Matching Patterned Papers + Stamps! Halloween Cards and Video with Jennifer Jackson

Matching Papers + Stamps!

Hello! Jen here today with a bunch of  Halloween cards that I created using our new Halloween Meows Paper Pad and Halloween Woofs Paper Pad. Did you know that each of these paper pads has patterns in them that coordinate with our stamp sets? That's what I'm going to show you today and there's a video at the end of this post too! 

For my first card today (shown above), I used the stamped image of the Frankenstein kitty from our Franken-Newton Stamp Set with a patterned paper that also features the Frankenstein kitties from our new Halloween Meows Paper Pad! Isn't that fun!? Then I paired it with the diagonal striped paper, also from the Halloween Meows Paper Pad to create a fun two panel patterned background. I cut the black postage edge rectangle using our Framework Die Set and then trimmed the two paper panels to fit inside. The top paper is 3 1/2" wide by 3" tall and the bottom paper is 3 1/2" wide by 1 1/2" tall. 

I also added two circles to hold the sentiment, die cutting them using our Circle Frames Die Set. I cut the kitty image out using the coordinating Franken-Newton Die Set and layered it over the circles and the paper with a bit of dimensional tape. That's it! A fun card that coordinates perfectly! 

I repeated the same card again, this time using the other Frankenstein kitty and his bride from the Franken-Newton Stamp Set:

Isn't it fun how the stamped images match up with the paper patterns?

I created a couple more cards using the same card layout but different stamps and paper patterns. This card duo uses the Newton's Costume Party Stamp Set along with the matching paper from the Halloween Meows Paper Pad:

This time I switched up the colors a bit and used different patterns on the bottoms but it's otherwise exactly the same! The sentiment is also from the Newton's Costume Party Stamp Set and I used the Newton's Costume Party Die Set to cut them out. 

Then I created a third set of cards, this time using the Dress-Up Doxies Stamp Set along with the Halloween Woofs Paper Pad:

Again, I used the same layout, just switched up the colors and paper patterns. The sentiment on this one is from the Happy Howl-oween Stamp Set (which also has a matching paper print in this paper pad), and I cut the images out using the coordinating Dress-Up Doxies Die Set.

Isn't it fun how you can use the mix and match our paper pads and stamp images for quick and easy cards!? There are so many more combos you could create! I hope you'll give this a try!

Here is a video I created showing you how to create these cards! Enjoy!

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

You're Super Card by Ellen Haxelmans

You're Super!

Today Ellen has created a fun superhero dog card that is sure to make the recipient feel appreciated!

The super card features the pup from our Dress Up Doxies wearing a superhero cape and mask! Although stamp set has a halloween theme the images in it work great for other types of cards too, like this fun superhero themed teacher card!  She colored the image of the cute pup using copic markers (find full supply list on Ellens blog) and used the coordinating Dress Up Doxies Die Set to cut it out. 

She created a fun city scene by adding some tall buildings from our Newton Dreams of New York Stamp Set (retiring). The sky is filled with fun glittery stars that were added on using our Cascading Stars Stencil. She also addded a hill from black cardstock using our Land Borders Die Set. The whole scene is inside a circle that was created with our Circle Frames Die Set.

She also added a bit of personalization to the inside of the card to make it teacher themed. She added an award ribbon from our Terrific Terriers Stamp Set and a sentiment from our Classy Teachers Stamp Set

Note: The Newton Dreams of New York Stamp Set and Terrific Terriers Stamp Set are part of our retiring sale and will only be available while supplies last so if you like these designs, make sure you get it while you can and don't forget to see what else is retiring in our retiring sale category!

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

Paw-some Puppy Card by Nakaba Rager

You are Paw-some!

Today we are sharing a cute superhero card by Naki! She features the cute image of the dachshund wearing a superhero cape from our Dress Up Doxies Stamp Set. This set features several cute images of dachshunds wearing costumes that are perfect for Halloween but they also work great for creating cute cards like this one just for fun any time of year!

