Inky Paws Challenge #79 Reminder

Today I'm sharing some more inspiration for our current challenge! 

Here'a a refresher.

Create a project using the colors magenta, yellow, tangerine, and teal. 

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Using Spectrum Noir  Sparkle pens, Emily Lauritzen colors her feline from the Newton's Summer Treats stamp set to make him super sparkly! She places him on her colorful background that includes embossing using the Bubbly stencil. Using the dies from the Framework die set, she creates layers and finishes her card with a sentiment from the Summer Scoops stamp set.

Sue T. brings us a super fun CAS card featuring the Flip-Flop Life stamp set. She creates a row of flip-flops and colors them using the challenge colors. She then adds a stripe of each color and stamps her sentiment. What a fun way to celebrate summer!

Becky Noelle creates a nighttime background to showcase an evening of fun!  Using several cocktail glasses from the Cocktail Mixer stamp set, she concocts a delightful assortment of drinks using the challenge colors.  She stamps the fun sentiment and adds a sparkly stripe to finish it off!

Debbie Owens begins her festive card by water coloring her background with the challenge colors. She then stamps and fussy cuts the llama and stack of presents from the Loveable Llamas stamp set. She uses the Frames & Flags die set and adds twine and sequins for the finishing touches.

Diane Morales lets this fabulous sentiment from the Paradise Palms stamp set be the focus of this fabulous, bright card. She creates this spectacular background by using the Sunscape stencil. For a bit of sparkle, she adds some gems.

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along! Remember, you have until this Friday, August 31, 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 #79

This biweekly challenge is a:

Color challenge

Create a project using the colors magenta, yellow, tangerine, and teal. 

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,  August 31, 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! 

Emily Lauritzen creates this delicious-looking card by using the challenge colors and Pawprints stencil for her colorful background and then die cuts using the Frames & Flags die set.  She then uses the Cat Treats stamp set and piles on the ice cream scoops!  Using a sentiment from Newton's Summer Treats stamp on vellum, she layers it across her savory treats!

Sue T. creates her background by embossing it and using the Framework die set. She then watercolors these beautiful flowers from the Peony Blooms stamp set. She stamps the sentiment on a white tag and adheres a twine bow as her final touch.

Becky Noelle also uses the Peony Blooms stamp set to create this bright, bold card.  To create this beauty, Becky watercolors the flowers with Zig Clean Color pens. Fabulous use of this week's challenge colors!

Debbie Owens creates this CAS card by creating layers using white card stock. She then stamps and watercolors the toucans from the Toucan Party stamp set, fussy cuts, and adheres. She adds enameled dots in the colors of the challenge to finish her card.

Diane Morales creates this beautiful pink and orange background using Distress ink. She then colors the delightful mermaid from the Narly Mermaids stamp set in teal and yellow. She adds starfish and enamel dots to complete her darling card.

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Inky Paws Challenge #78 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 THEME!

Inky Paws Challenge #78 Winner!

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

This darling underwater scene by Andrea is a manatee's delight. Using the Waves stencil, she creates her wavy background. She then stamps her sentiment from the Manatee-rific stamp set on a light blue oval die cut. She colors her manatees and ocean accents and die cuts them with the coordinating die set. She frames her scene using the Frames & Flags die set. 

Congrats to Andrea! 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 #78 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!

Diane's FAVE

Lucie wows with her great use of colored pencils. She colors two ice-cream loving kitties from the Newton's Summer Treats stamp set and adds a soft blue background to showcase them. So sweet!

Emily's FAVE

Heidi's collection of paradise cards with their vibrant sunset and beautiful waves are spectacular! She uses a combination of inks to create her backgrounds and uses the Paradise Palms stamp set to create those fabulous silhouette trees!

Sue's FAVE

Who wouldn't want to dive in to Candice's scrumptious sundae? Those rays of sun draw the eye to the yummy-looking sundae from the Summer Scoops stamp set.  The pastel blue polka-dotted pattern paper frames everything very nicely!

Becky's FAVE

Dawn pulls out the beach colors to give us this holiday surprise! She colors her flamingos from the Festive Flamingos stamp set orange and adds purple scarves and hats.  She white embosses her sentiment on a black banner and stamps a striped trim on the edge.  She finishes it off with those cute footprints and sequins. 

Debbie's FAVE

Milene's beach background created using textured embossing powder is the purr-fect setting for her sweetly colored kitty from the Aloha Newton stamp set. She embosses her sentiment on a black banner and has a wide, white border to frame everything. 

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 #78 Reminder

Have you had a chance to make a card for our latest Inky Paws Challenge? 
Today I'm sharing some more inspiration for our current challenge! 

