Make a Wish Birthday Card by Donna Idlet

Make a Wish! 

Today we are taking a break from holiday cards to share a lovely birthday card by Donna! This card features our Gift Builder Die Set along with some of our Frames & Tags Die Set and birthday stamps and paper!

Donna used our Frames & Tags Die Set with navy blue paper and cut out the large frame and the smaller inner frame with windows using navy blue paper. She then used fun patterns Birthday Time Paper Pad and cut them out using our Frames & Tags Die Set for the birthday patterns inside the frame. 

For the birthday message she chose sentiments from our Birthday Essentials Stamp Set. She stamped the "make a wish" onto a stitched rectangle from our Basic Frames Die Set. 

Last, she added the adorable gift using our Gift Builder Die Set. She used a striped paper from our Birthday Time Paper Pad along with pink cardstock for the ribbon and bow. 

This birthday card would be perfect for a birthday any time of year! We love how the die cut birthday gift goes perfectly with the paper!

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

Herd It's Your Birthday Card by Zsofia Molnar

Birthday Moos!

Today we are sharing a fun farm themed birthday card by Zsofia! 

This adorable card features the cute cow from our Moo Stamp Set. Zsofia stamped the cow and hay bale from the Moo Stamp Set. She also stamped the bundle of balloons that are placed in the tail of the cow using and image from our Cycling Friends Stamp Set. She colored all the images, using pretty shades of yellow and blue on the balloons. The images were then cut out using the coordinating Moo Die Set and Cycling Friends Die Set. Next she cut out a black banner using our new Basic Frames Die Set and layered the images on top. So cute! She also added the sentiment "Herd it's your birthday!" from the Moo Stamp Set, stamped onto a bubble that was cut out with our Speech Bubbles Die Set. She added a bit of white ink to the edges of the banner along with some white twine across the top and a few clear embellishment dots to finish out the banner. 

For her card, she used a white card base and then layered a fun gingham patterned paper from our Pastel Basics Paper Pad, cut into a zig zag edged frame using our Frames & Tags Die Set! This perfectly frames the banner and adds to the farm theme! The last step was the the big "celebrate" across the bottom, stamped in black using our Birthday Essentials Stamp Set.

This fun farm themed birthday card would be perfect for a friend or family member of any age!

We hope you enjoyed this fun card by Zsofia today! You can find more of Zsofia's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

Happy Birthday Butterflies Card by Zsofia Molnar

Birthday Butterflies!

Today we are sharing a gorgeous birthday wish by Zsofia, filled with butterflies!

For this card she started by creating that beautiful background using our Butterflies Stencil Set. This set includes two layers so she created the the bold butterfly bodies with the lighter ink shades and then layered on the butterfly details with the second layer and darker inks. So lovely!  She also added tiny black paint spatters for added texture. When all the inking was done she used our Frames & Flags Die Set to cut out the panel. 

To make this fun pattern into a birthday card she stamped the "happy birthday" sentiment in black using our Birthday Essentials Stamp Set. Then she added a second message from our Birdhouse Greetings Stamp Set, embossing it in white onto a small navy blue rectangle. She also added shiny clear embellishment dots to the butterfly centers for an added detail.

This card soars with creativity! We hope you enjoyed this fun card by Zsofia today!

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

Birthday Card with Layered Stencils by Zsofia Molnar

Stencil a Beautiful Birthday Card!

Today Zsofia has created a beautiful birthday card by layering several of our favorite stencils together! 

She started by using our Quatrefoil Stencil with a light gray ink. She added this pattern in opposite corners, lightly fading it to white on the edges. Then she used our Plaid Stencil Set and added that on the two remaining corners. For this one she used both layers of the 2 piece stencil, using teal ink with one layer and blue ink with the other layer. Again she did just a little stenciling in each corner and faded the edges. The last stencil she used was our Music Stencil, which she layered over the quatrefoil pattern. She used black ink with this pattern to help it pop. She also added subtle ink splatters for a bit of extra texture. What a gorgeous layering of patterns!

For the birthday message, she added a couple of sentiments from our Birthday Essentials Stamp Set. On the top she used the word "celebrate" and on the bottom she added the message "At least you're not as old as you will be next year" for a fun birthday greeting! A few shimmery rhinestone embellishments give the care a little bit of sparkle. 

What do you think? We hope this card has inspired you to look at your stencils and try layering some together for fun patterns! If you create any layered stencil cards, don't forget to share them with us in our Create & Share Group on Facebook. We'd love to see them! 

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

Graduation Shaker Cards Duo by Andrea Shell

Celebrate a Special Graduate!

Do you know anyone graduating this year? Today we are sharing a duo of shaker cards by Andrea that are perfect for giving to a special graduate! She created these fun cards featuring that kitty holding up his diploma from our Newton's Graduation Stamp Set. She colored the cut kitty with copics, giving him adorable tiger stripes! She colored the image twice, giving one kitty a blue cap and the other kitty a black one! She also colored several of the little hats that are also included in the set in blue and black. She used the coordinating Newton's Graduation Die Set to cut the images out. Then she created gorgeous inked background using distress inks along with our Confetti Stencil. She assembled the images as shaker cards, cutting out a circle frame and filling the shaker windows with the small graduation caps along with some sequins! The kitty image was adhered over the shaker window. The finishing touch is the word "celebrate" along the bottom, stamped from our Birthday Essentials Stamp Set.

Here is the blue version with the green and blue background:

And the second version with the black hat and rainbow colored background:

Both are so gorgeous I can't pick a favorite!

Thank you, Andrea, for sharing this fun way to celebrate graduates this year!

To see more beautiful creations by Andrea, you can visit her over at her blog, Blissfully Scrappy too!

Stenciled Mother's Day Cards by Zsofia Molnar

3 Ways to Create a Card for Mom!

Today we are sharing three gorgeous Mother's Day cards by Zsofia! She created this trio of cards, all featuring our Floral Lace Stencil, used in three different ways!

Card one (pictured above), uses our Floral Lace Stencil with Distress Crackle Texture paste, colored with Distress Oxide inks, on a piece of kraft cardstock. After the paste dries you get a fun textured look! After the stenciled piece was dry she cut the panel out using the scallop edged frame from our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

She also added a the sentiment from our Mother's Day Stamp Set, embossed in white onto a strip of vellum. She added a little more white to the colors with a white gel pen and added little pearls to the centers for an extra special finishing touch!

For her second card, Zsofia used the the Floral Lace Stencil again on a piece of kraft cardstock. First she used white pigment ink to stencil it, then she moved it to the side a little and stenciled it again with colored Distress Oxide Inks. This gives a fun offset look to the pattern. She also added some gloss glitter gel to the layer with the color before removing the stencil. She again used the scalloped frame from our Frames & Flags Die Set to cut out the panel.

This card also uses the Mother's Day Stamp Set. This time she stamped it with Distress Oxide inks and embossed it with clear embossing powder to add some shine. She added ink to the flowers too and glossy accents to their centers. The panel holding the sentiment was also cut out using our  Frames & Flags Die Set.

Zsofia created a third card using leftover colored texture paste from what she had mixed up for the first card! Don't ever let extra supplies go to waste! She created a smaller panel of colored textures with the Distress Crackle Texture paste. When this was dry, she cut a decorative edge on one side using our Sky Border Die Set. Then she added "It's your day" from our Birthday Essentials Stamp Set, embossing it on a black banner with white embossing powder.  She then used our Essential Alphabet Die Set to cut out the letters to spell "MAMA" across the bottom, layering them in kraft paper and then pink! So clever!

We hope this trio of cards by Zsofia has inspired you to think of how you can use the same products in many different ways! So fun! 

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

Happy Birthday Dog Card by Jennifer Jackson

 

Happy Birthday Dog Card!

Hello! Jen here today with a fun birthday card for a dog lover! I have lots of friends with dogs so I like to keep a few dog themed birthday cards in my stash! For this card I chose the image of the Lab from our Fetching Friendship Stamp Set. I stamped him onto a stitched rectangle that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. I also stamped the little gift onto his nose. I colored him to look like a yellow lab using copic markers, adding on a red scarf and blue for the gift. Then I stamped the birthday hat, also from the Fetching Friendship Stamp Set onto another piece of paper. I colored the hat with copics and cut it out using the coordinating Fetching Friendship Die Set to add onto his head. For the sentiments, I used the "Happy Birthday" and "& many more" words from our Birthday Essentials Stamp Set. I mounted the image onto a card base, layering it with a scrap of patterned yellow paper over red cardstock. I also added on a stripe of black and white washi tape and a blue ribbon. I like that the colors and ribbon on this card could work for a masculine birthday too!  What do you think?

I hope you enjoyed this card today!

Have a fabulous day! 

Happy Birthday Kitty card by Jennifer Jackson

Sweet and Simple Birthday Card!

Hello! Jen here today with a sweet and simple kitty card that is perfect for birthday wishes! To create this card I started with a panel of watercolor paper that was cut out into a scalloped rectangle using our Framework Die Set. Then I stamped the image of the kitty and flowers from our  Newton's Daydream Stamp Set using a waterproof ink. I colored the image using Derwent Inktense Watercolor pencils and a water brush. Then I added the big Happy Birthday sentiment above the image using our Birthday Essentials Stamp Set.  For the background I used our Cloudy Sky Stencil with white embossing paste and created clouds across the top half of a piece of white cardstock. Then I used distress inks to add blue over the top and blended it into green to create a sky to grass effect. 

I hope you enjoyed this card today! I love how this turned out! It's a great way to make a simple yet lovely birthday greeting!

Happy Bird-day Card by Larissa Heskett

A Birthday Bird!

Today Larissa is sharing a fun way to use our Winter Birds Stamp Set to create a colorful birthday card! She started out with the image of the Chickadee from the Winter Birds Stamp Set but instead of coloring it in traditional colors she changed it up by making the cut bird shade so pink and red! Then she cut out the fun bird using the coordinating Winter Birds Die Set. To make this into a birthday card she colored a hat from the Newton Celebrates Stamp Set and cut it out with the Newton Celebrates Die Set to add onto the birds head. She added the cute and colorful bird to her card, adding some fun yellow ink behind him on a circle. For her card base she used some fun bold bird themed paper. Then She added the "celebrate" sentiment from our Birthday Essentials Stamp Set, stamping it onto a banner from our Frames & Flags Die Set. What a fun and colorful card!

Thank you,  Larissa, for the gorgeous creation today! To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

January Reveals - Day 1 - Newton Planner Stamps!

This is our second post today! To see an adorable card by our Guest Designer, Toni Maddox, scroll down or click here. 

Today is our first reveal day for our January Release and we are excited to share Newton is trying our Planner Stamps! We have TWO awesome sets today to share, Newton Makes a Plan and It's a Plan! These sets are both designed to work with planners but we also make them versatile so you can use them for other things too! We also have a giveaway today so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Newton Makes Plans

Our favorite feline, Newton, is ready to help you make plans in this 4x6 stamp set. This set features our sweet kitty doing 16 different activities that are perfect for decorating planners and more! These little kitties are also a great size for creating tags and mini cards too. Try combining the images in this set with the words and elements in our It's a Plan set too, shown below.

Here's some info on the Newton Makes Plans stamp set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 16 stamps
• Coordinating Newton Makes Plans purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 16 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, January 18th

It's a Plan

This fun 4x6 stamp set includes words and elements that are just right for creating custom planner pages, checklists, and more! The activities listed in this set go perfectly with the images in our Newton Makes Plans Stamp Set too (shown above).  

Here's some info on the It's a Plan stamp set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 35 stamps: 12 images and 23 words
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, January 18th

Get inspired with amazing Planner projects and more by 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.

Maria created this gorgeous planner page using the little kitties from the new Newton Makes Plans Stamp Set and the words from the It's A Plan Stamp Set! She also used our Sky Borders Die Set to mask clouds onto the top of the page and our Evergreen Stencil and Sunscape Stencil to add the sun rays and trees! She's even playing with calligraphy and hand-lettered the word "weekend!" So fun!

This adorable shaker card was created by Andrea! She added those cute little kitties from the Newton Makes Plans Set in each square. She added in words and hearts using the It's A Plan Stamp Set and finished it off with a big "celebrate" from our Birthday Essentials Stamp Set

Naki is all ready to plan out her year! She's created lots of stickers using the cute kitties from our new Newton Makes Plans Stamp Set. She cut them out using the coordinating die set and then pulled them through her Xyron sticker maker so they're ready to go as stickers! 

Those cute kitties from the Newton Makes Plans Stamp Set work great on cards too! On her cards today, Zsofia combined those cute kitties with custom sentiments that she created using our Essential Alphabet Die Set. She created one for a birthday and one for an inspirational fitness card! She also used the stitched rectangle die cut from our Frames & Flags Die Set to frame her sentiments!

This kitty card by Samantha is so cute! She created a rainbow of color and words using the words from the new It's A Plan Stamp Set, leaving a white circle one side. Inside the circle she added three cute little kitties doing activities from our Newton Makes Plans Stamp Set. She finished out the card by adding the "It's Your Day" Sentiment from our Birthday Essentials Stamp Set. This would make a great specialized birthday card!

Ellen is getting her January all planned out with our new sets! She used the kitties from the Newton Makes Plans Stamp Set and the words from the It's A Plan Stamp Set to decorate her pages. She also added in the letters for JAN using our  Essential Alphabet Die Set and the postage edged rectangle from our Framework Die Set. What a pretty way to stay organized!

Larissa created this adorable card using the words from the It's A Plan Stamp Set to create a cascading interactive card. You pull on the right to reveal what's behind the panels! See more on her blog today (hint: there are little kitties in there from the Newton Makes Plans Stamp Set!)  She also added in a kitty holding flowers using our Sending Hugs Stamp Set. 

Ready for another adorable planner page? Amanda created this fun layout using those cute kitties from the Newton Makes Plans Stamp Set combined with words and symbols from the It's A Plan Stamp Set. Getting organized could not be any cuter! 

How about using these cute kitties for a special girls night? Holly created this cute card using a trio of the cats from the Newton Makes Plans Stamp Set that are ready for a girls night out! She combined them with the words and check mark from the It's A Plan Stamp Set. What a cute way to created a card for a fun night! 

Tatiana will inspire you to get organized with this adorable planner page! She created her own custom page and added in those cute kitties from the Newton Makes Plans Stamp Set and words from our It's A Plan Stamp Set. The limited color combo makes getting organized quick and easy! Plus it looks great!

Would you like to win the “Newton Makes Plans” or the “It’s a Plan” Stamp Set?

We will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set! 

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 January 17th at 9pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, January 18th.

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

Newton's Nook Designs
Amanda Bodine
Holly Endress
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Andrea Shell
Tatiana Trafimovich