Glow in the Dark Halloween Card by Larissa Heskett

A Spooky Halloween Greeting! 

Today we are sharing a super fun card by Larissa that uses some fun techniques, including glow-in the dark embossing.

For the fun background she used our Ghosts Stencil along with some white flock to create a fun spooky sky. After the flocking was applied she also added some yellow distress ink over parts of the ghosts to add to the spooky feeling! She framed this panel with a fun postage edged frame that was covered in lime green foil and cut out using our Framework Die Set. 

For the sentiment in the center she used a sentiment from our retiring Creepy Cameos Stamp Set, embossing it with glow in the dark embossing powder! Here is a close up of how it looks in the dark:

She layered the sentient over the ornate frame image from the Creepy Cameos Stamp Set, which was embossed with glittery black embossing powder and cut out using the coordinating Creepy Cameos Die Set. Here is a close-up so you can see all the other amazing details!

What a fun way to send a spooky Halloween wish!

The Creepy Cameos Stamp Set and Creepy Cameo Die Set are part of our retiring sale and will only be available while supplies so if you like these products, make sure you get them while you can and don't forget to see what else is retiring in our retiring sale category!

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

Naughty or Mice Card by September Guest Designer Kavya

Hi folks! 

I am back at Newton's Nook for my last guest design post for September. I cannot believe how quickly this month flew by! For my last card, I decided to share a technique or rather layout that I enjoy - using large words with stamped images! Newton's Nook makes so many standalone images that are perfect for this technique and I constantly find myself swapping the 'Os' in 'Love', 'OMG" etc with a cute Newton. Here is one that I made a while back:

For a Christmas card, I decided to use some cute christ-mouses from the Naughty or Mice Stamp set along with some large alphabets that read "Fa La La La...". I first started out with a plan to use three mice and the words 'Fa La La' but I quickly realized how big the mice were! So I cut it down to a single 'La' and decided to channel the inner math nerd in me and and add eighth power to 'La'! I think that fixed it? It definitely makes a super cute card for another math nerd! All of the alphabets were cut using my silhouette cameo in 'Rockwell' font. Any large alphabet die works too. The images were colored using alcohol markers and colored pencils. I then finished the card with a sentiment from the same set.

I hope you try this super easy and cute technique for some of your cards. You can use words like Joy, Jolly, Noel, Snow etc. and make the sentiment the focal point of your card along with an adorable stamped image from Newton's Nook!

Thank you so much for having me as your Guest Designer this month! I hope I inspired you in some way.. I definitely had so much fun!

Thanks and Happy Crafting,

-Kavya

Wishing Choo-Choo a Merry Christmas Card by September Guest Designer Kavya

Today we have our first post by our July Guest Designer, Kavya, from Handmade by Kavya! We fell in love with Kavyas projects recently on Instagram! Her cards filled with bright colors and creative layouts made us smile and we can't wait to share what she creates using our products this month! Check back each Monday to see them! Keep reading to find out more about her today and to check out her first project below.

Hi! I am Kavya. I have always been a creative soul but I found my true passion when I discovered stamping and die cutting back in middle school. After a brief hiatus to concentrate on school and college, I just got back into cardmaking late last year in Senior year of college to relax myself and I am so glad I did! I like to try out many different styles and techniques, but my love for flowers and cute critters knows no bounds. I also enjoy experimenting and coming up with unique and unexpected ways to use products in my stash! I am beyond excited to guest design for Newton’s Nook as I am huge fan of their super adorable critters. 

Thank you Jennifer and Samantha for the incredible opportunity. I hope I inspire you with my cards this month :)

blog - Handmade by Kavya
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Hello everyone, 

I am excited to be guest designing for Newton's Nook for the month of September! Thank you Samantha for giving me this wonderful opportunity! I have four cards with totally different techniques and styles lined up for you this month! If you have been following me for a while, you would know that I don't have a signature style. I like mixing up things and trying to come up with creative ways to use my stash. I am a huge fan of Newton's Nook products as they are versatile and super cute! 

My first card uses some good old distress ink blending scene for Christmas. Here is how I put this together:

• I distress inked my panel using Mermaid Lagoon and Cracked Pistachio. I then tried to create a snow texture by adding water and white ink splatters. 

• I cut the winter scene landscape using my silhouette cameo but you can use a similar die of your choice.
• I colored the images from All Aboard for Christmas Stamp Set using my alcohol ink markers. I like to add darker tones to my images using color pencils later on. 
• After assembling the card, I heat embossed a sentiment on teal cardstock using white embossing powder. (PS: this actually covers up a snafu! I tried embossing directly on to the background but it didn't stand out as much and wasn't aligned properly.)

• Voila! You are done :) 

I hope you liked this card and I can't wait to be back next week to share another style! 

Thanks,

- Kavya 

Wishing You a Spooky Halloween Card by Holly Endress

Get ready for a Spooky Halloween!

It's October 1st today so we are getting in the mood for Halloween! This spooky card by Holly should help you be inspired to create some spooky greetings! She used our Creepy Cameos Stamp Set to create a trio of fun frames. She stamped and embossed the black frames from the set and cut them out using the coordinating Creepy Cameos Die Set. She added purple to the centers and then layered the silhouette images, also from the Creepy Cameos Stamp Set over them. For the background she added bats using our Flying Bats Stencil and added gray ink around the edges for a spooky look! So perfect for Halloween!

Thank you, Holly, for Halloween inspiration today! You can find more of Holly's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Hollybeary Creations!

August Reveals - Day 4 - Witchy Newton, Happy Howl-oween and Ghosts Stencil

If you like Halloween, you're in for a treat today! It's our final reveal day for our August Release and today we are revealing adorable new Halloween products! We have new Halloween stamps for dog and cat lovers, plus an amazing Ghost Stencil! Keep reading to see it all! We are having a giveaway today too, so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

Witchy Newton

Newton is is ready for Halloween delights on this 3x4 Stamp Set. He has crawled into a big witch boot and is peeking out of the top, wearing a witch hat! This fun image will be so fun to use on Halloween cards and works perfectly with the witch themed sentients. Add in the bats to create scenes and fun background patterns too!

• 3 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 5 stamps: 3 images and 2 sentiments
• Coordinating Witchy Newton purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 3 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, August 23rd

Happy Howl-oween

This whimsical 3x4 stamp features two doggie friends dressed up and ready for Halloween fun! These loveable dogs are ready to trick or treat in their witch and pumpkin costumes. Add in the fun sentiments and use the candies for a fun trick or treat themed greeting!

• 3 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 5 stamps: 3 images and 2 sentiments
• Coordinating Happy Howl-oween purr-fect die set (sold separately) includes 3 dies
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, August 23rd

Ghosts Stencil

This stencil is filled with spooky ghosts flying around to create a frightful sky! Use it to create haunted night time scenes and eerie Halloween backgrounds and patterns. This stencil will give the perfect ghastly touch for all your Halloween cards, scrapbook pages and more!

• Our premium custom stencils can be used with your favorite spray mists, inks, embossing pastes, chalks, paints, and more to add pattern and texture to your paper crafting projects.
• Includes one 6 x 6 stencil
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, August 23rd

Get in the mood for Halloween treats with sweet and spooky cards by 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.

The cute pups on this card by Tatiana are ready to trick or treat! She used the image of the dogs in costumes from our new Happy Howl-oween Stamp Set and colored them in fun Halloween colors. For the background she added a fun purple circle filled with bats that were stenciled using our Flying Bats Stencil. She also added on the "trick or treat" sentiment using the bonus word from our Halloween Trio Die Set.

Newton is so cute in the big witch boot on this card by Zsofia. She colored the cute kitty image from our Witchy Newton Stamp Set in shades of black, purple and lime green and layered it over a vellum, green and purple on her card. To make the card even scarier she added that ghostly background using our new Ghosts Stencil with white embossing paste. She also used our Frames & Flags Die Set for the black scalloped edge. So perfect for a cute Halloween greeting!

This Halloween card by Amanda is too cute to spook! She used the costumed dogs from our new Happy Howl-oween Stamp Set and colored them in vibrant colors. She layered them over a fun ghost background that was created using our new Ghosts Stencil. She added a layer of lime green grass using our Land Borders Die Set. She also used our 
Frames & Flags Die Set for the orange scalloped panel and the purple banner that holds the sentiment. 

Maria created a spooky graveyard scene for Newton to hang out in. She used the haunted house, spooky tree and gravestones from our Spooky Street Stamp Set. She added them onto her card along with layers of black hills and grass cut out using our Land Borders Die Set. Then she added that cute kitty in the witch boot from our new Witchy Newton Stamp Set in the foreground for a scene that is both spooky and cute! 

Who says pumpkins have to be orange? Naki created this fun scene using the costumed pups from our new Happy Howl-oween Stamp Set. She colored the costumes in fun colors, with a purple pumpkin on one and a blue cape on the other. She added the doggies in front of a fun ghost background created with our new Ghosts Stencil. She also added the sentiment onto a vellum speech bubble that was cut out using our Speech Bubbles Die Set.

This card by Samantha is truly bewitching! She created an amazing background filled with green clouds using our Clouds Stencil and masking off a moon. She added the image of the kitty in the witch boot and bats from our new Witchy Newton Stamp Set. Isn't it neat how she colored the boot in shades of gray and gold? This kitty is definitely ready for a "witch" ing good time! 

Ellen created an incredible spooky scene for her Halloween card today! This card features the cute puppies in costumes from our new Happy Howl-oween stamp set. She colored the pups and their candies in fun bright Halloween colors that pop off the spooky background. To create the background she used our Clouds Stencil to create layered of blue and purple clouds. Then she layered die cut hills and birch trees over the top using our Land Borders Die Set and Forest Scene Builder Die Set. The whole scene is framed with a lime green scalloped panel that was cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. So cute and spooky too!

This Halloween card by Andrea is too cute to be scary! This charming card features the image of the kitty in the witch boot from our new Witchy Newton Stamp Set. She colored the image in a fun and bright Halloween color combo and added it onto and oval frame. For the background she created fun purple ghosts using our new Ghosts Stencil. The finishing touch is the "best witches" sentiment, stamped onto a bubble that was cut out using our Speech Bubbles Die Set.

The cute dogs on this card by Holly are definitely hoping for treats! She colored the cut image of the costumed dogs from our new Happy Howl-oween Stamp Set in fun bright colors and added little accents with a white gel pen. She kept the card  clean and simple, adding a small strip of patterned paper filled with candy behind the pups! So perfect for sweet Halloween wishes! 

This card by Larissa is so sparkly and enchanting! She created that shiny bat background using our  Flying Bats Stencil with deco foil. Then she layered the image of the kitty from our new Witchy Newton stamp set in a purple and orange boot! She added the little "boo" from our Boo Hoo Stamp Set and framed the whole panel with a postage edged frame from our Framework Die Set

Would you like to win the “Witchy Newton” or the "Happy Howl-oween" Stamp Set? 

We will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!

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 August 22nd at 9pm EST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, August 23rd.

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

Zsofia Molnar

Naki Rager

Maria Russell

Andrea Shell

Tatiana Trafimovich

Hoppy Spring Card by April Guest Designer Candice Fisher

We are in full happy Springtime mode here and I had to create a card to go along with my happy mood!  This is my final card and thank you for all the love this month and thank you Newton's Nook Designs for having me hang out with you this month!

I know I am not the only one who has fallen in love with the cuties in the Woodland Spring Stamp Set, and again, I couldn’t just pick one from the set (are you noticing a reoccurring trend with me?!)

This card was a pretty quick one, even though it looks very detailed! Bonus! I started this by trimming watercolor paper a little smaller than my card base and inking with squeezed lemonade, worn lipstick, and shaded lilac. I took that inked piece and cut the words out using my cameo silhouette. I then inked another watercolor paper with scattered straw, spun sugar, and milled lavender to go under to words and glued the two together. Next, I splattered with a paint brush with white paint dipped in water. I set it aside to dry.

I stamped the adorable images from Woodland Spring Stamp Set, colored with copic markers, and used the coordinating dies to cut out. The sentiment I stamped on a banner and pop dotted on the card. Next, I added the adorable spring cuties by the words with pop dots.

