Inky Paws #5 Challenge Winners!

Inky Paws #05 Challenge - WINNERS! 

We had so much fun checking out all the entries for our fifth Inky Paws Challenge at here at the Newton's Nook Designs blog! We had a so many cool card entries for this challenge! As always- it's hard to pick a winner! Thanks to everyone who played along! It's always so much fun to see what everyone does with our stamps! We love seeing all the projects. Without further ado- here are this months top picks!

Top picks!

Since we had over 15 participants we got to pick TWO winners - it was very hard to choose between all the amazing entries but here's what we decided! 

This card by Elena is our first winner this month! This card made me smile right away- She used our Prehistoric Pals set to create a really fun christmas scene! She added a santa hat on the dinosaur and a bow on the palm tree - and look, the dino is on his way to adding on a christmas light! Such a cute idea! 

Our second winner is Donna with this fun Mitten Card.  Donna used the free digital mitten stamp from our freebies page here. We thought it was really cool how she separated the mitten from the sentiment on her card. Also, we liked her clean white layout with pops of red and teal! So cute! 

Congrats Elena and Donna! Don't forget to send me an  e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $10 store credit and get your winner badge for your blog! 

Inky Paws Favorites

Since there were so many beautiful cards, we chose two more as our favorite picks! If you see your card below, contact us if you'd like to get a "favorite" badge for your blog!

This card by Indy is super sweet! We love the monochromatic soft blues and gray and the little pearls on the hat and scarf! This card uses our Snow Day Stamp set. 

We loved the coloring of the kitty on this card by Katlyn! What a gorgeous card using our Newton's Holiday Mischief set!

Thanks so much!

Thanks again to everyone who entered - We LOVE seeing all the entries! It's seeing what you create with our stamps that makes all the work we put into our business worthwhile! If you didn't win this time we hope you'll try again next month. It's always SO HARD to pick the winners because everyone does such a great job!  We will be doing another challenge in January! 

Inky Paws Challenge #05

Happy Friday! Today is a fun day -  It's the first day of #05 Inky Paws Challenge!

Here's this month's Sketch: 

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! 

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

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item) based on the sketch 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 IPC05).
• 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. 

Since there is a holiday next week, we're making this one a little longer - You have three weeks to play along. Deadline to enter is Friday,  December 13th, 2013 at Midnight CST. The winner will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, December 16th.

Ready for some Inky Paws inspiration?  

Read the description below each card to see who made it!

Our Guest Designer this month Danielle Lounds played along with our challenge! She used the Frozen Friends set to create this adorable Snowman Card! I love how the cute little clouds she added!

Design Team Member Tessa Wise also used the Frozen Friends set to create this adorable pink winter card! I love how the colors on the had match the stripes!

Design Team Member Samantha Mann took the cute puppy from the Canine Christmas stamp set and made it look like he's a gift tag on a present! What a creative way to use the sketch!

Here's one from me - I used the Puppy and Wreath from the Canine Christmas set and added some burlap and twine to make this "Howl-idays" card.

And one last one from me - for this card I watercolored the Octopus from SEAson's Greetings and added him on with some blue and pink patterned papers! 

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!

Inky Paws Challenge #4 Winners!

Today is Winner Day! 

We had so much fun checking out all the entries for our Fourth Inky Paws Challenge at here at the Newton's Nook Designs blog. I have to say, this was a tough one. We had so many entries this time! I want all of you who entered to know I get excited every time I receive an e-mail that someone has uploaded a new entry! Even if I'm not at home to check it out and comment right away, it always makes me happy to know someone is creating with our stamps! 

Top picks!

Since we had over 15 participants we got to pick TWO winners - it was very hard to choose between all the amazing entries but here's what we decided! 

This card by Indy is our first winner this month! She really made that sketch look amazing! Indy submitted a couple of cards but what stood out on this card was was how she created a cute little scene in the circle using Newton's Holiday Mischief! The sparkly tree is so pretty & we loved her color palette of blue and silver!  

Our second winner is Larissa Heskett with this fun wagon card.  We loved how she combined the Wagon of Wishes set with the words from the Holiday Wishes set.  Plus, it's so cute how she added sparkle to those gifts in the wagon and switched up the wagon handle so it's sitting up instead of lying down!

Congrats Larissa and Indy! Don't forget to send me an  e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $10 store credit and get your winner badge for your blog! 

