Snowy Thank You Card by Amanda Wilcox

Thanks a Latte!

Do you need to send out thank you cards to friends and family who have treated you over the holidays? Today we are sharing inspiration for a winter themed thank you card by Amanda!

This card features the following products:

Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set

Snowfall Die Set
Thanks a Latte Die Set
Frames & Tags Die Set

Amanda stamped the cute trio of mugs using our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set. She colored them in shades of blue and green and added glitter for a touch of sparkle. She cut the images out using the Cup of Cocoa Die Set. 

She used the Snowfall Die Set to cut out white snowflakes and then layered the mugs over the centers for a fun wintery look. 

For her card background she covered a panel with blue ink splatters and then cut it our using the zig zag edged rectangle die from our Frames & Tags Die Set. She layered all of the snowflakes and mugs over the background and added the sentiment, die cut out using our Thanks a Latte Die Set.

We hope this card inspires you to send out some wintery themed thank you cards this season! 

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

A Birthday Brew for You Card by Larissa Heskett

A Cozy Birthday Brew!

A warm beverage is perfect for a cold weather birthday!  Today Larissa is sharing a cozy birthday brew using our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set and Mugs Stencil.

This card features a duo of cozy mugs from our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set. She colored them in shades of read and teal and cut them out with the coordinating Cup of Cocoa Die Set

The fun background was created using our Mugs Stencil with blue ink. Some red and black and red paint splatters were added to match the colors of the mugs. 

She assembled the card together, adding the sentiment "a birthday brew just for you" from the Newton Loves Coffee Stamp Set in a circle in the center. She framed the whole panel using the scallop edged frame from our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, you can visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

A Holiday Hug in a Mug Card by Larissa Heskett

A Holiday Hug in a Mug

The holidays are the perfect time to cozy up with a hot beverage. Today Larissa has created a card that is perfect for sending cozy wishes!

To create this card she started out with our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set. She created a background using all the fun images from the set, stamping them in black and added bits of paint splatter. 

Next, she features our new A Hug in a Mug Die Set, cutting the sentiment from black paper. She layers it over circles that were cut using our Circle Frames Die Set. The largest scalloped circle also features red polka dot paper from our Christmas Basics Paper Pad. 

What a perfect way to send a holiday greeting or cozy thank you to a a friend who loves cocoa or coffee! 

To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, you can visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

Birthday Brew for You Card by Farhana Sarker

Birthday Brew! 

Today Farhana has created a warm birthday wish on this yummy card!

She stamped and colored a series of adorable mugs from our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set in soft yummy colors. Then she cut them out using the coordinating Cup of Cocoa Die Set. 

For her card base she started with a white card base. She choose a green polka dot and a red stripe patterned paper from our Canine Christmas Paper Pad and cut a piece to fit across her white card base. She adhered these to the inside of the card. Then she trimmed the card front half way down the center so the paper shows through to the front. She added the mugs along the bottom of the front card flap, neatly lined up in a row and overhanging the pretty paper. She also added the sentiment "Sending you a Birthday Brew" to front from our Time for Coffee Stamp Set. 

When you open the card the coffee cups lift with the card front and you will see a second sentiment, also from the Time for Coffee Stamp Set, stamped above the paper on the inside of the card! What a fun way to create a fun and unique card layout!

Anyone else feeling like a hot cocoa now?

 We hope you enjoyed this yummy card today! You can find more of Farhana's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Everyday Engineered. 

Hug in a Mug Card by Larissa Heskett

Hug in a Mug!

Newton is getting ready for a cozy holiday on this card by Larissa! 

To create this gorgeous card she started by stamping the images of the big kitty in the mug from our Newton's Mug Stamp Set and two smaller holiday mugs from our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set. She colored all three images in gorgeous bright holiday colors and added white gel pen details to each image. The images were cut out using the coordinating Newton's Mug Die Set and Cup of Cocoa Die Set.

She also added in two tiny candy canes a holly burst from our A Kitten Christmas Stamp Set (cut out using the coordinating A Kitten Christmas Die Set) to add to the festive feeling!

The images were all arranged on a circle that was cut out using our Circle Frames Die Set from our Meowy Christmas Paper Pad.

Here is a close-up so you can see all the details:

For the fun case base, she created a background pattern by repeatedly stamping the mug images from the Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set in black and adding black paint splatters. Some pretty red, green, and snowflake shaped embellishments finish out this amazing card!

What a gorgeous Holiday creation! To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, you can visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

This card would also be a great entry to the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop that is going on this week! Don't forget to pop over and play along with the hop by creating a coffee themed card of your own! You can find full details on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog here!

A Cup of Cheer Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

Cheers to the Hot Chocolate!

You are in for a tasty treat today as we feature a yummy hot chocolate themed card by Tatiana!

To create this delicious card, she stamped a bunch of hot cocoa mugs using our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set. This set features a variety of pretty winter and holiday mugs, filled with whipped cream, chocolate and candy canes! She colored the images in bright festive colors and added white gel pen accents and sparkle to them too! She cut the mugs out using the coordinating Cup of Cocoa Die Set. 

For her card base, she inked a panel with shades of blue across the top and added sparkly stars using our Starfield Stencil with some shimmery texture paste! What a gorgeous effect! Here is a close up so you can see all the shimmer and sparkle: 

This card would also be a great entry to the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop that is going on this week! Don't forget to pop over and play along with the hop by creating a coffee themed card of your own! You can find full details on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog here!

We hope that this card has brought you some tasty cheer today!  To see more of her amazing work, you can visit Tatiana at her blog, Tatiana Trafimovich!

Hug in a Mug Grid Card by Farhana Sarker

So Many Mugs! 

Today we are sharing a mug filled card by Farhana that is sure to make you feel warm and cozy! 

For this card she features the fun mugs from our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set. She colored them all in rainbow of fun bright colors using copic markers. For her card today she cut them out by hand, but if you don't like to fussy cut you could use the coordinating Cup of Cocoa Die Set. 

Once all the mugs were cut and colored she created a fun square layout for her card. She cut out a square and then applied thin washi tape in a grid pattern to mask the large square into 12 smaller squares. She used distress inks over the tape to make that gorgeous rainbow background. Then she removed the tape, leaving the white grid lines. What a fun idea! 

She placed a mug in each square, except the center where she added the sentiment "hug in a mug!" from the Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set. 

What a fun way to send some colorful cheer over the cold winter days! 

You can find more of Farhana's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Everyday Engineered.

Hot Chocolate Kind of Day Card by Samantha Mann

Time for some Hot Chocolate!

Nothing makes a cold day better than some hot chocolate! This card by Samantha will definitely make a cold day feel warm and cheerful! She features the adorable mugs from our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set, colored in rainbow colors! She cut the images out using the coordinating Cup of Cocoa Die Set to stack onto her card! For the card background she used a neutral gray ink and covered it with snowflakes using our Snowfall Stencil with some texture paste! The sentiment, also from the Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set is embossed in white on some black cardstock and then fussy cut out by hand. 

This would be perfect to send to a friend to spread warmth and smiles during the months of winter!

To say hello to Sam and see more of her amazing creations you can visit Sam over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

2020 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Today we are playing along with the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog hop!

There are going to be TONS of fun prizes too - 

including a $25 store credit from us at Newton's Nook Designs! 

You can head over to the Coffee Lovers Blog for more details on how to play along! 

Here's what I created:

Today I decided to create a holiday themed coffee card using a combination of stamp sets. I started out with the kitty hugging the travel mug of coffee from our Newton Loves Coffee Stamp Set. Then I stamped decorative snowman, polka-dot and cat mugs from our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set. I colored all the images using inktense watercolor pencils, and a paintbrush with water. After they were colored I cut the images out using the coordinating Newton Loves Coffee Die Set and Cup of Cocoa Die Set. 

For the card background, I used our Argyle Stencil Set to make fun red and green argyle pattern. This stencil includes two pieces that have etching that you can line up so making a two color pattern is really easy! For the diamonds I used green distress ink on kraft cardstock using the first stencil. Then I used red ink with the second stencil to create the stitching. I cut the panel out using our Frames & Flags Die Set to give it a fun scalloped edge. Then I simply assembled all the pieces, adding a panel of white behind the kitty and mugs to help them pop off the card. The finishing touch was the sentiment "Have a cup of cheer" which I embossed in white onto a black banner that was cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set. I love how this banner has crease lines so that you can pop it up in the center!  I bit of white bakers twine and the card is done! 

I absolutely adore how this turned out! I love how you can combine a non-holiday image with some holiday ones to easily create a holiday card! 

If you haven't seen these products yet, here are images of what I used today:

Newton Loves Coffee Stamp Set and Newton Loves Coffee Die Set

Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set and Cup of Cocoa Die Set

Frames & Flags Die Set, Banner Trio Die Set and Argyle Stencil Set

We also have a BUNCH of designs that have coffee or tea in them. 

You can find them all here: Coffee Sets

Hope you enjoyed this coffee card today! Make sure you head over to the Coffee Lovers Blog to find out how you can link up your card to play along -- There are a TON of prizes, including one from us at Newton's Nook Designs. 

Warm Winter Cocoa Wishes Cards by October Guest Designer Farhana S

Welcome back and Happy Monday Y’all! You might have figured out by now that I am a huge fan of fall themed cards and color schemes, but I also love me some coffee and hot drinks. So for today’s post I decided to change it up and share a pair of winter/holiday themed cards that will be perfect to share with a jar of hot chocolate mix, since the holidays will be very different this year!


To create these cards I started off by stamping all the mug images from the Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set, coloring them with copics and fussy cutting them. I colored them in two very different palettes, one was inspired by some pattern paper, in a pastel winter theme and the second was a more traditional, red and green christmas theme. 

For the first card I ink blended the Mugs Stencil using hybrid ink to match the colored images. I trimmed it down, backed it with a piece of pattern paper and added an embossed sentiment on a strip of coordinating pink paper. Lastly I adhered the colored images using foam tape and liquid glue to add some dimension.

For the second card, I started by embossing the kraft card base using the Mugs Stencil, but unfortunately it doesn't show all that well in the picture. Then I layered two types of pattern paper, one embossed with a sentiment from the same Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set as the images. Finally I adhered the images on top of the sentiment strip and done! 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope that you are inspired to create something this week! If you need more inspiration, there’s a fun Halloween themed Inky Paws Challenge! Don’t forget to tag #newtonsnook in the post so that we can all see them! See you all next week!

-Farhana

Fan Feature Week - Day 3

The rest of this week we're spotlighting creations by our fans!

We see so many amazing projects featuring Newton's Nook Designs products that we thought it would be fun to have our Design Team members pick their favorites and share them on our blog this week! Each day for the rest of this week we will share a couple of our favorite projects, created by YOU, our fans! See your project below? Make sure to scroll down to the end and grab our "spotted" badge for your blog!

Design Team member Maria Russell picked this fun and summery card by fiki_fikreta.posavec. This card uses our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set and Newton Loves Coffee Stamp Set.

"I love the chalkboard effect on the background and the focal point really stood out against the black with white hearts.  Creatively unique and beautiful in my view!"

Design Team member Amanda Wilcox picked this beautiful and colorful floral card by Tina Wilstrup at hartwildcards. This card uses our Puppy Pals Stamp Set.

"I love this card because Tina's coloring of these sweet pups is just wonderful! And putting them on that great rainbow background is super happy... Especially with those sentiments!"

Don't forget - we've created a fun "spotted" badge too - so if your project was featured above, you can you can grab this badge and share it on your blog with a link to this post to show everyone that you were spotted by the Newton's Nook Design Team! 

If you'd like to be considered for a future feature, tag your posts with #newtonsnook in social media to make sure we see them! Check back tomorrow for more fun fan spotlights!

Fan Feature Week - Day 1

The rest of this week we're spotlighting creations by our fans!

We see so many amazing projects featuring Newton's Nook Designs products that we thought it would be fun to have our Design Team members pick their favorites and share them on our blog this week! Each day for the rest of this week we will share a couple of our favorite projects, created by YOU, our fans! See your project below? Make sure to scroll down to the end and grab our "spotted" badge for your blog!

Design Team member Ellen Haxelmans picked this fun and summery card by Anila DK. This card uses our Newton's Summer Treats Stamp Set and Newton's Summer Treats Die Set.

"I really like the watercoloring on this one, these colors make it just perfect for summer! And I saw more of the ice-cream licking cats on her Instagram; I'm curious what kind of card will follow out of it!!!"

Design Team member Holly Endress picked this beautiful winter rainbow card by Meghan K. This card uses our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set and Cup of Cocoa Die Set.

"I love the way she kept the card clean and still showcased the bright colors of the rainbow and multiple images!"

Don't forget - we've created a fun "spotted" badge too - so if your project was featured above, you can you can grab this badge and share it on your blog with a link to this post to show everyone that you were spotted by the Newton's Nook Design Team! 

If you'd like to be considered for a future feature, tag your posts with #newtonsnook in social media to make sure we see them! Check back tomorrow for more fun fan spotlights!