Make a Wish Dog Birthday Card by Samantha VanArnhem

Make a Wish!

Today we are sharing another doggie themed birthday card! This adorable card by Samantha features the adorable labrador dog from our Fetching Friendship Stamp Set. She colored this the dog in soft browns and then added a bright red scarf. She also stamped and colored a few accessories from the set, a bone, tennis ball and little gift. She cut the images out using the coordinating Fetching Friendship Die Set.

Behind the dog, she stamped the big circle image from our  Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set in red. Isn't it neat how the color matches the dog's scarf? What a great way to coordinate the two images together. 

The card is finished off with the "Make a Wish" Sentiment, also from the Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set, stamped underneath. This card would be perfect to give a dog lover for a special birthday wish! 

We hope this lovely birthday card by Samantha has inspired you today! To say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations you can visit Samantha over on her blog, Sam Van Designs!

Happy Birthday Dog Card by Jennifer Jackson

 

Happy Birthday Dog Card!

Hello! Jen here today with a fun birthday card for a dog lover! I have lots of friends with dogs so I like to keep a few dog themed birthday cards in my stash! For this card I chose the image of the Lab from our Fetching Friendship Stamp Set. I stamped him onto a stitched rectangle that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. I also stamped the little gift onto his nose. I colored him to look like a yellow lab using copic markers, adding on a red scarf and blue for the gift. Then I stamped the birthday hat, also from the Fetching Friendship Stamp Set onto another piece of paper. I colored the hat with copics and cut it out using the coordinating Fetching Friendship Die Set to add onto his head. For the sentiments, I used the "Happy Birthday" and "& many more" words from our Birthday Essentials Stamp Set. I mounted the image onto a card base, layering it with a scrap of patterned yellow paper over red cardstock. I also added on a stripe of black and white washi tape and a blue ribbon. I like that the colors and ribbon on this card could work for a masculine birthday too!  What do you think?

I hope you enjoyed this card today!

Have a fabulous day! 

Fetch-ing You a Happy Birthday Card by Jennifer Jackson

Fetching Birthday Wishes!

Hello! Jen here with a fun dog themed Birthday Card! I never have enough birthday cards so I've been trying to make an effort to create a few extras to have on hand for this year! I've been having fun pulling out stamps I haven't worked with in a while to make them too! For this card I used the cute Labrador image from our Fetching Friendship Stamp Set. I colored the pup, hat and gifts from the set using copic markers and then I cut the images out using the coordinating Fetching Friendship Die Set. For the background I created a fun watercolor splash using similar colors of distress inks. I squished them onto my nonstick craft sheet and spritzed them with water. Then I used a piece of acetate to pick up the color from the mat and squished that onto a piece of watercolor paper to transfer the colors onto the background. This is a fun way to get a watercolor look like this and you can control where the colors go a bit better. 

I framed this watercolor piece with some purple cardstock and assembled the card together. I used the sentiment, also from the Fetching Friendship Stamp Set and embossed it with white on a black banner to layer behind the dog. The banner was cut out using our  Frames & Flags Die Set. Then I finished it out with a piece of blue twine! Perfect for a cheerful birthday card! I'll definitely send this to someone who loves dogs too! 

I hope you enjoyed this project today! 

September Reveals - Day 4 - Newton’s Costume Party

Today is our FINAL reveal day for September and we saved our new Newton set for last! Newton is ready for Halloween in todays reveal of our Newton's Costume Party 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!

Newton's Costume Party

Newton is ready to get dressed up in this 4x6 stamp set! We can't decide if Newton is most adorable as a shark, bumblebee or lion! Choose from a variety of fun costumes and hats to dress the kitty for Halloween greetings and more. Use the coordinating die set to make layering the outfits easy! 

Here's some info on the Newton’s Costume Party stamp set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 16 stamps: 14 images and 2 sentiments
• Coordinating Newton's Costume Party purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 14 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, September 15th

Dress Newton in your favorite costumes with cards 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.

Amanda created a whole crew of kitties, dressed and ready to trick or treat! How adorable is that!? She also added some black grass along the bottom using our Land Borders Die Set.

Tatiana dressed the kitty in a little lion costume, using masking to create a one layered image! She also added some clouds using our Sky Borders Die Set and some stars in the sky using the Starfield Stencil.