She colored the image using soft watercolors and the no-line coloring technique. Then she cut the image out using the coordinating Dress Up Doxies Die Set. She layered the pup over a vellum circle cut out using our new Circle Frames Die Set. She added the sentiment "you are paw-some" and some paw prints from out Say Woof Stamp Set onto the vellum circle. In the background she created lime green diagonal patterned background, adding stars using our Cascading Stars Stencil with sparkly texture paste.
 

We hope this card by Naki has inspired you to use your seasonal stamps to create cards for other times of year! 

If you like this project you can see more of Naki's work over on her blog, Notes from Naki. Stop by and say hello!

I Wuf You Pirate Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Pirate Puppy by the Sea!

Today Ellen has created a fun nautical scene featuring the dog wearing a  pirate costume from our Dress Up Doxies Stamp Set! She colored the dog with copics, adding cute little speckled details and cut him out using the coordinating Dress Up Doxies Die Set. Then she used a bunch of other NND stamps and dies to created the fun tall scene! For the layers of sky, sand and sea, she used our Sky Borders Die Set, Land Borders Die Set and our Sea Borders Die Set to create layers of clouds, waves and sand!

She added stenciled waves onto the die cut waves using our Waves Stencil. That cute crab on the bottom is from our Tides of Love Stamp Set. She added in more little fish, seaweed and shells using the little images from our Narly Mermaids Stamp Set, Purr-Maid Newton Stamp Set, Scuba Newton Stamp Set and Manatee-rific Stamp Set. She colored all these tiny little sea themed images and cut them out with their coordinating die sets.

For the sentiment on the top, she combined the "Arrrrf" from the  Dress Up Doxies Stamp Set with the "I wuf you" from the Puppy Playtime Stamp Set.

Ellen is a genius at creating scenes! See her tips below on how she created this one!

Tips on creating this scene!

Below we have some tips from Ellen on how she created a fun tall scene!

1. I knew I wanted to have a sea Valentine's card with the captain dog from the Dress Up Doxies Stamp Set. For the rest of my scene I was looking out for stamps that could fit the scene in the sea and in the air. I choose a few images and colored them. It’s important also to not use  not too many different colors on a card, that’s why I use a few similar colors. This makes the whole card look more cohesive.
2. Then I did take out watercolor paper the largest frames from the Framework Die Set. I die cut the frame twice.
   
   
3. After cutting the frames,  I die cut out the borders from paper that was first cut using the same frames. I used the Land Borders Die Set and Sea Borders Die Set for that. I also took white paper to cut out the largest frames again from the framework die set. Later used the SSky Borders Die Set to make puffy clouds with that white paper.
4. I colored the layered borders with Distress Inks. For the sea I also used the Waves Stencil. The Cloudy Sky Stencil stencil where used for the clouds. Then I did put all die borders together. Some of them overlap, but that’s good to have no gaps inbetween.

There are so many fun ways to combine our products for creative scenes! We love hearing the process on how Ellen created this! If you love this project by Ellen you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen to see more of her beautiful creations!

Trick or Treat Card by Nakaba Rager

Trick or Treat!!

Halloween is tomorrow! Are you ready? Today we are sharing a fun trick or treat card by Naki! For her card she created two adorable kids dressed for trick or treating using the princess from our Once Upon a Time Stamp Set and the knight from our Knights Quest Stamp Set. She was inspired by the costume choices of her kids this year who will be going as a prince and princess! She colored the images with gorgeous no-line coloring and then cut them out using the coordinating Once Upon a Time Die Set and Knights Quest Die Set. She also tucked a purple pumpkin candy holder behind the princess using the image from our Dress Up Doxies Stamp Set! What a fun idea!

