Merry Cocktail Card by Samantha Mann

Merry Little Cocktails!

Celebrate the season with a merry little cocktail! Today Samantha has created an adorable holiday card featuring our Christmas Cocktails Stamp Set and Plaid Stencil Set. 

Samantha stamped all the cocktails from our Christmas Cocktails Stamp Set. Isn't it cute how they all have Christmas elements on the garnishes and stir sticks? She colored the glasses using alcohol markers in a soft rainbow of colors. 

For her card she masked off the bottom of the card and inked the top using pink and peach distress inks. Then she added the plaid pattern over the top using our Plaid Stencil Set. This stencil set has two pieces that you can overlap and ink with two colors for a two color plaid but on this card she used white paste on both of the layers and that has a beautiful effect too! 

She removed her masking tape and added the cocktail glasses along the bottom edge of the inked area using dimensional adhesives to pop them up. The finishing touch is the sentiment "have yourself a merry little cocktail." She embossed the message onto black cardstock with white embossign powder and fussy cut it out by hand before adding it to her card. 

We love the festive cheer this holiday card has! It would be perfect for an invite to a holiday happy hour too! 

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

Festive Cocktail Card by Tina Herbeck

Raise a Glass to the Holidays!

It's time to get into the Holiday Spirit! This card by Tina will definitely put you in the mood for some holiday cheer!

To create this fun card Tina stamped a trio of holiday drinks from our Christmas Cocktails Stamp Set. She colored the drinks in festive colors to coordinate with the holiday theme. Next, she used the coordinating Christmas Cocktails Die Set to cut them out.

For the background she masked off a thick stripe on a white card base. She added ink blended the stripe in  shades of red and added snowflakes on top using our Snowfall Stencil with white texture paste! So festive! To finish this simple card she stamped the sentiment, also from the Christmas Cocktails Stamp Set, underneath the stripe. 

We hope this card has you ready to raise your glass to the holidays! 

To see more amazing cards by Tina, you can visit her blog, The Scrappin Rabbit! 

Merry Little Cocktails Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Merry Little Cocktails

Today we are getting ready to raise a glass and say cheers with this adorable holiday card by Ellen! 

For this festive card she featured two of the fun holiday drinks from our Christmas Cocktails Stamp Set. She colored the drinks in fun bright colors and used the coordinating Christmas Cocktails Die Set to cut the images out. 

For her card base she created a beautiful patterned background by layering colors using our Argyle Stencil Set and Plaid Stencil Set together. Since both of these stencils include two pieces, there are tons of options for creating patterns. She used both pieces from the Plaid Stencil Set, using blue ink on one layer and green on the other. Then she used just the stitched diamond layer from the  Argyle Stencil Set to add a gorgeous red glittery stitched pattern! So pretty!

She cut this panel into a square and layered it onto a square card base. Then she cut more decorative squares using our Frames Squared Die Set with kraft colored and vellum paper. 

The finishing touch is the sentiment, "Have yourself a Merry little Cocktail" from theChristmas Cocktails Stamp Set. She added this message,  embossed in white onto a banner that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

What a fun way to celebrate the holidays!  

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

Christmas Cocktails Cards by Ellen Haxelmans

Christmas Cocktails!

Today we are getting into the holiday "spirit" with this fun duo of cards by Ellen.

She created both of these cards using fun drinks from our Christmas Cocktails Stamp Set. This set includes a large variety of festive drinks that a perfect for holiday celebrations. For her cards today she chose to use the mojito and margarita. She colored the images in fun bright colors using copic markers and then cut them out with the coordinating Christmas Cocktails Die Set. 

For the cards, she cut out square card bases and then used our Frames Squared Die Set to create the stitched rounded corner and scalloped layers. She added a piece of patterned paper on top of the scalloped square on each card, choosing a print that matched the colors of her card from our Coffee House Stories Paper Pad. The center layer is the fun decorative square, also cut using our Frames Squared Die Set. Last, she added the sentiments, embossed onto banners that were cut out with our Banner Trio Die Set. 

Here's a closer look at the mojito card. Mojito decorated with the Santa hat goes perfectly with the sentiment "Mojit-ho-ho-ho".

The second card features a margarita decorated with holly and with the sentiment "Get into the holiday spirit!"

We hope you enjoyed this fun do of  festive cards today! To see more unique creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen!

Christmas Gift Tag by Maria Russell

Holiday Cheers!

Have you started to think about holiday gifts? Today we have inspiration from Maria on how to dress up a gift of a bottle of wine to make it feel special!

To dress up this holiday bottle, Maria created a custom gift tag using our brand new holiday products. She started out by cutting a long rectangle from red cardstock. She added a fold line to create a tag that folds into two sections with the top section fitting over the top of the bottle.  She rounded all the corner s and then added patterned paper from our new Meowy Christmas Paper Pad onto both sections, also rounding the corners.  On the top section she cut out a circle so that the tag would fit over the bottle. On the bottom section she added that cute kitty peeking out of the stocking from our Newton's Stocking Stamp Set!

She colored the image, making the kitty orange and the hat a fun vibrant blue. Then she cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's Stocking Die Set. She also stamped the image again onto the red and white striped paper from the Meowy Christmas Paper Pad and fussy cut out the stocking bottom, layering it over her first image to add some pattern to it! How fun! She also added some branches and a bow using our Pines & Holly Die Set and the "holiday cheers" sentiment onto the stocking front using our Christmas Cocktails Stamp Set! What a fun and festive way to dress up a holiday gift! 

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

Holiday Reveals Day 3 - Christmas Cocktails & Dairy Christmas

We hope you are enjoying our reveals so far this week! Today we have to new whimsical holiday sets to share! Whether you are planning a holiday cocktail party or just enjoying a festive drink with a friend, our Christmas Cocktails set is sure to please! We are also headed to farm to celebrate Christmas with a trio of dairy farm friends! Scroll down for details. Plus, we are having a giveaway today, so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Christmas Cocktails

This fun 4x6 stamp set features a variety of snowmen, dressed for the holidays! These snowy friends are so cute holding Christmas trees, stockings, wreaths and strings of holiday lights. Create wintery holiday scenes and don't forget to use the little snowflakes to create a snowy sky. Die sets sold separately.

Christmas Cocktails Stamp Set

• 4 x6 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 12 stamps: 6 images and 6 sentiments
• Coordinating Christmas Cocktails purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 6 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, October 15th

Dairy Christmas

Create a farm themed Christmas card with this fun 3x4 stamp set. This set includes a fun image of a cow, pig and chicken stacked together! They are wearing cheerful winter hats, scarves and a blanket to add to the holiday fun! Add in the "Dairy" Christmas sentiment to send holiday smiles!

Dairy Christmas Stamp Set

• 3x4 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 3 stamps: 2 images and 1 sentiments
• Coordinating Dairy Christmas purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 2 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, October 15th

Mix up your Holiday Drink and Enjoy these Festive Creations from 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.

Created by Amanda using the new Dairy Christmas Stamp Set and the Meowy Christmas Paper Pad (shown Monday on the post: Holiday Reveal Day 1). Additional products used: Framework Die Set

Created by Tatiana using the new Christmas Cocktails Stamp Set. Additional products used: Petite Snow Stencil

Created by Samantha using the new Dairy Christmas Stamp Set. Additional products used: Land Borders Die Set, Starfield Stencil, Banner Trio Die Set

Created by Ellen using the new Christmas Cocktails Stamp Set and the Meowy Christmas Paper Pad (shown Monday on the post: Holiday Reveal Day 1). Additional products used: Framework  Die Set, Land Borders Die Set

Created by Zsofia using the new Dairy Christmas Stamp Set and the Meowy Christmas Paper Pad (shown Monday on the post: Holiday Reveal Day 1). Additional products used: Forest Builder Die Set, Frames & Flags Die Set, Fence Die Set, Land Borders Die Set

Created by Tina using the new Christmas Cocktails Stamp Set and the Meowy Christmas Paper Pad (shown Monday on the post: Holiday Reveal Day 1). Additional products used: Fancy Edges Tag Die Set, Frames & Flags Die Set

Created by Maria using the new Dairy Christmas Stamp Set. Additional products used: Circle Frames Die Set, Frames & Flags Die Set

Created by Farhana using the new Christmas Cocktails Stamp Set. Additional products used: Petite Snow Stencil

Created by Samantha using the new Dairy Christmas Stamp Set. Additional products used: Fence Die Set, Land Borders Die Set

Created by Larissa using the new Christmas Cocktails Stamp Set. Additional products used: Circle Frames Die Set

Would you like to win the “Christmas Cocktails" or the "Dairy Christmas" Stamp Set?
We will chose 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 October 14th at 9pm ET to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 15th.  

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Ellen Haxelmans

Tina Herbeck

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Maria Russell

Farhana Sarker

Tatiana Trafimovich

Samantha VanArnhem

Amanda Wilcox