Inky Paws Challenge #132

This biweekly challenge is a:

Sketch Challenge

Create a project using this 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, September 25, 2020 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! 

Looks like this kitty is scheming to do some international travels!  Debbie Owens stamps iconic images on her Kraft card base using Newton Dreams of Italy, Newton Dreams of Paris, Newton Dreams of New York, and Newton Dreams of London stamp sets. She adds a red panel die cut using the rounded-corner rectangle from the Frames & Flags die set. Her stow-away kitty from the Stowaway Newton stamp set looks quite comfortable in the suitcase. The added tickets from pattern paper mimic the sketch banners and add a fun travel touch to this darling card!

Diane Morales combines sunflowers, gingham, and a kitty to make this darling card! Set atop the gingham  background, she adds an orange and a golden rod yellow banner die cut using the Frames & Flags die set. The color of her banners coordinate perfectly with the sunflower and pumpkin from the Paw-tumn Newton stamp set. She adds a splash of contrast by coloring the birdie and collar in pale blue. She uses the Paw-tumn Newton coordinating die set to cut it out.  

Sue T.'s card is a wonderful example of the power of a stencil!  She uses distress inks in autumn colors and the Pumpkin Patch  stencil to create a striking background. She stamps a sentiment from Fall Roundabout in black.  She adds banners in a plaid and polka dots that coordinate wonderfully with the distressed panel. 




 Becky Noelle creates a white on white autumn card that is just so pretty. With her textured white card base using the Houndstooth stencil, she adds a white panel die cut using the Frames & Flags die set. She stamps the coffee-lovin' ladies from the Pumpkin Latte stamp set and colors them in lovely autumn colors. She adds ribbon for her two banners. Very elegant for the upcoming pumpkin spice season!

Crystal Komara creates a brightly colored Halloween card that'll definitely bring a smile to your face! She uses the Flying Bats stencil and distresses bats in purple and yellow. She adds her panel to a black scallop-edged frame die cut using the Framework die set. She uses the Land Borders die set to add a small hill in chartreuse. At last she adds the kitty in his pumpkin patch from the Newton's Bootiful Night stamp and coordinating die set. Her pumpkins in chartreuse, purple, and orange are so delightful!

Create a project using the above sketch.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #126 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! 

Crystal Komara takes us to heart of London with this fabulous card!  Repeatedly stamping the I [heart] London sentiment from the Newton Dreams of London stamp set, she creates her bottom layer and then adds the plaid pattern paper. Using the Circle Frames die set, she creates her shaker element with the London cityscape in the background. She adds the Mary Poppins kitten from the Newton Dreams of London stamp and die set floating down into the city.  

 Debbie Owens gives us a more rural scene with her farm-inspired card. Beginning with her red wood grain background using the Hardwood stencil, she cuts it with the postage-edge die from the Framework die set. She adds green grass with the Land Borders die set. She uses bales of hay to create her center panel of the sketch. She adds a cow from the Moo stamp set heading back home  to her barn which Debbie places on circles die cut from the Circle Frames die set.  A "moo-velous" way to celebrate a birthday!

Diane Morales creates a tranquil scene using soft pastels.  Beginning with the Frames & Flags die set, she creates her scallop-edged card base. Over her blue sky and green yard, Diane adds a white-picket fence using the Fence die. She adds her kitten playing with butterflies from the Newton's Flower Garden stamp and die set and adds a splattering of colorful flowers.  Just darling!

Sue T.   designs her card in shades of yellow and it couldn't be any cuter!  Repeatedly stamping a lemon wedge from the Lemon Twist stamp set, Sue creates a fabulous background that coordinates with all the other elements. She adds a yellow-polka dotted panel on which she adds her circular panel.  Look closely and you'll see light yellow hearts setting a lovely scene for the romantic kitty couple from the Newton's Sweetheart stamp and die set. Just love it!

 Becky Noelle is back with her amazing fussy cutting skills.  This time she fussy cuts around the circle of flowers from the Floral Roundabout stamp set and colors her flowers beautifully. Her embossed hardwood background with splatters adds texture to her card as does the stitching on her strip of pattern paper. A wonderful way to say hello! 

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, July 3, 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 #121

This biweekly challenge is a:

Theme Challenge

Create a project using 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 24, 2020, 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. Remember you can only link up 3 different projects to be eligible for the prize. 

Here's some inspiration!

Need to get inspired? See what our Inspiration Team created with this challenge!   

 Want to hold a Zoom birthday party?   Debbie Owens shows how to capture the Zoom spirit using a plethora of Newton images.  Starting at the top left, you will spy Newton from the Newton Rides West stamp set with a flirty feline from the Newton's Perfect Wave stamp set to the right.  Those little palm trees are from the Paradise Palms stamp set. Moving to the next row, you'll see Newton from the Newton Celebrates stamp set giving a birthday toast.  For a bit of musical entertainment, there's a feline from the Aloha Newton stamp set. On the bottom row, you'll see a British kitty from the Newton Dreams of London stamp set.  Finally, there's a furry friend from the Newton Dreams of New York stamp set. With the whole gang together, how could you not have fun at this virtual birthday party?

Diane Morales splashes a bit of blue water coloring on her card to create her ocean scene. She uses the Scuba Newton stamp and die set to add coral, seaweed, and fish for Newton to enjoy as he swims by to wish someone a happy birthday! Such a fun way to celebrate a birthday while still social distancing!

Sue T. use of sparkly gold paper provides the perfect elegant accents for her birthday card. Using the Bubbly stencil, she adds some golden bubbles as the cork is popped off the champagne bottle from the Wine A Little stamp set.  Sue does a bit of fussy cutting from the kitty the Newton Loves Cake stamp set.  Instead of enjoying a layered cake, this feline goes for a more sophisticated way to celebrate!  She adds a golden cheers die cut using a sentiment from the Cocktail Mixer die set.  Cheers!

 Becky Noelle creates this amazing card using a clear card base and deco-foiling balloons from the Balloon stencil in a rainbow of colors!  She adds the playful pooch from the Paw-some Birthday stamp and die set with his tall stack of presents worthy of anyone celebrating a special birthday!  

Crystal Komara uses complementary colors, purple and yellow, that will definitely brighten someone's special day!  For her background she adds shades of purples as well as little puppy prints using the Say Woof stamp set. She adds yellow grass with more fun prints. She adds two sweet puppies from the Fabulous Frenchies stamp and die set. Don't you just love those little party hats and the bow tie?  The big balloon shaker uses the Balloon Shaker die set. The purple sentiments inside come from the Birthday Essentials stamp set and the Paw-some Birthday stamp set.  A bright and brilliant card!  

Create a project using a Birthday Theme!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #100 Reminder

It's week 2 of our 100th Challenge!!!!

There's still time to 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 creates layers of ombre' with this amazing card!  Using watercolor paper, Bobbi creates an ombre' effect in several color palette. She then stamps the kite image from the Delightful Doxies stamp set and cuts them out.  After creating the cloudy background, she arranges her kites to create the ombre' effect which looks fantastic. She then stamps the sentiment and draws in tails for her many kites. Fabulously done!

Inspired by IPC 96, use colored pencils, Debbie Owens may have you reliving the first time you watched the movie Jaws!  Her trio of kitties from the Newton's Movie Night stamp and die set show different reactions as they watch a shark fin sneaky up on an unsuspecting kitty swimming in the ocean and then attack!  Deb creates the two film cells by using the Sea Borders die set, Cloudy Sky stencil, images from the Shark Frenzy stamp set and the Purr-maid Newton stamp set.

Diane Morales couldn't decide on just ONE favorite stamp set, so she decided to create this card full of her favorite feline images of Newton!  She kept her images in black and white and colored in a handful of hearts . She placed her white, stamped panel on a black card base to give a fabulous contrast.  Ready to learn which stamp sets each feline image came from.  Starting in the top left corner, we have Newton eating a plateful of pasta from the Newton Dreams of Italy stamp set. The torch holding kitty is from Newton Dreams of New York stamp set. Then there's the  beret wearing kitty from Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set and the kitty in a box from Newton's Antics stamp set. The kitty trying to sneak some coffee is from Newton Loves Coffee stamp set. The flag wearing kitty is from Newton Dreams of London stamp set. The bottom row has a kitty kneading some dough from the Newton's Kitchen stamp set and the astrocat is from Cosmic Newton stamp set. Diane adds the Bad Kitty and Party sentiment from the Naughty Newton stamp set. She sprinkles on some star sequins for a bit of sparkle! This card is going to make a feline-lovin' person very happy!

Sue T. shows us how to create a one-layer card by cleverly using the dies from the Frames & Flags die set for embossing, not cutting.  Love the illusion of texture she creates using this technique.  For her center focal point, she uses the Dainty Daisies stamp set. She colors the daisies in light yellow on her Kraft card base and in shades of lavenders on her white card base. She pulls the uplifting sentiment from the Floral Fringe stamp set.

Becky Noelle uses IPC #12 to create this beach paradise. She begins by selecting a burlap background and adds her beach scene. She creates a sandy beach with lapping waves. She adds white paint to create the sea foam.She adds the palm trees and hammock with the napping newton from the Aloha Newton stamp set. She stamps her sentiment from the Paradise Palms stamp set and wraps some light colored twine around to complete her delightful card.

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along! Remember, you have until this Friday, June 28, 2018 to enter. There's 4- $25 prizes involved too, so don't delay - view all the entries and see more inspiration on our Inky Paws Challenge here!

Inky Paws Challenge #95 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 Sketch Challenge.

Inky Paws Challenge #95  Winner!

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

This delightful spring card created by Tracie begins with a floral pattern paper die cut using the scalloped frame from the Frames & Flags die set. She adds a green floral paper cut using the inner frame die and adds a pink layer featuring butterflies. She creates a fluffy cloud tag on which she places one of the darling mice from the Garden Mice stamp set. She adds a banner of tiny flags and a yellow sun to complete her spring scene!

Congrats to Tracie! 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 #95 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!

Bobbi's FAVE

Kimmie's creative get well card is sure to bring smiles to any caretaker!  She begins by repeatedly stamping and coloring Rx bottles, tissue boxes, and bandages from the Newton's Sick Day stamp set. She then cleverly adds a bandage-like strip on which she places her shaker tag.  This tag features Nurse Newton again from Newton's Sick Day stamp set.

Debbie's FAVE

Amy  combines too unlikely elements on her card--a tropical rain forest sloth and cacti--that will surely delight any coffee-loving person!  For the horizontal element she creates three stripes in orange, golden rod, and navy. Then she uses the mimics these colors for the coffee cup from the Slothy Coffee stamp and die set.  She then colors the two coffee mugs from the Cuppa Cactus stamp and die set but she shades the sloth and cacti which makes the blue blooms really pop!

Diane's FAVE

Candice blows us away with this amazing card!  Using many elements from the Newton Dreams of London stamp and die set, Candice creates the base by repeatedly stamping the I {heart} London.  She then creates the horizontal stripe by stamping and coloring the telephone booth, Big Ben clock and double-decker bus.  For her center banner, she water colors a blue background and die cuts fluffy clouds with another Big Ben clock and Newton floating along with his umbrella!


Sue's FAVE

Mary's monochromatic masterpiece features shades of brown! She begins by using the Argyle stencil set in on which she places a tan stripe that has been embossed with an argyle pattern. She creates a double layered tag on which she adds her spectacularly colored bird from the Winter Bird stamp and die set.

Becky's FAVE

We love the simplicity of the black and white images from the Made from Scratch stamp set that Nancy stamps.  She adds a lively pink gingham stripe which contrasts nicely.  For her tag, she adds Chef Newton from the Newton's Kitchen stamp and die set who is whipping up something delicious!
She sprinkles on some enameled dots for her final touch!

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 #89 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 #89 Winner!

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

Jennifer Nicole creates this delightful birthday card featuring this festive feline from the Newton Loves Cake stamp with a combination of fun pattern papers. She adds a bit of twine to finish off her card!  

Congrats to Jennifer Nicole! 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 #89 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

This interactive card by Plans and Parcels is wonderfully designed!  Using the Bubbly stencil, she creates a wonderful watery background. She then adds manatee from the Manatee-rific who gets to swim around in circles! She embosses the sentiment in white on a black banner and adds a few shells and starfish!  So fun!

Bobbi's FAVE

Lisa J. wonderfully colors this snowboarder from the Moose Mountain stamp set in a fabulous yellow and gray color scheme. Her combination of pattern papers and textures make for a fabulous layered background.  So fun!

Debbie's FAVE

Amy brings us some international flair by selecting some map-like papers which she pairs with the Newton Dreams of London stamp and die set. She creates a London scene by having her kittens enjoying afternoon tea!  She adds a touch of twine and enamel dots to finish her fabulous cardd! 

Diane's FAVE

Vicki features the newly released typewriter from the My Type stamp and die set in a bright yellow!  She creates amazing background layers including a fun yellow chevron and typed paper strip!  So fun!

Sue's FAVE

Dandi turns the sketch on the side and embosses the green paper with a herringbone pattern to create a knit look. She then adds blue striped paper which she scores along the stripes. For the main attraction, she adds gray stripes on the sweet kitty from the Newton Unwinds stamp set. She colors the yarn green and adds a bit of green twine!  Darling!

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.