Feeling Slothy Card by Amy Tsuruta

Feeling Slothy?

With holiday season just around the corner it's easy to get overwhelmed. If you are feeling a bit slothy about that to do list, a little coffee might help! Today we have the perfect card to inspire you by Amy!  This card features that cute sleepy sloth from our Slothy Coffee Stamp Set! She added on a mug of coffee too, stamping it from our Newton Loves Coffee Stamp Set. So fun! She colored the images in neutral shades, adding pastel purple and mint for a lovely soft color palette. She cut the image out using the coordinating Slothy Christmas Die Set to layer onto her card. 

For the card base she created layers of purple and mint using our Framework Die Set. On the inner scalloped layer she also added a coffee cup pattern using our Mugs Stencil. Doesn't it go perfectly with the theme? Behind the sloth she added a vellum scalloped circle, cut out using our Circle Frames Die Set and on top she added the sentiment, stamped onto a shape that was cut out with our Ornament Shaker Die Set. Isn't it fun how this ornament shape doubles as a speech bubble!? 

This card would be a perfect addition to the Coffee Lovers blog Hop, going on this week! You can head over to the Coffee Lovers Blog to find out how you can link up your card to play along -- There are a TON of prizes, including one from us at Newton's Nook Designs. 

To say hello to Amy and see more of her amazing creations you can visit her blog, Tsuruta Designs!

Eat, Sleep and Be Merry Card by Samantha Mann

Eat, Sleep and be Merry!

The holidays can be so busy and stressful I'm sure we could all use a nap like the sloth on this adorable card by Samantha. She features the sleepy sloth from our Slothy Christmas Stamp Set and colors him with watercolor markers. The image is cut out using the coordinating Slothy Christmas Die Set and then added over layers of snowy hills that were created using our Land Borders Die Set. the sentiment is also from the Slothy Christmas Stamp Set but she masked off the word merry and added it below in a red die cut using our Holiday Greetings Die Set. This gives the card such a fun pop of red and coordinates with the Santa hat perfectly! She also used our Snowfall Stencil
with white texture paste over blue distress inks to create the lovely snowy background!

We hope this project by Sam made you smile today! To  say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations you can visit Sam over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

Newton's Nook Designs & Therm O Web Inspiration Week - Day 2 with Zsofia & Holly

This week Newton's Nook Designs and Therm O Web are partnering for a fabulous inspiration week! All week long both design teams will be sharing ways to add fun foils and more to your cards using Therm O Web products 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 Zsofia and Holly! 

First, we have several fun projects created by Zsofia: 

On her frist card Zsofia features that cute kitty peeking out of the pumpkin from our Newton's Boo-tiful Night Stamp Set. She colored the kitty and pumpkins in traditional Halloween colors and cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's Boo-tiful Night Die Set. For the background she created a flocked texture using our Tree Rings Stencil. She used the stencil with Deco Foil Transfer Gel from Them O Web. Once the gel was dry, she added the flock using Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets in White Latte from Therm O Web with a laminator. The sentiment on the banner was stamped from our Newton's Pumpkin Patch Stamp Set.

On her second card, Zsofia used the Newton's Boo-tiful Stamp Set again, this time choosing the image of the kitty on the broom. She colored the kitty image and fussy cut it out to add to her card.  For the sky, she used our Flying Bats Stencil, again with the Deco Foil Transfer Gel from Therm O Web This time she used the Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets in Black Velvet.  She used blue and purple distress ink to created the background sky. She also used our Frameworks Die Set for the postage edge frame and our Frames & Flags Die Set for the banner that holds the sentiment. Such a fun Halloween sky! 

 For this card, Zsofia switched to the Christmas theme and she featured the sloth from our Slothy Christmas Stamp Set. She used the coordinating Slothy Christmas Die Set to cut the image out. She paired this cute image with some sparkle using Therm O Web products. She used the  Gina K. Designs Fancy Foils 6x8 in Passionate Pink  along with the Gina K. Designs Foil-Mates Backgrounds - Stars & Stripes to create that lovely striped background. She also used our Frames & Flags Die Set for the scalloped die cut edge and the rounded rectangle cut from vellum. She finished it off with some pine boughs using our Pines & Holly Die Set and a glitter sentiment, die cut using our Holiday Greetings Die Set.

 Zsofia was having so much fun creating, she decided to create a winter card too! This lovely card features the cute fox friends from our Fox Hollow Stamp Set.  She colored the foxes and several trees using soft wintery colors and cut them out using the coordinating Fox Hollow Die Set. To create a scene for them she used our Land Borders Die Set along with the Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets - White Latte from Therm O Web to create a fuzzy white hill. For the snowy background she paired our Petite Snow Stencil with the Gina K. Designs Glitz Glitter Gel  in White  from Therm O Web. So pretty! She also used our Frames & Flags Die Set for the scalloped edge on the frame.

Visit Zsofia's blog to see more details!

 Next, we have a Halloween card by Holly:

To create this adorable Hallowee scene, Holly used those cute kitties playing in the pumpkin patch from our Newton's Boo-tiful Night Stamp Set. She colored them so they all matched with similar brown and orange markings. For her card she fussy cut them out by hand but you could also use the coordinating Newton's Boo-tiful Night Die Set. To create her scene she used our Clouds Stencil to create layers of purple clouds in the background. Then she added stars over the top using Gina K. Designs Glitz Glitter Gel in White from Therm O Web along with our Cascading Stars Stencil. Along the bottom of the card she created a fun textured ground using Deco Foil Metallix Gel in Black Ice from Therm O Web. She finished her card out with the sentiments from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night Stamp Set over the top. She also used the Memory Tape Runner XL from Therm O Web to adhere it all together.

Visit Holly's blog: Hollybeary Creations to see more today!

For a chance to win, enter using the rafflecopter link at the end of this blog post today!
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Newton's Nook Designs & Therm O Web Inspiration Week - Day 1 with Samantha & Maria

This is our second post today. To see who won our new mini release on Friday, scroll down or click here. 

This week Newton's Nook Designs and Therm O Web are partnering for a fabulous inspiration week! All week long both design teams will be sharing ways to add fun foils and more to your cards using Therm O Web products 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 Maria! 

First up we are sharing a gorgeous Fall card by Samantha: 

On her first card Samantha features a cluster of leaves that she die cut using ourAutumn Leaves Die Set. She cut some of them using the Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets in Sunshine Yellow and Think Pink from Therm O Web. She cut a few more leaves using metallic and polka dotted cardstock and layered them all together on her card. For the little leaves in the background she used our Falling Leaves Stencil along with Deco Foil Metallix Gel in White Pearl from Therm O Web. She finished the card by adding the "truly Grateful" sentiment from our Shades of Autumn Stamp Set.

Samantha also created an adorable sloth Christmas card today. She colored the sloth from our Slothy Christmas Stamp Set and cut the image out using the coordinating Slothy Christmas Die Set. Then she created a snowy scene for the sloth to sleep in by cutting out layers of clouds with Sky Borders Die Set and Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets  in White Latte from Therm O Web. For the starry sky she used our Starfield Stencil paired with the Gina K. Designs Glitz Glitter Gel  in White. Then she added the sentiment from the Slothy Christmas Stamp Set, adding it onto a speech bubble that was cut out using our Speech Bubbles Die Set. 

Visit Samantha's blog: Sam's Scrap Candy to see more!

 Next, we have a duo of christmas cards and a fun flocked Halloween card by Maria:

For the first card Maria used the cute bunny wearing a sweater from our Sweater Weather Stamp Set. She colored the bunny in red and gray and cut the image our using the coordinating Sweater Weather Die Set. Next she created a fun shaker window for the background adding red foiled trees to the front of the shaker window using the Deco Foil Clear Toner Sheets - Oh Christmas Tree from Therm O Web.  She heat set the toner sheet with a laminator and Gina K. Designs Fancy Foil in Red Velvet from Therm O Web.  She also added a fun flocked snowy hill along the bottom using the Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets in White Latte and die cut a hill using our Land Borders Die Set.

For the next card Maria used the fox and bear wearing sweaters from our Sweater Weather Stamp Set. Again she colored these cute critters and cut them out using the coordinating Sweater Weather Die Set. To create the snowy scene, she embossed the Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets in White Latte from Therm O Web with a tree embossing folder. She die cut a hill to go along the bottom using the white flock with our Land Borders Die Set. She also die cut a yellow moon using the Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets - Sunshine Yellow from Therm O Web. What a gorgeous winter scene!

Last, Maria created a fun Halloween card using our Happy Howl-oween Stamp Set. She colored the duo of doggies in fun Halloween colors and cut them out using the coordinating Happy Howl-oween Die Set. Then she created a scene for the doggies using several colors of Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets from Therm O Web. She used the Black Velvet, Purple Punch, and Sunshine Yellow to die cut a spooky house in the background. She added layers of dark colored grass using our Land Borders Die Set. She also added a starry sky in the background using our Cascading Stars Stencil along with Deco Foil Transfer Gel. Once the gel had dried she added the shiny blue foil using a laminator with Deco Foil Transfer Sheets in Ocean Blue from Therm O Web. To finish the scene she stamped a bat over the moon from our Witchy Newton Stamp Set and added the "happy haunts" sentiment from our Spooky Street Stamp Set

Visit Maria's blog: Maria Russell Designs to see more today and check out her YouTube Channel for a video using these products today!!

For a chance to win, enter using the rafflecopter link at the end of this blog post today!

There are also more amazing projects over on the Therm O Web blog so pop over there for more inspiration! Don't forget to enter to win a prize from either Therm O Web or Newton's Nook below! 

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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!

Be Merry Slothy Christmas Card by Guest Designer Kelli Cool

Hey everyone! Today is my last Guest Blog post for Newton's Nook and I've had such a good time! Today I used the Slothy Christmas Stamp Set and die set.

I colored him using Copics and added some glitter to his hat along the brim and the poof on the end! I covered the glitter with Glossy Accents to seal it in so it wouldn't get everywhere.