Here'a a refresher.
Create a project using the theme: Beach/Summer.

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge!

Diane Morales water colored this watery background then die cut her sandy ground using the Sky Borders die set. She colored images from the Narly Mermaids stamp set and die set and adhered with dimensional foam. Such a wonderful underwater scene!

Emily Lauritzen created her background using the Sunscape stencil. She inked up extra waves and cut out to add dimension. She colored her cute kitty from the Newton's Summer Vacation stamp set. She framed her darling scene using the Frames & Flags die set.  Such a bright, colorful project!

Sue T. also used the Sunscape stencil to create her sunny background. For her waves she die cut waves using the Sea Borders die set using different colors of card stock. She colored her calico kitty using the Newton's Summer Vacation stamp and die set. Newton certainly looks content lounging on his polka dotted floaty!

Becky Noelle pulled out the the Purr-Maid Newton stamp set to create this fabulous shaker card complete with real sand and tiny shells!  After creating her watery background, Becky colors various underwater features using the Tranquil Tides and the Narly Mermaids stamp sets. She uses the
Frames & Flags die set to frame her scene!  Wow!

Debbie Owens creates this sweet card with her vintage-looking travel trailers from the Cozy Campers stamp set. She places her campers on a subtly white-striped pattern paper die cut and layers it on a soft pink polka dotted paper. She uses the Frames & Flags to cut both papers for a fun layered look.

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday,August 17, 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 #78

This biweekly challenge is a:

Theme challenge

Create a project using the theme: Summer/Beach

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, August 17, 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 begins her card by creating clouds from the Cloudy Sky stencil on a white card base. She then adds layers of waves using the Sea Borders die set. She then creates a scene that resembles one from Jaws with her sweet goat from the Floaty Goat stamp set enjoying a peaceful day while  ferocious sharks from the Shark Frenzy stamp set circle menacingly underneath!

Emily Lauritzen uses the Seashells stencil on black card stock to create her beach background and die cuts it with the Framework die set. She then makes a watery center and frames it with layers of shells and starfish from the Purr-maid stamp and die set. She then adds her purr-maid with his colorful tail and stamps the sentiment in the watery center. She adds white accents to finish this a-meow-zing card!

This fabulous CAS card by Sue T. features the Tranquil Tides stamp set. By masking a circle, Sue stamps the starfish images in different colors to create a circle around the fun sentiment.  She finishes with some dewdrop accents.  Simply spectacular!

Becky Noelle uses a clear card base to create her card by using the Seashells stencil. The back of her card using the Waves stencil and the Frames & Flags die set. She then creates an extra little card to write a message inside. She stamps her sentiment using the  Tranquil Tides stamp set and adds twine wrapped around the little card several times and adds a small bow. Wow!

Debbie Owens uses acrylic paint to create the watery backdrop and creates the waves using the Sea Borders die set. Then she inks the sunny sky using the Sunscape stencil. Those cute critters are from the Newton's Summer Vacation and the pirate hat is from the Newton's Costume Party stamp set. She combines the Frames & Flags  and Framework die sets to create the layers. Looks like a fun day in the sea!

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Inky Paws Challenge #77 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 SKETCH challenge!

Inky Paws Challenge #77 Winner!

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

Billie creates  her fun background by repeatedly stamping the skein of yarn from the  Newton's Antics stamp set. She then uses coordinating papers in monochromatic colors. She adds her sweet Siamese kitty playing in his box and finishes with cream yarn. 

Congrats to Billie! 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 #77 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

Andrea matches the scoops of ice cream to match her dotted background paper. She wonderfully colors her kitty from the  Newton's Summer Treats stamp set as a Siamese!  She pulls everything together by adding green and yellow layers!

Diane's FAVE

Vicki stamps a cloudy sky background for her sweet pug from the Pug Hugs stamp set. Her background features pastel flowers. She adds her sentiment to a pink scalloped strip and adds a glossy red heart to finish her design. 

Emily's FAVE

Dawn provides us this festive holiday card using the Newton's Holiday Mischief stamp set. Her hand drawn scarf looks so cute behind Newton, and her choice of festive papers make this such a "candy" delight!

Sue's FAVE

The fun different combination of papers and red ribbon provide a wonderful background to 

Danni's card. Newton from the Newton's Naptime stamp set and his cozy blankets look so bright and colorful against the dark background. 

Becky's FAVE

Eve creates this darling underwater scene by using the Tropical Fish stencil to create her background. She adds these sweet images from the Purr-maid stamp set. The touch of twine and glittery shell are the purr-fect embellishments!

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.