Halloween Inspiration Week - Day 5 - Tatiana & Larissa

This week Newton's Nook Designs is getting ready for Halloween with a fun Inspiration week! 

All week the NND Design Team will be sharing inspiration using some of their favorite Halloween products to get you in the mood for tricks and treats! Today we are featuring cute and spooky projects by Tatiana Trafimovich and Larissa Heskett

Tatiana created a spooky tag and added it to a card for a fabulous Halloween greeting!

To create the fun and spooky tag, she cut out a tag using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set and inked it in bright colors to make a starry scene, adding some paint and water splatters. She also die cut out out a circle using our  Circle Frames Die Set and inked it in bright yellow to look like a moon! Next tot he moon she added a flamingo skeleton and some little pumpkin silhouettes from our Spooky Skeletons Stamp Set. A black strip holds the Happy Halloween Sentiment from our Spooky Roundabout Stamp Set.

She added the tag to her card, layering it over an orange striped pattern from our Springtime Paper Pad. 

What a fun and colorful way to celebrate Halloween! 

Halloween products used: Spooky Skeletons Stamp Set, Spooky Skeletons Die Set, Spooky Roundabout Stamp Set, Halloween Meows Paper Pad

Additional Newton's Nook Designs products used: Springtime Paper Pad, Bokeh Stencil Set, Fancy Edges Tag Die Set, Circle Frames Die Set

Visit Tatiana's blog: Tatiana Trafimovich to see more!

 Larissa created a fun bat themed Halloween card.

For this card she stamped and colored the image of Newton dressed in a bat costume from our Batty Newton Stamp Set. She cut the image out using the coordinating Batty Newton Die Set and mounted it onto an oval that was cut out using our Oval Frames Die Set. She added some bats from the Batty Newton Stamp Set and the word "eek" from our Spiderweb Oval Stamp Set. She framed it with another oval using our Oval Frames Die Set with some purple paper to match the purple bat wings! So cute. 

On the card base she added the bat filled patterned paper from our Halloween Meows Paper Pad.

What a fun way to send a spooky, yet sweet, Halloween greeting! 

Halloween products used: Halloween Meows Paper Pad, Batty Newton Stamp Set, Batty Newton Die Set, Spiderweb Oval Stamp Set

Additional Newton's Nook Designs products used: Oval Frames Die Set

Visit Larissa's blog: Larissa Heskett Designs to see more!

We hope you have enjoyed the inspiration featuring the Halloween theme this week!

Don't forget to check out the Halloween Products Category and get your favorites for creating cute and spooky Halloween crafts!

Happy Haunts Card by Amanda Bodine

A Fun Haunted Scene!

Don't be spooked by this fun Halloween scene! Amanda combined several of our Halloween products to create this spooky scene! For the background she used our Ghosts Stencil to create a sky full of ghostly haunts. Then she added a hill along the bottom using our Hills & Grass Stencil. Along the hill she stamped a series of gravestones and a big spooky tree from our Spooky Street Stamp Set. This makes the perfect setting for the fun kitty skeleton from our Spooky Skeletons Stamp Set! The kitty was stamped in black and cut out using the coordinating Spooky Skeletons Die Set. To finish the card, she added the "Happy Haunts" sentiment from the Spooky Street Stamp Set. All these fun products combine perfectly together to build this fun Halloween scene!

Thanks for the spooky card today, Amanda! To see more of her gorgeous coloring and projects, you can visit Amanda over at her blog,  RutabagaPie Designs! Make sure to say hello while you are there!

Spooky Card by October Guest Designer Waleska Galindo

Hello Friends!!! Waleska from craftinglovew here, with my last post as the October Guest Designer... (sad face) I had a blast during this month sharing with you a little bit of my Halloween Card Love!!! Tomorrow is Halloween and for today's card as you already imagine I did another Halloween Card! I just can't stop, Newton's Nook stamps are so awesome!!! I hope your halloween decorations are up and you have your costume ready!!! This card was inspired on my own Halloween decorations! Every year the Halloween decoration of my fireplace is very special for all the family!

CARD DETAILS:

I started with a cream card base, I sponged the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink, to make the down part of the wall I used a scoreboard and score every 1/2 inch to create a wall texture and sponge it again with Walnut Stain Distress Ink to accentuate the raised lines. I cut a strip of cardstock in the same color and adhere it to the scored panel. I stamp the spooky frame from the Creepy Cameos Stamp Set and the spooky skeleton with Versafine ink and clear embossing powder. I die cut a gray fireplace with a brick stencil and walnut stain distress ink I created the brick look. I decorated the fireplace with some of the animals from the Spooky Skeletons Stamp Set and I also added bats and spooky pumpkins! 

Thank you so much for stopping by and let me share with you all this Halloween cards! I hope you have an Amazing day! I am very grateful to Newton's Nook for the opportunity to share with you my love not only for halloween cards but for Cardmaking! I send you:

Hugs, Love and a Spooktacular Halloween!!!

NND sponsors Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #429!

Have you heard of the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge? For each challenge they post a YUMMY cupcake photo and color combo for inspiration! Everybody likes cupcakes, right?

The current challenge going up today features the fun color combo of orange, green and brown!

We're sponsoring this challenge so If you head over to their blog and play along you have a chance to win a $25 store credit to our store at newtonsnookdesigns.com! How awesome is that?

Of course I had to play along -- here's the card I created. Since the colors screamed Halloween to me, I decided to put together a Halloween card! I used the fun skeleton kitty and mouse from our Spooky Skeletons Stamp Set and embossed them using green and orange embossing powders. I trimmed them out using the coordinating Spooky Skeletons Die Set. I knew I had to add in some brown so I found a piece of dark brown cardstock and embossed the "Happy Halloween" Stamp set onto it with orange embossing powder. I created a watercolor splash in the background using orange and green distress inks on watercolor paper.

Now that I had something using all the colors I began to assemble the card. I added in a scrap of green polka dot paper cut out with the grass border from the Land Borders Die Set. I added it all onto the orange card base, along with a little piece of orange washi tape and some white twine to finish it off. This card is a little bit "out there" for me but I had fun making it! That's what makes challenges so fun! They get you to try things outside of your comfort zone!!

Make sure you pop over to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge blog to see more fun today. We have several other NND Design Team members featured as "Guest Sweeties" for this challenge and some of the regular "Sweeties" (that's what they call their Design Team -- cute, right?) are featuring Newton's Nook Designs stamps too!

Trick or Treat Card by October Guest Designer Waleska Galindo

Hello Friends, Waleska here from craftinglovew with another Halloween card. (I told you I am a HUGE Halloween fan) I used our friend Newton in different costumes for a fun Trick or Treat scene.

CARD DETAILS:

For the background  of my card today I used oxide inks, and because they blend so well you can almost mix any colors beautifully.  My secret is to start with the lightest color so you don't contaminate your blending tools and get a smoother look, so I started with Spiced Marmalade Oxide Ink at the bottom and Seedless Preserves Oxide Ink for the up part.  In the middle where the two colors meet all you have to do is splash some water and it would look awesome!!! I traced and cut a hill, I sponge it with Peeled Paint Oxide Ink and adhere it to my card base to be the ground for my scene.

I glue the house silhouette and also the moon.  To  make the moon I sponge a circle die cut with Pumice Stone regular distress ink and splash some water with a distress sprayer.  To add more texture you can also sprayed  it with some shimmer.

I finally stamped and color the witch cat from the Newton´s Boo-tiful Night and the Newton from

Newton´s Costume Party and added the Mask so he can also be dressed up for Halloween.  I stamped 3 bats with Versafine Onyx Black ink for a more spooky feel and added the sentiment from the Spooky Skeletons set.

I love to mix sets to create cards and Newton's Nook stamps are great to do that!!! I hope you liked my card today!  

Have a Spook-tacular Day!!

Spooky Halloween Wishes by October Guest Designer Waleska Galindo

Today we have our first post from our October Guest Designer, Waleska Galindo! We are so excited to have Waleska designing with us this month! She is fabulous and creating cards with adorable scenes and fun bright colors and we can't wait to share what she creates with our stamps! Keep reading to find out more about Waleska today and to check out her first project below!

Hello my name is Waleska Galindo. I live in the beautiful Guatemala City, Central America, I am probably the only stamper around here.  I have a wonderful husband and 2 full of energy kids. I have always loved art and making things with my hands.  I am a Graphic Designer that fell in love with cardmaking 3 years ago, I think I just enjoy the process of being creative, so when I discover the Cardmaking world just fit me perfectly.   I am a very passionate in all I do and stamping and cardmaking are not the exception.  I love making scene cards and using stamps in creative ways. 

Besides cardmaking I am also a Fashion Designer, Movie lover and Stamp Collector... You can find me blogging at craftinglovew.blogspot.com but I mostly share my cards on my Instagram craftinglovew.  I am super excited to be a Guest Designer for Newton's Nook and I am truly thankful for the opportunity!! Specially for this Halloween Season which is my favorite.  That is me!!! 

Hello Friends Waleska from craftinglovew here... 

I am so excited to be Newton's Nook October Guest Designer thank you so much for inviting me. I first have to admit I am a Halloween lover so this past Newton release was just too awesome and perfect for me, I am using a lot of the new stamps and I am having so much fun with them.

