Thanks Snow Much Card by Larissa Heskett

Thanks SNOW much! 

Today we have an adorable snowy thank you card by Larissa! She used that cute Husky dog building a snowman from our Winter Woofs Stamp Set as the focus for this card. She colored the Husky and snowman using copic markers and trimmed them out using the coordinating Winter Woofs Die Set. She added a Santa hat onto the snowman using the little hat from the Ornamental Newton Stamp Set.

To build her scene, Larissa used Milled Lavender, Tumbled Glass and Cracked Pistachio Distress inks to create that gorgeous wintery background. Then she stamped snowflakes from our Fox Hollow Stamp Set and Winter Tails Stamp Set and embossed them with white embossing powder. She added some Glitter Nuvo Drops to the centers of the Snowflakes. For the snowy hill she used our Land Borders Die Set and the little banner that holds the sentiment was trimmed out with our Frames & Flags Die Set. The "Thanks snow Much" sentiment is from the Winter Tails Stamp Set.

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

Christmas Favorites Week - Day 5

We’re getting in the mood for Christmas this week and featuring some of our favorite Christmas stamp sets by Newton’s Nook Designs! Get inspired all week long with beautiful Christmas cards on on our blog each day as the NND Design Team features some of their favorite Christmas stamp sets! Plus, you can save 10% off on any stamps currently in the Christmas category (and their coordinating dies) in our shop! The new NND christmas stamps will be released later this month too, so stay tuned for more holiday fun!

Today we have Christmas inspiration from Lydia and Larissa! 

This sweet shaker card by Lydia is perfect for Christmas greeting and more! She used our sweet Fox Hollow set for the fox and colored him with the no line coloring technique! The trees in the background of the shaker and the sentiment are also from this set. 

Larissa created this adorable slider card with the pup on the sled from our Snow Day stamp set! Isn't it so cute how he's sliding across the snow hill? She added on a top hat from the Flaky Family stamp set and the sign is from the Winter Tails stamp set! The trees in the background are from the Fox Hollow and Whispering Pines stamp sets! She really used a ton of fun stamps to make this scene! 

Hope you enjoyed our Christmas Favorites Week!
We will have NEW Christmas designs arriving soon so stay tuned for more inspiration!

Hope Your Day is Filled with Surprises Card by September Guest Designer Ellen Hax

This is our second post today, to see our STAMPtember exlusive set, scroll down or click here. 

Hallo everyone! It's Ellen here with unfortunately the last guest post from me this month. It's very sad that this is already my last post, I had a lot of fun and hope you liked it too.

Today I like to share another scene card and a giveaway... This card features three different stamp sets: Raccoon Rascals, Fox Hollow and Winter Tails.

Because this is my last post and I loved being here and see all these sweet comments, I love to give this card away to one lucky winner. What do you need to do? Write a nice comment below and maybe you are the lucky winner!! The winner will be contacted and publish on my own blog next Monday.

Big thanks for Newton's Nook Designs for the opportunity to show my projects here on the blog and get these great comments a lot love from the Newton Fans. Thank you all!! Good luck and till next time!

Thanks Snow Much Card by Crafty Math Chick

Too Much Snow??!

There have been some big blizzards throughout the United States lately so I'm sure many of our readers can relate with the snowy scene on this card by Crafty Math-Chick! She used  that cute bunny up to her nose in snow from our Winter Tails stamp set. I love how she fussy cut her out and put her in front of some snowy paper! The red shovel adds the perfect pop of color on the shovel and the little bird! She used the "thanks SNOW much" sentiment for her card but there are several other sentiments in the Winter Tails stamp set too including "let it snow" and "make it stop!" So fun!

Thanks, Crafty Math-Chick for the adorable card today! To see more details and other projects, you can visit her blog, Canines & Card Designs.

Enter our Inky Paws Challenge #28
The theme is LOVE

Have you checked out our latest challenge? You have until Friday, February 5th at Midnight CST time to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project inspired by theme LOVE 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 play along - just download and use one of the digital freebies on our freebies page.

Thanks Snow Much Card by Larissa Heskett

Beautiful Winter Thank you by Larissa!

Wow! Isn't the winter scene on this card by Larissa gorgeous? Larissa combined several of our favorite stamp sets to create this beautiful thank you card! The trees in the background from our popular Whispering Pines stamp set make the perfect backdrop for that adorable bear in the car from the Winston's Home for Christmas.  Then she added on the cute little sign with the "thanks SNOW much" sentiment from our Winter Tails stamp set! This would be a perfect thank you for a special Holiday gift, don't you think?

Thanks so much Larissa for inspiring us today! Please make sure to head over to Larissa's blog, Larissa Heskett Designs to see more details about her work and say hello to her today!

From the Whole Herd Card by Larissa Heskett

The whole herd is here to say Thanks!!

Today I'm sharing this adorable card by Larissa using the new Farmyard Friends stamp set. I love how she fussy cut out all the farm animals and put them into a box that she created! This is so fun! To add even more whimsy, she stamped the "from the whole herd" sentiment  into the sign post from the Winter Tails stamp set! I love how this works together! Plus she added those  ute google eyes and all the little ears of corn! This card is just so fun!  To finish off this card, Larissa also added the little "hello friend" sentiment from the Simply Sentimental stamp set.

Thanks so much Larissa for this super fun project today! Please make sure to head over to Larissa's blog, Larissa Heskett Designs to see more of her work and say hello to her today!

Hope everyone has a great weekend! Make sure you come back to the blog Monday for SNEAK PEEKS - and next week is our new release so it's going to be an AWESOME WEEK!

TODAY is the LAST day to enter our Inky Paws challenge  #19 - Use WATERCOLOR!

There's still time! You have until Midnight CST tonight, Friday, April 10th to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project with Watercolor & NND products! The watercolor can be paints, pencils, whatever you have! 

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 play along - just download and use one of the digital freebies on our freebies page.

Inky Paws Challenge #18 - Just ONE Layer!

This month's challenge is to a Create a project using just ONE layer!

 

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? The Challenge winner will receive a $10 store credit to our online store and a Inky Paws Challenge Top Pick Badge to add to your blog! If we get more than 15 participants, we will choose two winners so be sure to tell your friends to play along! 

You have two weeks to play along. Deadline to enter is Friday, March 6th, 2015 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, March 9th.

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky? 

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item).

• Your project MUST use at least one Newton's Nook Designs stamped image (or free digital stamp - check out our Freebies page).

• Post your project to your blog or to an online photo gallery such as Flickr , Pinterest, or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC18).

• Link back to this challenge (if posting in an online gallery copy the link into the photo description). 

• Submit your project to this challenge using the InLinkz widget below. You must submit a DIRECT link to your post page.

• Have more than one great idea? You can enter more than once! Just link up each card separately. 
• TIP: Please make sure your photo in focus  - We can't pick you as a winner if we can't see your card clearly because your photo is blurry! 

Here's some inspiration!

Several of our Design Team Members decided to play along - Scroll down to see how they added hearts into their projects and then enter your project at the bottom of the post! Read the description below each card to see who made it!

This adorable one-layered scene was created by Yukari Yoshioka. She used our Newton's Daydream stamp set.

I love the fun way Samantha repeated the words over and over around the flamingos from the Flirty Flamingos stamp set! So fun!

 Danielle created this fun strawberry card using the Sweet Summer stamp set! Love the watercolor mixed with gold foil! 

This card by Jess has so much dimension you can hardly tell it's just one layer! She used the Bunny Hop stamp set and a fun sunburst technique! 

This stunning one layer card is by Kimberly!  I love the look of the gold and black on the Kraft card base. She used the  Falling into Autumn stamp set! So fun!

Lydia got some extra mileage out of some fall themed stamps for this spring card! She used the spooky tree from the Spooky Street Halloween set and the dots from the Falling into Autumn stamp set to created the fun leaves. Then she added the sentiment from the Newton's Daydream stamp set.

Here is a fun and playful one layer card is by Crafty Math-Chick! She even added fur to the koala from the Hanging Around stamp set. I also love the mint green circle she sponged around the words!

Larissa created this fun one-layer scene with lots of creative masking (although she did break the rules a bit by mounting it on another piece of cardstock -lol!)  She combined stamps from Bunny Hop, Versatile Vases, Winter Tails and Newton's Daydream.  What an adorable scene! 

Here was my try at a one-layer card. I stamped the flowers from the Love Grows stamp set and used the "heartfelt" from the Simply Sentimental stamp set. I added a bit of watercolor flicked onto it to add texture!

An InLinkz Link-up

Inky Paws Flash Challenge Winners!

Inky Paws - FLASH Challenge Winners! 

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last Inky Paws FLASH Challenge at here at the Newton's Nook Designs blog! It was SO MUCH fun checking out all the fun cards that everyone created!  

We are excited to say we had over 20 participants so we were able to pick TWO RANDOM WINNERS!  I've posted the winners cards below! We hope you can go check out their blogs and say hello!  (winners picked using Random.org)

Our first random winner is Entry #3 by Anja Curvers 
Stamps used: Newton's Curious Christmas, Winter Tails, Boo Crew

Our second random winner is Entry #17 by Indy's Designs 
Stamps used: Flaky Family, Winter Tails, Winged Wishes

Congrats to Anja and Indy! Don't forget to send us an e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $10 store credit!

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws - Day 3 - Amy Sheffer

This is our second post today - to view the Papercrafts blog hop, scroll down or click here. 

Welcome to day three of our Deck the Halls with Inky Paws week! 

Each day this week we will have a new awesome featured guest and then a BIG blog hop on Friday, December 5th (with some give-aways, of course!) So make sure you come back and visit us every day!

Today's Featured guest is Amy Sheffer

Hi all, my name is Amy Sheffer, and I’m excited to be joining Newton’s Nook Designs this week! I live in Virginia with my husband, three children, and two pets (one cat and one dog). I was introduced to scrapbooking nearly twenty years ago, and stamping and card making soon after. Paper crafting is my creative outlet and passion, and I love being part of the online community of paper crafting enthusiasts!
http://pickledpaperdesigns.blogspot.com/

Here's what Amy created!

Amy created this sweet card with the bunny buried in the snow using our cut little Winter Tails Stamp set! I love all the layers of snow and the bits of sparkle that she added! Plus - the sequins and little wooden flakes give it the perfect finishing touch! This is such a fun card! 

This next cute card, also by Amy, features our naughty Newton from Newton's Holiday Mischief, getting tangled in the christmas lights. I love how she colored the kitty with little grey stripes! Plus she added a fun tree next to him  - do you think he pulled the lights of the tree? So adorable! 

Thanks so much, Amy for being our guest today! She will be back for our Deck the Halls with Inky Paws blog hop on Friday, December 5th. Until then, you can visit her at her blog, Pickled Paper Designs to read more about her adorable projects and say hello!

Tomorrow we will have last special Guest  - Laura Bassen from Double Stick Heaven 

so make sure you take some time to come back and visit us again! 

Papercrafts & Scrapbooking Magazine Blog Hop

A Special Thank You to Papercrafts & Scrapbooking Magazine 

Hello and welcome to the blog hop today! Today's post is both a happy and sad one. I'm so happy to be joining over 200 bloggers to share our love of Papercrafts & Scrapbooking Magazine! But I'm also so sad that Papercrafts & Scrapbooking Magazine will soon be shutting it's doors. This magazine has been a source of inspiration to me for many years and it will be missed SO much! I always had a subscription - almost right from the beginning and have browsed every issue from cover to cover more than once! I want to take this chance to say THANK YOU to all the staff who helped to inspire over the years - and to all those who contributed their creations each month! It was truly a beautiful magazine and will be very much missed!

Thanks snow much!

So... to lighten the mood a bit, I'm sharing this whimsical thank you card! I used the sweet kitty buried in the snow from the Winter Tails stamp set.  I colored the kitty and added a bit of blue tint to the edges of the snow drift with copic markers. Then I fussy-cut out the image along the top edge and layered it on top of a piece of patterned paper that had snowflakes on it from my scrap pile. I then stamped the sign with the "thanks snow much" sentiment inside it on a separate piece of paper and colored it with copics. I fussy-cut this out and added it on with some dimensional dots so it pops out from the first layer. I added some little sequins for a sparkle among the snowflakes and I added some glitter along the edge of the snow. For the base layer of the card I used a piece of subtly patterned brown paper and some fun blue and white metallic striped washi tape! 

I hope that if you're feeling down about Papercrafts and Scrapbooking closing that this card helped make you smile a little today! I know that the spirit of the magazine and all the creativity inspired by it will surely live on! 

If you started at the beginning of the hop - you've got just a few stops left - if not, you can always go back to the first post  - it starts at Jennifer McGuire's blog. Make sure you've got some coffee - and sit back and relax while you page through all the inspiration. 

<----Previous Stop: Francine Vuillème

Next Stop: Alicia Thelin ----> 

Snowman Ornament by Guest Designer Donna Mikasa

Hello and Happy Monday!

Today I get to share this adorable project by our special Guest Designer for November - Donna Mikasa. This cutie was created using the cute little snowman pieces and sign from our new Winter Tails Stamp set. I love the idea of a cute ornament filled with snow! This would be a fun gift too! For details on how she made this and to see more of her creative projects, please go over and visit Donna at her blog, three umbrellas!

Thanks so much, Donna for being our guest - We loved having you! 

New Inky Paws challenge -
Christmas Theme!

Our newest challenge just started up so make sure you head over and check it out! All you need to do is 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.

Plus  - since we're all busy with the upcoming holiday weekend, we're giving you THREE WEEKS to play along instead of the usual two! You have until Friday, December 12th to enter. Tell your friends to play along - let's see how many entries we can get! 

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