To set the scene for these cuties she used the spooky house and graveyard from our Spooky Street Stamp Set. She dressed the scene up with a glittery gold moon in the sky that she added in using our Bokeh Stencil Set as a template for the circle. She also added in some die cut bats and the "trick or treat" die cut sentiment from our Halloween Trio Die Set. What a fun sweet scene with a little touch of spookiness! So perfect for Halloween!

Thank you for the fun sparkle today, Naki! If you like this project you can see more of Naki's work over on her blog, Notes from Naki. Stop by and say hello!

Pirate Puppy Card by Naki Rager

ARRRRF! It's a Pirate Puppy! 

Today Naki is showing how to stretch your Halloween stamp sets to use throughout the year!  She used the adorable pup in a pirate costume from the Dress-Up Doxies Stamp Set to create this fun pirate themed card! The Dress-Up Doxies Stamp Set features adorable doxies dressed in different costumes that are great for Halloween but can also be used for cards for many occasions! Dogs dressed in costumes are great for birthday cards or even just to say hello to friends all year long!

For her card today, Naki stamped the pup in his cute pirate costume and colored him with some awesome no-line coloring and added him onto this card with some fun nautical papers! The "ARRRRRF" sentiment is also from the Dress-Up Doxies Stamp Set and is so cute paired with this pirate pup! What a fun way to send out a smile to a friend or family member!

Make sure you head over to say hello to Naki and see more of her beautiful creations at her blog, Notes from Naki!

Seriously Super Dog Card by Nakaba Rager

Seriously Super Doxie!

Today we have a card by Naki that is seriously SUPER! She used the "super dog" image from our  Dress Up Doxies stamp set colored him in such fun super hero colors! Then she added a fun bright color glow behind him and added him to a super fun card with comic book style stars and papers! She also took the "you're super" sentiment from the set and separated it into two words so she could add the die cut "seriously" in between them! How fun is that!? This card would be great to send to a kid or any superhero fan! 

To see more of her fun and creative cards, visit Naki over her blog, Notes from Naki!

You're Super Card by Danielle Pandeline

Hot Dog! You're Super! 

Today we are sharing this adorable dachshund card by Danielle! She used the funny doxie wearing a hot dog costume from our Dress Up Doxies stamp set. Although we released this set at Halloween all of the images in it could be used for any time of year. The doxies dressed in costumes would make great birthday cards or just everyday cards to make someone smile! That's definitely what this card by Danielle does! She used such bright, cheer colors and a lovely vellum star behind the dog! Then she added some fun paint splatters and the "You're Super" sentiment, also from the Dress Up Doxies stamp set. So cute!

We are glad this card made us smile because we are sad to say that this is Danielle's last post as a Design Team member! Danielle has been on our team for two amazing years, sharing her fun whimsical creations here on the NND blog! She always has such a unique ways of using our stamps and we have really enjoyed seeing all her creations! We will miss her creations on the blog and we will be checking out her blog GirlRacerScrap often to see what she's up to and say hello and we hope you will too!

Inky Paws Challenge #36 - Halloween!

This month's challenge is:

Create a project with a Halloween theme!

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? The Challenge winner will receive a $10 store credit to our online store and a Inky Paws Challenge Top Pick Badge to add to your blog! If we get more than 15 participants, we will choose two winners so be sure to tell your friends to play along! 

You have TWO WEEKS to play along - Deadline to enter is Friday, October 7th, 2016 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog.

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky?

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item).

• Your project MUST use at least one Newton's Nook Designs stamped image (or free digital stamp - check out our Freebies page).

• Post your project to your blog or to an online photo gallery such as Flickr, Pinterest, or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC36).

• Link back to this challenge (if posting in an online gallery copy the link into the photo description). 

• Submit your project to this challenge using the InLinkz widget below. You must submit a DIRECT link to your post page.

• Have more than one great idea? You can enter more than once! Just link up each card separately. 
• TIP: Please make sure your photo in focus  - We can't pick you as a winner if we can't see your card clearly because your photo is blurry! 

