Inky Paws Challenge #183 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's a refresher.

Use the sketch above with your NND products!

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

Sue T. gives us this beautiful autumn card featuring the image from the Signs of Fall stamp and coordinating die set. She adds it to a Kraft card base with the embossed pattern using the Argyle stencil set. Using papers from the Autumn Paper Pad, Sue adds banners with autumn leaves to complete her beautiful card. 

Amy Tollner adds some glittery black banners (Frames & Flags die set) which adds a perfect amount of bling to her 'scary' Halloween card! She pairs the witch from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp and coordinating die set with the batty paper (cut using the Framework die set) from the Halloween Meows paper pad. Her distressed tag made using the Fancy Edges Tag die set looks spectacular with the paint splatters, stars, and bat!  

Claire Lamb is back with one of her fabulously colored black kitties!  This cutie is from the Newton's Crate stamp and coordinating die set.  She showcases her crate using papers from the Autumn paper pad. She creates her tag using the Frames & Flags die set and banners using the A7 Frames and Banners die set. The overall effect is one darling autumn card!

Debbie Owens goes with a caffeinated-puppy-themed card by combining papers from the Coffee House Stories paper pad with the sweet puppy from the Puppy Playtime stamp set.  She adds a mug from the Newton Loves Coffee stamp set. To showcase all the fun papers, she makes a vellum tag using the Fancy Edges Tag die set and heat embosses a sentiment from the  Time for Coffee stamp set.  Those little banners were made using the Frames & Flags die set. Love how her puppy matches the paper!

Love candy corn?  Then you will LOVE Diane Morales' sweet card.  Using the candy corn paper from the Halloween Meows Paper Pad, she then makes a scallop-edged tag (Oval Frames die set) and stamps it with the perfect sentiment pulled from the Trick or Treat Kittens stamp set. She adds a handful of candy corn using the Candy corn stamp and the coordinating die set.  Don't you love the little smile on the candy's face?  

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, October 7, 2022 to enter. There's a prize involved too, so don't delay - see more inspiration on our Inky Paws Challenge here!

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Inky Paws Challenge #183

 

   Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This challenge is a

Sketch Challenge.

Use the above sketch.

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 7, 2022 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! 

Sue T. is showcasing those beautiful sunflowers from the darling Paw-tumn Newton stamp and die set. She keeps the card bright using the yellow leaves paper from the Autumn paper pad and creates the tag using the tag die from the Fancy Edges Tag die set. She uses the plaid paper for her trio of banners which gives her card a sweet country charm.  Her sentiment comes from the Autumn Mice stamp set.  Lovely!

Amy Tollner's card is filled with the cutest Jack-o-lanterns ever!  Her background paper is from the  Halloween Meows paper pad.  Doesn't it work splendidly with the Jack-o-lantern images from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp and coordinating die set. She distresses a painted-splattered tag cut using the Fancy Edges Tag die set.  Her banners and the scallop-edged frame were created using the Frames & Flags die set.  A super cute Halloween card!

Claire Lamb shows us how the sketch can be used to whip up the cutest birthday card!  Her sweet CAS card has light blue banners using the Banner Trio die set.  Instead of an actual tag, Claire uses the image from the Newton's Birthday Trio stamp and the coordinating die set. Don't you love how she shaded this trio of Siamese kitties?  To get that stitching around the center panel, Claire uses the  Frames & Flags die set and trims off the scallops.  The sentiment is from the Heartfelt Blooms stamp set. Sweetness!

It's harvest time over on Debbie Owens's card! Her card is filled with pumpkins, gourds, and squashes! She pulls paper from the Autumn paper pad and creates her background frame using the Framework die set. She then uses the Fancy Edges Tag die set to create her golden tag on which she places her kitty image from the Autumn Newton stamp set. She adds some extra pumpkins and leaves using images from the Pumpkin Latte stamp set. Her banners were created using the Frames & Flags die set using coordinating papers from the Autumn paper pad. A harvest paradise!

Diane Morales is showcasing some scary critters from the Spooky Skeletons stamp and coordinating die set. She places them on tag using the Bookmark die set. Her trio of bright banners were created using the A7 Frames & Banners die set. To give her card a bright, fun Halloween feel, she pulls the candy paper from the Halloween Meows paper pad. Just love the playfulness of this card!

Use the sketch with your NND products!

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Inky Paws Challenge #180 Winners

 

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last

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

This Biweekly Challenge was a Sketch Challenge!

Inky Paws Challenge #180 Prize Winner!

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

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

Our lucky winner, Kristi H., showcases the Halloween Trio stamp set.  Her choice of fun pattern papers and a distressed evening setting for her critters makes for a fun, playful Halloween card!

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

Inky Paws Challenge #180 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

Donna H. elected to use the Porch Swing Friends stamp and coordinating die set for her amazing card.  Her beautiful coloring and white space on the image really catches one's eye.  Paired with the rustic wood grain paper and trio of brads, her card delights with its country charm.  To make it a thank you card, she pulls a sentiment from the Peony Blooms  retired stamp set.

Debbie's FAVE

Irene's card will have you reaching for your baking tools to whip up some holiday treats!  Using the Made from Scratch stamp and coordinating die set, she uses the rolling pins for the sketch's horizontal stripe.  Having the other utensils around the oval edge draws the eye to the sentiment.  She also created a sweet matching tag using the Fancy Edges Tag die set and the Holiday Home stamp set.  

Diane's FAVE

Jenny's use of bold, bright colors makes her card so cheerful and perfect to celebrate a birthday! She uses the Oval Frames die set to create her scalloped oval frame using paper from the Birthday Party paper pad. She uses another fun paper from the same pad for her horizontal stripe.  She wonderfully colors the birthday elements from the Birthday Oval stamp set in those bright, cheerful colors!

Sue's FAVE

Amy Tsuruta's clean, crisp card with its subtle coloring makes for such a fresh, beautiful card. She creates the white postage-edged frame using the Framework die set and attaches to a white card base.  She continues with the white on white with her use of the white ribbon.  On her oval, she creates a light blue background using the Houndstooth stencil. She lightly shades the sprig of sunflowers from the Sunflower Days stamp and die set. Her white on black sentiment makes for a nice pop of contrast.  

Amy's FAVE

Dayna had the brilliant idea of making our taco-lovin' Newton from the Newton Loves Tacos stamp and die set into a spinning element!  How fun and clever!  Her choice of paper with its Mexican textile-like patterns works amazingly well with this Newton image.  Fantástico!

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.

Inky Paws Challenge #164 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.

Create a project using the Colors: Candy Red, Cream, Cocoa Brown, and Pewter Gray.

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

Amy Tollner's book marks created using the Bookmark die set will have you pulling out a long book just for a chance to use them! She gives the book marks a vintage look by distressing the edges and coloring the stack of books in browns. Those tall stack of books with the cute critters atop them are from the All Booked Up. She uses the coordinating die set to create the paw print and sentiment. Fabulously done, Amy!

Claire Lamb sends puppy cuteness with this darling thank you card! She distresses the middle section of her card on which she places the pair of puppies from the Puppy Pals stamp and die set. She pulls sentiments from the Thankful Thoughts stamp set and heat embosses them in white. A delightful way to send thanks!

  

Debbie Owens creates a beautiful wintry scene using the Land Borders die set, trees from the Forest Scene Builder die set, and the Snowfall stencil. She adds the fawn pulling her sleigh of packages from the Festive Fawns stamp set. She adds a bit of twine for her finishing touch. Oh so sweet!

Diane Morales is back with one of her amazing shape cards!  She uses the Hearts Frame die set to create the base, and she stamps the Heartfelt Love stamp set and colors all those fun hearts in the challenge colors. She heat embosses the sentiment on a banner using a die from the Banner Trio die set. Don't you love how the card swivels to open?  So fun!

Sue T. shows her creative thinking by pairing the challenge colors with sharks! How fun! On her scallop-edged cream layer (Frames & Flags die set), she adds gray waves using the Waves stencil. She uses the Shark Frenzy stamp set to stamp the shiver of sharks on a tag using the Fancy Edges Tag die set. For added fun, she adds the sentiment on a speech bubble using the Speech Bubbles die set. What a super fun way to use the challenge colors!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, January 14, 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 #161

 

   Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This challenge is a:

Color Challenge

Use the Colors-

Red, Dark Green, Light Green, and Brown

to create 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, November 19, 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! 

 Debbie Owens makes a trio of holiday tags using papers from the Meowy Christmas pad. She uses the Fancy Edges Tag die set for her Kraft tag bases. Then she then adds a Santa Claus image and sentiment using the Dear Santa stamp set. She adds jute and twine bows to finish each tag.  Tags are an excellent way to use up your scraps of pattern paper!  (Visit Deb's blog for more tags!)

Diane Morales pulls out the Meowy Christmas pad and finds the red-on-red gingham design that works wonderfully with her farm critters from the Dairy Christmas stamp and die set. She a banner using a die from the Frames & Flags die set which she trims down a bit.  Super cute!

 

Sue T. also pulls out the newly released Meowy Christmas pad.  She paper pieces her stocking with the argyle design.  That sweet stocking stuffed with Newton is from Newton's Stocking stamp and die set. She stamps her sentiment on a speech bubble from the Speech Bubbles die set. The added stripes of holiday fun gives her card extra holiday fun!

Amy Tollner is also drawn to the red-on-red gingham from the Meowy Christmas pad.  She takes an elegant approach using the image from the Heartfelt Holidays stamp set and cut out using the Heart Frames die set . She adds pine boughs and holly leaves using the Pines & Holly die set. She adds her white heat-embossed sentiment on a green banner die cut using the Banner Trio die set. 

Claire Lamb creates her background using the Land Borders die set. She then adds those precious children heading towards home with their holiday tree. This image as well as the house in the background is from the Holiday Home stamp and die set.  The sentiment is just perfect for this serene card!

Use the Colors--

            Red, Dark Green, Light Green, and Brown

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Inky Paws Challenge #157 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.

Create a Halloween project using your NND products!

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

Diane Morales uses a teal palette to design a darling Halloween card. She uses the Frames & Flags die set to create her card base. Then she uses the Serene Stripes stencil to partially distress a pretty teal ground for her sweet witch.  She pulls the witch with her broom from the Brooms & Boos stamp and coordinating die set and adds the sentiment and a couple of spooky bats!  Eerily cute!  

Sue T. begins by using the Spiderweb stencil on a black card base. She then uses the  Spooky Roundabout stamp set. She embosses it in white on a black circular die cut using the Circle Frames die set. The black on black adds a spooky setting for the martini-totin' witch from the Brooms and Boos stamp and die set.  Don't you love how the skull is offering up the toast on a speech bubble using the Speech Bubbles die set?  

Amy Tollner uses all three witch images from the Brooms and Boos stamp and coordinating die set.  She uses the Fancy Edges die set to cut a trio of tags on which she distresses and paint splatters her backgrounds.  She uses the zig-zag die from the Fancy Edges die set to create the "ragged" edge in black on which she white heat embosses the sentiment.  Spookily cute tags!

Claire Lamb is back with her amazing purple distressed background!  This time she adds bats (Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp and die set) and stars in a circular pattern with Newton from the Batty Newton stamp and die set taking center stage!  She continues the touch of gold by heat embossing the sentiment!  Bat-acularly done, Claire!

 Debbie Owens brings us this colorful card filled with Count Newton fun! Using the Slimline Frames & Portholes and the Slimline Frames & Windows die sets, Deb makes the background. On each window panel she adds black grass to the spooky paper using the Land Borders die set. She places a Newton image in each panel by combining the Batty Newton and the Count Newton stamp sets.  Don't you love how these sets go together!  Super fun!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, September 24, 2021 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