Jar of Christmas treats by Stephanie Muzzulin

Snowflake Treat Jar

Need a quick and adorable gift? Here's a great idea from Stephanie Muzzulin! Stephanie used the snowflakes and sentiment from the Beautiful Blizzard stamp set to make an adorable tag that she added onto a jar full of chocolates! This is such a fun little gift idea for a teacher or neighbor! I love it! 

To find out more about her project, head over to Stephanie's blog, Handmade Creations by Stephanie!

Meowy Christmas Card!

Meowy Christmas! 

Today I'm sharing this card I created with our Newton's Curious Christmas stamp set. I stamped the image of Newton and the snowman onto watercolor paper and colored it with Distress Markers. I love the vibrant watercolor look you can get with these markers! Then I added the "meowy christmas" sentiment from Newton's Holiday Mischief stamp set. 

For the background I used a sweater print stencil and some embossing paste over kraft cardstock. To color the embossing paste I squished a bit of color from the ink pad onto my work surface and then mixed in a bit of embossing paste with it. I made purple and blue to match the coloring on the image. I LOVE how this turned out - and it was so fun to make! 

Inky Paws Challenge #16 WINNERS!

Inky Paws #16 - Christmas Challenge Winners! 

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last Inky Paws Challenge at here at the Newton's Nook Designs blog! This months Challenge was to create a project with a Christmas Theme! We had a TON of amazing entries this month! It's always so fun to see everyones creations!

Top picks for Inky Paws Challenge #16

Announcing.... our top picks! Read the description below each card to see who created it - and make sure to visit their blogs and tell them congrats!!

This adorable card by Tatiana is our first top pick! She caught our eye with this fun layout - I love the four squares that show the kitty being "naughty or nice" and the watercoloring is gorgeous!
Tatiana used the Newton's Curious Christmas set!

This adorable card by Vicki is our second top pick! We loved all the extra details she added on this card - the liquid applique on the hat and the paper pierced scarf give it an extra special feel! Vicki used our adorable dachshund from the Holiday Hounds set!

Congrats to Tatiana and Vicki! Don't forget to send us an e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $10 store credit and get your winner badge for your blog!

Inky Paws Favorites

Since there were so many beautiful cards, we chose THREE more as our favorite picks! If you see your card below, contact us if you'd like to get a "favorite" badge for your blog!

Michelle was so creative with her card - she used our wizard from the Magical Dreams stamp set and made him into a Santa! So fun!

We thought this shaker card by Corilyn using the Newton's Holiday Mischief set was super cute! The holly in each corner makes the perfect frame!  

We loved this adorable little ornament by June using the kitty from the Newton's Antics set. This is such a cute idea!

Thanks so much!
Thanks again to everyone who entered - It's really so much fun to look through all the entries and see everyones ideas! If you didn't win this time we hope you'll try again in January!

BEARY Merry Christmas Card!

A "BEARY" cute Christmas Card! 

Hello & Happy Friday! I'm always SO glad when it's Friday - and this Friday is even more exciting since I'm packing up to go on a girls "craft" weekend! YAY! 

I'm also excited to share this super cute Winston card with you today! I have been having so much fun with watercolor lately. I watercolored this bear  with the Christmas tree from our Winston's Home for Christmas set and then fussy cut him out to add him to the card. To be honest, I wasn't PLANNING on fussy cutting him out but the first time I stamped the sentiment I smudged it so I decided I'd have to cut him out so my image wasn't wasted!! Does that ever happen to anyone else? I added him onto a piece of white cardstock - on which I had carefully stamped the "have a beary merry christmas" sentiment without smudging this time!  Then I added some lace ribbon and wooden star embellishments! So pretty! And since he's wearing a sweater, I thought it would be appropriate to use this cute sweater paper as a backdrop! 

Hope you're inspired to make some Christmas Cards now - that's what I'm going to be doing this weekend! I know you must be SHOCKED that I haven't finished...um.... or really even STARTED the bulk of my holiday cards! Yikes!

Today is the LAST day to enter our Inky Paws challenge  - Christmas Theme!

You still have until midnight tonight - FRIDAY, December 12th - to enter our current Inky Paws Challenge! Just create a card or project with a Christmas theme using NND products!  The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still use the digital freebies on our freebies page here.

Beautiful Gold Peace Card by Tessa Wise

Peace on Earth!

Today I'm sharing this beautiful golden card by Tessa Wise! The "peace on earth" sentiments are from the Holiday Wishes Stamp Set - which is great for creating custom holiday greetings. Tessa also stamped some pretty gold snowflakes peeking out among the gold dots from the Beautiful Blizzard Stamp Set! I love how pretty and elegant this looks - and the pop of teal twine gives it a the perfect colorful finishing touch!

Thank you Tessa for Inspiring us today! To see more of Tessa's creations, make sure you click over to Tessa's blog, Crafty Girl Designs and say hello!

Note: You might notice that both of the sets used on this card are currently out of stock - don't worry- we have reordered them should be getting more soon. If they are on your wish list, make sure you are signed up for our e-newsletter to be the first to know when we get more

Two Days left to enter our Inky Paws challenge  - Christmas Theme!

You still have until FRIDAY, December 12th to enter our current Inky Paws Challenge! Just create a card or project with a Christmas theme using NND products!  The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still use the digital freebies on our freebies page here.

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

Today I'm playing along with the very fun Coffee Lovers blog hop.

There are going to be TONS of fun prizes too - 

including a $15 store credit from us at Newton's Nook Designs! 

You can head over to Amy Tsuruta's Blog for more details on how to play along! 

Here's what I created:

I thought I'd use our fun Love à la Carte Set since it has an image of a Coffee Cup with some sugar  - just perfect for the theme of today's hop! I still am in the "holiday" card making mode so I decided to make this a warm wintery card. I colored the coffee cup red with a pop of teal for the saucer using copics. Then I fussy cut it out and layered it with some different circles to make a fun tag. I created the card base from Kraft colored cardstock and added some snowflake pattern paper to give it a holiday feel. Although the Love à la Carte stamp set does have some fun sentiments in it I decided to use the "warm Wishes" from the Snow Day set instead - just to make it feel more wintery!  Then I added a bit of sparkle with some glittery washi tape and a doily because I just love the look of doilies! 

Hope you enjoyed this coffee card today! Make sure you head over to Amy Tsuruta's Blog to find out how you can link up your card to play along  -- check out the BIG list of sponsored prizes below: 

17 Turtles:  $15 Store Gift Card

A Muse Studio/Chris Franco:  Cup of Good Cheer stamp set

Add a Little Dazzle:  $25 Store Gift Card

Butterfly Reflections Ink:  Prima Coffee Break

Color Cast Designs:  Coffee Lovers kit

Create a Smile:  Monster Party stamp set

Hero Arts:  A Little & Today's Special stamps/Cup 'O Joe Shadow ink

Kraftin' Kimmie:  $25 Store Gift Card

Kreative Kymona:  Fancy Mug Giveaway

Latina Crafter:  Cafe Wood Veneers + $25 Store Gift Card

Neat & Tangled:  Warm Wishes stamp set

Newton's Nook:  $15 Store Gift Card

Paper Smooches:  $25  Store Gift Card

Pickled Potpourri:  $7 Store Gift Card

Poppystamps:  Tea Cup Stack Die

Reverse Confetti:  $15 Store Gift Card

Stamp Academy:  2 classes

Stampin' Up/Veronica Zalis:  $20 Store Gift Card

STAMPlorations:  $10 Store Gift Card

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store:  Coffee Cup Prize Pack

SugarPea Designs:  $20 Store Gift Card

Sweet 'n Sassy:  Pick Me Up Clear stamp & die set

The Alley Way Stamps:  Tea Par-tea stamp set

Two Paper Divas:  Your Warm My Heart stamp set

Your Next Stamp:  $20

Verve Stamps:  $25

Whole Wild World:  Coffee before Talkee mug

●●Sponsorship prizes are eligible via random draw from linked hop participants only●●

Meowy Christmas Door card by Crafty Math-Chick

Deck the halls with a kitty on your door!

Today I'm sharing an adorable Door Card by Crafty Math-Chick! She created a fun "door" shape with wood grain embossed panels and then stamped the kitty in the wreath from the Newton's Holiday Mischief stamp set to hang on the front. Isn't this such an adorable idea? I also love the little "meowy christmas" sentiment hanging from the tail of the cat with twine!

Don't forget to say hello to Crafty Math-Chick on her blog, Canines and Card Designs! 

A few days left to enter our Inky Paws challenge  - Christmas Theme!

You still have until Friday, December 12th to enter our current Inky Paws Challenge! Just create a card or project with a Christmas theme using NND products!  The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still use the digital freebies on our freebies page here.