Inky Paws Challenge #243 Week 2

 

Welcome to Inky Paws August Challenge!

 We have a super versatile sketch to get your creative juices flowing! 

Use the sketch with your NND products!

You until Friday, August 29, 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.  

We are in week two of the current sketch challenge. This challenge coordinates purr-fectly with the Card Layout 4 die cut. This week the IPC design team have some different ideas of how to use the sketch. We have summer, autumn, and Halloween with a darling feline one! Check them out!

Claire Lamb uses the speech bubble paper from the A Cat's Life paper pad with the Card Layout 4 die. She then adds a trio of black cats using the Cat Silhouettes die set. She stamps her sentiment on a stitched circle made using the Circle Frames die set. The black Silhouettes look stiking on the brightly colored paper!  So cute!

Crystal Minkler was inspired to use a trio of papers from the Halloween Meows paper pad  to create the sketch. She adds a little pumpkin patch from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp and coordinating die set. Doesn't the kitty look so cute popping out of one of those Jack-o-lanterns? Great way to share some Halloween greetings!

Danni Bindel is gearing up for autumn using papers from the Autumn Basics paper pad with the Card Layout 4 die. She stamps and beautifully colors her leaves from the Leaf Splendor stamp and coordinating die set.  Such wonderful autumn colors!

Debbie Owens is also getting in the mood for Halloween! Instead of using pattern papers, Deb heat embosses the image from the Spooky Roundabout stamp set. She then uses the Card Layout 4 die to create the white frame. She adds the haunted house using the Haunted House die. She adds the spooky feline ghost from the Ghostly Good Times stamp set. The black and white combo with a splash of yellow makes for a fun Halloween card!

Amy Tollner is hanging on to summer with this darling beach card. She uses a trio of papers from the Seaside paper pad with the Card Layout 4 die. She adds her gray-striped tabby cat from the Newton's Sand Dollar stamp and coordinating die set. She stamps her sentiment on a little banner using the Banner Trio die set. A super cute way to enjoy the rest of summer!

Don't forget you now have until August 29, 2025 to get creative with this sketch! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #234-Week 2

 

  Welcome to another week of our 

Monthly 

Inky Paws Challenge!

For the month of November

we have fabulous sketch to inspire you.

Use this sketch with your NND products. 

You have three more weeks to get creative with this sketch and your NND Products!

You have from Monday, November 4, 2024 to Friday, November 29, 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 Thanksgiving and Christmas just around the corner, this sketch will make creating holiday cards so much easier. But why limit yourself to holidays?  Whip up some birthday cards for 2025.  The gray, gloomy weather got you down?  Make some bright, colorful spring cards to cheer yourself up!  We can't wait to see what you make!:

Claire Lamb brings us this bright, colorful holiday card!  Her rainbow of trees are just so cute. She uses the Christmas Tree Line stencil with array of colors and adds a sentiment on a banner from the Holiday Post stamp set for sentiment. So festive and fun!

Crystal Minkler has an unique take on the sketch using a banner from the Basic Frames die set as her center panel. Her paper selection is from the Coffee House Stories paper pad, and taking center stage is the fabulous coffee-image from the Heartfelt Coffee stamp set (die cut using the Heart Frames die set).  Love her creative take for this fabulous birthday card!

Danni Bindel's harvest card is just full of fall colors. She pulls a trio of papers from the Autumn Basics paper pad and uses the Frames & Flags die set to create her layers. She colors her vintage truck from the Harvest Haul stamp and coordinating die set in orange! {sigh!} A beautiful autumn card! 

Debbie Owens creates a holiday card filled with stockings!  She uses paper from the Christmas Time paper pad to create her background. She adds a die cut vellum center panel using the Frames & Flags die set.  Just love seeing all the stockings peeking through the vellum. She includes Santa Newton from the Santa Paws Newton stamp set checking his Christmas list as well as a stocking from the Holiday Postage Sampler stamp set. Her sentiment was stamped on a ticket stub using the Framework die set. So cute and festive!

Amy Tollner combines coffee with autumn for this amazingly adorable pumpkin spice card! She makes her center panel by using the Pumpkin Patch Stencil and cut using the stitched die from the Frames & Flags die set. She adds the latte-laden lady from the Pumpkin Latte stamp and coordinating die set with a scattering of fall leaves. The little blue coat pops against all the orange to make for a darling card!

Don't forget you have 3 more weeks to use the sketch!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #210

 

   Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This is a sketch challenge.

Use the challenge sketch 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, November 10, 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! 

Claire Lamb creates a darling card with a column of red delicious apples.  These are from the Autumn Apples stamp and coordinating die set. She splatters some white on her kraft base and then adds a square using the Frames Squared die set for her sentiment with a fringe of red scallops using the Sky Borders die set.  What a fabulous card with all the apples!

Crystal Minkler is getting ready for the upcoming Christmas season.  She pulls papers from the Christmas Time paper pad and cuts many using dies from the Framework die set.  For her fun scene, she adds some snow using the Land Borders die set and a tree from the Forest Scene Builder die set. That cute red VW Bug is from the Destination Christmas stamp and coordinating die set.  Such a darling way to begin the season!

Danni Bindel is featuring a darling Halloween card using papers from the Halloween Meows paper pad that has been cut using the scallop-edged frame (Frames & Flags die set). She then uses the trio of pumpkin and kitty image from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp and coordinating die set.  Don't you love how the paper and main image coordinate?  So cute!

Debbie Owens uses the challenge for a fun coffee-themed card. Her card features papers from the Coffee House Stories paper pad. She uses the Framework die set to give the paw print paper the postage-edging.  She pulls the card together using the little lady from the Sips & Stories stamp set who is enjoying a relaxing day with her ferry feline friend!  Super fun!

Amy Tollner features a super bright Halloween card using papers from the Halloween Meows and Halloween Woofs paper pads. She then adds those cute duo of puppies from the Happy Howl-oween stamp and coordinating die set. She adds her sentiment on a circle using the Circle Frames die set. Halloween cuteness!

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

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #205 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 stripes in your projects!

Inky Paws Challenge #205 Prize Winner!

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

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

Tracie C. creates a super cute holiday card featuring the Holiday Post stamp and coordinating die set. the traditional red and green colors and the stripes make this a festive, fun card!

Congrats to Tracie C.!   Don't forget to send us an e-mail at

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

Inky Paws Challenge #205 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!

Claire's FAVE

Claire loved how Ellen used stripes to make house siding.  Placing the hanging basket outside the window is a fabulous idea.  That cute basket including our darling Newton is from the Newton's Hanging Basket stamp set.  A creative way to showcase this stamp set!

Crystal's FAVE

Tracie C. is not only our lucky random winner, but also Crystal's fave this week!  Tracie used the Holiday Post stamp and die set with traditional holiday colors and fun stripes! A super fun way to bring on the holidays!

Danni's FAVE

Kristi H. fun Halloween scene caught Danni's eye.  Kristi uses papers from the Halloween Meow paper pad to create her layers.  Then showcases Newton with his trio of pumpkins from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp and coordinating die set.  The little bit of fog by the grass is a fabulous touch!

Debbie's FAVE

Danielle's use of the positive and negative print of the Confetti Hot Foil Plate  was a fabulous way to add her diagonal stripes.  She showcases the cycling image from the Cycling Friends stamp and die set with a sentiment that includes the use of the Birthday Greetings Hot Foil Plate. A fabulous way to use the foil for a festive card!

Amy's FAVE

Marianne's rainbow of stripes caught Amy's eye.  Add in the ever darling Newton from the Newton's Summer Treats stamp set and you've got a fabulous card.  The sentiment on the black circle adds a nice touch of contrast.  Super fun!

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 #183 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 sketch above with your NND products!

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

Sue T. gives us this beautiful autumn card featuring the image from the Signs of Fall stamp and coordinating die set. She adds it to a Kraft card base with the embossed pattern using the Argyle stencil set. Using papers from the Autumn Paper Pad, Sue adds banners with autumn leaves to complete her beautiful card. 

Amy Tollner adds some glittery black banners (Frames & Flags die set) which adds a perfect amount of bling to her 'scary' Halloween card! She pairs the witch from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp and coordinating die set with the batty paper (cut using the Framework die set) from the Halloween Meows paper pad. Her distressed tag made using the Fancy Edges Tag die set looks spectacular with the paint splatters, stars, and bat!  

Claire Lamb is back with one of her fabulously colored black kitties!  This cutie is from the Newton's Crate stamp and coordinating die set.  She showcases her crate using papers from the Autumn paper pad. She creates her tag using the Frames & Flags die set and banners using the A7 Frames and Banners die set. The overall effect is one darling autumn card!

Debbie Owens goes with a caffeinated-puppy-themed card by combining papers from the Coffee House Stories paper pad with the sweet puppy from the Puppy Playtime stamp set.  She adds a mug from the Newton Loves Coffee stamp set. To showcase all the fun papers, she makes a vellum tag using the Fancy Edges Tag die set and heat embosses a sentiment from the  Time for Coffee stamp set.  Those little banners were made using the Frames & Flags die set. Love how her puppy matches the paper!

Love candy corn?  Then you will LOVE Diane Morales' sweet card.  Using the candy corn paper from the Halloween Meows Paper Pad, she then makes a scallop-edged tag (Oval Frames die set) and stamps it with the perfect sentiment pulled from the Trick or Treat Kittens stamp set. She adds a handful of candy corn using the Candy corn stamp and the coordinating die set.  Don't you love the little smile on the candy's face?  

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, October 7, 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 #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