Inky Paws Challenge #167 Reminder

 

Don't forget - 
There's still time to play along with our 

latest Inky Paws Challenge!

  

Have you had a chance to make a card for our latest Inky Paws Challenge? 

Here'a a refresher.

Use the colors Sunny Yellow, Spring Green, Taffy Pink, and White to create your NND project!

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

Diane Morales creates a striking card beginning with the scallop frame from the A7 Frames & Banners die set. She uses the Sea Borders die set to create the wavy background blocks. She frames her beautiful flowers from the Orchids stamp & die set with the little scallop frame from the Frameworks die set. She pulls a sentiment from the Heartfelt Roses stamp set. She completes her beautiful card with a couple of pearl dots. Wow!

Sue T. calico kitty is looking so cute peeking from her rain boot!. This sweet kitten is from the Newton's Rain Boots stamp & die set. Sue arranges the kitten in front of her trio of distressed windows created using the Slimline Masking Circles & Squares  and the Petite Flowers stencils.  She scatters some pink baubles. Just adorable!

Amy Tollner's duo of mice will make you smile. Using the A7 Frames & Banners die set to create her scalloped element, she distresses pretty flowers in the background using the Petite Flowers stencil. She arranges the two mice from the Garden Mice stamp and die set around the 3-window frame and strategically places a ladybug and little butterflies pulled from the Gnome Garden stamp and die set and the Newton's Picnic stamp and die set (retiring). Sweetness!

Claire Lamb shows off her amazing distressing skills with her gorgeous background. She adds a duo of circles and embosses the sentiment from the Walking Woofs stamp set. She adds a floral arrangement around the circles using the Flower Trio die set. Just gorgeous!

Set atop a bright yellow gingham background, Debbie Owens showcases one of the French bulldogs from the retiring Fabulous Frenchies stamp set. She adds green hills and grass using the Land Borders die set. She adds some pretty yellow flowers from the Woodland Spring stamp set. She creates a fun shape card using the Circle Frames die set. Her final touch is putting the sentiment in a speech bubble using the Speech Bubbles die set. Simply adorable!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, February 25, 2022 to enter. There's a prize involved too, so don't delay - see more inspiration on our Inky Paws Challenge here!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #154

 

   Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This challenge is a:

Theme Challenge--Use Stripes!

Use stripes in your NND project!

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, August 13, 2021 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! 

Amy Tollner showcases one of the puppies from the Fabulous Frenchies stamp and coordinating die set, and boy is he cute in his peach and pink striped sweater!  She places this sweet pup on a distressed tag die cut using the Fancy Edges Tag die set.  For more stripe fun, she uses the Serene Stripes stencil in hues of yellow, peach, and pink for her background which has been die cut using the postage-edged die from the Framework die set. Oh la la!  

Claire Lamb brings us this amazing pop card featuring the Newton Dreams of Paris stamp and coordinating die set on both the outside and inside of her card!  She has little hot air balloons flying past the Eiffel tower on her diagonally embossed front. Then open up the card, and a large hot air balloon pops up piloted by the ever cute black kitty!  For added fun, she has used the Sky Borders die set for her puffy clouds at the top. Below she uses the Land Borders die set to create her ground on which the love-struck kitten awaits the landing of the balloon!  A fabulous way to use the retiring  Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set!

 Debbie Owens uses some masking to create her striped rainbow-colored background on which she stamps the silhouette of the palm trees and birds from the Paradise Palms stamp set. For added contrast, she adds a black scallop-edged frame die cut using the Frames Squared die set. A simple design packed with lots of colors and fun!  

Diane Morales is back with a circular card!  Uses dies from the Circle Frames die set to create her base and layers.  Love those lavender stripes?  Diane uses one of the Retro Sun & Palms stencils to create them. She then adds the ever cute kitten on his beach chair. This cutie is from the Kitten Beach stamp and coordinating die set.  She adds a couple starfish and striped shells to complete this darling card!

Sue T. brings us this beautiful card showcasing the Dainty Daisies stamp and coordinating die set in lovely shades of pink.  For dramatic effect, she, like Diane, uses one of the stencils from the Retro Sun and Palms stencil set to create her black stripes.  She then die cuts this using one of the dies from the Circle Frames die set.  All of this is placed on a white scallop-edged frame die cut using the Frames & Flags die set. She also uses the banner die from this set to stamp her sentiment.  A beautiful combination of NND products!

Use stripes in your NND project!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #121 Reminder

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

Here'a a refresher.

Create a project using the Theme-Birthday:

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge:

It's all about long and skinny with Debbie Owens' cards!  Using different monochromatic color schemes, she uses the ladies from the Holding Happiness stamp set for her CAS style birthday cards. She embosses two sentiments from the Birthday Essentials stamp set.  A strip of black and white diagonal washi tape and some glossy accents provide her finishing touches!

Diane Morales has an amazing talent making circle cards, and this one does not disappoint!  Her little scene shows Newton cleaning up after the celebration!  She uses the vacuuming Newton from the Newton Cleans Up stamp and die set and confetti and hat from the Newton Celebrates stamp and die set.  With the punny sentiment, this card will bring a smile!

Sue T. wonderfully combines elements for a well-balanced CAS card! She creates a circle full of fluffy clouds using the Clouds stencil. She then stamps the sentiment partially outside the circle and offsetting it with the sweet birdie from the  Newton's Birthday Flutter stamp set.  Totally sweetness!

 Becky Noelle's spinner card is packed full of birthday fun!  For her spinning element, she has Newton on his balloon from the Newton's Birthday Bash stamp set twirling around. Her background has light, fluffy balloons from the Clouds stencil with rainbow foil confetti Confetti stencil falling from the sky!  Using the Frames & Flags die set, she stamps her sentiment. 

Crystal Komara's blue monochromatic color scheme is just spectacular! For her circular background, she adds sparkly balloons using the Balloons stencil flying across her blue distressed background, She adds Newton from the Newton's Antics stamp and die set popping out of his box. The birthday hat and blue balloon accents are from the Fabulous Frenchies stamp and die set and are just purr-fectly combined!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, April 24, 2020 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!

Inky Paws Challenge #115 Reminder

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

Here'a a refresher.

Theme Challenge--Add Hearts!

Create a project using hearts. 

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge:

Love puppies?  Then Crystal Komera's ador-bull card is going to thrill you!  With a black and white checkered paper on a dark red card base, she adds four red hearts stamped with paw prints. Using all the puppies from the Fabulous Frenchies stamp and die set, Crystal colors the accessories in reds, whites, and blacks. She adds a pink heart on one balloon as well as makes a bouquet of balloons. She stamps the sentiment on a little banner.  So, so sweet!

Debbie Owens creates a Valentine's tag in white, black and pink.  Using the Fancy Edges Tag die set, she cuts a pink tag and a black tag with a scallop edge.  She adds a heart cut using the Darling Hearts die set on which she adds the love sentiment and a couple of tiny hearts. She colors the pair of kitties in grays from the Newton's Sweetheart stamp and fussy cuts.  She adds silver twine behind them before adhering with dimensional tape.  Sweetness!

3...2...1...Blast off into a heart-filled outer space!  Diane Morales creatively stretches the Cosmic Newton stamp and die set by having her feline astronaut traveling through some fluffy clouds using the Sky Borders die set into the final frontier filled with hearts using the Darling Hearts die set!  A fun masculine Valentine's card!

Pretty in pink is Sue T.'s card that is purr-fect for Valentine's Day. She creates her pink ombre' hearts using the Tumbling Hearts stencil and creates the postage-edged base with the Framework die set. The cute, cuddly cats from the Newton's Sweetheart stamp and die set, are positioned through a die cut circle with a dark pink in the background. Look closely at those heart tags on their collars! {sigh}

 If you enjoy lots of masking and inking, then Becky Noelle's card will win your heart! Using the Tumbling Hearts stencil, she painstakingly masked & inked each heart on a pale gray background. She then adds a heart from the Candy Heart stamp set and adds the sentiment in red. She stitches the gray panel onto a white card base. Don't you love how this looks like a box of conversation hearts?

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, January 31, 2020 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!

Inky Paws Challenge #88 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 Color Challenge.

Inky Paws Challenge #88 Winner!

We've chosen one RANDOM winner using random.org to receive a $20 Store Credit to Newton's Nook Designs!

Becca Yahrling creates this wonderful card by partially stamping her background using the Plaid Stencil set. Then she adds a light blue stripe and stamps the sentiment from the Simply Sentimental stamp set.  She colors the graceful bird from the Winter Birds stamp set in light blue and adds a row of gems to finish her design. So pretty!

Congrats to Becca Yahrling! 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 #88 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!

Sue's FAVE

Kate Taylor's puppy from the Fabulous Frenchies stamp set is just too cute!  She creates a sky blue background which she subtly adds pawprints using the Pawprints stencil set. She then embosses the sentiment in white on a black banner. Just too cute!

Becky's FAVE

Meghan K. creates this delightful CAS card using the Cup of Cocoa stamp set. Her amazing coloring skills makes each cup look delicious.  She adds a splattering of sequins to add sparkle and shine!  

Bobbi's FAVE

Angie C. creates this wonderful winter card by having her snowmen from the Frozen Fellowship stamp set peeking out of the card's front window.  She adds the sentiment below her window which is from the Fireside Friends stamp set.  She includes glitter on her snowmen which makes the card sparkle!

Debbie's FAVE

Vicki C.  gives a summery scene with this darling card.  She creates several layers using the colors red, white, and black. Then she adds her blue water creating waves using the Waves stencil.  Then she adds that cute goat from the Floaty Goat stamp set on his red polka-dotted tube. She stamps the sentiment on a very subtly colored sky. So cute!

Diane's FAVE

Kathy uses the challenge colors fabulously with stylish card.  She creates a black, white, and blue plaid background using the Plaid Stencil set.  Then she adds a red frame which really pops. She adds a silver-glitter snowbank for her hot cocoa lovin' snowman from the Frozen Friends stamp set.  She finishes with sequins. So 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.