Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Inky Paws #38 Challenge Winners

Inky Paws Challenge #38 Winners!


Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last Inky Paws Challenge at here at the Newton's Nook Designs blog! This months Challenge was a color challenge using teal, red, white and green!


Top Picks for Inky Paws Challenge #38

Here are our top picks! Read the description below each card to see who created it - and make sure to visit their blogs and tell them congrats!!

 
Inky Paws Challenge 38 Winner | Deer Birthday Card by Vicki | Serene Silhouettes and Whispering Pines stamp sets by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
Our first Top Pick is by Vicki at Stamp Smiles! We love the scene she created with our Serene Silhouettes and Whispering Pines stamp sets. The teal blue sky really pops off the green card base with the green and red plaid! 

Inky Paws Challenge 38 Winner |  Cute animals in Sweaters card by Sherry Carrigan | Sweater Weather stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
Our second top pick is this adorable sweater card by Sherry Carrigan! We love how she used the color combo to color all those adorable sweaters on Winston, Lily and the fox from our Sweater Weather stamp set. Check out her blog post to see a fun video and another version of this card using copics too! 

Congrats to Vicki and Sherry! Don't forget to send us an e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $10 store credit! (It's easiest if you already have an account set up in our shop)


Inky Paws #38 Favorites

We also wanted to share a couple more entries that we really loved! We chose THREE 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!


Newton's Nook Designs Inky Paws Challenge - Favorite

Kitty Christmas Card by Zsofi | Ornamental Newton stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
This card by Zsofi at Safsafdesign is so lovely! The red and teal colored Christmas ornament from the Ornamental Newton set is so pretty! We also loved the polka dot paper she used that has green, red and teal polka dots - the perfect colors to match the challenge! 

IPC 38 Favorite | Kitty Christmas Card by Kathy Schweinfurth | Newton Loves Coffee stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
This card by Kathy really caught our eyes! The way she gave the kitty from the Newton Loves Coffee stamp set a fun red and green mug and a santa hat is so cute! The way she added Happy Holidays inside an ornament shape is super fun and she also found paper in the perfect colors to match this challenge!

IPC 38 Favorite | Shark Christmas Card by Diane Morales | Shark Bites stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
This card by Diane Morales made us smile! We love how she used the shark from our Shark Bites stamp set and gave him a scarf to make it into a holiday theme! She also used the fun wreath from the Happy Little Thoughts stamp set! Such a clever combo of stamps! 

Thanks so much!
Thanks again to everyone who entered - It's really so much fun to look through all the entries and see everyones ideas! If you didn't win this time we hope you'll play along again next time! We are changing up the Inky Paws Challenge a bit in 2017 so make sure you check back on January 1st to see what's new! 


Friday, December 2, 2016

Inky Paws Challenge #38 - Color Challenge

This month's challenge is:
Color challenge
Create a project using Teal, Red, White and Green!

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, December 16th, 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 FlickrPinterest, or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC38).
  • 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 cards they created, inspired by this fun, festive color palette ! Read the description below each card to see who made it.


    Bunny in Sweater Card by Yukari Yoshioka | Inky Paws Challenge 38 | Sweater Weather Stamp Set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
    This sweet winter card by Yukari features our bunny, Lily, dressed in a Christmas colored sweater from the Sweater Weather Stamp set! She used the color combo on the sweater, leaving the bunny white and added a bunch of fun mittens in the background too! The "Season of Joy" sentiment is from the Beautiful Baubles stamp set. 

    Bear Christmas card by Samantha  Mann| Inky Paws Challenge 38 | Sweater Weather Stamp Set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
    Samantha used the fun color combo on this card featuring Winston driving his car full of gifts from the Winston's Home for Christmas stamp set. She used the red and green on the car, gift and trees and added the teal as a watercolor background on white paper! 

    Christmas Tree Thank you card by Kimberly Rendino| Inky Paws Challenge 38 | Festive Forest Stamp Set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
    Kimberly created this adorable card by embossing the trees from our Festive Forest stamp set in white over red cardstock! She added in the "Thank you" from our Vegetable Garden stamp set and a just a little pop of teal!
    Christmas Fireplace with Dog and Cat Card by Larissa Heskett | Inky Paws Challenge 38 | Fireside Friends Stamp Set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
    This sweet fireplace scene by Larissa uses red and green on the rug and fireplace swag while keeping a white card base. Then she added some teal in the background to help this lovely scene op off the card! This sweet image is from our Fireside Friends stamp set.  

    Snowflake Card by Jess Gerstner | Inky Paws Challenge 38 | Beautiful Blizzard Stamp Set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
    Jess created a flurry of snowflakes from our Beautiful Blizzard stamp set using the chosen color combo! I love how pretty this looks! She added an extra pop of teal up the sides too! 

    Wreath Shaker Card by Naki Rager | Inky Paws Challenge 38 | Pines & Holly Die Set and Joyful Tags Stamp Set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
    This gorgeous wreath shaker card by Naki uses the color combo in the form of sequins inside the shaker! She also used the red and green on the wreath which was made with our Pines & Holly Die Set, and added an extra pop of teal with a teal tag using our new Joyful Tags stamp set! Such a fun card! 

    Winter Cat in Sweater Card by  Danielle Pandeline | Inky Paws Challenge 38 | Sweater Weather Stamp Set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
    This cute forest scene by Danielle features our cute kitty in a sweater from the Sweater Weather Stamp set! She used the green, red, and teal on the sweater, leaving the kitty white! So cute! 

    Dachshund Christmas Card by Stephanie Muzzulin | Inky Paws Challenge 38 | Beautiful Blizzard Stamp Set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
    This card by Stephanie features our adorable doxie from the Holiday Hounds stamp set twisted up in some holiday lights! She kept her color palette focused on the red green and white with just little teal accents!

    Snowflake Card by Crafty Math-Chick | Inky Paws Challenge 38 | Beautiful Blizzard Stamp Set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
    Here is another lovely snowflake card using the color combo with  Beautiful Blizzard stamp set. Crafty Math-Chick created this one, using white for the base and added the snowflakes in the other colors of the challenge! I love the simplicity of this with the added sequins for a bit of bling! 

    Winter Bear in Sweater Card by Jennifer Jackson | Inky Paws Challenge 38 | Sweater Weather Stamp Set by Newton's Nook Designs #newtonsnook
    Here's one created by me! I used Winston dressed in his sweater from the new Sweater Weather stamp set and colored his sweater using the color combo! The colors really pop off the white card base!