Happy Howl-oween Card by Larissa Heskett

Happy Howl-oween!

Today Larissa is sharing a fun pair of puppies ready to trick or treat on this Halloween card!

This card features the the duo of doggies from our Happy Howl-oween Stamp Set. She stamped and colored the puppies wearing their Halloween costumes and added bits of sparkle and details with a white gel pen. Then she cut them out using the coordinating Happy Howl-oween Die Set.  

For her card she created a background for the pups to sit on by masking a straight line and ink blending two different colors, one on each side of the masked area. She added lots of black paint splatters and tiny sparkly gems to the background too. The sentiment "Happy Halloween" is from the Halloween Trio Stamp Set.  She framed the white panel with a purple scalloped edge, using the large rectangle die cut from our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

What a fun spooky Halloween greeting! To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, you can visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

Trick or Treat Bunnies Card by Samantha Mann

Trick or Treat Bunnies!

Ready for a Hoppy Halloween!?  This card by Samantha is sure get you in the mood for tricks and treats!

This adorable Halloween creation features the adorable bunnies and pumpkins from our retiring Hoppy Halloween Stamp Set. She colored this cute duo in fun neutral tones and made their pumpkins a fun pink/orange color! How fun! She also colored the extra pieces of candy from the set and colored them to match. Then she cut the images out using the coordinating Hoppy Hallowen Die Set (also retiring).

For the card she created a gorgeous fuzzy pumpkin background by using our Pumpkin Patch Stencil along with some transfer gel and then adhered the black flocking sheet to create a fun flocked background! 

Over the background she added a layer of vellum to help her images pop and then she added the bunnies and their candy. She also added a fun die cut "trick or treat" sentiment that was cut out using our Halloween Trio Die Set. 

These adorable bunnies are such a fun way to send a happy Halloween hello! 

The Hoppy Halloween Stamp Set and Hoppy Hallowen 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 Sam and see more of her amazing creations you can visit Sam over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

Halloween Inspiration Week - Day 3 - Zsofia & Samantha

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 featuring cute and spooky projects by Zsofia Molnar and Samantha VanArnhem.

 Zsofia created a fun framed art piece for Halloween! 

She created an adorable scene featuring the duo of pups from our Happy Howl-oween Stamp Set. She colored the pups in their Halloween costumes layered them in front of a landscape that was created using our Fence Die Set and Land Borders Die Set. She filled the sky with clouds using our Cloudy Sky Stencil and added a few bats using our Halloween Trio Die Set. She added the custom "Happy Halloween" sentiment using our Essential Alphabet Die Set. 

This piece is something that could be used as part of your Halloween decor every year! What a fabulous idea!

Halloween products used: Happy Howl-oween Stamp Set, Happy Howl-oween Die Set, Halloween Trio Die Set

Additional Newton's Nook Designs products used: Essential Alphabet Die Set, Fence Die Set, Cloudy Sky Stencil, Land Borders Die Set

Visit Zsofia's blog: safsafdesign to see more!

 Samantha created a fun Halloween card using jut one stamp set!

For this fun layout she stamped the gravestones from our Count Newton Stamp Set multiple times, coloring them in simple shades of grey. Then she lined them up in a fun grid pattern on her card. She also added bats into the background using a light grey ink. 

The sentiment stamped across the bottom finishes the fun and simple layout!

Halloween products used: Count Newton Stamp Set, Count Newton Die Set

Visit Samantha's blog: Sam Van Designs to see more!

Check back tomorrow for more inspiration!

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

Halloween Inspiration Week - Day 2 - Tatiana & Amanda

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 featuring cute and spooky projects by Tatiana Trafimovich and Amanda Wilcox

Tatiana created this amazing Halloween kitten card!

She used created a fun distress inked circle with fun bright purples and oranges. Then she layered the kitten peeking out of the pumpkin from our Trick or Treat Kittens Stamp Set over the top. She colored the image in fun bright colors and added additional pieces of candy around the bottom and bats from the Count Newton Stamp Set in the sky! The die cut sentiment "Trick or Treat" is from our Halloween Trio Die Set. 

For a fun finishing touch, everything has fun white paint splatters added over it too!

Halloween products used: Trick or Treat Kittens Stamp Set, Trick or Treat Kittens Die Set, Count Newton Stamp Set, Count Newton Die Set, Halloween Trio Die Set

Visit Tatiana's blog: Tatiana Trafimovich to see more!

 Amanda a set of cute little Halloween treat pockets! 

She created two little pockets to hold Halloween candy bars (to see direction ons how she folded them up, visit her blog, Twiddler's Nook today)! She used our Flying Bats Stencil and Gingham Stencil to add patterns to the treat holders. Then she colored the cute kittens from our Trick or Treat Kittens Stamp Set, adding bits of sparkle to them!

She cut out circles using our Circle Frames Die Set to cut out scalloped circles to put behind the kittens and smaller black circles to hold the sentiments. 

What a great way to make a Halloween treat special! 

Halloween products used: Trick or Treat Kittens Stamp Set, Trick or Treat Kittens Die Set, Flying Bats Stencil

Additional Newton's Nook Designs products used: Circle Frames Die Set, Gingham Stencil

Visit Amanda's blog: Twiddler's Nook to see more!

Check back tomorrow for more inspiration!

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

 

Vam-purr Card by Zsofia Molnar

Trick or Treat!

Today we are sharing a fun "vam-purr" kitty card by Zsofia that perfect for celebrating Halloween!  For this fun card she used the cute image of Newton dressed as a vampire for Halloween from our new Count Newton Stamp Set. She Colored the kitty along with his pumpkin treat bucket and some gravestones. The images were cut out using the coordinating Count Newton Die Set. 

To create her scene, she cut out a couple of panels using our Frames & Flags Die Set. For the large scallop edged panel she used patterned paper. For the smaller rounded edge rectangle she used white cardstock and then added ink blending over it to create a fun blue sky! She added some black paint splatters to the sky and some sparkly stars using our Cascading Stars Stencil.  She also added a couple of bats from the Count Newton Stamp Set and the die cute sentiment "trick or treat" from our Halloween Trio Die Set. To finish the scene she created a gray hill for the kitty to sit on along the bottom using our Land Borders Die Set. 

This fun Halloween card is both cute and spooky!

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

Trick or Treat Slimline Card by Zsofia Molnar

Trick or Treat!

Now that is is September we are getting exciting for Halloween so we are super excited to share this trick-or-treat card by Zsofia! This card is created in large slimline shape, which makes is perfect for a tall scene! Zsofia combines several adorable Halloween stamp sets on this card. Along the bottom she features the three cute Halloween friends, dressed in costumes and holding the word "boo" from our Halloween Trio Stamp Set. She colored the image in neutral tones, adding pops of orange and purple! The image was cut out using the coordinating Halloween Trio Die Set. She also added gloss effects over the purple signs and the noses!

Behind the trio, she sets the scene with layers of black grass cut out using our Land Borders Die Set and a white fence that cut out using our Fence Die Set.

Here is a close up so you can see the amazing details:



Above the trio, she uses our Clouds Stencil to create layers of purple clouds in the sky! Perfect for Halloween! The Halloween Trio Die Set also comes with a bonus "trick or treat" word die, which she used over the purple sky here.



Next, she added some bats in the sky and the friendly ghost with the "boo" in a speech bubble from our Boo Hoo Stamp Set (cut out with the coordinating Boo Hoo Die Set).



Then, to finish it off, the kitty dressed as a bat from our Batty Newton Stamp Set floats across the top of the card! This kitty was cut out using the coordinating Batty Newton Die Set. To add a bit more fun, tis kitty has the "Hoo" speech bubble from the Boo Hoo Stamp Set!


What a fun way to use the space on a larger card to create a charming scene!

We hope you enjoyed this fun Halloween card by Zsofia! You can find more of Zsofia's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

Trick or Treat Card by Nakaba Rager

Trick or Treat!!

Halloween is tomorrow! Are you ready? Today we are sharing a fun trick or treat card by Naki! For her card she created two adorable kids dressed for trick or treating using the princess from our Once Upon a Time Stamp Set and the knight from our Knights Quest Stamp Set. She was inspired by the costume choices of her kids this year who will be going as a prince and princess! She colored the images with gorgeous no-line coloring and then cut them out using the coordinating Once Upon a Time Die Set and Knights Quest Die Set. She also tucked a purple pumpkin candy holder behind the princess using the image from our Dress Up Doxies Stamp Set! What a fun idea!

To set the scene for these cuties she used the spooky house and graveyard from our Spooky Street Stamp Set. She dressed the scene up with a glittery gold moon in the sky that she added in using our Bokeh Stencil Set as a template for the circle. She also added in some die cut bats and the "trick or treat" die cut sentiment from our Halloween Trio Die Set. What a fun sweet scene with a little touch of spookiness! So perfect for Halloween!

Thank you for the fun sparkle today, Naki! If you like this project you can see more of Naki's work over on her blog, Notes from Naki. Stop by and say hello!

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!