Season's Greetings Snowman Card by Amanda Wilcox

Season's Greetings Snowman Card!

Today we are sharing an adorable snowman card by Amanda that is perfect for sending this holiday season!

This card features the cute snowman from our Snow Much Cheer Stamp Set. Amanda stamped and colored the snowman holding the stocking filled with gifts in soft holiday colors. She then used the coordinating Snow Much Cheer Die Set to cut the image out. 

 To create the beautiful snowy oval behind the snowman, she stamped the big oval image with a snowflake border from our Snowflake Oval Stamp Set, embossing it in white. She added blue distress inks over the top to give it that gorgeous color. then she cut it out using our Oval Frames Die Set to give it a fun scalloped edge. 

For the card base, she started with a light green paper and then inked the pine boughs and holly over the top using our Holiday Foliage Stencil.  

Then she added the "Season's Greetings" Sentiment using our Holiday Greetings Hot Foil Plates with green foil onto a banner that was cut out using our Banner Duo Die Set.

What a fun combination of prouducts! We hope you enjoyed this beautiful Holiday card today! To say hello to Amanda and see more details you can visit her over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Happy New Year Card by Amanda Wilcox

 

Happy New Year!

Have you finished your Christmas Cards and are ready to move on to the New Year? Or maybe you're planning on Sending our New Year's Cards instead?  Either way, today we have the purr-fect New Year's inspiration by Amanda!

This card features the cute image of Newton on a giant firework from our Newton's 4th of July Stamp Set. Although this stamp set has a 4th of July theme, all you need to do is change the sentiment to stretch it's use for other occasions! Amanda colored the image in fun bright pastels and cut it out using the coordinating Newton's 4th of July Die Set. Then she created a coordinating background for the New Year theme using our Fireworks Stencil with fun bright pastels! 

She layered Newton onto the sky and added the "Happy New Year" sentiment from our Newton's New Year Stamp Set, stamped onto a circle that was die cut using our Circle Frames Die Set. She added a few sparkly stars and silver splatters for a finishing touch!

What a fun way to get more out of your products! We hope this creation has helped you to think about ways to use your holiday stamps in different ways! 

We hope you enjoyed this Happy New Year card today! To say hello to Amanda and see more details you can visit her over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Week - Day 2 - Jenn Shurkus

Welcome to day two of our Deck the Halls with Inky Paws week! 

Each day this week we will have a new awesome featured guest and then a BIG blog hop on Friday, December 9th (with some give-aways, of course!) So make sure you come back and visit us every day!

Today's Featured guest is
Jenn Shurkus

Jenn Shurkus has been papercrafting for over 20 years and has held multiple positions in the paper craft industry including, independent store manager, designer, and teacher. She teaches in-person and online classes, as well as hosts in-person events on Cape Cod, where she lives. When she isn't teaching, you can find Jenn and her boyfriend Chris at their favorite Cape Cod beach or she is snuggling her kitties, Mister Harley, Gus and Jac. She designs her projects in the way to inspire, but not intimidate. Jenn is eager to share her creative passions with others and encourage their artistic growth.

Find Jenn at:

blog: www.shurkus.com
instagram: www.instagram.com/jennshurkus
facebook: www.facebook.com/jennshurkus.artist
youtube: www.youtube.com/jennshurkus

Jenn created a series of gorgeous snowflake cards today!

The holidays are always prettier with a bit of snow, especially when it colored in bold and bright colors like on this cards by Jenn today! She created this gorgeous series of snowy cards using our Snowflake Oval Stamp Set with a watercolor effect! She added multiple colors directly to the stamp and then spritzed it with water before pressing it onto the paper. 

What a gorgeous look! Every card is truly unique and beautiful, just like real snowflakes! 

She also created a second variation!  This time she stamped the big snowy oval from the  Snowflake Oval Stamp Set in silver and then added the colors directly over the top, loosely watercoloring them for a beautiful effect!

Inside each snowflake frame she stamped the sentiment "May your Holidays be filled with sparkle & shine" from the Snowflake Oval Stamp Set. And each snowy oval cut out using our Oval Frames Die Set. She framed each one with a  glittery silver scalloped oval (also cut using our Oval Frames Die Set) for a bit of sparkle! A few gems in each corner add the perfect finishing shine! 

