Happy Meow-oween Card by Larissa Heskett

Happy Meow-oween!!

Today we are sharing a fun MEOW-oween card by Larissa!

This card features our cute Newton peeking out from a witch's boot from our Witchy Newton Stamp Set. She colored the image in fun halloween theme colors and then cut it out using the Witchy Newton Stamp Set.

For her card she used a black and white polka dotted paper from our Black & White Basics Paper Pad. Then she layered two ovals that were cut out using our Oval Frames Die Set. She added a little bit of purple ink onto the white oval to match her colored image.  She layered the colored image of the kitty and boot on top. 

Last, she added the sentiment "Happy Meow-oween!" from the Ghostly Good Times Stamp Set. The banner that the sentiment is on was cut out using the Banner Trio Die Set. She also added purple ink to the edges. 

This cute Halloween cared would be perfect for sending to a cat loving friend! 

To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, you can visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

Halloween Inspiration Week - Day 1 - Samantha & Maria

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 starting the week out with projects today by Samantha Mann and Maria Russell!

Samantha created a sweet Halloween card using pinks and oranges along with some of our favorite Halloween products!

For this adorable creation she paired the images of pets and pumpkins from our Newton's Boo-tiful Night Stamp Set and Pug-kin Stamp Sets. She colored both images using zig watercolor markers and colored some of the pumpkins a fun, unexpected, pink! She cut the images out using the coordinating Newton's Boo-tiful Night Die Set and Pug-kin Die Set.

For her card background she added more pinks to the sky using distress inks across the top of her card panel. Then she added pretty pumpkins using the pumpkin base and stem layers from our 3 piece Jack-o'-lantern Stencil Set. This stencil also includes jack-o-lantern faces but it's awesome how you can use it without the faces for a fun new look! The finishing touch on her card is the sentiment from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night Stamp Set, embossed in white on black cardstock and hand cut out to add onto the card. 

Halloween products used: Newton's Boo-tiful Night Stamp Set, Newton's Boo-tiful Night Die Set, Pug-kin Stamp Set, Pug-kin Die Set, Jack-o-lantern Stencil Set

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

Maria created a treat tag that is perfect for dressing up a halloween candy box! 

For this fun tag, Maria started out by creating a tag using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. She cut the tag from white, orange and yellow cardstock. Then she cut the yellow and orange tag again using the fun zig zag border that is is included in this die set, layering the colors to look like candy corn! So cute!

Next, she stamped the adorable kitty in the boot from our Witchy Newton Stamp Set and colored it in fun bright Halloween colors. She colored the kitty a light gray and added speckles to the fur for a fun effect! The image was cut out using the coordinating Witchy Newton Die Set  and layered onto the 

For the sentiment she stamped "best witches" from the Witchy Newton Stamp Set. She also added the Trick or Treat Die cut from our  Halloween Trio Die Set. The finishing touch is some pretty ribbon and black and orange twine. What a fun way to dress up a Halloween treat!

Halloween products used: Witchy Newton Stamp Set, Witchy Newton Die Set, Halloween Trio Die Set

Additional Newton's Nook Designs products used: Fancy Edges Tag Die Set

Visit Maria's blog: Maria Russell Designs to see more!

Check back tomorrow for more Halloween inspiration!

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

Happy Halloween Dog Card by Larissa Heskett

Happy Halloween Dogs 

Today we are sharing and adorable card created by Larissa that is perfect for sending some Halloween themed smiles!

To create this cute card she use the duo of dogs dressed in Halloween costumes from our Happy Howl-oween Stamp Set. She colored this cute duo along with some extra bits of Halloween candy in fun halloween colors, adding white gel pen accents. The image was cut out using the coordinating Happy Howl-oween Die Set. She then made a fun background for them using distress inks and adding fun water droplets and star sequins to the sky. She also added some bats from our Witchy Newton Stamp Set, cutting them out with the coordinating Witchy Newton Die Set. The "Happy Halloween" sentiment in the sky is from our Batty Newton Stamp Set. She mounted this whole panel onto a black panel with a postage edge, cut out using our Framework Die Set. 

