Foiled Poinsettia Christmas Card by Samantha Mann

Foiled Poinsettias!

Today we are sharing a beautiful holiday card by Samantha featuring our 'Tis the Season Toner Card Fronts and our Merriest Christmas Die Set. 

To create this gorgeous card Samantha used the poinsettia pattern from our 'Tis the Season Toner Card Fronts and applied three different colors of foil. She then fussy cut out some of the flowers by hand and layered them all over a white card base. She added a few white paint splatters over the top, creating a fun effect that looks like falling snow!

For the sentiment she used our Merriest Christmas Die Set. She inked over the letters using pink and peach inks to get a two toned ombré effect! Then she cut the shadow layer from white, adhered them together and attached the greeting to the bottom corner of her card. She also added a few sequins to add to the sparkle.

What a fun way to add shine to a holiday card!

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

Bow-Wows of Sparkles and Holly! Card by Amanda Wilcox

Bow-Wows of Holly!

Today Amanda is sharing a holiday card filled with sparkle that is perfect for dog lovers! This card features our 'Tis the Season Toner Card Fronts and our Wreath Pups Stamp Set. 

To create that gorgeous sparkly background panel, Amanda used the peppermint striped panel from our 'Tis the Season Toner Card Fronts pack. She applied the red foil (you can use a minc or heat based laminator) and then cut the panel out using the zig zag edged die from our Frames & Tags Die Set. 

For the cute tag in the center of the card she stamped and colored the duo of dogs inside a big wreath from our Wreath Pups Stamp Set, cutting the image out with the coordinating Wreath Pups Die Set. She also added white gel pen accents to the image and a bit of shine to the berries. 

She then cut out a tag using our new Essential Tags Die Set. She inked the edges with blue distress ink and stamped the sentiment, also from the Wreath Pups Stamp Set along the bottom. 

We love this beautiful Christmas Card by Amanda! This layout with the shiny background creates the perfect backdrop for your favorite Christmas image. Simply change out the image on the tag to create a custom holiday card for anyone on your list! 

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

Sending Sparkles & Holiday Cheer Card by Donna Idlet

Sparkles and Cheer!

We are filling today with sparkle and shine on this glittery card by Donna! She adds sparkle THREE ways by using using our 'Tis the Season Toner Card Fronts, our Cheerful Brights Glitter Cardstock Assortment and our Christmas Trees Hot Foil Plates & Dies! 

For this cute and sparkly scene she first used deco foil with the candy striped panel from our 'Tis the Season Toner Card Fronts. This created her sparkly card background. 

To hold her scene she used the large stitched rectangle from our Basic Frames Die Set, cutting it in white. She then added a green & white stripe along the bottom using our Christmas Party Paper Pad. She then cut out three sparkly gifts using our Gift Builder Die Set with our Cheerful Brights Glitter Cardstock. WOW! So pretty and colorful! Next to the gifts she inserted a shiny tree that she had created using our Christmas Trees Hot Foil Plates & Dies. 

To complete the scene she stamped and colored the dog and cat from our Christmas Time Dogs Stamp Set and Christmas Time Cats Stamp Set holding their gifts and added them on in front of the green striped paper.  Last, she added the sentiment from the Christmas Greetings Stamp Set onto a circle cut out with our Circle Frames Die Set.  

There are so many ways to add sparkle! Which one is your favorite? You can try them all using our fun holiday products! 

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

BYSH Cardmakers Challenge!

BYSHC is FALL-ing for the Holidays!

Hello! Jen here I'm excited to share that Newton's Nook Designs is sponsoring the BYSHC Falling for the Holidays Linky Party! Have you heard of the BYSHC challenge? It stands for "Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers" and they have challenges all year long to encourage everyone to work on Holiday cards! I don't know about you, but I think this is such a GREAT idea because I am always down to the wire on Holiday cards! Even though I own a stamp company and make cards all year I never seem to start early enough on Christmas cards!

Besides their regular monthly challenges, the BYSHC crew has seasonal linky parties and we are happy to sponsor their fall party! All you have to do to play along is create a card with a holiday/winter theme and link it up! Here is the link to the post with the link up and all the details: Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party

So, today I am getting a jump start on my cards and have created a Christmas card featuring products from our NEW Christmas Release. 

Here's a look at my card: 

For this card I used the following New Products:

Christmas Time Dogs Stamp Set

Merriest Christmas Die Set

Essential Tags Die Set 

'Tis the Season Toner Card Fronts

I also used the previously released A2 Card Layout 2 Die 

To create this card I started by stamping and coloring all those cute little dog images from our Christmas Time Dogs Stamp Set. I used watercolor markers to color the dogs and I just love how they turned out! Once they were colored I used the coordinating Christmas Time Dogs Die Set to trim them out.  I decided to use our A2 Card Layout 2 Die for my card because it has lots of little windows that I knew the dogs would fit perfectly into. I cut out the shape using white and pink cardstock. I was also playing with our new 'Tis the Season Toner Card Fronts and had just foiled the peppermint striped panel with red foil and was dying to use it so I cut that out using the same die set and used the fun foiled image to fit into the two rectangular windows! So pretty! 

I layered the dogs over 3 of the windows, leaving the upper right window open for a sentiment. I had a hard time choosing which message to use. There are some REALLY cute sentiments in the Christmas Time Dogs Stamp Set but they were kind of small and I wanted something that would pop off in front of the peppermint stripes. So I chose to use the word "merry" from the new Merriest Christmas Die Set. Then I layered the word over a vellum tag that I cut out using our new Essential Tags Die Set. For the bow I cheated and I tied and trimmed a bow and then just glued the bow over the hole in the tag instead of tying it through the hole (shhh, don't tell!). 

I absolutely adore how this turned out! I love the shimmer that the foil adds to it. Plus the watercolored pups and the vellum tag give the card all sorts of different textures! 

I hope you enjoyed this card! I hope you will play along with the  Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party. Don't forget, a winner will get a gift card to spend in the Newton's Nook Designs shop! 

AND, I did want to quickly mention that we are having a SALE in our shop this week so if you like any of the products I used today you can get them now for 15% off with code MERRY (ends Oct 24)

Thank you for joining me today! I hope you have a wonderful crafty weekend and good luck on getting started on Christmas cards!

Christmas Reveal Day 3 - NEW! Christmas Time Cats and Dogs! Plus, Holiday Toner Card Fronts

Welcome back for day 3 of our Christmas Product Previews!

Today we are introducing dog and cat stamps for the Holidays along with Holiday Toner Card Fronts!

Make sure to read all the way to the bottom of today's post for details on how to enter our giveaway for a chance to win today too. 

Christmas Dogs, Christmas Cats, and Holiday Shine!

Our Mini Dog and Cat Christmas designs are perfect for sending Christmas Cheer. The small size makes them easy to color and perfect for adding to tags too! We are also revealing Holiday Toner Card Fronts! Use them with toner foil to create gorgeous shiny backgrounds for your holiday cards! 

• Happiest Holidays Die Set includes 6 dies 
• Merriest Christmas Die Set includes 4 dies
• 'Tis the Season Toner Card Front Pack includes 12 pieces (3 each of 4 designs). 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, October 17th

Send the Perfect Holiday Greeting!

Check out all the awesome projects created by our Design Team! You can click through to all their blogs for details on their cards and leave comments for a chance to win! Details on the giveaway are at the bottom of today's post.

Card by Jennifer Jackson using the new Tis the Season Toner Card Front and Merriest Christmas Die Set.

Card by Donna Idlet using the new Christmas Time Cats and Tis the Season Toner Card Front. Additional products used: Circle Frames Die Set, Frames & Tags Die Set

Card by Samantha Mann using the new Christmas Time Dogs and Essential Tags Die Set

Card by Farhana Sarker using the new 'Tis the Season Toner Card Fronts and Happiest. Holidays Die Set. Additional products used: Card Layout 4 Die Set

Card by Diane Morales using the new Christmas Time Cats. Additional products used: Sea Borders Die Set, Hexagon Frames Die Set

Card by Jennifer Jackson using the new Tis the Season Toner Card Front, Essential Tags Die Set and Christmas Greetings Stamp Set. Additional products used: Card Layout 5 Die

Card by Donna Idlet using the new Christmas Time Dogs and 'Tis the Season Toner Card Front. Additional products used: Circle Frames Die Set

Card by Jennifer Jackson using the new Tis the Season Toner Card Front, Essential Tags Die Set and Christmas Time Cats Stamp Set. Additional products used: Framework Die Set, Circle Frames Die Set

Card by Amanda Wilcox using the new Christmas Time Dogs and Christmas Party Paper Pad. Additional products used: Frames & Tags Die Set

Card by Jennifer Jackson using the new Christmas Time Cats Stamp Set, Essential Tags Die Set and Christmas Party Paper Pad. Additional products used: Card Layout 4 Die

Card by Diane Morales using the new Christmas Time Dogs. Additional products used: Oval Frames Die Set

Card by Samantha Mann using the new Christmas Time Cats, Christmas Party Paper Pad. Additional products used: Frames & Flags Die Set, Frames & Tags Die Set

 

Card by Amanda Wilcox using the new Christmas Time Cats and Christmas Party Paper Pad. Additional products used: Cheerful Brights Glitter Cardstock Assortment, Card Layout 5 Die Set, Circle Frames Die Set

Card by Jennifer Jackson using the new Christmas Time Dogs Stamp Set, Essential Tags Die Set and Christmas Party Paper Pad. Additional products used: Framework Die Set

Card by Jennifer Jackson using the new Tis the Season Toner Card Fronts, Essential Tags Die Set and Happiest Holidays Die Set.

Enter to Win a $25 Prize!

One lucky winner will receive a $25 prize to spend at Newton's Nook Designs online shop! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog posts featuring our new products this week. For a chance to win, leave comments on the Design Team Member Blog Posts (see list below) from Tuesday October 14 through Thursday October 16th. 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, October 16th at 9 pm ET to comment -- winners will be announced on the NND blog on Friday, October 17th.

Want another chance to win? We will be having an instagram hop on Friday with a second prize! Please join us over on Instagram on Friday, October 17 for details! 

Newton's Nook Designs

Donna Idlet
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales

Farhana Sarker

Amanda Wilcox