Newton’s Nook Designs Holiday Release and Giveaway – Day 2 – Holiday Home & Christmas Cactus

Hello and welcome to Day 2 of the Newton’s Nook Holiday release! Thanks so much for joining me today! I 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!

The second day of the holiday reveal has reserved us another two gorgeous Holiday Home Stamp and Christmas Cactus Stamp sets each so wonderfully beautiful and unique! Please note that both come with the coordinating Holiday Home Die and Christmas Cactus Die sets.

Giveaway alert!! NND is giving away new Holiday Home and Christmas Cactus 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 non traditional red holiday sky paired with a simple watercoloring on a peaceful winter scene and a fully striped background softened with a vellum circle! Both amazing patterns come from fabulous new Meowy Christmas Paper Pad that I keep using over and over again during the release week.

Key Ingredients:

• Holiday Home Stamp Set
• Holiday Home Die Set
• Land Borders Die Set
• Meowy Christmas Paper Pad

Step By Step Instructions:

• Die cut from Strathmore Bristol paper all the elements you need for your card, using the coordinating Holiday Home 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 Holiday Home 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
  • 845; 847; 885; 992;
  • ZIG CLEAN COLOR REAL BRUSH MARKERS
  • n.41 Light Green
  • n.43 Olive Green
  • n.45 Pale Green
  • n.46 Mid Green
  • n.96 Mid Gray
• 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 two additional panels with a curvy edge to create snow hills by using Land Borders Die Set.
• Trim the sky piece from Meowy Christmas Paper Pad.
• Heat emboss in antique gold the sentiment from Holiday Home 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!
• Arrange all the elements on the card front and glue them in place by popping some on a foam tape for fun dimensional look.

Key Ingredients:

• Christmas Cactus Stamp Set
• Christmas Cactus Die Set
• Circle Frames Die Set
• Meowy Christmas Paper Pad

Step By Step Instructions:

• Die cut two times from Neenah Solar White paper the cactus shape, using the coordinating Christmas Cactus Die Set. I used on this project Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting machine. Save the negative part of the die.
• Stamp the outline illustrations from Christmas Cactus 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.
• Color both cacti with COPIC MARKERS. I used on this card:
  • pink RV00-RV02-RV04-RV09
  • green G00-G03-G09
• Heat emboss in white onto black the sentiment from Christmas Cactus 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!
• Fussy cut the sentiment with the sharp small scissors, leaving a little black edge around.
• 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.
• Trim a slightly smaller rectangle from Neenah Solar White paper and die cut a circle window in the center with Circle Frames Die Set.
• Die cut a stitched circle from vellum, using Circle Frames Die Set.
• 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 generous coat of Wink of Stella clear glitter pen and a couple of clear droplets adhered with Glossy Accents.

Would you like to win the “Holiday Home” or the “Christmas Cactus” 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 sweet Holiday cards! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fabulous day!
Hugs,
Tatiana