Inky Paws Challenge #163

  

   Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This challenge is a:

Theme Challenge

Use the Theme--Create a Tag 

to create your NND 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, December 17, 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! 

Sue T. features a plethora of stamp sets for her festive collection of tags. All the tags were die cut using the Fancy Edges Tag die and include papers from the Meowy Christmas paper pad. Starting at the top left, Sue uses the Poinsettia Blooms and Sentiments of the Season stamp sets. The top right tag's sentiment was created using the Christmas Roundabout stamp set and the Holiday Greetings die set. The bottom left tag uses the darling kitten from the Newton's Christmas Cuddles (Retired) stamp set. Her final tag in the bottom right corner features the Music stencil in the background and layers of fun greenery

using the Pines & Holly die set.  What a fun way to use all your favorite NND products!

Amy Tollner showcases the Jolly Tags stamp set with her beautiful coloring. She uses the coordinating die set, Tags Time Two, This stamp set is a fabulous way to make personal and darling tags for all your holiday gifts that match the paper or gift bag!  Sweet!

Claire Lamb showcases the recently released coffee-themed products! Each tag features papers from the Coffee House Stories paper pad with a coffee image from the Time for Coffee stamp and die set. Can't you just imagine these tags hanging from a gift bag filled with coffee goodies!  Hope one is for me!

 Debbie Owens uses theChristmas Pheasant mini stamp set to make a duo of punny tags. She places them on a Kraft card base die cut using the Fancy Edges Tag die set. The gingham papers and jute twine give the cards a nice country feel befitting a pheasant!  

Diane Morales thinks outside the box by using the Newton's Stocking stamp set for her pastel collection of tags. She adds a little shimmery circle (die cut using the Circle Frames die set) behind the kittens to add the tags' strings!  What a clever way to use your favorite NND image as a tag!  Thanks for the great idea, Diane!

Use the Theme-Create a Tag. 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #161 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 Color Theme Challenge!

Inky Paws Challenge #161 Prize Winner!

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

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

Papierelle's spectacular background provides the perfect setting for this puppy duo!  Sharing a favorite toy, these puppies from the Puppy Pals stamp set are colored wonderfully!  

Congrats to  Papierelle!  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 #161  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

KT Fit Kitty uses mini-cupcake liners for her circular elements that look fabulous behind her trio of gingerbread men Brilliant idea! She uses the retired Ginger Snap stamp set for her trio of gingerbread men and colors each one uniquely. The little latte cup (Sending Hugs stamp and die set) and speech bubble are fabulous touches to this festive, fun card!

Diane's FAVE

Just Jingle uses the amazing snowflakes from the Beautiful Blizzard stamp set in nontraditional snowflake colors!  Who knew red, brown, and green snowflakes would look this amazing!  Thanks, Just Jingle, for thinking outside the box and creating this elegant card!

Sue's FAVE

Donna H. uses the Pines & Holly die set to create a festive card filled with texture and holiday cheer!  For her cream card base, she uses the scallop-edged die from the Frames & Flags die set as well as the banner die for her sentiment.  The sentiment is from the Sentiments of the Season stamp set. Her plaid ribbon and bow ties everything together so nicely!

Amy's FAVE

Our prize winner, Papierelle, is also Amy's fave this week!  Amy fell in love with these sweet puppies from the Puppy Pals stamp set. The forest scene behind them looks like a perfect setting for a day of fetching and playing with sticks!  

Claire's FAVE

Kreate-a-Card's flaky background is just perfect for her sweet feline!  This little guy is from the Newton's Candy Cane stamp and coordinating die set. Kreate-a-Card adds sparkling details on Newton that won Claire's heart!  

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 #137 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 colors: 

 Lime Green, Grass Green, Red, White

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Debbie Owens combines the Slimline Frames & Windows and the Slimline Frames & Porthole die sets to create the frames in red and lime green. Using the Plaid stencil, she makes a fun plaid background that she die cuts for the windows. She adds a banner in the center window with the sentiment from the Sentiments of the Season stamp set. On the ends she adds the darling Winston images from the Winston's Home for Christmas stamp set.  Totally sweet!

Don't those reindeer behind Santa a wonderful touch to Diane Morales' holiday card. Using a Kraft card base, Diane uses the Reindeer stencil to ink on the critters which she die cuts using the postage-edged die from the Framework die set. She adds a scallop-edged circle using the Circle Frames die set. On top of it, she adds the sentiment. She adds the sweet feline from the Santa Paw Newton stamp and cuts with the coordinating die. She adds the directional sign just in case Santa drinks too much eggnog!  Just too cute!

 You might be tempted to sing along with this darling trio!  Sue T. creates this musical card beginning with the pretty green paper with snowflakes. She adds the musical notes using the Music stencil and die cuts using the rounded rectangle die from the Frames & Flags die set.  She wonderfully colors her kittens from the Caroling Newton stamp and die set and adds speech bubbles die cut from the Speech Bubbles. Delightful!

 Time to holiday decorations!  Becky Noelle adds a beautiful white background using the Holiday Foliage stencil. {sigh} She then die cuts a tag using the Fancy Edges Tag die set and tucks a bit of green from the side.  She adds the lady from the Christmas Trimmings stamp set die set. The red and white twine and white on red sentiment from the Sentiments of the Season stamp set add a lovely touch of color to this fabulous CAS card!

Crystal Komara creates a shadow box/tunnel card that is filled with lots of holiday cheer!  On the front, she adds a white, scallop-edged panel using the Framework die set. She adds lime green pine tree using the Forest Scene Builder die set and the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Sentiments of the Season stamp set in red and the other in black. Inside, you'll find a downtown scene all decked out in holiday colors!  Crystal uses the Main Street Christmas stamp and die set for her city scene and adds the vintage car from the Destination Christmas stamp and die set. More pine trees, a splattering of red snowflakes, and a banner with a sentiment from the Main Street Christmas stamp set.  Oh holiday happiness!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, December 4, 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 #137

This biweekly challenge is a:

Colors Challenge

Create a project using the colors:

 Lime Green, Grass Green, Red, 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, December 4, 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! 

 Debbie Owens leaves her comfort zone of kitties by bring us this darling puppy card! Using the Circle Frames die set, she creates a circle card filled with holiday fun. In red, lime, and green, she shades the holiday images stamped using the Christmas Roundabout stamp set. Her main attraction is the Christmas canine from the Christmas Puppies stamp set. A super fun way to wish a dog-lovin' a Merry Woof-mas!

Diane Morales showcases the VW bus from the Destination Christmas stamp set on her CAS tag. (So loving these vintage vehicles!) She layers her tag with layers of red and lime green.  Such a playful way to use the challenge colors!

Sue T. gives us a classic card using the Poinsettia Blooms stamp and die set. She places her gorgeous flowers on a circle die cut with the lime snowflakes using the Petite Snow stencil. She places all on a green scallop-edged circle, again using the Circle Frames die set. She stamps the sentiment from the Sentiments of the Seasons stamp set in bold black.  A beautiful card for the upcoming season!

 Becky Noelle is back with her amazing stenciling skills. For her card, she showcases the newly released Tiny Trees stencil. She magically creates two-toned trees in lime and green.  She goes back and adds some red dot accents to a few of her trees.  She then embosses the sentiment from the Ornamental Wishes stamp set in white on a red card stock. She fussy cuts the sentiment and adds dimension with foam tape!  Don't you love the modern feel of this card?

Crystal Komara begins her darling card with a lime-green argyle paper that works perfectly for this challenge. She continues with a scallop-edged rectangle from the Frames & Flags die set. Then she showcases the pair of nutcrackers from the Nutcrackers stamp and die set in red and greens.  Using the coordinating die  set, she cuts out the sentiment in red.  Fabulous way to use the challenge colors!

Create a project using the colors: Lime Green, Grass Green, Red, White

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #136 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 theme: Use your favorite NND stamp set!

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Crystal Komara uses alcohol inks to make her wintery, pastel background.  She sets her forest scene using the Forest Scene Builder die set to make her trees and the Land Borders die set for her snowy ground. Her woodland critters from the Festive Fawns stamp and die set look like they are filling their day with holiday cheer!

 Debbie Owens showcases one of her favorite NND images--fawns!  Creating a square card with a wood grain layer cut from the Frames Squared  die set.  She heat embosses the "Season's Greetings" in white on black card stock using a sentiment from the Ornamental Wishes stamp set.  She uses a fawn depicting each season pulling images from the Festive Fawns, the Woodland Spring, the Woodland Picnic, and the Harvest Tails stamp sets.  She adds red & white twine and sequins for festive touches!

Diane Morales takes us on a little trip to the United Kingdom!  In colors of the Union Jack, she creates a red, white, and blue background using the Plaid stencil and die cut using the scallop-edged frame from the Frames & Flags die set. She creates her circle frames using dies from the Circle Frames die set.  Her main attraction, of course, is Newton from the Newton Loves London stamp and die set with icons from England!  Do you have a favorite Newton Dreams of stamp set?  

Sue T.'s card is all about the pink!  Starting with a square based die cut using the Frames Squared die set with a snowy pink paper,  she then uses the Circle Frames die set to created her circular panels and adds large, shimmering flakes using the Snowfall stencil. She adds pink {sigh} pine trees using the Whispering Pines stamp and coordinating die set. That precious kitty in her pink accessories is from the Sweater Weather stamp and die set. She finishes by stamping the sentiment from the Sentiments of the Season stamp set on a speech bubble die cut from the Speech Bubbles die set.  Pretty in pink!  

  

 Becky Noelle puts a holiday spin using  her absolute favorite stencil,  Tropical Leaves stencil. (Don't you love how she added the trio of red dots for an added holiday touch?)  She continues by die cutting out a circle using the Circle Frames die set. Her holiday scene comes from the Sun Soaked Christmas stamp set. Super festive!  So what stencil is your favorite?  

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, November 20, 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 #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 #113

This biweekly challenge is a:

Color Challenge

Create a project using the colors 

Lime Green, Teal, Blue and Silver.

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! 

Since we are having this challenge over the holiday week we've extended the date to play along and you have THREE WEEKS instead of two! Deadline to enter is Friday, January 3,  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!   

Diane Morales splashes Distress Ink colors to create her tag background. She then uses the Newton's Curious Christmas stamp and die set and colors the snowman's scarf and hat in lime green and teal. The little pop of red on the bird provides a nice pop of color.  Using a sentiment from the Snow Globe Scenes stamp set, she stamps it in black. Her final touches of sequin snowflakes and twine add some texture and shine!

Sue T. lets the bold sentiment from the Ornamental Wishes stamp set take center stage. For her background, she uses the challenge colors withe the  Holiday Foliage stencil. She adds blue snowflakes using a small stamp from the Winter Memories stamp set. She creates the scallop-edged frame using the Frames and Flags die set. Sue adds some silver dots and twine to finish her elegant card. 

 Becky Noelle hand draws a branch on which she adds her gorgeous ornaments. Using the Beautiful Baubles stamp and die set, Becky embosses the ornaments in silver. She then paints the ornaments using water color pens. She adds silver thread to "hang" them from the tree. She then stamps the sentiment from the Sentiments of the Season stamp set to finish her card. 

Bobbi Lemanski creates two playful tags with snowboarding moose!  Using silvery glitter paste with the Petite Snow stencil, Bobbi adds a background of snowfall. Using the Evergreen stencils, she adds to her background. She colors the moose from the Mouse Mountain stamp and die set in the challenge colors and adds her sentiments using the Speech Bubbles die set. 

Do you have your shopping done!  Well, Debbie Owens lady looks like she does!  Using the package-laden image from the Christmas Haul stamp set, Debbie colors her in the challenge colors and places her on a teal-foil frame using the Cameo Frame die set. She then colors the Holiday Fringe stamp set and cuts it into fourths. Cutting a white, scallop-edged frame using the Frames and Flags die set, she adds the Holiday Fringe pieces to each corner. She adds silver ribbon which mimics ribbon on a package.  She adds the cameo-framed image in the center. of the ribbon!  Fun & festive! 

Create a project using the Colors 

Lime Green, Teal, Blue and Silver.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter