Tag Trio and Gift Box by Maria Russell

Special Touches for Holiday Gifts!

Today Maria is sharing two projects that are perfect for adding that special touch to your holiday gifts! First, she created a trio of adorable tags using our Sweater Weather Stamp Set. She stamped the kitty, bunny and fox wearing sweaters from the set and colored them in fun bright pastels. She also added fun details like rosy cheeks on the animals and sparkles on the hats! She used the coordinating Sweater Weather Die Set to cut the images out. Then she created the sweet tags using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set with a mix of gingham and polka dotted papers. This die set is fun because it has several mini borders that you can mix and match to create fun borders and edges for your tags! To finish them off she added the word "joy" die cut out using the bonus words from our Snow Globe Shaker Die Set too! 

Next she created a custom gift box that is perfect for a small and special gift! She used our Naughty or Mice Stamp Set for the image of the mouse opening the present. She colored this sweet image and cut it out with the coordinating Naughty or Mice Die Set. She created a scene for the mouse adding some blue distress inks to the sky.  A snowy hill was added along the bottom, cut out with our Land Borders Die Set. To add to the holiday scene she used the fun bold tree from our Festive Forest Stamp Set, cutting it out with the coordinating Festive Forest Die Set. This tree is the perfect size to match with that little mouse! Such a fun combination of images!

Thank you for fun ideas for dressing up gifts, Maria! To see more beautiful projects by Maria you can visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs and don't forget to subscribe to her YouTube channel too!

Happy Holidays Card by Kimberly Rendino

Happy Holidays Tag card

Wow! It's so cool how Kimberly used tags on this card! She used the backside of a tag stamp from the Tag Sampler stamp set to create solid tags stamped in red, treen and brown on the kraft paper and then used the dotted tag stamp to create white edges! What a fun idea! I love how simple and creative this is! Then she added the tree using the Festive Forest Die Set. The gold star on top is so pretty!
The she finished it off with the little "Happy Holidays" sentiment from the Holiday Smooches stamp set, embossed in white over black! What a lovely card!

I am sad to say that this is Kimberly's last post as a Design Team member! We have really enjoyed having her on our team for the last TWO years! She's been such a rock star and always has inspired us with her creative uses of our stamps and her bright and colorful designs! We are so sad to see her go but we've enjoyed having her hang out with us for so long! We definitely wish her the very best as she continues to do fun things in the craft world and will definitely be checking out her blog -Kimplete Kreativity - often to say hello and we hope you will too!

Inky Paws Challenge #38 - Color Challenge

This is our second post today! To meet our December Guest Designer, Anni Lerche, scroll down or click here. 

This month's challenge is:

Color challenge

Create a project using Teal, Red, White and Green!

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, December 16th, 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 IPC38).

• 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 cards they created, inspired by this fun, festive color palette ! Read the description below each card to see who made it.

This sweet winter card by Yukari features our bunny, Lily, dressed in a Christmas colored sweater from the Sweater Weather Stamp set! She used the color combo on the sweater, leaving the bunny white and added a bunch of fun mittens in the background too! The "Season of Joy" sentiment is from the Beautiful Baubles stamp set. 

Samantha used the fun color combo on this card featuring Winston driving his car full of gifts from the Winston's Home for Christmas stamp set. She used the red and green on the car, gift and trees and added the teal as a watercolor background on white paper! 

Kimberly created this adorable card by embossing the trees from our Festive Forest stamp set in white over red cardstock! She added in the "Thank you" from our Vegetable Garden stamp set and a just a little pop of teal!

This sweet fireplace scene by Larissa uses red and green on the rug and fireplace swag while keeping a white card base. Then she added some teal in the background to help this lovely scene op off the card! This sweet image is from our Fireside Friends stamp set.  

Jess created a flurry of snowflakes from our Beautiful Blizzard stamp set using the chosen color combo! I love how pretty this looks! She added an extra pop of teal up the sides too! 

This gorgeous wreath shaker card by Naki uses the color combo in the form of sequins inside the shaker! She also used the red and green on the wreath which was made with our Pines & Holly Die Set, and added an extra pop of teal with a teal tag using our new Joyful Tags stamp set! Such a fun card! 

This cute forest scene by Danielle features our cute kitty in a sweater from the Sweater Weather Stamp set! She used the green, red, and teal on the sweater, leaving the kitty white! So cute! 

This card by Stephanie features our adorable doxie from the Holiday Hounds stamp set twisted up in some holiday lights! She kept her color palette focused on the red green and white with just little teal accents!

Here is another lovely snowflake card using the color combo with  Beautiful Blizzard stamp set. Crafty Math-Chick created this one, using white for the base and added the snowflakes in the other colors of the challenge! I love the simplicity of this with the added sequins for a bit of bling! 

Here's one created by me! I used Winston dressed in his sweater from the new Sweater Weather stamp set and colored his sweater using the color combo! The colors really pop off the white card base! 

An InLinkz Link-up

Merry & Bright Tree Card by Jess Gerstner

Abstract tree card!

