Hi friends! This is my last Newton’s Nook post for 2025. The year sure flew by, didn’t it?!? I think so but don’t they all. I’m here today to share a fun winter themed card with you. This is typically my sentiment because we don’t get snow often where I live but I can understand those that get so much might not agree.

To create my card, I started with a piece of white paper and lots of strips of teal and blue cardstocks in varying widths. I didn’t measure any of the strips, just chopped away. I glued them down in a random order and trimmed the panel down to just smaller than the scalloped panel from the Frames & Flags die set.

Once the striped panel was complete, I took the white scalloped panel and cut three of the Snowfall snowflake shadows from it. Then I used those pieces to cut the snowflakes from them. I splattered some distress oxide spray and pearl watercolor across the panel and left it to dry.

Next I used just the sentiment die and cut Let it Snow from three colors of blue and teal cardstocks gluing them together shifted just a bit to show all the colors. Once the cover panel was dry, I added foam squares to the back and attached it to the strip panel from the beginning. Then I used liquid glue to add my snowflakes in their spots and the sentiment in the area between them.

Last, I just glued the whole panel to a white card base and my card is finished. How are you doing with your holiday card stash? Are you finished and have them mailed out or still creating until the last minute?

A small tip, as it gets closer to the holiday and I might not need as many actual Christmas cards, I try to keep the sentiments generic so that they might be used for thank you cards after the holidays as well.

Products used today:
Snowfall dies
Frames & Flags dies
Let it Snow dies
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Distress Oxide Spray – mermaid lagoon
Pearl watercolor

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It’s release day for Newton’s Nook and, therefore, Instagram Hop day as well! Before you head over and fill your carts up. Head to Instagram and hop with us for a chance to win and more inspiration too!

I created this card to share for the hop which uses the new Snowfall dies to make gingerbread cookies! I cut the shadow from brown cardstock and the snowflakes from white glitter foam! Perfect combo for almost edible looking cookies!

I inked up the Holiday Foliage stencil on green cardstock for my background and used the Circle Frames dies to create my cookie plate. I glued a piece of kraft cardstock to a card base and then added my foliage panel directly to that with liquid glue as well. The cookies are quite tall stacked up like that so I didn’t want to risk too much dimension.

I glued the cookie plate down and trimmed the excess off before adding my sentiment (from the October release) with foam squares to help it lay nicely with the cookies.

Like I said before, head to Instagram and comment on the hop for a chance to win plus so much fun inspiration! Then head to the Newton’s Nook shop to fill your carts and start crafting!

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Welcome back everyone! For day 2 of the Newton’s Nook November release reveals, we’re completing your winter wonderland for crafting! Let’s check it out!

Snow Flurries toner card fronts, Snowfall dies and Let it Snow dies

 Isn’t this a fabulous start to a winter wonderland?!? I think so! Plus I have 2 cards to share with you for inspiration today.

I had so much fun playing with all of these goodies. I know you will too! Let’s have a look at the beautiful toner card fronts first.

I foiled my panel with a teal deco foil from Thermoweb. Then splattered it with distress sprays in peacock and gold. Once those were dry, I cut the panel with the largest Framework die and inked the edges with teal ink for added interest.

I added a teal panel to a card base and popped the foiled panel up on that with foam tape. Next, I cut a holiday sentiment that released this time last year and popped it up too. Last, I finished the design off with some jute twine tied around the card front on the left side. A little rustic and a little shine – perfect combo!

Next I paired the new sentiment dies and snowflake dies with an oldie but goodie stencil called Snowfall. I started by inking a light teal panel from the top left corner out, fading for an ombre effect. Then I splattered the panel with teal ink and let it dry. Next, I spread Astro Paste through the Snowfall stencil also, fading from the top left corner down.

I cut the new snowflakes from white cardstock and vellum, using liquid glue to adhere them together. Next I cut my sentiment dies from white cardstock and teal for the shadow. This time I cut the words 4 times from white cardstock so they have height. I glued the snowflakes to the panel with liquid glue and popped the sentiment up with foam squares.

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One lucky winner will receive a $25 prize to spend at Newton’s Nook Designs online shop! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog posts featuring our new products this week. For a chance to win, leave comments on the Design Team Member Blog Posts (see list below) from Wednesday November 12 through Thursday November 13th. 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 13th at 9 pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Friday, November 14th.

Want another chance to win? We will be having an instagram hop on Friday with a second prize! Please join me on Instagram on Friday, November 14th for details! 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs
Larissa Heskett
Donna Idlet
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Farhana Sarker
Amanda Wilcox
Zsofia Molnar

Hi everyone! We’re here with a reveals for the Newton’s Nook November mini release! It’s perfectly winter to balance your Christmas goodies and carry you right into the new year! Let’s look at today’s surprises!

