New Inky Paws Inspiration Team Members!

A NEW team is about to get Inky Paws!

Starting with next Monday with Challenge #76 we will be having TWO NEW inky paws challenge team members to inspire you! They will be sharing their lovely creations with you each Monday for Inky Paws Challenge Start and Reminder posts! We can't wait to see what they create!

Sue T. 

the creative studio

Hi, I am Sue T. - yes that is what everyone calls me. I have been stamping since 1996. It truly became an obsession when a stamp store opened 5 minutes from my house. I love making cards. There isn’t a holiday that I don’t send them out. I have dabbled in just about every style over the years, but have found my niche with CAS cards.

I have worked in several stamp stores, had my own business teaching paper crafts and designed for challenge sites and stamp companies. I love to share my knowledge and creativity.

In the real world, I am a FT endoscopy nurse and very close to completing my Master’s in nursing education. I have a wonderful husband who is my best cheerleader and critic. My muse in my studio is my sweet kitty, Pinkie.

I love whimsical stamps, especially those cute little critter stamps. That’s why I am so excited to be part of the Inky Paws challenge for Newton’s Nook!!

Becky Noelle 

beckynoelle.com

Hi! I'm Becky and I'm super excited to be here! I'm a stay-at-home mom to two little princesses and wife to a big kid. We live in Virginia and I sneak away upstairs to my studio during naptime, whenever the girls are watching a movie, and as soon as they go to bed. I'm a cardmaker, Project Lifer, and general practitioner of crafty pursuits. I can't seem to stop fussy cutting all of the things and I love to color. I'm a lover of Star Wars, Marvel, Disney, the Wizarding World, kindness, and sarcasm. You can find me at my blog beckynoelle.com or over on instagram as beckynoelle I can't wait to start sharing my projects with you!

Returning... three amazing Designers! 

We  are also happy to announce that these three fantastic designers will be continuing on the team! We know you've been enjoying their work so far and we can't wait to see what they create next! 

Debbie Owens 
Inky Paws Challenge Lead

Indy's Designs

Hi, my name is Debbie, aka Indy. I live in Washington with my hubby and two fur babies--Catapult and Velcro. I have several passions in life--cats, card making, clay ornaments, coffee, chocolate, and camping! I began card making back in 2010 and reached out to the Internet for inspiration and ideas! In 2013, I discovered Newton's Nook Designs and completely fell in love with Newton and his gang of whimsical friends, so I am thrilled to be part of the Inky Paws Challenge team!

Emily Lauritzen

Scrappy Sweet Creations

Papercrafting has been a huge part of my life for quite some time now, but a few years back I shifted my focus from scrapbooking to cards. I just loved the excitement and joy I saw in my loved ones when they received a handmade card and I wanted to share that feeling with the rest of the world.

My card style is ever changing but the basis stays the same-use the products I love and create what makes me happy. I love to put together a striking colorful background and add some simple layers to build the card up.

My husband and I live in gorgeous Seattle, WA with our 3 kitties-Storm, Cloud, and Ezio. They certainly put a smile on both me and my husbands face and our lives wouldn't be complete without them! 

I am beyond excited to be a part of this grand new adventure on the inspiration team here at Newton's Nook!!

Diane Morales
2sistersproject

Hello Newton’s Nook fans I’m Diane Morales. My motto is “do what you love and share it with others”.

I live in the Historic City of San Juan Capistrano, Ca with my Husband and the tribe of three cats. 

Like most, I started in scrapbooking and moved into full time cardmaking about 2 years ago. I love cardmaking! Although, am quite fond of shaped cards and hand painting, I can an honestly say I do not have a defined style. (I like to try all kind of techniques)

I first fell in love with Newton’s Nook when I was looking for a stamp set that best reflect how my cats acted.  “Newton’s Antics” was my first set, and it has been LOVE ever since. When I am not “procraftinating” you can find me with a cup of coffee, cooking, or gardening. You can find me on Instagram as  2. sistersproject   #dianeiscrafty

Hope you are excited to see what everyone creates! We definitely are excited for this new team!! 

See you next week! 

Inky Paws Challenge #75 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 Theme Challenge! 

Here'a a refresher.  It's a Theme Challenge:  Add Cute Animals

As we bring you this week's inspiration, we want take to say good-bye to two of our amazing Inky Paws design team members. 

First we wish Andrea Shell from blissfully scrappy  a fond farewell. Andrea has delighted us with her amazing talent. Her clean style, amazing coloring skills, and attention to details have provided so much inspiration! For her final IPC card, Andrea doesn't disappoint. Her subtle background using Bubbly stencil is perfect for the Newton (Newton's Vacation stamp set) as he goes snorkeling in his fish bowl. She uses the Sending Smiles sentiment from the Sending Hugs stamp set. The black and white stripe balances her card wonderfully! A big thank you to Andrea for all her amazing projects! Best wishes to your future endeavors!

We are also saying good-bye to Zsofia Molnar from safsafdesign. Zsofia's creativity seems to have no end. Her fabulously designed layouts and use of bright colors can be counted on to bring a smile and inspire! For her last card, she created a custom background by repeatedly stamping the little donuts and sprinkles from the Newton's Donut stamp. She then fabulously colors the big donut and kitty and then  uses the coordinating die set. She uses Essential Alphabet die set to create the "sweet" sentiment. The scallop border was made using the Frames & Flags die set. What a delicious project!  Thanks, Zsofia, for all your amazing projects!

But don't worry! We still will have amazing inspiration each Monday with Diane, Emily, and Debbie. Plus, we will be adding two awesome new designers to our team. Stay tuned for an announcement later this week! Meanwhile, here's what they created for the reminder today:

Diane Morales brings us another darling pair of tags!  This time she creates a bright background, and then used the Balloon Shaker die set. Those sweet critters are from the Farmyard Friends stamp set. Such a fun way to tag a gift!

Emily Lauritzen creates a pop-up paradise with this fabulous project. Her tropical scene with the sunny background includes images from the Newton's Aloha  and Toucan Party stamp sets. The sentiment is from Newton's Birthday Bash. 

Debbie Owens whips up this culinary delight by combining key ingredients from 

 the Sending Hugs stamp and die set, the Newton Loves Cake, Newton's Kitchen,  and Made from Scratch stamp sets. The fun pink background was created by using the Serene Stripes stencil. The scallop bordered was a combination of the Frames & Flags  and Framework die sets. 

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along! Remember, you have until this Friday, July 6, 2018 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 #75

This biweekly challenge is a:

Theme challenge

Create a project using Cute Animals

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, July 6, 2018 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 showcases Newton Loves Boxes stamp set with these two sweet tags using the Fancy Edges Tag Die Set. The plaid paper and touch of twine will brighten up any birthday present!

Emily Lauritzen has creatively used from the Newton's Donut stamp set. She has created a little pool for her kitty to enjoy lounging on his donut-shaped floaty. She inks a sentiment from the Newton's Summer Vacation stamp set. The heart-shaped pattern paper die cut with the Frames & Flags die set looks like grass. Who wouldn't want to be here?

Zsofia Molnar creates a bright, vibrant and totally darling summer card!  Her ink sunny background and big waves make for a perfect place for these bears Papa Bear stamp set and die to romp and play!  The sentiment from Aloha Newton stamp set works perfectly!

Andrea Shell has this darling interactive card. Her little kitty from the Newton's Donut stamp and die  set actually swings! Her soft pastel background  has been die cut using the  Frames & Flags die set.

Debbie Owens bright polka-dotted background compliments the colorful toucans from Toucan Party stamp set. The large tropical leaves sticking out are a fun touch. The Frames & Flags die set was used to create a white frame against the black background.

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Inky Paws Challenge #74 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 Colors!

Inky Paws Challenge #74 Winner!

