Newton’s Nook – Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop

Hey crafty friends! It’s time, once again, for the Newton’s Nook Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Hop. I hope you have enjoyed inspiration from guest designers on the Newton’s Nook blog all week. Now, today we come together with a bundle of holiday inspiration and a hop with prizes up for grabs!

For my card, I started by stamping and coloring the adorable Dairy Christmas images, plus a couple of extra holly bits. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and set them aside to start cutting all the layers to my slimline scene.

I started with the main die in the Slimline Frames & Portholes die set, cutting it from blue sparkle and white cardstock. Then I used one of the land borders dies to cut my different snow drifts. I inked up the edges with a light teal ink to help define one from the other.

After layering things together I wanted to fill my scene a little more so I cut some trees from the Forest Scene Builder dies, plus a bird, and the fence die too. I used copics to add depth and dimension to them all and started layering things together.

I used liquid glue for all my layers but popped my critters up with foam tape. Once I got to this point, I decided to add my sentiment to the bottom of the scene instead of the sky. I thought it fit better but didn’t really want the bold of black ink so I used gray to soften it a bit. Then I glued my holly bits in place to decorate things a little more

With the slimline panel all put together, I popped it up on a 3.5×8.5 inch piece of brown cardstock and adhered that to a slimline card base.

For finishing touches, I added white gel pen highlights to a few areas and black glaze pen to the critter’s eyes. I added glossy accents to the holly berries and tree on the cow’s blanket. Aren’t they soooooo cute?!? I love this pile!

Products used today:
Dairy Christmas stamps and dies
Fence die
Slimline Frames & Portholes dies
Land Borders dies
Forest Scene Builder dies
Foam tape and squares
Glossy accents

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Enter to Win! Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Hop Prizes!
We will be choosing two lucky winners to win a $25 store credit for Newton’s Nook Designs online shop! To enter, just leave comments on the Design Team Member and Guest blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the blog hop. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Sunday, December 11th at 9 pm EST to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, December 12th.

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop List:

Newton’s Nook Designs
Jennifer Timko
Jenn Shurkus
Jennifer Ingle
Amy Tsuruta
Donna Idlet
Ellen Haxelmans
Tina Herbeck
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Maria Russell
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich
Amanda Wilcox