Inky Paws Challenge #220 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 theme with your NND products. 

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

Claire Lamb uses the newly released Basic Frames die set to design her darling birthday card. She uses the blue and purple polka dotted papers from the Pastel Basics paper pad to create her background layers to showcase the trio of sweet kitties from the Newton's Birthday Trio stamp set and coordinating die set. Super cute!

Crystal Minkler was also inspired to create a birthday card!  She uses the newly released Frames and Tags die set and the Circle Frames die set with the primary and secondary colored polka dotted papers from the Bright Basics paper pad. Her trio of felilnes is from the Newton's Bright Birthday stamp and coordinating die set. So much cuteness!

Danni Bindel selects the Pastel Basics paper pad to create her mugs of coffee from the Coffee Silhouettes die set. She uses the Basic Frames die set and the Frames & Flags die set to create her background layers. She pulls the sentiment from the Thankful Thoughts stamp set. A fun way to send a hug to a loved one!

Like some of her teammates, Debbie Owens was inspired to create birthday cards using the newly released Bright Basics paper pad. She creates vertical strips using the A2 Card Layout die set. Each card features a trio of kittens celebrating in style!  Her first card features the Newton's Bright Birthday stamp set while the second card features the Newton's Birthday Trio stamp set.  Not sure with trio is having the most fun!

Amy Tollner pulls papers from the Autumn paper pad to create a beautiful palette of colors for her playful mouse from the Garden Mice stamp and coordinating die set. Amy then adds butterflies using the Newton's Birdbath stamp and coordinating die set. To create her many layers including the sentiment banner, Amy uses the Frames and Tags die set, the Basic Frames Die Set, and theA7 Frames and Banners die set. Too cute!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, April l2,  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 #216 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 sketch with your NND products.

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

Crystal Minkler creates a pair of darling Valentine's cards using papers from the Love & Meows and the Love & Woofs paper pads. She then uses the images from the Newton's Heart stamp and coordinating die set and the Puppy Heart stamp and coordinating die set for the focal point on each card. To create her different scallop-edged layers she uses dies from the Frames & Flags and the Circle Frames die sets.  Don't you just love the paper-pieced heart on each card?  Super cute!



Danni Bindel's spectacularly colored gnome from the Gnome Garden stamp and coordinating die set is looking amazing on his little mushroom!  Danni pulls papers from the Springtime paper pad that make for a spectacular spring backdrop!  She uses the Frames & Flags and the Oval Frames die sets to create some layers.  So cute!


Debbie Owens is showcasing not one, but two, mischievious kitties enjoying themselves with some indoor plants!  These little felines are from the Naughty Newton and the Newton's Hanging Basket stamp sets. She uses the Frames & Flags die set to create her scallop-edging on papers from the Spring Blooms paper pad. How can two bad kitties look so adorable?!



Amy Tollner designs a brilliantly bright birthday card in greens and blues! She pulls the green present paper from the Birthday Party and the pawprint paper from A Cat's Life paper pads. She creates a balloon background on her banner using the Bokeh Balloons stencil set. The fabulous trio of felines are colored amazingly. These little critters are from the Newton's Birthday Trio stamp and coordinating die set. Wow!



Claire Lamb also creates an amazing birthday card featuring a trio of puppies from the Birthday Barks Stamp and coordinating die set. She adds a bright yellow confetti background using paper from the Birthday Party paper pad. The fun polka-dotted red paper is from the Meowy Christmas paper pad. So much canine cuteness on this card!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, February 16,  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 #183

 

   Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This challenge is a

Sketch Challenge.

Use 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, October 7, 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! 

Sue T. is showcasing those beautiful sunflowers from the darling Paw-tumn Newton stamp and die set. She keeps the card bright using the yellow leaves paper from the Autumn paper pad and creates the tag using the tag die from the Fancy Edges Tag die set. She uses the plaid paper for her trio of banners which gives her card a sweet country charm.  Her sentiment comes from the Autumn Mice stamp set.  Lovely!

Amy Tollner's card is filled with the cutest Jack-o-lanterns ever!  Her background paper is from the  Halloween Meows paper pad.  Doesn't it work splendidly with the Jack-o-lantern images from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp and coordinating die set. She distresses a painted-splattered tag cut using the Fancy Edges Tag die set.  Her banners and the scallop-edged frame were created using the Frames & Flags die set.  A super cute Halloween card!

Claire Lamb shows us how the sketch can be used to whip up the cutest birthday card!  Her sweet CAS card has light blue banners using the Banner Trio die set.  Instead of an actual tag, Claire uses the image from the Newton's Birthday Trio stamp and the coordinating die set. Don't you love how she shaded this trio of Siamese kitties?  To get that stitching around the center panel, Claire uses the  Frames & Flags die set and trims off the scallops.  The sentiment is from the Heartfelt Blooms stamp set. Sweetness!

It's harvest time over on Debbie Owens's card! Her card is filled with pumpkins, gourds, and squashes! She pulls paper from the Autumn paper pad and creates her background frame using the Framework die set. She then uses the Fancy Edges Tag die set to create her golden tag on which she places her kitty image from the Autumn Newton stamp set. She adds some extra pumpkins and leaves using images from the Pumpkin Latte stamp set. Her banners were created using the Frames & Flags die set using coordinating papers from the Autumn paper pad. A harvest paradise!

Diane Morales is showcasing some scary critters from the Spooky Skeletons stamp and coordinating die set. She places them on tag using the Bookmark die set. Her trio of bright banners were created using the A7 Frames & Banners die set. To give her card a bright, fun Halloween feel, she pulls the candy paper from the Halloween Meows paper pad. Just love the playfulness of this card!

Use the sketch with your NND products!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #149 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 colors:   mint, plum, green, and lilac.

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

Amy Tollner uses the challenge colors to create a bright, bold shaker card!  She uses the Frames Squared die set to create her card base and scallop-edged shaker frame showcasing the Floral Fringe stamp set. Don't you love her beautiful coloring of the flowers in the challenge colors!  Brilliantly done!

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Claire Lamb die cuts multiple speech bubbles using the Speech Bubble die set to create textured background. She then uses the challenge colors to distress a rainbow backdrop die cut using the stitched die from the Frames Squared die set. She spot lights the trio of kittens from the Newton's Birthday Trio stamp and cut using the coordinating die set. The glossy accents on the small speech bubbles adds a nice finishing touch!  SpeCATular!

 Debbie Owens takes us under the sea using the challenge colors. Using the square scallop-edged die from the Frames Squared die set, she die cuts a lavender pattern paper layer.  She adds a circular scallop-edged using a die from the Circle Frames die set. On this circle she has added some subtle waves using texture paste and the Waves stencil. In those waves, she adds Newton from the Scuba Newton stamp set.  She adds sea critters, coral, and seaweed using elements from both the Tides of Love stamp set and the Scuba Newton stamp set. Her last touch is the speech bubble die cut using the Speech Bubbles die set. Delightful!

Diane Morales cuts strips of paper in the challenge colors for her background on which she stamps and embosses the lily image from the Easter Lily stamp set repeatedly. She then a white frame popped with dimension tape using the Snow Globe Shaker set die.  She then stamps and colors the lovely birds from the Toucan Party stamp and cut using the coordinating die set.  A colorful way to celebrate an anniversary of a marriage! 

Sue T.'s  uses the challenge colors to create a pretty garden complete with a hummingbird!  A top an embossed card base, Sue adds a stitched circle layer die cut using the Circle Frames die set. On this circle she has stamped and shaded the flowers from the Hummingbird stamp in lavender and mint.  She then stamps and colors the hummingbird from the aforementioned set in plum and green. She uses the coordinating die set to cut out the bird and then affixing with dimension tape.  She stamps the sentiment on a speech bubble die cut from the Speech Bubbles die set. Beautiful!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, June 4, 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 #125

This biweekly challenge is a:

Color challenge

Create a project using the colors:

Turquoise, Orange, Green, and Yellow

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, June 19, 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! 

Becky Noelle's kaleidoscope of butterflies from the Monarchs stamp set can be seen fluttering around a blue arbor. She adds green grass using the Land Borders die set, which is zigzagged at the bottom.  The light spattering of blue in the background adds a fabulous touch!

Crystal Komara's card rivals the brilliance of the sun itself!  First, she selects a bright yellow polka dotted paper, then adds white horizontal stripes. She adds several sunflower sprigs from the Sunflower Days stamp and die set and shades them in the colors of the challenge.  The overall effect is pure sunshine!

 

Using the Waves stencil, Debbie Owens creates a subtle turquoise background for her lovely sprig of lilies from the Easter Lily stamp set. She pulls a sentiment from the newly released Floral Roundabout stamp set and stamps it on the oval banner from the Banner Trio die set. A few sequins and an orange bow ties the card up nicely.

Diane Morales is back with another fabulous tag!  Her tag begins with dark yellow stars on a yellow card stock using the Cascading Stars stencil. She die cuts using the Fancy Edges Tag die set. By using the Newton's Birthday Trio stamp and die set, she makes the tag into a fun, festive birthday treasure! Love how she uses the challenge colors for the speech bubbles!

Sue T. brings us birds from a tropical paradise. Using the toucans from the Toucan Party stamp set, she brightly shades them in the challenge colors and uses the coordinating die set to cut them out.  Using the Tropical Leaves stencil, she creates a canopy of leaves for them to play in.  She die cuts the postage-edged frame from the Framework die set and adheres it all together with pops of dimension tape. A wonderful way to let someone know "You're the Best!"

Create a project using the colors:
Turquoise, Orange, Green, and Yellow

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #123 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 #123 Winner!

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

Maria gold on navy panels using the Confetti stencil add a dramatic setting for her pretty birthday card. She then adds the cake-lovin' cat from the Newton Loves Cake stamp set on vellum and a bit of gold string to complete the festive card.

Congrats to Maria.  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 #123 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!

Sue's FAVE

Christine's trio of kittens from the Newton's Birthday Trio stamp and die set are definitely ready to party!  The panels with the party balloons and the shimmery green panel provide the purr-fect

ambience to celebrate someone's birthday!

Becky's FAVE

With the combination of patterns and soft pastel color palette, Amy T.'s card is just a delight! She uses the Bold Blooms stencil to create her three panels and adheres them atop an embossed card base and beautiful floral papers. She adds the sweet fox from the Woodland Spring stamp and die set as her center piece.  She accents her card with a sprinkling of sequins and jute twine.



Crystal's FAVE

Janice M.'s creatively uses bright, colorful, and very large bandages for the panels in the sketch. These make for a perfect background for the nurse and patient from the Newton's Sick Day stamp set.  A wonderful card to either thank an essential worker or to wish someone a speedy recovery!


Debbie's FAVE

Fikreta's shiny, festive birthday card is just filled with fun!  She creates three separate shakers in different colors and fills with matching sequins. In the background, she has foil gold stars that just shimmer.  Her star attraction is the sweet Winston from the Sending Hugs stamp set holding a scrumptious cupcake!  

Diane's FAVE

Anushree's colors are just awesome as is her take on the sketch!  She uses the My Type stamp set to stamp the typewriter on the red panel. Then uses the sentiments on

The colors are awesome!
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.