Inky Paws Challenge #195 Winners

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last

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

Inky Paws Challenge #195 Prize Winner!

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

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

Teri Kellum's caffeinated card with an orange Newton is too cute!  Teri uses the Newton Loves Coffee stamp and coordinating die set for her caffeinated kitty.  She uses two coordinating papers from the Coffee House Stories paper pad.  A wonderful way to use the Inky Paws Challenge sketch!

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

Inky Paws Challenge #195 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!

Claire's FAVE

Teri Kellum is back as Claire's favorite!  Again the coffee-theme with the orange caffeinated cat is too cute!  Teri uses the Newton Loves Coffee stamp and coordinating die set and the Coffee House Stories paper pad to make this delightful card!

Crystal's FAVE

Becky's vibrant colors really caught Crystal's eye!  The fun striped paper and bright rectangles make a  wonderful background for the bunnies from the Bitty Bunnies and the the Hop into Spring stamp set. The little flowers on the bunnies'ears are so cute!

Debbie's FAVE

Dayna A.'s taco cat card won over Deb's belly...um...I mean eye! She uses the little taco image from the Newton Loves Tacos stamp and the flowers from the Cultivates Cacti stamp set to create some custom pattern paper. A brilliant way to use those little stamps in your sets.  Then there's her taco-lovin' kitty from the Newton Loves Tacos stamp and coordinating die set.  So fun and festive!

Diane's FAVE

The CAS style of Dandi93's card stood out to Diane.  On a shimmery lavender card base, she adds four panels complete with birthday elements from the Newton's Christmas Cuddles (retired) stamp set for the row of gifts, the Winston's Birthday stamp set (retired) for the balloon, and the Newton's Birthday Bash stamp set for kitty, sentiment, and party hat. Such a cute card and combination of birthday images!

Amy's FAVE

Kathy K.'s water-lovin' puppies won over Amy's heart!  Her pretty, water-color ocean background is a perfect setting for the little corgis from the Corgi Beach stamp and coordinating die set.  A fun summer take using the Inky Paws sketch!  (Now if summer will only arrive!)

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 #83 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 #83 Winner!

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

 Christine Miller is our lucky gift certificate winner with this super fun card featuring the 

Newton Scoots By stamp set.  The bicycle pattern paper makes for a playful background for Newton on his scooter.  Super cute!

Congrats to Christine Miller! 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 #83 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

Irene creates this darling gift bag by repeatedly stamping the party and happy birthday sentiments from the Newton's Birthday Bash stamp set. She then adds her green background to the front of the bag and adds a white rectangle and a strip of plaid pattern paper. She then stamps and colors the bear and presents from the Winston's Birthday stamp (retiring--grab it while supplies last).  She adds sequins and polka-dotted tissue to finish off this creative interpretation of the challenge sketch!

Emily's FAVE

April creates this clever scene following the challenge sketch. For the circle, she uses the Darling Hearts die set. She adds this delightful fox couple from the Woodland Duos stamp set. She adds stamps the sentiment and adds a bow to finish this adorable card!

Sue's FAVE

Bobbi creates this snowy wonderland combining the Frozen Fellowship and

Winter Woofs stamp sets. She creates her night time background using distress inks. She uses paint and a white gel pen to add her snowflakes. She colors her snowmen in nontraditional colors. She adds the Husky puppy and glitter ribbon for a creative way to interpret the sketch--wowza!

Becky's FAVE

Karren shades the flowers from Peony Blooms stamp  and die set spectacularly. She adds pastel papers and overlays them with vellum. She die cuts a circle with scalloped edges to showcase the flowers. She embosses the sentiment in gold and adds sequins and twine to finish her card. Gorgeous!

Debbie's FAVE

 Andrea W brings us this darling card that features her wonderfully colored bunny from the Hoppy Halloween stamp and die set. The candy-themed paper provides the perfect background with the candy and lollipop stamped images. The orange and black twine ties it altogether fabulously!

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 #52

This biweekly challenge is a: 

Sketch challenge

Create a project using this 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, August 11, 2017 at Midnight CST. The winner and DT favorites will be announced on the NND blog the following Monday. 

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky? Grab your favorite NND stamps to play along and 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! 

Emily Lauritzen inspires us with her fun shaker card featuring Newton Loves Cake.  Her artistic interpretation of the sketch along with her fashionable color scheme make for a wonderful card!

Andrea Shell is inspiring us to get a jump start on our Christmas cards with this delightful card using Winston's Home for Christmas!

Diane Morales' card is sure to brighten up a birthday! The fun embossing and bright colors showcase Winston's Birthday wonderfully!

Zsofia Molnar creates a bright, crisp birthday card using Newton Loves Cake!  Those chocolate sprinkles are a purr-fect touch!

Who wouldn't want to find this kitty? Debbie Owens uses Newton Rides West to great a Western-themed card.

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Inky Paws Challenge #37 - Cozy Plaids

This month's challenge is:

Create a project using plaid!

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? The Challenge winner will receive a $10 store credit to our online store and a Inky Paws Challenge Top Pick Badge to add to your blog! If we get more than 15 participants, we will choose two winners so be sure to tell your friends to play along! 

You have TWO WEEKS to play along - Deadline to enter is Friday, November 4th, 2016 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog.

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky?

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item).

• Your project MUST use at least one Newton's Nook Designs stamped image (or free digital stamp - check out our Freebies page).

• Post your project to your blog or to an online photo gallery such as Flickr, Pinterest, or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC37).

• Link back to this challenge (if posting in an online gallery copy the link into the photo description). 

• Submit your project to this challenge using the InLinkz widget below. You must submit a DIRECT link to your post page.

• Have more than one great idea? You can enter more than once! Just link up each card separately. 
• TIP: Please make sure your photo in focus  - We can't pick you as a winner if we can't see your card clearly because your photo is blurry! 

Here's some inspiration!

Several of our Design Team Members decided to play along - check out all the awesome PLAID cards they created! Read the description below each card to see who made it.

Samantha created a plaid background for her card using masks and inks! So cool! She created the city using images from the Newton Dreams of New York  and Newton Dreams of London stamp sets and the sleigh and sentiment are from the Newton's Curious Christmas stamp set. 

Larissa created a sweet little shaker card with a fun plaid border! She used images from the Bushels of Love stamp set (Simon Says Stamp Exclusive). Adorable!

Naki created a fun fall thank you card using plaid paper and letters! She added in pumpkins cut out with the Pick-a-Pumpkin Die Set. That stitched ribbon is so pretty too!

Yuki created a duo of adorable dog cards using dogs from our Canine Christmas stamp set with fun plaid backgrounds. The color combo on these cards of black, red, kraft and white is one of my favorites for Holiday cards!

Danielle added plaid paper in fall colors to create this fun card! The angles of paper in the background are so fun! Winston from the Winston's Birthday stamp set really pops off the card! 

I pulled out one of my favorite christmas images, Winston driving a car laden with holiday goodies from the Winston's Home for Christmas Stamp Set. I colored the image with watercolors and then added plaid paper along with some black chalkboard style washi tape. I finished it off with the sentiment "have a beary merry christmas" embossed in white on a black circle.

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Inky Paws Challenge #7 - Go Green!

Happy Friday and the the first day of #07 Inky Paws Challenge!  This month's challenge is Go Green!

photo credit & recipe! 

With upcoming spring weather (I hope) and St. Patricks day just around the corner I thought this green ombre cake image would be fun inspiration! You can use any shade of green on your card (other colors are ok as long as Green is the primary color) and any Newton's Nook Designs Stamps! 

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? The Challenge winner will receive a $10 store credit to our online store and a Inky Paws Challenge Top Pick Badge to add to your blog! If we get more than 15 participants, we will choose two winners so be sure to tell your friends to play along! 

You have two weeks to play along. Deadline to enter is Friday,  March 14th, 2014 at Midnight CST. The winner will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, March 17th.

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky? 

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item) based on the color combo above.

• Your project MUST use at least one Newton's Nook Designs stamped image (or free digital stamp - check out our Freebies page).

• Post your project to your blog or to an online photo gallery such as Flickr or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC07).

• Link back to this challenge (if posting in an online gallery copy the link into the photo description). 

• Submit your project to this challenge using the Inlinkz widget below. You must submit a DIRECT link to your post page.

• Have more than one great idea? You can enter more than once! Just link up each card separately. 

Here's some inspiration!

Several of our Design Team Members and Guests decided to play along - Read the description below each card to see who made it!

I love the green watercolor background on this card by our Guest Designer, Debbie Owens! She used our new stamp set, Winston's Birthday!

Our Guest Designer, Chrissie Tobas also did a watercolor background on her card featuring Newton's Birthday Bash! I love how this turned out too!  

 Design Team Member Danielle used our Dino Set, Prehistoric Pals to create this fun green scene! 

 This cute kitty card by Samantha Mann makes me smile! I love the sentiment she created to go with the kitty from Newton's Antics! Plus the green box is adorable!

Larissa Heskett is so good at combining stamps from different sets! She use the owl from Sweetheart Tails, the Branch and birdcage from Tweet Talk and the "hey there" from Love à la Carte!

For this fun "green" card Design Team Member Tessa Wise used the fun dragon from our Magical Dreams stamp set! I love the little bits of colored tape too! 

This fun card is by Design Team Member Christine Drogt. Christine used the bear from our Halloween set, Boo Crew and made it into a get well card! Such a fun idea!

Here's one from me :) I used some fun arrow washi tape and gave the kitty from Newton's Birthday Bash a stack of paper pierced green gifts! 

Another one by me - I couldn't resist using the newly- named Winston! I used the Winston's Birthday Stamp set to create this fun green scene!  

Now it's your turn!

Use the widget below to add a link to your project! Don't forget to tell your friends to play along too - If we get more than 15 participants we will pick TWO winners!

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