Inky Paws Favorites

And because there were so many awesome cards - we chose three more as our favorite picks! If you see your card below, contact us to get a "favorite" badge for your blog!

Tricia Traxler created this sweet card with the kitty and the wreath from Newton's Holiday Mischief! We loved the bright green background the the way she colored the kitty! 

Kimberly Rendino created this adorable Holiday Card without using any Holiday Stamps! So fun how she used the kitty from Newton's Antics and gave him some tinsel to play with. Also love the hand-written "winter". 

MiamiKel created this bright colored SEAson's Greetings Card - Love those bright colors for the Holidays!

Thanks so much!

Thanks again to everyone who entered - We LOVE seeing all the entries! It's seeing what you create with our stamps that makes all the work we put into our business worthwhile! If you didn't win this time we hope you'll try again next month. It's always SO HARD to pick the winners because everyone does such a great job!  We will be doing another challenge starting on November 22nd! 

Starting Tomorrow....

Stay tuned --- Starting Tomorrow you can see previews of our two new sets being released at the end of this week! Here's a hint - get out your mittens for some winter fun!

Inky Paws Challenge #04

Do you know what today is? It's the first day of #04 Inky Paws Challenge!

Here's this month's Sketch: 

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! 

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

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item) based on the sketch above.
• Your project MUST use at least one Newton's Nook Designs stamped image (or free digital stamp - I just added a new one to 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 IPC04).
• 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. 

You have two weeks to play along. Deadline to enter is Friday, November 8th, 2013 at Midnight CST. The winner will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, November 11th.

Ready for some Inky Paws inspiration?  

Read the description below each card to see who made it!

Tessa Wise used the Wagon of Wishes set to create this adorable Christmas Card! I love how the handle sticks out of the circle!

Meowy Christmas! Samantha Mann took the cute kitty from the Newton's Holiday Mischief stamp set and made it look like he's in a snow globe!

Here's one from me - I used the Chihuahua from the Canine Christmas set to make this simple Puppy Holiday card!  

And one last card  from me - do you spy a new stamp? I just added a this new digital stamp to our Freebies page! If you don't have a NND stamp set yet, go download this one to play along! 

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!

An InLinkz Link-up

Inky Paws Challenge #3 Winner!

Today is Winner Day! 

We had so much fun checking out all the entries for our third Inky Paws Challenge at here at the Newton's Nook Designs blog. I have to say, this was a tough one. The sketch was simple but all your creations were amazing! I had a hard time deciding but there was one that stood out after I looked them all again! 

Top pick!

This card by Tricia Traxler is our Winner this month!  What stood out was how she used multiple stamps together in a way I never imagined! I had always imagined filling the wagon from Wagon of Wishes with the leaves or the pumpkin/Kitty image but Tricia combined these two images without using the wagon! I love how the kitty looks like he's asleep in the pile of pumpkins and leaves! So cute! Plus I love how she colored the kitty with stripes on his back! More details on this card are on her blog here (Simply Stamping). 

Congrats to Tricia! e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $10 store credit and get your winner badge for your blog! 

Inky Paws Favorites

And because there were so many awesome cards - we chose two more as our favorite picks! If you see your card below, contact us to get a "favorite" badge for your blog!

Love this Fall scene that K.Joy created with the evening moon! It's soooo dreamy!

And this set of cards by C.M is just ADORABLE!
Check out her blog Just Me:C for more pix of each one! 

Thanks so much!

Thanks again to everyone who entered - We LOVE seeing all the entries! I am always so excited when I get notification of an entry so I can click through and see what you created with our stamps! It's so much fun for me! If you didn't win this time or didn't have a chance to play, check back again in a few weeks - we will be doing another challenge starting on September 20th! 

Did you know?

That both the sets used by this months winners, Boo Crew and Wagon of Wishes are still on Sale? Get them now while they're discounted just in time for Fall/Halloween projects. You can find then on our newton's nook designs sale page.

Coming Soon...

Stay tuned --- in just a few days I will be sharing some sneak peeks of the October release... get ready for some holiday cuteness!

Inky Paws Challenge #03

Do you know what today is? It's the first day of #03 Inky Paws Challenge!

Here's this month's Sketch: 

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! 

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

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item) based on the sketch above.
• Your project MUST use at least one Newton's Nook Designs stamped image (or free digital stamp -see our First Inky Paws Challenge post to get the freebie).
• Post your project to your blog or to an online photo gallery such as Flickr or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC03).
• 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. 

You have two weeks to play along. Deadline to enter is Friday, October 4th, 2013 at Midnight CST. The winner will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, October 7th.

Ready for some Inky Paws inspiration?  

Read the description below each card to see who made it!

This challenge card by our guest designer Kim Singdahlsen makes me smile!  I love the cute paper piercing on the ghost kitty from the  Boo Crew stamp set! So fun! 

Check it out - Harry Potter Fans! Design Team Member Samantha Mann played along  by creating this this Harry Potter inspired card using Magical Dreams! 

Design Team Member Tessa Wise played along  by creating this fun Halloween Party Card by combining the bunny from Boo Crew and the party banner from Winged Wishes!

Here's one by me - a quick monochromatic bunny vampire card using  some cute spider web paper and the new Boo Crew Stamp Set.

Another one by me. This time I used the dragon from the new Magical Dreams Stamp Set. I colored him with inktense watercolor pencils on watercolor paper and used a button for the circle!

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!

An InLinkz Link-up

Inky Paws Challenge #2 Winner!

Winner Day! 

We had so much fun checking out all the entries for our second Inky Paws Challenge at here at the Newton's Nook Designs blog. Everyone has been so creative and it's so much fun to see all the creations made with our stamp designs! I really enjoyed each and every project that was posted! 

Top pick!

This card  by Crafty Math Chic was our top pick this month. What stood out was how she used the little fish and yarn stamps make the background patterns! I loved that! I also loved the color combo and the ball of yarn is just too cute!  More details on this card are on her blog here (Canines & Card Designs). 

Congrats to the winner! e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $10 store credit and get your winner badge for your blog! 

Inky Paws Favorites

And because there were so many awesome cards - we chose two more as our favorite picks! If you see your card below, contact us to get a "favorite" badge for your blog!

I love how Angela used a cloud and bird as the two dots part of the sketch! What a fun idea!

Love the fall color combo and stitching on this card by Chris!

Thanks so much!

Thanks again to everyone who entered - We truly LOVE seeing all the entries! If you didn't win this time or didn't have a chance to play, check back again in a few weeks - we will be doing another challenge starting on September 20th! 

Coming Soon...

Make sure to visit us again tomorrow --- I will be previewing some cards with the brand new releases... and the following days we will feature the releases with our design team! It's going to a really fun week here on the blog! 

Inky Paws Challenge #02 Starts Today!

Today is a good day -- because it's Friday, of course, and because it's the start of our new  #02 Inky Paws Challenge!

Here's this month's Sketch: 

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! 

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

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item) based on the sketch above.
• Your project MUST use at least one Newton's Nook Designs stamped image (or free digital stamp -see our First Inky Paws Challenge post to get the freebie).
• Post your project to your blog or to an online photo gallery such as Flickr or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC02).
• 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. 

You have two weeks to play along. Deadline to enter is Friday, September 6th, 2013 at Midnight CST. The winner will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, September 9th.

Ready for some Inky Paws inspiration?  

Read the description below each card to see who made it!

Design Team Member Samantha Mann played along using Winged Wishes. 

Isn't it just adorable how she put those baby onsies on the clothesline? Looks like she flipped the sketch upside down... Yup... you can totally do that! 

Design Team Member Tessa Wise decided to use the wagon from the Wagon of Wishes Stamp set and filled it with the cute little fall pumpkins and kitty image.  I love the plaid background on her card and the cute little happy harvest tag! 

I love the colors on this card by Design Team Member Jocelyn Olson! Plus - she thought of such a cute way to use the mouse from the Just say Cheese set! 

Here is a fun interpretation from our Design Team Member Emily Leiphart! Isn't It cute how she made that Dino look like he's looking up into the sky? The T-rex and sentiment are both from the Prehistoric Pals stamp set. 

Of course I had to make a couple cards too! 

For my first card I also used the set Wagon of Wishes to create fall-themed card! I colored the the wagon image using Inktense watercolor pencils on watercolor paper. I love this stamp with the pumpkins and that cute kitty peeking out from behind them! 

For my second card I used the set Newton's Antics to create this adorable cozy kitty card! Again -- I colored the kitties using Inktense watercolor pencils on watercolor paper. I tried to make them look just like our kitties, Newton and Hobbes! 

Now it's your turn! We can't wait to see what you create - Link your projects up below: