Inky Paws Challenge #237 Week 3

 

 Welcome to Inky Paws'  

February Challenge!

For the month of February 

we have a fabulous sketch to play with!

You still have time to get creative with this layered sketch and your NND Products!

You have until Friday, February 28, 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.  

Sketches can be used for all occasions.  This week several IPC memberse showed their creativity with a farm theme! Let's check them out!

Danni Bindel designs this festive birthday card using papers from the Birthday Party paper pad with cocktails from the Cocktail Mixer stamp and coordinating die set. Using the 

Frames & Flags die set, she creates the scallop-edging and the banner!  Time to celebrate!

Debbie Owens is ready to party! She uses the cow and paisley papers from the Farmyard paper pad paired with the barn (Barn die set). For her sentiment, she uses the cow-partying sentiment from the Moo stamp set on a yellow banner (Frames & Flags die set). Have fun!

Amy Tollner creates a fun, farm-filled thank you card also using papers from the Farmyard paper pad. She showcases the our cute little farmer from the Farmers Newton stamp and coordinating die set. Doesn't her paisley banner (Frames & Flags die set) look amazing!

Claire Lamb is celebrating a birthday with a yummy cupcake!  This giant cupcake is from the Newton's Cupcake stamp and coordinating die set. To complete her design, she pulls papers from A Dog's Life and the Coffee Shop paper pad. Love the beautiful teal color!

Crystal Minkler is celebrating a birthday with this colorful rooster from the Cluck stamp and coordinating die set. Like Debbie and Amy, Crystal pulls papers from the Farmyard paper pad to compliment her little feathery friend. Crystal uses dies from the Frames & Flags, and the Basic Frames, and the Circle Frames die set to create her many layers!  So much farm fun!

We can't wait to see how you use the sketch! 

 You have until Febrary 28 to link up!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #222 Winners

 

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last

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

Inky Paws Challenge #222 Prize Winner!

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

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

Inkami is our lucky random winner with this darling card featuring the hen and her chicks from the retired Chicken Scratches stamp set. The way she created her scene using the panels is such a creative way to use the challenge sketch!

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

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

Inky Paws Challenge #222 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

Meghan K. pulls some fun farm-themed papers that make for a fun background for her trio of Holstein cows!  Those sweet cows are from the Moo stamp and coordinating die set. Meghan also uses the Framework die set to make her panels.  A darling way to showcase cows!

Debbie's FAVE

Inkami uses a retired stamp set, Chicken Scratches, to create this absolutely darling scene using the challenge panels wonderfully!  Just love all those little chicken footprints and the added shadows!

Amy's FAVE

Danielle's card may have you jumping into a nearby pool or ocean! She combines papers from the Summertime paper pad. Such a fun summery mix. Then she adds a duo of water-bound puppies from the Beach Barks stamp and coordinating die set. A sprinkling of seashells finishes off her darling scene!

Claire's FAVE

Jenni uses subtle pastel peach to make a pretty background for her sweet mouse from the Garden Mice stamp and coordinating die set. The sweet scene is just the cutest with the added butterfly and the randomly placed flowers!

Crystal's FAVE

Becca uses the Hibiscus die set to create her beautiful floral element. She places on a mixed media backgroun with embossed black panels that make the floral arrangement just pop!  She embosses the sentiment from the Little Lilies stamp set and adds a bit of orange and white twine.  A very eye-catching 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 #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 #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

Inky Paws Challenge #172

 

   Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This challenge 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, May 6, 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! 

Diane Morales serves up birthday greetings straight from the barnyard!  Set on an oval card base (Oval Frames die set), Diane adds floating pink balloons in her pink sky (Balloon stencil set)! She then adds her landscape using the Land Borders die set. She adds a trio of farm critters from the Oink stamp and die set, Moo stamp and die set, and Bleat stamp and die set all decked out in their birthday hats!  What a way to celebrate someone's special day!

Sue T. gets her birthday party started by die cutting her embossed background with the postage-edged die from the Framework die set. She then layers on a rainbow-colored tiered cake from the Newton Loves Cake stamp and die set. She stamps her sentiment in a speech bubble (Speech Bubbles die set) and sprinkles some gems on for a bit of glam!  Time to slice that cake!

Amy Tollner's slimline card is filled to the top with birthday cuteness!  Beginning with big, fluffy clouds (Clouds stencil), Amy adds a trio of colorful balloons (Fabulous Frenchies stamp and die set) floating above her playful kittens from the Newton's Blooms stamp and die set.  Look closely and you'll spy a little ladybug enjoying the fresh, green grass die cut using the Land Borders die set.  Her entire scene has been die cut using the scallop-edged frame die from the Slimline Frames & Portholes die set.  If that wasn't enough cuteness, Amy adds a bumblebee and a duo of butterflies!  

Claire Lamb begins with white confetti (Confetti stencil) on her white card base. She adds a peach distressed layer on which Newton from the Newton's Cupcake stamp and die set is looking quite happy with his buttercream-frosted chocolate cupcake in its dark peach polka-dotted cake liner!  Do you think Newton will be willing to share? 😺

 Debbie Owens uses a kitten from the Smitten Kittens stamp set with a birthday hat from the Newton's Birthday Bash stamp set. She places him on festive circles die cut using the Circle Frames die set on which she has stamped the image from the Birthday Roundabout stamp set on one. She stamps "It's your day!" on a banner from the Banner Trio die set. The "Celebrate" sentiment is from the Birthday Essentials stamp set. Super festive!

Use the challenge theme--Birthday

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #147 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 sketch below:

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

Diane Morales delights with her bright, festive card. Starting with a bright yellow card base, she adds a scallop-edged frame using the Frames & Flags die set. She adds bold daisies from the Dainty Daisies stamp and coordinating die set. She adds the fence for her horizontal stripe using the Fence die set. The star of her card is the newly released flower-carrying gnome from the Gnome Garden stamp and die set.  Diane colors the gnome in shades of blue that adds a nice pop of color against the yellow.  A fabulous combination of stamp sets!

Sue T. designs a festive birthday card filled with bold patterns and bright colors!  She showcases the present-lovin' puppy from the Paw-some Birthday stamp and die set. Sue's use of striped and polka dotted papers coordinate wonderfully with the colorful packages!  A fun way to celebrate a birthday!

Amy Tollner sets her farm scene on a sky blue card base. She then uses the Clouds stencil to create her fluffy clouds on both her horizontal and vertical panels. She adds the fence die cut using the Fence die set. She adds green grass and rolling hills die cut using the Land Borders die set. In the background is a traditional red barn from the Moo stamp and die set. Amy adds farm critters from the Oink stamp and die set, the Cluck stamp and die set, and the Neigh stamp and die set. She tucks little flowers on the horse and the pig using the flowers from the Woodland Spring stamp and die set.  The sentiments in the speech bubbles adds a bit of humor to this fabulous card!

Claire Lamb creates a fabulous CAS card packed with cuteness!  Claire begins by using glitter paste and the Meow Stencil. She then adds a scallop-edged frame on which she adds the fun-lovin' kitten from the Newton Unwinds stamp and die set. Claire's ability to color black cats is remarkable as is her variegated yarn in warm colors.  Sweet!

 Debbie Owens fills her card with beautiful sunflowers!  Beginning with a kraft card base, she adds a green horizontal strip.  She then repeatedly stamps the sunflowers from the Sunflower Days stamp set which she then die cuts using the rounded-edge frame die from the Frames & Flags die set. She then creates a black frame using a die from the Framework die set. She adds vellum behind the frame. Her main attraction is the kitten from the Paw-tumn Newton stamp set. The blue bird adds a pop of playful color. 

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, May 7, 2021 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 #129 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? 
Today I'm sharing some more inspiration for our current challenge! 

Here'a a refresher.
Create a project using the sketch below:  

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

It's all about yummy Popsicle pops in Sue T.'s summery card!  Her pattern paper matches the summery treats from the  Summer Scoops stamp and die set. She selects the Popsicle lovin' Newton from the Newton's Summer Treats stamp and die set for her central attraction.  What a fabulous way to stay cool!

 Becky Noelle makes a water shaker card that is just too amazing!  Beginning with the Slimline Frames & Portholes die set, Becky creates her shaker base. She uses elements from the Purr-maid Newton and Narly Mermaids stamp sets for her watery backdrop. She then adds sand and glitter in water for her "shaker" element.  Her wonderfully colored tabby from the Scuba Newton stamp set can be seen enjoying all those underwater delights!

Any one need a hug?  Crystal Komara's card has some friends ready to give free hugs!  With rays of sun from the Sunscape stencil shining in the background, she adds some sparkling waves using the Sea Borders dies set before adding her trio of shark friends from the Shark Bites stamp and die set.  The waves in front are filled with small schools of fish darting among the friendly meat eaters!  

 Debbie Owens mixes and matches stamp and die sets together this farm scene filled with critters!  She begins with the red scallop-edged frame die cut using the Slimline Frames & Portholes die set and adds her trio of square windows using the Slimline Frames & Windows die set.  She uses some fun farm pattern paper to place in her window and the Land Borders die set for a little hill in the center panel. The little brown fence was cut using the Fence die.  All the critters come from the Bleat, Oink, Moo, Cluck, and Neigh stamp sets. At last, she adds her birthday sentiment on a little red banner cut from the Banner Trio die set. 

Diane Morales has another Halloween card to share using the challenge sketch!  Using the Slimline Frames & Windows die set, she adds her white frame on a black card base then uses the Floral Lace stencil to create the bright panels on card stock. She adds a variety of scary skeletons from the the Spooky Skeletons stamp and die set.  She uses the Banner Trio die set to add the fun sentiment.  A bright, spooky design!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along! Remember, you have until this Friday, August 14, 2020 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!