Hello and welcome to Day 3 of the Newton’s Nook Holiday release! Thanks so much for joining me again during this week!
All the new Holiday products will be available for purchase on Friday, October 23th at Newton’s Nook Designs online store and other craft retailers!
Cuteness overloads on the third day of the holiday release with A Kitten Christmas and Christmas Puppies stamp sets! Do you notice a new and absolutely adorable design of kitties from NND? Love so much those big eyes and the funny mischievous expressions on the kitty’s faces! Both new stamp sets come with the coordinating A Kitten Christmas Die and Christmas Puppies Die sets.
Giveaway alert!! NND is giving away both new A Kitten Christmas and Christmas Puppies stamp sets to lucky winners so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!
My first card that features A Kitten Christmas stamp and die sets, has a clean and simple design.
To start I die cut from Copic X-Press paper the kitty shape and lots of Christmas lights, using the coordinating A Kitten Christmas Die Set and my Big Shot Die Cutting Machine. As always, I saved and used the negative parts of the dies to help me with the alignment while I was stamping the open images from A Kitten Christmas stamp set using MISTI tool and Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Finally I proceeded with copic coloring, making the kitty look like my sweet boy Tommy (Sacred Birman Cat).
For those who are wondering about the exact colors used on this project, I’m leaving all the numbers of COPIC MARKERS: cat E40-E41-E42-E43-E44-E47-E49; RV00-RV02-RV11-RV04-RV19; YG00-YG05-YR09; Y11-Y17-Y18; FV02-B63; YR02-YR04-YR07; BG10-BG13; B000-B04; T0-T1.
The background was inked directly on an extended A2 size card base (5 1/2″ X 4 1/4″) made from Neenah Solar White paper. I used new just released on Monday Tiny Trees stencil, Tumbled Glass Distress ink and the blending brush. Once tapped well the stencil on the card base to prevent any movement, I inked the pattern keeping my hand lighter towards the center of the card front. Then I lifted and shifted the stencil in order to add more inked trees between the rows as you see on the pictures. I added a few super tiny drops of a pearlescent solution just for something little extra along with a simply stamped sentiment that comes from the same A Kitten Christmas stamp set. I hand draw the light string and finally arranged the Christmas lights and the kitty.
Working on my second card that features Christmas Puppies stamp and die sets, I decided to mix and match it with A Kitten Christmas since both stamps has the same size and style! I did exactly the same steps as on a previous card die cutting and stamping the fun puppy and the kitty, but using Strathmore Bristol paper and VersaFine Onyx Black ink this time since my intention was to color the stamps with water based markers. An extended A2 size card base (5 1/2″ X 4 1/4″) was trimmed and scored from a kraft cardstock. I added on top the cute holiday pattern by inking another newbie – Reindeer stencils with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink for a tone on tone look. I partially covered the card front with a vellum rectangle die cut with Frames & Flags Die Set where I heat embossed the funniest pun from A Kitten Christmas stamp set. Assembling all the elements together, I popped the cute critters on foam tape and finished with a few clear sparkling sequins.
As always, I’m sharing with you all colors used by me on the second project: TOMBOW MARKERS N55, N79, 126, 133, 847, 856, 899, 905, 946, 947, 977, 991, 992, 993.
Would you like to win the “A Kitten Christmas” Stamp Set or the “Christmas Puppies” 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 22nd at 9pm EST to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, October 23rd.
Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:
Newton’s Nook Designs
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Maria Russell
Andrea Shell
Tatiana Trafimovich <— you’re here
Amy Tsuruta
Amanda Wilcox
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fantastic day!
Tatiana
tatianacraftandart.wordpress.com 
I love them Tatiana!
I like the offset stencil background and the colors on the kitty!
Sooooo cute!!❤️
Such a cute pair! I LOVE the soft stenciled background and your coloring!
Like adorable cards. The coloring is wonderful. The use of the vellum is a great idea.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
I love the cute kitty playing with the Christmas lights! Your coloring is pretty & love the backgrounds with the use of the new stencils!
So cute!
Love the cards, but the last hits the nail on
the head. Everybody will be so happy to see
2020 gone and hoping for a better 2021.
thanks for sharing
txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com
Great works of art! love them so much nice job!
Oh these are adorable. Love both colour palettes. Beautiful colouring as always.
these stamps are was waiting for!
Love these super cute cats!
and dogs are so adorable!
Love your gorgeous cards!
So cute! I love the offset tree stencil – I never think to do that, but it looks so cute!
I love your adorable cards! Super cute!
AWWWWW your cards are just so precious! I really love the stenciled backgrounds too!
Awesome backgrounds! 💜
So pretty! 💜💜
Love the stenciled backgrounds and the way you colored the kitties and pup! Darling cards!
Such cute cards – lovely coloring! I love those lights they are tangled in!
I love the dog and kitty together. So cute.
Both cards are adorable and your coloring is just perfect!!
Amazing cards. I love how you stenciled the trees in the background, and then all those lights! I didn’t see the extra string of lights so did you cut them out from the tangled light around the critters? Darling!
Thank you so much! The light string on the kitty card was simply hand drawn.
It looks like the dog and cat are having fun playing with the lights on both of these super cute cards
Just adorable! Love
how colorful your
cards are and the
critters are so cute.
Carla from Utah
Just loving these stamp sets. Your cards are so cute.
awww your kittie cards are just too cute
Adorable! Love the stenciled backgrounds.
Adorable! These kittens and puppy are so cute. Amazing colouring as always !
The new cats and dogs are so adorable. 🙂 Great cards!
The kitty is so cute hanging from the lights. Cute way of coloring him, too 🙂
I love that the reindeer stencil angles upwards.
adorable cards!
Love the cards, Your colouring and layout choices make the animals even more adorable!