Then, I die cut BE and MERRY from the Holiday Greetings Die Set. I love this die set because you can use it in so many different ways!

Well, I've had fun this month! Hope to see you soon! Leave me a comment below and let me know what you liked about my card!

 - Kelli

Newton's Nook Designs & Therm O Web Inspiration Week - Day 4 with Tatiana & Ellen

This week Newton's Nook Designs and Therm O Web are partnering for a fabulous inspiration week! All week long both design teams will be sharing ways to add fun foils and more to your cards using Therm O Web products 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 Tatiana and Ellen! 

First we have this gorgeous Christmas bear by Tatiana: 

Tatiana created this gorgeous card featuring that sweet bear driving a his card laden with Christmas goodies from our Winston's Home for Christmas Stamp Set. She colored the image and added it on the inside of her card using lovely soft Christmas colors! For the card front she die cut out a scalloped frame using our Framework Die Set and inside the frame she created a glittery foiled layer of tiny snowflakes using our Petite Snow Stencil with Deco Foil Transfer Gel and a heat laminator to adhere the foil. For the big "christmas" sentiment, she used Toner Sheets and Red Deco Foil from Therm O Web along with our Holiday Greetings Die Set to create that shiny word. 

Visit Tatiana's blog: Tatiana Art and Craft to see more and leave a comment for another chance to win!

 Next, we have a trio of lovely foiled cards by Ellen:

For her first card Ellen created a fun sloth themed Holiday card:

For this card she used the cute sloth image from our Slothy Christmas Stamp Set, coloring that cutie with copic markers and giving some fun texture to the fur. She cut the image out using the coordinating Slothy Christmas Die Set. For the fun background on her card she used the fun Deco Toner Sheets in Prim Poinsettia from Therm O Web and layered the foiled piece over a fun red inked background. She also used our Framework Die Set for the postage edged panel and our Frames & Flags Die Set for the flags behind the sloth. The "ho ho ho" was cut out using the confetti die from our Ornament Shaker Die Set.

Next, Ellen created an adorable winter scene with lots of sparkle:

For this card, Ellen created an adorable scene featuring that cute little sheep from our Fleece Navidad Stamp Set. She colored the sheep with copics and cut him out using the coordinating Fleece Navidad Die Set to add to her scene. To create the scene she created layers of white hills of snow using our Land Borders Die Set and added in cute little trees using the tree from our Fox Hollow Stamp Set and cutting them out with the Fox Hollow Die Set. She added the snowflakes on vellum from the Fleece Navidad Stamp Set into the sky. Then for the sparkly "happy" she used our  Holiday Greetings Die Set along with Deco Foil Toner Sheets and Silver Deco Foil from Therm O Web. She also used our Framework Die Set for the scallop edged frame. 

For her third card, Ellen created a yummy trio of mugs:

On this last card, Ellen features a trio of yummy drinks from our Cup of Cocoa Stamp Set in the center of her card. She colored the images in fun holiday colors using copic markers and added them to her card, cutting them out using the coordinating Cup of Cocoa Die Set. For that gorgeous foiled background she used our Holiday Foliage Stencil along with Deco Foil Transfer Gel and green foil Deco Foil by Therm O Web. She also used our Frames & Flags Die Set for the scallop edged border. 

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

There are also more amazing projects today over on the Therm O Web blog so pop over there for more inspiration!

Would you like to win a Prize pack including a $25 store credit to Therm O Web AND a $25 store credit to Newton’s Nook Designs? 

Here's how to win: 
Here's how to win: Leave comments on the NND & Design Team blog posts using therm-o-web products all week (November 5-9) 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 November 9th at midnight CST to comment. The winner will be announced on the NND blog post on Monday, November 12th.

Want another chance to win? Therm O Web will also be giving away a prize pack! Visit the Therm O Web blog each day this week for more inspiration and leave comments there for another chance to win!

Merry Christmas Sloth Cards by Maria Russell

Merry Christmas!

Today we are sharing TWO gorgeous Christmas cards by Maria! She featured our adorable new sloth from our  new Slothy Christmas Stamp Set. On the first card she colored the sloth with copics and cut him out using the coordinating Slothy Christmas Die Set. Then for her card she made a lovely snowy background and it's a shaker card too, filled with lots of sparkly confetti!

Across the top she added bunch of tiny stockings that were cut out using our Ornamental Shaker Die Set. In the corner she added a trio of pine trees using our new Forest Scene Builder Die Set. For the sentiment she used the big die cut Merry from our new Holiday Greetings Die Set and combined it with the stamped "christmas" from our Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set.

Maria created a second awesome card today too:

She used the adorable sloth image from the Slothy Christmas Stamp Set a second time, this time perching him onto a fun slider card! She colored him again with copics and this time she added some fun sparkle to his hat! She cut him out using the coordinating Slothy Christmas Die Set. Then she surrounded him with branches that were cut out of white with our Pines & Holly Die Set. When the card slides up, it reveals the fun sentiment, "a little holiday cheer" that was stamped using our new Ornamental Wishes Stamp Set. So fun!

To see more beautiful projects by Maria, visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs and don't forget to subscribe to her YouTube channel too!