Newton’s Nook Designs Holiday Release and Giveaway – Day 1 – Snow Much Cheer & Newton’s Stocking

Hello and welcome to Day 1 of the Newton’s Nook Holiday release! I’m so excited you’ve joined me today and can’t wait to share with you all the stunning new holiday and winter themed products!

All the new Holiday products will be available for purchase on Friday, October 15th at Newton’s Nook Designs online store and other craft retailers!

I’m so happy and excited to get into the Holiday spirit this week and to bright you some inspiration for your Christmas cards, starting with the most adorable Snow Much Cheer Stamp and Newton’s Stocking Stamp sets! Please note that both come with the coordinating Snow Much Cheer Die and Newton’s Stocking Die sets. And more… I cannot express how much I’m thrilled about NND new product line and feel myself lucky to get my hands on wonderful Meowy Christmas Paper Pad filled with many holiday patterns and designs!

Giveaway alert!! NND is giving away new Snow Much Cheer and Newton’s Stoking stamp sets to lucky winners so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

On my stop of this hop you will find a clean and simple watercolor card featuring the most wonderful snowmen in non traditional pink and mint green colors arranged against a sparkling snowflakes! Since I ran out of a glitter white embossing paste, I created my own by using a plain white one with a clear sparkling embossing powder that was poured on the wet embossing paste and then, once dried, heat set with a heat gun. My second card that features the most adorable kitty and stunning new pattern paper, was created with a paper piecing technique! I used the pattern papers from the pad to add fun patterns instead of doing the coloring on the stocking and the kitty’s hat!

Key Ingredients:

• Snow Much Cheer Stamp Set
• Snow Much Cheer Die Set
• Land Borders Die Set
• Snowfall Stencil

Step By Step Instructions:

• Die cut from Strathmore Bristol paper all the elements you need for your card, using the coordinating Snow Much Cheer Die Set. I used on this project Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting machine. Save the negative parts of the dies.
• Stamp the outline illustrations from Snow Much Cheer Stamp Set with VersaFine Onyx Black pigment ink. Use the negative parts of the dies as a guide for a perfect alignment inside the stamping positioning tool.
• Color all the elements with water based markers, making the blending with a small water brush. I used:
  • TOMBOW DUAL BRUSH MARKERS
  • N25; 296; 346; 835; 847; 946; 992
  • ZIG CLEAN COLOR REAL BRUSH MARKERS
  • n.94 Gray Brown
• Trim and score an extended A2 size card base (5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″) from Neenah Solar White paper.
• Die cut from the same Neenah Solar White paper an additional panel with a curvy edge by using Land Borders Die Set.
• Stamp the sentiment on it with the same VersaFine Onyx Black pigment ink for a perfect match with the colored stamps.
• Trim a light pink cardstock for the background, tape well Snowfall Stencil on top with a low tack tape and apply a white embossing paste all across.
• Lift up the stencil and pour a clear sparkling embossing powder all over. Shake off the excess and let the embossing paste air dry.
• Once the embossing paste is dried, melt and heat set the embossing power with a heat gun.
• Arrange all the elements on the card front and glue them in place by popping some on a foam tape for fun dimensional look.
• Finish with a couple of highlights added with a white gel pen and some clear sparkling sequins.

Key Ingredients:

• Newton’s Stocking Stamp Set
• Newton’s Stocking Die Set
• Sky Borders Die Set
• Frames Squared Die Set
• Frames & Flags Die Set
• Meowy Christmas Paper Pad

Step By Step Instructions:

• Die cut from Neenah Solar White paper the stocking, using the coordinating Newton’s Stocking Die Set. I used on this project Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting machine. Save the negative part of the die.
• Stamp the outline illustration from Newton’s Stocking Stamp Set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Use the negative part of the die as a guide for a perfect alignment inside the stamping positioning tool.
• Stamp again the stocking and the hat on the pattern paper from Meowy Christmas Paper Pad and fussy cut both elements with the sharp small scissors right against the stamp lines.
• Color from the back side the edges of the die cut elements with a black brush tip marker to hide any imperfection due to the fussy cutting.
• Color the kitty with COPIC MARKERS. I used on this card:
  • cat W00-T0-T1-T3-T5 & R00-R11-R12
  • stocking C00-C1-C3
• Trim and score an extended A2 size card base (5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″) from Neenah Solar White paper.
• Trim a 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ background piece from Meowy Christmas Paper Pad.
• Die cut a scalloped stripe from Meowy Christmas Paper Pad, using Sky Borders Die Set.
• Die cut from Neenah Solar White paper a stitched rectangle, using Frames & Flags Die Set.
• Heat emboss in white onto black the sentiment from Newton’s Stocking Stamp Set with VersaMark Clear Embossing Ink. Don’t forget to prep the cardstock with a Powder Tool Applicator to prevent the embossing powder to stick where you don’t want it!
• Frame the sentiment inside the stitched circle, using Frames Squared Die Set.
• Arrange all the elements on the card front, tie a red twine and glue them in place by popping some on a foam tape for fun dimensional look.
• Finish with a couple of highlights added with a white gel pen.

Would you like to win the “Snow Much Cheer” or the “Newton’s Stocking”  Stamp Set? We will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!

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 Thursday October 14th at 9pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 15th. 

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

Newton’s Nook Designs
Ellen Haxelmans
Tina Herbeck
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Maria Russell
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich <– you’re here
Samantha VanArnhem
Amanda Wilcox

That’s all for today! Hope you like today’s cute Holiday cards! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fabulous day!
Hugs,
Tatiana