From Meow to You Card by Ellen Haxelmans

From Meow to You!

Today Ellen has created a kitty themed card that is perfect for spring!

This card features that cute kitty popping out of the box from our Newton's Gift Stamp Set. This fun design features a blank tag on the front of the gift box, making it easy to customize the image for any occasion! Although many of the sentiments are holiday themed, Ellen choose "from MEOW to you" and colored the image in spring colors for this card today!

She framed the image of the kitty with two layers of circles that were cut out using our Circle Frames Die Set. For the scalloped circle she used a pretty plaid print from our Love & Chocolate Paper Pad and for the stitched circle she added blue ink blending and tiny blue hearts using our Petite Hearts Stencil. She also added grass using our Land Borders Die Set and the frog and insects from our Newton's Rainy Day Stamp Set and Newton's Blooms Stamp Set to set the scene.  Then she layered everything over a green background, stenciled with tiny paw prints using our Petite Paw Prints Stencil. So cute!

 

Don't forget to take another look at your Holiday stamps and see if they can be used throughout the year like Ellen did today!

To see more creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen

Shaker Card Duo by Ellen Haxelmans

Shaker Card Duo!

Today we are sharing a duo of Holiday shaker cards by Ellen!

To create this duo of shakers she used both our Ornament Shaker Die Set and Snow Globe Shaker Die Set. She cut the shapes out in fun bright pastels and made them into shakers filled with glittery sparkle. She added the words joy and wish to the fronts of the shakers along with some snowflake shapes, all die cut using the extra shapes from the Snow Globe Shaker Die Set. She also adds a bow to the front of the snow globe, die cut using our Pines & Holly Die Set.  

In the background of each shaker she adds more sparkle by using our Confetti Hot Foil Plate to foil silver confetti! For more fun, she covers each of the card bases with patterened paper using our  Love & Chocolate Paper Pad!

What a gorgeous set of cards, filled with fun pops of color and sparkle!

To see more creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen

Baking Kitty Card by Jennifer Jackson

Life is what you BAKE it!

Hello! Jen here today with cat that is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth! 

Today Newton is heading to the kitchen to bake up some yummies on our Newton's Kitchen Stamp Set. Isn't that kitty cute with the big mixing bowl? I colored the image with colored pencils and then cut it out using the coordinating Newton's Kitchen Die Set. 

For the card base, I choose a teal colored cardstock and then layered a kraft colored paper over the top, leaving the teal around the edge. I then chose 3 patterns from our Love & Chocolate Paper Pad, including cupcakes since I was imagining that's what Newton was baking! I layered strips of the paper along the center of the card, adding a line of white cotton twine too. I then cut a fun decorative square from our white cardstock using our Frames Squared Die Set. I added the sentiment, "Life is what you BAKE it!" from our Newton's Kitchen Stamp Set along the top and layered the kitty image underneath. 

This card was so fun to create and will be purr-fect for sending to a friend who loves to bake!

Hope you enjoyed this project today! 

Espresso Your Love Card by Farhana Sarker

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Espresso Your Love! 

Valentine's Day will be here soon and it's the perfect time to espresso your love!  Farhana created a card that does just that for todays feature!

She started out this fun coffee themed card by using the duo of mugs from our Love Café Stamp Set. She colored them in sweet pastels and cut them out using the coordinating Love Café Die Set. Behind the mugs she features the fun big heart image from our Heartfelt Love Stamp Set, embossed in white onto vellum and cut out using our Heart Frames Die Set. 

She uses the Heart Frames Die Set again, this time cutting out a fun teal patterned paper heart using a page from our Love & Chocolate Paper Pad. 

She creates a card base from white cardstock and adds more hearts, this time using our Petite Hearts Stencil with some pretty pink ink. The finishing touch is a duo of banners cut out with our Banner Trio Die Set. One banner is cut from pink paper and includes the sentiment from our Love Café Stamp Set. The second banner is cut using another pretty patten from our Love & Chocolate Paper Pad.

This beautiful card would be perfect for sending a Valentine card to a coffee lover!

We hope you enjoyed this sweet card today! You can find more of Farhana's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Everyday Engineered. 

You Make Life Sweeter Card by Maria Russell

 

You Make Life Sweeter!

Today Maria has created a card that is sure to satisfy your sweet tooth!

This tasty creation features macarons from our Love & Chocolate Stamp Set. She colored them in fun bright pastels and cut them out using the coordinating Love & Chocolate Die Set. They definitely look yummy enough to eat!

Next, she used a white card base and added sparkly stars across the top using glitter paste with our Starfield Stencil. Across the card base she added two strips of patterned paper from our new Love & Chocolate Paper Pad. The paper with the macarons matches the stamp perfectly!   

For a finishing touch she added the sentiment, "You make life sweeter", also from the  Love & Chocolate Stamp Set. She embossed the sentiment onto a pink banner that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. She also used a white gel pen to add fun details to the banner.

This yummy card would be perfect for sending as a Valentine, or it would work for letting someone know how sweet they are any time of year! To see more beautiful projects by Maria you can visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs.

January Reveal Day 1 - Puppy Heart Stamp Set and TWO new Paper Pads!

Welcome to the first reveal day for our January Release! This month we have dog and cat filled release that you are sure to love! We are starting things out by sharing the new Puppy Heart Stamp Set today and our two new Paper Pads! Make sure to read all the way to the bottom of today's post for details on how to enter our giveaway for a chance to win today too. 

Puppy Heart

WOOF You be mine? This sweet love filled 3x4 stamp set features a puppy hugging a big heart! The front of the heart is blank and perfect for you to decorate. The four included sentiments are all sized to fit on the blank heart front so you can customize your greeting. This set is perfect for Valentine's Day or use it for love and friendship greetings any time of year!

 (Die sets sold separately.)

Here's some info on the Puppy Heart Set

• 3x4 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 7 stamps: 3 images and 4 sentiments
• Coordinating Puppy Heart purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 3 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, January 20th

 

Two New Paper Pads!

You are going to fall in love with these adorable 6x6 paper pads. The designs in these pads are filled with sweets and dog themed love themed designs! There are 24 sheets of paper, 2 each of 12 different double sided designs, on heavy cardstock with a touch of sheen. The designs will coordinate perfectly with our collection of love and dog themed stamp designs! If you want cat themed designs, don't forget to check out our previously released Love & Meows Paper Pad too! 

Here's some info on the Love & Chocolate and the Love & Woofs Paper Pads

• Each 6x6 Paper Pad includes 24 sheets (12 Double-sided designs), sold separately
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, January 20th

Get ready for Valentine Fun with 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.

Card by Tatiana using the new Puppy Heart Stamp Set and Love & Woofs Paper Pad. Additional products used: Petite Paw Prints Stencil, Heart Frames Die Set

Card by Ellen using the new Puppy Heart Stamp Set and the Love & Chocolate Paper Pad. Additional products used: Land Borders Die Set, Framework Die Set, Cloudy Sky Stencil

Card by Samantha using the new Puppy Heart Stamp Set and the Love & Woofs Paper Pad. Additional products used: Heart Frames Die Set

Card by Tina using the new Puppy Heart Stamp Set and the Love & Woofs Paper Pad. Additional products used: Heartfelt Love Stamp Set, Banner Trio Die Set, Heart Frames Die Set, Circle Frames Die Set

 

Card by Donna using the new Puppy Heart Stamp Set and Love & Woofs Paper Pad. Additional products used: Circle Frames Die Set

Card set by Amanda using the new Love & Chocolate Paper Pad. Additional products used: Heartfelt Love Stamp Set, Heart Frames Die Set, Banner Trio Die Set

Card by Amanda using the new Puppy Heart Stamp Set and Love & Woofs Paper Pad. Additional products used: Circle Frames Die Set

Treat bag by Larissa using the new Puppy Heart Stamp Set and Love & Woofs Paper Pad. Additional products used: Fancy Edges Tag Die Set

Card by Maria using the new Puppy Heart Stamp Set and Love & Woofs Paper Pad. Additional products used: Frames & Flags Die Set, Fancy Edges Tag Die Set

Card by Zsofia using the new Puppy Heart Stamp Set. Additional products used: Heart Frames Die Set, Woof Stencil

Bookmark by Farhana using the new Puppy Heart Stamp Set and Love & Chocolate Paper Pad. Additional products used: Bookmark Die Set

Would you like to win the “Puppy Heart" 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 January 19th at 9pm ET to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, January 20th.  

Newton's Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Ellen Haxelmans
Tina Herbeck
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Maria Russell
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich
Amanda Wilcox