Inky Paws Challenge #163 Winners

 

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last

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

This Biweekly Challenge was a Theme Challenge!

Inky Paws Challenge #163 Prize Winner!

We've chosen one RANDOM winner using random.org to receive a $20 Store Credit 

to Newton's Nook Designs!

Dandi93 designs this festive CAS tag filled filled with coffee fun. She partially stamps a snowman from the Snow Much Cheer stamp set onto the coffee mug from the Newton's Mug stamp set. Her soft coloring is just lovely. She pulls a sentiment from the Cup of Cocoa stamp set and adds a scattering of coffee beans. Congrats, Dandi!

Congrats to Dandi93! 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 #163  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

Bad Kitty doesn't stop at one tag. She makes a plethora of tags that are individually unique. To hold all her tags, she even makes a holder for them. Here are the stamp sets she uses starting from top left: Christmas Puppies , A Kitten Christmas, Dear Santa, and Destination Christmas. For the middle Row, she uses A Kitten Christmas, Cup of Cocoa, Sending Hugs with a hat from Newton's Holiday Mischief, and Cup of Cocoa. The bottom row includes sets from Newton's Holiday Mischief, Ornamental Newton (retired), Dear Santa, and Purr-fect Present!  

Amy's FAVE

Melissa creates a darling tag featuring a darling puppy from the Christmas Puppies stamp set and coordinating die set.  She places this sweet puppy on a snowy pattern paper with a textured blue tag base.  Just so cute!

Claire's FAVE

Donna Perisic keeps her scene very CAS allowing her sweetly colored fawn to take center stage.  This fawn is from the Deer Friend stamp and coordinating die set. The crisp blue sky with the scattered snow flurries is bright and fresh, and Donna's red hearts add a nice contrast. The sentiment is perfect for this scene. 

Debbie's FAVE

Meghan Kennihan has a talent for finding just the perfect paper to go with her NND images. For her tag, she selects the image from the Dairy Christmas stamp and die set and colors all the critters wonderfully. She then adds the red, white, green zigzag paper that goes so well with the cow's holiday blanket. Just darling!  

Diane's FAVE

Becky makes a duo of long tags filled with cuteness. For her first tag, she uses the Confetti stencil for her background. Then she adds the champagne lovin' kitty from the Newton's New Year stamp and coordinating die set. Her second tag showcases the Music stencil paired with the kitty from the Purr-fect Present stamp and coordinating die set. Just so cute!

Thank you for playing and making 2021 brighter!

The Inky Paws Challenge team will be taking some time off to enjoy with our families and friends.  We will return January 3, 2022 with a wonderful color challenge!  We wish everyone a safe and wonderful holiday season! Again thank you for an amazing 2021 year! We love seeing your NND projects!

You can always find our most current challenge here.

Inky Paws Challenge #114

This biweekly challenge is a:

Sketch Challenge

Create a project using the sketch above. 

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, January 17, 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!   

Time to bring in a New Year or maybe a birthday!  Becky Noelle creates this spectacular card by using a combination of stencil sets. For her black background, she uses the Confetti stencil with a glossy paste. She then embosses on vellum using the Bubbly stencil. Love how those bubbles look like champagne popping from the bottle that Newton from the Newton's New Year stamp is holding. 

Ready for some romance?  Then Crystal Komera's red & white card will fit the bill!  She creates a shaker card filled with red and tan hearts. She frames it with a red, scalloped frame using the Framework die set.  She adds the purr-fect feline couple from the Newton's Sweetheart stamp and die set. Don't you just love those little golden brown stripes?  She places her shaker element on a red & white plaid backdrop and finishes it off with a bow of twine. {sigh} So romantic!

Debbie Owens designs a beautiful condolence card for the loss of a fur baby. Her water colored  rainbow provides a soothing background on which she places the vellum clouds using the Sky Borders die set. She heat embosses the cat from the Furr-ever Friends stamp set in black. Using the Frames & Flags die set, she creates the center panel and adds ribbon, twine, and a splattering of sequins. She balances the card with black and white washi tape. A beautiful card to provide some comfort for those who've lost a pet. 

Is anyone else missing the sun?  If so, you will definitely enjoy Diane Morales' bright, cheerful card!  With its bright yellow card base, Diane adds a lime green plaid background created using one one of the stencils from the Plaid Stencil set.  She adds a white center panel and stamps the 'Hello Sunshine' sentiment from the Lemon Twist stamp set.  She also adds the lemon and lemon slices from the Lemon Twist stamp set and die set.  A perfect card for a gloomy day!

Sue T. gives us a beautiful card of whimsy and fantasy. Using dies from the Frames Squared and Frames & Flags die sets, she creates layers of white for her cloud scene.  She fabricates a beautiful rainbow using the Sunscape stencil and layers on the clouds using the Sky Borders die set. She then adds the fantastical unicorn from the Believe in Unicorns stamp and die set.  Don't you just love how the mane and tail mimic the colors of the rainbow background?  Sue adds dimensional tape throughout the card to give the card a "puffy" cloud feel!

Create a project using the Challenge Sketch. 

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Inky Paws Challenge #113 Reminder

Hoping everyone is enjoying the holiday season!  
There's still time to link up a project for the current Inky Paws Challenge!

Here'a a refresher.

Color Challenge

Create a project using the colors 

Lime Green, Teal, Blue and Silver.

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge:

Diane Morales is ready to bring in the New Year with this festive card. She uses the Balloon Stencil to create her background and adds silver bubbles using the Newton's New Year stamp set.  Guess who is making all those bubbles?  Of course, it's the lovable Newton from the Newton's New Year stamp and die set!  Diane then stamps the 'cheers' sentiment on a mini-banner which was die cut using the Frames & Flags die set. 

Sue T.  slips in one more festive Christmas card using the challenge colors. She makes several layers using the Frames & Flags die set. Her light blue polka-dotted paper, adds a nice splash of color. She then repeatedly die cuts the 'Merry' sentiment from the Holiday Greetings die in the challenge colors. After vertically aligning the sentiments, she then stamps the 'Christmas' sentiment from the Sentiments of the Season stamp set. For her focal image, she adds the package-laden lady from the  Christmas Haul stamp and die set. She adds dimensional tape to make her pop off the card!

Bobbi Lemanski creates a perfect tropical setting for her darling toucans to celebrate! Using the Toucan Party stamp and die set, Bobbi colors the birds in the challenge colors. She also uses the leaf stamp from this set and stamps the edges with it.  With her amazing drawing skills, she hand draws grass and brush to add depth and texture.  Using the Cocktail Mixer stamp and die set, Bobbi has her toucans enjoying a nice drink. She also die cuts the 'Cheers' sentiment for her final touch. 

 Debbie Owens brings out the foil card stock to create her magical scene. Using the Frames & Flags die set, she creates her scalloped blue background. She uses alcohol inks to create a green and silver paper from which she die cuts trees (Forest Scene Builder die set) and hills (Land Borders die set). Again using both die sets, she adds a silver tree and silver ground. For her main attraction, she colors the trio of penguins from the Penguin Pile stamp set and pops them up with dimensional foam tape. The fun sentiment is from the Newton's Toboggan stamp set. 

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, January 3, 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 #100

It's our 100th Challenge!!!!

Celebrate with us and get your paws EXTRA inky! 

For this special challenge we are hosting 4 link ups! 

That means 4 chances to win! 

Here's the details: Choose your favorite challenge & play it again!

Pick any of our previous Color, Sketch or Theme challenges and play it again! Just decide on your favorite and add it to your post along with your entry matching the previous challenge: color, sketch or theme! There will be three link-ups below, so you enter your project into the category you have chosen! You can find images of all the previous collections in the Pinterest board here, or look through our previous challenges on the blog pages. 

Bonus link-up: Choose your favorite NND product! To make things even more fun, we've added a favorite product challenge link-up too! Just pick your favorite NND stamp, stencil, or die set and use it on your project to participate! Don't forget to tell us why it's your favorite when you write up your blog post! 

Can't decide on a favorite? You are welcome to choose more than one type of challenge and play multiple times! We are allowing up to 3 entries per participant into each category! If you decide to combine challenges, please only enter it into ONE link-up category.

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? For this special 100th celebration we are giving away $100 in prizes! We will chose one RANDOM entry to win a $25 store credit to our Newton's Nook Design online shop from each of the four link-up categories! 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 28, 2019 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!  

 Bobbi Lemanski chose IPC#47 for her favorite color challenge.  She created an amazing background in the challenge colors then stamped and die cut the cocktails from the Cocktail Mixer stamp and die set. using the same colors. She popped the images up using dimensional tape. Using sentiments from the Birthday Essentials stamp set, she completes this festive birthday card!

IPC#4 Sketch

Debbie Owens chose sketch IPC#4 in honor of the first time she participated in an Inky Paws Challenge!  For her card, she used the Seashell stencil with distress ink and matte texture paste.  She die cuts using the Land Border die set.  For her middle stripe, she blends shades of blue and and cuts using the Sea Borders die set. She layers to create a river between the seashore and die cuts using the rounded-edge die from the Framework die set.  She adds the goat from the Floaty Goat stamp set and stamps the sentiment from the Newton's Summer Vacation stamp set.

Diane Morales chose IPC#27--Kraft Paper and Sparkle--because it was her very 1st Inky Paw Challenge. To begin her card, she used the scalloped-edged die from the Framework to create her base. She embosses the panel in gold using the flower image the Newton's New Year stamp set. She then cuts out the balloon shape using the Balloon Shaker die. She embosses the sentiment from the Uplifting Wishes stamp set and places it behind her kraft panel using dimensional tape. She then colors and the kitty from the Newton's New Year stamp and die cuts it using the coordinating die.

Sue T. chose the IPC#15--Add a Little Sparkle--as her favorite theme challenge.  She lightly blends a portion of her base, then adds her calico kitty from Newton Cleans Up stamp and die.  This little feline has been having too much fun with the glitter which Sue cleverly adds to her card base.  Adding the "Oops" sentiment from the Naughty Newton stamp set pulls this clever card together!

Becky Noelle selected IPC#33--Ombre'--as her favorite past challenge. She creates her ombre' effect using the Tropical Leaves stencil on a dark gray card base. She then uses the "Smile" sentiment from the Uplifting Wishes stamp set. She spatters some white to pull this amazing card together!

Please note due to new GDPR rules and to protect your right to privacy, InLinkz now requires you to verify your email on your first entry (starting on our blog with Challenge #98). Verifying only takes a few seconds and you need to do it only once. After verifying your email, you can add links to all InLinkz link parties without the need for re-verification.

Option 1: Pick your favorite previous IPC COLOR CHALLENGE and enter it again below!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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Option 2: Pick your favorite previous IPC SKETCH Challenge and enter it again below!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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Option 3: Pick your favorite previous IPC THEME Challenge and enter it again below!

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Option 4: Pick your your Favorite NND Product and create a project with it! Enter below!

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Inky Paws Challenge #91 Reminder

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

Here'a a refresher.

Create a project using the colors white, gray, black, and pink

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Debbie creates this festive card by creating a pale pink background using the  Bubbly stencil. She adds  black and white washi tapes before adding the sweet kitties from the Newton Celebrates and Newton's New Year stamp sets. She adds a bit of gel pen and sequins for some some shine!

Diane Morales brings on the sweetness with this cutie!  Starting with the Tumbling Hearts stencil she creates a gray and pink romantic background on a white card base die cut using the center die from the Frames & Flags die. Then she softly colors the feline couple from Newton's Sweetheart stamp set in soft grays.

Sue T. brings us this elegant card using a base of gingham pattern paper which use die cuts with the scalloped edge die from the Frames & Flags die set. She adds a white base in which she embellishes with images from the Cottage Garden stamp and die set. She adds her sentiment on a banner. Oh, so pretty!

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Becky Noelle also brings us a gorgeous and elegant card which she starts by using the Tree Rings stencil. She then adds these fabulously colored flowers from the Peony Blooms stamp set. Then she adds her sentiment from the Simply Sentimental stamp set which she embosses in white on a black background. So elegant!

Bobbi Lemanski brings us this darling and whimsical card. She begins by hand drawing the trees in gray and adds pink and red leaves. She then adds a darling camping scene using the
Cozy Campers stamp and die set.  She adds lots of pink flamingos which she places on the different horizons using the Land Borders die set. In the foreground, she incorporates this naughty raccoon from the  Raccoon Rascals stamp set.  Darling!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along! Remember, you have until this Friday, February 22, 2018 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 #87 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 #87 Winner!

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

Meghan creates this gold striped card card that features the Festive Forest stamp and die set.  She embosses that fun trees in gold and adds the little sentiment. She finishes her card with a gold ribbon near the bottom. Such an elegant and beautiful card!

Congrats to Meghan! 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 #87 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

Fikreta creates this festive and fun ornament that spotlights Newton from Newton's Antics stamp set as the main attraction.  She wraps a gold ribbon around the star shape and adds a silvery middle. She adds some presents, Santa's hat, and a gold bell as finishing touches!

Diane's FAVE

Kate's use of gold over the vibrant blue background make this a striking card. She uses the Holiday Foliage stencil with sticky embossing powder and gilding flakes. She then embosses the sentiment from the Reindeer Roll Call stamp set.  So pretty!

Emily's FAVE

Vicki creates this darling box card to celebrate the upcoming New Year. Using elements from the Newton's New Year stamp and die set. Just love how she uses the champagne class as the number 1.  
What a fabulous design and great use of silver and gold!

Sue's FAVE

Meghan's classy card features an elegant collage of whimsical festive trees from the Festive Forest stamp and die set. She adds additional sparkle with the glittery gold stripe and gold and silver sequins!  

Becky's FAVE

Andrea created this golden delight by using gold foil card stock. For her focal oval, she used distress oxide inks and watered down acrylic paint.  Those darling chickadees are from the Winter Birds stamp and die set. She then embosses that sweet sentiment in white.  Fabulous wintery 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.