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

Laura creates this striking ink smooshed background and adds the fun and beautifully colored toucans from Toucan Party stamp and die set. 

Congrats to Laura fromScrappinsweetie's Escape ! 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 #74 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

Candice creates a soft, romantic background then adds a jeweled rainbow. She uses Once Upon a Princess stamp set and embosses the sentiment on the stitched banner. She finishes the card with a white stitched frame. Just so pretty!

Diane's FAVE

Sue creates this fun, festive card using Newton's Christmas Cuddles stamp set. We love the unique card design and how she fussy cut Newton poking his head out of the box. The added strip of striped paper pulls everything together!  The sentiment is from Newton's Birthday Bash stamp set. 

Emily's FAVE

Irene created this simple, but totally adorable baby card using Loveable Laundry stamp set and Stitched Onesie die set. We love how she coordinated the lion onesie and the large "Roar" sentiment. So fun!

Zsofia's FAVE

We love how Laura creates this striking smooshed background using the challenge colors. Her softly colored toucans from the  Toucan Party stamp and die set and placed them atop of the background. 

Andrea's FAVE

Rijacki's magical card has Newton dreaming about magic!  Rijacki combines Newton's Book Club, Newton Loves Cake (sentiment inside), and a retired NND stamp set, Magical Dreams, to create this fun card. The background paper works wonderfully to pull everything together!

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 #74 Reminder

Don't forget - There's still 5 days 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 Color Challenge! 

Here'a a refresher.  It's a COLOR Challenge:  Use the colors white, blue, green, and yellow.

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Debbie Owens uses distress oxide inks to create this fabulous background. Then shes uses the Bubbly stencil with white ink to create the fun bubbles. She combines the celebrate sentiment from the Birthday Essentials with Newton from the Newton's Graduation stamp sets. The fun scalloped frame is from the Frames & Flags die set.

Diane Morales creatively combines the Snow Globe Scenes and Festive Forest stamp sets to create this fabulous CAS card! What a fabulous way to stretch holiday stamps to congrats a new homeowner!

Emily Lauritzen's layered card is beyond beautiful! Emily uses multiple layers of white embossing powder and inks with the Shades of Autumn and Peony Blooms stamp sets to create this amazing card. She also uses the Frames & Flags and Framework die sets. Love the little pearl dots on the scallops!

Zsofia Molnar designs an interactive card with an action wobble that is just so adorable!  She uses the Cloudy Sky stencil to create those fluffy clouds.  The daring Newton in his hot air balloon is from the  Newton Dreams of Paris. The sentiments are a combination of the Birthday Essentials stamp set
and Winston Takes Flight stamp set.  Such a delightful scene!

Andrea Shell creates this playful beach card that is beyond spectacular!  She uses images from Newton's Summer Vacation to create both a beach and ocean scene!  Those big waves are made using the Sea Borders die set. Love the white caps! For the sentiments uses Simply Sentimental, and Cosmic Newton stamp sets. 

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, June 22, 2018 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 #74

This biweekly challenge is a:

Color challenge

Create a project using the colors: white, blue, green, and yellow

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, June 22,, 2018 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 brings us a fun summer scene using Newton's Summer Vacation stamp set. The cute polka dotted raft is floating on some embossed waves which were created using the Waves stencil.

Diane Morales presents this stunning card using the new Blooming Botanicals stamp set and
the Frames & Flags die set.

Emily Lauritzen knows how to celebrate with this festive card created with the Cocktail Mixer stamp set. She creates fabulous backgrounds behind those delicious-looking drinks using  the Bubbly stencil. The scalloped frame was created using  Frames & Flags stencil set.

Zsofia Molnar designed this gorgeous floral card using the new Peony Blooms stamp and die set. Her shading of those beautiful flowers and leaves look wonderful on the ink striped background.

Andrea Shell creates a darling Father's Day card using the Papa Bear stamp and die set. The plaid paper uses the challenge colors wonderfully. What a fabulous way to celebrate Dad!

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