Inky Paws Challenge #219 Winners

 

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last

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

Inky Paws Challenge #219 Prize Winner!

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

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

Lori Kobular uses such soft, beautiful colors and papers with her fawn from the

 Woodland Spring retired stamp set. A beautiful way to celebrate the spring season!

Congrats to Lori Kobular!   Don't forget to send us an e-mail at

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

Inky Paws Challenge #219 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!

Amy's FAVE

Tracy Grauer's darling card features the puppy from the Puppy's Reading List stamp and coordinating die set. She showcases him on a pawprint embossed card base and papers from the Coffee House Stories paper pad. The overall effect is total cuteness!

Claire's FAVE

Fikreta uses such bright, cheery colors for her spring card!  She uses the cute, little lamb from the \Woodland Spring retired stamp set as her focal element.  A perfect card to brighten one's day!

Crystal's FAVE

Jennifer K. uses such soft, sweet colors and papers for her amazing spring card. She features the Hello Spring retired stamp set and does a beautiful job of coloring the image!  Fabulously done!

Danni's FAVE

Katrina Trapani uses a wonderful seletion of papers that make her card so bright and cheerful.  She uses the Hedgehog Hollow retired stamp set who is looking quite content in his blue coffee mug!  Nicely done, Katrina!

Debbie's FAVE

Meghan K. uses teal and red for a wonderful "love card!"  She features two of the construction vehicles from the Love Quarry stamp and coordinating die set. Her fun selection of papers adds to the overall 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.

Inky Paws Challenge #94 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 #94  Winner!

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

 Donna serves us this delicious treat. She creates a lovely background using a mint green card base and a pink floral pattern paper. She then creates a splattered background on which she adds a plateful of yummy macaroons from the Love & Chocolate stamp set. She stamps the sentiment and adds some sequins, washi tape, and some pretty ribbon and twine. 

Congrats to Donna! 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 #94 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!

Becky's FAVE

Cat Craig shows off her amazing coloring skills on this amazing CAS card!  She uses the Frames & Flags die set to create her white background. She then stamps and colors the girl with her umbrella from the Loads of Blooms stamp set. So pretty!

Bobbi's FAVE

Mary Reiner designs this amazing card with the blue jay on a branch from the Winter Birds stamp and die set as her focal point. She places her sweet bird on a layer created using the Framework die set. To pull her design together, she creates a background using pink inks and the Music stencil 

Debbie's FAVE

Irene designed this sweet CAS card. In the tulip garden, she adds this delightful bunny from the Hello Spring (retired) stamp set. She adds a some grass and butterfly to finish her scene.  Her fun banners at the bottom add a nice splash of the challenge colors!

Diane's FAVE

Jennifer shows her great style and uses the challenge colors so well in this darling square card. 

She uses the pink striped pattern paper for her base, then adds the center square with it's pretty blue sky. The kitty peeking out of the eggshell is from the Newton's Easter Basket is colored in the pastel challenge colors and placed in a grassy layer. 

Sue's FAVE

Mary Reiner creates this fun scene!  She uses the Newton's Book Club stamp and die set and places the sleepy kitty behind a window. This is all placed on an embossed layer which she has framed with a teal background.What a purr-fect way to spend a lazy day!

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 #68

This biweekly challenge is a:

Color challenge

Create a project using the colors: 
yellow, light green, light blue and white

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, March 30, 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! 

Andrea Shell's soft pastel heart background created with Tumbling Hearts stencil looks delightful behind her sweet bunny from Bitty Bunnies stamp set. Love her little hill with the fresh spring flowers and yellow edging!

Debbie Owens creates a background using Distress Inks and a fun die. She then colors that cute bunny bum from Bunny Hop stamp set and heat embosses the sentiment on vellum.  Such a fun, sweet card for Easter!

Diane Morales designs these little Easter baskets with some yummy Easter candy. She uses the Sending Hugs stamp and die set and the Hello Spring stamp set. Such a creative and cute idea!

Emily Lauritzen creates beautiful texture using yellow, blue, and green paint for her center panel and embossing her white background. A purr-fect way to showcase Newton from Newton's Costume Party stamp set

Zsofia Molnar creates this spectacular Easter card using Newton's Easter Basket stamp and die set. I love the hexagonal frame with all the eggs hidden in the grass as well as her striped background paper!  Super cute!

An InLinkz Link-up

Inky Paws Challenge #67

This biweekly challenge is a:

Sketch challenge

Create a project using 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, March 16, 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! 

Zsofia Molnar's card brings us a rainbow of cheerfulness!  Just love the rainbow background and balloon!  Then there are all those hearts from her use of the Tumbling Hearts Stencil. That darling kitty is from Newton's Birthday Bash stamp set. The final touch are the banners from the Frames & Flags die set.

Andrea Shell features the newly released Company of Cats stamp set, and wow! I love how she has only colored one kitten and used the sketch design to spotlight him!  In addition to this fabulous stamp set, Andrea used Frames & Flags die set to get that beautifully scalloped edge!

Debbie Owens plays with different patterned papers to create this fun backdrop for Newton from Cosmic Newton stamp set as he blasts off to new adventures.  She, too, uses the very versatile and stylish Frames & Flags die set to get the scalloped edges and banners.

Diane Morales brings us a taste of spring with this bright, cherrful, and totally adorable card. Her sweet bunny is from the Hello Spring stamp set. She used the newly relased Cloudy Sky stencil and finishes up by using the Land Borders die set to create her waves.  How fun!

Emily Lauritzen also uses the newly released Cloudy Sky stencil to create this fabulous background. For her colorful tag, Emily uses Deer Friend stamp set and Land Borders die set. Just love the pastel colors!

An InLinkz Link-up

Inky Paws Challenge #66 Reminder

Don't forget - There's still one week to play along with our latest Inky Paws Challenge!

Have you had a chance to make a card for our latest Inky Paws Challenge? 
Today I'm sharing some more inspiration for our Theme Challenge! 

Here'a a refresher.  It's a THEME Challenge:  Baby

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Emily Lauritzen delights with these proud parents from Newton's Sweetheart stamp set. The diagonal stripes against the stenciled pawprints Tumbling Hearts working fabulously together. To finish it off are those little black pawprints from the Furr-ever Friends stamp set.

Zsofia Molnar designs these darlings cards with a combination of Loveable Laundry stamp set and Stitched Onesie die set with the cutest baby paper!  I love the soft baby boy colors with the stitched frame!  Cute!

Andrea Shell creates this sweet baby card using Deer Friend stamp set. I love how she frames the deer with the scallop edging. Then there is all the pink!  Seriously...delightful!

Debbie Owens uses Wild Child stamp set and Frames & Flags die set to create this sweet baby card. Those soft pastel colors and the bow provide the perfect touches to spotlight the darling giraffes!  

Diane Morales' tag makes for a special touch for a baby shower gift. I love how she uses  the Spring Showers stamp set with the little chick from  the Hello Spring stamp set. Love her puddle of water and the twine bow!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along! Remember, you have until this Friday, March 2, 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 #30 WINNERS!

Inky Paws Challenge #30 Winners!

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last Inky Paws Challenge at here at the Newton's Nook Designs blog! This months Challenge was a SPRING THEME! 

Random winners for Inky Paws Challenge #30

This month we changed it up and picked Two Random winners usingRandom.org! The two lucky entries were number 1 and number 7! Check out the winners cards below!

Winning entry #1 was this fun floral card by Indy's Designs
(She used our Beautiful Blossoms stamp set) 

Winning entry #7 was this fun floral card by Marlena M
(She used our Fanciful Florals stamp set)

Congrats to Indy and Marlena! Don't forget to send us an e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $10 store credit!

Inky Paws #30 Favorites

We also wanted to share a couple more entries that we really loved! We chose THREE more as our favorite picks! If you see your card below, contact us if you'd like to get a "favorite" badge for your blog!

This rose card by Shannon caught our eye - the watercolors are just so yummy!  She used the lovely flowers from the Love Grows stamp set! 

We loved this spring card with the bunny holding both tulips and an umbrella by Mary Gable! She used the image of Lily, our bunny, from the Hello Spring stamp set! 

We really loved how Mindy Baxter colored the rolling pin and spoon to have such a cool woodgrain texture! She used our Made From Scratch stamp set! 

Thanks so much!
Thanks again to everyone who entered - It's really so much fun to look through all the entries and see everyones ideas! If you didn't win this time we hope you'll play along again next time! Our next Inky Paws challenge will begin in a couple weeks - on Friday, April 29th!

By the way --- we're having a 2 day - Spring Cleaning Sale - Check it out: