Inky Paws Challenge #250 Week 3

 

There's still time to create a spring project!

Use the theme-Spring Has Sprung- with your NND product(s)!

You have from Monday, March 2, 2026 to Friday, March 27, 2026 (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.  

Celebrate Spring with bunnies, blooms and more! Create a card for a spring birthday, a cheerful hello or a card for Easter. Sunny spring blooms and cute critters are encouraged! Let's check out how the IPC team interpreted the challenge!

Claire Lamb creates this amazing CAS Easter card using the Easter Egg Builder die set to create her five delightful Easter eggs. She adds a sentiment from the Blooms Oval stamp set. She adds some colorful splatters to add texture. Wonderfully done!

Danni Bindel creates an embossed background using the Petite Flowers stencil. Such a great way to stretch one's supplies!  Danni then adds the spring image from the Spring Roundabout stamp set on a scallop-edged circle (Circle Frames die set). She adds an embossed pink bunny using the Bunny Silhouettes dies. She stamps her sentiment on a banner using the Banner Trio dies. Such a darling Easter card!

Debbie Owens uses the Lattice die to create the lattice over her colorful background. She then adds the image from the Newton's Easter Basket stamp set to make for a super fun card. She backs her sentiment with orange glitter paper from the Cheerful Brights Glitter Cardstock Assortment. Such a super cute Easter card!

Kelly Santi combines paper from the Christmas Time and the Christmas Basics paper pads to create a green/Irish tartan plaid which works brilliantly for a St. Patty's card. She features feline from the Newton's Lucky Clover stamp and coordinating die set. So cute and creative!

Amy Tollner creates a delightful spring card using Newton's Rain Boots stamp and coordinating die set with tulip paper from the Spring Blooms paper pad. She uses the Essential Tags die set for her big tag and a sentiment from the Spring Roundabout stamp set. 

Don't forget you have until Friday, March 27, 2026.

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Inky Paws Challenge #218 Winners

 

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last

Inky Paws Challenge  at the Newton's Nook Designs blog!

Inky Paws Challenge #218 Prize Winner!

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

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

Andrea W. combines yellow striped and purple gingham papers that make for a delightful background for the little mouse from the Garden Mice stamp set and coordinating die set. The CAS style is fabulous for her spring card!

Congrats to Andrea W.!  Don't forget to send us an e-mail at

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

Inky Paws Challenge #218 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!

Debbie's FAVE

Dandi93's trio of bunnies and CAS style won over Deb's heart. Dandi uses the retiring Hoppy Greetings stamp set and the Bunny Tails stencil set to make this darling card!

Amy's FAVE

Christy also uses the Bunny Tails stencil set to create her vertical stripe. The cute kitty  in the basket is from the Newton's Easter Basket stamp and coordinating die set. Those darker lavender bunny tales are just too cute!

Claire's FAVE

Christine Miller's colorful balloons won over Claire. Christine pairs her kitty from the Newton's Birthday Balloons stamp set with lavender gingham and yellow polka dotted paper that go purr-fectly together!  So cute!

Crystal's FAVE

Crystal loves how Melanie H. creates her Easter wreath using eggs and tulips from the Retired Beautiful Spring stamp set. A beautiful card just perfect to celebrate Easter!

Danni's FAVE

Not only is Andrea W. our random winner, but she is also Danni's fave.  Again, the combination of papers paired with the little mouse from the Garden Mice stamp set and die set make for a sweet card! Congrats, Amanda! 

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 #218

  

  Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This is a color challenge.

Use the challenge theme--Violet, Lavender, Yellow, White--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, March 15, 2024 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 creates a fun Easter card. She uses the A7 Frames & Banners die set for her background. She adds a scalloped circle using floral paper from the Spring Blooms paper pad with the Circle Frames die set. She adds the round floral image from the Floral Roundabout stamp set . She uses the retiring bunny from the Hoppy Greetings stamp set as well as the image from the Spring Pile Up stamp set. She adds a sentiment from the Spring Roundabout stamp on a banner (Banner Trio Banner die set).

The overall effect is a spectacular Easter scene!

Amy Tollner also uses the A7 Frames & Banners die set for her many layers. She uses the Basketweave stencil to create her yellow panel. She colors images from the

Newton's Easter Basket stamp and die set. Her fablous card is so vibrant and brilliantly done!

Claire Lamb creates a beautiful square card using dies from the Frames Squared die set. For her background, she uses the Butterflies stencil set with vibrant purples and yellows. She stamps a sentiment from the Spring Blooms Oval stamp set on the stitched circle. A gorgeous way to welcome spring!

Crystal Minkler 's bunny card is just so fun and playful! She creates her background using the dies from the Frames & Flags die set and papers from the Springtime paper pad. To create those darling bunnies, Crystal uses the Bunny Tails stencil set. Don't you love the little bunny tails! The sentiment is from the Spring Pile Up stamp set. So cute!!

Danni Bindel showcases a sprig of lilac from the Lilac stamp and coordinating die set. She places her lilac on layers of papers from the Spring Blooms paper pad using dies from the Frames & Flags and the

Circle Frames die sets. The gems add a perfect spring touch!

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

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Inky Paws Challenge #194 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 your NND products with the colors: 

Bubblegum Pink, Lilac, Spring Green, and White. 

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

Amy Tollner's llama in her lavender shades definitely brings a smile!  This sweet llama is from the Lovable Llamas stamp and coordinating die set. Amy uses the Serene Stripes stencil to create her pastel background which has been cut using the scallop-edge frame die from the Frames & Flags die set. She incorporates a vellum oval (Oval Frames die set) and a rounded banner (Banner Trio die set) which she embosses the sentiment.  A spectacular way to use the challenge colors!

Claire Lamb's sky subtly uses the challenge colors that is perfect for her sweet lambs on their speckled clouds!  Those lambs are from the Baa stamps and coordinating die set, and her clouds were created usign the Sky Borders die set.  Precious!

Crystal O. Minkler uses the challenge colors on this bold, beautiful card filled with butterflies!  She uses the Butterflies stencil set for her background. She places it with a pink layer and a white, scallop-edged frame (Frames & Flags die set). She creates a trio of banners and embosses a sentiment from the Garden Mice stamp set.  So lovely!

Debbie Owens uses the colors for her square-shaped Easter card. She uses the Frames Squared die set for the card base and center panel. She then stamps two tulips (Tulips stamp set) and colors one in lavender and one in pink.  She places them behind the cute bunny and his sign from the Hoppy Greetings stamp set. Such a cute scene!

Diane Morales creates the cutest slimline card using the scallop-edge frame die from the Slimline Frames & Portholes die set. She adds a white fence (Fence die set) which looks fabulous against her pink-speckled background.  Her star attraction is the sweet, tan kitty from the Newton's Easter Basket stamp and die set. She stamps the sentiment on a hand-made banner.  The extra Easter eggs fills in the space wonderfully!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, March 31, 2023 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 #169 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.

Use the theme-Spring!

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

Amy Tollner's fluffy clouds (Clouds stencil) look spectacular behind her trio of Easter critters from the  Spring Pile Up stamp and coordinating die set. Use hides some eggs and a little chick in her luscious green grass (Land Borders die set) from the Newton's Easter Basket stamp and die set. Flittering about are butterflies pulled from the Bitty Bunnies stamp and die set. All of this is on a scallop-edged frame using the Frames & Flags die set. A card sure to bring smiles to a loved-one's face!

Claire Lamb is also sending some Easter wishes. For her card, she uses the A7 Banners & Frames die set to create her pretty distressed background. She then adds lots of peeps enjoying their day with a duo of black kitties. This images are from the Newton's Peeps stamp and coordinating die set.  Just precious!

Debbie Owens uses one of the mice from the Garden Mice stamp set with a combination of floral papers for her spring-themed card.  Using dies from the Circle Frames die set, she creates the layers that are just perfect for the butterfly-chasing mouse to run through! (More spring cards on her blog.)

Diane Morales creates a bright, bold spring circle card showcasing the Floral Roundabout stamp set. She uses the Circle Frames die set to create the shape and then uses the tiny wavy banner from the A7 Banners & Frames to stamp the sentiment from the Heartfelt Essentials stamp set. Love all those pretty spring colors!

 Sue T. combines the Daffodils stamp set shaded in pretty pink with the bunny from the Hop into Spring stamp and die set who is enjoying his very own daffodil!  She creates white layers using the Frames & Flags die set and adds the sentiment on a circle die cut using the Circle Frames die set. Darling!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, March 25, 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 #144

 Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This challenge is a:

Sketch  Challenge--

Use the above sketch with 

your Newton's Nook Designs 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, March 26, 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! 

Amy T. celebrates St. Patrick's Day in style with this fabulous card!  Beginning with a green shimmery card base, Amy adds paper filled with colorful shamrocks!  She then uses the stitched-round die from the Circle Frames die set and stamps the festive Newton from the Newton's Pot of Gold stamp set. She splatters on some green and heat embosses the sentiment in gold.  She completes the card with a green shimmery banner and a gold one using the banner die from the Frames & Flags die set. A fabulous way to celebrate the luck of the Irish!

Claire Lamb uses a blends a combination of coffee images to create this CAS card that is spectacular!  She adds some coffee cup rings and splatters to the card base before adding the kitten in her coffee cat. The soft pink shading on the cup from the Newton's Mug stamp and cut using the coordinating die set looks amazing!  Her her banners, she stamps a sentiment from the Love Cafe stamp.  She sprinkles some coffee beans and a few hearts which are from the Newton Loves Coffee stamp and die set.  A wonderful way to espresso one's love!

 Debbie Owens creates a sweet Easter card brimming with cuteness!  She begins by distressing the stencil Basketweave to create her background which she then die cuts using the postage-edged frame die from the Framework die set.  She then makes a shaker element using the Snow Globe die set. She uses the Clouds stencil for added interest and fills her shaker with little diamond art rhinestones.  From the Frames & Flags die set, she makes banners on which she stamps the sentiment on one. Her focal point is the sweet critters from the Newton's Easter Basket stamp set. A wonderful way to celebrate the upcoming Easter holiday!

Diane Morales brings us a breath of spring freshness in this sweet card. Beginning with a lavender card base, she cuts a matching scallop-edged layer using the frame die from the Frames & Flags die set. She then adds a gorgeous holographic paper in a pretty pink. She adds the scallop-edged circle using the die from the Circle Frames die set. Her star attraction are the beautiful flowers stamped and die cut using the Daffodils stamp and die set. Using the Banner Trio die set, Diane cuts the small banners and stamps the sentiment on one.  Don't you love how the fluttering butterflies draw your attention to the flowers.  Nice touch!

Sue T. also features the kitty leprechaun from the Newton's Lucky Day stamp set. For her card base, she lightly distresses yellow over the the Basketweave stencil to add texture.  She adds fun St. Patrick's Day Washi tape for her banners.  Using the scallop-edged circle from the Circle Frames die set, she cuts a white circle on which she affixes her darling Newton!  Happy St. Patrick's Day to you!

Use the above sketch. 

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