Inky Paws Challenge Week 3

 

Welcome to Inky Paws'  

April Challenge!

 Our color challenge continues! 

Use the colors: Dusty Violet, Spring Green, Sunshine Yellow, and Cocoa Brown!

You have until Friday, May 2, 2025 (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.  

This beautiful color combo is perfect for spring cards and more! Create a garden scene, try adding the colors to a birthday card or mix in a pet with brown fur! Let's check out what our Design Team created!

Claire Lamb's card is filled with delightful bubbles!  She uses the feline from the Newton's Bubble Tea stamp set and coordinating die set along with the canine from the Puppy's Bubble Tea and coordinating die set. Both are so adorable drinking their colorful beverages. She adds more texture to her card by using the Bubbly stencil along with the A2 Card Layout 2 die. Such a fun way to use the colors!

Crystal Minkler creates the cutest Easter card by using the Bunny Tails stencil set to create her background of bunnies!  All those lavender tails-too cute!  She then creates three postage stamps by using the Postage Stamp Layout die and cutting them apart. She adds a trio of images from the Easter Postage Sampler stamp and coordinating die set on distressed backgrounds.  Her final touch is the sentiment using the Happy Easter die.  Absolutely adorable!

Danni Bindel uses the kitty from the Newton's Rain Boots stamp and coordinating die set. She uses the Frames & Tags die set to create her layout with papers from the Bright Basics paper pad. Newton looks so cute in his yellow boot!

Debbie Owens creates the sweetest Easter card using images from the Easter Postage Sampler and the Daffodils stamp sets. She places them on a distressed scalloped circle (Circle Frames die set). The papers from the Spring Blooms paper pad coordinate wonderfully together. Deb then pulls a sentiment from the Spring Roundabout stamp set and stamps it on the banner made using the Frames & Flags die set. Just too cute!

Amy Tollner creates this spring-filled card by using the Trailing Leaves stencil which she die cuts using the A2 Card Layout 2 die to give her card extra texture. She then uses the birdhouse images from the Birdhouse Greetings stamp and coordinating die set. Love her subtle use of yellow, lavender, and brown!

Don't forget you have until May 2 to get creative with these colors! 

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Inky Paws Challenge #238 Winners

 

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last

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

We loved seeing all the different ways you were inspired to use Showers & Flowers!

Inky Paws Challenge #238 Prize Winner!

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

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

Holly's sweet puppy from the Puppy Friends stamp set looks so cute against all those pretty flowers.  The addition of the umbrella is a perfect touch for the challenge theme!

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

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

Inky Paws Challenge #238 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!

Danni's FAVE

Sbarkeloo designs this darling card featuring those darling duckies and kitty from the Newton's Rain Boots stamp and die set. Sharkeloo combines dies from the Basic Frames and the  Frames & Tag die sets to create her different layers. Her polka dots on the rain boots go wonderfully with the polka dotted paper from the Summertime paper pad. So fresh and cute!

Debbie's FAVE

Melanie H.'s fun pattern backdrop is super fun for the puppy from the Rainy Day Doxie stamp and coordinating die set to enjoy as he splashes thought the puddles. Such a cute, playful card!

Amy's FAVE

Melissa's spring red tulips from the Tulips stamp and coordinating die set look beautiful against the butterfly paper from the Springtime paper pad. Melissa uses the Frameworks die set to create the zig-zag edging. The addition of the little butterfly on the tulip petal is a fun touch!

Claire's FAVE

Michelle B.'s blue daisies from the Floral Delights stamp and coordinating die set look striking against the partially checkered backdrop What a fun, spring card!

Crystal's FAVE

Marcia's darling spring card features the cute puppy from the Puppy Friends stamp set. The little splash of pink just adds to the cuteness!

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.

The IPC Design Team will be on Spring Break from March 31, 2025 - Apil 6, 2025.  
We will be back on April 7, 2025 with a new color challenge!

Inky Paws Challenge #238 Week 4

 

 Welcome to Inky Paws'  

March Challenge!

For March, we have a spring theme to play with!

Only a few more days to get creative with showers and flowers using your NND Products!

You until Friday, March 28, 2025 (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.  

Let's see how the IPC team used the Showers & Flowers theme for the last week of the March Challenge:

Danni Bindel creates this sweet spring card showcasing her sweet kitty from the Newton's Umbrella stamp and coordinating die set. Her use of the blue striped paper makes it look like a spring shower in the background. Her fun paper selection comes from the Pastel Basics paper pad and die cut using dies from the Frames & Tags die set. Her big, puffy rain clouds were made using the Sky Scene Builder die set. The way she colored her feline and the added stripes to her umbrella just add to the cuteness!

Debbie Owens baby shower card is a creative twist on the shower theme.  She uses the Raindrops stencil and the Sky Scene Builder die set to create the showery backdrop.  She adds the letters for baby using the Essential Alphabet die set with striped paper from the Springtime paper pad. She adds a trio of bibs using the Bitty Bibs stamp and coordinating die set and places them atop floral and striped papers from the Springtime paper pad. A creative take on the Showers & Flowers theme!

Amy Tollner showcases the big tulip paper from the Spring Blooms paper pad with scallop edging using the Frames & Flags die set. This is a darling backdrop for the little critters from the Newton's Rain Boots stamp and coordinating die set. To give her card a nice spring flair, Amy adds clouds using the Sky Borders die set with subtle raindrops using the Raindrops stencil. Her critters look amazing with her amazing coloring skills!

Claire Lamb creates a dramatic distressed backdrop for her trio of kitties from the Newton's Rainy Day Trio stamp and coordinating die set. She uses a combination of dies from the Frames & Tags and the Basic Frames die sets to create her background layers.  Her bold, darker coloring looks amazing on this fabulous card!

Crystal Minkler showcases the darling puppy from the Rainy Day Doxie stamp and coordinating stamp set. She places him atop papers from the Spring Blooms paper pad. The large daisy paper was die cut using the Frames Squared die set. For more spring fun, Crystal pulls small daisy paper and yellow plaid paper from the same paper pad.  She Frames & Flags die set was used to create the scallop edging. Just love the little scene Crystal has created!

Don't forget you now have until March 28, 2025 to get 

link up your Showers & Flowers project for a chance to win a $20 store credit to Newton's Nook Designs!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #238 Week 1

 

 Welcome to Inky Paws'  

March Challenge!

For March, we have a spring theme to play with!

You have four weeks to get creative with showers and flowers using your NND Products!

You have from Monday, March 3, 2025 to Friday, March 28, 2025 (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.  

This month theme-Showers & Flowers-has so many possibilities.  Wedding cards? Easter cards? Welcome spring cards?  Let's check out what the IPC team dreamed up:

Amy Tollner's trio of kitties (Newton's Rainy Day Trio stamp and coordinating die set) in their pink and lavender raincoats are just too cute! She adds some big blooms in the background using the daffodil paper from the Spring Blooms paper pad. Look closely and you'll spy some subtle raindrops made using the Raindrops stencil. The scallop edging was made using the Frames & Flags die set. A seriously adorable friendship card!

Claire Lamb's bold, bright flowers are just gorgeous! These blooms are from the Floral Delights stamps and coordinating die set. Claire adds a fuschia panel that really pops against the Kraft card base. Her stitched panels were made using the Basic Frames and the Frames & Tags die sets. An amazing card to send encouraging words!

Crystal Minkler's lavender card is filled with spring goodness! She pulls those beautiful papers from the Spring Blooms paper pad and creates a subtle curve using the Land Borders die set. She adds a vellum stitched circle (Circle Frames die set). She places those adorable boots from the Newton's Rain Boots stamp and coordinating die set atop her vellum. Her kitty and little ducky are just precious!

Danni Bindel creates a smooshed background that looks so much like rain. She adds two of the darling umbrellas from the Umbrella Pals stamp and coordinating die set. Her stitched layers were created using dies from the Frames & Flags and the Basic Frames die sets. A darling card to brighten someone's day!

Debbie Owens mixes it up with her pastel floral background using the Petite Flowers stencil in a rainbow of colors.  She then uses the Fractured Card Layout die to create the black border.  She adds her feline from the Newton's Umbrella stamp set and the canine from the Rainy Day Doxie stamp set with their colorful umbrellas. She adds the 'Spring is Here!' sentiment from the Spring Roundabout stamp set. Her card depicts the saying, "April showers bring May flowers!"

Don't forget you now have until March 28, 2025 to get 

creative with the theme-Showers & Flowers. 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #220

 

  Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This is a theme challenge.

Use the challenge theme--Polka Dots!

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, April 12, 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! 

Claire Lamb's polka-dotted waves look fabulous on her beach-themed card. Those waves were created using paper from the Pastel Basics paper pad and die cut using the Sea Borders Die Set. She continues by using the Land Borders Die Set for her beach and the Palm Tree Line stencil set for those gorgeous trees. The puppy duo from the Beach Barks stamps and coordinating die set are soaking up all that tropical atmosphere!

Crystal Minkler designs this fun-filled Easter card using papers from the Pastel Basics paper pad. She uses the Frames & Tags Die Set to create her different layuers. The trio of Easter critters are from the Spring Pile Up stamp and coordinating die set, and they are look darling with the pastel polka-dotted papers!

Danni Bindel's use of bright polka-dotted papers from the Bright Basics paper pad makes for a very bright and cheery card! She uses the newly released Frames & Tags die set to create the different layers. She showcases those yellow boots and kitten from the Newton's Rain Boots stamp and coordinating die set. The punny sentiment is sure to bring a smile to the recipent's face.

Debbie Owens opts for a slimline card using dies from the Slimline Frames & Portholes and the Slimline Frames & Windows die set. She creates her cloudy sky using dies from the Sky Builder die set. She adds the floating feline from the Newton's Umbrella stamp set as well as the grounded puppy from the Rainy Day Doxie stamp set for her star attractions. For her polka dotted elements ,she paper pieces the umbrellas and puddle using the newly released Pastel Basics and the Bright Basics paper pads!

Amy Tollner was also inspired to use an umbrella element in her card. She features the umbrella lady from the Loads of Blooms Stamp and Die Set. She places her lady on a polka dotted layout combining the Pastel Basics paper pad and the newly released A2 Card Layout die set. Her sentiment from the Spring Roundabout stamp set is stamped on a banner using the Banner Trio Die Set.

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

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #197

 

   Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This is a color challenge.

Use the colors--Royal Blue, Olive Green, Sunshine Yellow, and White. 

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, May 12, 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! 

Debbie Owens creates a very bright and bold card using the Quatrefoil stencil with green and blue distress inks.  She uses the Frames Squared die set to create the scallop-edging.  She adds a pair of bright lemons from the Lemon Twist stamp set. She adds the sentiment on a banner (Slimline Frames & Banners die set). Super fun!

Diane Morales creates the cutest round card filled with ocean delights!  She uses the Sunscape stencil to create her rays of sunshine.  Then she uses the Sea Borders die set to create her layers of ocean waves. She then uses the Shark Bites stamp set to add some white to her waves. Enjoying those waves and rays are a pair of seagulls from the Gull Friends stamp and coordinating die set. Diane finds a fabulous sentiment in the Beach Bound stamp set that works perfectly!

Amy Tollner's card is also filled with a sunny sky.  She adds a bunch of little clouds using the Petite Clouds stencil. She adds green grass using the Land Borders die set and the sun from the Sky Scene Builder die set.  Enjoying this sunny day are the little ducks and the kitty from the Newton's Rain Boots stamp and coordinating  die set. Amy adds some fluttering butterflies from the Newton's Birdbath stamp and coordinating die set.  Amy also uses the A7 Frames & Banners die set to create the scallop-edging!  so cute!!

Claire Lamb designs this darling floral card!  She pulls the yellow gingham paper from the Spring Blooms paper pad and pairs it with the Spring Blooms Oval stamp set. Her beautiful flowers look so pretty with the white scallop edging (Oval Frames die set). Such a pretty, fresh take on the challenge colors!

Crystal Minkler's card is so cute with the plaid background (Plaid stencil set) and the tall stack of books!  This cute feline is from the All Booked Up stamp and coordinating die set.  Crystal uses the frame die from the Frames & Flags die set to create the scallop edging.  What a great card for someone having a ruff day!

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

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter