inspired you to begin your fall crafting!

To see more of Farhana's creations you can visit blog, Everyday Engineered.

Shell-ebrate Card by Donna Idlet

Shell-ebrate!

As summer is nearing the end we thought it would be fun to sneak in one more summer card! This card by  Donna features the adorable Newton's Sand Dollar Stamp Set along with our Seaside Paper Pad and Fractured Card Layout Die Set.

For this card Donna cut out the shapes using the Fractured Card Layout Die Set twice. She cut it out once using the gray seashell paper from the Seaside Paper Pad and once from a piece of light gray cardstock. To get the second shade of darker gray on the center piece she ink blended it over it with gray ink.  

She stamped and colored the images of Newton and the seashells from the Newton's Sand Dollar Stamp Set. She used neutral colors for the seashells and orange for Newton to add a fun pop of color! She cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's Sand Dollar Die Set and added him to her card. 

Last, she cut out a black stitched banner using our Banner Duo Die Set and stamped the "Shell-ebrate" message using a stamp from our Seashell Roundabout Stamp Set. This sentiment goes perfectly with the seaside images! 

We hope you enjoyed this fun summer card! To see more beautiful creations by Donna, you can visit her blog, Creative Lady!

Happy Halloween! Partial Shaker Card by Amanda Wilcox

Happy Halloween!

Are you ready for Halloween crafting? Today we are sharing an awesome Halloween themed card by Amanda that might just get you inspired to start your crafting for the spooky season!

For this card Amanda features our Spooky Stories Stamp Set and A2 Card Layout 2 Die Set.

She cut out the design from the A2 Card Layout 2 Die Set twice, once from black and once from white. She used the black for the frame and then ink blended over all the white stitched pieces to using fun halloween themed colors. She stamped the sentiment images from the Spooky Stories Stamp Set directly onto the lower left corner piece and then stamped the other images onto  a separate piece of white cardstock and die cut them using the coordinating Spooky Stories Die Set. She layered the die cut images over the other ink blended pieces. 

She assembled the card together using dimensional adhesive, leaving the orange piece with the sentiment lower than the rest of the frame and added acetate and sequins to make a little shaker in the corner! What a fun idea!

We hope this spooky card gives you a bit of inspiration to get started on Halloween crafting! 

 See more of Amanda's work over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Cats, Love & Boxes Card by Samantha Mann

Cats, Love & Boxes!

Today Samantha has created an adorable card filled with kitties and boxes! If you own a cat, you know how much they love boxes and our Newton Loves Boxes Stamp Set is the perfect way to share that love! 

We love the neutral color palette that she choose for this card and how she added shades pink for the boxes! She stamped and colored all those cute images of cats squeezed into boxes from the Newton Loves Boxes Stamp Set, adding white highlights with a gel pen. She cut the images out using the coordinating  Newton Loves Boxes Die Set.

For her card base she created a textured background using our Meow Stencil with white texture paste. Then she cut out the frame using our A2 Card Layout 2 Die Set and layered it over the textured panel. She arranged all of her images into the windows of the frame and tucked in the sentiment, also from the Newton Loves Boxes Stamp Set. 

This card is guaranteed to make any cat lover smile! 

To see more fun cards by Samantha you can visit her over on her blog, Sam' Scrap Candy!

Birthday Card with Free Balloon Die by Jennifer Jackson

Happy Birthday!

Hello! Jen here today to share a quick and simple birthday card using some of our newest products! Plus, this card features the cute Mini Balloon Die that you can get free with any purchase in our shop (while supplies last). 

To start out creating this card I looked through our Birthday Time Paper Pad and chose couple of patterns to use. I used our new Card Layout 4 Die and cut it out 4 times, twice using the patterned papers, once using a white cardstock and once using a pink cardstock. I then chose which pieces to put where and assembled it onto a light blue card base. 

I added the sentiment using our Happy Birthday Die Set. I cut the words from white paper and the shadow layer from a slightly darker pink than the frame.

Next, I cut out three balloons using the Mini Balloon Die using cardstock colors that matched the patterned paper. 

To finish I adhered Happy Birthday Sentiment and the balloons to my card. This was such a quick and easy birthday card to create! The die cuts and papers make it a breeze! 

I hope you enjoyed this project today! And don't forget, you can get that  Mini Balloon Die for free with any purchase right now in our shop (while supplies last)! 

Christmas Cactus Card by Samantha Mann

Christmas Cactus!

Have you thought about making holiday cards yet? It's never too early to start and today we are sharing a Christmas card by Samantha featuring our Christmas Cactus Stamp Set and Lattice Die Set to get the inspiration started!

To create this card Samantha stamped the lovely cactus blooms from our Christmas Cactus Stamp Set multiple times. She colored all the blooms in shades of pink using watercolor markers. She added white highlights with a white gel pen to the petals and cut out all the blooms using the coordinating Christmas Cactus Die Set. 

For her card base she stenciled a white piece of cardstock using a light gray ink with our Tree Rings Stencil. Then she took that panel and cut it out using our Lattice Die Set. What a fun way to give the die cut texture! She stenciled another piece of white cardstock using our Petite Snow Stencil with white texture paste to give a subtle texture. She cut the snowy panel to fit her card front and then layered the die cut lattice over the top. She then layered all those cactus blooms along the right side, overlapping them to create a beautiful edge. 

Last she added the sentiment, stamped and embossed in white onto a black banner. The banner was die cut using our Banner Duo Die Set. She also added a few iridescent sequins around the blooms for a little bit of sparkle. 

What a gorgeous Christmas card! We hope this card gives you inspiration to get a jump start on holiday crafting!

To see more fun cards by Samantha you can visit her over on her blog, Sam' Scrap Candy!

Coffee + Holiday Cheer! Card by Donna Idlet

Coffee + Holiday Cheer!

Today we are sharing a Christmas card that is perfect for sending to a coffee lover! This card features our Newton Loves Coffee Stamp Set, A2 Card Layout Die Set and Christmas Paper Pads. 

To start out, Donna created a beautiful holiday background using our A2 Card Layout Die Set. She chose several pretty patterns from our Christmas Time Paper Pad our and Meowy Christmas Paper Pad that she thought looked nice together. She used the die set multiple times with the papers so that she had all of the pieces in the different patterns. Then she assembled the pieces onto a red card base. 

Next she stamped the image of the kitty hugging a coffee from our Newton Loves Coffee Stamp Set. She colored the mug in red and green to match the background patterns and give it a holiday feel. She also added to the holiday theme by adding a Santa hat using our Christmas Puppies Stamp Set. The images were cut out using the coordinating Newton Loves Coffee Die Set and Christmas Puppies Die Set. 

She chose a sentiment from our Ornamental Wishes Stamp Set for the holiday cheer message, stamping it onto an oval that was cut out using our Oval Frames Die Set.

This coffee themed holiday card is also perfect for the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! Newton's Nook Designs is featured on their challenge for the month of August and we hope you will join in the fun!

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