Inky Paws Challenge #211 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 the challenge theme!

Inky Paws Challenge #211 Prize Winner!

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

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

Karen Furman designs a nice, wintry scene for these playful kittens to enjoy.  She uses the Evergreens stencil for her trees, and those little kitties are from the Newton's Toboggan stamp set.  Such a playful card!

Congrats to Karen!   Don't forget to send us an e-mail at

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

Inky Paws Challenge #211 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!

Crystal's FAVE

Lazzie designs this super CAS card filled with holiday cuteness!  The bright blue ornaments in the background (Ornaments stencil) make for a fabulous background for the naughty kitten.  That little guy is from the A Kitten Christmas stamp and coordinating die set.  The added boughs of pine (Pines & Holly die set) are a perfect touch to finish the card!

Danni's FAVE

Kristi creates a playful card featuring the mischievous feline from the Newton's Holiday Mischief stamp and die set. She pairs him with fun papers from the Christmas Time paper pad. The string of lights at the top is a fun touch!

Debbie's FAVE

Becca combines festive papers and two little mugs of hot chocolate for a darling holiday card!  Those feline mugs are from the Cup of Cocoa stamp and coordinating die set. The teal and red look amazing together!

Amy's FAVE

Christy's shimmering blue stocking complete with a darling Newton won Amy's vote. This sweet kitty is from the Newton's Stocking stamp set and coordinating die set. For even more fun, Christy adds strips of holiday papers from the Meowy Christmas paper pad. Super fun!

Claire's FAVE

Fiki's shaker tags will definitely brighten up a holiday gift!  Fiki uses the Newton's Gift stamp set and colors the images so festively. She fills them with lots of sparkles!  So 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 #163 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 Theme--Create a Tag!

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

Can't decide on which stamp set to use on your tags? Be like Sue T.

and don't stop with just one stamp!  Use all your favorites! Sue uses the  Fancy Edges Tag die set for her tag base. She uses the Snowfall Roundabout stamp set to stamp all those pretty snowflakes. Then the fun begins: Top left tag uses the Winter Memories stamp and die set. Top right tag uses the Snow Much Cheer stamp and die set. Bottom left tag combines the Newton's Christmas Cuddles (retired) and die set and Whispering Pines stamp and die set.  Bottom right has images from the Snow Globe Scenes stamp and die set. 

Amy Tollner's holiday tags are filled with holiday cuteness!  Starting with a Kraft tag base die cut using the Fancy Edges Tag die set, she adds festive paper from the Meowy Christmas paper pad. Then comes she adds our favorite mischievous Newton playing with all the holiday trimmings!  These fun images are from the Newton's Holiday Mischief stamp and coordinating die set. As a cat lover, having these tags on my packages would be totally a-meow-zing!  

Claire Lamb creates a pair of bookmark tags that will inspire the receiver to jump right into a book just to use them!  On a fun polka-dotted background, Claire adds a color coordinating banner on which the sentiment has been stamped as well as the stack of books and critters from the All Booked Up stamp and coordinating die set. She uses the Bookmark die set which makes making book marks a cinch!  

Debbie Owens  makes shaker tags using the Ornament Shaker die set. With a distressed green background, she stamps a holiday sentiment onto each tag (Newton's Candy Cane and Ornamental Wishes stamp sets). She adds a fun peppermint mix for her shaking elements. Paper from the Meowy Christmas paper pad is added to finish the darling ornamental tags!  Such a fun idea!

Diane Morales creates a pair of holiday bookmark tags featuring two of her favorite mini-stamp sets!  Using papers from the Meowy Christmas paper pad and the newly released Bookmark die set, she creates the tag base. She then adds the darling lamb from the Fleece Navidad and die set and the handsome toad from the Mistle Toad and coordinating die set. What a fun way to give a tag that can double for a bookmark!  Super fun and clever!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, December 17, 2021 to enter. There's a prize involved too, so don't delay - see more inspiration on our Inky Paws Challenge here!

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Inky Paws Challenge #135 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! 

 

Becky Noelle begins with a white brick backdrop and adds strings of colorful lights using the Light Strings stencil set. She die cuts the scalloped circle using a die from the Circle Frames die set. She selects the purr-fect image for her background of stringed lights--Newton playing in lights!  He is from the Newton's Holiday Mischief stamp set.  Such a bright, playful card!

Crystal Komara designs a charming holiday card. She begins with a woodgrain paper and adds stripes in gingham and glitter!  She the adds her gorgeously colored flowers from the Poinsettia Blooms stamp and uses the coordinating die to cut them. She white embosses the sentiment.  Just love the elegance and country charm of this card!

Debbie Owens shows her love for coffee by featuring the Mugs stencil in bright red and cut using the rounded corner rectangle from the Frames & Flags die set. She adheres it to a black wood grain paper die cut using the postage-edged from the Framework die set. She die cuts her vellum piece using the sculpted rectangle from the Frames Squared die set. She mixes the sentiment from the Slothy Christmas stamp set and the Slothy Coffee stamp set and heat embosses them in black on the vellum.  She adds the sweet sloth from the Slothy Coffee stamp set and adds a snowflake die cut from Snow Globe Shaker die set. She adds pine sprigs  die cut from the Pines & Holly die set as a final touch of Christmas cheer.  

Diane Morales is back with her circular take of the sketch!  She uses the Circle Frames die set to make her layers beginning with her Kraft card base. Atop her scallop-edged circle she adds her off-white leaves die cut using the Autumn Leaves die set. (Don't you love the white-on-white layers!). She adds wavy stripes in shades of orange with a sentiment from the Fall Roundabout die set. At last is the pumpkin-laden lady from the Pumpkin Latte stamp (cut using the coordinating die).  Love all that orange with a splash of blue and green!  

Sue T. brings us the beautiful colors of autumn!  Her wood grain paper makes a wonderful background for her little mouse from the Autumn Mice stamp and die set. She adds a diagonal of autumn paper that coordinates amazingly with her colored circle of leaves from the Fall Roundabout stamp set. She uses the Circle Frames die set to cut out her roundabout images as well as the little circle with the sentiment stamped on.  Such a wonderful way to showcase autumn!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, November 6, 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 #101 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 #101  Winner!

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

Gail creates this cute tag using the Caffeinated Cats stamp set.  She adds some lime green and pink accents to the coffee cups and kittens.  She stamps the sentiment on a red small tag and adheres everything to a larger light brown tag. 

Congrats to Gail!  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 #101 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

Amy T.  creates a lovely pink and lime green background using the Plaid stencil set. She then adds a partial doily on which she has lightly distressed with pink and lime green. She adds a sweet mouse from the  Garden Mice stamp and die set and adds a little red flower for a sweet touch.  She adds some twine and adheres to a Kraft base.  

Diane's FAVE

Newton is zooming by on Angie's wonderfully designed card. Using the Sky Borders die set, she creates her pink, cloudy sky.  She lightly colors in her light brown ground on which Newton from the Newton Scoots By stamp set is racing past.  She adds her lime green birdie and the sentiment from the Newton's Birthday Flutter stamp set. She places this whole scene on top of a black and white striped background.  Don't you just love the black, polka-dotted scarf?

Sue's FAVE

Ishani wows with this beautiful CAS peek-a-boo card. Using an image from the Aloha Newton stamp and die set, Ishani wonderful colors the kitty and flowers using the challenge colors. She then dies an opening in which you can see the outline of the palm trees from the same stamp set.  

Becky's FAVE

Fiki creates a fabulous shaker card and coordinating tags using the Newton's Candy Cane stamp set. For her card, she stamps the peppermint candies on the base and adds sequins to her shaker.  Then she colors Newton on his candy cane superbly.  

Bobbi's FAVE

Kimberly uses the challenge colors to create this fabulous Christmas card. She lightly distresses the background using the Music stencil. She then uses three of the images from the Newton's Holiday Mischief stamp and die set.  She adds a red background layer before adhering to a Kraft card base.  She adds the sentiment and a splattering of sequins as final touches!

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 #86

This biweekly challenge is a:

Sketch Challenge

Create a project using 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, December 7, 2018 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 creates this red and white striped background using the snowflake die from the Snow Globe Shaker die set. She then creates a fun background using the Fancy Edges Tag die to create the fun edge. She then stamps and colors this sweet llama from the Llama Delivery stamp set. She adds the sentiment and some snowflakes for her finishing touches!

Debbie Owens brings on the glitter by creating her striped background in red glitter paper. She then adds a shimmery green card stock before adding the black sentiment from the Holiday Greetings die set. She adds the kitten from the Newton's Holiday Mischief stamp set.  She then adds holly from the Pines & Holly die set and peppermint candy from the Newton's Candy Cane stamp set.

Diane Morales presents a very elegant and beautiful card. She uses gray pattern paper for the background stripes. Then she uses the Evergreens stencil to create a romantic scene for her red stamped skating couple from the Winter Memories stamp and die set.

Emily Lauritzen creates this playful shaker card with a light blue background. She then embosses a sentiment from the Ornamental Wishes stamp set on vellum. She frames her vellum background with a white frame die cut using the Framework die set. The snowy hills were made using the Land Borders die set.  The frozen feline snowmen are from a stamp (Flaky Family) set that has sadly been retired and sold out, but the Frozen Friends stamp set would look lovely too!

Sue T. gives us this darling card which features Winston flying through a cloudy sky!  She begins by die cutting her base using the Framework die set. She then layers clouds by using the Sky Borders die. She adds the sentiment and that daring Winston from the Winston Takes Flight stamp set for a delightful, fun card!

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Inky Paws Challenge #72 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 #73 Winner!

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

Maria creates this charming card using the raccoon from Campfire Tails (retired). Instead of the raccoon holding a bag of chips, Maria has him holding the fun heart. The wood grain background give the card a nice "forest" feel. 

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 #73 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!

Zsofia's FAVE

Candice's princess card is just precious!  The sheer curtains framing the castle scene from Once Upon a Princess stamp set is so charming. Using the buttons as curtain tie backs is such a clever idea!  

Andrea's FAVE

Milene's die cut background and coloring make for this delightful card. Newton from the Newton's Naptime stamp set looks like he is enjoying some much deserved sleep. The splattering of buttons provides for fabulous accents. 

Debbie's FAVE

This sweet scene by Cindy showcases this sweet deer from the Deer Friend stamp set.  From the leaves peeking in at the upper corner to the little buttons at the bottom, Cindy's card is fabulously designed. 

Diane's FAVE

Sue uses buttons as center pieces to her snowflakes that she created using Snowfall stencil. Her soft coloring of Newton from the Newton's Holiday Mischief stamp set looks spectacular. To finish her card, she uses a sentiment from the Sweater Weather stamp set

Emily's FAVE

Irene creates her own buttons by making the scarf knots into faux buttons!  Her sweet coloring of all those snow people from Frozen Fellowship stamp set makes for such a wonderful winter card!

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.