Halloween couldn't get any cuter!

To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, you can visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

Happy Halloween Card and Treat Bag by Ellen Haxelmans

Happy Halloween!

Halloween is just around the corner and today we are sharing a fun duo of Halloween projects by Ellen! 

First, she created a fun little treat bag for Halloween candy:

To decorate this bag she created a glittery bat background using our Flying Bats Stencil with some glittery texture gel. She added the "trick or treat" sentiment from the Happy Howl-Oween Stamp Set, embossed on the little round black tag that was die cut our Tags Time Two Die Set. She also added a candy corn from our Candy Corn Stamp Set and other little candies from the Hoppy Halloween Stamp Set, cutting them out with their coordinating Hoppy Halloween Die Set and Candy Corn Die Set. 

Next, she created an amazing Halloween card using our Batty Newton Stamp Set:

She started out by coloring the adorable image of the kitty in the bat costume from the Batty Newton Stamp Set in fun bright colors adding speckles and striped details to the fur! She cut this image along with the little bats from the same set using the coordinating Batty Newton Die Set. Then she created a gorgeous purple sky for the bat using distress inks. She added a moon into the sky using our Sky Scene Builder Die Set. She also added layers of clouds along the bottom using our Sky Borders Die Set. The whole scene is framed by a lime green frame with a scalloped edge that was cut using our Frames & Flags Die Set. This ties in perfectly with the green bat wings! 

She also decorated the envelope for the card to go in:

She added the name but cutting out letters using our Essential Alphabet Die Set and placing them onto a ticket shape that was cut out using our Framework Die Set. She added on a tiny bat and stars from our Witchy Newton Stamp Set too. Then she added the same glittery texture to the envelope flap, again using our Flying Bats Stencil with a glittery texture gel!

We hope you enjoyed this fun set of projects today by Ellen! To see more unique creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen! 

A Be-Witching Halloween Card by Zsofia Molnar

Be-witching Kitty Scene!

Today we are sharing an adorable Halloween scene by Zsofia! She created this cute card using the kitty in the boot from our Witchy Newton Stamp Set. She colored the image in fun shades of purple, lime and black and added some sparkle and glossy effects too! She cut the image out using the coordinating Witchy Newton Die Set and added it onto a wobbler to add to her card to make the boot shake since the kitty is scared of the ghost! The ghost in the sky and "boo" bubble are from our Boo Hoo Stamp Set and she cut them out using the coordinating Boo Hoo Die Set.  For the background she used our Cloudy Sky Stencil with lime green ink to create a spooky Halloween sky! She added the bats from the Witchy Newton Stamp Set. over the sky. The sentiment was stamped and embossed in white below the boot, also from the Witchy Newton Stamp Set. The fence and die cut Halloween were added from another brand.

Here are some a close up photos so you can see the fun details!

Thank you, Zsofia, for the cute spooky Halloween card today! You can find more of Zsofia's lovely creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

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!

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Newton's Nook Designs & Therm O Web Inspiration Week - Day 4 with Nakaba & Andrea

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 Nakaba and Andrea! 

First up we are sharing a spooky Halloween card by Nakaba: 

Nakaba created this amazing monochromatic scene that is perfect for a spooky Halloween greeting! She created that awesome sky full of fuzzy bats using our Flying Bats Stencil with Deco Foil Transfer Gel. Once the gel was dry, she added the flock using Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets in Black Velvet from Therm O Web with a laminator. This adds such a fun fuzzy texture to the bats! 

Under the sky, she stamped the trio of costumed critters from our Halloween Trio Stamp Set. She colored them using just shades of black pencil for a fun and spooky effect! She also added the "happy Halloween" Sentiment underneath them using glow in the dark embossing powder. 

Here is a photo of the how the sentiment looks in the dark:

What a fun and unique idea for a Halloween card!

Visit Nakaba's blog: Notes from Nakaba to see more!

 Next, we have a two awesome cards created by Andrea:

For her first card Andrea created an adorable winter scene using our Winter Woofs Stamp Set. Isn't that pup building the snowman so cute? She colored the image out using the coordinating Winter Woofs Die Set. She added the Santa hat on the ground, stamping it from our Winston's Home for Christmas Stamp Set.

To create the fun winter scene, she made a snowy sky she using the Pixie Spray from Therm O Web to keep the Petite Snow Stencil in place and spread on Deco Foil Transfer Gel with the Stencil Pal. Once the gel was dry, she added the flock using Flock Transfer Sheets in White Latte from Therm O Web with a laminator. She used our Land Borders Die Set to cut out a hill and added a bit of gilttery snow to the hill using Glitz Glitter Gel in White from Therm O Web  She also used our Forest Scene Builder Die Set to add trees to the background, adding a bit of Glitz Glitter Gel in White to them too. The whole scene was framed using the scallop edge from our Frames & Flags Die Set.  She also used the flag from the Frames & Flags Die Set to hold the sentiment.

For her second card she created a fun Halloween themed card using our Witchy Newton Stamp Set. She colored the image of the kitty in the witch boot from the set and cut it out using the coordinating Witchy Newton Die Set. She mounted the kitty on a tag that was cut out using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. She added the "Happy meow-oween" Sentiment along the bottom of the tag using our Newton's Perfect Pumpkin Stamp Set. She also used this set for the spiderweb and spider.

For the fun background she used our Argyle Stencil Set. She used the Pixie Spray from Therm O Web to keep her stencils in place while she used them. On the stitching layer from the stencil set, she used Deco Foil Metallix Gel in Pure Gold from Therm O Web. She used the Stencil Pal from Therm O Web  to spread the paste evenly.  She also added some Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets in Black Velvet from Therm O Web to the bats, which were die cut from foam.

Visit Andrea's blog: Blissfully Scrappy to see more 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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Halloween Pocket Letter by Ellen Haxelmans

 

Pocket Letter!

Today Ellen has created a fun Halloween themed pocket letter. She started with a page protector with built in pockets (the kind you find for trading cards or scrapbooking albums). Then she had the idea to fill the pockets with stamped items and treats for the recipient!

The top pocket has a fun Halloween scene featuring the kitty on the broom from our Newton’s Boo-tiful Night Stamp Set. She colored the image and cut the kitty out using the coordinating Newton's Boo-tiful Night Die Set. She layered the kitty over a starry sky that she had created using our Starfield Stencil with silver paste. the sky also includes clouds created with our Sky Borders Die Set. Last, she added in little bats from our Witchy Newton Stamp Set.

The center pocket contains a cute tag that folds closed to hold candy. She created this tag using our Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. Then she added a decorative square over the tag using our Frames Squared Die Set.  She added in candy corn from our Candy Corn Stamp Set and candy pieces from our Hoppy Halloween Stamp Set.  She also added in that cute little bird from our Newton’s Easter Basket stamp Set. She used the coordinating dies from these sets to cut out the images.  

Then, for the bottom panel she created a bag from a paper bag that had a spiderweb printed on it. Over this she layered the image of the kitty in the boot from our Witchy Newton Stamp Set. She used the coordinating Witchy Newton Die Set to cut out the image. She also added the sentiment, layered over two flags that were cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set.

Tips on creating this card!

Below we have some tips from Ellen on how she created this unique project!

1. First I colored the illustrations. As you can see, I colored them in the same color scheme. This makes it easy to make them fit together.
2. For the pockets I decided to go with black, yellow and blue. The blue color was created by using distress inks. For the top card I also used the Starfield Stencil with Metallix Gel to make it looks like a night sky.
3. For one of the cards I used a spiderweb paper bag. This makes it possible to add goodies.

1. For the middle part I first created a shaker pocket. With the help of my fuse tool I sealed the pocket that holds sequins. The "Trick or Treat" word die from the Newton's Halloween Trio Die Set was perfect to fit in a circle. This made it possible to add it easily on the pocket.
2. The other side got a tag. To add candy on the tag I simply used a glue dot.

What a fun and unique way create a special treat for someone sweet!

If you love this project by Ellen you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen to see more of her beautiful creations!