Inky Paws Challenge #130

This biweekly challenge is a:

Theme Challenge

Create a scene on your project!

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, August 28, 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! 

 Becky Noelle takes us under the waves for her one-layer ocean scene. Using the scallop-edged die from the Frames & Flags die set she begins her masking masterpiece. She takes ocean elements from several stamp sets: Narly Mermaids, Scuba Newton,  and Purr-maid Newton to add coral, fish, and shells.  Then she adds Newton from the Scuba Newton stamp set enjoying all the underwater treasures. Notice the sun rays from the Sunscape stencil subtly shining beneath the waves.  

 Becky's card showed how to have fun below the waves.  Crystal Komara's slimline card shows us how to have fun above the waves!  Using the Newton's Summer Vacation stamp set and coordinating die set, she uses three kitty images to show how to have fun anywhere on the beach. Starting away from the water, her first kitty is sunbathing under the rays created using the Sunscape stencil.  Down by the water, her second kitty is making sandcastles beneath palm trees using the Aloha Newton die set.  Playing in those cool sparkling waves die cut using the Sea Borders die set.  Anyone else wishing they could be there with those felines?

 Debbie Owens creates a picnic gathering down at the lake!  For her scene, she creates a little pond with waves using distress ink and the Waves Stencil.  Using the Mountains Stencil, she adds some gray mountains with the sun from the Sunscape Stencil peeking from behind them.  In foreground, she adds evergreen trees using the Whispering Pines stamp set.  She adds the canoe image from the Winston's Lake House stamp set paddling away in the lake as well as oodles of forest critters from the Woodland Picnic stamp set nibbling on some picnic goodies!  

Diane Morales takes to a pumpkin patch!  Using the Land Borders die set and 

Hills & Grass stencil, she creates layers of grass for all her pumpkins from the Pumpkin Latte stamp and die set. She then adds her little witch kitty from the Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp set and the fox from 

the Harvest Tails stamp and die set.  Notice the owl watching the whole scene?  He's from the 

What a Hoot stamp and die set.  With the starry background, this is a fabulous place for a great pumpkin caper!

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Ready for a garden filled with flowery delights?  Sue T.'s card will not disappoint.  Her playful mouse from the Garden Mice stamp and die set chasing a butterfly is about to enter the garden window filled with flowers from the Roses stamp and die set, the Easter Lily stamp and die set, Sunflower Days stamp and die set, and Dainty Daisies stamp and die set. Also enjoying this flowery haven is a beautiful hummingbird from the Hummingbird stamp and die set. Oh I wish my garden was this beautiful!

Create a project using the theme "Create a Scene".

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Inky Paws Challenge #109 Reminder

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

Here'a a refresher.
Theme Challenge

Create a Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas project!

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge:

Becky Noelle creates wrapping paper for her "present" card. She uses the Snowfall stencil with red foil and her Minc machine. She adds red ribbon with white stitching on the edges. For the present's tag, she cuts her tag using the Fancy Edges Tag die set. She stamps the sentiment from the Christmas Haul stamp set as well as the present-laden lady. She colors the image in red, greens, and blues and finishes with a big red ribbon bow!  Darling!

Bobbi Lemanski shows us the magic of gingham with her trio of holiday tags!  She creates her backgrounds using the Gingham Stencil. She uses the big sentiments from the Sentiments of the Season stamp set. She adds the super darling puppy images from the Winter Woofs stamp set. She adds gingham ribbon bows at the top of her tags. Her use of red, white, and black makes for super festive holiday cards! 

Debbie Owens creates a darling Christmas card using nontraditional colors. She begins with a black card base and adds an olive green gingham frame using the Framework die set. She then uses the Music stencil and pink deco foil to create a textured layer which she die cuts using a die from the
Frames & Flags die set. She colors the trio of kitties from the Caroling Newton stamp set in olive green, pink, and teal and adheres with dimensional foam.  She then heat embosses the sentiment from the Ornamental Wishes stamp set and die cuts using the Speech Bubbles die set.  Fun colors for a holiday card!

Diane Morales creates a bright, delightful Halloween card!  She creates her background using the Cascading Stars stencil. She used texture paste and sprinkled Holographic powder on it while it was wet (but didn't use a heat gun).  Love the sparkle!  She then die cut the fence in white using the Fence die set. She added grass using the Land Borders die set.  Those cute critters are from the 

Boo Hoo stamp and die set. Just love those little speech bubbles!

Sue T. creates this dark, mysterious card using lots of black layers! She uses the Framework die to create her postage-stamp edge and scallop-edge layers.  She uses  Pick-a-Pumpkin die set to cut Jack-o-lantern faces multiple times on one of her black layers. She then heat embosses the sentiment in white using the Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp set. She adds dimensional tape to adhere to an orange-glittery backdrop.  Spook-tacular!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, November 1, 2019 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 #106 Reminder

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

Here'a a refresher.
Theme Challenge

Create a project using the theme-- Halloween!

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge!

Debbie Owens greats a ghostly background using the Ghosts Stencil using purples, teals, and black. She cuts a black tag using the Fancy Edges Tag die set. She heat embosses in white a sentiment from the Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp set. She colors the kitty from Witchy Newton stamp set in teals and purples. She adds twine and a bow with a few glittery dots!

Halloween and coffee... a wonderful combination, which  Diane Morales depicts beautifully this week! With the full moon shining brightly, Diane blends her night sky in shades of purple, reds and oranges over the Evergreens stencil. Wow, don't the evergreen silhouettes look amazing! She then uses the Land Borders die and gray card stock to make her hills.  Using the Pumpkin Latte stamp and die set, she colors the girl image in oranges and purples and adds a couple pumpkins for fun!

It's candy corn time!  Sue T. will have you craving a few of these Halloween treats with this fun square card! She creates her base in orange and adds the black scalloped-edged layer using dies from the Frames. Squared die set. She stamps the large candy corns from Candy Corn stamp set in a circular arrangement and fills in the panel with the smaller candy corn images.  She adds the black center with the white embossed sentiment.  Super fun!

Becky Noelle uses the Flying Bats stencil and black deco foil over a starry blue background to create her night sky. She adds clouds made from vellum. and adds a big full moon with the sentiment from the  Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamped on it.  She adds her light gray kitty from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp and die set.  Just love that bat-filled sky!

Bobbi Lemanski creates this darling Halloween card featuring the spooky trio from Halloween Trio stamp and die set. With a white card base, she adds spider webs and spiders in the top corners. She then adds an orange panel on which she adds the critters. She adds a dotted border and shadows for more dimension.  She then adds a yellow layer with the sentiment.  Don't you love how the card reminds you of candy corn!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, September 20, 2019 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 #82 Reminder

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

Here'a a refresher.
Create a project using the colors:  Lime Green, Yellow, Orange, and Purple. 

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Debbie Owens uses pencils to color this contented kitty from the Newton's Nap Time stamp set. She adds this fun sentiment from Thankful Thoughts stamp set which she puts on a banner from the Frames & Flags die set and adds a green background. She again uses the Frames & Flags die set to cut the scalloped background from purple gingham. She adds an orange twine bow to pull everything together.

Diane Morales creates this playful tag that is just spook-tacular!  Using the Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp set, Diane repeatedly stamps the spider webs to make her background. She then colors the kitty witch and pumpkin in the challenge colors. To top off her tag, she creates that fun tassel!

Emily Lauritzen creates this stunning marbled background which she cuts using the Frameworks die set. She adheres it to purple card stock which showcases it beautifully.  Then she stamps the leaves in yellows using the Shades of Autumn stamp set.  Her thankful sentiment is from the Thankful Thoughts stamp set.

Sue T. water colors her strip in shades of purple and stamps that scary tree from the Spooky Street stamp set. She then colors this Halloween feline from the Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp set.  She adds the bats and moon to finish this fun Halloween card!

Becky Noelle purple background with flying candy corns makes for a fabulous scene for this furry, feline witch. Those candy corns are from the Candy Corn stamp set and the witch is from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night. Using the Tags Times Two die, she hangs the sentiment from Creepy Cameos stamp off the broomstick. The added sequins, vellum clouds, and twine are purrfect touches! 

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along! Remember, you have until this Friday, October 12, 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 #56 Winners

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last Inky Paws Challenge here 

at the Newton's Nook Design blog!

This biweekly challenge was a Color Challenge!

Inky Paws Challenge #56 Winner!

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

Newton's Nook Designs!

18. Stamping Kitty

Stamping Kitty showcases Falling into Autumn beautifully. The white embossed leaves are so striking against the water-colored background. 

Congrats to Stamping Kitty.  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 #56 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!

Andrea's FAVE

Tracie C.'s goodies bag is sure to be a hit with the trick-or-treaters!  Her spectacular coloring of the Boo Crew critters is spook-tacular!

Debbie's FAVE

Beverly Y's use of the colors using Newton Rides West is so creative and fun!

Emily's FAVE

Andrea's spooky sky using Sky Border Dies  is just purr-fect for Halloween as is her darling kitty peeking from behind that Jack-o-lantern from Newton's Perfect Pumpkin!

Zsofia's FAVE

Jennifer M.  creatively stretches her Newton's Nook Designs supplies by adding a witch hat to Newton's Holiday Mischief.  I just love the purple and orange scarf and the fabulous layout!

Diane FAVE

Trina's pumpkin patch has such a spooky background, especially with those cute little black bats!  What a fabulous scene using Newton's Boo-tiful Night!

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 #56 Reminder

Don't forget - There's still one week 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 color challenge! 

Here'a a refresher of the challenge--Use purple, black, orange, and white. 

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Zsofia Molnar combines Newton Loves Cake and Newton's Birthday Bash stamp sets to create a such a festive birthday card!  I just love the little windows with the kitties poking out!

It's always difficult losing a beloved pet, but Debbie Owens clean and simple card using Furr-ever Friends brings a bit of comfort.

Emily Lauritzen captures the beauty of autumn with her gorgeous purple background and striking leaves!  She combines Shades of Autumn and Newton's Perfect Pumpkin.

Andrea Shell has designed a delightful moving card!  I just love that her spaceship from Cosmic Newton can actually bast through her gorgeously colored background!

Diane Morales spooky little shaker boxes are sure to be a hit!  I just love that she used Spooky Skeletons with this week's colors!

I hope this project has inspired you to play along! Remember, you have until this Friday, October 6, 2017 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!