A Holiday Brew Card by Jessica Gerstner

Coffee + Christmas! 

I love how with a little imagination and a change in color palette you can stretch so many of your stamps to work for different occasions!  Jess created this beautiful christmas card using our Newton Loves Coffee stamp set! I love how just by coloring the coffee cups in a tones of red and green it immediately becomes a christmas card! She also altered the sentiment to make it holiday! The original sentiment in the Newton Loves Coffee stamp set says "a birthday brew just for you" but she masked it off and replaced birthday with holiday! So perfect!

Make sure to visit Jess at her blog, Jess Crafts  - and you can also follow her Jess Crafts youtube channel to see more fun videos!

Enter our Inky Paws challenge #26 - Color Challenge

Have you checked out our latest challenge? You have until Friday, November 6th at Midnight CST time to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project using PINK, MINT, TEAL and WHITE using NND products! 

The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still play along - just download and use one of the digital freebies on our freebies page.

Meowy Christmas Door card by Crafty Math-Chick

Deck the halls with a kitty on your door!

Today I'm sharing an adorable Door Card by Crafty Math-Chick! She created a fun "door" shape with wood grain embossed panels and then stamped the kitty in the wreath from the Newton's Holiday Mischief stamp set to hang on the front. Isn't this such an adorable idea? I also love the little "meowy christmas" sentiment hanging from the tail of the cat with twine!

Don't forget to say hello to Crafty Math-Chick on her blog, Canines and Card Designs! 

A few days left to enter our Inky Paws challenge  - Christmas Theme!

You still have until Friday, December 12th to enter our current Inky Paws Challenge! Just create a card or project with a Christmas theme using NND products!  The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still use the digital freebies on our freebies page here.

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws - Day 2 - Jennifer McGuire

Welcome to day two of our Deck the Halls with Inky Paws week! 

Each day this week we will have a new awesome featured guest and then a BIG blog hop on Friday, December 5th (with some give-aways, of course!) So make sure you come back and visit us every day!

Today's Featured guest is
Jennifer McGuire

An avid stamper, Jennifer McGuire has been sharing her card and scrapbook creations in countless publications and online since 2002. Notably, her work has been showcased in two special issues from Creating Keepsakes magazine: 101 Things to Do with Your Scrapbook Supplies (2007) and 101 Creative Ways to Use Your Scrapbook Supplies (2010). Most recently, her endeavors include sharing technique videos and inspiring stampers through Online Card Classes, which she co-founded with her dear friend Kristina Werner, and serving as Education Director for Hero Arts. Thanks to the high-energy classes Jennifer teaches both in-person and online, thousands of stampers all over the world have come to love stamping and cardmaking. Jennifer is both Copic and Ranger certified, which helps her take her students’ creativity to the next level.

You can currently find Jennifer’s work at Online Card Classes; at the Hero Arts blog and website and in their catalog; and, of course, at her own blog, Jennifer McGuire Ink. Jennifer resides in Cincinnati with her husband Ken, stepdaughter Audrey, son Colin, and daughter Lila. Her stepdaughter Kay attends college in Texas.

http://www.jennifermcguireink.com

Here's what Jennifer created!

When I asked Jennifer which of our holiday sets she'd like to work with she suggested she could use our Falling into Autumn stamp to create a project for Christmas - and she definitely succeeded! I love this idea of creating a whole tree from the fun leaves in this set! 

Thanks so much, Jennifer for being our guest today! She will be back for our Deck the Halls with Inky Paws blog hop on Friday, December 5th. Until then, you can visit her at her blog, Jennifer McGuire Ink to see a VIDEO of her project today!

Tomorrow we will have special Guest Amy Sheffer from Pickled Paper Designs 

so make sure you take some time to come back and visit us again! 

Snowman Ornament by Guest Designer Donna Mikasa

Hello and Happy Monday!

Today I get to share this adorable project by our special Guest Designer for November - Donna Mikasa. This cutie was created using the cute little snowman pieces and sign from our new Winter Tails Stamp set. I love the idea of a cute ornament filled with snow! This would be a fun gift too! For details on how she made this and to see more of her creative projects, please go over and visit Donna at her blog, three umbrellas!

Thanks so much, Donna for being our guest - We loved having you! 

New Inky Paws challenge -
Christmas Theme!

Our newest challenge just started up so make sure you head over and check it out! All you need to do is create a card or project with a Christmas theme using NND products!  The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

Plus  - since we're all busy with the upcoming holiday weekend, we're giving you THREE WEEKS to play along instead of the usual two! You have until Friday, December 12th to enter. Tell your friends to play along - let's see how many entries we can get! 

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still use the digital freebies on our freebies page here.

November Reveal - Day 2 - Beautiful Blizzard

Today is reveal day two for our Holiday Release and we are featuring the set Beautiful Blizzard! 

We are giving this set away to one lucky winner so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win! 

This stamp set was inspired by paper-quilled snowflakes. Have you ever tried paper quilling? This technique seems to be making a comeback and I was inspired by the swirls and curls and thought they would make perfect stamped images as well! 

Here's some info on Beautiful Blizzard: 

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 10 stamps: 7 images and 3 sentiments 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Wednesday, November 12th 

What do you think of this set? Have you ever tried Quilling? 

Here's what our Team created with these Beautiful Flakes! 

Check out all the amazing projects below from our Design Team and Guest Designer, Donna Mikasa! Then, make sure to click through to all their blogs for details on their cards - Some of the designers have extra cards on the blogs and you might even find a fun video or two along the way! Make sure to comment for a chance to win! Details on the giveaway are at the bottom of today's post. 

Guest Designer Donna Mikasa created this lovely snowy card! I love the white embossing and pretty ink applied over the top! Beautiful! 

