Showing posts with label Fall Harvest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fall Harvest. Show all posts

Monday, September 7, 2026

Inky Paws Challenge #256 Week 2

 

September Challenge


We can't wait to see your Fall and/or Halloween creations!

You have until Friday, September 25, 2026 (Midnight, CST) to play along. Each DT member will pick a favorite project to showcase, AND one RANDOM entry will win a $20 store credit to Newton's Nook Design online shop! The winners will be announced on the NND blog the following Monday. Make sure you check the challenge rules page before you link up your project.

Here's some inspiration:  We couldn't decide between fall and Halloween so we're choosing BOTH! Create a card with a fall and/or Halloween theme to join. Create a thank you using fall images and colors. Try creating a cute (or spooky) Halloween scene. This time of year is filled with frights and delights! Choose your favorite and enter today!



Kelly's pumpkin-filled card features Pumpkin Tails, Autumn Woofs, Frames & Tags, Frames & Flags, Basic Frames, and Fence die Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #nndpaper, #nndstamps, #fallcards, #autumncards, #dogcards, #puppycards
Kelly Santi creates a cute and delightful pumpkin patch scene. She uses the polka dotted paper from the Autumn Woofs paper pad with the Frames & Tags die set to create the base panel and adds the puppy in basket paper on top of it (Basic Frames die set). She then layers on some green grass with a fence (Fence die) in front. Behind her fence is a trio of puppies from the Pumpkin Tails stamp and coordinating die set searching for the right pumpkin. She stamps her sentiment on a stitched panel using the Frames & Flags die set. The bright colors adds playfulness to this fabulous card!

Amy's pumpkin card showcases Fall Harvest, Autumn Oval, Autumn, Oval Frames, and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #nndpaper, #nndstamps, #fallcards, #autumncards, #catcards
Amy Tollner combines some autumn products to create this darling card filled with pumpkins. She uses the Fall Harvest stamp and coordinating die set to create the basket with a feline popping his head up. Behind that kitty is a gorgeous oval filled with pumpkins. She creates her oval using the  Autumn Oval stamp set and the Oval Frames die set. Framing everything is a pretty plaid paper from the  Autumn paper pad with the scallop-edging using the Frames & Flags die set. Wonderfully done!

Claire's spooky card features Haunted House, Spooky Line Street, and Spiderweb Oval by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #nndstamps, #halloweencards
Claire Lamb creates this spooky card using some fabulous distressing skills for the eerie green backdrop. She uses the Spooky Line Street stencil to add some stars and ghosts, and she uses the Haunted House die to create this spooky mansion. The sentiment from the Spiderweb Oval stamp set is just perfect!  Is anyone brave enough to enter?

Danni's autumn card features Autumn Apples, Autumn, Basic Frames, and Card Layout 3 by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #nndpaper, #nndstamps, #fallcards, #autumncards
Danni Bindel uses papers from the Autumn paper pad with the Card Layout 3 die which gives her card a warm, comfy feel. She adds a delicious-looking apple (Autumn Apples stamp and coordinating die set). She adds her sentiment on a stitched panel using the Basic Frames die set. A wonderful card to send to a loved one!

Deb's spooky card features Batty Newton, Count Newton, Flags & Tags, and Flying Bats by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #nndpaper, #nndstamps, #halloweencards, #catcards
Debbie Owens creates a Halloween card with lots of batty friends. Atop her distressed background, she adds a cloud of bats (Flying Bats stencil) enjoying the sky with our very own Newton. She uses the Batty Newton and the Count Newton stamp set to create her vampire feline. She also uses the Flags & Tags die set to create the "toothy" edging! A spookily-cute Halloween card!

Don't forget you have until Friday, September 25, 2026.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Monday, August 17, 2026

Inky Paws Challenge #255 Week 3

 

August Challenge


We have a great sketch to get your creative juices flowing!

Have fun using the Challenge Sketch!

You have until Friday, August 28, 2026 (Midnight, CST) to play along. Each DT member will pick a favorite project to showcase, AND one RANDOM entry will win a $20 store credit to Newton's Nook Design online shop!  The winners will be announced on the NND blog the following Monday.  Make sure you check the challenge rules page before you link up your project. 

Here's some inspiration:  This sketch features a fun angled layout! Try using this sketch with our Card Layout 7 Die or cut the angles with a scissor or trimmer. Put a different image in each section or keep it simple with patterned papers and sentiments. All themes are welcome as long as the sketch is used.



Claire's floral card features Card Layout 7, Spring Blooms, and Fall Harvest by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #nndstamps, #nndpapers, #sunflowers, #floralcards
Claire Lamb showcases the bouquet of flowers from the Fall Harvest stamp and coordinating die set. She coordinates her lavender flowers with papers from the Spring Blooms paper pack. For her designs, she uses the Card Layout 7 die. Such a wonderful way to showcase smaller images!

Danni's autumn card features Frames Squared, Card Layout 7, Autumn, and Pumpkin Tails by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #nndstamps, #nndpapers, #autumncards, #fallcards, #catcards
Danni Bindel is gearing up for fall with this sweet card featuring a trio of felines from the Pumpkin Tails stamp set. She showcases them with papers from the Autumn paper pad. She uses the Card Layout 7 die for her design with a stitched circle (Frames Squared die set) for her sentiment. Such a fun autumn card!

Deb's school card features Newton's Book Club, Never Enough Books, All Booked Up, Frames & Flags, Black & White Basics, and Card Layout 7 by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #nndstamps, #nndpapers, #catcards, #bookcards, #schoolcards
Debbie Owens is getting ready for school with this book-filled card! She selects images with books from the Newton's Book Club, the All Booked Up, and the Never Enough Books stamp sets. She selects papers from the Black & White Basics paper pack to showcase these scholarly felines. She also used the Card Layout 7 for her layout with her sentiment on a banner (Frames & Flags die set). Love all those colorful books!

Kelly's retro card features Newton's Mix Tape, Party on, Card Layout 7, New Retro, and Circle Frames by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #nndstamps, #nndpapers, #retrocards
Kelly Santi is rockin' out with this darling card featuring Newton from the Newton's Mix Tape stamp and coordinating die. She selects paper from the New Retro paper pack and uses the Card Layout 7 die for her layout. She pulls sentiments from the Party On stamp set. She uses a vellum stitched circle (Circle Frame die set) to highlight Newton with his mixed tape! Darling!

Amy's Halloween card features Trick or Treat Newton, Haunted House, Spooky Sky, Basic Frames, Halloween Time, Cheerful Brights Glitter Cardstock, and Card Layout 7 by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #nndstamps, #nndpapers, #halloweencards, #catcards
Amy Tollner has created a card purr-fect for those candy-lovin' felines from the Trick-or-Treat Newton stamp and coordinating die set. She uses the Haunted House die and the Spooky Sky die set to create some of the scene with paper from the Halloween Time paper pack finishing it off. She uses the Card Layout 7 die to create her layout with glitter paper for the framing (Cheerful Brights Glitter Cardstock Assortment). Her sentiment is on a stitched panel (Basic Frames die set). Hope those little trick-or-treaters don't get scared! 🙀

Don't forget you have until Friday, August 28, 2026.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Monday, September 29, 2025

Inky Paws Challenge #244 Winners

 

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last
Inky Paws Challenge!

We loved seeing all your Fall and Halloween projects!


Inky Paws Challenge #244 Prize Winner!


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

Donna's Halloween card features Newton's Boo-tiful Night and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnookdesigns, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchalllenge, #halloweencards, #catcards
Donna is our lucky winner with this delightful card featuring this festive image from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp set. She adds a fun starry pattern paper die cut using the scallop-edged die from the Frames & Flags die set. Congrats!

Congrats to Donna!  Don't forget to send us an e-mail at
 info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $20 store credit! 

Inky Paws Challenge #244 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
Jenn's Halloween card features Count Newton by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnookdesigns, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchalllenge, #halloweencards, #catcards, #countnewton
Jenn Borjeson's amazing background caught Deb's eye. This fun background adds a nice spookily cute setting for her feline in his coffin. This little fellow is from the Count Newton stamp set. The added bats and spidery gate add to the spooky vibe of the card!

Amy's FAVE
Meghan's coffee card features Pumpkin Latte, Autumn, and Frames Squared by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnookdesigns, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchalllenge, #coffeelovers, #coffeecards, #pumpkinspice, #autumncards, #fallcards
Amy loves Megham K.'s coloring and mix of papers on her pumpkin-spice card!  Meghan uses the retired Pumpkin Latte stamp set with papers from the Autumn paper pad. She also uses the pointed-square from the Frames Squared die set. A wonderfully designed autumn card!

Claire's FAVE
Mindy's fall card features Frames & Flags and Fall Harvest by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnookdesigns, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchalllenge, #fallcards, #autumncards, #catcards
Mindy Finnegan's watercolored background caught Claire's eye and with the trio of baskets from the Fall Harvest stamp and coordinating die set, Mindy's card couldn't be cuter! She creates a scallop edging using a die from the Frames & Flags die set. Such a darling card!

Crystal's FAVE
Sabra's fall card features Newton's Harvest Time and Autumn by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnookdesigns, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchalllenge, #autumncards, #fallcards, #catcards
Sabra Gerdes caught the eye of Crystal with her amazing mix of papers from the Autumn paper pad and her fun framing of the sentiment. Sabra colors the wheelbarrow and feline from the Newton's Harvest Time stamp and coordinating die set amazingly. Such a wonderful autumn card!

Danni's FAVE
Donna's Halloween card features Newton's Boo-tiful Night and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnookdesigns, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchalllenge, #halloweencards, #catcards
Donna is not only our lucky winner, but also Danni's FAVE! Her gorgeous teal background is just purr-fect for the black feline and his trio of Jack-'o'-lanterns from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp set. She adds a starry background paper which is die-cut using the scallop-edged die from the Frames & Flags die set. Such a wonderfully designed card!

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.


The IPC Design Team will be on Fall Break from September 29, 2025 - October 3, 2025.  
We will be back on October 6, 2025 with a new challenge!



Monday, September 15, 2025

Inky Paws Challenge #244 Week 3

 

 Our September Challenge Continues. 

Have you enter your project(s) yet? 



Be sure to link up your Fall and/or Halloween projects by September 26, 2025!
  Make sure you check the challenge rules page before you link up your project. 

Here's some inspiration.  

Fall is quickly approaching! This month's challenge is a perfect way to whip up fall and Halloween cards while having a chance to win a store credit to NND!  Need some inspiration?  Let's check out this week's card by the IPC team!

Claire's Halloween card features Candy Corn, Candy Corn Newton, and Basic Frames by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #halloweencards, #catcards,
Claire Lamb's card will have you hankering for a handful of candy corn! She uses the Candy Corn stamp set to create her background for her sweet feline from the Candy Corn Newton stamp and coordinating die set. She uses the rectangle die from the Basic Frames die set to create her stiched panel. Such a sweet and delicous card!

Crystal's Halloween card features Newton's Boo-tiful Night, Spiderweb Oval, Oval Frames, and Halloween Party by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #catcards, #halloweencards, #cardchallenge
Crystal Minkler creates a spookily cute card featuring the towering pumpkins and feline from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp and coordinating die set. She frames them with cobwebs from the Spiderweb Oval stamp set and places them in a oval window using the Oval Frames die set. She showcases everything with the pink, black, and orange argyle paper from the Halloween Party paper pad. Everything adds up to total cuteness to celebrate Halloween!

Danni's Halloween card features Halloween Meows, Frames & Tags, Basic Frames, and Ghostly Good Times by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #halloweencards, #ghostcards
Danni Bindel has designed a spooky card filled with ghosts!  She creates her spooky background using the ghost paper from the Halloween Meows paper pad with dies from the Frames & Tags and the Basic Frames die set. She then adds some glowing florescent ghosts from the Ghostly Good Times stamp and coordinating die set. Don't you just love that the ghosts are a canine and feline? 

Debbie's autumn card features Basic Frames, Leaf Splendor, Autumn, Autumn Papers, and Fall Harvest by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #autumncards, #fallcards, #puppycards, #dogcards
Debbie Owens goes with an autumn theme with the playful pup from the Fall Harvest stamp set. She adheres him to a panel with scrap papers from the Autumn Meows and the Autumn paper pads. She uses the Basic Frames die set for her layers and adds a strip of autumn paper to her card base ( Autumn paper pad). Her sentiment comes from the Leaf Splendor stamp set. A wonderful way to use up those little scraps while adding lots of autumn colors!

Amy Halloween card features Batty Newton, Haunted House, Halloween Party, and Card Layout 4 by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #halloweencards, #catcards, #cardmakingideas
Amy Tollner is showcasing our little flying Newton from the Batty Newton stamp and coordinating die set. He is flapping above a spooky house (Haunted House die) against a star-filled sky created using paper from the Halloween Party paper pad with the Card Layout 4 die. A wonderfully spooky scene!


Don't forget you now have until September 26, 2025 to get 
creative with the theme-Halloween or Fall. 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Monday, September 1, 2025

Inky Paws Challenge #244 Week 1

 

The September Challenge 

has begun!

This month we are getting ready for
 fall or Halloween.
You have four weeks to get creative with your NND products using either the theme fall or Halloween!

You have from Monday, September 1, 2025 to Friday, September 26, 2025 (Midnight, CST) to play along. Each DT member will pick a favorite project to showcase, AND one RANDOM entry will win a $20 store credit to Newton's Nook Design online shop!  The winners will be announced on the NND blog the following Monday.  Make sure you check the challenge rules page before you link up your project. 

Here's some inspiration.  

This month theme-Fall or Halloween-has so many possibilities.  This week many of the IPC members were sharing similar creative vibes. Let's check them out!

Debbie's card features Card Layout 3, Fall Harvest, Paw-tumn Newton, and Autumn by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnookdesigns, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #fallcards, #catcards, #pumpkincards
Debbie Owens features the Card Layout 3 die with pumpkin paper from the Autumn paper pad. She then adds the little kitten from the Fall Harvest stamp set and places extra pumpkins (Paw-tumn Newton stamp set) for good measure. She uses one of the panels from the Card Layout 3 to emboss her sentiment.  Such a fun pumpkiny card!

Amy's card features Autumn Reads, Autumn, Card Layout 3, and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnookdesigns, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #fallcards
Amy Tollner also showcases the Card Layout 3 die with a mixture of papers from the Autumn paper pad. She uses the very tall stack of books from the Autumn Reads stamp and coordinating die set and colors all of them to match her paper selection. For her sentiment, she uses a banner die from the Frames & Flags die set.  So adorable!

Claire's Halloween card features Trick or Treat Newton and Postage Stamp Layout by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnookdesigns, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #Halloweencards, #catcards,
Claire Lamb opts for a Halloween scene showcasing her wonderful distressing skills on the little panels from the Postage Stamp Layout die. She then adds an assortment of scary characters from the Trick or Treat Newton stamp and coordinating die set. Such a spookily cute card!

Crystal's card features Newton's Reading List, Autumn Reads, Falling Leaves and Framework by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnookdesigns, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #fallcards, #catcards
Crystal Minkler creates her own background using the Falling Leaves stencil die cut using the postage die from the Framework die set. She adds the very smart Newton from the Newton's Reading List stamp and coordinating die set.  She adds an extra stack of good reads using the Autumn Reads stamp and coordinating die set.  A purr-fect way to spend a fall day!

Danni's card features Autumn Reads, Card Layout 3, Autumn, and Circle Frames by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnookdesigns, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #fallcards
Danni Bindel also showcases the Card Layout 3 die with a beautiful mixture of papers from the Autumn paper pad. She adds the tall stack of books from the Autumn Reads stamp and coordinating die set and colors her books with similar colors from the paper.  For her sentiment, she stamps on a stitched circle using the Circle Frames die set. Another fabulous way to showcase the fun NND autumn products!

Don't forget you now have until September 26, 2025 to get 
creative with the the challenge theme. 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter