Squeak-sons Greetings Holiday Mouse card by Maria Russell

Peace & Joy

Today Maria has created an adorable mouse themed slimline card that is filled with holiday fun!

Maria stamped the adorable trio of mice on this card using our  Naughty or Mice Stamp Set. She colored them using a vibrant holiday color palette filled with teals and reds. The images were cut out using the coordinating Naughty or Mice Die Set.

For her card base, she created a fun slimline layout. She cut a white scallop edged layer using our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set for the base and layered the long red frame with three windows from our Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set over the top. Inside each window she created a little scene by ink blending a sky in a different colors and layering a white snow over the top. The snowy hills were cut out using our Land Borders Die Set and she added starry details to the sky with a white gel pen. 

For a finishing touch she added a glittery red bow to the top, cut out using the bow from our Pines & Holly Die Set. She also added the sentiment "SQUEAK-sons greetings!" embossed in white on to a piece of black card stock and cut out by hand. 

This trio of mice is sure to send smiles this holiday season! To see more beautiful projects by Maria you can visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs.

Not a Creature was Stirring Card by Maria Russell

Not a Creature Was Stirring... Except for Three Mice! 

As the holidays get near, we are enjoying the adorable holiday inspiration from our Design Team! Today we have the most adorable mouse card by Maria to share! She created this fun holiday card using a trio of mice form our Naughty or Mice Stamp Set. She colored each little mouse in fun bright holiday colors and cut them out using the coordinating  Naughty or Mice Die Set. 

For her card she created a fun bright yellow panel and cut three circles out of it using our Circle Frames Die Set to create cozy spots for the mice! The yellow looks a bit like a big piece of cheese too! She added a mouse to each circle along with a couple of pine boughs that were cut out using our Pines & Holly Die Set. Isn't it so adorable?  She even added bits of sparkle and glitter to the images. 

Here is a close up so you can see the details: 

The finishing touch is the sentiment, embossed in white onto a black banner that was cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set. 

What an adorable way to send some holiday cheer! 

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!

Naughty or Mice Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

Are You Naughty or Mice?

This adorable mouse themed holiday card by Tatiana is sure to make you smile today! She started out with our sweet Naughty or Mice Stamp Set, coloring three of the cute little holiday helpers in fun holiday colors. She added amazing details to her coloring with added dots for texture! The images were cut our using the coordinating Naught or Mice Die Set. For her card background she created a fun cheese pattern by using the dots from our Bokeh Stencil with yellow ink over a light yellow background! This is such a fun idea and pairs perfectly with the mice! She added each mouse onto the card over a circle of vellum that was cut out using our Circle Frames Die Set, perfect for adding a soft layer over the background! The finishing touch is the sentiment "naughty or mice?" from the Naughty or Mice Stamp Set, embossed in white on a black square to make it stand out! 

This card is all kinds of adorable, don't you think!?

We hope you enjoyed this card by Tatiana  and are inspired to think of new ways to interpret a stencil to stretch its use!

Don't forget, you can always see more of Tatiana's beautiful work over on her blog, Tatiana Craft and Art.

 

Naughty or Mice Card by September Guest Designer Kavya

Hi folks! 

I am back at Newton's Nook for my last guest design post for September. I cannot believe how quickly this month flew by! For my last card, I decided to share a technique or rather layout that I enjoy - using large words with stamped images! Newton's Nook makes so many standalone images that are perfect for this technique and I constantly find myself swapping the 'Os' in 'Love', 'OMG" etc with a cute Newton. Here is one that I made a while back:

For a Christmas card, I decided to use some cute christ-mouses from the Naughty or Mice Stamp set along with some large alphabets that read "Fa La La La...". I first started out with a plan to use three mice and the words 'Fa La La' but I quickly realized how big the mice were! So I cut it down to a single 'La' and decided to channel the inner math nerd in me and and add eighth power to 'La'! I think that fixed it? It definitely makes a super cute card for another math nerd! All of the alphabets were cut using my silhouette cameo in 'Rockwell' font. Any large alphabet die works too. The images were colored using alcohol markers and colored pencils. I then finished the card with a sentiment from the same set.

I hope you try this super easy and cute technique for some of your cards. You can use words like Joy, Jolly, Noel, Snow etc. and make the sentiment the focal point of your card along with an adorable stamped image from Newton's Nook!

Thank you so much for having me as your Guest Designer this month! I hope I inspired you in some way.. I definitely had so much fun!

Thanks and Happy Crafting,

-Kavya

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!

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!

Squeak-sons Greetings Card by Holly Endress

Three little mice for Christmas!

Today we are getting ready for the Holidays with some adorable Christmas mice on this card by Holly! She used three of the cute mice from our Naughty or Mice Stamp Set and colored them with watercolors. She then trimmed them out using the coordinating Naughty or Mice Die Set before adding them to her card. For the card base she cut out that fun scalloped edged panel using the  Frames & Flags Die Set and added some pretty teal blue watercoloring onto it to create that lovely background! She layered it over a piece of patterned paper and added those cute little mice on top! How adorable! She also added a bit of fun shimmer to the hats and scarves on the mice!

Thank you, Holly, for the adorable card today! You can find more of Holly's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Hollybeary Creations!

Not a Creature was Stirring Card by Juliana Michaels

Not a Creature was Stirring...! 

This adorable mouse card was created by Juliana using our new Naughty or Mice Stamp Set! She created three cute little scenes inside polaroid shapes using three of the mice in this set! She coloring them in festive holiday colors and then trimmed them out using the coordinating Naughty or Mice Die Set. Then she created cute little blue snowflake backgrounds behind each of them using the Snowfall Stencil! Aren't they so adorable!? She added the "Not a creature was stirring..." sentiment onto the center image and then added it all onto her card. The background is also embossed with white snowflakes using the Snowfall Stencil.

Thanks, Juliana, for the spooky inspiration today! To see more creations by Juliana, visit her over to her blog, 17 Turtles!

Holiday Reveals - Day 4 - Naughty or Mice and Santa Paws Newton

Today is our LAST reveal day for our October Release and we have two more new stamp sets to share: Naughty or Mice and Santa Paws Newton! We have a giveaway too so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Naughty or Mice

Have you been Naughty or Mice? This 4x6 stamp set features sweet little mice dressed for the holidays! These cute little critters are helping wrap gifts and spread holiday cheer! The mouse themed sentiments will add a bit of whimsy to your holiday cards this season!

Here's some info on the Naughty or Mice stamp set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• 9 stamps: 5 images and 4 sentiments
• Coordinating Naughty or Mice purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 5 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, October 20th

Santa Paws Newton

Newton, our favorite feline, is having so much fun playing the role of Santa in this 4x6 stamp set! He's delivering holiday gifts and checking his list with the help of some little mice! This set will be great for sending adorable Holiday cards to those who believe in "Santa Paws!"

Here's some info on the Santa Paws Newton stamp set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• 10 stamps: 6 images and 4 sentiments
• Coordinating Santa Paws Newton purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 6 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, October 20th

Adorable inspiration using Kitties and Mice from 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.

Naki created this sweet Santa kitty card using our new Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set. It's so cute  how she added in a cute little tree using our Festive Forest Stamp Set and Festive Forest Die Set too!

Larissa created this delightful card using three of the mice from the new Naughty or Mice Stamp Set. Those sweet mice look ready to bring you some holiday gifts!

The Santa Kitty on this card by Jennifer is so charming! The red and green combo with the pop of yellow is perfect for Christmas and it's so cute how he has a little mouse helper

Juliana  created this cheerful holiday card using ALL of the mice from the new Naughty or Mice Stamp Set! They are so festive in the bright holiday colors against the blue background! 

Samantha colored her Santa Kitty from the new Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set in a fun mint green Santa suit! I love the fun little mouse sitting on the kitty's head too! 

Amanda created an adorable trio of mice using for her card using our new Naughty or Mice Stamp Set. Her coloring is so lovely and vibrant with shades of holiday green and red! 

Tatiana created this adorable North Pole themed card using our Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set! That kitty is so cute climbing out of the chimney! Plus she added a gorgeous snowy background using the new Snowfall stencil too!

This card by Ellen is so charming! She used three mice from our new Naughty or Mice Stamp Set and colored them wearing shades of teal and purple! She added in snowy hills using our Land Borders Die Set to create an adorable winter scene!

Maria created an adorable North Pole scene using our Santa Paws Newton Stamp Set. The Santa kitty is so cute checking his wish list with the help of some mice! 

Holly created this cute clean and simple card using our new Naughty or Mice Stamp Set! The cute little mouse with the reindeer antlers is so adorable colored in watercolors! 

Would you like to win the “Naughty or Mice?” or the “Santa Paws Newton” Stamp Set? Each of these stamp sets 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 October 19th at 9pm CST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 20th.

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