Monday, September 4, 2023

Inky Paws Challenge #205 Winners

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last

Inky Paws Challenge at the Newton's Nook Designs blog!

We loved all the different interpretations using stripes in your projects!

Inky Paws Challenge #205 Prize Winner!

We've chosen one RANDOM winner using random.org to receive

a $20 Store Credit to Newton's Nook Designs!

Sending joyful wishes by Tracie C. features Holiday Post by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardchallenge, #cardmaking, #christmascards, #holidaycards

Tracie C. creates a super cute holiday card featuring the Holiday Post stamp and coordinating die set. the traditional red and green colors and the stripes make this a festive, fun card!

Congrats to Tracie C.! Don't forget to send us an e-mail at

info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $20 store credit!

Inky Paws Challenge #205 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!

Claire's FAVE

Claire loved how Ellen used stripes to make house siding. Placing the hanging basket outside the window is a fabulous idea. That cute basket including our darling Newton is from the Newton's Hanging Basket stamp set. A creative way to showcase this stamp set!

Crystal's FAVE

Tracie C. is not only our lucky random winner, but also Crystal's fave this week! Tracie used the Holiday Post stamp and die set with traditional holiday colors and fun stripes! A super fun way to bring on the holidays!

Danni's FAVE

Hey there pumpkin by Kristi H. features Newton's Boo-tiful Night and Halloween Meows by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #halloweencards, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge

Kristi H. fun Halloween scene caught Danni's eye. Kristi uses papers from the Halloween Meow paper pad to create her layers. Then showcases Newton with his trio of pumpkins from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp and coordinating die set. The little bit of fog by the grass is a fabulous touch!

Debbie's FAVE

Riding by to say Happy Birthday by Danielle features Cycling Friends, Confetti HFP, and Birthday Greetings HFP by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #birthdaycard, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge

Danielle's use of the positive and negative print of the Confetti Hot Foil Plate was a fabulous way to add her diagonal stripes. She showcases the cycling image from the Cycling Friends stamp and die set with a sentiment that includes the use of the Birthday Greetings Hot Foil Plate. A fabulous way to use the foil for a festive card!

Amy's FAVE

Treat yo' self by Marianne features Summer Treats by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #catcards, #birthdaycards, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge

Marianne's rainbow of stripes caught Amy's eye. Add in the ever darling Newton from the Newton's Summer Treats stamp set and you've got a fabulous card. The sentiment on the black circle adds a nice touch of contrast. Super fun!

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 most current challenge here.

Monday, August 21, 2023

Inky Paws Challenge #205

Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This is a theme challenge.

Use the Theme--Stripes--with your NND products.

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 1, 2023 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!

Heights of delights for your birthday by Claire features Newton's Birthday Delights and Frames Squared by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #catcards, #birthdaycards, #cardchallenge, #cardmaking

Claire Lamb's rainbow card is absolutely darling! With the colorful background, Amy uses the towering cake image from the \Newton's Birthday Delights stamp and coordinating die set and colors each layer in a rainbow color. She creates a square card which showcases the scallop-edged die from the Frames Squared die set. A sprinkling of gems finishes off this super colorful card!

Merry Christmas by Crystal features Holiday Heights, Forest Scene Builder, Land Borders, and Framework by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #christmascards, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge

Crystal Minkler creates a beautiful, winter night background just perfect for her snowman and puppy from the Holiday Heights stamp and coordinating die set. For her stripes, Crystal cleverly uses the trees from the Forest Scene Builder die set. She adds some snow hills using the Land Borders die set. For the postage-edging, Crystal uses the Framework die set. What a fabulous way to interpret the challenge theme!

Find your happy place by A Dog's Life, Never Enough Dogs, Framework, and Circle Frames by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #puppycards, #dogcards, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge

Danni Bindel's card is going to appeal to all our dog lovers out there! She colors all those sweet puppies from the Never Enough Dogs stamp set in all shades of browns and grays. She then creates the scalloped and the postage-edged layers using the Framework die set. Those vertical stripes are from the A Dog's Life paper pad. Her last element is the sentiment in a stitched circle (Circle Frames die set). A delightful happy place!

Time to celebrate by Debbie features Birthday Meows, Birthday Mice, Birthday Greetings, and Oval Frames by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #birthdaycard, #micecards, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge

Can't decide what paper to use? Then do what Debbie Owens does! She makes stripes using 9 different designs from the Birthday Meows paper pad giving her card a very fun, celebratory feel. She adds a vellum oval using the Oval Frames die set. She places those delightful mice from the Birthday Mice stamp set on the vellum with a pop of dimension tape. She uses the Birthday Greetings Hot Foil Plates to create her gold sentiment. Check out Deb's blog to see a couple more fun cards using strips of papers for her stripes!

Read, Relax, Repeat by Amy features Newton's Book Club, Birthday Meows, Celebration Embellishment, Banner Trio, and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #catcards, #booklovercards

Amy Tollner makes the cutest shaker card using the newly released Celebration Embellishment Mix. She creates a nice book shelf complete with our very own Newton from the Newton's Book Club stamp and coordinating die set. She adds the striped paper from the Birthday Meows paper pad that coordinates purr-fectly with her pastel books. She creates the scallop-edging using a die from the Frames & Flags die set. For her sentiment, she uses a banner die from the Banner Trio die set. Sweet!

Use the challenge theme with your Newton's Nook Designs products.

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