Inky Paws Challenge #235-Week

 

  Welcome to the December 

Inky Paws Challenge!

For the month of December, 

we have fabulous theme that can work for any occasion!

You have THREE weeks to get creative with this great theme--Year End Cards

You have from Monday, December 2, 2024 to Friday, December 20, 2024 (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.  

With so many holidays coming up--Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, New Year's, what will you be making in December?  Are you whipping up some last minute holiday cards, or do you need to churn out some thank you cards! This month we want to see what NND projects you make in the last few weeks of 2024. Let's see what the IPC team is up to:

Debbie Owens is getting her thank you cards ready. She goes with a wintry theme using the Snowfall stencil to make her pastel blue snowflakes. She uses the Frames & Flags die set for the scallop edging. She then stamps Snowflake Oval stamp set cut using a die from the Oval Frames die set. She uses an assortment of blue markers to color all the snowflakes. Enjoying all the snow is the feline from the Snow Angel Newton stamp set. She adds her sentiment from the Snowman Roundabout stamp set on a bit of vellum. Snow cute!

Amy Tollner is hauling in some holiday joy with this darling card! She pulls the plaid paper from the Canine Christmas Paper Pad cut using the postage-edge die from the Framework die set. She then adds a vellum oval using the Oval Frames die set on which she places her blue vintage truck from the Holiday Haul stamp and coordinating die set. A fabulous way to wish someone a wonderful holiday season!

Claire Lamb designs this snowy scene using the Evergreens Frame die. Her distressed evening sky with a sprinkling of snow look fabulous with her prettily colored pine trees! A wonderful CAS card!

Crystal Minkler packs her holiday card with lots of festive holiday papers from the Christmas Time paper pad. She uses the A2 Card Layout die set to create her card layout and showcases the clowder of felines from the Cat Christmas Tree stamp and coordinating die set. Aren't they just the cutest? She adds her sentiment to a little banner using the Frames & Flags die set. So cute!

Danni Bindel is getting an early start to her 2025 birthday cards! For this darling card, Danni pulls four festive papers from the Birthday Party paper pad which she pairs with the duo of mice from the Birthday Mice stamp set. To create her layout, Danni uses both the Circle Frames die set as well as the A2 Card Layout die. Too cute!

There will only be three challenges for December, so be sure to link up before December 20, 2024. 

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Inky Paws Challenge #213 Winners

 

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last

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

We loved all the different interpretations using the challenge sketch!

Inky Paws Challenge #213 Prize Winner!

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

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

Danielle's use of teal, red, and white is a wonderful color scheme!  She uses the retired Ornaments stencil for her teal background atop the red and pink striped paper from the Summer Time paper pad. She stamps the sentiment on a banner (Frames & Flags die set) and showcases the puppy from the Santa Paws stamp set (Simon Says 2023 STAMPtember  NND Exclusive). A fabulously designed card!

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

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

Inky Paws Challenge #213 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

Jennifer K.'s coffee-themed card is so cute with the coffee beans in the background paired with the red houndstooth paper from the Canine Christmas paper pad. She die cuts (Coffee Silhouettes die set) three coffee mugs and stamps the sentiment from the Love Cafe stamp set.  The whole card looks so cozy and cute!

Amy's FAVE

Crafticarri designs a super fun card just perfect for the holiday season!  The fun papers work wonderfully with the dinosaur duo from the Prehistoric Christmas stamp and coordinating die set. This fun set is retiring, so grab your set before it's too late!  Thanks, Crafticarrie for showcasing this set so amazingly!

Claire's FAVE

Crafticarrie's use of red and white makes for a spectacularly festive card!  All the different papers are perfect for Santa from theDear Santa stamp and coordinating die set.  Holiday cuteness!

Crystal's FAVE

Jennifer K. turns the sketch vertically and uses the stacks of books from the Coffee House Stories paper pad to create a library for her sweet puppy! That little fur baby is from the Puppy's Reading List stamp set. Wonderfully done!

Danni's FAVE

Tracie's choice of papers from the Christmas Time paper pad creates a nice mix of patterns and colors.  This makes for a wonderful background for the teal vintage truck from the Holiday Haul stamp and coordinating die set.  Super festive!

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 in 2024.

The Inky Paws Design Team will be taking a short break to enjoy the holiday season with friends and family.  We will be back January 2024 with more inspiration and challenges!

We wish you a very, Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!

Debbie

Amy

Claire

Danni

Crystal

Inky Paws Challenge #212 Winners

 

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last

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

We loved all the different interpretations using the challenge colors!

Inky Paws Challenge #212 Prize Winner!

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

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

Becky Yahrling's card may have you heading to your local coffee  shop. She uses the mugs from the Love Cafe' stamp with a sentiment from the Cup of Cocoa stamp set.  The trio of peppermints pulls everyting together for a yummy holiday card!

Congrats to Becky Yahrling!   Don't forget to send us an e-mail at

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

Inky Paws Challenge #212 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

Irene R.'s CAS card may have you heading to a tree farm. She uses the vintage truck from the Farming Fun stamp set. She then adds a small forest of pine trees from the Forest Scene Builder die set including one in the truck bed. She pulls a sentiment from the Snow Much Cheer stamp set.  Darling!

Debbie's FAVE

Jennifer K.'s cozy scene is so serene that you'll want to join those furballs!  She uses the Fireside Friends stamp set and lightly colors them. She adds the dark red, striped paper from the Canine Christmas paper pad and some pine boughs for a beautiful holiday card. 

Amy's FAVE

Beverly's green snowy background using the Snowflake stencil is so bright and cheerful.  She adds a red, vintage truck (Holiday Haul stamp and coordinating die set). A fabulous way to send holiday cheer!

Claire's FAVE

Katrina's scalloped Kraft frame with the added pawprints works wonderfully with the little feline and his candy cane.  This sweet image is from the Candy Cane stamp set. Such a delightful card!

Crystal's FAVE

Carri's red and white snowy papers look amazing with the snow people from the Frosy Friends stamp and die set. The green accessories on the snow people and the Kraft gift card holder bring in the other challenge colors and work fabulously on this project!

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 #212

 

   Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This is a color challenge.

Use the challenge colors, Pine Bough Green, Christmas Red, Kraft, and Black, 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, December 8, 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! 

Danni Bindel's card is filled with holiday greenery!  She pulls the holly and pine bough paper from the Christmas Time paper pad and places it on a Kraft scallop-edged panel (Frames & Flags die set). She then colors the image from the Heartfelt Holidays stamp set and adds a Kraft heart frame (Heart Frames die set). For her black element, she uses a black card base.  So elegant and festive!

Debbie Owens creates a CAS card featuring the reindeer from the Scandi Christmas stamp set.  She creates a striped panel by adding the houndstooth paper (Meowy Christmas paper pad). She adds green pine boughs using the Pines & Holly die set. Her gold sentiment was created using the Holiday Greetings Hot Foil plates. Simple, but elegant.

Amy Tollner creates a darling card featuring a duo of puppies!  These sweet puppies are from the Happy Howl-idays stamp and coordinating die set. She places them on a houndstooth background using papers from the Canine Christmas paper pad and cut using the stitched square frame from the Frames Squared die set. A Kraft, scallop-edged panel (Frames & Flags die set) paired with a green ribbon completes this cute card!

Claire Lamb uses the Main Street Christmas stamp and coordinating die set to create this amazing card!  For her red element, she uses the Petite Snow stencil and distresses in red for a wonderful sunrise as Santa flies away.  She adds a touch of green with her holiday tree peeking from the window!  Wonderfully done!

Crystal Minkler colors the vintage truck from the Holiday Haul stamp and coordinating die set in shades of black. (Love it!)  She pairs her truck with papers from the Christmas Time paper pad. She frames her truck with a vellum oval using the Oval Frames die set.  So fun and festive!

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

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #186 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 your NND products with the sketch above.

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

Debbie Owens creates a comfy Christmas scene inside a barn featuring a trio of barnyard critters from the Dairy Christmas stamp set. She adds a bale of hay to feast on (Moo stamp set) as well as some wall art featuring the barn from the same set.  The sentiment comes from the Christmas Campers stamp set. To make the stitched wall art, Deb uses the A7 Frames & Banners die set. Such a darling country Christmas card!

Diane Morales's festive square card was made using the Frames Squared die set. She adds red and green papers from the Christmas Time paper pad. She adds the sentiment to a scallop-edged circle using the Circle Frames die set. Her blue truck from the Holiday Haul stamp and die set is filled with holiday goodies.  She adds a few snowflakes to complete her holiday scene!  

Amy Tollner's card is bright and super playful with the mischievous puppy from the Christmas Puppies stamp and die set.  She adds lots of silvery paw prints using the Pawprints stencil and a silver embossed sentiment.  Also used was the scallop-edged circle from the Circle Frames die set.  This will brighten any dog-lover's holiday season!

Claire Lamb's vintage truck (Holiday Haul stamp and die set) is filled to capacity with lots of presents and holiday decorations!  Love how she creates a wintry night scene filled with snow showers as the truck travels to a loved-one's home to celebrate the holiday season!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, November 18, 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