Have a MICE Birthday Card by Farhana Sarker

Have a MICE day!

Today we are wishing you a MICE day with this adorable card by Farhana!

To create this fun card she started by stamping the cute mouse holding a ballon from our Birthday Mice Stamp Set. She colored the mouse with Copic markers and then cut it out using the coordinating Birthday Mice Die Set. 

Here are the Copic colors she used to color the mouse: 

For her card she started with a white card base and then layered the fun frame from our A2 Card Layout Die Set. She cut the frame with light blue paper and then again with the different birthday patterns from our Birthday Party Paper Pad. So fun and colorful! Then she finished out the card using the message "have a MICE birthday!" from the Birthday Mice Stamp Set, stamped onto a banner that was cut out using the Frames & Flags Die Set. 

This adorable card would be perfect to send a smile for a birthday! 

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

Bright Birthday Wishes Card by Maria Russell

Fun and Bright Birthday Card!

Today we are sharing a a fun kitty themed birthday card by Maria using some of our fun new products! 

She started by stamping the image of the kitties climbing the tall cake from our Newton's Birthday Delights Stamp Set. She colored the image leaving the kitties in neutral browns and adding chocolate icing and yellow polka dots. She cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's Birthday Delights Die Set. 

Next, she created a fun shaker window to put behind the kitties. The teal frame for the window was cut out using our Framework Die Set and she added vellum to the inside. Then she filled the window frame with fun sequins! Perfect for a birthday greeting!

For the card base, she started with a white card base and then added colorful circles over the top. The three patterned paper prints are from pages of our Birthday Meows Paper Pad and our Birthday Party Paper Pad. She cut these cute patterns into scalloped circles using our Circle Frames Die Set.

Last, she added a fun foiled sentiment using our Birthday Greetings Hot Foil Plate and bright teal blue foil. She cut the sentiment out using the banner from our Banner Duo Die Set. 

All the fun prints and colors make this birthday card by Maria a work of art! Plus, the foil adds the perfect finishing shimmer!  To see more of Maria's work, you can visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs !

Birthday Card and Bookmark for a Dog Lover by Zsofia Molnar

Birthday Card and Bookmark for a Dog Lover!

Today we are sharing an adorable birthday creation by Zsofia that is perfect for a dog lover!

For this fun card, she knew her card recipient loved dogs so she created a custom dog themed greeting.  She started by die cutting the dachshund silhouette using our Dog Silhouettes Die Set. She then cut out a tag using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. This fun tag die set includes options to create borders and pieces to go around the hole of the tag and she added those fun elements, using the dog themed paper for the top border from our A Dog's Life Paper Pad. So fun! 

She added the dog onto the tag, pairing him with some balloons cut out of glittery papers. She layered it over a fun red balloon background paper that was cut out from our Birthday Party Paper Pad using our Frames & Flags Die Set. She also used the Frames & Flags Die Set to cut out a little blue banner and added the "Happy Birthday" onto the banner using a sentiment stamp from our Birthday Oval Stamp Set.

To make this project even more fun, she created a coordinating bookmark for the recipient. She cut out the bookmark and paw print using our Bookmark Die Set. Then she added on the same dachshund die cut from our Dog Silhouettes Die Set and cut out letters to spell a name using our Essential Alphabet Die Set.

The opposite side of the bookmark features a fun dachshund themed paper pattern to match, also from our A Dog's Life Paper Pad. What a fun project!

Isn't it neat how you can customize a project to work perfectly for the recipient? We hope this has given you some ideas and that you try to customize cards (or bookmarks) of your own! 

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

Birthday Mice Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Bright Birthday Wishes!

Today Ellen has created a bright and colorful birthday greeting featuring our Birthday Mice Stamp Set. 

She started out by coloring the image of the two mice sharing a cupcake from our Birthday Mice Stamp Set. She colored the image in mostly neutral tones but added bright green, yellow and orange to make it pop! She cut the image out using the coordinating Birthday Mice Die Set to add it to her card. 

