Monday, November 4, 2024

Inky Paws Challenge #234-Week 1

Welcome to a new Monthly

Inky Paws Challenge!

For the month of November,

we have fabulous sketch that can work for any occasion!

You have four weeks to get creative with this great sketch.

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!

Deb's Christmas card features Christmas Basics and Main Street Christmas by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmakingideas, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #holidaycards, #christmascards,

Debbie Owens creates a holiday scene with these cute little buildings from the Main Street Christmas stamp and die set. She uses a pair of papers from the Christmas Basics paper pad to coordinate with the builidngs for a fun interpretation of the sketch!

Amy's autumn card features Heartfelt Fall and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmakingideas, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #fallcard, #autumncard

Amy Tollner designs an elegant card using the Heartfelt Fall stamp set and a sentiment from the Frames & Flags die set. her gorgeous coloring of the leaves paired with the gold glitter paper make for a gorgeous autumn card.

Claire's welcome card features Welcome New Cat, Basic Frames, and A Cat's Life by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmakingideas, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #catcards, #newkittencard, #felinecard

Claire Lamb is celebrating the arrival of her new kitten with this playful card. She pulls teal and orange papers form the A Cat's Life paper pad to create her card base. She then creates a stitiched panel using the Basic Frames die set and places her new kitty and all her new toys upon it. These sweet images are from the Welcome New Cat stamp and coordinating die set. Congrats to Claire on her new fur baby!

Crystal's Christmas card featuring Holiday Postage Sampler, Bells & Holly, Postage Stamp Layout, Christmas Time, and Evergreens by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmakingideas, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #holidaycards, #christmascards

Crystal Minkler is using several products to create this darling holiday card. She uses papers from the Christmas Time paper pad for her card base. She then uses the Evergreens Stencil to create a subtle pattern on her red panel. She then uses the newly released Postage Stamp Layout Die to create her three postage stamps which are sporting little holiday images from the newly released Holiday Postage Sampler stamp and coordinating die set. She heat embosses in white a sentiment from the Bells & Holly stamp set. Such a darling card!

Danni's holiday card features Newton's Christmas Tree, Framework, and Meowy Christmas by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmakingideas, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #catcards, #felinecards, #christmascards, #holidaycards

Danni Bindel showcases the newly released Newton's Christmas Tree stamp and coordinating die set on her festive, holiday card. She pulls lots of fun papers from the Meowy Christmas pper pad in combination with dies from the Framework die set. So much Christmas fun in this darling card!

Don't forget you now have 4 weeks to get

inky with this sketch!

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' fall card features Fall-ing for You by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypawschallenge, #newtonsnook, #inkypaws, #cardchallenge, #cardmaking, #autumncards, #fallcards

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

Dandi's pumpkin-shaped card features Pug-kin by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypawschallenge, #newtonsnook, #inkypaws, #cardchallenge, #cardmaking, #halloweencards, #fallcards

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

Michelle's fall card features Autumn Mice by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypawschallenge, #newtonsnook, #inkypaws, #cardchallenge, #cardmaking, #autumncards, #fallcards, #micecards

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

Jacinda's winter card features Sweater Weather by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypawschallenge, #newtonsnook, #inkypaws, #cardchallenge, #cardmaking, #wintercards

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's coffee card features Coffee Silhouettes and Love Cafe' by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypawschallenge, #newtonsnook, #inkypaws, #cardchallenge, #cardmaking, #coffeelovers, #coffeecards

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

Becca's hot chocolate card features Cup of Cocoa by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypawschallenge, #newtonsnook, #inkypaws, #cardchallenge, #cardmaking, #coffeelovers, #hotchocolatecards

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.

Monday, October 28, 2024

Inky Paws Challenge #233-Week 4

Welcome to our final week of the October

Inky Paws Challenge!

For the month of October

we have fabulous colors to play with!

