Monday, January 23, 2017

Inky Paws Challenge #39 Reminder--Use a Heart!

Don't forget - There's still one week to play along with our latest inky paws Challenge!

Have you had a chance to make a card for our latest Inky Paws Challenge? Today I'm sharing some more inspiration for our Theme Challenge!
Here'a a refresher of the challenge -Use a Heart!

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Debbie Owens made a heart-themed card using the sweet Dachshunds from Darling Duos and the coordinating die Darling Hearts Die Set. What a delightful card for a dog-loving friend!

Valentine using Newton's Nook Designs Party Pops by Jess Gerstner
Jess Gerstner made a simple set valentines using Party Pops. Some selective stamping allows the little heart to pop.

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along! Remember, you have until this Friday, January 27, 2017 at midnight CST to enter. There's a prize involved too, so don't delay - view all the entries and see more inspiration on our inky paws Challenge here!

Monday, January 16, 2017

Inky Paws Challenge #39 - Use a Heart!

This month's challenge is a:

Heart Theme Challenge
Inky Paws Challenge #39 - Use a Heart! Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
Create a project using a Heart somewhere on it!

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, January 27th, 2017 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog the following Monday. 

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky?  Make sure you check the challenge rules page before you link up your project. 

Here's some inspiration!

Several of our Design Team Members decided to play along - check out all the awesome cards they created, inspired by this fun, festive theme! Read the description below each card to see who made it.

Nuts about you card by Debbie Owens | Sweetheart Tails stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
Debbie Owens made a card that incorporates the theme and the colors from the photo. She used the squirrel and nut from the Sweetheart Tails stamp set to create this super cute love card.

Lemur card by Samantha Mann | Wild About Zoo stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
This card is by Samantha Mann! This fun lemur is from the Wild About Zoo stamp set and the die is from the Darling Hearts Die Set. Such a pretty love themed card.

Tatiana Trafimovich created this beautiful winter scene! She used the adorable snowmen from the Frozen Friends stamp set to create this sweet winter card.

Sweetie Pie card by Jess Gerstner | Love a la Carte stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
This card is by Jess Gerstner! The pie and sentiments are from the Love à La Carte stamp set and the solid hearts are from other NND sets. This is a clean and simple Valentine that would be easy to mass produce. 

Dog Valentine Card by Jennifer Jackson | Darling Duos Stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
Here's a card by Jennifer Jackson! She used the image of the two dogs Darling Duos stamp set and the coordinating Darling Hearts Die Set to create this adorable Valentine. 


Monday, January 9, 2017

Welcome to our NEW Inky Paws Challenge Blog

Welcome to our BRAND NEW blog! 

It's a New Year and we're excited to bring some fun new changes to our Inky Paws Challenge! All our challenges will now be hosted RIGHT HERE on this awesome new blog!

Our first challenge will begin on Monday, Jan. 16th and going forward they will be held twice a month - with a new challenge starting on the first and third Monday of each month! How fun is that? That's twice as many challenges and twice as many chances to play along!!

We also have two awesome ladies to help us with our challenges! Jess Gerstner and Debbie Owens will be our challenge leads for the next six months and will alternate running the challenges! You can read about the them here ;)

We hope you will be inspired to play along. I've moved all the old challenges over here as well so you can scroll through those to find inspiration!

Check back next Monday to see our first new challenge and get ready to get those paws inky!!