Our new Festive Forest stamp set is so fun to create with - the possibilities are endless!
Today Jess used created a this awesome abstract tree card using the scribbly tree stamp and repeat stamping it in red and green, leaving a spot to add in the tree with the "May your days be Merry and Bright" sentiment! The way she laid out this card is so cool and it really makes the sentiment pop! I love how versatile this set is! What a fun way to create your own custom patterns!

Thanks for the beautiful inspiration today, Jess! You can see more of her projects on her blog, Jess Crafts  - and you can also follow her Jess Crafts youtube channel to see great videos too!

25 Days of Christmas Tags!

Today we are excited to be part of the 25 Days of Christmas Tags with Tracey McNeely. We are now on day 3 of this awesome feature so make sure you visit her blog each day to see all 25 days! Today she's featuring the Newton's Nook Design Team on her blog so make sure you head over there to see some more beautiful tags using NND products! 

Here's what I created to play along:

For my project, I decided to use our NEW Festive Forest stamp set! These sweet little trees have lots of fun prints and are so easy to work with! I stamped out three trees from the set. For two of them I used dark green ink but for the third one I stamped it with Versamark ink and embossed it with some light green embossing powder. I then cut them all out using the Festive Forest Die Set. I also used this die set to trim out tree trunks from brown cardstock and to trim out a skinny tree from olive green cardstock. For the tag shapes, I used our Tags Times Two Die Set and cut three tags out of kraft cardstock. I then took all the pieces and started putting together the tags. For two of them I added the sentiments "o christmas tree" and "joy" from our Festive Forest stamp set in black ink. Then I added on the trees with dimensional adhesive. I thought that they needed a pop of red so I added on red dots using Nuvo crystal drops. Just the right pop of red!

Once I had these pretty tags done I couldn't decide what to do with them! I thought about adding them to a card or using them for some holiday gifts, but in the end I decided to make a cute little drink container! I used this fun milk jar and added a big satin red ribbon on it, along with the tag. Then a polka dot straw! These would be so fun for a Holiday dinner party! 

Inspired? You can play along - link up a tag you've created at Tracey's Blog Here!
She's giving away some awesome prizes too, Including one from us at Newton's Nook Designs!

Holiday Reveals - Day 4 - Ornamental Newton & Festive Forest

 

Are you enjoying our new Holiday stamps? Today we're sharing a new mini Newton set, Ornamental Newton and a the fun new 4x6  Festive Forest stamp set! Both of these sets today also have coordinating dies! We are giving two stamps set away today so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

 Ornamental Newton!

"Deck the Paws" with this delightful 3 x 4 mini set! In this set our favorite feline, Newton, is helping to decorate for the holidays with the biggest ornament he could find! Send BIG holiday wishes to friends and family with this amusing image. This set includes several fun sentiments include help you customize your greeting too!

Here's some info on the Ornamental Newton stamp set: 

• 3 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 6 stamps: 3 images and 3 sentiments 
• Coordinating Purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 3 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, October 28th 

Festive Forest!

Create a forest of fabulous patterned trees with this 4 x 6 stamp set! These decorative trees are so fun and easy to use. Just grab your favorite colored inks and stamp away. Mix and match them with the two tree trunks and two star toppers! The playful patterned trees will make fantastic holiday cards and more! This set also has a fun coordinating die!

Here's some info on the Festive Forest stamp set: 

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 14 stamps: 11 images and 3 words/sentiments 
• Coordinating Purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 4 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, October 28th 

Get in the Holiday mood with these adorable projects by 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.

Stephanie did some super cute paper piercing on the big christmas ornament for her card! I love her use of pattern papers too!

This clean and simple card by Samantha using the Festive Forest set is so pretty! I love how she used multiple shades of green on the tree stamp! 

Yukari created this sweet ornament card using gogeous shades of blue! I love how the kitty looks like he's hanging in a frame!

Lydia created this lovely forest of trees using just the Festive Forest Die Set! This set works great with or without the stamps too!

Jess created this adorable kitty card using traditional red and green! She used the "Deck the Paws" sentiment repeatedly across the banner and then added bits of gold glitter ot the ornament!

Danielle created a whole forest of trees in shades of green using Festive Forest Stamps and coordinating dies. The gold star on the center tree is so pretty! 

Larissa created this lovely card using the kitty from the Ornamental Newton set. Doesn't he look so cute in his added Santa Hat? She also added a whole line of candy canes too! So adorable! 

Kimberly stamped several of the fun patterned trees from the Festive Forest set and used them to create a star! What  fun idea. The ombré inks look gorgeous on these trees too! 

Naki created this sweet kitty card using the Ornamental Newton stamp set and coordinating die set. She also added in some fun white branches using our Pines & Holly die set (revealed here on Tuesday).

Crafty Math-Chick created this awesome scene with two kittings haning out over the fireplace! They look just like Newton and Hobbes!! She also added in some fun white branches using our Pines & Holly die set (revealed here on Tuesday) and the fire from our Campfire Tails Stamp set!

Would you like to win the “Ornamental Newton”  or the "Festive Forest"Stamp Set?
Today we will pick two winners, one to win each 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 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, October 27th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 28th.

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