Friday, October 21, 2016

Inky Paws Challenge #37 - Cozy Plaids

This month's challenge is:
Create a project using plaid!
Inky Paws Challenge #37 - Cozy Plaids | Newtons Nook Designs #newtonsnook #inkypawschallenge
Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? The Challenge winner will receive a $10 store credit to our online store and a Inky Paws Challenge Top Pick Badge to add to your blog! If we get more than 15 participants, we will choose two winners so be sure to tell your friends to play along! 

You have TWO WEEKS to play along - Deadline to enter is Friday, November 4th, 2016 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog.

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky?
  • Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item).
  • Your project MUST use at least one Newton's Nook Designs stamped image (or free digital stamp - check out our Freebies page).
  • Post your project to your blog or to an online photo gallery such as FlickrPinterest, or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC37).
  • Link back to this challenge (if posting in an online gallery copy the link into the photo description). 
  • Submit your project to this challenge using the InLinkz widget below. You must submit a DIRECT link to your post page.
  • Have more than one great idea? You can enter more than once! Just link up each card separately. 
  • TIP: Please make sure your photo in focus  - We can't pick you as a winner if we can't see your card clearly because your photo is blurry! 


    Here's some inspiration!

    Several of our Design Team Members decided to play along - check out all the awesome PLAID cards they created! Read the description below each card to see who made it.
    Inky Paws Challenge 37 - Plaid | Plaid skyline card by Samantha Mann | Newton Dreams of New York stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs
    Samantha created a plaid background for her card using masks and inks! So cool! She created the city using images from the Newton Dreams of New York  and Newton Dreams of London stamp sets and the sleigh and sentiment are from the Newton's Curious Christmas stamp set. 


    Inky Paws Challenge 37 - Plaid | Plaid fox thank you card by Larissa Heskett | Bushels of Love stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs
    Larissa created a sweet little shaker card with a fun plaid border! She used images from the Bushels of Love stamp set (Simon Says Stamp Exclusive). Adorable!

    Inky Paws Challenge 37 - Plaid | Plaid Thank you card with pumpkins by Naki Rager | Pick-a-Pumpkin Die set by Newton's Nook Designs
    Naki created a fun fall thank you card using plaid paper and letters! She added in pumpkins cut out with the Pick-a-Pumpkin Die Set. That stitched ribbon is so pretty too!

    Inky Paws Challenge 37 - Plaid | Plaid Dog cards by Yukari Yoshioka | Canine Christmas Stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs
    Yuki created a duo of adorable dog cards using dogs from our Canine Christmas stamp set with fun plaid backgrounds. The color combo on these cards of black, red, kraft and white is one of my favorites for Holiday cards!

    Inky Paws Challenge 37 - Plaid | Plaid Bear Fall  Card by Danielle Paneline | Winston's Birthday Stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs
    Danielle added plaid paper in fall colors to create this fun card! The angles of paper in the background are so fun! Winston from the Winston's Birthday stamp set really pops off the card! 

    Inky Paws Challenge 37 - Plaid | Plaid Bear in Car Christmas Card by Jennifer Jackson | Winston's Home for Christmas Stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs
    I pulled out one of my favorite christmas images, Winston driving a car laden with holiday goodies from the Winston's Home for Christmas Stamp Set. I colored the image with watercolors and then added plaid paper along with some black chalkboard style washi tape. I finished it off with the sentiment "have a beary merry christmas" embossed in white on a black circle.



    Wednesday, October 12, 2016

    Inky Paws Challenge Winners - #36 Halloween Challenge

    Inky Paws Challenge #35 Winners!


    Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last Inky Paws Challenge at here at the Newton's Nook Designs blog! This months Challenge was to create a project using a Halloween Theme! 
    Inky Paws #36 Halloween Challenge | Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook


    Top Picks for Inky Paws Challenge #36

    Here are our top picks! Read the description below each card to see who created it - and make sure to visit their blogs and tell them congrats!!

     

    Inky Paws Challenge #36 Halloween | Trick or Treat Kitty card by Zsofi | Newton's Birthday Bash Stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
    Our first Top Pick is this adorable trick or treat card by Zsofi! It's so cute how she used the kitty in the gift bag from the Newton's Birthday Bash stamp set. and added on the jack-o-lantern face to make it into a Halloween themed card! So adorable!

    Inky Paws Challenge #36 Halloween | Kitty Pumpkin card by Andrea | Newton's Boo-tiful Night Stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
    Our second top pick is this spooky scene by Andrea! She created such a fun spooky sky for Newton and his pumpkins! She used the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp set for the image of the cat and the pumpkins. Then she added on a cute little spider web tag using the web and spider from the Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp set! 

    Congrats to Zsofi and Andrea! Don't forget to send us an e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $10 store credit! (It's easiest if you already have an account set up in our shop)


    Inky Paws #36 Favorites

    We also wanted to share a couple more entries that we really loved! We chose THREE more as our favorite picks! If you see your card below, contact us if you'd like to get a "favorite" badge for your blog!


    Newton's Nook Designs Inky Paws Challenge - Favorite

    Inky Paws Challenge #36 Halloween | Halloween card by Chark | Campfire Tails Stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
    This card by Chark is so clever we just had to share it! She used the bear and raccoon from the Campfire Tails stamp set and added some fun Halloween rub ons to make it a Halloween Theme! I love the raccoon sitting on the bears head with his pumpkin! 

    Inky Paws Challenge #36 Halloween | Halloween card by Ellen H | Newton's Boo-tiful Night Stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
    Ellen always wows us scene building and this is so cool! We love how she created layers of grass and a spooky cornfield for the kitty and pumpkins from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp set! Her coloring is amazing too!

    Inky Paws Challenge #36 Halloween | Halloween card by Cimbacreativefun | Digital Stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
    This card by Cimbacreativefun using our digital freebie stamp is so fun! Her coloring on the pumpkin image is so great and we love the way she framed it up and inked the edges. The background is super cool too with the pattern pattern paper spiderwebs and the embossed spiderwebs! 


    Thanks so much!
    Thanks again to everyone who entered - It's really so much fun to look through all the entries and see everyones ideas! If you didn't win this time we hope you'll play along again next time! Save the date - our next Inky Paws challenge will begin soon - on Friday, October 21st!