Inky Paws Challenge #146

               Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This challenge is a:

Color Challenge--

Use the colors--orange, yellow, green, 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, April 23, 2021 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 uses the  Newton Cleans Up stamp set to create a fun birthday card!  She uses the challenge colors with the Slimline Masking Circles & Squares stencil set and Houndstooth stencil to create a trio of squares with a fun pattern. She then adds the overworked kitties from the  Newton Cleans Up stamp set on each square.  She pulls the happy birthday sentiment from the Newton Loves Cake stamp set and combines it with the loads of fun sentiment to pull her fun card together!

Diane Morales uses the challenge colors to create a fabulous background using the Plaid stencil. She then adds a white circular element using the Circles Frames die set and subtly embosses the Floral Roundabout image from the  Floral Roundabout stamp set. She adds grass using the Land Borders die set . She then adds the sweet goat from the Bleat stamp and die set for her main attraction. She adds "You're the G.O.A.T" sentiment on an orange banner and heat embosses the remaining sentiment on the green grass.  A lovely way to celebrate a G.O.A.T friend!

Sue T. uses the Blooming Botanicals stamp set to create her white embossed background.  She then uses the Slimline Masking Circles and Squares stencils to go back and distress a trio of circles in green to create a lovely scalloped element down her card. She then layers on the beautiful yellow  and orange flowers from the Daffodils stamp set and die cut using the coordinating die. A black banner with embossed sentiment adds a dramatic touch to this very elegant card!

Amy T. inspires with this refreshing citrus card!  Beginning with a bright yellow card base, she adds a white scallop-edged layer using the  Slimline Frames & Portholes die set. She then splatters with yellow, orange and green. She adds a bright yellow frame using the Slimline Frames & Windows die set. In those trio of windows, she adds a slices of lemon, orange, and lime using the Lemon Twist stamp and die set.  Her sentiment was stamped on the ticket using the die from the Framework die set.  The little slivers of peeling add a fun, festive element to this spectacular card!

Claire Lamb brings us this elegant card showcasing the Peony Blooms stamp set.  She lightly distresses yellow on her amazing pattern paper.  She adds the wonderfully colored flowers from the  Peony Blooms stamp set. She pulls the sentiment from the Winter Birds stamp set and embosses it in white on black card stock.  She adds gold sequins for a bit of glitz.  Seriously, wow!

Use the colors--orange, yellow, green, and white.

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Inky Paws Challenge #125 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 #125 Winner!

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

Priscilla Joseph celebrates Father's Day with this summery scene!. She uses the Gingham stencil to create a tile background. She adds a pool, floaty, and palm tree to her backyard and finishes with Winston from the Newton's BBQ stamp set (Retired) flipping some burgers! A delightful scene!

Congrats to  Priscilla Joseph!  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 #125 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!

Crystal's FAVE

Claire's tag featuring the Newton's Book Club stamp set could easily double as a book mark! Doesn't Newton look fabulous napping on top of those good books?  A purr-fect way to hold one's place!

Debbie's FAVE

A. Rose designs a fabulous card for any outdoor lover!  On yellow and orange layers, she creates a wonderful wilderness background combining the Evergreens and Waves stencils. She adds orange canoes from the Lake Advice stamp set and places them in the waves. Her focal point is the poem from the  Lake Advice stamp set.  

Diane's FAVE

Kay Demonbren draws a fabulous laundry room scene and places Newton from the Newton Cleans Up stamp set in a big yellow laundry basket!  The wash, dry, fold, nap sentiment in the wooden frame is a purr-fect touch!

Sue's FAVE

Kimberly C. turns the Waves & Splashes stencil on its side to create a bold, vibrant background featuring the challenge colors. A top two layers of vellum, she adds Newton from the Newton's Melon stamp set enjoying a slice of yellow melon. She adds some sequins for some sparkle!

Becky's FAVE

Pixiedonna creates a bright garden scene with Newton from the Newton' Birdbath stamp set playing in the water. Her bright blue sky with the fluffy white clouds from Cloudy Sky stencil looks wonderful against the green grass. The little bit of white splattering on the grass and the fluttering butterflies make the scene complete!

Hope everybody is doing good, can't wait to see what you guys do for the next challenge.

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 #121 Reminder

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

Here'a a refresher.

Create a project using the Theme-Birthday:

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge:

It's all about long and skinny with Debbie Owens' cards!  Using different monochromatic color schemes, she uses the ladies from the Holding Happiness stamp set for her CAS style birthday cards. She embosses two sentiments from the Birthday Essentials stamp set.  A strip of black and white diagonal washi tape and some glossy accents provide her finishing touches!

Diane Morales has an amazing talent making circle cards, and this one does not disappoint!  Her little scene shows Newton cleaning up after the celebration!  She uses the vacuuming Newton from the Newton Cleans Up stamp and die set and confetti and hat from the Newton Celebrates stamp and die set.  With the punny sentiment, this card will bring a smile!

Sue T. wonderfully combines elements for a well-balanced CAS card! She creates a circle full of fluffy clouds using the Clouds stencil. She then stamps the sentiment partially outside the circle and offsetting it with the sweet birdie from the  Newton's Birthday Flutter stamp set.  Totally sweetness!

 Becky Noelle's spinner card is packed full of birthday fun!  For her spinning element, she has Newton on his balloon from the Newton's Birthday Bash stamp set twirling around. Her background has light, fluffy balloons from the Clouds stencil with rainbow foil confetti Confetti stencil falling from the sky!  Using the Frames & Flags die set, she stamps her sentiment. 

Crystal Komara's blue monochromatic color scheme is just spectacular! For her circular background, she adds sparkly balloons using the Balloons stencil flying across her blue distressed background, She adds Newton from the Newton's Antics stamp and die set popping out of his box. The birthday hat and blue balloon accents are from the Fabulous Frenchies stamp and die set and are just purr-fectly combined!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, April 24, 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!

Inky Paws Challenge #101

This biweekly challenge is a:

Color Challenge

Create a project using the colors-red, pink, lime green, light brown.

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, July 12, 2019 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 designs a clean card (pun intended) using the Newton Cleans Up stamp set. She blends a bit of pink distress ink for her background. She then stamps and fussy cuts an image from the Newton Cleans Up and colors it in the challenge colors. She stamps the sentiment and adds a bit of green bling for a finishing touch.

Diane Morales delights with the amazing lime green background using the Bokeh stencil set. She adds a sampling of ice cream treats in the challenge colors using the Summer Scoops stamp and die set. She stamps her sentiment on a circle to mimic the background pattern. Such a wonderful summer card!

Sue T. creates this precious card by stamping a trio of wreaths from the Happy Little Thoughts stamp set. She adds leaves and flowers around the wreaths using the smaller elements from this set.  She adds a sweet bird from the Newton's Birthday Flutter stamp set.  She stamps the birthday sentiment in light brown from the Birthday Essentials stamp set.  She die cuts using the scallop-edged die from the Frames & Flags die set.

Becky Noelle designs this sweet puppy scene with lime green grass filled with paw prints from the Pawprints stencil.  The puppies who made all those prints come from the Walking Woofs stamp set.

What a romantic scene!  Using the colors of the challenge, Bobbi Lemanski creates a lovely picnic blanket on which the love birds from the  Love Owl-ways stamp and die sets are enjoying a glass of wine from the Wine a Little stamp and die set.  Bobbi creates a hilly background with a hand-drawn forest in the background to complete the romantic scene.

Create a project using the colors-

red, pink, lime green, light brown and Link it up below!

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Inky Paws Challenge #100

It's our 100th Challenge!!!!

Celebrate with us and get your paws EXTRA inky! 

For this special challenge we are hosting 4 link ups! 

That means 4 chances to win! 

Here's the details: Choose your favorite challenge & play it again!

Pick any of our previous Color, Sketch or Theme challenges and play it again! Just decide on your favorite and add it to your post along with your entry matching the previous challenge: color, sketch or theme! There will be three link-ups below, so you enter your project into the category you have chosen! You can find images of all the previous collections in the Pinterest board here, or look through our previous challenges on the blog pages. 

Bonus link-up: Choose your favorite NND product! To make things even more fun, we've added a favorite product challenge link-up too! Just pick your favorite NND stamp, stencil, or die set and use it on your project to participate! Don't forget to tell us why it's your favorite when you write up your blog post! 

Can't decide on a favorite? You are welcome to choose more than one type of challenge and play multiple times! We are allowing up to 3 entries per participant into each category! If you decide to combine challenges, please only enter it into ONE link-up category.

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? For this special 100th celebration we are giving away $100 in prizes! We will chose one RANDOM entry to win a $25 store credit to our Newton's Nook Design online shop from each of the four link-up categories! 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, June 28, 2019 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!  

 Bobbi Lemanski chose IPC#47 for her favorite color challenge.  She created an amazing background in the challenge colors then stamped and die cut the cocktails from the Cocktail Mixer stamp and die set. using the same colors. She popped the images up using dimensional tape. Using sentiments from the Birthday Essentials stamp set, she completes this festive birthday card!

IPC#4 Sketch

Debbie Owens chose sketch IPC#4 in honor of the first time she participated in an Inky Paws Challenge!  For her card, she used the Seashell stencil with distress ink and matte texture paste.  She die cuts using the Land Border die set.  For her middle stripe, she blends shades of blue and and cuts using the Sea Borders die set. She layers to create a river between the seashore and die cuts using the rounded-edge die from the Framework die set.  She adds the goat from the Floaty Goat stamp set and stamps the sentiment from the Newton's Summer Vacation stamp set.

Diane Morales chose IPC#27--Kraft Paper and Sparkle--because it was her very 1st Inky Paw Challenge. To begin her card, she used the scalloped-edged die from the Framework to create her base. She embosses the panel in gold using the flower image the Newton's New Year stamp set. She then cuts out the balloon shape using the Balloon Shaker die. She embosses the sentiment from the Uplifting Wishes stamp set and places it behind her kraft panel using dimensional tape. She then colors and the kitty from the Newton's New Year stamp and die cuts it using the coordinating die.

Sue T. chose the IPC#15--Add a Little Sparkle--as her favorite theme challenge.  She lightly blends a portion of her base, then adds her calico kitty from Newton Cleans Up stamp and die.  This little feline has been having too much fun with the glitter which Sue cleverly adds to her card base.  Adding the "Oops" sentiment from the Naughty Newton stamp set pulls this clever card together!

Becky Noelle selected IPC#33--Ombre'--as her favorite past challenge. She creates her ombre' effect using the Tropical Leaves stencil on a dark gray card base. She then uses the "Smile" sentiment from the Uplifting Wishes stamp set. She spatters some white to pull this amazing card together!

Please note due to new GDPR rules and to protect your right to privacy, InLinkz now requires you to verify your email on your first entry (starting on our blog with Challenge #98). Verifying only takes a few seconds and you need to do it only once. After verifying your email, you can add links to all InLinkz link parties without the need for re-verification.

Option 1: Pick your favorite previous IPC COLOR CHALLENGE and enter it again below!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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Option 2: Pick your favorite previous IPC SKETCH Challenge and enter it again below!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Option 3: Pick your favorite previous IPC THEME Challenge and enter it again below!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Option 4: Pick your your Favorite NND Product and create a project with it! Enter below!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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Inky Paws Challenge #99 Reminder

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

Here'a a refresher.
Theme Challenge

Create a project using the theme--Rainbow! 

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge!

Becky Noelle showcases a perfect spring day!  She begins her background using Cloudy Sky stencil and texture paste.  She creates her grassy hills using the Land Borders die set and dry brushing a darker shade of green distress ink to add some grassy texture.  She uses the scalloped-edge frame from the Frames & Flags dies set.  She adds a sentiment from the Walking Woofs stamp set. For her main attraction she colors the blooms from the Loads of Blooms stamp set in all of the colors of the rainbow!

Bobbi Lemanski completely wows with her bright, bold, and colorful background! She then adds the little girl from Holding Happiness stamp and die set and shades the balloons in all the colors of the rainbow. She adds a sentiment from the Loads of Bloom stamp set.  With a sprinkling of sequins, Bobbi finishes her card!

Debbie Owens splatters all the colors of the rainbow to create the background.  She then adds then strips of paper to mimic a rainbow at the bottom of the card.  She stamps the sentiment and adds the kitty on his pile of books from the Newton's Book Club stamp set. She adds glossy accents to the books and a strip of washi tape to the edge.  

Diane Morales creates her background using a die from the Frames & Flags die set.  She adds a yellow basket with colorful towels in shades of the rainbow and a kitty enjoying a little nap from the Newton Cleans Up stamp and die set.  She adds some colorful hearts from the Speech Bubbles die set to finish off her delightful CAS card!

Sue T.'s collection of speech bubbles in different rainbow colors makes for such a fun design! She uses sentiments from the Thankful Thoughts stamp set and embosses them on bright papers which she die cuts using the Speech Bubbles die set.  She adheres them on a white background die cut using the scalloped-edged die from the Frames & Flags die set.  She adds one of the darling mice from Garden Mice stamp and die set to pull everything together!

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