Use Burnt Orange, Olive Green, Slate Gray, and Cream with your NND products.

You have until November 1st to get creative with these colors and your NND Products!

You have from Monday, October 7, 2024 to Friday, November 1, 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.

This color combination would make gorgeous Fall projects, but don't limit yourself. How about using these colors for a Halloween-themed card or a masculine birthday card? So many possibilities! Let's see what our IPC DT came up with:

Crystal's bookmark features Never Enough Books, Bookmark II, and Black & White by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #bookmark,

Crystal Minkler was inspired to use the challenge colors for a bookmark! She uses the Bookmark II die for her base and adds gray argyle paper from the Black & White Basics paper pad. She adds a stack of books (Bookmark II die set) in the colors of the challenge with a mug of something hot and wonderful at the top. That little cup and sentiment are from the Never Enough Books stamp and coordinating die set

Danni's coffee card features Heartfelt Coffee, Heart Frames, and Framework by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #coffeelovers, #coffeelovingcards,

Danni Bindel was inspired to create a coffee-themed card. When uses the Framework die set to create her cream postage-edge base. She then adds an olile green heart with the scallop-edged heart atop it using the Heart Frames die set. She stamps the coffee mug image from the Heartfelt Coffee stamp set on her cream heart and colored each mug so cutely.

Debbie's bookmark features Bookmark and Autumn Reads by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #bookmarks, #autumncards

Debbie Owens and Crystal must have been channeling the same energy because Deb, too, created a darling bookmarks. She chose to use the Bookmark die set and decorated it using images from the Autumn Reads stamp set. Such a delightful autumn bookmark just perfect for snuggling up with a good book!

Amy's Halloween card features Batty Newton, Haunted House, Spooky Sky, Land Borders, and A7 Frames & Borders by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #halloweencards, #catcards

Amy Tollner designs a fun Halloween scene! She uses the A7 Frames & Banners die set to create her cardbase. She then distresses her background using the Spooky Sky die set. Her spooky Newton from the Batty Newton stamp and coordinating die set is flying towards his haunted mansion made using the Haunted House die. For her gray grass, Amy uses the Land Borders die set. The overall scene is absolutely amazing!

Claire's Halloween card features Ghostly Good Times by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #halloweencards

Claire Lamb makes this spooky card by distressing a "creepy" background and adds little ghostly critters from the Ghostly Good Time stamp and coordinating die set. A spook-tacular use of the challenge colors!

Hurry now and get inky with these fabulous colors!

Monday, October 21, 2024

Inky Paws Challenge #233-Week 3

Welcome to another week of our

Monthly

Inky Paws Challenge!

For the month of October

we have fabulous colors to play with!

Use Burnt Orange, Olive Green, Slate Gray, and Cream with your NND products.

You have three more weeks to get creative with these colors and your NND Products!

Here's some inspiration.

Claire's spooky card features Haunted House, Spooky Sky, and Spiderweb Oval by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #halloweencards

Claire Lamb uses dies to create this spooky scene. On her spooky distressed background, she adds a gray haunted house using the Haunted House die, and she adds a moon and a splattering of clouds using the Spooky Sky Die set. Her little "Eeek!" sentiment is from the Spiderweb Oval stamp set. A spook-taculalr way to use the challenge colors!

Crystal's autumn card features Autumn Reads, Never Enough Books, Falling Leaves, Autumn Meows, Circle Frames, Basic Frames, and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #autumncards, #fallcards

Crystal Minkler creates layers of autumn beauty with this stylish card. She creates her many layers using the Frames & Flags die set, the Basic Frames die set, and the Circle Frames die set. She pulls the plaid paper from the Autumn Meows paper pad and creates her own design paper by using the Falling Leaves stencil. She showcases the stack of books from the Autumn Reads stamp and the coordinating die set for the little leaf. Her final touch is a perfect sentiment from the Never Enough Books stamp set.

Danni's Oops card features Black & White Basics, Frames & Flags, and Naughty Newton by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #sorrycards, #catcards

Danni Bindel's "oops! card really showcases the slate gray from the color challenge. She uses two gray papers from the Black & White Basics paper pad with dies from the Frames & Flags die set to create her layers. She then uses one of the naughty kitty images from the Naughty Newton stamp and coordinating die set colored in the other challenge colors. Such a sweet way to send an I'm sorry message!

Deb's Give Thanks card features Newton's Thanksgiving, Fall Harvest, Autumn Basics, and Fall Roundabout by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #autumncards, #catcards, #fallcards, #givethankscards

Not only does Debbie Owens capture the bounty of the harvest season, but also the wonderful desserts it brings! Deb combines the basket of pumpkins image from the Fall Harvest stamp set with the pie making kitty and the overly full feline from the Newton's Thanksgiving stamp set for a delightful Thanksgiving card. She uses the Basic Frames die set with papers from the Autumn Basics paper pad for her layers and a sentiment from the Fall Roundabout stamp set.

Amy's autumn card features Autumn Mice, Pumpkin Patch, and Frames & Tags by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #fallcards, #micecards, #autumncards

Amy Tollner creates the sweetest fall card with these darling mice from the Autumn Mice stamp and coordinating die set. Amy creates a subtle backdrop using the Pumpkin Patch stencil and adds a gray frame using the Frames & Tags die set Her amazing coloring captures the autumn feel wonderfully!

Don't forget you have now have 2 more weeks to get

inky with these fab colors!

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Inky Paws Challenge #233-Week 2

Welcome to another week of our

Monthly

Inky Paws Challenge!

For the month of October

we have fabulous colors to play with!

Use Burnt Orange, Olive Green, Slate Gray, and Cream with your NND products.

You have three more weeks to get creative with these colors and your NND Products!

Here's some inspiration.

Amy's Halloween card features Newton's Boo-tiful Night, Autumn Basics, A2 Card Layout, and Framework by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #colorchallenge, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #halloweencards, #catcards

Amy Tollner uses the green with white polka dotted paper from the Autumn Basics paper pad with the A2 Card Layout die set to make a moody background for her Halloween card. She then uses two spookily cute Halloween images from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp and coordinating die set. She places them a top the slate gray frame and adds her sentiment on a gray tag using a die from the Framework die set. How cute are these colors with a Halloween theme?

Claire's autumn card features Newton's Crate and Falling Leaves by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #colorchallenge, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #catcards, #fallcards, #autumncards

Claire Lamb goes for an autumn-themed card. She distresses her background using the Falling Leaves stencil making for a gorgeous setting for her sweet kitty. This cream-colored feline is from the Newton's Crate stamp and coordinating die set is looking amazing in his gray crate filled with pumpkins!

Crystal's birthday card features Newton's Birthday Balloons and Clouds by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #colorchallenge, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #catcards, #birthdaycards

Crystal Minkler creatively uses the challenge colors for a birthday card! Her orange clouds are spectacular and were made using the Clouds stencil. Flying high in those clouds is a precious, gray furball from the Newton's Birthday Balloons stamp and coordinating die set. Crystal pulls in the cream and olive green with her wonderfully colored balloons!

Danni's autumn card features Natural Basics, Autumn Mice, and A2 Card Layout 2 by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #colorchallenge, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #micecard, #autumncards, #fallcards, #harvestcards

Danni Bindel showcases a trio of cream-colored mice from the Autumn Mice stamp and coordinating die set. She adds her green using papers from the Natural Basics paper pad. Her gray panels were made using the A2 Card Layout2 die. The splash of orange in her leaves adds a nice contrast to this delight autumn card!

Deb's harvest card features Newton's Crate, Fall Harvest, Autumn Harvest, Farmer Newton, and Serene Stripes by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #colorchallenge, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #farmercard, #autumncard, #fallcard, #catcard,

Debbie Owens mixes and matches images from the Fall Harvest, the Autumn Harvest, and the Farmer Newton stamp sets to create her fabulous fall scene. She adds some texture using the Serene Stripes stencil and adds a sentiment from the Newton's Crate stamp set. Mixing images from different sets is a great way to stretch your stamp stash!

Don't forget you have 3 more weeks to get

inky with these fab colors!

Sunday, October 6, 2024

Inky Paws Challenge #233-Week 1

Welcome to our new Monthly

Inky Paws Challenge!

For the month of October

we have fabulous colors to play with!

Use Burnt Orange, Olive Green, Slate Gray, and Cream with your NND products.

You have four weeks to get creative with these colors and your NND Products!

Here's some inspiration.

Deb's Halloween card features Trick-or-Treat Newton, Trick-or-Treat Puppy, Frames & Tags, Spooky Street, Haunted House, Land Border, and Spooky Stories by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #halloweencards, #halloween, #catcards, #puppycards, #dogcards

Debbie Owens shows us how these beautiful colors can be used to make a Halloween card! Her card is filled with Halloween products including the Spooky Stories stamp set, the Trick-or-Treat Newton stamp set, the Trick-or-Treat Puppy stamp set, the Spooky Street stamp set, and, lastly, the Haunted House die.

Deb makes her spooky scene using the Land Border die set, the Frames & Tags die, and the Clouds stencil. A fun way to use the October colors!

Amy's cozy reading card features Autumn Reads, Argyle, and Fractured Card Layout by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #readingcards, #autumncards

Amy Tollner creates an amazing autumn card combining the challenge colors with the Argyle stencil set. She then cuts her background with the Fractured Card Layout die creating a unique background to showcase the pile of books from the Autumn Reads stamp and coordinating die set.

Claire's autumn card features Autumn Reads by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #autumncards, #readingcards

Claire Lamb, too, uses the Autumn Reads stamp and coordinating die set for her card. Her pile of books rests against a gorgeous green distressed backdrop. For added autumn fun, Claire adds falling leaves to her layout!

Crystal's birthday card features Newton Loves Taco, A Cat's Life, and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #catcards, #birthdaycards, #tacocat

Crystal Minkler uses the October colors to create a darling birthday card! She chooses papers from the A Cat's Life paper pad in burnt orange and another in slate gray to make her layers with the help of the Frames & Flags die set. Her star attraction is our very own Newton from the Newton Loves Taco stamp and coordinating die set. Such a fun way to use the October colors!

Danni's autumn card features Autumn Basics, Fractured Card Layout, and Leaf Splendor by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardmakingideas, #cardchallenge, #autumncards, #leafcards

Danni Bindel uses the Fractured Card Layout die with papers from the Autumn Basics paper pad to create an amazing layout for her colorful, autumn leaves from the Leaf Splendor stamp and coordinating die set. What a stunning way to celebrate autumn!

Don't forget you now have 4 weeks to get

inky with these fab colors!

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Monday, November 4, 2024

Inky Paws Challenge #234-Week 1

Welcome to a new Monthly

Inky Paws Challenge!

Here's some inspiration.

Inky Paws Challenge #233 Winners

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last

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

Inky Paws Challenge #233 Favorites

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.

Monday, October 28, 2024

Inky Paws Challenge #233-Week 4

Welcome to our final week of the October

Inky Paws Challenge!

Here's some inspiration.

Monday, October 21, 2024

Inky Paws Challenge #233-Week 3

Welcome to another week of our

Monthly

Inky Paws Challenge!

Here's some inspiration.

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Inky Paws Challenge #233-Week 2

Welcome to another week of our

Monthly

Inky Paws Challenge!

Here's some inspiration.

Sunday, October 6, 2024

Inky Paws Challenge #233-Week 1

Welcome to our new Monthly

Inky Paws Challenge!

Here's some inspiration.