A Very Merry Cat Christmas Card by Zsofia Molnar

A Very Merry Kitty Christmas!!

Today Zsofia has created a fun cat themed holiday card featuring images from two of our favorite cat themed holiday stamp sets together!

She started out by stamping the cat wearing a winter scarf from our Newton's Holiday Mischief Stamp Set and the kitty peeking from behind the snowman from our Newton's Curious Christmas Stamp Set. She colored the kitties in neutral colors and added pops of oranges, teals and greens to the winter accessories! She cut both images out using the coordinating Newton's Holiday Mischief Die Set and Newton's Curious Christmas Die Set.

Here are a couple of close ups so you can see her lovely coloring:

Since both of the images have a winter theme, she created a winter holiday scene for her card.  She filled the background with trees using our Evergreens Stencil with green ink and then layered sparkly snow on top using our Petite Snow Stencil with glittery texture paste. So pretty! She added a snowy hill shape along the bottom of her card, cutting it out using our Land Borders Die Set. Then she layered the images of the kitties on top of the snowy hill to complete the scene. For the sentiment she cut out a red ticket shape using our Framework Die Set and added the phrase "Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas," stamped from our Bells & Holly Stamp Set and embossed in white. 

The duo of kitties looks so festive in their winter scene! We hope you enjoyed this gorgeous creation by Zsofia today! You can find more of Zsofia's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

Magic of Christmas Card by Donna Idlet

Sharing some Christmas Magic!

Each week, it's getting closer to the holiday season and today Donna has created a card to get us all into the spirit!

For this wonderfully nostalgic and wintery scene, she started by stamping the images from the Holiday Home Stamp Set. Once they were colored beautifully, the images were die cut out with the coordinating Holiday Home Die Set. She also added some white puffy texture to the hood of the red jacket and trim of the hat!

Next, she created the background by ink blending some greens with the Evergreen Stencil.  She also added some more snow texture to the whole scene with some white splatters on everything. The snowy hill was die cut with the Land Borders Die Set and some beautiful white glitter paper.

We love the magical feeling of this card!

We hope you have enjoyed this project today. To see more fun creations by Donna, you can visit her blog, Creative Lady!

A Woodland Christmas Greeting by Jennifer Jackson

Merry Christmas!

Hello! Jen here today with a lovely Christmas card with a woodsy feel! Perfect for the nature lover!

To create this card I started by stamping the image of the deer wearing the holiday wreath from our Festive Fawns Stamp Set. I colored the image with copic markers and then cut it out using the coordinating Festive Fawns Die Set. 

Next, I created a scene for the little deer to sit in. I used our Evergreens Stencil with brown ink over a kraft colored cardstock to create a fun tone on tone forest of trees. I then used our Frames & Flags Die Set to cut the tree panel and give it that nice stitched edge with rounded corners.  I then cut out a snowy hill using our Land Borders Die Set with white cardstock. I cut it again with the same stitched rectangle from  the Frames & Flags Die Set so I could line up the stitched edging. Doesn't this make a cozy scene for the deer to sit in? 

I added the sentiment "Merry Christmas" from the Sentiments of the Season Stamp Set along the top of the scene. Then I added created a panel with a fun red pattern using our Houndstooth Stencil with brown ink over a red cardstock piece. This really adds to the fun and festive feeling. The finishing touch is a piece of green twine to match the wreath!

I hope you have enjoyed this card today and are inspired to mix and match your stamps and stencils to create unique holiday scenes!

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Week - Day 2 - Thi Lam

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 4th (with some give-aways, of course!) So make sure you come back and visit us every day!

Today's Featured guest is
Thi Lam

My name is Thi, pronounced “Tee”, and I have been making cards since 2017. I love to play with softer colors and my designs are usually simple and approachable. My favorite technique is ink blending. I’m a SoCal gal, married to her high school sweetheart and have three kids, boy/girl twins and a little guy that is 6 years younger than them, who keeps my heart and my schedule super full! :)

blog: Lemon Tea Crafts

instagram: lemonteacrafts

Here's what Thi created:

This cozy snowman card will steal your heart! Thi created this card using a trio of the snowmen from our Snow Much Cheer Stamp Set. Aren't these snowy friends so cute getting ready for the holidays? She stamped and colored the snowmen using gorgeous soft colors. The rosy pink cheeks and softly colored edges really make them pop off the card! 

For the card base she created a lovely winter scene using our Evergreens Stencil to create a forest of trees over a softly inked blue sky. She added the sentiment "Warm holiday wishes", also from the Snow Much Cheer Stamp Set in between the trees, stamping it in red. She also added white paint splatters over the trees and sky to look like snow flurries! 

This snowy card would is perfect for sending warm wishes on a cold winter day! 

Thanks so much, Thi for being our guest today! She will be back for our Deck the Halls with Inky Paws blog hop on Friday, December 3rd. Until then, you can visit her at her blog, Lemon Tea Crafts to read more about her adorable projects and say hello!

Tomorrow we will have special Guest Brenda from My Papercut Creations

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

Evergreens Christmas Card Trio by November Guest Designer Sybil Brewer

 

 

Hello there everyone! It’s been a real pleasure and delight to be a guest designer this month, so that means today I will be sharing my final projects for the blog.

Christmas cards are great to make multiples of and give as gifts, with envelopes and stamps included. Today I’m sharing 3 easy to make cards, using the same products on each one but changing the color combinations.  I start with the beautiful Evergreens Stencil. I ensure it won’t shift while I work by taping it onto my paper with washi.  I chose 4 or 5 different inks within the same color family, and beginning with the first tree, I apply the darkest ink, continuing my way down to the lightest color on the last tree. I didn’t mind if there was any overlapping of colors, as it just added to the beauty of the trees. 

 

When the inking was finished, I added glitter glue to the center tree, and once that was dry I removed my stencil, and washed and dried it well. I repeated this whole process 2 more times with my other color combos.

Next I cut 3 vellum strips and white embossed my sentiments and snowflakes onto each one. I taped the vellum onto the back of my card panel, then adhered the panel to a coordinating card mat and then onto my card base. I finished off each card by adding some pretty sequins, and now they are ready to give individually or as a gift set. The sentiments I used on my cards are from the Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set & Holiday Home Stamp Set. They were perfect for these holiday cards.

Thank you all for visiting with me today, and I wish each one of you the happiest of holidays!
 - Sybil

Winter Reveals Day 1 - Snowman Greetings

Welcome to first reveal day for our Winter Release! This month we have some amazing new snow and winter themed products to share! We are starting things out today with an adorable new snowman set! 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!

Snowman Greetings

All signs point to winter fun! This cute 4x4 stamp set features a snowman holding a empty sign and several sentiments that will fit on it! Customize the sign by adding a sentiment to welcome winter or just let someone know that they are "snow" cool!

Snowman Greetings Stamp Set 

• 4 x 4 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 8 stamps: 3 images and 5 sentiments
• Coordinating Snowman Greeting purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 3 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, November 20th

Get Ready to Greet Winter with 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 Amy. Additional products used: Sky Scene Builders Die Set, Land Borders Die Set, Clouds Stencil, Snow Globe Shaker Die Set

Created by Maria. Additional products used: Forest Scene Builder Die Set, Sky Borders Die Set

Created by Samantha. Additional products used: Starfield Stencil, Land Borders Die Set, Sea Borders Die Set

Created by Zsofia. Additional products used: Frames & Flags Die Set, Land Borders Die Set

Created by Andrea. Additional products used: Snowfall Stencil, Land Borders Die Set, Frames & Flags Die Set

Created by Amanda. Additional products used: Frames & Flags Die Set, Fancy Edges Tag Die Set, Plaid Stencil, Snowfall Stencil

Created by Larissa. Additional products used: Frames & Flags Die Set, Hills & Grass Stencil

Created by Tatiana. Additional products used: Forest Scene Builder Die Set, Fence Die Set, Petite Snow Stencil

Created by Ellen. Additional products used: Argyle Stencil Set, Frames & Flags Die Set, Circle Frames Die Set

Would you like to win the “Snowman Greetings” 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 November 19th at 9pm EST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, November 20th. 

 

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar

Maria Russell

Andrea Shell

Tatiana Trafimovich 

Amy Tsuruta

Amanda Wilcox

Sending Happy Mail Card by July Guest Designer Kay Demonbren

Today we have our first post by our July Guest Designer, Kay Demonbren! Whether she is creating an amazing scene or layering bright colors and creative layouts, her cards are so creative and fun! We are excited to have her as our guest this month and can't wait to to share what she creates! Check back each Monday to see them! Keep reading to find out more about her today and to check out her first project below.

Hello, everyone, I am beyond thrilled to be the July 2020 Guest Designer for Newton’s Nook Designs!

My name is Kay Demonbren, and I live in upstate South Carolina with my husband, teenager, five cats, and one very chilled out dog.

I’ve always loved “making stuff”, and there are too many hobbies to mention that I’ve dabbled in. I’ve been making cards for around thirteen years. I also currently enjoy sewing and quilting, puttering in my fledgling indoor garden, as well as cooking, baking, and home canning all sorts of things (makes me feel a bit like a mad scientist-lol!)

I look forward to hearing from you, and sharing my creations with you all!

You can find me on Instagram: @kaydemonbren8 and on my blog A Splash of Color!


Hi everyone! I am excited to share first card as the Newton's Nook Designs Guest Designer for July!

I decided to start with the adorable and classic Newton's Happy Mail Stamp Set, and the Evergreens Stencil. Don't feel like you need to save this lovely stencil for winter themed cards; they make perfectly lovely spring and summer trees, too!



The first thing I did was mask off the bottom portion of my card panel, and place my trees in the desired location. You can use as much or as little of the trees as you wish for the desired effect. I masked off the largest bottom portion of the stencil to make the trees appear farther away. The trees were stenciled with a blended combination of Distress Oxide inks in: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, and Forest Moss. Afterwards, I didn't care for the white spaces left, so I colored those in with a Copic marker.



I then did a very simple background with Copics on the lower portion of my card panel. Dabs, swipes, and flicks, that's all there is to this. (Trust me, I cannot draw.) I colored and cut out the precious kitty hiding in the mailbox, and attached him to the front panel in his little place of honor.

Finally, I created the sky by blending Distress Oxides in Squeezed Lemonade, Worn Lipstick, Shaded Lilac, and Stormy Sky.

Thanks so much for sharing your time with me, and I look forward to sharing another card with you next week!

-Kay

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Week - Day 3 - Chari Moss

Welcome to day three 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 6th (with some give-aways, of course!) So make sure you come back and visit us every day!

Today's Featured guest is Chari Moss

Hi my name is Chari Moss and I live in the mountains of NC. I work as an architect by day and get crafty in the evenings. I like bright and happy designs with lots of color and enjoy creating scenes with cute stamped images.

Here's what Chari created:

Chari created an amazing tall tri-folding winter scene that will melt your heart! She used the adorable deer images from our Festive Fawns Stamp Set. She colored the sweet deer pulling the gifts and the deer wearing a wreath in festive colors. She also added a bit of shimmer to the red berries. Behind the deer she a created a winter forest, adding trees that were stenciled using our Evergreen Stencil. She added a bit of glitter to the edges of the stenciled branches too for an extra special touch. 

Here is how the tri-fold card opens:

Once you open the right side, you see just the scene with the deer and wreath. Isn't it cool how she cut around the stenciled trees to make a fun folded shape?

Then you can fold the other side open:

This reveals a new scene that was hidden by the other layers! In this center scene she used the image of the deer peeking around the snowman at the bunny from the Festive Fawns Stamp Set. How adorable is that!?

We hope this fun project will inspire you to think of new and creative ways to fold cards and create scenes! 

Thanks so much, Chari for being our guest today! She will be back for our Deck the Halls with Inky Paws blog hop on Friday, December 6th. Until then, you can visit her at her blog, Mossy Made to read more about her adorable projects and say hello!

Tomorrow we will have special Guest Barbara from Barbara's Paper Pursuits

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