Monday, September 30, 2019

Inky Paws Challenge #107 Reminder

Today I'm sharing some more inspiration 
for our current challenge! 

Here'a a refresher.
Color Challenge


Create a project using the colors--Moss green, Orange

Chocolate Brown, and Ivory.

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge.  

Enjoy the little moments in life by Diane features Garden Mice and Land Borders by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Diane Morales uses a simple splat technique using the moss green and orange colors of the challenge to create a soft background on which she adds the grass using the Land Borders die set. She stamps the sentiment from the Garden Mice stamp set on her grass. She selects the sweet mouse hiding behind a mushroom as her focal point. This sweet fellow is from the Garden Mice stamp set.  Diane also adds a couple flowers from the same stamp set to finish this beautiful card.


Be thankful for the little things by Sue features Fall Fringe, Autumn Mice, and Frames Squared by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Sue T.  brings us a square card featuring the acorn laden mouse from the Autumn Mice stamp and die set.  She softly colors him in grays. Don't you love how she colors the acorn in the moss green?  So fun.  For her card base, she uses the Frames Squared die set in Kraft paper. She adds a moss green scalloped-edged layer on which she adds the Fall Fringe stamp image.  She uses the circle die from the Frames Squared die set and stamps the sentiment.  She pops the circle and her mouse with dimensional tape.  Seriously cute!



Hope your fall is extra mice by Becky features Autumn Mice by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Becky Noelle uses distress inks to blend a soft ivory background with a splattering of brown. She then uses two of the darling mice images from the Autumn Mice stamp and die set. She stamps the sentiment in dark brown.  Becky's CAS style showcases this stamp set spectacularly!


What the cluck? by Bobbi features Cluck, Delightful Doxies, and Speech Bubbles by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Bobbi Lemanski creates a spectacular background in the challenge colors using watercolor paint in orange and moss green.  She splatters some brown and ivory "confetti" which gives the card a fun, festive look!  She hand draws the grass then adds the trio of chickens from the Cluck stamp set with an orange balloon from the Delightful Doxies stamp set.  She adds a speech bubble using the Speech Bubbles die set. She finishes her card with the birthday sentiment from the Cluck stamp set. 


Hope your fall is extra mice by Debbie features Autumn Mice and Fall Fringe by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Little autumn mice make Debbie Owens' card very nice!  Debbie starts with a burnt orange card base on which she adds some jute twine. She then stamps the autumn border using the Fall Fringe stamp set and colors in various shades of the challenge colors. She adds a brown mat and adheres to the card base.  Using the Autumn Mice stamp set, she selects two mice images. After coloring she adheres with dimensional tape. The sentiment was heat embossed in a dark brown using the Autumn Mice stamp set.


I hope these projects have inspired you to play along! Remember, you have until this Friday, October 4, 2019 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, September 23, 2019

Inky Paws Challenge #107

This biweekly challenge is a:

Color Challenge

Create a project using the colors: Moss green, Orange

Chocolate Brown, and Ivory.


Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20 store credit to our Newton's Nook Design online shop! We will also highlight our favorites from each challenge the following Monday so all entries have a chance to be featured on this blog! 

You have TWO WEEKS to play along - Deadline to enter is Friday, October 4, 2019 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!

Need to get inspired? See what our Inspiration Team created with this challenge!  
Pumpkin kisses by Diane features Flower Trio, Fall Fringe, Pick-a-Pumpkin, and Sky Borders by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Diane Morales creates this playful Halloween card using the Pick-a-Pumpkin die set and creating an ivory and orange Jack-o-lantern.  She adds moss green leaves using the Flower Trio Die Set.  For her background, she selects a bold pattern paper with a brown layer that she die cut using the Sky Borders die set.  She selects a sentiment from the Fall Fringe stamp set and embosses it in white.  Delightful!


Hope your day is as special as you are by Sue features Dainty Daisies by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Sue T. creates a lovely card using the image from the Dainty Daisies stamp and die set.  The daisies look wonderful in ivory and orange. She pairs her flowers with a couple of pattern papers that coordinate  fabulously. She adds her banner with the sentiment stamped on it and lightly distresses the edges.  Again, lovely!

Happy pumpkin spice season by Becky features Pumpkin Latte and Tree Rings by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Becky Noelle's card is timed perfectly to kickoff the pumpkin spice latte season! She begins by using the Tree Rings stencil to create a textured background. She stamps the sentiment using the Pumpkin Latte stamp. She adds a layer of brown, plaid paper and wraps twine around it and ties with a bow.  She then adds the two coffee-laden gals from the Pumpkin Latte stamp and die set. She colors these gals wonderfully!





Thankful by Bobbi features Beautiful Leaves, Thankful Thoughts, and Dainty Daisies by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Bobbi Lemanski cuts several ivory rectangles and distresses them before adhering to the kraft card stock. She then cuts several leaves using the Beautiful Leaves die set. She then colors the leaves in the challenge colors. She also stamps the flowers from Dainty Daisies stamp and die set. After coloring them, she layers the flowers and leaves and adds them to her background She stamps the sentiment form the Thankful Thoughts stamp set and adds a splattering of sequins to create an amazing autumn card!


Happy Howl-oween by Debbie features Happy Howl-oween and Framework by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Debbie Owens creates a Halloween card in nontraditional colors. Using the Framework die set, she cuts her background from a vintage library-card pattern paper. She adds a green stripe and cuts the label from the Framework die set in orange. She stamps the sentiment from the Happy Howl-oween stamp on the label and adds a twine bow. For her main attraction, she colors the canine duo from the Happy Howl-oween stamp set in the challenge colors.  Super cute!


Create a project using the colors: Moss green, Orange

Chocolate Brown, and Ivory.


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #106 Winners

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last Inky Paws Challenge at here at
 the Newton's Nook Designs blog! This Biweekly Challenge was a Theme Challenge.


Inky Paws Challenge #106  Winner!
We've chosen one RANDOM winner using random.org to receive a $20 Store Credit to Newton's Nook Designs!


Happy Halloween by Amanda features Autumn Mice by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
 Amanda Wilcox demonstrates how to stretch one's NND stamp sets. She begins her Halloween-themed card with an orange polka-dotted pattern paper. She then adds 4 small rectangles with a spiderweb pattern. She creates a black circle and pops it up with foam tape.  She adds a green banner with the sentiment.  She then stamps and colors the mouse and pumpkins from the Autumn Mice stamp and die set. She then hand draws faces on her pumpkins thereby turning an autumn stamp set into a Halloween one!  Her splattering of stars and sequins adds a nice touch of bling!  Spook-tacular!

Congrats to Amanda! Don't forget to send us an e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $20 store credit! (It's easiest if you already have an account set up in our shop)


Inky Paws Challenge #106 Favorites

Our Inky Paws Challenge Inspiration team has chosen a few of their favorite challenge entries from this challenge! If you see your card below, contact us if you'd like to get a "favorite" badge for your blog!

Debbie's FAVE
Eat, drink, and be scary by Mugdha features Newton Scoots By by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Mugdha caught our eye with her night sky in shades of purple and her creative use of the kitty on his orange scooter from the Newton Scoots By stamp set. She has her kitty driving through a graveyard with tall gray grass with a haunted house in the background.  So cute and clever!


Diane's FAVE
Best witches by Paula features Witchy Newton and Clouds Stencil by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Paula M.'s use of nontraditional Halloween colors makes her card really stand out. Using the Clouds Stencil she creates her sky in purples teals, and oranges. She then adds black grass on which she white embosses the sentiment from the Witchy Newton stamp set. She then adds the kitty image from the same stamp set and colors in purple, teal and orange. She adds some black bats in the sky.  A very striking card!

Sue's FAVE
A birthday brew just for you by Bunny features Newton Loves Coffee by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Bunny creates a perfect card for someone who has a Halloween birthday!  She begins by selecting a grid-like pattern paper in bright Halloween colors. For her center panel, she adds a zigzag pattern paper at the bottom and a black scored paper at the top.  She adds a white stripe on which she stamps the sentiment from the Newton Loves Coffee stamp set.  Don't you love how "brews" becomes punny when used on a Halloween card? She then adds her cute kitty peeking up at his coffee mug, again, from the Newton Loves Coffee stamp set. She finishes with a spiderweb in the upper corner.  Super fun and clever!

Becky's FAVE
Boo by Mary features Candy Corn, Fence, Newton Unwinds, Land Borders, Forest Scene Builder, and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Mary Reiner shows us her creativity by turning ordinary candy corn from the Candy Corn stamp set into garland hanging from the gray fence she die cut using the Fence die set. She uses the kitty with his ball of twine from the Newton Unwinds stamp and die set as the means for hanging up the candy corn. She adds grass using the Land Borders die set and black trees using the Forest Scene Builder die set. She places her whole scene upon a black scallop-edged border using the Frames & Flags die set. She die cuts her sentiment in black letters for her finishing touch!

Bobbi's FAVE
Boo by Keven features Sweater Weather by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Kevin Bray uses the darling bear from the Sweater Weather stamp and die set to create this fabulously designed Halloween card!  He uses a sunburst stencil and Distress Ink to create the orange and yellow background. He adds the letters B and O in black and white.  Love how he used the bear for the other letter O.  A great way to stretch one's stamps!

Thank you for playing!

Thanks again to everyone who entered - It's really so much fun to look through all the entries and see everyone's ideas! If you didn't win this time, we hope you'll play along again next time! You can always find our moscurrent challenge here.

Monday, September 16, 2019

Inky Paws Challenge #106 Reminder

Today I'm sharing some more inspiration 
for our current challenge! 

Here'a a refresher.
Theme Challenge

Create a project using the theme-- Halloween!

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge!

Happy meow-oween by Debbie features Ghosts, Witchy Newton, Fancy Edges Tag, and Newton's Perfect Pumpkin by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Debbie Owens greats a ghostly background using the Ghosts Stencil using purples, teals, and black. She cuts a black tag using the Fancy Edges Tag die set. She heat embosses in white a sentiment from the Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp set. She colors the kitty from Witchy Newton stamp set in teals and purples. She adds twine and a bow with a few glittery dots!


Pumpkin spice by Diane features Pumpkin Latte, Evergreens, and Land Borders by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Halloween and coffee... a wonderful combination, which  Diane Morales depicts beautifully this week! With the full moon shining brightly, Diane blends her night sky in shades of purple, reds and oranges over the Evergreens stencil. Wow, don't the evergreen silhouettes look amazing! She then uses the Land Borders die and gray card stock to make her hills.  Using the Pumpkin Latte stamp and die set, she colors the girl image in oranges and purples and adds a couple pumpkins for fun!


Candy corn counts as a vegetable right by Sue features Candy Corn and Frames Squared by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
It's candy corn time!  Sue T. will have you craving a few of these Halloween treats with this fun square card! She creates her base in orange and adds the black scalloped-edged layer using dies from the Frames. Squared die set. She stamps the large candy corns from Candy Corn stamp set in a circular arrangement and fills in the panel with the smaller candy corn images.  She adds the black center with the white embossed sentiment.  Super fun!



Witch way to the candy by Becky features Newton's Boo-tiful Night and Flying Bats by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Becky Noelle uses the Flying Bats stencil and black deco foil over a starry blue background to create her night sky. She adds clouds made from vellum. and adds a big full moon with the sentiment from the  Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamped on it.  She adds her light gray kitty from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp and die set.  Just love that bat-filled sky!


Happy Halloween by Bobbi features Halloween Trio by Newton's Nook Designs by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Bobbi Lemanski creates this darling Halloween card featuring the spooky trio from Halloween Trio stamp and die set. With a white card base, she adds spider webs and spiders in the top corners. She then adds an orange panel on which she adds the critters. She adds a dotted border and shadows for more dimension.  She then adds a yellow layer with the sentiment.  Don't you love how the card reminds you of candy corn!


I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, September 20, 2019 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, September 9, 2019

Inky Paws Challenge #106

This biweekly challenge is a:

Theme Challenge

Create a project using the theme-- HALLOWEEN.

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? We will chose a RANDOM entry to win a $20 store credit to our Newton's Nook Design online shop! We will also highlight our favorites from each challenge the following Monday so all entries have a chance to be featured on this blog! 

You have TWO WEEKS to play along - Deadline to enter is Friday, September 20, 2019 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!

Need to get inspired? See what our Inspiration Team created with this challenge!  

Best witches by Debbie features Witchy Newton, Bokeh, Ghosts, and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Debbie Owens starts with a purple card base on which she adds black and white washi tape to the right edge. She then creates a haunting background by using the Bokeh Stencil set with lime green and purple distress inks.  She then uses the Ghosts Stencil and white ink to add the ghosts. To make the panel she uses a die from the Frames & Flags die set. Using the largest banner die, she adds the black banner on which she embosses the sentiment from the Witchy Newton stamp set. She adds the lime green ribbon before adhering the kitty in her purple boot using dimensional tape. Eerily fun!


Happy Halloween by Diane features Candy Corn by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Diane Morales creates a round shaker card filled with sweet delights! She stamps candy corn throughout her background and adds orange, white, and black sequins as well as colored candy corn cutouts using the Candy Corn stamp and die set. She completes her shaker card by adding her Halloween sentiment (Halloween Trio stamp set) on a wavy banner and a trio of candy corns and a bit of black polka-dotted ribbon. Super cute!


Have a be-witch-ing good time by Sue features Witchy Newton, Flying Bats, and Framework by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Sue T. also uses the Witchy Newton stamp and die set to great her Halloween card!  Beginning with an orange card base, she die cuts her black panel using the Framework die set.  She die cuts out a circular window in which she places her batty background. She creates this background using the Flying Bats stencil. She then lightly distresses a full moon over the bats. She adheres the panel with dimensional tape. She stamps the kitty image from the Witchy Newton stamp and die set and colors in colors of Halloween. She adheres this with dimensional tape along with a couple of spooky bats!


Wishing you a spooky Halloween by Becky features Spooky Streets, Creepy Cameos, and Land Borders by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Using only black and white, Becky Noelle creates this spectacular Halloween card!  She begins with a black card base and speckles with white.  She adds white hills using the Land Borders die set and speckling in black. She stamps the tree, bats, haunted house, and gravestones from the Spooky Street stamp set and adheres to her scene. She pulls the spooky sentiment from the Creepy Cameos stamp set and stamps in black.  A delightfully scary Halloween card!


Happy Halloween by Bobbi features Raccoon Rascals and Speech Bubbles by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Bobbi Lemanski creates a spooky nighttime background in which these mischievous rascals can play. Those little fellows are from the Raccoon Rascals stamp. By coloring the trash can in shades of orange, Bobbi gives her card the perfect touch of Halloween colors. She adds a speech bubble using the Speech Bubbles die set with the fun surprise sentiment. She finishes with embossing the Halloween sentiment in white.  A creative way to re-purpose this fun stamp set!
Purple card using Raccoon Rascals, Distressed Ink background 

Create a project using the theme-- Halloween


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!
Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #105 Winners

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last Inky Paws Challenge at here at
 the Newton's Nook Designs blog! I apologize for the delay, but here are the amazing winners of the last biweekly Challenge was a Sketch Challenge.

Inky Paws Challenge #105  Winner!
We've chosen one RANDOM winner using random.org to receive a $20 Store Credit to Newton's Nook Designs!


Amy T. creates this bright and festive birthday card by selecting wonderful papers!  For her center panel, she adds texture using the Confetti stencil. She adds a gift-giving image from the Holding Happiness stamp and die set. She adds a bit of bling, ribbon and the sentiment to make this a wonderful birthday card!

Congrats to Amy T.   Don't forget to send us an e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $20 store credit! (It's easiest if you already have an account set up in our shop)


Inky Paws Challenge #105 Favorites

Our Inky Paws Challenge Inspiration team has chosen a few of their favorite challenge entries from this challenge! If you see your card below, contact us if you'd like to get a "favorite" badge for your blog!

Bobbi's FAVE
Happy Halloween by Amy T. features Newton's Boo-tiful Night and Spooky Street by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Amy T.  provides a fabulous Halloween card with her distressed moon and spooky blended night sky. Using the Spooky Street stamp set, she stamps bats, tombstones, and tree to complete her background for the kitty witch from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp set.  She embosses the sentiment from  the Spooky Street stamp set in white. She places this panel on Halloween-themed papers and finishes with twine!  Spook-tacular!


Debbie's FAVE
Boatloads of Christmas Cheer by Sandi features SEAs-on's Greetings by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Sandi's use of the sketch as a gift-card holder is super fun!  She selects some wonderful Christmas colored papers--green and red--which make for an amazing setting on which she adds her ocean scene with it's boatload of holiday presents. This sweet image is from SEAs-on's Greetings stamps set (retired).  What a fun way to send some Christmas love!

Diane's FAVE
Pina koala by Avrawill features Pina Koala by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Avrawill creates a bold brightly colored background with a fun geometric design. She adds a light green panel on which she adds the cute koala from the Pina Koala stamp and die set. She adds twine to pull everything together for this fabulous card!


Sue's FAVE
I'm here for you rain or shine by Green-Eyed Goddess features Newton's Rainy Day by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Green-Eyed Goddess created an amazing background in rainbow colors which is perfect for the rainy image!  She uses Newton's Rainy Day stamp and die set. Her bright red and white umbrella is so bold as it keeps Newton and his frog and duck friend dry.  The grass with the little white hearts is a wonderful touch.  


Becky's FAVE
Hope your fall is extra mice by Amanda features Falling Leaves and Autumn Mice by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Amanda greats this amazing fall scene by using distress ink over the Falling Leaves stencil.  She then blends distress inks on her center panel and spritzes with water. Using the the Autumn Mice stamp and die set, she adds leaves flying in the wind with sweetly colored mouse chasing them.  She finishes with the sentiment and a trio of pumpkins.  




Thank you for playing!

Thanks again to everyone who entered - It's really so much fun to look through all the entries and see everyone's ideas! If you didn't win this time, we hope you'll play along again next time! You can always find our moscurrent challenge here.

Monday, September 2, 2019

Inky Paws Challenge #105 Reminder

Today I'm sharing some more inspiration 
for our current challenge! 

Here'a a refresher.
Sketch Challenge

Create a project using sketch #105 

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge!

You can never have to much happy by Bobbi features Walking Woofs by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Every dog lover will fall in love with Bobbi Lemanski's card!  Bobbi stamps the image from the Walking Woofs stamp set and shades each puppy uniquely. She selects a red, white, and sky blue color scheme for the lovely lady. She continues this color scheme with the bottom sky blue panel and red twine. She adheres this center panel to a white panel edged with red.  The addition of black prints in the corner as well as the black & white striped washi tape makes for an adorable card. 


Happy Howl-oween by Debbie features Bubbly, Frames & Flags, and Spooky Skeletons by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Here's a not-so-spooky Halloween card by Debbie Owens. She begins by using the  Bubbly stencil set to create a playful background in lime green. She then creates her center panel using the stitched frame from the Frames & Flags die set.  She adds a lime green strip and black polka dotted washi tape before stamping a subtle crescent moon and Halloween sentiment using the Spooky Skeletons stamp set. She adds a bit of twine. Her focal image is the daring Halloween due from the newly released Happy Howl-oween stamp set.  Super cute!


Boo by Diane features Halloween Trio, Framework, and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Diane Morales brings us our second too-cute-to-spook Halloween card. For her scalloped-edge card base, she uses the Frames & Flags die set. She then uses the smaller scalloped-edged frame from the Framework die set to make a white and a black polka dotted layer. She adds her brightly costumed critters from the Halloween Trio stamp and die set and adds a twine bow and a couple of bats to finish her delightful card.


Thankful for you by Sue T. features Harvest Tails, Thankful Thoughts, and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
With autumn just around the corner, Sue T. gets us in the mood with this beautiful card. Sue chooses a fabulous fall pattern paper which she die cuts using the Frames & Flags die set. She then creates her center panel using two different wood grain papers on which she stamps the thankful sentiment from
the Thankful Thoughts stamp set. To pull everything together, she adds the fox holding the pumpkin from the Harvest Tails stamp and die set.



Surround yourself by Becky features Flamingo Flock, Tropical Leaves, and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #newtonsnook
Becky Noelle's creation could be called pretty in pink because it is!  She begins by distressing the background in shades of pink using the Tropical Leaves stencil. She adds her second layer by fussy cutting out all those flamingos from the Flamingo Flock stamp set so the leaves can be seen. She adds a dark pink sentiment banner using the Frames & Flags die set on which she white embosses the sentiment.  All that fussy cutting paid off...this is an amazing card!  


I hope these projects have inspired you to play along! Remember, you have until this Friday, September 6, 2019 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!