Deck the Halls with Inky Paws! Newton's Nook Designs Holiday Blog Hop

Welcome to the 2015 'Deck the Halls with Inky Paws' Blog Hop!  This is when all of us on the Newton's Nook Designs Team, along with a few special guests, get to get our paws inky and show off how much we love NND and inspire you with some holiday themed creations.

As an extra bonus this year, Jen is releasing a bonus set' Whispering Pines' - PURR-fect for creating cards that make it look like you painstakingly watercolored for hours!

I had SO much fun playing with this set, and created this rustic looking card for your viewing pleasure:

I thought this woodgrain patterned paper from My Mind's Eye was prefect for creating a rustic backdrop.  I stamped the kitty in orange (after all, Newton is a ginger kitty!) and the pup in Chocolate chip.  I stamped the trees in Handsome Hunter and stamped the falling snow image over them with white craft ink.  Then I used a glue pen and sprinkled white flock all over - the cool thing?  Some of the flock stuck to the white craft ink over the trees enhancing the snowy effect - I love it!  I hope you do too!

Since this is a snowy scene I am also entering this card in Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge: Let It Snow.

Would you like to win one of two $10 store credits to Newton's Nook Designs?

Here's how to win:

To enter, comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! The winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs' release posts. Make sure you check out each of the 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 Sunday, December 6th at 9 pm CDT to comment -- the winner will be announced on the blog post on Monday, December 7th. 

Check out all these awesome Design Team & Guest Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Sandy Allnock
Amy Kolling
Stephanie Klauck
Virgina Lu
Tatiana Trafimovich
Annette Allen
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Jess Gerstner
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Nina-Marie Trapani
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Jess Gerstner is the next stop on the hop, I am sure she has created something spectacular for you to see!  Enjoy!

~ Crafty Math Chick

Newton's Nook Designs Inky Paws Challenge #18: One Layer Cards

Hello Everyone!  I hope everyone in cold corners if the world is warm & safe today.  Time for a new Newton's Nook Designs Inky Paws Challenge!  This time Jen has chosen: 'One Layer Cards'!

Easy peasy right?  So you have no excuse not to play along!  I decided to use the cute koala bear from 'Hanging Around' for a support card for a recovering friend:

I added flock to the koala bear (and his tail and the leaves) to make him extra soft, see?

To create the illusion of another layer I punched an oval shape from a piece of scrap paper and sponged some Pool Party ink in the cut-out center and then stamped the sentiment in the middle of it - pretty cool huh?  

Additional Challenges:

• Since the flock made him soft & fuzzy I am entering this card in Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge to 'Add a Little Texture' (did you know that Simon Says Stamps carries Newton's Nook Designs stamps too?  They do!!), and
• Sparkle 'n Sprinkle February 2015 - Anything Goes with loose glitter, embossing powder or flocking  (obviously, I used flocking on this card).

Check out the Newton's Nook Designs Blog for the details of you how can play along with our challenge, how you can WIN a gift certificate to NND, and for more inspiration from my talented NND teamies.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!
~ Crafty Math Chick