These cute kitties are all dressed and ready for trick-or-treating on this cute card by Juliana! She also added in some grass using our Land Borders Die Set and dark purple clouds using our Sky Borders Die Set.

Newton is so adorable in his bee costume on this card by Jennifer! It's super cool how she coordinated the black and yellow papers with the bee theme too! 

This card by Samantha is so cute! Those kitties all peeking out of the circle with their costumes on look ready to celebrate Halloween! She also added some fun starry texture to her card using the Starfield Stencil.

Ellen created this adorable Halloween Scene! She dressed Newton as a ghost and then added a pumpkin hat to the dog from our Fetching Friendship Stamp set. She added in some die cut bones from the Fetching Friendship Stamp Set, some trees from the Fox Hollow Stamp Set and hills and grass using our Land Borders Die Set. She also added a starry sky using the  Starfield Stencil.

Holly created this adorable card, dressing Newton as a unicorn and adding in the sentiment from our Believe in Unicorns Stamp Set! What a fun idea! This shows how you could use the costumed kitties for other occasions besides Halloween!

Although these costumes were designed to fit Newton, they can be added onto many of our other characters too! On this card, Larissa added the ghost onto the Terrier from the Terrific Terriers Stamp Set! How Adorable! 

Can't decide which costume you like best? That's what happened to Naki so she created magnets of all the outfits so you can dress Newton up on your fridge each day in a different outfit! So fun!

Maria created a spooky Halloween scene using two kitties wearing their halloween hats and one more in the background, dressed as a spooky ghost! She also added in pumpkins from the Newton's Perfect Pumpkin Stamp Set. Such a fun spooky scene!

Would you like to win the “Newton's Costume Party" 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 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 September 14th at 9pm CST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, September 15th.

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

Newton's Nook Designs

Amanda Bodine

Holly Endress

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Juliana Michaels

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Jennifer Timko

Tatiana Trafimovich

A Fetching Birthday Card by Crafty Math Chick

Fun Birthday Labrador!

Today Crafty Math-Chick created this fun doggie birthday card! She used the fun image of the labrador from the Fetching Friendship stamp set and colored him with a fun bright yellow ball! The "Fetch-ing you a Happy Birthday" is also from our Fetching Friendship stamp set. Doesn't this make a fun card for dog lover? The fun paw-print border gives it just the right finishing touch and I love the bright yellow and black color combo!

Thank you, Crafty Math-Chick, for the fun inspiration today! To see moe details and other projects, you can visit her blog, Canines & Card Designs.

Lab-Adore You Card by Stephanie Muzzulin

Lab-adorable!

Dog lovers will be in love with this adorable card by Stephanie today! She used our cute labrador from the Fetching Friendship stamp set as her focal point. I love the soft colors on the doggies fur mixed with the bright teal scarf! She also used the "lab-adore you" sentiment from this set, stamping it into a cloud image. This card would make a great masculine card too, with the woodgrain and plaid papers! So fun!

Thanks for the inspiration today, Stephanie! To see more of Stephanie's work you can visit her blog, Handmade Creations by Stephanie!

Just a few days left to Enter our Inky Paws Challenge #29 - COLOR Challenge

Have you checked out our latest challenge? You have until Friday, March 4th at Midnight CST time to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project inspired by theme Red, Light Blue, Lime Green and White using NND products!

The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still play along - just download and use one of the digital freebies on our freebies page.

Inky Paws Challenge #28 - Love Theme

This month's challenge is a Theme Challenge! 

create a project that is all about Love!

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, February 5th, 2015 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, February 8th.

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 IPC28).

• 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 birthday cards they created! Read the description below each card to see who made it.

Here is an adorable Valentine by Jess! She used the cute frog image and "Hoppy Valentine's Day" sentiment from our Hoppy Days Stamp set!  I love how the colors pop off the black background!

Samantha used the cute pup from our Fetching Friendship stamp set for her love-themed creation! Pet lovers will definitely agree that LOVE is a four-legged word! 

Here is delightful Valentine by Yukari! That sweet kitty image, eiffel tower and hot air balloons are from the Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set. I love the scene she created with them! Then she added the "Happy Valentine's Day" sentiment using our Simply Seasonal stamp set! 

