A Very Merry Cat Christmas Card by Zsofia Molnar

A Very Merry Kitty Christmas!!

Today Zsofia has created a fun cat themed holiday card featuring images from two of our favorite cat themed holiday stamp sets together!

She started out by stamping the cat wearing a winter scarf from our Newton's Holiday Mischief Stamp Set and the kitty peeking from behind the snowman from our Newton's Curious Christmas Stamp Set. She colored the kitties in neutral colors and added pops of oranges, teals and greens to the winter accessories! She cut both images out using the coordinating Newton's Holiday Mischief Die Set and Newton's Curious Christmas Die Set.

Here are a couple of close ups so you can see her lovely coloring:

Since both of the images have a winter theme, she created a winter holiday scene for her card.  She filled the background with trees using our Evergreens Stencil with green ink and then layered sparkly snow on top using our Petite Snow Stencil with glittery texture paste. So pretty! She added a snowy hill shape along the bottom of her card, cutting it out using our Land Borders Die Set. Then she layered the images of the kitties on top of the snowy hill to complete the scene. For the sentiment she cut out a red ticket shape using our Framework Die Set and added the phrase "Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas," stamped from our Bells & Holly Stamp Set and embossed in white. 

The duo of kitties looks so festive in their winter scene! We hope you enjoyed this gorgeous creation by Zsofia today! You can find more of Zsofia's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

Let it Snow Card by Tatiana Trafimovich

Let it Snow!

It's never too early to get a jump start on Holiday! Today we are sharing an adorable winter scene by Tatiana featuring our  Newton's Curious Christmas Stamp Set. 

Tatiana began by coloring the adorable winter image of the kitty and snowman from the Newton's Curious Christmas Stamp Set in lovely soft colors. She added details with a white gel pen and then fussy cut the image out by hand. If you don't like to fussy cut there is a coordinating Newton's Curious Christmas Die Set available. 

To create this lovely snowy scene card, Tatiana ink blended the background panel using pinks and purples. Next she added snowflakes using our Petite Snow Stencil with a white texture paste along the top of the panel. She also added some crystal glitter drops to add sparkle and dimension to the snowy sky. 

She used our Land Borders Die Set to cut out white hills for the snowy scene. Then she added tiny trees using the images from our Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set, trimming them out using the coordinating Snow Globe Scenes Die Set.  The "let it snow" sentiment is also from the Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set.

Have you started creating any winter or holiday cards yet? We hope this card by Tatiana has inspired you to get in the mood for winter crafting! 

To see more of her amazing work, you can visit Tatiana at her blog, Tatiana Trafimovich!

No-line Watercoloring Snowman Card by November Guest Designer Ashley Ebben

Hello friends! It's Ashley with my last guest post for Newton's Nook this month! The time has really flown by! For my last card, I decided to try a bit of no-line watercoloring. I am very new to this technique, but I thought the snowmen from Frosty Folks would look really soft and lovely this way.

I started by stamping the Newton and snowman from Newton's Curious Christmas onto white watercolor cardstock with InkOn3 Fadeout Ink. I masked the image off, then stamped the Frosty Folks in Fadeout Ink as well so the images were layered. I then slowly watercolored everything in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. A few of the details ended up getting lost, but the soft effect is worth it, I think.

Once the watercoloring was dry, I splattered a bit of white acrylic paint over the whole piece to look like a light snowfall. I die cut it with a stitched rectangle, then added it to a piece of blue snowflake paper. I stamped the sentiment from Frosty Folks in a bright blue ink to go with the patterned paper and some of the blue watercolored spots. To finish, I added a scattering of clear snowflake sequins for some sparkle.

Thank you so much for stopping by and for having me as a guest on the blog!
Have a wonderful day!

-Ashley

Purr-fect Christmas Card by November Guest Designer Ashley Ebben

Hello friends! It's Ashley back with a new guest post for Newton's Nook Designs today! Newton's Nook has some of the cutest Christmas stamps, so I couldn't resist putting together a little Christmas kitty scene!

 

I started by blending a Distress Oxide background on white cardstock. I used Mustard Seed, Cracked Pistachio, Mermaid Lagoon, Wilted Violet, and Chipped Sapphire to create a glowy look. I was hoping for a bit of a fire lit feel for a Christmas tree scene. I splattered the background with white paint and some liquid shimmer for lots of holiday sparkle. For the floor, I added a strip of brown woodgrain patterned paper to look like hardwood. I then attached the background to a black card base, leaving a small space around the edges to act as a frame.

 

I stamped images from Newton's Curious Christmas, Purr-fect Present, and Santa Paws Newton in Copic friendly black ink and colored. I decided to make them all look like my ragdoll kitty Gavin this week. He is the cutest cat in the world in my completely unbiased opinion. Plus, he definitely climbed a Christmas tree or two in his younger years! I fussy cut all of the images out then added a few highlights with white gel pen and some sparkly details to the presents and tree with a glitter gel pen. I glued the Christmas tree to the background, then popped the Santa and present up with foam tape. I finished with a sentiment from Santa Paws Newton stamped with VersaMark ink on black cardstock and embossed with white. I popped the sentiment up with some foam tape too!

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

I hope you have a wonderful day!

-Ashley

Cold Weather Friendship Card by Zsofia Molnar

Cold Weather Friends!  

Today Zsofia created this adorable card featuring kitties who are cold weather friends! She started by combing kitties from two sets. The kitty wearing the scarf is from our Newton's Holiday Mischief Stamp Set and the kitty peeking from behind the snowman is from our Newton's Curious Christmas Stamp Set. Don't they go so purr-fectly together!? She colored both the kitties using copic markers and cut them out using the coordinating Newton's Holiday Mischief Die Set and Newton's Curious Christmas Die Set.  She added them to her card using our Land Borders Die Set to make a snow hill and layering some snowy background paper behind them. The added the sentiment about cold weather from our Fireside Friends Stamp Set.  To finish it off she framed the whole scene with a red postage edged frame from our Framework Die Set.

Here's a close up - don't you love the added glossy effects on the snowman's nose and the little buttons she added too? 

Thank you, Zsofia, for inspiring us today! You can find more of Zsofia's lovely creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

Stay warm!

Newton's Nook Designs & Chibitronics Inspiration Week - Day 1 with Samantha and Juliana

This week Newton's Nook Designs and Chibitronics are partnering for a fabulous inspiration week! All week long both design teams will be sharing ways to light up your cards using Chibi lights with Newton's Nook Designs stamps! There are prizes too! Read all the way to the end of this post to find out how you can win!

Today we are featuring projects by Samantha and Juliana!

 First up we have this adorable HOWL-iday card by Samantha:

It's never to early to start creating Holiday cards! Samantha created this cute holiday scene using the Basset Hound from our Canine Christmas Stamp Set! She created a light up spot behind his red nose to make him look like Rudolph using the Chibitronics Starter Kit! How cute! She also added some lights in the fun distress inked sky! The tiny little Santa image is masked off from an image in our Newton's Curious Christmas Stamp Set! When you press in the bottom corner of the card they all light up! 

Visit Samantha's blog: Sam's Scrap Candy to see more and leave a comment for another chance to win!

Our second project today is a gorgeous Space Scene by Juliana:

Juliana used her Chibitronics Starter Kit along to create a fun space scene!  She colored the cute image of the kitty in a space suit from the Cosmic Newton Stamp Set and trimmed him out using the coordinating Cosmic Newton Die Set. Then she created an awesome starry background for him using our distress inks along with our Starfield Stencil! She added a fun cloud along the bottom using our Sky Borders Die Set and added the "Never Stop Dreaming" sentiment from the Cosmic Newton Stamp Set!  Some of those stars in the sky light up too - make sure you pop over to her blog to see more photos! 

Visit Juliana's blog: 17 Turtles to see more and leave a comment for another chance to win!

Would you like to win a prize pack including a Starter Kit from Chibitronics and a $30 store credit to Newton’s Nook Designs?

Here's how to win:
Leave a comment on the NND & Design Team blog posts using Chibitronics products all week (Aug 21-25) 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 August 25th at midnight CST to comment. The winner will be announced on the NND blog post on Monday, August 28th.

Chibitronics will also be giving away a prize pack! Make sure to visit the Chibitronics Blog each day this week for more inspiration and leave comments there for another chance to win!

Inky Paws Challenge #37 - Cozy Plaids

This month's challenge is:

Create a project using plaid!

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, November 4th, 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 IPC37).

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

Samantha created a plaid background for her card using masks and inks! So cool! She created the city using images from the Newton Dreams of New York  and Newton Dreams of London stamp sets and the sleigh and sentiment are from the Newton's Curious Christmas stamp set. 

Larissa created a sweet little shaker card with a fun plaid border! She used images from the Bushels of Love stamp set (Simon Says Stamp Exclusive). Adorable!

Naki created a fun fall thank you card using plaid paper and letters! She added in pumpkins cut out with the Pick-a-Pumpkin Die Set. That stitched ribbon is so pretty too!

Yuki created a duo of adorable dog cards using dogs from our Canine Christmas stamp set with fun plaid backgrounds. The color combo on these cards of black, red, kraft and white is one of my favorites for Holiday cards!

Danielle added plaid paper in fall colors to create this fun card! The angles of paper in the background are so fun! Winston from the Winston's Birthday stamp set really pops off the card! 

I pulled out one of my favorite christmas images, Winston driving a car laden with holiday goodies from the Winston's Home for Christmas Stamp Set. I colored the image with watercolors and then added plaid paper along with some black chalkboard style washi tape. I finished it off with the sentiment "have a beary merry christmas" embossed in white on a black circle.

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Dear Santa Card by Samantha Mann

Naughty Kitty Christmas Card!

Do you have a kitty who likes to help you decorate by climbing into your tree? That's what inspired this cute image from our Newton's Curious Christmas stamp set! 

Samantha created this adorable kitty christmas card! She used the fun kitty image from the Newton's Curious Christmas stamp set and did such pretty coloring on it! I love the little dots of white and the fun greens she used on the tree. Plus the pink and purple ombré watercoloring she did behind the image is so awesome! I always turn to red and green for holiday cards but I love the idea of using other colors! She added on the "dear Santa, define good" sentiment, also from the Newton's Curious Christmas stamp set onto some vellum.  

Thank you Samantha for the beautiful card  today! To say hello to Samantha and see more of her awesome creations, you can visit Samantha's Blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

A Day of Sunshine Card with August Guest Designer Mindy Baxter

Hi there it's Mindy from MyCreativeScoop.com, again.

Today I have a fun everyday card to share with you. But I'm actually using Newton's Curious Christmas Stamp Set. Isn't that awesome! This stamp set is so versatile if you just think a little bit outside the box! I took the Newton looking at the moon and Santa Sleigh Stamp and just colored Newton and cut him out. Pretty clever, right!? You can actually use this stamp set for so many occasions.

I used my Cool Grey Copic Markers to color this little darling Newton and I used my Copics also to create the the Rainbow on the other side of the window. I made the window from rectangle die cuts and just glued the the little strips for the inside of the window. The sentiment is actually from Newton's Mini Stamp Set, Newton's Daydream.

I hope you feel inspired and ready to dig out your Newton Nook's Stamps and create!

I'll be back next Monday with a new project to share.

♥ Mindy

Christmas Kitty Card with August Guest - Mindy Baxter

This is our second post today - to see our Inky Paws #34 Challenge winners, scroll down or click here. 

Happy Monday! I'd like to introduce our guest designer for the month of August - Mindy Baxter! 

Mindy has some incredible copic coloring skills and we can't wait to share her projects using Newton's Nook Designs stamps! Check out her awesome project below and come back each Monday to see fresh inspiration from her! 

I'm Mindy, a 30 something year old mother of 3 from Sunny, Southern California! I've been an avid papercrafter for over 10 years. My crafting passion is Copic Markers and teaching others how to use them. Another passion of mine is graphic design and illustration. When I'm not crafting I'm working on my blog, scrolling through Pinterest, Instagram, Pokemon hunting with the kiddos, at Disneyland or at work! :)

Hello! I'm Mindy from MyCreativeScoop.com. I'm so excited to be guest designing for Newton's Nook Designs this month.

I have a Christmas Card to share with you, cause let's face it.. Christmas is just around the corner and it's better to get started early before all the shopping chaos starts and you run out of time. I'm using this super cute set called Newton's Curious Christmas. This is such an adorable set and can be colored so many ways. I decided to color the tree in an outside scene. I just adore Christmas Trees with snow.

I colored with my Copic Markers and I used a white gel pen to create the snow on the tips. Coloring over the stamped outline with the white gel pen really makes it look snowy and don't you love the font of the sentiment, "No Peeking" which also comes in the Newton's Curious Christmas Set.

I hope you like my card and it encourages you to start on those Christmas Cards early! I'll see you again next Monday. Have a terrific week.

♥ Mindy

Inky Paws Challenge #27 - Kraft & Sparkle

This month's challenge is a Photo Challenge! 

create a project using Kraft + Sparkle!

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 4th, 2015 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, December 7th.

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 IPC27).

• 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 gorgeous card by our guest Designer, Tatiana! I love those gorgeous gold tags and  and the gold embossed words. She used our new Jolly Tags stamp set and Tags Times Two die and the sentiment is from our new Simply Seasonal stamp set.

Here's a sweet little pillow box by Larissa! I love the red sparkle she added on the snowflake tag from the Jolly Tags stamp set! She also used red sparkle on the word merry from the Holiday Wishes stamp set. 

Danielle created this adorable penguin Holiday card! she used our new our new Simply Seasonal stamp set for the big "happy Holidays" and added the sweet penguins from the Wild Child stamp set - so cute!! I love that gold background too!

Here's a beautiful snowflake card by Jess! I love the embossed white on the Kraft paper - it makes the white really pop off! What a fun way to showcase our Beautiful Blizzard stamp set!

I love those sparkly snowflake tags on this card by Samantha. She used our new Jolly Tags stamp set and Tags Times Two die set!

Here is an awesome Happy New Year Card by Kimberly! I love the gold countdown on the side of the card!! She used our Years of Cheers stamp set for the numbers and champagne glasses and added the sentiments from the new Simply Seasonal stamp set.

Nina-Marie created this awesome winter scene using our Newton's Curious Christmas stamp set for the main images. She also used the sentiments from the Newton's Christmas Cuddles stamp set. If you look close you can find some snowflakes from the Fox Hollow stamp set and gifts from the Holiday Wishes stamp set! I love that gold striped background too!

Here's what I created! I used the Beautiful Blizzard stamp set to create gold and white snowflakes over a Kraft background and then added the "Happy Holidays" sentiment from our new Simply Seasonal Stamp set. 

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

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