Samantha gave the quilled flakes a modern feel with some striped cork and pretty mint papers! 

These Clean and Simple Cards by Crafty Math-Chick could be re-created in almost any color combo! I love the addition of little pearls and sequins too! 

Danielle created this beautiful card using embossed snowflakes and distress inks! Love the effect! 

Here is a sweet card by Shellye! I love the fun bright color combo of mint and purples!  

I love the elegant look of the silver embossing on this card by Stephanie! So pretty!

Lydia also created a fun distress ink background on her card - love how this looks with the pretty white edge!

Tessa created this super fun and colorful snowflake card. I love how some of the flakes are cut out past the edge of the center panel! 

Jess used the classic christmas color combo of red and green on her snowflake card. This is really beautiful with the gold embossing! 

Taheerah created this awesome card  - love the beautiful color gradient over the top!

This beauty by Larissa  features some gorgeous gold snowflakes, glitter, sequins and pearls! Love the bling! 

Would you like to win “Beautiful Blizzard”?

This set will be given away to TWO lucky winners! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs release 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 Tuesday, November 11th at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Wednesday, November 12th. 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

c Atchia

Lydia Brooke

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Shellye McDaniel

Jess Moyer

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Tessa Wise

Donna Mikasa (Guest Designer)

Snowy Greetings Snowman Card by Tessa Wise

Snowy Greetings!

This cute card by Tessa Wise is jam-packed with snowy fun! I love how Tessa stamped all those adorable snowmen  (and snow ladies) to create this fun scene. She did some amazing cutting around them too! Wowsers!!  The snowmen she used are from our Flaky Family Stamp Set!  I also love the bits of snowy sequins and the the little details she added liked the polka dots on the pink hat!!

This set is so fun because it lets you customize the "snow family" to mimic your own - it even has a snowdog and snowcat! If you haven't checked it out yet here's a peek at the whole set- can you see all the fun possibilities?

Flaky Family

To see more of Tessa's creations, make sure you click over to Tessa's blog, Crafty Girl Designs and say hello!

Just a few days left get your paws inky
- Challenge closes Friday, November 7th.

The current challenge is a to create a card or project that has some sparkle in it - be creative and show us your sparkle! It does NOT have to be a holiday card, just a sparkly one! The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still use the digital freebies on our freebies page here.

Caring Hearts Blog Hop

Caring Hearts Card Drive is a card drive organized by Vera Yates & Jennifer McGuire with the goal to collect holiday cards for the elderly that lives in nursing home. During this time many of the elderly who lives in nursing homes would really feel the loneliness or missing their family. Wouldn't it be so awesome if we can bring a smile to their face & brighten their holiday season simply by sharing our love of card making? A simple gesture to let them know that they are not forgotten.

The card drive is going on right now till November 28, 2014. If you'd like to send your cards for the card drive please go to visit these posts on Vera Yates or Jennifer McGuire blogs for the card drive details. There are prizes for participating too - including a store credit from us at Newton's Nook Designs - so make sure to send some cards their way!

Since this blog hop is all about holiday cards I wanted to share a fun Winston Holiday card today. I used the image of our bear, Winston, from the Winston's Home for Christmas stamp set - just released a few weeks ago. This image of the bear in his car heading your way to bring holiday cheer is one of my favorite images to color in this set! For this card, I colored the image with distress ink markers  and a waterbrush on watercolor paper.

To create the card, I used a red cardstock base, added some stripy blue paper that matched the color I colored the car and then stamped the "all hearts come home for christmas sentiment, also from the Winston's Home for Christmas stamp set. I also added some sequins - just because they always make the card look pretty!

Make sure you scroll down and check out all the blogs on today's hop - Plus - No hop is complete without prizes - check out the end of this post to see the prize list. Leave comments until comments till midnight CST Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014. Winners will be chosen randomly based on collective comments left on the designers's blogs. So be sure to leave loads of love for everyone!

Here's the hop list:

Vera Yates

Savannah O’Gwynn

Caroline Bredeson

Julee Tilman

Chaitali Narla

Reverse Confetti

Amy Kolling

Amy Sheffer

Sarah Gough

Amber Hight

Lisa Henke

Kathy Martin

Laurie Schmidlin

Susan Liles

Stacey Schafer

Linda McLain

Latina Crafter

Newton’s Nook Designs <-- you are here

Here's the prize list for the blog hop today - remember there are prizes for participating in the card drive as well- click here to see the complete list! 

Online Card Classes – class of your choice! (THREE winners.) 

Simon Says Stamp – $50 gift certificates

Inspiration emporium – $25 gift certificate

Verve Stamps - $30 gift certificate

Latina Crafter - $15 GC

May Arts – 2 rolls of ribbon

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking - 1 year free subscription to Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine

Two Cheerful Holiday cards by Guest Designer Heather Hoffman

Two Cheerful Cards by Heather Hoffman!

Today I'm showcasing fun designs by October Guest Designer, Heather Hoffman! Heather created TWO more awesome cards using some of our newest stamp sets! The first card (above) features our adorable Bear from our new Winston's Home for Christmas stamp set I love the bright yellow sweater she gave him - such a cheery and unexpected color combo for Christmas! Plus - I love the stippled dot effect she used on the tree and the white dots over the image add such a fun detail! 

The second card features our cute doxie pup donned in his holiday sweater from our Holiday Hounds stamp set. This little guy is so adorable! I love how simple this card is - with bright pops of color on the sweater and the patterned paper! So cute and cozy for the holidays! 

Thanks so much to Heather for the fun cards today!

Make sure you head over to Heather's Blog, Houses Built of Cards and see more of her fun designs!