Time Fur Presents Meow Card by Maria Russell

Kitty Stocking Card!

It's almost time "fur" presents! Today we have and adorable kitty themed holiday card by Maria that is sure to make you smile! 

This card features that cute kitty in the stocking from our Newton's Stocking Stamp Set. Maria stamped the kitty in the stocking and some extra gifts and cut them out using the coordinating Newton's Stocking Die Set. She colored the images, giving the kitty fun fur stripes and adding glitter to the hat and stocking. She also stamped the image a second time onto the red zig zag patterned paper from our Meowy Christmas Paper Pad and fussy cut out the hat and stocking, layering them over her colored image to give a fun patterned appearance.  The sentiment "Time fur presents meow!" was then embossed in white onto black paper and layered over the stocking front. 

For the card base, she used a kraft colored paper and added a the argyle pattern using our two piece Argyle Stencil Set. This two piece set is perfect for making two color patterns but for this card Maria used white on both layers, which also looks really cool! She also added some fun holly to the side of the stocking, cutting out the holly leaves using our Pines & Holly Die Set from sparkly white paper! 

Don't you just love all the different tones of white and sparkle? What a fun way to add some frosty fun to a holiday card!

To see more projects by Maria you can visit her over at her blog, Maria Russell Designs!

Christmas Magic Card by November Guest Designer Sybil Brewer

Hello again Newton’s Nook Friends!
Sybil here popping in today sharing a card that has me reminiscing about my childhood. When I saw the Holiday Home Stamp Set it brought back magical, memories of picking out the “perfect” tree, and my siblings and I decorating it in anticipation of Santa’s arrival!  I tried to convey that same magical feeling with this card.

 

 

For my slimline card I started out by adding grey ink onto the Mountains Stencil, creating two rows of mountains. I then added white, modeling paste with a palette knife to the stencil to form peaks, moving the knife about helped create a rough texture. When the paste was dry, I covered the mountains, and colored the night sky with a dark, blue ink.

Once again, I used the versatile, Mountains Stencil, lightly inking the bottom of it to make snow drifts for the rest of the card, doing this, grounds the stamped images that will be added to the scene.   

 

 

I copic colored the sweet, images from the Holiday Home Stamp Set, and popped them up with dimensional foam, and adhered them to the card. Since I planned on embossing the sentiment, I made sure all the ink on the background was completely dry, & also used a powder tool to prevent the embossing powder from sticking anywhere but to the sentiment. I finished the card by adding snowflakes to the night sky with a gel pen and adding glitter glue to the mountain peaks, the snow drifts, and here and there on the colored images. 

I hope you enjoy this card, I sure had fun making it!

Distress oxide inks used:
Hickory Smoke- mountains
Chipped Sapphire- night sky
Tumbled Glass- snow drifts

- Sybil

Snowman Spinner Card by Larissa Heskett

Snowman Spinning Holiday Joy! 

Today we are sharing and fun interactive card created by Larissa that is perfect for sending some joy this holiday season!

To create this fun card she used the adorable snow couple from our Snow Much Cheer Stamp Set. She colored them in traditional holiday colors, adding lots of sparkle to them! She also added lovely pink cheeks and a blue glows along the edges to help them pop off her card. She cut the image out using the coordinating Snow Much Cheer Die Set. She also used our Frames & Flags Die Set to cut out the peppermint striped paper from our Meowy Christmas Paper Pad to make a scallop edged frame. This coordinates perfectly with the scarves on the snow couple!

Here's a close up so you can the amazing details:

Then, to make this into a spinner card she used our Circle Frames Die Set to cut a circle shaped window on her card front. She added a teal inky glow along the edges. Then she attached the image of the snowmen between the top and bottom of the circle using fishing line so that the image can freely spin inside the circle window! How fun is that!? 

This card is definitely festive and fun!

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

Sunflower Birthday Card by Farhana Sarker

Fall Birthday Flowers!

Today we are sharing a beautiful birthday card by Farhana. This gorgeous floral card features sunflowers and leaves with fall colors that are perfect for sending to a friend who has a fall birthday!

For the flowers, she used the image of a cluster of sunflowers from our Sunflower Days Stamp Set. She colored them in shades of gold and brown with lovely bright green leaves. For her card she carefully hand cut the image out but if you don't like to fussy cut, there is a coordinating Sunflower Days Die Set available. 

For her card base she created a gorgeous background using purple and yellow inks. Over this background she added leaves using our Falling Leaves Stencil with some texture paste. This background is the perfect setting for the sunflower image!

She also added the sentiment "Happy Birthday" from the Birthday Roundabout Stamp Set. She stamped it onto a banner that was die cut using our Banner Trio Die Set. What a fun way to send a fall birthday greeting!

You can find more of Farhana's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Everyday Engineered.

Santa Paws is Coming Card by Tina Herbeck

Kitty Themed Christmas Card!

Today Tina has created a lovely kitty themed Christmas card that is purr-fect for any cat lover!

For this fun card she started with the image of the kitty peeking out of the stocking from the Newton's Stocking Stamp Set. She colored the image in traditional holiday reds and added fun fur patterns to the gray kitty! Then she stamped the "Santa Paws is coming" sentiment onto the front of the stocking! So cute! The image was cut out using the coordinating Newton's Stocking Die Set.

For her card base she layered two of the patterned papers from our new Meowy Christmas Paper Pad. In the back she used a two toned green stripe. In front of that she used our fun paw print pattern, cutting it out into a scalloped rectangle using our Frames & Flags Die Set. In the center she layered a big circle that was cut out using our Circle Frames Die Set. She added a little bit of blue the the circle center and layered that fun kitty image on top! 

In the upper left corner she added a fun shiny red bow and some branches that were die cut out using our Pines & Holly Die Set. And the final touch is the "Merry Christmas" sentiment from the Heartfelt Holidays Stamp Set. She embossed it in white onto a black banner that was cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set. What a fun and festive card! 

To see more fun cards by Tina, you can visit her blog, The Scrappin Rabbit!

Heartfelt Holidays Card and Tag Set by Zsofia Molnar

Holiday Hearts!

Zsofia has created a gorgeous card with matching tags today featuring our new Heartfelt Holidays Stamp Set. It's super fun to see how you can create coordinating projects using the same stamp set!

For all three projects she stamped and embossed the large holiday heart from the Heartfelt Holidays Stamp Set  in white onto a kraft colored cardstock. She then cut the die hearts out using the scallop edged heart die from the Heart Frames Die Set. 

For the lovely card, she die cut a red bow and some green evergreen boughs using our Pines & Holly Die Set and adhered them tot he top of the heart. Then she used our Banner Trio Die Set to cut out a red banner to hold the sentiment "Be Merry." That red banner really pops off the kraft paper! For the card base she added a soft pattern of foilage using our  Holiday Foliage Stencil and laiyered the heart on top. A bit of red and white twine adds the finishing touch. 

For her gift tags, she used the other two hearts, also adding red banners to them that were die cut using our Banner Trio Die Set. On the tags she used the "Merry Christmas" sentiment. Then She added an eyelet to create a hole to hold the red and white twine to make these into tags! So pretty!

We hope this inspires you to make some fun gift tags using your stamps this year! 

You can find more of Zsofia's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign. 

Frosty Folks Card by November Guest Designer Sybil Brewer

Today we are introducing our Guest Designer for November, Sybil Brewer! We can't wait to share what she creates for us this month! Sybil will be back each Monday for the month of November with a new project! Keep reading to find out more about her today and to check out her first project below.

Hi there, I'm Sybil, and I've been paper crafting for several years but it was the introduction to alcohol makers that my childhood love of coloring returned full force. My husband and I live in Missouri and are long time empty nesters, well almost as our golden retriever Hailey is definitely our baby! When I'm not creating cards to send to friends and family you will find me scrapbooking the hours away.

Instagram: Sybil_stephens
Blog: Color Me Happy

Hi Crafty Friends, Sybil here and I’m tickled pink to be guest designing for Newton’s Nook Designs this month! Here in Missouri where I live it’s getting down right chilly which means freezin’ season is right around the corner. With that in mind I decided to create a winter card featuring the Frosty Folks Stamp Set and Snowfall Stencil. 

First, I created the background by applying Tumbled Glass oxide ink onto Bristol Smooth cardstock with the stencil. I added washi tape to the stencil to prevent it from moving while I added the ink. Then I added Versamark ink on top of the snowflakes on the Snowfall Stencil, followed by clear embossing powder, which once melted with my heat gun, gave the snowflakes a pretty raised and glossy  effect. 

With my background done I moved onto the adorable Frosty Folks Stamp Set. I copic colored the family of snow-people making sure to use a light grey marker on the bodies to give definition and a snowy appearance. Once I finished coloring I fussy cut the image, added foam adhesive to the back and placed it and the sentiment onto the background. I added this to an A2 card base, adhered some sparkly gems to a few of the snowflakes and the card was completed.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

- Sybil