Inky Paws Challange #247 Winners

 

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last

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

We loved seeing all the different ways you were inspired to use sparkle & shine on your holiday projects.

Inky Paws Challenge #247 Prize Winner!

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

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

Kelly Davis features a trio of holiday trees using the retired Festive Forest die set. To add lots of sparkle, she uses the lavender paper from the Cheerful Brights Glitter Cardstock Assortment. She uses the Frames & Flags die set for her different layers and adds the snowy paper from the Snow Flurries paper pad. Such a gorgeous holiday card!

Congrats to Kelly Davis!  Don't forget to send us an e-mail at

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

Inky Paws Challenge #247 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!

Danni's FAVE

Danni loves how Jennifer K. used the image from the Christmas Nap stamp set with the gold glitter paper making for a beautiful CAS card! This serene scene is just precious!  

Debbie's FAVE

Tracie C. creates a gorgeous sparkly and snowy background that Debbie just loves!  Tracie uses the Oval Frames die set for her many layers and showcases the vintage truck from the Holiday Haul stamp and coordinating die  set. So much sparkle!

Kelly's FAVE

Kelly loves the bright and festive papers that Meghan uses from the Christmas Party paper pad on this delightful card. Meghan showcases the little feline from the retired Newton's Candy Cane stamp set. Such a playful holiday card!

Amy's FAVE

Amy loves how Maria Giselle uses reversed sequins for her feline's stocking!  Seriously how clever is this!  This fun little critter is from the Newton's Stocking stamp set. Fabulous way to add sparkle and shine to a holiday card!

Claire's FAVE

Mindy F.'s cleanly designed card caught Claire's eye. She uses the retired Main Street Christmas stamp set on a beautiful pastel background. She frames it with a glitter lavender paper that adds so much sparkle.  Such a wonderful holiday 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 wishes everyone a happy and safe holiday season.  We will be back on January 5, 2026 with a new challenge and lots of inspiration!

Inky Paws Challenge #183 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 #183 Prize Winner!

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

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

Meghan's silver card is just spectacular!  She showcases the Festive Forest stamp set in silver foil.  Her silver banners and string look spectacular with the snowflakes on the gray background paper.  A very glamorous holiday card!

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

Inky Paws Challenge #183 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

Kristi H.'s card is filled with Halloween delights!  Beginning with her spooky black kitty from the Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp set, she adds a little spider dangling from his web as well as a flighty little bat!  She pulls papers form the Halloween Meows paper pad.  Spook-tacular work!

Amy's FAVE

Tracie C.'s card gets us ready for some windy autumn days.  Isn't her mouse (Autumn Mice stamp set) colored wonderfully as he chases those colorful leaves? She pairs him with some pretty autumn papers which makes for such a pretty autumn card. 

Claire's FAVE

Lana Lepinski also brings us a beautiful autumn card. She uses the Harvest Haul stamp and die set paired with some gorgeous papers.  Her use of teal and orange looks amazing!  Just love the gingham and plaid papers with all those pumpkins!

Debbie's FAVE

Lynn Hayes gets us ready for some homecoming football with this cheerful blue and white card!  She uses the darling rabbit from the Touchdown Tails (retired) stamp set.  The added Kraft frame and jute twine add a nice contrast to the brightness of the blue.  Go team!

Diane's FAVE

Jill takes us to the outer limits of space with this fabulous card!  She uses the Starfield stencil to create white stars and planets for her celestial background . She then colors the spacecraft carrying Newton from the Cosmic Newton stamp and die set (retired) in bright colors.  She even adds her sentiment in Braille! Totally out of this world!

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 #87 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 #87 Winner!

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

Meghan creates this gold striped card card that features the Festive Forest stamp and die set.  She embosses that fun trees in gold and adds the little sentiment. She finishes her card with a gold ribbon near the bottom. Such an elegant and beautiful card!

Congrats to Meghan! 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 #87 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

Fikreta creates this festive and fun ornament that spotlights Newton from Newton's Antics stamp set as the main attraction.  She wraps a gold ribbon around the star shape and adds a silvery middle. She adds some presents, Santa's hat, and a gold bell as finishing touches!

Diane's FAVE

Kate's use of gold over the vibrant blue background make this a striking card. She uses the Holiday Foliage stencil with sticky embossing powder and gilding flakes. She then embosses the sentiment from the Reindeer Roll Call stamp set.  So pretty!

Emily's FAVE

Vicki creates this darling box card to celebrate the upcoming New Year. Using elements from the Newton's New Year stamp and die set. Just love how she uses the champagne class as the number 1.  
What a fabulous design and great use of silver and gold!

Sue's FAVE

Meghan's classy card features an elegant collage of whimsical festive trees from the Festive Forest stamp and die set. She adds additional sparkle with the glittery gold stripe and gold and silver sequins!  

Becky's FAVE

Andrea created this golden delight by using gold foil card stock. For her focal oval, she used distress oxide inks and watered down acrylic paint.  Those darling chickadees are from the Winter Birds stamp and die set. She then embosses that sweet sentiment in white.  Fabulous wintery 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.

Inky Paws Challenge #87 Reminder

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

Here'a a refresher.
Create a project using the colors--Silver and/or Gold

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Debbie Owens gives us this sweet, whimsical card featuring a ballerina mouse from The Nutcracker Squeak stamp set. For her background she uses a golden vellum and adds an embossed white layer which she cuts using the Frames and Flags die set.  She adds the sentiment on the banner and layers. She adds a ribbon and holly boughs using the Pines & Holly stamp set. She finishes with a gold glitter sticker and sequins.

Diane Morales created this silvery background using the Starfield Stencil. She then adds her snowy horizon using Land Borders Die and adds silvery trees which she die cut using the Forest Scene Builder Die. Her final touch is the little lamb from the Fleece Navidad Stamp Set. Her pop of red is the perfect contrast!  Absolutely delightful!  

We are sadden to say this will be Emily's last Inky Paws Challenge card.  We've loved having Emily on our design team with her amazing creativity.  Best wishes as you in your future endeavors!
For her final card, Emily Lauritzen creates this festive and bubbly background using the Bubbly stencil and foil!  Wow!  She wonderfully colors Newton from Newton Celebrates stamp set as he celebrates in style. All these elements are placed atop her silvery background die cut using the Frames and Flags die set.

Sue T.'s winter wonderland card is spectacular!  She used the Petite Snow stencil to create the snowy sky and adds golden trees using the Festive Forest stamp set. Using the Framework die set, she cuts the background and adheres to a black card base. Using the Winter Memories stamp and die sets, she adds the focal point of her card--this lovely couple ice skating. She finally adds the black sentiment to finish her beautiful card!

Becky Noelle creates personalized holiday cards by including her family picture!  She stamps and colors the flowers on the corners on kraft paper using the Poinsettia Blooms stamp set and fussy cuts the inside edges. She adds her sentiment on a tag from the Tags Times Two die set and attaches with a bit of twine!  

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along! Remember, you have until this Friday, December 21, 2018 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 #87

This biweekly challenge is a:

Theme Challenge

Create a project using theme: Use Silver and/or Gold

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, December 21 , 2018 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 creates this golden card by die cutting the  background with it's gold foiled design using the Frames & Flags die set. She then adds a wide red ribbon to create a central stripe. She layers elements from the Pines & Holly die set using foiled card stock. For her focal point, she stamps and embosses the sentiment using Ornamental Wishes stamp set and frames it using the Ornamental Shaker die set. Red sequins finish this golden delight!

Diane Morales uses Kraft card stock as her base with looks fabulously with the silver and gold elements. She uses the Frames & Flags  die set to cut her center background. Then shes uses a trio of trees from the Festive Forest stamp set and embosses in silver and gold.  Wonderfully done!

Emily Lauritzen chooses soft blues to complement the silver in her card. She uses the Plaid stencil set with silver and blue inks to create a pretty design and then rotates it to overlay the white base. She uses the Frames & Flags die set to give it the scalloped edges. She softly colors the flowers from the Poinsettia Blooms and adds it to her base.  She pulls words from one of the sentiments from Sentiments of the Season stamp set. So soft and elegant!

Sue T. brings on the glitter with this gorgeous card. She uses the Petite Snow stencil to create a snowy sky.  Then she uses the Evergreens stencil  and silver and gold texture paste for those shimmery trees. For the Merry Christmas sentiment, Sue uses a die from the Holiday Greetings die set with a glittery black paper!  A spectacular card!

Becky Noelle wows with this gorgeous card. Her amazing background uses the Plaid stencil set with some Distress Oxide inks, transfer gel, and foil.  She adds her wonderfully colored flowers from the Poinsettia Blooms stamp set and places her sentiment on a little tag from the Tag Times Two die set.  She adds some golden thread behind her tag for an added touch of elegance. Again, striking!

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Inky Paws Challenge #85 Reminder

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

Here'a a refresher.

Create a project using the colors: red, white, green, and black. 

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Sue T. shows the power of repeatedly stamp an image. For this festive card, she uses the Festive Forest stamp set and stamps the swirly trees in red and green. She adds stars at the top of each tree. Her focus is the center tree with this fabulous sentiment.

Becky Noelle is decking the halls with this holly and berry delight. She creates an inlaid die background using the Pines and Holly die set. She then adds the black stripe to ground the white embossed sentiment from the Ornamental Wishes stamp set. 

Debbie Owens uses the challenge colors for a fun birthday card. She cuts the black embossed background using the Framework die set and cuts a circular window. She adds some vellum waves using the Sea Borders die set. She colors all those sharks from the Shark Frenzy stamp set in shades of gray and adds a birthday hat (Newton Loves Cake stamp set) to the hammerhead. She adds a diagonal stripe with the sentiment and adds a bit of twine and sequins.

Diane Morales makes these fabulous tags to add to her darling holiday packages. She creates the round tag by using the Tags Times Two die set and partially stamps an image from the Santa Paws Newton stamp set. She the rectangular-shaped card, she again uses the Tags Time Two die set, but for this card she adds some texture using the Serene Stripes stencil. She pulls images from the Santa Paws Newton stamp set and adds a sentiment banner.  Her final tag, Diane uses the Festive Forest stamp set and fussy cuts them out and adds the North Pole. She attaches it to her darling box which she stamped and colored using the Santa Paws Newton set.

Emily Lauritzen uses the Petite Snow stencil to create her subtle background and dies cuts with the Frames & Flags die. She adheres it to a black background. She then creates the festive wreath using the Pines & Holly die set.  She adds an ornament from the Beautiful Baubles stamp set. She then embosses the sentiment from Sentiments of the Season on vellum.  So lovely!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along! Remember, you have until this Friday, November 23, 2018 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!