Thursday, October 27, 2016

Newton's Nook Designs Holiday Release Ornamental Newton and Festive Forest

Cat Christmas Card by Jess Gerstner for Newton's Nook Designs

Hello crafty friends! This week is the Newton's Nook Designs Holiday Release. Today I'm sharing the Ornamental Newton stamp set. As always there will be a giveaway each day so be sure to read below for details. This is such an adorable version of Newton and I love that it is a smaller set. I love to add a few new Christmas sets each season but the smaller sets are definitely better for the budget. I had a lot of fun coloring the image with Copics and the coordinating dies made it so easy to cut out. I wanted to jazz up the patterned paper that had my sentiment so I stamped it repeatedly to create an extra layer of pattern.

Cat Christmas Card by Jess Gerstner for Newton's Nook Designs

Would you like to win the “Ornamental Newton” Stamp Set?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner
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 blog release 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 27th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 28th

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

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Newton's Nook Designs Holiday Release Holiday Tweets


Bird Christmas Card by Jess Gerstner for Newton's Nook Designs

Hello crafty friends! This week is the Newton's Nook Designs Holiday Release. Today I'm sharing the Holiday Tweets stamp set. As always there will be a giveaway each day so be sure to read below for details. This set has such large pretty images that I decided to simply heat emboss the image in black and do some simple watercolor. 

Bird Christmas Card by Jess Gerstner for Newton's Nook Designs

Would you like to win the “Holiday Tweets” Stamp Set?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner
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 blog release 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 27th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 28th

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

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Newton's Nook Designs Holiday Release Beautiful Baubles and Holly Die


Ornament Christmas Card by Jess Gerstner for Newton's Nook Designs

Hello crafty friends! This week is the Newton's Nook Designs Holiday Release. Today I'm sharing the Beautiful Baubles stamp set and the Holly and Pines die. As always there will be a giveaway each day so be sure to read below for details. I absolutely love the whole series of beautiful themed sets from the butterflies to the blossoms. I'm so excited to see a new set with the ornaments. I knew immediately that I wanted to heat emboss the ornaments onto some vellum. It's such a pretty look. There are coordinating dies available for the set. The Holly and Pines die is a fun new set that allows you to create a dimension wreath. For my card I die cut some of the elements out of patterned paper and arranged a simple wreath. Be sure to check out the other designers for more fun ideas with these sets. 



Would you like to win the “Beautiful Baubles” Stamp Set?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner
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 blog release 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 27th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 28th

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

Monday, October 24, 2016

Newton's Nook Holiday Release Sun Soaked Christmas

Mele Kalikamaka Card by Jess Gerstner for Newton's Nook Designs


Hello crafty friends! This week is the Newton's Nook Designs Holiday Release. Today I'm sharing the Sun Soaked Christmas stamp set. As always there will be a giveaway each day so be sure to read below for details. This set is perfect for all the people who enjoy Christmas in the warmer weather. I'm a big fan of flip flops so I thought these Christmas themed flip flops were adorable. I stamped one set in black to color and then filled the paper with red and green. I love using my stamps to create custom themed papers. I know I'll need a few gift card holders this Christmas so I made one to match the cards. 

Mele Kalikamaka Card by Jess Gerstner for Newton's Nook Designs


Would you like to win the “Sun Soaked Christmas” Stamp Set?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner
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 blog release 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 27th at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 28th

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

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Mass Producing Christmas Cards featuring Newton's Nook Designs


Hello crafty friends! Today I'm sharing a Christmas card because we’re getting in the mood for Christmas with our some of our favorite Christmas stamp sets by Newton’s Nook Designs! I absolutely love the series of quilled images from Beautiful Blossoms, to Beautiful Wings to the set I'm using today called Beautiful Blizzard. For today's card I wanted to create a card that I could produce in multiples for the Caring Hearts Card Drive. For more information check out the video below. 


Get inspired all week long with beautiful Christmas cards on the NND blog as the NND Design Team features some of their favorite Christmas stamp sets! Plus, you can save 10% off on any stamps currently in the Christmas category in their shop! The new NND Christmas stamps will be released later this month too, so stay tuned for more holiday fun! 



Hooray Good News!


Hello crafty friends! Today I can finally share the super exciting news that I will be joining the Create a Smile video design team! I am a huge fan of Create a Smile stamps so I was very excited to join the team. To see my first tutorial using their products go check out the Create a Smile blog!

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Altering a Sentiment with Newton's Nook Designs


Hello crafty friends! Today I have a card for the Newton's Nook Designs blog. I love the new Fall-ing for You stamp set but I wanted to change up the sentiment a bit so I used Years of Cheers. Once I had my sentiment heat embossed I had fun with some Color Burst to create a cool watercolor effect in the background. For more info on how I altered the sentiment or created the background check out the video tutorial.