Inky Paws Challenge #73

This biweekly challenge is a:

Sketch challenge

Create a project using the above 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, June 8, 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! 

Andrea Shell's use of the ice cream cone paper works wonderfully with Winston holding the ice cream cone from Sending Hugs stamp and die sets. She then pulls this fun sentiment from Company of Cats stamp set. Just love how these sets work together! Yummy!

Debbie Owens sets up a fun dining scene using Newton Dreams of Italy stamp set. The red gingham works fabulously as a table cloth and the embossing adds a fun bit of texture. For the banners, Deb uses the Frames & Flags die set.

Diane Morales creatively combines two stamp sets to create this bright, cheerful card. She uses Newton Dreams of London and Uplifting Wishes stamp set. The cloudy background and little puffy clouds are fabulous accents. The colorful banners were made using the Frames & Flags die set.

Emily Lauritzen creates this beautiful card using Little Lilies stamp set. The combination of papers looks wonderfully with the black accents.

 Using Cloudy Sky stencil to create this fabulous background, Zsofia Molnar brings us this delightful card featuring Newton's Birthday Balloons stamp and die sets. Just love the colors she uses as well as the glossy accented balloons and sprinkling of sequins. She uses the Frames & Flags die set for her sentiment.

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Inky Paws Challenge #72 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 THEME Challenge!

Inky Paws Challenge #73 Winner!

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

Maria creates this charming card using the raccoon from Campfire Tails (retired). Instead of the raccoon holding a bag of chips, Maria has him holding the fun heart. The wood grain background give the card a nice "forest" feel. 

Congrats to Maria! 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 #73 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!

Zsofia's FAVE

Candice's princess card is just precious!  The sheer curtains framing the castle scene from Once Upon a Princess stamp set is so charming. Using the buttons as curtain tie backs is such a clever idea!  

Andrea's FAVE

Milene's die cut background and coloring make for this delightful card. Newton from the Newton's Naptime stamp set looks like he is enjoying some much deserved sleep. The splattering of buttons provides for fabulous accents. 

Debbie's FAVE

This sweet scene by Cindy showcases this sweet deer from the Deer Friend stamp set.  From the leaves peeking in at the upper corner to the little buttons at the bottom, Cindy's card is fabulously designed. 

Diane's FAVE

Sue uses buttons as center pieces to her snowflakes that she created using Snowfall stencil. Her soft coloring of Newton from the Newton's Holiday Mischief stamp set looks spectacular. To finish her card, she uses a sentiment from the Sweater Weather stamp set

Emily's FAVE

Irene creates her own buttons by making the scarf knots into faux buttons!  Her sweet coloring of all those snow people from Frozen Fellowship stamp set makes for such a wonderful winter card!

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 #72 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 Theme Challenge! 

Here'a a refresher.  It's a THEME Challenge:  Add Buttons

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Zsofia Molnar creates this darling scene with Newton's Sweetheart stamp set.  From the cloudy background to the die cut grass, Zsofia has an eye for details.  Her flower-shaped buttons are the perfect addition to this sweet card!

Andrea Shell's embossed letters makes for a wonderful background for this graduation card. Her sweet coloring of Newton from Newton's Graduation stamp set and the embossed Congrats sentiment from the Simply Sentimental stamp set make for a very distinguished card.

Debbie Owens creates a fun night sky using watercolors and the Frames & Flags die set
Newton from the Cosmic Newton stamp set seems pretty content spying those darling star-shaped buttons!

Diane Morales takes under the sea with this beautifully designed card. She uses Tranquil Tides stamp and die set to stamp the fish and coral. The added buttons are the perfect accent. Look closely at her background and you'll spy bubbles made from the Bubbly stencil.

Emily Lauritzen brings us this magical rainbow card!  Her background works perfectly with the unicorn from the Believe in Unicorns stamp set. Her handmade buttons are wonderful accents. 

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along! Remember, you have until this Friday, May 25, 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 #72

This biweekly challenge is a:

Theme challenge

Create a project using the theme:  Add Buttons

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, May 25, 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! 

 Zsofia Molnar combines all these coffee-themed elements to create this darling card. Using the owl and latte cup from  Sending Hugs stamp and die set, she combines a sentiment from the Love & Chocolate stamp set with the word coffee.  If you look closely, you'll spy coffee bean and latte cup pattern paper! Seriously too fun!

Andrea Shell inks up these darling puppies from Woof Pack stamp set to create such a fun card.  She embosses the background using Pawprints stencil. The black banner and the white and black edging are fabulous accents to pull everything together.

Debbie Owens creates a celebratory card for a newly graduated student. Using the sweet puppy from Pug Hugs stamp set , she adds a graduation cap from Newton's Graduation stamp set and sentiment from Birthday Essentials. The houndstooth washi tape and buttons are great touches!

Diane Morales creates this cheerful spring card!  She uses Lovely Blooms stamp set and the Frames & Flags die set. The button accents work wonderfully with the button pattern paper.

Emily Lauritzen shows us her amazing creativity with this pull-up card. She begins by using Frames & Flags die set and stamps the puppies from the Woof Pack stamp set in black ink.  She then uses a button as a pull that you slide up to reveal these amazingly colored puppies!  Wow!

An InLinkz Link-up

Inky Paws Challenge #71 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 COLOR Challenge!

Inky Paws Challenge #71 Winner!

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

Beverly  is our winner!  Her beautiful spring card with the trio of lilies from Little Lilies stamp set and layers using the challenge colors work wonderfully together. The addition of the sequins and butterfly are fun touches!

Congrats to Beverly! 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 #71 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!

Emily's FAVE

Charlotte creates this spectacular background using this week's colors which work purr-fectly with the Aloha Newton stamp set. Just love the Hawaiian theme!

Zsofia's FAVE

Rijacki creates this unique and fun bookmark card! Her use of colors is also fabulous. She used Newton's Book Club stamp set which very appropriate!

Andrea's FAVE

Milene's amazing coloring of the deer from Deer Friend stamp set is so sweet and the heart frames is perfectly. 

Debbie's FAVE

Dardie bold use of the challenge colors really makes her card stand out!  She repeatedly stamps  the retiring Party Pops stamp set images to create this fun card!

Diane's FAVE

Kicka uses these fabulous papers to highlight this week's challenge colors. We love that she stamped the paw print over them!  She showcases this darling feline couple from Newton's Sweetheart stamp set.

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 #71 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:  

Create a project using the colors: 
Green, Orchid, Violet and Periwinkle Blue

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Emily Lauritzen creates this stunning card using Beautiful Wings stamp set. Using the challenge colors inside the heart die cut, provides a wonderful backdrop to the embossed butterfly. The quilted backdrop provides a nice textural element for this fabulous card!

Zsofia Molnar creates this pretty patterned paper using Fanciful Florals (retiring and now on sale) stamp set. By covering the whole panel with vellum, the colors are muted the card giving the card a delicate look. She then stamps the sentiment from Birthday Essentials stamp set directly on the vellum overlay. Just gorgeous!

Andrea Shell features a single lily from  newly released Little Lilies stamp set framed in a scalloped circle. The combination of distressed blue background and soft lavender colors pulls everything together for this elegant card.

Debbie Owens creates a festive background by using the Waves stencil. By moving it slightly each time she changed colors, she gets this fabulous backdrop for Newton from Newton Loves Cake stamp set. To complete her card, she uses the celebrate sentiment from Birthday Essentials stamp set and Frames & Flags die set.

Diane Morales uses Company of Cats stamp set to create this darling card. Her kitties with their soft gray bellies look wonderful in their soft pastel apparel!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, May 11, 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!