Wow! What a great way to create a series of cards that is both simple and stunning! We hope you are inspired to try this techinque. Make sure you visit Jenn over at her blog for more details. 

Don't forget, Jenn will be back for our Deck the Halls with Inky Paws blog hop on Friday, December 9th. Until then, you can visit her at her blog, Shurkus.com to read more about her adorable projects and say hello!

Tomorrow we will have special Guest Jen from Just Jingle

Merry Christmas Card by Zsofia Molnar

Merry Christmas!

Today we are sharing a gorgeous Christmas card by Zsofia that is perfect for sending a snowy holiday wish!

She started out by using our Snowflake Oval Stamp Set to create the big oval filled with snowflakes. She embossed the big snowy image in white and then ink blended over the top with shades of blue distress ink. She cut the image out using the Oval Frames Die Set to give it that scalloped edge. She also cut out a larger stitched oval from white paper to layer behind it. 

Next, she stamped and colored the image of the holiday house from our Holiday Home Stamp Set. She colored the house in holiday colors with a bright red roof and cut it out using the coordinating Holiday Home Die Set. She added this image to her card, centering it onto a white strip of paper that she layered over the center of the oval. 

Here is a close up so you can see the coloring on the house. She also added sparkle and glitter!

On the white paper strip she also added the sentiment "Merry Christmas" which she created by stamping the word "merry" from the Holiday Heights Stamp Set and die cutting the word "Christmas" from the Holiday Greetings Die Set. What a great way to create a customized sentiment! 

What a unique way to combine the images! We hope you are inspired to find ways to combine your Christmas themed stamps to create a unique creation of your own! You can find more of Zsofia's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

 

October Reveal Day 4 - Snowflake Oval Stamp Set

Today is the final reveal day for our Holiday Release and we still have more fun to share! We are celebrating the sparkle and shine of a snowy holiday with our new Snowflake Oval Stamp Set! 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.

Snowflake Oval

Send flurries of magical Holiday greetings with this 4x8 stamp set. This beautiful design features one large oval frame with snowflakes all along the edges. Each of the sentiments will fit inside the frame for vertical or horizontal layouts. There is even an extra snowflake that you can add to the inside or use to create background patterns with. The large oval image is sized to fit inside the scallop edged frame on the Oval Frames Die Set and will fit on the front of a standard A2 sized card.  (Die sets sold separately.)

Here's some info on the Snowflake Oval Stamp Set:

• 4x8 photopolymer stamp set
• Includes 8 stamps: 2 images and 6 sentiments
• Works with the Oval Frames Die Set (shown above, sold separately)
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, August 19th

Enjoy a Flurry of Inspiration 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.

Card by Amanda using the new Snowflake Oval Stamp Set. Additional products used: Oval Frames Die Set, Snowfall Stencil

 

Card by Samantha using the new Snowflake Oval Stamp Set. Additional products used: Oval Frames Die Set, Snowfall Stencil

Card by Ellen using the new Snowflake Oval Stamp Set. Additional products used: Oval Frames Die Set, Frames & Flags Die Set, Pines & Holly Die Set

Card by Tina using the new Snowflake Oval Stamp Set and the Holiday Heights Stamp Set (revealed on Monday's post here). Additional products used: Petite Snow Stencil, Oval Frames Die Set

Card by Tatiana using the new Snowflake Oval Stamp Set. Additional products used: Snow Globe Shaker Die Set

Card by Zsofia using the new Snowflake Oval Stamp Set and the Holiday Heights Stamp Set (revealed on Monday's post here). Additional products used: Oval Frames Die Set, Frames Squared Die Set, Snowfall Stencil

Card by Maria using the new Snowflake Oval Stamp Set. Additional products used: Oval Frames Die Set

Card by Farhana using the new Snowflake Oval Stamp Set. Additional products used: Snowfall Stencil

Card by Donna using the new Snowflake Oval Stamp Set, Christmas Time Paper Pad and the Holiday Heights Stamp Set (revealed on Monday's post here). Additional products used: Oval Frames Die Set

Card by Larissa using the new Snowflake Oval Stamp Set and the Christmas Time Paper Pad. Additional products used: Oval Frames Die Set

Would you like to win the “Snowflake Oval" 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 October 13th at 9pm ET to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 14th.  

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