For the finishing touches, I added the sequins in varying sizes and added some white nuvo drops near the sequins and pearl stickles to the center of the flowers. 

I hope you have been inspired by my creations this wonderful spring month and thank you again for the chance to share with you all!

You can enter the Inky Paws Challenge with me for your (and my) chance to win!

 You can also still find me on my blog & Instagram!

 -Candice

Merci Card by April Guest Designer Candice Fisher

I can’t believe it is week three already!  We are in full Spring here and I am dreaming of Paris with Newton!

I can just image how awesome it is in Paris right now and will live through Newton as he travels there in this bright card!

Of course to create this fun scene I used the Newton Dreams of Paris Stamp Set. I started by using my cameo to create the three rectangles and then ran it through my die cutting machine to get the stitched frame.  For the background, I trimmed some watercolor paper to fit behind the frame and inked with squeezed lemonade, tumbled glass, and broken china. I then took the circle stencil #1 from the Bokeh Stencil Set and added white ink over for a faint circle impression. I lined up the Eiffel tower and stamped with versafine black ink and added a green stitched hill.  

I stamped the Paris Newtons, hot air balloon, and clouds, colored with copic markers, and fussy cut out, but you can get the coordinating dies to make your life easier! To create the scene, I added a die cut sun that I inked with squeezed lemonade to the top left. I lined up the frame and stamped the merci directly onto the frame and then pop dotted on the card base. Next, I added the cuties in Paris, gluing and pop dotting to get them secure.

For my embellishments, I added a variety of different sequins and added some white pen dots to the images.  

I hope you can each dream of your city that you would love to be in, or if you have any of the Newton's travel stamp sets share your creations on Newton's Nook Design Facebook page!

And you can always check out and join for your chance to win in the Inky Paws Challenge!

I’m off to now dream about England, or maybe Italy…

- Candice 

Find me at: Candicards blog  • Instagram

Newton's Nook Designs & Xyron Inspiration Week - Day 1 with Jennifer & Samantha

This is our second post today! To see an adorable card by our Guest Designer, Milene Tiberious, scroll down or click here. 

This week we are partnering with Xyron for a very awesome inspiration week! Each day we will have fresh inspiration using Newton's Nook Designs products with Xyron adhesives on the NND blog and Xyron will be featuring  projects as well on the Xyron facebook page! 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 Jennifer and Samantha! 

First up is the is this gorgeous card by Jennifer:

For her card, Jennifer used our Cameo Frame Die Set to create a gorgeous focal point. She cut the intricate frame out of a piece of glitter paper and used the 3" Sticker Maker from Xyron to make die cut piece into a sticker. Creating a sticker makes it so easy to attach an intricate piece like this to your card! She then added the "hello" sentiment and the lovely flowers stamping them from our Peony Blooms Stamp Set. Isn't that bloom so lovely on embossed in silver on vellum? She used the Peony Blooms Die Set to trim them out and layered them over the frame with some silver string. She mounted the whole piece onto a silver and white background panel.

Visit Jennifer's blog: Stampin' on the Fly to see more and leave a comment for another chance to win!

Next, we have a beautiful star-gazing card by Samantha:

For her card, Samantha used the image of the kitty looking out into the sky through a telescope from our Cosmic Newton Stamp Set. She colored the kitty and cut him out using the coordinating Cosmic Newton Die Set. For her card base she created some hills using our Land Borders Die Set and added some an awesome circle filled with stars that she created using our Starfield Stencil. She added some star stickers on the sky too. To create the stickers she stamped and die cut the little stars from the Cosmic Newton Stamp Set and then used the 1.5" Sticker Maker by Xyron to turn them into tiny stickers! So cool! She also used the Mega Runner by Xyron to put the card together!

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

Would you like to win a Prize pack including a Mega Runner from Xyron and a $25 store credit to Newton’s Nook Designs? 

Here's how to win:Leave a comment on the NND & Design Team blog posts using Xyron products all week (June 25-29) 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 June 29th at midnight EST to comment. The winner will be announced on the NND blog post on Monday, July 2nd.

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