Newton's Nook Designs & Wow Embossing Powder Inspiration Week - Day 5 with Larissa & Ellen

Newton's Nook Designs and WOW embossing powders are collaborating all week long to offer you inspiration using their products together! Both design teams will be sharing fun ways to use embossing powders on your projects using WOW embossing powders paired with Newton's Nook Designs stamps! 

Today we are featuring projects by Larissa and Ellen! 

First up we are sharing an adorable Halloween card by Larissa: 

For this awesome witch card, Larissa used our  cute kitty from the Witchy Newton Stamp Set. She embossed the image and sentiment using Clear Gloss embossing powder from WOW! Then she colored the image in gorgeous a fun orange and purple color palette fro Halloween and cut the images our using the coordinating Witchy Newton Die Set. To create the amazing background she layered several of our Stencils. She started with the Gingham Stencil, using it first with orange and then again with purple to create the fun plaid look. Then she used our Bokeh Stencil Set, using just the #2 stencil from the two piece set. She inked over the stencil using Versamark ink and then embossed the dots using the Witching Hour (black magic color blend) embossing powder from WOW! on the dots! What a fun idea for layering stencils. The sparkle adds the perfect touch for Halloween!

Next, Larissa created an amazing Holiday card! She started with a background of printed music paper and then used our Holiday Foliage Stencil to add all the fun leaves, holly and branches to the background. She used selective masking to apply embossing ink to just small sections of the stencil so she could emboss them in different colors. She used Green Glitz, Red Glitz, Metallic Copper Sparkle, Lime Ricky, and Calypso glitter embossing powders from WOW! to add all the fun color and sparkle. She also inked a bit around the images with distress ink to help the colors pop! She added the sentiment from our Christmas Haul Stamp Set and used Clear Gloss embossing powder for WOW! to give it some shine. The scallop edged border was die cut using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

Visit Larissa's blog: Larissa Heskett Designs to see to see more and leave her a comment for another chance to win!

 Next, we have a a duo of Christmas card by Ellen:

For her first adorable card, Ellen features the duo of Christmas dogs from our Happy Howl-idays Stamp Set. She colored the dogs, giving them fun blue and red accessories and used the coordinating Happy Howl-idays Die Set to cut the image out. She added a little snowy hill for them to sit on using our Land Borders Die Set. For the gorgeous snowy background she used our Snowfall Stencil. She applied embossing ink over the stencil and then used the Midnight Dream embossing powder from WOW! to add the sparkle to the snowflakes! She added the custom sentiment by that wa created using the word "happy" from our Holiday Greetings Die Set along with the little word "Holidays" that was stamped from our Simply Seasonal Stamp Set. She embossed the little word using Metallic Silver embossing powder from WOW! The whole scene is framed with a red scalloped edge that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

Our last project today is another adorable Holiday card by Ellen. For this fun card she used the image of the mouse with the candy cane and reindeer headband from our Naughty or Mice Stamp Set. She colored the image and cut it out using the coordinating Naughty or Mice Die Set. She created a scene for the mouse inside a stitched square that was cut out using our Frames Squared Die Set. She created a starry sky using our Cosmic Newton Stamp Set to stamp the stars and embossed them using Glow-in-the-Dark embossing powder from WOW! She die cut some trees using our Forest Scene Builder Die Set and added "snow" on them using the White Puff Twinkle embossing powder from WOW!
She added a little hill using our Land Borders Die Set to complete the scene. For her sentiment, she combined the word "merry" from our Holiday Greetings Die Set with the word "Christmas" from our Simply Seasonal Stamp Set. She embossed the word "Christmas" in white using Opaque Bright White embossing powder from WOW!  She framed the whole scene using the scallop edged square and the rounded stitched square from our Frames Squared Die Set.

Here's a photo showing how the stars look in the dark with the Glow-in-the-Dark embossing powder from WOW!:

Visit Ellen's blog: Crafty Ellen to see more to see more and leave her a comment for another chance to win!

We hope you have enjoyed our collaboration week this week! Make sure to visit the blogs and leave comments for a chance to win!

There are more amazing projects today over on the WOW blog so pop over there for more inspiration!

Would you like to win a $25 store credit Newton’s Nook Designs?

Here's how to win: Leave comments on the NND & Design Team blog posts using WOW  products all week (September 23-27) to enter. One winner will be randomly chosen from blog posts throughout the week so the more posts you leave comments on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Friday September 27th at midnight CST to comment. The winner will be announced on the NND blog post on Monday, September 30th.

Want another chance to win? WOW is also giving away a prize pack! Visit the WOW blog each day this week for more inspiration and details on how to win their prize! 

A Fond Farewell to Juliana Michaels!

Saying Thank you & Farewell to Juliana!

Today we are sharing a collection of favorites created by Juliana. We are sad to say this will be our last post featuring Juliana as a member of our Design Team at Newton's Nook Designs! We are so grateful to have had Juliana on our team two amazing years! We've truly loved all her beautiful cards! She has such an eye for color and has inspired us each month with so many creative ways to use our products! Her creations always bring a smile to our faces! Plus, she is such a sweetheart and we've enjoyed getting to know her too. Juliana has been such an awesome member of our NND family! We are so sad to see her go but we feel lucky to have had her on our team for so long! Who knows -  you might see her back now and then for a blog hop or special feature! We wish her the very best as she continues to do fun things in the craft world and will definitely be checking out her blog - 17 Turtles in the future to say hello!

I thought it would be fun to re-share a few favorite cards by Juliana so I asked her to choose her favorite cards from her time on the NND Design Team! She has created so many awesome projects it was hard for her to choose but here are her picks below!

I'm a huge Halloween fan and the adorable Newton's Costume Party is one of my favorites! I just loved dressing up each cat with a different costume. I created the background using the Sky Borders Die Set too!

The mice from Naughty or Mice quickly became one of my favorite Christmas stamp sets from last year!

Being a big lover of all things Christmas, I just adore the cute llama in the Llama Delivery set. Here I combined it with the Snowfall Stencil to create a festive holiday scene. I also tucked in some holly with the Pines & Holly Die Set and used the Frames & Flags Die Set too.

 I love combining multiple images onto one card and the Sending Hugs Stamp Set is perfect for that!
 

Along with their adorable stamp sets, NND also creates some fun stencils and dies like this Tree Rings Stencil and Autumn Leaves Die Set. I also added in a sentiment from the Thankful Thoughts Stamp Set.

Last but not least...the final card I created for NND combined some of my favorite characters all on one card! I'm especially smitten with those cute pups from Happy Howl-i-days! This card includes images from Happy Howl-idays, Llama Delivery, Santa Paws Newton, Naughty or Mice, and Slothy Christmas along with the Framework Die Set. 

Thank you so much, Juliana, for the awesome inspiration! We'll miss you! If you would like to continue to follow Juliana and see her creations you can continue to find her at her blog, 17 Turtles!

I Believe in Santa Card by Juliana Michaels

Santa Paws! 

Today Juliana created this adorable holiday card by combing two holiday sets together. She used that cute Santa kitty from our Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set and the adorable pups from the Happy Howl-idays Stamp Set to create a fun scene! She also added in a fun little pile of gifts from the Loveable Llamas Stamp Set. She colored all the images using copic markers and then cut them out using the coordinating die sets (Happy Howl-idays Die Set, Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set, and Loveable Llamas Die Set), She kept the card base simple, adding a fun postage edged border using our Framework Die Set.

Do you think the pups are on the naughty or nice list? To see more details on her project and say hello to Juliana today, visit her blog, 17 Turtles!

Happy Howl-idays Copic Coloring Tutorial Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Copic Coloring Dogs with Ellen

Today we have two fun coloring tutorial to share by Ellen! She's showing you step by step how she colored the two dogs from our new Happy Howl-idays Stamp Set.

Step by Step Dog Coloring Tutorial: 

• Picture 1 (left): I started the coloring all the clothing in red. I choose one color for all these items because it’s nicer to have matching accessories on the dogs. All the illustrations are colored from dark to lighter colors. For the reds I used the markers: R59, R39, R27 and R24. 
• Picture 2 (center): C3, C2, C0 and 0 was used for the white in the Christmas hat and the yellow markers YR16, Y17 and YR31 where used for the bells. 
• Picture 3 (right): I stared coloring the dog on the left side. Just like before, I color him darker colors first and layer lighter on top with E37, E35, E33 and E31. 

• Picture 4 (left): We’re taking it a step further and starting to give the dog texture. Staring from the shadows and spreading out I draw dots with the same colors as previous step (E37, E35, E33 and E31). The flicking technique gives him fluffy hair. To have this effect you start from the neck and draw quickly a little line to the middle of his belly. It helps me to put the stamped image upside down when I do this. I started this time with marker E51. 
• Picture 5 (center): I draw more of the E51 marker and likewise draw flicks with the E31 and YR23 marker colors. I put darker colors on top, so it doesn’t blend so much. 
• Picture 6 (left): For the last flicks I use the E23 and E37 markers.

• Picture 7 (left): The dog on the right side was colored the same way, but with other colors: E79, E77, E47 and E71 
• Picture 8 (center): The first flicks where made with the same colors from the dog for the ears and the tail (E79 and E77) and the chest I used E37 and E35. 
• Picture 9 (right): The last step was adding dots with all the darker brown colors from the right dog and the ending flicks with E71 for the ears and E33 and E53 for the chest. 

Once the dogs were all colored, Ellen created an awesome winter scene for them. 

Here is a close-up of the finished card:

She used the coordinating Happy Howl-idays Die Set to cut out the dogs before adding them to her card. This die set has the added bonus of cutting out the space between the dogs so you can see the scene behind them. To create her scene, Ellen used our Petite Snow Stencil with white embossing paste over a fun blue distress inked sky. She added snow drifts using our Land Borders Die Set and Sea Borders Die Set to create layers of white. She added those lovely silhouetted trees on each side of the dogs using the pines from our Forest Scene Builder Die Set. To finish out the card she added a banner with the Happy howl-idays sentiment, die cut using our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

I hope you enjoyed this card by Ellen today and learned a few tips about coloring dogs! 

If you love this project by Ellen you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen to see more of her beautiful creations!

Holiday Reveals - Day 4 - Slothy Christmas, Happy Howl-idays + two new mini sets!

Today is the fourth and final reveal day for our Holiday Release! Today we are featuring four fun little sets! We start our with the reveal of the adorable Slothy Christmas  Stamp Set and Happy Howl-days Stamp Set! These cute critters will steal your heart! If you like puns, you'll adore our two new mini sets, Fleece Navidad and Mistle Toad! Perfect for Holiday smiles! We are giving away the Slothy Christmas and Happy Howl-idays stamp sets today too so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Slothy Christmas

Slow down this Holiday season with with the sloths in this adorable in 4x4 stamp set! This set features a cute sloth hugging a candy cane and then taking a holiday nap! What a perfect reminder to slow down and enjoy the holidays!

Here's some info on the Slothy Christmas stamp set:

• 4 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• 6 stamps: 3 images and 3 sentiments 
• Coordinating Slothy Christmas purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 3 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, October 19th

Happy Howl-idays

This fun 3x4 design features a fun duo of doggies that are dressed up to celebrate the holidays! Aren't the antlers and stocking hat so cute? Create cute holiday greetings for all the dog lovers on your Christmas card list!

Here's some info on the Happy Howl-idays stamp set:

• 3 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 3 stamps: 2 images and 1 sentiment
• Coordinating Happy Howl-idays purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 2 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, October 19th

Fleece Navidad

This adorable sheep is ready with a fun holiday pun on this 2x3 stamp set! Wearing a hat and scarf, this cute sheep goes perfectly with the "fleece navidad" sentiment. Use the snowflake to create backgrounds too!

Here's some info on the Fleece Navidad Stamp Set: 

• 2 x 3 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 3 stamps: 2 images and 1 sentiment 
• Coordinating Fleece Navidad purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 2 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, October 19th 

Mistle Toad

How about a Holiday kiss? This adorable toad is standing under the mistletoe for a fun holiday pun on this 2x3 stamp set! What a fun way to make a unique holiday card with an extra bit of whimsy!

Here's some info on the Mistle Toad Stamp Set: 

• 2 x 3 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 2 stamps: 1 image and 1 sentiment
• Coordinating Mistle Toad purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 1 die
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, October 19th

This fun little stamps pack a big punch for Holiday cards! Get inspired with projects from our amazing Design Team below!

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.

Ellen created this adorable sleepy sloth card using our new Slothy Christmas Set. She added the sloth and his gift to the hear and then layered it over a background that was created using our Holiday Foliage Stencil. She also added the white scallop edged panel and green stitched banner using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

This incredible winter scene was created by Amanda. She used the dogs from the new Happy Howl-idays Stamp Set, coloring them in vibrant shades of brown and red. Then she layered them over a birch tree background that was created using trees from our new Forest Scene Builder Die Set. She also added some tiny snow to the background using our new Petitie Snow Stencil. 

Tatiana created this adorable mini winter scene using the sheep from the new Fleece Navidad Stamp Set. She added them into a scene that was created using birch trees and leaves from our Forest Scene Builder Die Set. She also added little snowflakes into the background using the snowflake that is included in the Fleece Navidad Stamp Set. The rounded rectangle window was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

This gorgeous peppermint striped card was created by Samantha! She created stripes by masking off the white areas and adding red distress ink. It's the perfect backdrop for that cute toad from our new Mistle Toad Stamp Set! 

Naki created this adorable sleepy Christmas scene! She used the sloth from our new Slothy Christmas Set, coloring him with soft watercolors. Then she created a scene for him by using a single tree from our new Evergreens Stencil in the background. The sentiment from the Slothy Christmas Stamp Set goes perfectly with this setting! 

Juliana created this sweet Howl-iday puppy card! She used the cute duo of dogs from our new Happy Howl-idays Stamp Set, coloring them with copic markers. She even added an extra bit of holly to the hat using the holly from the Caroling Newton Stamp Set. She used the Framework Die Set for the scallop edged panel and our Holiday Foliage Stencil for the lovely stenciled background!

Larissa created this fun holiday card featuring the little sheep from our new Fleece Navidad Stamp Set. She paper pierced a rainbow scarf for him  that matches the rainbow card background! She also added lots of die cut "merry & bright" words to the background using our new Holiday Greetings Die Set. The scallop edged panel was created using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

Zsofia created this adorable tag featuring the cute little toad from our new Mistle Toad Stamp Set! She colored the image with copics, adding tons of little stippled dots for texture. For the tag, she used our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set to create a custom tag shape! This would be so cute on a holiday gift! 

This adorable sleepy holiday scene was created by Maria. She used that cute sloth from our new Slothy Christmas Set, coloring him with copic marks and adding some sparkle to his hat. Then she created a fun winter scene for him, creating snowy hills using our Land Borders Die Set and adding in trees using our new Forest Scene Builder Die Set! She even added stockings to the tree using the tiny stockings from our Ornament Shaker Die Set.

Holly created this sweet fun winter forest scene using the cute duo of dogs from our new Happy Howl-idays Stamp Set. She colored them with copic markers adding some really cool fur textures and white gel pen accents. Behind them she added a forest of trees using our new Evergreens Stencil!  

Would you like to win “Slothy Christmas” or the “Happy Howl-idays” Stamp Set? 

We will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp 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 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 October 18th at 9pm EST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 19th.

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
Zsofia Molnar
Naki Rager
Maria Russell
Tatiana Trafimovich