Blog

Newton’s Nook – Product Highlight Scandi Christmas

Hello everyone. I’m back with another product highlight from the Newton’s Nook Holiday Release. Today it’s a stamp and die set called Scandi Christmas and it’s gorgeous!

I ended up heat embossing the images for both of my cards today but I think they’ll be gorgeous stamped in colored ink as well.

For this card, I inked up a panel with the Snowfall stencil using blue inks and then went over the whole think with a lighter layer of blue. I used the arch die from the Labels hot foil and die set to cut four windows.

I stamped and heat embossed my images and sentiment and then added everything to my card front with foam squares.

While creating this first card, the idea for the second one popped in my head so I had to keep going.

For this card, I cut a piece of white cardstock down to fit the line image in the Scandi Christmas stamp set and repeat stamped it in different green inks. I used my MISTI and just shifted my paper a 1/2 inch for each line. To keep the ratio of the paper in line with my card front, it gave a little gap at the top which I covered up with Pines & Holly die cuts.

I stamped and heat embossed my image on kraft cardstock and inked the edge with brown ink for a “frosted cookie” look. I stamped my sentiment at the bottom of the panel and added the tree with foam squares.

To get my green card base, I used the darkest ink pad from my background and drug it across the edges. If you’ve never done this before it seems scary but it’s not, I promise. Try it with a scrap first. It’s a simple way to get perfectly matching cardstock to your colored stamping.

Products used today:
Scandi Christmas stamps and dies
Label hot foil plates and dies
Snowfall stencil
Pines & Holly dies
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn dye inks
Foam tape and squares
Magic anti-static brush
Embossing powder – frosting and licorice
Embossing and watermark ink

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook – Product Highlight Dog and Cat Christmas Trees

Today we’re finally diving in to the sweetest cats and dogs you’ve ever seen! I absolutely adore these new sets and had a blast creating these projects with them. Today I’ve got a gift tag and card to share with you.

These images are large and totally fill up a card but that made me realize they would be cool on their own too. So I tried it out.

I colored my Dog Christmas Tree, plus a couple of the small supporting images with copic markers. I cut everything out with coordinating dies and used liquid glue to add the bone and gift to the “tree.” Then I cut a second shape from white cardstock.

I scored it a ways down, nothing specific, and used liquid glue to adhere the two layers on that top part only. Then I stamped a sentiment on the inside, punch a hole through the star and threaded it with twine.

I couldn’t help myself so I did go through and add glossy accents to all the Christmas lights and puppy noses. Aren’t they so stinking cute?!?! I love them!

With my kitties, I kept it very simple and just added light gray shading and dot detail to them. Then keeping to a simple color palette, I used the same R20s line of copic markers to color everything from the noses and ears to the lights and gifts. I used the coordinating dies to cut them all out too.

I used the Light Strings stencil on my background panel, letting the ink blending fade out on the edges. The panel is die cut with the largest Frames & Flags die, then I stamped my sentiment at the bottom and popped my images up with foam squares. I added glossy accents to all the things on this card as well.

These sentiments are too fun and perfect, that I also stamped one on the inside of this card for added fun.

Don’t forget to come back tomorrow for more inspiration with the new Newton’s Nook Holiday Release!

Products used today:
Dog Christmas Tree stamps and dies
Cat Christmas Tree stamps and dies
Frames & Flags dies
Light Strings stencil
Blending brushes
Foam tape
Glossy accents
Liquid glue

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook – Happy Halloween with Hot Foiling

Happy Halloween everyone! I love this holiday so much that I wanted to be sure and pop in with a card to share celebrating the occasion! Today I’ve got hot foiling fun from Newton’s Nook.

It is a fairly simple card, focusing on hot foiling for sure. The jar, label and sentiment are all using different Spellbinders hot foils. The fun plates and dies are all from Newton’s Nook.

I chose a piece of patterned paper from the Newton’s Nook Halloween Time paper pad and cut it with the largest Framework die. I popped it up with foam tape on a white card base. Then I popped the sentiment banner and jar up with foam squares on that.

I inked the edge of my jar label with black soot distress ink before gluing it down with liquid glue. I feel like that dingy feeling adds a bit of spooky to the jar.

Be safe and have so much fun out there today and tonight!!!

Products used:
Halloween Time paper pad
Framework dies
Jar hot foil plate and die
Banner Duo dies
Spooky Sentiments hot foil plates
Labels hot foil plates and dies
Halloween Apothecary stamps
Spellbinders hot foil
Spellbinders Glimmer machine
Foam tape
Liquid glue

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook – Product Highlight Hot Foil Plates and Holiday Elements

Welcome back everyone. The Newton’s Nook Holiday Release is available for purchase as of yesterday but for the next few days we’re highlighting the new products and sharing fun inspiration with them.

Today we have the Holiday Elements stamp set and a collection of new hot foil plates. I created a card using some of both that I wanted to share with you.

I started by card by foiling the new Holiday Foliage hot foil plate on a piece of white cardstock. Then I ink blended the panel with distress oxide inks in rustic wilderness, mowed lawn and twisted citron and spritzed it with water. I blotted it dry and set it aside.

Next, I foiled a silver label and used the coordinating die to cut it out. I stamped the sweet tree from Holiday Elements in green ink to coordinate. I cut 2 – 1/2″ strips of black cardstock and glued 1/4″ strips of white cardstock on those. Then I lined the center of that with 1/8″ tear tape. I removed the backing paper and pressed foil into the adhesive. This gives a textured foiling, not smooth like the hot foil plates. It’s fun and different; also a great way to use scrap pieces of foil.

Before assembling my card pieces, I used a dry cloth to rub any ink off my foiling so that red really shines through. Then I glued the panel to a white card base and added my strips and sentiment label with foam squares and strips.

We’ll be back tomorrow with more inspiration featuring more of the Newton’s Nook Holiday Release!

Products used:
Holiday Foliage hot foil plate
Labels hot foil plate and die
Holiday Elements stamps
Glimmer Hot Foil Machine
Glimmer hot foil – red and silver
Foam tape and squares
Tear tape – 1/8″
Distress Oxide Ink – rustic wilderness, mowed lawn and twisted citron

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook Holiday Release Blog Hop

The Newton’s Nook Design Team is hopping along today with inspiration using our BRAND NEW holiday products! Make sure you scroll down to the bottom of this post to see the whole list and hop along and comment for a chance to win!

I’m sharing a fun card today using the new Holiday Elements stamp set, paired with previously release hot foil plates and other goodies! The Holiday Elements stamps fit perfectly inside any of the Labels Hot Foil plates and dies combo. Today I foiled in green and red, ink blending to coordinate with my foil. Then used liquid glue to assemble all my elements.

I ink blended the Reindeer stencil on a piece of kraft cardstock and then cut it out with the largest Frames & Flags die before inking up the edges for some depth. Then I pulled out the Pines & Holly dies and created a wintery “bouquet” for my jar. After that I tied twine around the neck of the jar for some rustic texture.

I popped the stenciled panel up on a white card base with foam tape and then did the same with my jar.

Be sure to check out the Newton’s Nook shop to see everything included in this amazing holiday release! There’s even a sale to help you out!

Enter to Win a $25 Prize!

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 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 Thursday, November 2nd at 9 pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Saturday, November 4th.

BLOG HOP LIST

 
 
 

Doodlebugs – Gift Card Holders for the Holidays

Hey there everyone! We’re gearing up for gift giving with this week’s Mix it up Monday. As our family has gotten older we give more gift cards for the holidays than we used to. It’s fun to make them a little extra by putting them in something fun and cute instead of those sleeves they all come with.

Today I’ve got a pair of adorable gift card holders using the awesome Pretty Pink Posh Gift Card Bag dies and some Mama Elephant images and sentiment banners. I can’t wait to see these hanging on our Christmas tree!

I cut two sets of gift card bags – one from white cardstock and the other from teal. Then I ink blended both using the Pretty Pink Posh Trellis stencil and Lawn Fawn dye inks – deep sea and peacock. I used a tear tape to adhere the front and back of the bags together. Now let’s decorate them!

I started with this wintery version using the sweet bunny and mug from Mama Elephant Holiday Huggers. I chose to color the peppermint stick like a cinnamon stick and his hat blue to keep with the winter/hot cocoa vibe instead of Christmas.

I popped him up with a Mama Elephant Banner Greeting using foam squares and strips. Then I used black glaze pen on the bunny’s eyes and glossy accents on his nose and hat.

But I couldn’t make only generic ones. These reindeer from Mama Elephant Holly’s Reindeer are irresistible and I was so excited to color this cutie and his gifts. I followed the same design and popped him up with another banner sentiment but this time I went with silver instead of gold.

On this one I used the black glaze pen on the reindeer’s eyes and nose, then glossy accents on the package bows. I also created little inserts that are perfect to tape gift cards to and write a message on as well.

I know some people have strong feelings about gift cards versus gifts for the holidays, what side are you on?

Products used:
Mama Elephant Holly’s Reindeer stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Holiday Huggers stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Banner Greetings dies
Pretty Pink Posh Gift Card Bag dies
Pretty Pink Posh Trellis stencil
Lawn Fawn ink – deep sea and peacock
Sakura black glaze pen
Tear tape
Foam squares
Glossy accents

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Pink & Main – Shaker Tags for Christmas

Hi friends! If you’ve been around for a minute, you know that I absolutely love making tags for any occasion I can make an excuse for. I love gift giving and adding a tag I made gives me all the feels! It’s so fun and a different size and shape canvas to create on. So today, I have a couple of fun Pink & Main shaker tags to get the holiday crafting really going for me.

I pulled out my favorite snowmen from Snow Sweet and colored them to coordinate with a couple of the plaid papers in the new Merry and Bright paper pad. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Then I pulled out two tag die sets – Fancy Tag and Shaker Tag dies. I used the banner from the Fancy Tags to add my sentiments and the new Shaker Tag dies to create my tags and shaker bits to go with my glitter.

I EZ Tear Tape to add my acetate to the shaker window and foam strips to adhere the layers together. My shaker filler is super fine glitter plus circles and hearts die cut using the dies this set comes with.

I popped up my snowmen and sentiment strips with foam squares and tied ribbon through the holes in the tag. For finishing touches I added Touch of Gloss to parts of the snowmen like noses, buttons, scarves and hats.

A fun part of using this paper pad for your tag pieces is that the paper is that they are double-sided so all sides of your tags are cute!

Products used:
Snow Sweet Set 2 stamps and dies
Shaker Tag dies
Fancy Tag dies
Super Fine Glitter – ocean wave and raspberry
Foam squares and strips
Touch of Gloss
EZ Tear Tape – 1/8 inch
Merry and Bright paper pad

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Doodlebugs – Make It Merry Die Cut Card with Ink Blending

Hey friends! Mix it up Monday is back with ink blending and die cutting. Inlay and assembling amazing creations! Let’s make it merry and get started.

Today, I’m using a Mama Elephant sentiment and frame to show off the gorgeous Spellbinders foliage and sweet bird. I used distress oxide inks to color all my cardstock for a textural variegated look which I love!!!

First I inked up a couple pieces of cardstock with aged mahogany and barn door, twisted citron and mowed lawn, and salty ocean and faded jeans. Then I used the Spellbinders Christmas Bird Poinsettia dies to cut all the elements out and liquid glue to assemble them. I unintentionally made the center of my poinsettia dark red so to remedy that I watercolored it gold and then splattered my whole arrangement for some sparkle and interest.

Next, I inked up a second panel with the same red inks and die cut the Mama Elephant Sweet Shoppe Frame from that and white cardstock. I adhered the white frame to a piece of black cardstock and inlayed all the red pieces with liquid glue. Totally I a labor of love because look at how it turned out! So good!

I added my foliage and bird with foam squares. Then for a sentiment I stamped and heat embossed Make it Merry from Mama Elephant’s Make It Merry set and used the coordinating die to cut it out. It’s also popped up with foam squares.

Products used:
Mama Elephant Sweet Shoppe Frame dies
Mama Elephant Make It Merry stamps and dies
Spellbinders Christmas Bird Poinsettia dies
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Watercolor – gold
Distress Oxide Ink – aged mahogany, twisted citron, mowed lawn, salty ocean, faded jeans
Embossing powder – white
Anti-static brush
Versamark ink
Foam squares

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers – Falling for the Holidays Hop

Hello friends! I’m happy to be hopping along with the BYSHC group this round, along with sponsoring a prize for the linky party. Be sure to head to the Twiddler’s Nook shop and check out our fun embellishments for Christmas, and all year through, along with our selection of crafty tools to make your life easier while creating.

Click HERE to get to the Twiddler’s Nook shop and see what we have to offer.

Happy crafting and thank you for stopping by!

Miss Ink Stamps – Death Before Decaf

Happy Thursday everyone! I’m popping in with a couple cards featuring a new set from Miss Ink Stamps called Death Before Decaf. It’s absolutely fantastic and so much fun to create with! The images are amazing and the sentiments will have you laughing so hard. I had a really hard time choosing for my first cards because they’re all so good.

I started by coloring both images in the set and used my scan-n-cut to cut them both out. Then I switched gears to figuring out backgrounds. Thumbing through my stencils, I remembered the Cuppa Joe To Go layering stencil set and just had to use it with that matching image.

I started with the stencil layer that has the actual “cup” portion and spread Thermoweb Transfer Gel Blanco through it. Once it was dry I ran it through my mini Minc with Thermoweb Snow Day transfer foil. It gives an awesome slick white shine. Then I went with the second layer and small blending brushes to add the cup sleeves and lids on.

I glued the panel to a card base and popped the frame up with foam tape from the Modern Typeset dies. Then I added my image with foam squares, sliding the edge of the arm under the frame. I cut my sentiment out with smallest die in the Tags die set and popped it up with foam squares after threading some jute twine through the hole.

I continued my messy crafting for the second background by inking a white panel with distress oxide ink in black soot and pumice stone. I spritzed it with water and blotted it dry. Then I flicked black paint and pearl watercolor all over it too.

I pulled the green from the coffee mug and inked the edge of my card base before popping the other panel up with foam tape. I believe that was rustic wilderness distress oxide ink. (I forgot to write it down.)

I cut a black frame from the Oh Happy Day die set and popped it up with foam strips and then added my image and sentiment banner the same way. It’s like the skeleton is leaning on the coffee counter window chatting with his buds and it totally cracks me up!

Products used today:
Death Before Decaf stamps
Oh Happy Day dies
Modern Typeset dies
Tags dies
Distress Oxide Ink – black soot, pumice stone, rustic wilderness
Mini Minc Machine
Thermoweb transfer gel blanco
Thermoweb Deco Foil transfer sheets – snow day
Stencil pal
Foam tape, strips and squares
LH Colors watercolor – pearl
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn Extra Sentiment Banner dies

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!