Here is an adorable Love card by Stephanie featuring our elephant image from the Wild about Zoo stamp set. I love the big pink bow and the  "Will ZOO be mine?" sentiment on the wood!

This sweet card by Danielle is purr-fect for Valentines Day! This image from the new Darling Duos stamp set is perfect to go with the "I just want to Snuggle" sentiment that Danielle created!

The rainbow hearts on this card by Kimberly look good enough to eat! She used our new Darling Hearts die to cut out the hearts and the "thinking of you" sentiment is from our Whispering Pines stamp set!

And lastly, here is what I created. I used the love birds from our new Darling Duos stamp set and colored them bright colored copics. I cut them out with the coordinating Darling Hearts die set. I also added the small heart & "love" sentiment from the die set. 

Now it's your turn! What will you create? Link up below:

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Happy Howl-idays Card by Crafty Math Chick

Happy HOWL-idays!!

Awww! All the dog lovers today would LOVE to get this card by Crafty Math-Chick in the mail! She used the cute labrador dog from the Fetching Friendship stamp set and gave him a sweet little santa hat to dress him up for the holidays! She also used the "Happy Howl-idays" sentiment form our Holiday-themed dog set, the Canine Christmas! I love how she added some fun holly paper too! So adorable!

Thanks, Crafty Math-Chick for the fun card today! To see more details and other projects, you can visit her blog, Canines & Card Designs.

Happy Birthday Card by Larissa Heskett

Lab-adore Birthday card!

Here is an adorable birthday card by Larissa using our Fetching Friendship stamp set. Its so cute how she gave the labrador a cute little patterned scarf! And I love how he has a fun pile of dog bones, tennis balls and a little gift! It's a dogs birthday wish come true! And - to make it even more special she put a fun shaker behind his head too!  What a fun birthday card!!

Thanks so much Larissa for inspiring us today! Please make sure to head over to Larissa's blog, Larissa Heskett Designs to see more details about her work and say hello to her today!

Last Chance to enter our Inky Paws challenge #23 - Summer Lovin'!

Just a little time left - You have until TONIGHT - Friday, August 7th at Midnight CST time to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project with a Summer Theme and use & NND products! 

The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still play along - just download and use one of the digital freebies on our freebies page.

Congratulations Card by Crafty Math Chick

Congrats Card with this Smart Puppy!

Do you have any more graduation parties to go to? Our neighborhood has been filled with them the last few weeks!  This sweet Congrats card by Crafty Math-Chick would be perfect to give to a grad! She used our cute little image of the labrador from our Fetching Friendship stamp set and added an adorable little handmade graduation cap for his head - Don't you just love the little tassel? Then she added in the fun "congrats on your graduation" sentiment using words from our popular Simply Sentimental stamp set. Then she paired these images with the perfect graduation hat paper and some glittery stars! I love how the color combo is mostly silver and black with just a slight touch of red! You could change the accent color to match the graduates school colors too!

Thanks, Crafty Math-Chick for the fun card today! To see more details and other projects, you can visit her blog, Canines & Card Designs.

Enter our Inky Paws challenge #22
Color Challenge!

Have you checked out our latest challenge? You have until Friday, July 10th at Midnight CST time to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project using a Birthday theme & NND products! 

The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still play along - just download and use one of the digital freebies on our freebies page.

Inky Paws Challenge #22 - Birthday

This month's challenge is to a create a project with a Birthday 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, July 10th, 2015 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, July 13th.

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 IPC22).

• 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 birthday cards they created! Read the description below each card to see who made it

Here's a birthday card by Yuki - she used the cute zoo animals from the Wild About Zoo stamp set and added on birthday hats from the new In Slow Motion stamp set. So adorable! 

Here's a cute turtle birthday card by Danielle using our new In Slow Motion stamp set. I love the fun paint splatter background.

This sweet kitty card by Samantha is so fun! I love the confetti watercolor dots in the background. She used the kitty image with the gift from our Newton's Birthday Bash stamp set and added on the hat from the Fetching Friendship stamp set. 

Jess also used the fun turtle image from our new In Slow Motion for her birthday card! I
love the purple and yellow color combo and the fun dot background!

Here's a birthday card by me - I used Winston's Birthday stamp set to create a fun and simple birthday card! I added some paint splatter and sequins to the background to help add dimension!

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