For her card, she made a glowing starry scene using our Cascading Stars Stencil with Yellow Neon Glitz Glitter Gel over a blue inked background. What a fun effect! She added hill along the bottom for the mice to sit on using our Land Borders Die Set with black cardstock. Then she framed the whole scene with the scallop edged frame from our Framework Die Set, cut from gray cardstock. To add to the birthday theme she added a panel of yellow confetti paper to the background using a piece from our Birthday Party Paper Pad. The "Happy Birthday" Sentiment is from our Birthday Oval Stamp Set and she masked the words and stamped them onto two colored banners that were cut out using our A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. 

What a festive birthday card! The unexpected night scene is so creative and fun! 

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

Have a Mice Birthday Card by Tina Herbeck

Have a MICE Birthday!

Today we are sharing an adorable mouse themed birthday wish created by Tina! 

For her card today, Tina created and adorable shaker card featuring the duo of mice peeking around a giant cupcake from our Birthday Mice Stamp Set. She colored the image using alcohol markers using neutral colors with fun pops of blue and yellow. The image was then cut out using the coordinating Birthday Mice Die Set to add to her card. 

For the card base she created a shaker window by using dies from our Circle Frames Die Set to cut a window frame. Inside the shake she added blue and iridescent colored sequins. Behind the shaker she added a piece of patterned paper with confetti dots on it from our  Birthday Party Paper Pad, a perfect way to add more fun to this adorable card! A few sequins glued to the card front add the perfect finishing touch along with the sentiment "Have a mice birthday!" from the Birthday Mice Stamp Set.                                                                                           

We hope you have enjoyed this sweet birthday greeting today!  To see more wonderful cards by Tina, you can visit her blog, The Scrappin Rabbit! 

Two Birthday Cards and Video with Jennifer Jackson

Quick and Easy Birthday Cards

Hello! Jen here today with a duo of quick and simple birthday cards! These cards are so easy to create you'll want to copy them and make a bunch for your stash! 

To create both of these cards I used our Birthday Party Paper Pad. For the first card I cut 5 rectangles from various papers that measure 3 1/4" tall x 3/4" wide. I layered them onto a piece of yellow card stock that measures 3 1/2" tall x 4 3/4" wide. This fits perfectly inside the scalloped frame from our Frames & Flags Die Set. Then I simply added some twine and the birthday sentiment from our Birthday Oval Stamp Set. 

For this second card I created a little gift using pieces of paper from our Birthday Party Paper Pad. These pieces measure 2 1/2" tall x 3/4" wide. I added some red and white bakers twine around the paper to make it look like a string wrapped gift!

Then I added the sentiment from our Birthday Oval Stamp Set, stamped onto a white rounded edge banner from our A7 Frames & Banners Die Set. The stitched yellow rectangle was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set and I layered another piece of patterned paper in the background using our Birthday Party Paper Pad.

Both cards were quick and easy and so much fun to create! 

Here is a video I created showing you everything you need to do to create these cards:

I hope you are inspired to create some patterned paper cards to send out for birthday wishes! 

Don't forget to head over to our Newton's Nook Designs YouTube Channel for more inspiration and subscribe so to be informed when we add new content too! 

Happy Birthday Card by Maria Russell

Rainbow Birthday!

Today Maria has created a rainbow of birthday wishes on this gorgeous card! 

She started by stamping the big oval image using our Birthday Oval Stamp Set. She colored the balloons and gifts in rainbow colors, adding fun little white gel pen accents. She cut the image out using the big oval from our Oval Frames Die Set to give it a fun stitched and scalloped edge. She also hand cut around the inside of the images too to give the image a fun "frame" look. 

She chose the "Happy Birthday" from the Birthday Oval Stamp Set, embossing it on white onto a small black oval. The oval was also die cut using our Oval Frames Die Set.

To add to the birthday fun, she used a confetti dot patterned piece of paper from our Birthday Party Paper Pad as her card background. This birthday card is so colorful and cheerful! 

To see more beautiful projects by Maria you can visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs.

Happy Birthday, Big Cheese Card by Donna Idlet

Big Cheese Birthday Card! 

Today we have a birthday card created by Donna that is just a bit cheesy! 

This fun card features the adorable mouse holding a stack of gifts and cheese from our new Birthday Mice Stamp Set. She colored the image in fun birthday colors and used the coordinating Birthday Mouse Die Set to cut the image out. 

Behind the mouse she added a fun yellow confetti paper pattern from our new Birthday Party Paper Pad. The yellow color of this pattern coordinates perfectly with the cheese theme! She cut the patterned paper and the yellow paper frame on top using the scallop edged frame dies from our Framework Die Set.  

For a sentiment, she added "Happy Birthday, Big Cheese" from the Birthday Mice Stamp Set. This sentiment goes perfectly with the image and so cute placed inside the speech bubble (cut out using our Speech Bubbles Die Set).

For a bit more birthday fun she added a stripe of patterned paper with candles on it across the card. This pattern is also from our Birthday Party Paper Pad.

This fun birthday card filled with cheesy wishes is sure to make the recipient smile!

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

Sky High Celebrations Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Celebrate!

Today we have a fun celebratory card by Ellen that is perfect for sending sky high smiles! 

For this fun card she features the image of the puppy and kitty floating into the sky with balloons from our Sky High Celebrations Stamp Set. She colored the image with fun bright colors and cut it out using the coordinating Sky High Celebrations Die Set. For the background she created a cloud filled sky using our Cloudy Sky Stencil with distress inks. She framed the scene with a bright green frame that was cut out using our Framework Die Set. She added another fun layer of pattern by using a ballon print from our Birthday Party Paper Pad. 

This fun and cheerful card would be perfect for a birthday or celebration any time of year! 

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

Birthday Mouse Shaker Card by Amanda Wilcox

Birthday Mouse Shaker Card

Today we sharing a sky high birthday wish  on this shaker card by Amanda! 

This adorable card features the mouse soaring away with a balloon from our Birthday Mice Stamp Set. She colored the cute little mouse in neutral colors and gave him a bright yellow balloon. The image was cut out using the coordinating Birthday Mice Die Set. She then created a fun balloon shaker shape using our Balloon Shaker Die Set. She cut the balloon shape out of the lime green confetti paper from our Birthday Party Paper Pad and made a fun shaker filled with iridescent sequins. 

For her card base she used another print from our Birthday Party Paper Pad, this time orange party hats. Then she layered a panel of clouds over the top. The clouds were created using our Cloudy Sky Stencil with transfer gel and white flock. I bet they are so fuzzy to touch!  The postage edge on the panel was cut using our Framework Die Set. She also added the sentiment "Hip Hip Hooray" from the Birthday Oval stamp set, embossing it in white onto a black ticket shape (cut out using the Framework Die Set) 

What a delightful birthday card!

To say hello to Amanda and see more of her awesome creations you can visit her over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook! 

Birthday Mice Card by Maria Russell

Birthday Wishes!

Today Maria is sharing an adorable birthday card that is twice as MICE! 

To create this sweet birthday wish, she used the image of the mice sharing a cupcake from our new Birthday Mice Stamp Set. Aren't those two mouse friends so cute peeking around the cupcake at each other? She colored the cupcake a fun bight blue complete with a rainbow candle. She also colored two extra birthday hats and a tiny gift from the same set, cutting everything out using the coordinating Birthday Mice Die Set. 

For her card she started with a white card base and added strips of patterned paper featuring teal and orange party hats from our Birthday Party Paper Pad, overlapping them for a fun card layout! She also balloons to one corner using our new Bokeh Balloons Stencil Set with glittery paste. 

The finishing touch is the sentiment "Birthday Wishes" which was stamped from our Birthday Oval Stamp Set. She colored the letters in "wishes" in run rainbow colors to match the candle! So cute!

To see more beautiful projects by Maria you can visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs.

July Reveal Day 1 - Birthday Mice, Birthday Party Paper Pad, Bokeh Balloons Stencil Set

Newton’s Nook Designs is so excited to be celebrating our companies Nine Year Birthday
- WOW - That's nine years of getting our paws inky!

We want to take a moment and say that we are so THANKFUL for all of you, our amazing fans and customers! Your enthusiasm for our products and support of our small business has been so incredible over the years! We really appreciate every order and are so happy that we are able to continue to run our small business from our home with help from you! 

To celebrate our birthday we are releasing brand new birthday themed products this month! We will be revealing our new birthday themed products over the next few days with tons of amazing inspiration! Plus, we will be having a birthday sale starting on Friday July 15th too, so save the date!! 

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. 

Birthday Mice

Have a very MICE birthday with this darling 4x6 stamp set. These sweet little mice are enjoying celebrating with a giant cupcake, little balloon and stack of gifts. Add in the birthday greetings for delightful birthday wishes! (Die sets sold separately.)

Here's some info on the Birthday Mice Stamp Set

• 4x6 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 10 stamps: 5 images and 5 sentiments
• Coordinating Birthday Mice purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 5 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, July 15th

Bokeh Balloons Stencil Set

This layered stencil design makes creating ballon filled bokeh backgrounds simple. Use one stencil for the first layer of balloons, then add the second layer with a different color to achieve a quick and easy bokeh effect. Try varying the color across the stencil for even more colorful options. Both stencils include etching of the opposite layer so they are easy to line up. Or, for a fun simple balloon backgrounds, the stencils can each be used on their own! Perfect for creating backgrounds birthday and celebrations!

Here's some info on the Bokeh Balloons Stencil Set:

• Our premium custom stencils can be used with your favorite spray mists, inks, embossing pastes, chalks, paints, and more to add pattern and texture to your paper crafting projects. 
• Includes two 6x6 stencils
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, July 15th

Birthday Party Paper Pad

Welcome to the birthday party on this 6x6 paper pad! The papers feature patterns with a birthday theme and bright colors that are perfect for celebrations! There are 24 sheets of paper, 2 each of 12 different double sided designs, on heavy cardstock with a touch of sheen. The designs are jam packed with balloons, presents, confetti, cake and more! Everything you need to celebrate! Pair them with our birthday themed stamp designs and use them to add fun prints to your cards and scrapbook pages too! 

Here's some info on the Summertime Paper Pad

• 6x6 Paper Pad includes 24 sheets (12 Double-sided designs)
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, July 15th

Join our Design Team for a Birthday Party!

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.

Card by Amanda using the new Birthday Mice Stamp Set and Birthday Party Paper Pad. Additional products used: Frames & Flags Die Set, Frames Squared Die Set, Circle Frames Die Set

Card by Samantha using the new Birthday Mice Stamp Set and Bokeh Balloons Stencil Set. 

Card by Tatiana using the new Birthday Mice Stamp Set and Birthday Party Paper Pad. Additional products used: Frames Squared Die Set

Card by Donna using the new Birthday Mice Stamp Set, Bokeh Balloons Stencil Set and Birthday Party Paper Pad. 

Card by Larissa using the new Birthday Mice Stamp Set and Birthday Party Paper Pad. Additional products used: Frames & Flags Die Set

Card by Ellen using the new Birthday Mice Stamp Set and Birthday Party Paper Pad. Additional products used: Frames Squared Die Set, Frames & Flags Die Set

Card by Farhana using the new Birthday Mice Stamp Set and Birthday Party Paper Pad. Additional products used: Uplifting Wishes Stamp Set

Card by Zsofia using the new Birthday Mice Stamp Set and Bokeh Balloons Stencil Set. Additional products used: Frames & Flags Die Set, Speech Bubbles Die Set

Would you like to win the “Birthday Mice" Stamp Set?
This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner! 

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 July 14th at 9pm ET to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, July 15th.  

Newton's Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich
Amanda Wilcox