Here's some inspiration!

Several of our Design Team Members decided to play along - check out all the awesome Halloween cards they created! Read the description below each card to see who made it.

Naki created this super cute Halloween shaker card using our Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp set!
I love the spiderwebs in the corners too! 

Samantha combined the pup in the tutu from our Boo Crew Stamp set with the "Happy Hallo-weenie" sentiment from the new Dress Up Doxies stamp set! Such a fun combo! 

This sweet kitty treat tote was created by Larissa using the new Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp set! The fun newsprint paper is perfect for Halloween and it's so cool how she colored different colored pumpkins! 

Stephanie used our used the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp set with some fun bright halloween colors on her card! Do you see the tiny polka dots on the kitty, hat and broomstick that she paper pierced?

Yuki created this awesome Halloween Kitty card using our Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp set. Isn't that vellum grass so cool? 

This trio of fun treat holders is by Crafty Math-Chick! She used a bunch of sets to create these. The spider and web are from the Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp set, the pumpkin is from the new Dress Up Doxies stamp set and the owl on the branch is from the Spooky Street stamp set. 

Here's a card by me :) I had so much fun watercoloring the kitty and pumpkins from our new Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp set. 

An InLinkz Link-up

September Release - Day 1 - Dress Up Doxies

This is our second post today - to see an amazing card by Guest Designer Ellen Hax, scroll down or click here!

Today is our first reveal day for our September Release! This month we are releasing some adorable new Fall and Halloween stamp sets, starting out today with the reveal of our new Dress Up Doxies stamp set. We are giving this stamp set away one lucky winner so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Dress Up Doxies!

Our adorable dachshunds are back and dressed for Halloween in this fun 4 x 6 stamp set! Use these cute pups dressed in their costumes to create adorable Halloween cards. Add in the pumpkin-shaped treat bag to complete the outfit. These funny doxies can be used for more than just Halloween too - use the super hero doxie with the "you're super" sentiment to tell someone how great they are or use any of them for adorable birthday cards!

Here's some info on the Dress Up Doxies stamp set: 

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 11 stamps: 5 images and 6 sentiments 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, September 16th 

Get ready for some cute pups with inspiration 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.

Naki used the image of the pup dressed as a taco for her awesome card! I love the way she added sun rays behind him! What a fun layout! 

Lydia created this adorable clean and simple card featuring the "super" dog image!
What gorgeous coloring! This would make a great card for a kids birthday or party!

Stephanie created a super cute pirate Halloween card! That pup looks so cute in his pirate costume and the little skull and crossbones background paper ties in perfectly! 

The "hot dog" might be the most obvious costume for a dachshund but it sure is cute! I love how Yukari created a fun halloween scene for him with a starry night sky! 

ARRRRRF! This funny card by Kimberly uses the pup in a pirate costume. This set is so versatile - you can use it for Halloween or just make silly cards for any time of year like this one! 

Jess  created a fun clean and simple card using the dog dressed as a super hero. I love the way she colored him with colored pencils - her shading is awesome! It's super cool too how she added the fun detail of score lines up the side. 

Samantha used the dog dressed as a taco to create this fun card. I love all the detail in her coloring! Then she added him to a fun inked background with a cool folded over corner! What a fun way to add a bit of extra interest to a card! 

Crafty Math-Chick used the image of the dog in the superhero costume to create a patriotic card! What a fun way to show someone you think they're super! 

Danielle created a fun spooky scene for the doxie in the pirate costume! I love the little banner with the "ARRRRRF" repeatedly stamped on it and the fun way she colored that pup! 

Larissa created this cute card using the doxie in the hot dog costume! I love the adorable little scene she created in the circle with the fun plaid background!

Would you like to win the “Dress Up Doxies” Stamp Set?

This 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 blog 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 Thursday, September 15th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, September 16th.

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Lydia Evans
Jess Gerstner

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Naki Rager

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka