Inky Paws Challenge #233 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 the challenge colors!

Inky Paws Challenge #233 Prize Winner!

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

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

Arlene's card features a gorgeous distressed stripe paired with the sentiment from the Fall-ing for You stamp set as well as the pumpkins and latte. Such an elegant, autumn card!

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

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

Inky Paws Challenge #233 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

Danni loved the pumpkin-shaped card that Dandi93 designed. The bold, bright colors of the pumpkin make for a wonderful backdrop for the little pug from the retired Pug-kin stamp set.  A fun way to showcase the challenge colors!

Debbie's FAVE

Debbie loved the striped papers Michelle Harlamert used on her sweet card. The darling mouse from the Autumn Mice stamp looks amazing on the fabulously designed card base!

Amy's FAVE

Amy loved all the pastel colored sweaters on Jacinda's wintry card. These fun images are from a retired stamp set called Sweater Weather. A beautiful CAS card!

Claire's FAVE

Jennifer K. uses the colors for all those little coffee mugs which caught Claire's eye.  Those little mugs are from the Coffee Silhouettes die set and look cute inside the circles. Jennifer's adds a sentiment from the Love Cafe' stamp set.  A super cute coffee-themed card!

Crystal's FAVE

Crystal likes Becca's use of the challenge colors on those fun holiday mugs 

from the Cup of Cocoa stamp and coordinating die set. Love the creativity!

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 #187 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 #187 Prize Winner!

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

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

Tarjeta designs this darling holiday card by showcasing one of the stamps from the Christmas Trimmings stamp set.  (This set is retiring and is currently on sale.)  Love the CAS design with the pink-edging. So cute!

Congrats to Tarjeta!  Don't forget to send us an e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $20 store credit! 

Inky Paws Challenge #187 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!

Diane's FAVE

KT Fit Kitty adds so many festive touches to her blue shimmery card!  Using a four panel frame, KT Fit Kitty adds the darling rabbit from the retired Sweater Weather stamp set. She also adds trees (Forest Scene Builder die set) and a sparkly cup of cocoa (Cup of Cocoa stamp and die set).  A little winter wonderland!

Amy's FAVE

Papierelle's large ornament with the Santa Newton from the Santa Paws Newton stamp set looks so cute!  The added dots and white garland add fabulous texture to this darling card!  Love it!

Claire's FAVE

Dandi93's arched window is a perfect way to showcase the little lady inside decorating her tree!  She is from the retiring Christmas Trimmings stamp and die set. Nice work, Dandi!

Debbie's FAVE

Amanda's beautiful background with the textured snow and big, full moon really showcases this festive group of snowmen wonderfully. These sweet snowmen are from the Frosty Folks stamp and die set.  Great work, Amanda!

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 #139 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 Theme Challenge.

Inky Paws Challenge #139 Winner!

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

Hellopilda is our lucky randomly chosen winner this week!  Her delightful card showcases 

the stamp set, Puppy Pals.  Her wonderfully colored puppies will definitely warm your heart!

Congrats to  Hellopilda!  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 #139 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!

Amy's FAVE

Fikreta has her kitten and puppy exchanging presents which just warms our hearts. Her wintry sky and snow-covered trees provides a wonderful setting for her critters from the Let's Pawty stamp set, a 2019 STAMPember Exclusive.  Don't you love the little Santa hats she adds?  

Becky's FAVE

Jeanne J. shows her creativity by combining two non-wintry stamp sets for a cozy, winter card.  Creating a wintry backdrop filled with snowy hills and evergreen trees, Jeanne pulls the wagon from the Wagon of Wishes stamp set (Retired).  She then does some masking to stamp just the kitten from one of the the  images from the Newton's Book Club stamp set.  Doesn't the kitty look so cute awaiting a ride in his wagon?  Thanks, Jeanne, for showing us how to stretch our NND stamp sets!

Debbie's FAVE

KT Fit Kitty creates a wintry scene inside the outline of a mitten, which is a fun, playful way to showcase the sweet kitten from the Sweater Weather stamp set.  She pulls the sentiment from the Winter Memories stamp set.  The different texture of snowflakes and soft color palette make this such a sweet winter card!

Diane's FAVE

Not only was Hellopilda our lucky $20 store credit winner, she is also a top pick!  She wows with her ability to make her puppies look so fluffy!  With an amazing winter background setting filled with snow-laden evergreens, Hellopilda adds her two puppy friends from the Puppy Pals stamp set. They look so cute playing with their stick in the snow!  

Sue's FAVE

Nubble Lights Designs creates a cable-knitted background that coordinates perfectly with the Sweater Weather stamp set!  Her two critters snuggled in their soft, blue sweaters look darling as they frolic in the snowy background!  

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 #139

  This biweekly challenge is a:

 Theme Challenge--Cozy Winter

Create a project with a Cozy Winter Theme.

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 15, 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! 

Amy Tollner will have you wanting to snuggle up with her sweet fur balls!  Her wood grain background created using the Hardwood stencil provides a cozy setting for her critters from the Fireside Friends stamp set. She uses the scallop-edged die from Frames Squared die for her red frame and the Frames & Flags die set for her sentiment.  To tie everything together, she adds a red bow!  Ready for a nap, yet?

Oh the weather outside is frightful, but inside all is delightful! Becky Noelle creates a snowy shaker card window for her outdoor scene, complete with birch trees from the Forest Scene Builder die set. Her indoor setting uses the image from the A Cozy Day In  stamp set. A purr-fect way to spend a snowy day--reading a favorite book with fur balls curled up with you!

 Debbie Owens' card might remind you of the popular children's book, Snowmen at Night!  Her snow people from the Frosty Friends stamp set are enjoying a snowy night around a campfire.  Her snowy background includes some trees die cut using the Festive Forest and the Forest Scene Builder die sets. She uses the Frames Squared die set to create the scallop-edged frame. Oh what fun!

Diane Morales creates a warm, cozy background using black ink and the Tiny Trees stencil

. The little splattering of white paint adds a nice winter touch. She adds the snowman from the Snowman Greetings stamp and die set on a bed of snow die cut from the Land Borders die set. Don't you love how Diane colors the scarf and sash on the hat in a checkered pattern for added texture?  Cute!

Who doesn't like to snuggle up in a favorite sweater when the weather gets cold?  Sue T.'s critters from the Sweater Weather stamp set are doing just that!  Set on a kraft card base with a snowy backdrop using the Snowfall Roundabout stamp set, Sue creates a winter setting perfect for wearing one's favorite sweater!  Hope her sweet critters stay cozy!

Create a project using a Cozy Winter Theme.

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Inky Paws Challenge #138 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 Sketch Challenge.

Inky Paws Challenge #138 Winner!

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

Priscella Joseph designs this darling card using several festive papers! Her two critters from the Holiday Post stamp and die set steal the show as they mail their holiday cards. Someone is going to be ecstatic to receive this gem in her mailbox! 

Congrats to Priscella Joseph!  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 #138 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!

Diane's FAVE

Helen F.'s card will fill your heart with feline happiness!  She stamps the Merry Christmas sentiment down her card alternating in chartreuse and red.  She uses stars as two of her sketch elements.  Don't you love the star die cut out with starry paper in the background?  Then she adds the feline family from the Newton's Christmas Kittens stamp set and colors them spectacularly!  So much fun!

Sue's FAVE

Be prepared to burst out singing!  Tmschultz5's amazing card is filled with music!  She sets the stage with her music score background created using the Music stencil. She adds two circles with the heads of nutcrackers using the Nutcrackers stamp set. The third circle holds the punny sentiment.  She adds a bright red vertical strip with the Little Drummer Boy refrain (Nutcrackers die set) running down it. Are you singing yet?

Becky's FAVE

Ildi uses tan, brown, and a pop of pink for her lovely card. She starts with a tan card bases and uses the Holiday Foliage stencil and brown ink to create her background. She repeatedly stamps the sentiment down the vertical strip for an ombre effect. She uses the darling fox in her little pink sweater from the 

Sweater Weather stamp set and cut using the coordinating die set.  She adds playful, pink clouds.  Fabulously done!

Crystal's FAVE

Oh, snap!  Meghan K. makes this delightful gingerbread card--decorated with all kinds of red and white goodies--a sweet treat to behold!  She stamps two gingerbread people from the Ginger Snap stamp set and places them on the circular sketch elements.  Her vertical strip is a red and white gingham paper.  All is placed on a kraft paper with white circles.  The splattering of red pearls look like cinnamon dots.  Just too cute!

Debbie's FAVE

Sunshine HoneyBee uses a big pawprint and two holiday puppies to represent the sketch, and they look darling together. She uses the Pawprint Shaker die and two puppies from the Christmas Puppies stamp and die set.  The plaid strip behind them add a nice holiday touch!  Fabulous way to send Christmas greetings to your canine-lovin' friends!

Thank you for playing throughout 2020.  Seeing everyone's NND cards and projects each week brought smiles to all of us!  We love seeing your creativity and interpretation of each challenge!   We will be taking some time off to relax and enjoy the holidays, but we will be back on January 4, 2021 with a new fabulous theme challenge! 

We wish everyone good holiday tidings! 

Inky Paws Design Team

 

(You can always find our most current challenge here.)

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!