Inky Paws #28 Challenge Winners

Inky Paws Challenge #28 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 a LOVE THEME! 

There were so MANY amazing LOVE cards this month!  THANK YOU to everyone who entered! All the awesome entries always make it difficult to choose the winners! 

Top picks for Inky Paws Challenge #28

Announcing.... 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!!

Our first top pick is this adorable card is by Janette Kausen! We love how she created a shaker card using tulle over a watercolor background! It's the perfect backdrop for those snuggly kitties from our  Darling Duos stamp set! 

Our second top pick is this pretty pink card by Peggy Gottschau! We loved how the sweet flamingo pair is nestled under that big pink stenciled heart! She use the flamingos from our our Flirty Flamingos stamp set! So adorable!  

Congrats to Janette and Peggy! Don't forget to send us an e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $10 store credit and get your winner badge for your blog!

Inky Paws #28 Favorites

Since there were so many great cards with this sketch cards, 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!

This Valentine by Diane made us smile! We love how she used the alligator from the Beach Party stamp set and created a cluster of balloons using the "love" sentiment from the Winged Wishes stamp set! 

We loved all the layers and fun colors on this card by Tara.  That distress background is super fun. Check out her site for a fun video on how she did this. She used our Sweetheart Tails Stamp Set for the fox image and sentiment. 

And one more favorite - We loved the way Dawn combined  the flamingos from our Flirty Flamingos Stamp Set with the Eiffel Tower from the Newton Dreams of Paris Stamp Set! The way she colored the grass is so pretty too! 

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! Our next Inky Paws challenge will begin in a couple weeks - on Friday, February 19th!

Sweet Treats Blog Hop Winners

Thank you to everyone for participating in our blog hop. We really enjoy reading all of your comments! Check out below to see if you won! The the blogs and the comments were chosen using random.org

For the first $10 Store Credit the winner was randomly chosen from Yukari Yoshioka's blog: 

For the second $10 Store Credit the winner was randomly chosen from the Newton's Nook blog: 

Congrats to the Winners! Don't forget - you have 7 days from today to to e-mail us at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com with your full name and email address to claim your prize.

Inky Paws Challenge #25 Winners!

Inky Paws Challenge #25 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 a Halloween Theme Challenge! 

We loved seeing all scary and silly Halloween projects for this challenge! THANK YOU to everyone who entered! All the awesome entries always make it difficult to choose the winners! 

Top picks for Inky Paws Challenge #25

Announcing.... 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!!

This spooky trio by Jennifer Moyer is our first top pick! We love how she used our favorite Halloween friends from the Boo Crew set in the foreground and created a fun distressed background for them with the haunted house and bats from our Spooky Street stamp set! 

This fun creation by Tracy Marie Lewis is our second top pick! We love the fun vibrant coloring on she did on the pumpkin freebie image and the addition of the kitty face peeking around the side! 

Congrats to Jennifer and Tracy! Don't forget to send us an e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $10 store credit and get your winner badge for your blog!

Inky Paws #25 Favorites

Since there were so many great cards with this sketch cards, 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!

This shaker card by Tammy is so fun! We love how she added the characters from our Boo Crew  stamp set onto the orange balloons! 

We loved how Tonya used a non-Halloween set to create a Halloween scene! She used the kitty from the Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set and added on a fun witch hat to make it Halloween themed! Such a fun idea! 

Here's another fun Halloween card using a non-Halloween set! Diane used the hula bunny from the Beach Party stamp set put her with orange and black colors to make it into a Halloween card! 

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: the next challenge will begin on October 23rd.

Inky Paws Challenge #12 - Beach Theme Challenge

Happy Friday and the the first day of #12 Inky Paws Challenge!  

This month's challenge is a Beach - Theme Challenge!

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,  August 8th,  2014 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, August 11th.

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky? 

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item) based on the beach theme.

• 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 Flickr , Pinterest, or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC12).

• 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 - Read the description below each card to see who made it!

Don't you just love this fun bright yellow card by Lydia? It reminds me of sunshine! I love how she colored the kitty and sandcastle image from our Newton's Summer Vacation set! Adorable! 

Here's a great beach card by Stephanie! I love her color combo and cut clouds! And its cute how she gave the kitty from our  Newton's Summer Vacation set rosy cheeks! Makes me smile!

Here's a great sweet little beach treat by Tessa! She colored the cute kitty from our Newton's Summer Vacation set and added him to this cute little container of gummy sharks! YUM!

 Larissa created a fun "framed" beach scene using the frame from the Around the House set, the water from the Beach Party set and the Pail of sand from  Newton's Summer Vacation. Love this idea!

More Sunshine from Jess - this time in the form of rays - Super Fun! She used our Kitty on in inner tube from Newton's Summer Vacation and the waves from the Beach Party set. 

Diane created this super fun triple image card  - Newton is on an Island Vacation tour - using stamps from  Newton's Summer Vacation 

Danielle created this pretty watercolor beach scene with the kitty on the innertube as the focus! Love how bright those watercolors are! She used stamps from  Newton's Summer Vacation. 

Samantha used the super cute hula bunny from our Beach Party set and the Wish you were here sentiment from Newton's Summer Vacation. I love how she colored those waves!

Here's one from me (Jen) - I also used the kitty from from the  Newton's Summer Vacation set and I used sandpaper to create the beach along the bottom- Doesn't it look fun? 

Now it's your turn!

Use the widget below to add a link to your project! Don't forget to tell your friends to play along too - If we get more than 15 participants we will pick TWO winners!

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