Hello everyone! I’m fortunate enough to take part in the 25 Days of Christmas Tags celebration with 3 companies this year! Head to Tracey’s post HERE to see the details of the celebration and how you can enter to win incredible prizes!

First off we’re staring with Newton’s Nook! I had so much fun creating this sweet little tag with one of my very favorite Newton’s Nook images – Penguin Pile.

To create my tag, I started by stamping and coloring the Penguin Pile image with my copics. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Next, I wanted a different shape for my tag so I pulled out the Circle Frames and cut the middle size out from green cardstock twice. I used the Snowfall stencil with some white glitter glitz gel on one green circle and let it dry. Once it was dry I glued the 2 green circles together. I pulled out one of the hole reinforcer dies from the Fancy Edges Tag set and cut it from white. I used it to punch a hole in the green circles and adhered the reinforcer with liquid glue.

I pulled out the Banner Trio dies and cut the rounded banner from white and stamped a sentiment from the Christmas Roundabout on it. Then I colored the open letters with the same colors as my penguins. The banner is adhered with liquid glue and the penguins were popped up with foam squares.

I threaded some red jute twine through the hole, glued a smaller white circle to the back so I had a place to write to and from and moved on to finishing touches.

With the background being wonderfully glittery, I just added glossy accents to the penguins and JOY on the sentiment banner.

I am having a blast making little tags again this year. Smaller area to work with and different shapes too! A change of pace is good for creative thinking.

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

Happy Halloween everyone!!!!! I just love this holiday! I look all the spooky and fall and kiddos running around dressed up. It just makes me happy! So I wanted to share a special card with you today to celebrate.

To create this awesome card, I started with the background. I used the ghosts stencil with deco foil transfer gel blanco on black cardstock. When it was dry, I sent it through my laminator with iridescent deco foil. Then I sat and played with it for a while because those ghosts are SO COOL!!!

I stamped and colored Witchy Newton with my copic markers and also made sure to stamp a couple of bats too. I cut it all out with the coordinating dies and decided on my final layout. Using the Framework dies, I cut the scalloped rectangle from the middle of my stenciled panel. I lined the outside frame with foam tape and adhered it to a white card base. Then I inserted the rectangle in the opening and glued it directly down. I cut a second rectangle from vellum and heat embossed my sentiment from the Spooky Roundabout on it. Then I used foam squares and popped Witchy Newton and the bats up. I hid some glue behind those areas and placed the vellum rectangle in its place.

The coolest thing happened when I added the vellum to the center…it mutes the light refraction from the deco foil and makes those ghosts look stark white. I had no idea this would happen but got really excited and thought it looked soooo extra cool! What do you think?

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to Newton’s nose and hat, and dots on the boot. I didn’t want to distract from the cool background but I just love adding those little touches.

I’m linking this up to the Cat Lover’s Hop. Today is the final day, so get your projects linked up if you haven’t already.

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

Hello friends! Welcome to a new week! Today marks the start of the Cat Lover’s Hop which Newton’s Nook is a sponsor of. They’ll be showcasing some fun inspiration on Friday but I wanted to jump in early with an extra card share for you.

I started my card by inking up a panel with fossilized amber, spiced marmalade, blueprint sketch, faded jeans and black soot distress inks. I spritzed it with water and blotted it dry. Then I flicked some gold watercolor on it. Next, I used the cascading stars stencil with some champagne metallix gel for my sky.

I pulled out Cosmic Newton, stamped a couple of images and colored them with my copics. I used the coordinating dies to cut them all out next. I needed to create a ground for my images so I inked up a small panel with evergreen bough and twisted citron distress ink and spritzed it with water. When it was dry, I used the land borders dies to cut a grassy top and adhered it to my stenciled panel. Using the images as a guide I stamped my sentiment on the bottom right.

With my background complete, I adhered it to a white card base and then popped my images up with foam squares. For finishing touches I added some glossy accents to the planet, shooting star and glass on the telescope and of course Newton’s nose.

This is not my typical sky color combo but it was so fun to play around and I love how it turned out. What are your favorite combos for sky colors? I’d love to hear in the comments.

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

Hello everyone! I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog today featuring a sweet fall themed slimline card. I had extra fun mixing and matching different products to create a mini scene and got inky with some stenciling too!

I started my design by laying out the images to see how many of each thing I might need to stamp out. Then I stamped and colored the images from Paw-tumn Newton and Autumn Mice and colored them with my copics. I used the coordinating dies to cut them all out and switched gears to my background.

Pulling from the colors I chose to used on the images, I cut an orange panel with the Slimline Frames & Portholes scalloped die and inked it up with the Falling Leaves stencil. I used a dark orange and faded it to a dark yellow on the stencil. Then I took a medium brown and inked the edges of the whole panel. I like the blue in the bow on my milk jug so I cut a blue panel to 3.5×8.5 inches and inked it up with a darker blue ink to deepen the color a bit. I adhered this to a card base and popped the scalloped panel up with foam tape. Then I added my images with foam squares and liquid glue.

I die cut a banner from the Banner Trio set and stamped a sentiment from the Fall Roundabout set on it. Then I die cut a flag from Flags & Frames and heat embossed another sentiment on that. I attached the 2 and adhered them to the card front with foam squares.

For finishing touches, I went with white gel pen accents on the images and a little bit of glossy accents on the acorn hats, pumpkin stems and Newton’s Nose. Then I scattered some Nuvo Glitter Drops in golden sunset across the design.

I just really love the deep, bold colors that come with fall! They are so pretty and I love falling leaves and pumpkins…pretty much everything I included on this card. ❤

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

Happy National Coffee Day! Today the Newton’s Nook Design Team is hosting a blog hop to celebrate! You can visit all the Design Team Member’s blogs and leave comments for a chance to win! You can also visit the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog today for another big blog hop and a chance to win more prizes! They will also be posting inspiration over there all week long! 

Here is what I created:

There were so many fun sets to choose from when looking for caffeinated inspiration but this Pumpkin Latte set from last year is really one of my favorites so it was a no-brainer to use it today. I stamped and colored my images and then used the coordinating dies to cut them all out. Then I stamped the Fall Roundabout on kraft cardstock and gave it some brown shading with copics before using the largest Circle Frames die to cut it out. I had some leftover textured leaves from another card so I die cut some red and golden yellow ones to add to the mix and created a “ground” for my girl to stand on.

I adhered the leaves together and used a combination of liquid glue and foam squares to attach those and my images to the Fall Roundabout circle. Then I cut a teal A2-sized panel and used the Houndstooth stencil with some teal ink. I added foam tape to the circle and popped it on the panel.

Then I used my MISTI to stamp and heat emboss my sentiment on the bottom right corner. For finishing touches, I added some glossy accents to the girl’s coat buttons and the pumpkin stems. Last of all I added a scattering of clear gems throughout the card design.

Would you like to win a $25 store credit to Newton’s Nook Designs online shop?
We will choose one lucky winner from our Hop!

Here’s how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. 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 Tuesday, October 6th at 9 p.m. EST to comment. Winners will be announced on an NND blog post on Friday, October 8th, so please check back to see if you’ve won!

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

Newton’s Nook Designs
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Andrea Shell
Tina Smith
Tatiana Trafimovich
Amy Tsuruta
Amanda Wilcox