Snowman Postage Sampler stamps and dies AND Snow Flurries paper pad

I am smitten with these adorable snowmen and just love the color palette of the new paper pad too! Mix them together?!? Crafting fun for days!

I have 2 cards to share with you today using both of these new goodies together in totally different ways.

For this first card, I pulled out the Postage Frame dies and cut them apart into strips. I inked the inserts with teal ink and stamped some smaller images, plus a sentiment. Then I added my snowmen and glued the strips together.

I chose 2 patterns of paper from the pad and trimmed one to 5.25 x 4 inches and glued it to a white card base. Then I cut another strip about 1 x 4.25 inches and glued that down. Then I added my stamp strips with foam tape on the left. I cut the heart in the center of the Circle Frames die set from the background paper and popped it up next to those. This card was finished off with stardust Stickles on parts of the images and glossy accents on all carrot noses!

For my second card, I decided to create a fun shaker using one of the card layout dies. These are so perfect for this style of card! They make it fun and easy. I cut the frame from pink cardstock, plus trimmed acetate to the same size, adhering them together with double-sided tape. I added foam tape to the back of that and set it aside.

Next I trimmed a snowflake pattern to A2 size and glued it to a card base. I sprinkled some shaker bits onto the center, and adhered my shaker frame to that. Then I chose my snowmen to stamp and color – coordinating to the paper I chose. Last, I used one of the tag dies in the Card Layout die set to hold my sentiment.

This card is finished off the same as the first with stardust Stickles and glossy accents for all the snowmen images.

Enter to Win a $25 Prize!

One lucky winner will receive a $25 prize to spend at Newton’s Nook Designs online shop! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog posts featuring our new products this week. For a chance to win, leave comments on the Design Team Member Blog Posts (see list below) from Wednesday November 12 through Thursday November 13th. 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 13th at 9 pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Friday, November 14th.

Want another chance to win? We will be having an instagram hop on Friday with a second prize! Please join me on Instagram on Friday, November 14th for details! 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs
Larissa Heskett
Donna Idlet
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Farhana Sarker
Amanda Wilcox
Zsofia Molnar

Welcome everyone! I’m back today with more clean and simple inspiration using the new Newton’s Nook toner card fronts from Friday’s release. Saturday I showed a very mixed media-style card and today I’m sharing the other side of things with a bright and clean way to use them too.

I started by foiling the candy cane stripe design with red deco foil. Then I used the largest Frames & Tags die to cut the fun zig-zag panel out. Next, I chose a great image for my card design to stamp and color with copic markers. This one comes from Wreath Pups.

After cutting the image out with the coordinating die, I chose one of the new tags to cut and ink blend with teal before stamping my sentiment on the bottom. After all that was done, I popped the image up with foam tape and threaded ribbon through the hole, tying it up with some jute twine.

Pulling from the teal on the tag, I took a white card base and drug my teal ink pad across it for my favorite way to add textured color. I popped the foiled panel up with foam tape and splattered a little distress oxide spray across it. Foiling is rarely perfect and a little splatter distracts from imperfections.

Last, I added the tag to the card front and finished the design off with some glossy accents to the puppy noses and wreath berries and white gel pen highlights in various places as well.

Have you started holiday cards yet? I’m proud to say my stash is pretty healthy this year. Better than it’s been in a long time with just over a month to go before I even start mailing them out.

Products used:
Wreath Pups stamps and dies
Tis the Season toner card fronts
Essential Tags dies
Frames & Tags dies
Foam tape
Liquid glue
Lawn Fawn peacock ink
Blending brush
Distress Oxide Spray – cracked pistachio
Liquid glue
Glossy accents
Sakura gelly roll pen – white 10

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

Hey friends! I think I mentioned it in one of my reveal posts but Newton’s Nook released more toner card fronts but we didn’t get them in time to play for reveal week. Well, I made a point to play this week so I could share something fun with you to show how awesome they are!

I have been vibing the mixed media feels more than usual lately so that’s the route I took. I hope you like it!

This is the holly and berries toner card front from the new Tis the Season pack foiled with Emerald Watercolor Thermoweb deco foil. I use a Minc machine to foil but a regular laminator works just the same. Don’t be fooled!

After foiling, I ink blended distress oxide inks over the top in a gradient of reds – candied apple, to aged mahogany with a little fired brick in the middle. Then I layered my Reindeer stencil over the top an randomly spread texture paste through it on to the toner card front. Once that dried it gave a cool bleed through from the ink and I love it.

Once that was dry I tore the edge off one side and took my blending tool to distress the edge with brown and black inks. I didn’t add ink to the blending tools, just whatever was still on it gave enough ink. Then I distressed a strip of kraft cardstock and glued it to a white card front before popping the toner card panel up with foam tape.

Last, I die cut the new Happiest Holidays sentiment dies from black and rose gold cardstocks, gluing the layers together and popping them up on the card front with foam squares.

I know mixed media and messy things aren’t for everyone. I have grown to love them over the years and embrace joy when creating them too. I hope you found something in today’s project that you like or want to try.

Products used:
Tis the Season toner card fronts
Reindeer stencil
Happiest Holidays dies
Thermoweb deco foil – emerald watercolor
Minc machine
Texture paste
Foam tape and squares
Distress Oxide Inks – gathered twigs, black soot, aged mahogany, fired brick, candied apple
Liquid glue

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

Yay!!! We made it all week long and the Newton’s Nook release is finally available in the shop. I’m here with a quick and easy but beautiful card to round out inspiration for the week and remind you we have an Instagram Hop going on today to celebrate!

This is an all die cut card which would be perfect for mass producing but it’s so pretty with those patterned papers that I think it’s one of my favorites from the release!

I used two papers from the new Christmas Party paper pad and paired them with the Essential Tags dies and Happiest Holidays sentiment dies. Everything is adhered with liquid glue and foam tape. I finished the top off with a brown bow that I added with a foam square.

Remember to head to Instagram and hop with us for another chance to win plus tons of extra inspiration!

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We’re already to the last day of release reveals for the Newton’s Nook October release! The week has flown by and we saved the best for last! Bring on the puppies and kitties!!!

Today we reveal the Christmas Time Cats and Christmas Time Dogs stamp and die sets, along with new toner card fronts. Today I have cards to share using the new stamps but my toner card fronts didn’t get here in time so I’ll have fun inspiration using those coming very soon!

You know I love the new size of the Newton critters and these are no exception! I had a blast creating two cards to share with you today. Let’s visit the puppies first!

For this card I cut the Card Layout 2 die with green and black cardstocks. I heat embossed my sentiment on the larger rectangle and popped it all up on a piece of paper from the Christmas Party paper pad. Then I popped my puppies up with foam squares and finished the design off with some glossy accent noses and stardust Stickles on accents on each image.

The kitty design actually uses the inserts from my card on day 2 which were white! I used Distress Micah Spray to add a fabulous green sparkle to them before popping them up with foam squares on another piece of paper from the Christmas Party paper pad.

I cut a circle using a Circle Frame die, heat embossed my sentiment on the bottom and ink blended a little white pigment ink on the top. Then I splattered a little white paint and popped my kitties up with foam squares. I added that to the card front with foam tape and finished the design off with some glossy accents on parts of each image.

Enter to Win a $25 Prize!

One lucky winner will receive a $25 prize to spend at Newton’s Nook Designs online shop! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog posts featuring our new products this week. For a chance to win, leave comments on the Design Team Member Blog Posts (see list below) from Tuesday October 14 through Thursday October 16th. 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, October 16th at 9 pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Friday, October 17th.

Want another chance to win? We will be having an Instagram hop on Friday with a second prize! Please join me on Instagram on Friday, October 17th for details! 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Farhana Sarker
Amanda Wilcox

Hello again. I’m back with day 2 of release reveals for the Newton’s Nook October release. Today we have a couple of die sets to share and I made a card with each one for inspiration.

These new sets are called Merriest Christmas and Happiest Holidays. They’ll be a great addition to your holiday crafting stash. They have a beautiful script and a perfect shadow die included.

I used a couple of goodies we revealed yesterday to go with these awesome new word dies and created a Christmas and New Years card to share.

First up I used the frame from the Card Layout 5 die with some of the Christma Party paper pad to create a background for the Merriest Christmas sentiment. Then I added a few gifts using the Gift Builder set to frame the words. My sentiment is cut from white glitter foam so I just finished the design with some ribbon around the top instead my usual gloss and sparkle.

For new Happiest Holidays card, I used a stamp from the Christmas Greetings stamp set to repeat across a cream panel creating my background. Then I got messy with Ranger Astro Pastes and the Fireworks stencil to create a booming background for my sentiment. That panel is cut from the banner die in the Basic Frames set.

I tied some twine around the top and popped it up on the stamped background panel. Then I added my sentiment with liquid glue and added the whole panel to a white card base.

Enter to Win a $25 Prize!

One lucky winner will receive a $25 prize to spend at Newton’s Nook Designs online shop! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog posts featuring our new products this week. For a chance to win, leave comments on the Design Team Member Blog Posts (see list below) from Tuesday October 14 through Thursday October 16th. 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, October 16th at 9 pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Friday, October 17th.

Want another chance to win? We will be having an Instagram hop on Friday with a second prize! Please join me on Instagram on Friday, October 17th for details! 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Farhana Sarker
Amanda Wilcox