Newton's Nook Designs Holiday Release | Day 3

It's Day 3 of Newton's Nook Designs Holiday Release and today we have two more new stamp sets to share with you! So, grab a cup of something yummy and keep scrolling to see what I've created to share with you. Then head on to the next in the hop for even more fabulous inspiration. Make sure to check out all the details below on how you can win these new stamp sets.

Reindeer Christmas Card | Reindeer Roll Call Stamp Set


I just love the word art image in this first set called Reindeer Roll Call. It is full of whimsy and perfect as the focal point on a card. I stamped it onto a banner die cut with brown ink and then distressed the edges a bit. I then finished off the banner with some red enamel dots.

Reindeer Christmas Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Reindeer Roll Call Stamp Set by Newton's Nook Designs

To further embellish the card I used the Newton's Nook Designs Pine and Holly Die Set and cut out the various shapes from colored cardstock. I then distressed them with some Distress Ink and layered them on top of and under the banner strip.

The background on the right hand side was created using the new Holiday Foliage Stencil and a mix of Distress Inks.

Reindeer Christmas Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Reindeer Roll Call Stamp Set by Newton's Nook Designs

Reindeer Roll Call Stamp Set


Very Merry Christmas Card | Stylish Stockings Stamp Set


This next card was created using the new Stylish Stockings Stamp Set and I just love the how you can stamp and die cut the different pieces to create a fun layered card design. I stamped three of the stocking images and then die cut them using the coordinating stocking die.

Very Merry Christmas Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Stylish Stockings Stamp Set by Newton's Nook Designs

 I then die cut the tops, heels and toes from glittered foam and adhered them to the stamped images. I love the dimension and shimmer the glittered foam adds AND the no mess glitter as well!

Very Merry Christmas Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Stylish Stockings Stamp Set by Newton's Nook Designs

Stylish Stockings Stamp Set


Stylish Stockings Die Set



Blog Hop & Giveaway


Would you like to win the “Reindeer Roll Call” or the "Stylish Stockings" Stamp Set? Each of these stamp sets will be given away to one lucky winner! To win all you have to do is comment on the NND blog and each of the Design Team blogs. The winner will be chosen at random from one of the reveal posts. You have until Thursday October 19th at 9pm CST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 20th.

Now it's time to start hopping and check out some fabulous inspiration from the Newton's Nook Design Team:

Juliana Michaels (you are here)

SugarPea Designs Holiday Release | Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of the SugarPea Designs Holiday Product Release! Today there is not one, but two new stamp sets being featured. I'm sharing one of them below, but make sure you head over to the SugarPea Designs Blog to check out the other set and hop along for your chance to win one of the new stamp sets.

Season's Greeting's Wreath Christmas Card | Pine Cone Greetings Stamp Set


The new stamp and die set called Pine Cone Greetings is sure to become a new favorite if you enjoy stamping, die cutting and creating your own little work of art. To create the wreath on my card, I began by cutting a 3.5 inch circle from white cardstock. I used this as the base for assembling my wreath. I then stamped 4 of one of the large branches, 4 of the medium branches and 6 of each of the small branches. I stamped half of these in one color of green ink and the other half in a slightly darker green ink.

Season's Greeting's Christmas Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Pine Cone Greetings by Sugar Pea Designs

Next, I went about die cutting all of the branches using the coordinating die and adhered them around the outside edge of the die cut circle using temporary adhesive until I was certain about their placement. I then stamped and die cut the medium and small pine cones and added them to the wreath. The final touch was the addition of the small red pearls to which look like little red berries!

Detail image - Season's Greeting's Christmas Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Pine Cone Greetings by Sugar Pea Designs

Here you can see some of the layering of the die cut branches and pinecones. The sentiment was stamped onto red cardstock with Versamark Embossing Ink and then heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Angled detail image - Season's Greeting's Christmas Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Pine Cone Greetings by Sugar Pea Designs

Supplies


This brand new set will be available Friday, October 20 at 6PM EST.




Blog Hop Details & Giveaway


Would you like to win the Pine Cone Greetings stamp set? Head on over to the SugarPea Designs Blog for all the details. You can also leave a comment below for an extra chance to win this stamp set.

The SugarPea Design Team has created some amazing and creative inspiration for you using the new release. Make sure to stop by each blog to check out what they created and while you’re there leave them a sweet comment and get an extra entry to win today’s giveaway prize.


Thank you so much for stopping by and remember the entire Holiday Product Release will be available for purchase on Friday, October 20th at 6PM EST.

Newton's Nook Designs Holiday Release | Day 2

Hello and welcome to Day 2 of the Newton's Nook Designs Holiday Release! Today we are featuring a fun new stamp and die set called Snow Globe Scenes, that is perfect for creating the most adorable interactive shaker cards. Keep reading to learn how I created a fun shaker card and then enter for you chance to win this new stamp set.


Merry Christmas Snow Globe Shaker Card | Snow Globe Scene Stamp Set and Snow Globe Shaker Die


The Snow Globe Scene Stamp Set has unlimited options when it comes to creating your own snow globe scene! I had a hard time picking which one to use, but finally settled on the little row of houses and colored them a mix of bright and cheery colors. I then die cut it using the coordinating die.
To fill in the background behind the houses, I die cut several snowflakes from glitter paper using the snowflake dies that come with the Snow Globe Shaker Die Set.

Step 1. Back
To assemble the snow globe shaker, I began with the Snow globe solid die and cut it from a piece of white cardstock. This is the back of the snow globe. I adhered my colored houses and snowflakes to this piece.

Step 2.  Shaker Box
I used the open snow globe die and cut it from a foam sheet. The foam sheet I used has adhesive on both sides and is perfect for making Shaker cards. These foam sheets will be available in the Newton's Nook Designs Store so you can purchase it at the same time as you get this set and you'll be ready to go when it's time to create your shaker cards! I peeled off the liner and placed it on top of the back piece.

Merry Christmas Snow Globe Shaker Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set and Snow Globe Shaker Die by Newton's Nook Designs

Step 3. Acetate Window
Next use the solid snow globe die to cut a piece of acetate. This will be the window of the snow globe. Fill the shaker box with your favorite sequins and then peel of the top liner on the foam. Place the acetate on top and you shaker box will be closed. These acetate sheets will also be available in the Newton's Nook Designs Store.

Step 4. Top
To complete the shaker box, use the open snow globe die cut to cut a coordinating piece of cardstock and use your favorite adhesive to adhere it on top of the acetate.

Step 5. Snow Globe Base
The final step is the base of the snow globe. I die cut the base from a piece of foam and then from a piece of red cardstock. I stamped one of the sentiments onto the cardstock piece and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I then peeled off the adhesive liner on the foam and adhered it to the foam base. I then added the finished snow globe shaker to my card front.

Detail image - Merry Christmas Snow Globe Shaker Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set and Snow Globe Shaker Die by Newton's Nook Designs

For a final touch of wintery fun, I used the new Snow Fall Stencil to dry emboss a piece of white cardstock. It's not very easy to see in a photo, but I love the texture and interest it adds to the card. To learn how to create Embossed Backgrounds using a stencil and several other great ideas for stencils, check out my Stenciled Background 3 Ways post.

Detail image - Merry Christmas Snow Globe Shaker Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set and Snow Globe Shaker Die by Newton's Nook Designs

Snow Globe Scenes Stamp Set | Snow Globe Scenes Die Set | Snow Globe Shaker Die Set

Snowfall Stencil


Blog Hop & Giveaway


Would you like to win the “Snow Globe Scenes” Stamp Set? This set will be given away to one lucky winner! To win all you have to do is comment on the NND blog and each of the Design Team blogs. The winner will be chosen at random from one of the reveal posts. You have until Thursday October 19th at 9pm CST to comment -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 20th.

Now it's time to start hopping and check out some fabulous inspiration from the Newton's Nook Design Team:

Juliana Michaels (you are here)

Thanks for stopping by and remember all of the new Holiday Release products will be available on Friday, October 20th.

Gina K Designs October Release | Illustrator Blog Hop Day 2

Hello Friends and welcome to Day 2of the Gina K Designs October Release! The full release went live last week and all of the new stamps we'll be sharing today and tomorrow are currently available in the Gina K Designs store.

We have 2 more sets to share with you along with the new incentive set that ships free with every $75 purchase. Make sure to keep reading for some inspiration using these new sets and then hop along for your chance to win a $50 gift certificate and to see more creative inspiration from the Gina K Design Team. All of the details about the hop and giveaway are listed below.

Merry Christmas Card | Noelle Mouse Stamp Set


The first card I'm sharing with you today features the adorable new Noelle Mouse Stamp Set by Beth Silaika. I began by stamping and then coloring the adorable mice and some of the other stamps from the set with my Chameleon Pens. Next, I fussy cut all the images and added them to the mice to dress them up for the holidays.

Merry Christmas Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Noelle Mouse Stamp Set by Gina K Designs

To create the background, I placed the Rounded Swirl stencil on top of a piece of Blue Denim cardstock. I then inked over it using Distress Oxide in Faded Jeans. I love how it makes the design pop despite the monochromatic colors that were used.

Merry Christmas Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Noelle Mouse Stamp Set by Gina K Designs

Peace On Earth Card | Purrfect Christmas Stamp Set


This next card uses the new stamp set by Chris Dayton called Purrfect Christmas. This set is so purrfect for all the cat lover's out there, but for this card, I wanted to show how you can use this set for more than cat lover Christmas cards. I began by stamping the Music Background Stamp with Kraft Ink. I then stamped the tree image from the Purrfect Christmas set using Christmas Pine ink.

Peace On Earth Stamp Set by Juliana Michaels featuring Purrfect Christmas Stamp Set by Gina K Designs

I added Distress Ink in Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain to distress the edges of the main card panel. For the final touch, I stamped and embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder and added a couple of jewels for a touch of bling.

Peace On Earth Stamp Set by Juliana Michaels featuring Purrfect Christmas Stamp Set by Gina K Designs

Season's Greetings Card | Scripty Holiday Incentive Stamp Set

The final card I'm sharing today features the new Incentive stamp set called Scripty Holiday. This fabulous set of holiday sentiments ships free with any $75 purchase.

To create this card, I used the new Gina K Designs Foil Mates Backgrounds Blizzard and foiled it with the new Fancy Foils in Sparkling Silver. These new foils are glitter without the mess and I absolutely love the shimmer and shine they add to a card.

Season's Greetings Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Scripty Holiday Incentive Stamp Set and Foil Mates Backgrounds Blizzard by Gina K Designs

I then finished off the card with the Season's Greetings sentiment from the stamp set. Another quick and easy card that would perfect for mass producing as one of your Christmas cards.

Season's Greetings Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Scripty Holiday Incentive Stamp Set and Foil Mates Backgrounds Blizzard by Gina K Designs

Blog Hop + Giveaway

Would you like to win a $50 gift certificate to Gina K Designs? If your answer is yes, then all you have to do is visit each blog along the hop (listed below) and leave a comment. One lucky winner will receive a $50 Gina K Designs gift certificate!

Gina K
Beth Silaika - Today's Featured Illustrator
 Chris Dayton - Today's Featured Illustrator
Cathy Tidwell
Claire Brennan
Donna Idlet
Juliana Michaels (you are here)
Theresa Momber
Karen Hightower
Laurie Schmidlin
Rema DeLeeuw
Sean Fetterman
Sheri Gilson
Silke Ledlow
Susie Moore

Supplies

Are you interested in the Gina K Designs supplies I used to create these cards? To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. Affiliate links are used at no additional cost to you.










SugarPea Designs Holiday Release | Day 2

Hello Sugar Pea Fans and welcome to Day 2 of the SugarPea Designs Holiday Release! Today we are featuring a new stamp set called Off The Charts that is perfect for everything from Christmas to the New Year and even Birthdays! Keep reading for some inspiration using this new set and more details on how you can win this new stamp set.

Holiday Seasons Graph Christmas Card | Off The Charts Stamp Set

The card I created today is another Christmas card using the brand new Off The Charts Stamp Set. This set is great for the upcoming holidays as well as birthdays and would be perfect to mix and match with so many of the Sugar Pea stamp designs!

Holiday Season Graph Christmas Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Off The Charts Stamp Set by Sugar Pea Designs

I stamped the images in alternating red and green ink and then trimmed them and popped them up on the stamped grid background. I then added the holiday sentiment and edged it using the new Stitched Borders 1 Sweet Incentive Set.  For some extra holiday cheer I added a couple of die cut snowflakes that will make their debut later this week as part of another new set.

Detail Image - Holiday Season Graph Christmas Card by Juliana Michaels featuring Off The Charts Stamp Set by Sugar Pea Designs

Supplies


This brand new stamp set will be available Friday, October 20 at 6PM EST.


Blog Hop Details & Giveaway


Would you like to win the Off The Charts stamp set? Head on over to the SugarPea Designs Blog for all the details. You can also leave a comment below for an extra chance to win this stamp set.

The SugarPea Design Team has created some amazing and creative inspiration for you using the new release. Make sure to stop by each blog to check out what they created and while you’re there leave them a sweet comment and get an extra entry to win today’s giveaway prize.


Thank you so much for stopping by and remember the entire Holiday Product Release will be available for purchase on Friday, October 20th at 6PM EST.
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