Evergreens Christmas Card Trio by November Guest Designer Sybil Brewer

 

 

Hello there everyone! It’s been a real pleasure and delight to be a guest designer this month, so that means today I will be sharing my final projects for the blog.

Christmas cards are great to make multiples of and give as gifts, with envelopes and stamps included. Today I’m sharing 3 easy to make cards, using the same products on each one but changing the color combinations.  I start with the beautiful Evergreens Stencil. I ensure it won’t shift while I work by taping it onto my paper with washi.  I chose 4 or 5 different inks within the same color family, and beginning with the first tree, I apply the darkest ink, continuing my way down to the lightest color on the last tree. I didn’t mind if there was any overlapping of colors, as it just added to the beauty of the trees. 

 

When the inking was finished, I added glitter glue to the center tree, and once that was dry I removed my stencil, and washed and dried it well. I repeated this whole process 2 more times with my other color combos.

Next I cut 3 vellum strips and white embossed my sentiments and snowflakes onto each one. I taped the vellum onto the back of my card panel, then adhered the panel to a coordinating card mat and then onto my card base. I finished off each card by adding some pretty sequins, and now they are ready to give individually or as a gift set. The sentiments I used on my cards are from the Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set & Holiday Home Stamp Set. They were perfect for these holiday cards.

Thank you all for visiting with me today, and I wish each one of you the happiest of holidays!
 - Sybil

Small Business Saturday Thank You!

Thank You from Jen & Jeff!

It's Small Business Saturday today and although I don't have a card to share today, I wanted to stop in quick and say THANK YOU for helping our small business by being such amazing fans and customers! As you probably know, our business is run by just Jeff and I and we do every step of the business from designing the products to packing and shipping each individual order! It can be a lot of work but we are so happy to be here and working for ourselves, especially with everything happening in the world right now! We know it's been a tough year for everyone and your support of our small business during it all means so much to us! We can't thank you enough for your ongoing support! 

As a gesture of thanks, we are offering 20% off ALL ORDERS this weekend! You can shop at newtonsnookdesigns.com and use code THANKFUL. It's a great time to get a few goodies and fill your friends' stockings with cute stamps, dies, stencils and our two new paper pads! Don't forget to pick up some favorites for yourself too!

Thank you so much and enjoy shopping! We will be back with new holiday inspiration next week with our "Deck the Halls with Inky Paws" Week! 

See you then! 

Don't miss our BLACK FRIDAY SALE!

Don't Miss our BLACK FRIDAY sale!

 Check out the BIG SALE today in our shop! It's our BIGGEST sale of the year! Head over to newtonsnookdesigns.com to grab your favorites & pick up some gifts too!

Need some holiday inspiration? 

Here are three project ideas by our Design Team to get those creative juices flowing! 

Are you giving books as gifts this year? 

Try adding a custom created bookmark to make the gift extra special!

Created by Samantha using using the new All Booked Up Stamp Set, Bookmark Die Set and Coffee House Stories Paper Pad. 

Dress up your holiday gift wrapping by creating custom tags! 

Created by Maria using using the new Newton Loves Coffee Stamp Set, Fancy Edge Tag Die Set and Coffee House Stories Paper Pad. 

Do you have a coffee lover on your list? 

Try creating a custom set of handmade cards as a gift.  

Created by Farhana using using the new Time for Coffee Stamp Set, Circle Frames Die Set and Coffee House Stories Paper Pad. 

Hope these projects have sparked some ideas for you! 

Don't forget to head over to newtonsnookdesigns.com today to save 25% off with code 25FRIDAY! 

Happy Thanksgiving + Black Friday Sale!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope everyone is having a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday! We want to take a moment today to thank YOU, all of our AMAZING customers and fans! We are hope you are spending our day today filling up on turkey and relaxing! If you are at home doing a little online shopping, make sure to scroll down to the end of this post for details on our Black Friday Sale!

Today I have created a Thank You card featuring our BRAND NEW Coffee House Stories Paper Pad. I am having so much fun creating with the patterns from this new paper pad! Today I chose two coffee themed patterns to make a fun background for my card. I trimmed the two papers to fit inside the large scalloped frame from our Frames & Flags Die Set. I added a ribbon to separate the two paper designs. 

Then I stamped the cute kitty in a mug from our Newton's Mug Stamp Set with waterproof ink. This stamp set includes several sentiments that fit on the mug front. For this card I chose the sentiment "A Big Cup of Thanks."Then I used watercolor markers and cut out the image, giving him gray fur and stripes so that he looks a little like my own gray kitty! I cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's Mug Die Set. I also layered two circles behind the kitty image, cutting them from white paper and vellum using our Circle Frames Die Set. 

I hope you enjoyed this card today! If you're here to find out about our sale this weekend, that's up next!

BLACK FRIDAY sale starts today!

Yep. We know it's only Thursday, but we are staring our Black Friday sale a day early!? It's our BIGGEST sale of the year so head over to newtonsnookdesigns.com to grab your favorites at our best prices & don't forget to pick up some gifts too!

Peace and Joy Card by Samantha VanArnhem

Peace & Joy!

Today Samantha has created a gorgeous holiday card, perfect for celebrating traditions of the season! For this card she featured the image of the two kids pulling home a Christmas tree from our Holiday Home Stamp Set. She colored the image in gorgeous, using mostly neutrals with pops of red and blue. The image was cut out using the coordinating Holiday Home Die Set. 

For her card, she started with a white card base and cut a circle out of it using our Circle Frames Die Set. Behind the circle she created a scene of snowdrifts using our Land Borders Die Set. She used ink blending for the gorgeous sky and tucked in the cluster of trees along the skyline that were stamped using our Holiday Home Stamp Set. What a fun way to create a focal point on your card! 

Last, she stamped the large sentiment, also from the Holiday Home Stamp Set onto the lower right corner, using two tones of blue ink. This is the perfect finishing touch for this holiday scene! 

Thanks, Sam, for the inspiration today! To say hello to her and see more of her beautiful creations you can visit Samantha over on her blog, Sam Van Designs!

 

Season's Greetings Card by Farhana Sarker

Season's Greetings!

Today we are sharing a beautiful floral holiday card by Farhana featuring our Poinsettia Blooms Stamp Set. 

She started by stamping two clusters of poinsettias using our Poinsettia Blooms Stamp Set and colored them in lovely tones of red and green. For her card she carefully hand cut the images out but if you don't like to fussy cut, there is a coordinating Poinsettia Blooms Die Set available. She also added little gold gem embellishments around the flower leaves. 

For her card, she used our Holiday Foliage Stencil to dry emboss a subtle texture onto a white cardstock base. What a pretty effect! 

Then she layered the floral images over the  embossed panel, adhering them on each side of a stitched circle that was cut out using our Circle Frames Die Set. In the center of the circle she added the "season's greetings" sentiment from the Poinsettia Blooms Stamp Set, embossed in gold 

We hope you enjoyed this lovely Holiday card today! 

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

 

 

 

Snow Globe Scenes Card & Shaker Ornament by November Guest Designer Sybil Brewer

Hello again, Sybil here sharing a card & shaker ornament set that was such fun to make! I copic colored the images from the Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set and used the coordinating Snow Globe Scenes Die Set as well.

For the card I used an oval stencil and blended oxide inks for the night sky and the snowy, bottom portion of the oval. I then embossed the snowflakes, added stars with a white gel pen and stamped the Merry Christmas sentiment. After adding the stamped images and a few gems to the snowflakes, the card was finished once the scene was adhered to a blue card base.

For the shaker ornament I used the same Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set and color combos as I did for the card. Using the Snow Globe Shaker Die Set, I cut the outline of the globe several times, gluing each layer together until I had the desired thickness for the shaker bits to move about freely, then I attached it to a layer of acetate to create the window.  I prefer this method rather than die cutting foam which can easily get misshapen in the process. After adding a wintry sequin mix, I used a strong glue to attach the scene portion of the globe. I cut out the base twice and put foam in the center of the two pieces so when attached to the globe it would have the same dimension. I attached sequin trim to the back of the globe so it can be hung as a tree ornament or attached to a package. 

Thank you so much for joining me this week!

-Sybil