CARD DETAILS: 

For my first card I used almost all of the stamps from the Spooky Skeletons Stamp Set. I love to create little scenes on my cards, so the idea for this one was a very Spooky Halloween Decoration. I first stamped the skeletons in Onyx Black Versafine ink and put Black Sparkle embossing powder to have shinning Spooky Skeletons!!! I cut them and set them aside to make the background.

For the background I used Spiced Marmalade Oxide ink and some water splashes.  I also sponged the edges with Walnut Stain regular Distress Ink to give the card a more spooky feel. I stamped in the center of the card the amazing frame or mirror (you can use it for both) from the Creepy Cameos Stamp Set with Versafine Onyx ink and  also put Black Sparkle embossing powder to unify the sparkle vibe on my card.  I create the inside part of the frame by cutting an oval from gray cardstock.

I finally cut a strip of gray cardstock and sponge it with Walnut Stain Distress ink to create the shelf for all the Halloween Spooky Decor and raised all the images with 3D foam... What do you think? Creepy enough? I just wish I have this awesome skeletons to actually decor my living room like this...  I hope you like my card and get some inspiration to start creating halloween cards.  

Have a Spooktacular Day!

September Reveals - Day 3 - Spooky Skeletons & Beautiful Bones

Today is the third day of our September Release! Today we are revealing TWO awesome new Stamp Sets: Spooky Skeletons and Beautiful Bones! Scroll down to check out details on these two fun new sets. We are giving this stamp set away one lucky winner so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Spooky Skeletons 

No bones about it, this 4x6 stamp set is perfect for Halloween! This spooky stamp set is filled with fun animal skeletons that have just the right mixture of scary and cute for all your Halloween creations! Try building Halloween scenes using the included stars and moon! These bold stamps are perfect for embossing too!

Here's some info on the Spooky Skeletons Stamp Set:

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 16 stamps: 11 images and 5 sentiments
• Coordinating Spooky Skeletons purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 11 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, September 15th

Beautiful Bones

Bones can be beautiful! This fun 4x4 stamp set, inspired by paper quilling, is perfect for Halloween and more! These stamps are filled with delicate swirly decorations that will be delightful to stamp or emboss! Use them for Halloween greetings or try coloring them in bright colors to create sugar skulls for Day of the Dead decorations too!

Here's some info on the Beautiful Bones Stamp Set:

• 4 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 5 stamps
• Coordinating Beautiful Bones purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 2 dies 
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, September 15th

Rattle your bones with 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.

Maria created this adorable card using three of the skeletons from the Spooky Skeletons Stamp Set with cute little shaker windows behind them! It's super fun how she added colored eyes on them too!

Larissa created this gorgeous necklace, adding a sugar skull pendant using the Beautiful Bones Stamp Set! The run red, teal and copper colors make this accessory beautiful for any time of year!

Jennifer created a cool light-up X-Ray card using the cat skeleton from the SSpooky Skeletons Stamp Set! Make sure you head over to her blog to see how this lights up from behind! so cool!

Samantha created this beautiful card using the skull from the new Beautiful Bones Stamp Set along with some roses from our Love Grows Stamp Set! What a gorgeous combo! She also added in a white textured background using the new Falling Leaves Stencil (revealed yesterday here). 

This fun Halloween scene was created by Tatiana using the dog and bat skeletons from the Spooky Skeletons Stamp Set. It's so cute how she made a scene with them in a circle and added some fun textures outside it using the Starfield Stencil too! 

This fun card by Ellen uses the skulls and heart from the Beautiful Bones Stamp Set in fun bright colors!  She also added in the word love from the Darling Hearts Die Set and the "sending snuggles" from the Darling Duos Stamp Set. The leafy background was created using the Tropical Leaves Stencil. 

Holly created some this Happy Haunting card using the Spooky Skeletons Stamp Set. She used glow-in-the-dark embossing powder on them too for an some added Halloween fun! 

Naki created this Halloween card with the Spooky Skeletons Stamp Set! She created purple grass and hills using our Land Borders Die Set and added the Haunted house from our Spooky Street Stamp Set in the background too! What a fun spooky scene! 

Amanda created this stunning Fall card using the skulls from the new Beautiful Bones Stamp Set and coloring them with shades of teal and rusty brown! She added in some die cut leaves using our Autumn Leaves Die Set and the custom sentiment "for my special friend" was created using words from our Simply Relative Stamp Set.

Juliana used a whole bunch of the skeletons from the Spooky Skeletons Stamp Set to create a fun background for her card! The inked purple edges with the pop of bright orange on the circle are super fun and perfect for Halloween!

Would you like to win the “Beautiful Bones" or "Spooky Skeletons" stamp set?
Each of these 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 September 14th at 9pm CST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, September 15th.

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