Inky Paws Challenge #239 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 these gorgeous colors!

Inky Paws Challenge #239 Prize Winner!

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

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

Meghan K. creates a darling birthday card features lots of cute canines. Her puppy paper is from the Birthday Woofs paper pad. And the stars of this card are a trio of puppies from the Birthday Barks stamp set. These pups sure know how to party!

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

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

Inky Paws Challenge #239 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 M. creates some shelves using the Frames & Tags die set and she places lots of books to read. Those pretty books are from the Never Enough Books stamp set. Love all the layers! A perfect card for a book lover!

Amy's FAVE

Amy Isley creates the cutest underwater scene! Her beautifully colored creatures are from the retired Tides of Love stamp set. She adds a strip of purple polka dotted paper from the Bright Basics paper pad behind her scene for a pop of color.  Such a creative way to use the challenge colors!

Claire's FAVE

Claire was drawn to the simplicity of Arlene L.'s darling card. Arlene's clean and simple design features the little rabbit from the retired Hare Mail stamp set. Wonderfully done!

Crystal's FAVE

 

Crystal likes the layout and design of Mindy's fun card!  Mindy uses the polka dotted paper from the Bright Basics paper pad. She then adds the next layer using the Serene Stripes stencil. The star attraction are those darling puppies from the Spring Heights stamp and coordinating die set.  Wonderfully done!

Danni's FAVE

Danni like the layout and coloring of Tracie C.'s sweet card.  The pretty flowered background looks lovely with the feline floating in the air. This little cat is from the retiring Newton's Birthday Balloons stamp set. A purr-fect way to send birthday wishes!

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 #234-Week 2

 

  Welcome to another week of our 

Monthly 

Inky Paws Challenge!

For the month of November

we have fabulous sketch to inspire you.

Use this sketch with your NND products. 

You have three more weeks to get creative with this sketch and your NND Products!

You have from Monday, November 4, 2024 to Friday, November 29, 2024 (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.  

With Thanksgiving and Christmas just around the corner, this sketch will make creating holiday cards so much easier. But why limit yourself to holidays?  Whip up some birthday cards for 2025.  The gray, gloomy weather got you down?  Make some bright, colorful spring cards to cheer yourself up!  We can't wait to see what you make!:

Claire Lamb brings us this bright, colorful holiday card!  Her rainbow of trees are just so cute. She uses the Christmas Tree Line stencil with array of colors and adds a sentiment on a banner from the Holiday Post stamp set for sentiment. So festive and fun!

Crystal Minkler has an unique take on the sketch using a banner from the Basic Frames die set as her center panel. Her paper selection is from the Coffee House Stories paper pad, and taking center stage is the fabulous coffee-image from the Heartfelt Coffee stamp set (die cut using the Heart Frames die set).  Love her creative take for this fabulous birthday card!

Danni Bindel's harvest card is just full of fall colors. She pulls a trio of papers from the Autumn Basics paper pad and uses the Frames & Flags die set to create her layers. She colors her vintage truck from the Harvest Haul stamp and coordinating die set in orange! {sigh!} A beautiful autumn card! 

Debbie Owens creates a holiday card filled with stockings!  She uses paper from the Christmas Time paper pad to create her background. She adds a die cut vellum center panel using the Frames & Flags die set.  Just love seeing all the stockings peeking through the vellum. She includes Santa Newton from the Santa Paws Newton stamp set checking his Christmas list as well as a stocking from the Holiday Postage Sampler stamp set. Her sentiment was stamped on a ticket stub using the Framework die set. So cute and festive!

Amy Tollner combines coffee with autumn for this amazingly adorable pumpkin spice card! She makes her center panel by using the Pumpkin Patch Stencil and cut using the stitched die from the Frames & Flags die set. She adds the latte-laden lady from the Pumpkin Latte stamp and coordinating die set with a scattering of fall leaves. The little blue coat pops against all the orange to make for a darling card!

Don't forget you have 3 more weeks to use the sketch!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #222

  Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This is a sketch challenge.

Use the challenge 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, May 10, 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! 

Danni Bindel creates a darling farm-themed card by combining papers from the Bright Basics paper pad and the ever cute pigs from the  Oink stamp and coordinating die set.  To create the zig-zag panel and the multi-panel frame, she uses the Frames & Tags die set. Squeal, indeed!

Debbie Owens creates a darling book case using the Frames & Tags die set. She uses the Serene Stripes stencil to create subtle stripes within the bookshelves.  She adds images from the Never Enough Books stamp set to place on the shelves.  At last, there's the gray tabby snuggled on a shelf enjoying a good book and a cup of coffee.  This sweet feline is from the Newton's Book Club stamp set. She places the whole scene on a gold card panel cut using the Basic Frames die set.

Amy Tollner is getting ready for Mother's Days using a sentiment from the Best Mom Oval stamp set. She uses papers from the Pastel Basics Paper Pad to create the pretty layers then adds the beautiful cherry blooms from the Cherry Blossoms stamp and coordinating die set.  She uses the Frames & Tags die set to create the multi-panel.  So pretty!

Claire Lamb also uses the Frames & Tags die set to create her multi-panel frame. She distresses the little panels in shades of yellow and green.  She them uses a slew of plants from the Succulent Garden stamp and coordinating die set to cover the bottom of the panel.  For even more texture, she adds a speckled layer cut using the zig-zag die from the Frames & Tags die set.  

Crystal Minkler pulls papers from the Coffee House Stories paper pad for her cozy room.  She creates her book cases using the Frames & Tags die set. Enjoying the cozy chair is the sweet, orange tabble from the Cozy Home stamp and coordinating die set. Crystal then stamps her sentiment on a stitched circle using the Circle Frames die set. So cute!

Use the challenge sketch with your Newton's Nook Designs products.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #214

 

  Welcome to another year of fablous challenges

 at Inky Paws! 

We are delighted to be opening the year with a theme challenge--Warm & Cozy!

This is a theme challenge.

Use the challenge theme--Warm & Cozy-- with your NND products. 

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 19, 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! 

Amy Tollner designs a warm, cozy room filled with so much cuteness!  On her scallop-edge frame (Frames & Flags die set), she adds texture to her walls using the Serene Stripes stencil. She then pulls images from the Cozy Home stamp set and coordinating die set.  A perfect place to enjoy a cold, wintry day!

Claire Lamb creates this fabulous, warm & cozy, card using the green gingham paper from the Autumn Paper Pad. She uses the newly relased Coffee Mug Hot Foil Plate & Die set to create her coffee mug. For added texture, Clairea dds boughs of pines and holly (Pines & Holly die set). To complete her card, she adds a sentiment from the Newton's Mug stamp set.  

On a short break. 

Crystal Minkler 

Danni Bindel has a great way to spend a cold, wintry day--coffee, a good book, and a cuddly cat!  For her background, she pulls papers from the Coffee House Stories paper pad which she die cuts using the Circle Frames and the Frames & Flags die sets.  That fabulous image is from the Sips & Stories Stamp set.  

Debbie Owens was also inspired to use the Cozy Home stamp set. Her furry friends are enjoying the two an afternoon nap on the matching arm chairs!  She places the sentiment in a little frame which hangs proudly on the wall!

Use the challenge theme--Warm & Cozy--with your Newton's Nook Designs products.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #209

 

   Welcome to a new Inky Paws Challenge!

This is a color challenge.

Use the challenge colors- Rusty Orange, Honey Yellow, Cornflower Blue, and Caramel Brown-with your NND products. 

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, October 27, 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! 

Amy Tollner designs a perfect autumn card with all those colorful leaves falling in her background. She used the Falling Leaves stencil and the Frames & Flags die set for her gorgeous background. She then adds the darling Newton peeking behind his blue milk can. This image is from the Paw-tumn Newton Stamp and coordinating die set. Fabulously done!

Claire Lamb 

On a short break.  Will be back soon. 

Crystal Minkler uses the challenge colors for an autumn card with a splash of pumpkin-spiced coffee. For her background, she combines papers from the Autumn paper pad and uses several dies from the Framework die set and the Land Borders die set. Her star attraction is the lady from the Pumpkin Latte stamp and coordinating die set. I just love her blue jacket with all the autumn colors!

Danni Bindel was also inspired to use the Autumn paper pad for her background of leaves. She uses the Frames & Flags die set and the Frames Squared die set to create her different layers. She is featuring the Fall Friends stamp and coordinating die set. Those sweet fur babies look like they are enjoying a nice nap! Nicely done, Ms. Danni!

Like Amy, Debbie Owens was inspired to showcase the Paw-tumn Newton stamp set. She opted to use the Serene Stripes stencil to create her background which she cut using the scallop-edged frame from the Framework die set. She pulls a thankful sentiment from the Autumn Newton stamp set stamped on a banner (Frames & Flags die set). Isn't it fun to see the same image interpreted differently using the same colors? So fun!

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

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #206 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's a refresher.

Use the Colors-Sunset Orange, Turquoise, Sunflower Yellow, and Maple Brown-Stripes--with your NND products. 

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

Crystal Minkler's teal truck from the Harvest Haul Stamp Set is laden with the bounty of harvest. She adds some distressed pumpkins using the Pumpkin Patch stencil set cut using the scallop-edging frame die from the Frames & Flags die set. She grounds her truck by adding some hills using the Land Borders Die Set. A remarkable autumn card!

Danni Bindel uses the Serene Stripes Stencil with the challenge colors to create an amazing autumn background. She uses the postage-edge frame die from the Frameworks die set to complete the background. Her star attraction is the wheelbarrow from the Newton's Harvest Time stamp and coordinating die set. Don't you just love the teal pumpkin?

Debbie Owens teal distressed background works purr-fectly with the plaid paper from the Autumn paper pad. To cut her layers, she uses dies from the Frames & Flags die set. She combines the sunflower arrangement from the Fall Harvest stamp set with the sunflower image from the Paw-tumn Newton stamp set. The final touch is the gold-foil sentiment using the Autumn Greetings Hot Foil Plates. An amazing way to combine NND products!

Amy Tollner features lots of orange pumpkins! For her background she uses the Pumpkin Patch stencil set with scallop-edging created using a frame from the Frames & Flags die set. Amy then adds a vellum oval (Oval Frames die set) with the image from the Signs of Fall stamp and coordinating die set set a top it. The little splash of teal is a perfect touch for this amazing card!

Claire Lamb was also inspired by those beautiful sunflower arrangements from the Fall Harvest stamp and coordinating die set. She also adds the sweet kitty from the same stamp set. Her sweet Siamese kitty looks so cute peeking above the basket. For her background layer, Claire adds subtle leaves using the Falling Leaves stencil as well as a die from the Frames & Flags die set. Such a beautiful card!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, September 15,  2023 to enter. There's a prize involved too, so don't delay - see more inspiration on our Inky Paws Challenge here!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter