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 #245 Week 2

 

The October Challenge Continues!

You have several more weeks to get creative with your NND products using these festive colors!

Holiday Red, Pop of Pink, Evergreen,

and Arctic Blue

You have until Friday, October 31, 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's colors may have you thinking Christmas, but don't limit yourself.  These colors work amazingly with birthday and coffee-themed cards! Check out what the IPC team designed to inspire you!

Debbie Owens creates a fun birthday card using the Confetti stencil with papers from the Pastel Basics paper pad. She colors all those packages from the Sky High Celebrations stamp set in the colors of the challenge. At last, she adds the birthday sentiment from the Dog Birthday Party stamp set. A super cute way to celebrate one's special day!

Amy Tollner creates this stunning Christmas card using the A2 Card Layout 2 die with papers from the Meowy Christmas paper pad. She uses the images from the Bells & Holly stamp and coordinating die set and colors them in the challenge colors. The overall effect is holiday magic!

Claire Lamb creates this amazing card using no stamps!  Using her amazing distressing skills, she inks the trees from the Evergreens Frame die and places them on a stunning pink and red backdrop.  For her sentiment, she adds the hello from the Filigree Oval Frame die set. Such a beautiful card!

Danni Bindel was also inspired to make a card using no stamps. For her card,  Danni uses the Mugs stencil to create a background of coffee cups in the challenge colors She then adds the scallop edging using a die from the Frames & Flags die set. She creates a stitched circle using the Circle Frames die set to place her large sentiment from the A Hug in a Mug die. Fabulous way to send some coffee fun!

Don't forget you now have until October 31, 2025 to get 

creative with the the challenge colors: 

Holiday Red, Pop of Pink, Evergreen, and Arctic Blue.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

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 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 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

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 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 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 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!

Inky Paws Challenge #229

 

  Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This is a theme challenge.

Use the challenge theme, Birthday, 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, August 16, 2024 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 is showcasing the newly released Fractured Card Layout die set for this darling birthday card. She pulls the cupcake paper from the Birthday Party paper pad to coordinate with her teal card base and frame.  Looks like the little goat from the Bleat stamp and coordinating die set has already begun sampling those yummy cupcakes!  

Claire Lamb uses the Oval Frames die set to create an oval opening in her card base. She distresses a rainbow-like background with subtle confetti showing through it. (Confetti Stencil) Enjoying that festive setting is a pair of sweet mice from the Birthday Mice stamp and coordinating die set. Claire embosses her sentiments on black paper and uses a speech bubble (Speech Bubbles die set) for her happy birthday sentiment.  So colorful and fun!

Crystal Minkler is also featuring the newly released Fractured Card Layout die set. She then selects coordinating papers from the Birthday Meows paper pad. This makes for a festive backdrop for her sweet kitty from the Newton's Heart and coordinating die set.  Claire paper-pieces the heart which is so clever and super cute!  She completes her card with a present from the Newton's Birthday Delights and coordinating die set and her sentiment on a small banner.  Darling!

Danni Bindel brings us a country birthday card filled with some vintage equipment from the Farming Fun stamp set.  She uses the Frames & Tags die set to design her card along with papers from the Farmyard paper pad.  A perfect way to celebrate a belated birthday!

Debbie Owens uses pink and teal for this cute card. She embosses her frame and die cuts it with the scallop-edged die from the Frames & Flags die set. She then pulls the pink striped paper from the Springtime paper pad and uses the Oval Frames die set. She places the bicycling trio from the Cycling Friends stamp set atop her oval.  A bit of twine, and ta-dah a sweet birthday card!

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

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #221 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 challenge colors--Dusty Blue, Moss Green, Golden Yellow, and White.

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

Crystal Minkler uses polka-dotted papers in the challenge colors for this delightful birthday card! Her papers are from the Pastel Basics paper pad and have been cut using the Frames & Tags die set. Her amazingly colored kitty is from the Newton's Birthday Balloons set. So cute!



Danni Bindel was also inspired to use papers from the Pastel Basics paper pad to create her layers. She used the Basic Frames and the Frames & Flags die sets. Enjoying this sweet, country setting is the darling Holstein cow from the Moo stamp and die set!


Debbie Owens creates a CAS floral card showcasing the Dainty Daisies stamp set. She distresses the stitched panel (Basic Frames die set) and adds some Washi tape and twine to finish off this pretty card!



Eek!! Amy Tollner designs this squeakily cute card showcasing a pair of mice from the Birthday Mice Stamp and coordinating die set. She uses the blue polka dotted paper from the Pastel Basics paper pad as well as dies from the Frames and Tags die set. Darling!



Claire Lamb was also inspired to create a CAS card using the Dainty Daisies stamp set. She stamps the daisy image several times on her distressed background. Such a clever way to use this image and add texture!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, April 26,  2024 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 #196

 

   Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This is a theme challenge.

Use the theme--Birthday. 

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, April 28, 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! 

Crystal Minkler builds her card around the cutest little mushroom from the Fabulous Fungus stamp set. She places it on a circle (Circle Frames die set) and adds some grass beneath it. She then pulls papers from the Birthday Party paper pad and uses an assortment of dies from the Frames & Flags die set and the Frames Squared die set. Love how her red mushroom pulls out the splatter of red in the paper! Super fun and festive!

Debbie Owens uses the Quatrefoil Stencil and distress ink in lavender for an elegant birthday background. She cuts it using the scallop-edged frame from the Frames & Flags die set. On a banner, she adds a sentiment from the Birthday Roundabout stamp set. Her feature element is the Siamese kitty from the Newton's Gift stamp set. A pretty way to send birthday wishes!

Diane Morales's card is all about the ice cream! These yummy treats are from the Summer Scoops stamp and coordinating die set. She places them on a scallop-edged card base (Frames & Flags die set) which has been partially embossed and distressed using the Quatrefoil stencil. The added sprinkles are a fun touch balancing out Diane's card!

Amy Tollner's card is bursting with birthday cuteness! Her scallop-edged layer (Frames & Flags die set) has pastel confetti (Confetti stencil) all over it! She adds a vellum oval (Oval Frames die set) embossed in white using the Birthday Oval stamp set. Front and center is one of the ladies from the Holding Happiness stamp and coordinating die set. Her sentiment from the Birthday Roundabout stamp set has been added to a banner (Banner Trio die set). The overall effect is an amazing birthday card!

Claire Lamb's birthday card with tacos, margarita, and cats is a perfect combination to celebrate a birthday! She distresses a trio of circles (Circle Frames die set) distressed in hues of lime green to place her elements from the Newton Loves Tacos stamps and coordinating die set. Her CAS style and vibrant colors are fabulously done!

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

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter