Inky Paws Challenge #211

 

   Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This is a theme challenge.

Use the challenge theme, Meowy Christmas, 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 24, 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! 

Crystal Minkler creates this wintry scene featuring a trio of kitties from the Newton's Snowman stamp and coordinating die set. She adds some snowy hills using the Land Borders die set and a starry background using papers from the Christmas Time paper pad. Spectacular!

Danni Bindel combines paper filled with presents from the Meowy Christmas paper pad and adds the kitty from the Newton's Gift stamp and coordinating die set. Great combination!  She uses the Circle Frames and the Frames & Flags die sets for her layers!

Debbie Owens adds a glittery red background (Frames & Flags die set) for this clowder of kitties. These little guys are from the newly released Cat Christmas Tree stamp set. Deb pulls the strings of light paper from the Christmas Time paper pad (Framework die set). So much cuteness!

Amy Tollner was also inspired to use lots of kitties in her square card (Frames Squared die set).  This collection of kitties is from theNewton's Christmas Kittens stamp and coordinating die set. She places them on top a star-studded background using the Starfield stencil.  Sweetness!

Claire Lamb was also inspired to use the Cat Christmas Tree stamp and coordinating die set. She creates her distressed background and includes the punny Christmas sentiment.  The CAS style works wonderfully with this image!  Loving it!

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

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Inky Paws Challenge #138 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 #138 Winner!

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

Priscella Joseph designs this darling card using several festive papers! Her two critters from the Holiday Post stamp and die set steal the show as they mail their holiday cards. Someone is going to be ecstatic to receive this gem in her mailbox! 

Congrats to Priscella 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 #138 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!

Diane's FAVE

Helen F.'s card will fill your heart with feline happiness!  She stamps the Merry Christmas sentiment down her card alternating in chartreuse and red.  She uses stars as two of her sketch elements.  Don't you love the star die cut out with starry paper in the background?  Then she adds the feline family from the Newton's Christmas Kittens stamp set and colors them spectacularly!  So much fun!

Sue's FAVE

Be prepared to burst out singing!  Tmschultz5's amazing card is filled with music!  She sets the stage with her music score background created using the Music stencil. She adds two circles with the heads of nutcrackers using the Nutcrackers stamp set. The third circle holds the punny sentiment.  She adds a bright red vertical strip with the Little Drummer Boy refrain (Nutcrackers die set) running down it. Are you singing yet?

Becky's FAVE

Ildi uses tan, brown, and a pop of pink for her lovely card. She starts with a tan card bases and uses the Holiday Foliage stencil and brown ink to create her background. She repeatedly stamps the sentiment down the vertical strip for an ombre effect. She uses the darling fox in her little pink sweater from the 

Sweater Weather stamp set and cut using the coordinating die set.  She adds playful, pink clouds.  Fabulously done!

Crystal's FAVE

Oh, snap!  Meghan K. makes this delightful gingerbread card--decorated with all kinds of red and white goodies--a sweet treat to behold!  She stamps two gingerbread people from the Ginger Snap stamp set and places them on the circular sketch elements.  Her vertical strip is a red and white gingham paper.  All is placed on a kraft paper with white circles.  The splattering of red pearls look like cinnamon dots.  Just too cute!

Debbie's FAVE

Sunshine HoneyBee uses a big pawprint and two holiday puppies to represent the sketch, and they look darling together. She uses the Pawprint Shaker die and two puppies from the Christmas Puppies stamp and die set.  The plaid strip behind them add a nice holiday touch!  Fabulous way to send Christmas greetings to your canine-lovin' friends!

Thank you for playing throughout 2020.  Seeing everyone's NND cards and projects each week brought smiles to all of us!  We love seeing your creativity and interpretation of each challenge!   We will be taking some time off to relax and enjoy the holidays, but we will be back on January 4, 2021 with a new fabulous theme challenge! 

We wish everyone good holiday tidings! 

Inky Paws Design Team

 

(You can always find our most current challenge here.)

Inky Paws Challenge #112 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 Theme Challenge.

Inky Paws Challenge #112  Winner!

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

With  a vibrant distressed background , Amy T. creates this festive, snowy scene. Look closely and you'll see glittery snowflakes from the Petite Snow stencil set. Amy adds some trees using the Forest Scene Builder die set. She adds some playful critters from the Newton's Curious Christmas stamp and die set and from the Sweater Weather stamp and die set. Using the ticket die from the Framework die set, she stamps the fun sentiment. The shimmery ground and glossy-accented hearts and noses are wonderful elements!

Congrats to Amy T.  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 #112 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!

Diane's FAVE

Hellopilda uses amazing colors to create this wonderful winter scene. Her dark navy background with the gold stars using the Starfield stencil looks amazing with the red frame. She then adds light blue trees and the black silhouette of the sleigh and horse using the Winter Memories stamp and die set. She embosses the sentiment in white. A striking holiday card!

Sue's FAVE

Suzanne's card will have you longing for a houseful of kittens!  She uses the 
Newton's Christmas Kittens stamp set with the proud parents watching the trio of kittens playing in all the wrapping paper! She creates a background that mimics wrapping paper and ribbon!  Her use of traditional colors-red and green--with the white polka dots...wow!



Becky's FAVE

Amanda packs her tag with a whole lot of wintry fun!  She creates a distressed background in shades of purples and adds white embossed snowflakes using the Snowfall stencil. She adds a snowy hill for the kitties from the Newton's Toboggan stamp and die set to slide down!  Oh what fun!

Bobbi's FAVE

Amy T.  is back for another spectacular card!  Her majestic, purple mountains (Mountains stencil) make for a wonderful backdrop for the kittens from the Newton's Toboggan stamp and die set to play! She adds some sequin snowflakes and glossy accents to the kitties' noses.  Look at the snow on the mountains, the ground, and even the edges of the sled!  Amy uses glitter paste!  Wow!  For the sentiment uses adds a speech bubble using the Speech Bubbles die set. 

Debbie's FAVE

Vicki Lynn's use of a summer-theme stamp for a wintery scene shows how creative she is and how versatile Newton's Nook Designs stamps can be. She simply adds a scarf to the goat (Floaty Goat stamp and die set) and has him sliding down a snowy hill. She adds some pine trees using the  Forest Scene Builder die set and adds some snow on the end of the branches.  Using the Frames Squared die set, she makes a square card!  Delightful!

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.