Inky Paws Challenge #86

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, December 7, 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! 

Becky Noelle creates this red and white striped background using the snowflake die from the Snow Globe Shaker die set. She then creates a fun background using the Fancy Edges Tag die to create the fun edge. She then stamps and colors this sweet llama from the Llama Delivery stamp set. She adds the sentiment and some snowflakes for her finishing touches!

Debbie Owens brings on the glitter by creating her striped background in red glitter paper. She then adds a shimmery green card stock before adding the black sentiment from the Holiday Greetings die set. She adds the kitten from the Newton's Holiday Mischief stamp set.  She then adds holly from the Pines & Holly die set and peppermint candy from the Newton's Candy Cane stamp set.

Diane Morales presents a very elegant and beautiful card. She uses gray pattern paper for the background stripes. Then she uses the Evergreens stencil to create a romantic scene for her red stamped skating couple from the Winter Memories stamp and die set.

Emily Lauritzen creates this playful shaker card with a light blue background. She then embosses a sentiment from the Ornamental Wishes stamp set on vellum. She frames her vellum background with a white frame die cut using the Framework die set. The snowy hills were made using the Land Borders die set.  The frozen feline snowmen are from a stamp (Flaky Family) set that has sadly been retired and sold out, but the Frozen Friends stamp set would look lovely too!

Sue T. gives us this darling card which features Winston flying through a cloudy sky!  She begins by die cutting her base using the Framework die set. She then layers clouds by using the Sky Borders die. She adds the sentiment and that daring Winston from the Winston Takes Flight stamp set for a delightful, fun card!

An InLinkz Link-up

Inky Paws Challenge #85 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-Using red, green, white and black.

Inky Paws Challenge #85 Winner!

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

 Jen W.  creates a very large tree branch to support this naughty Newton hanging from an ornament!  Jen uses the Ornamental Newton stamp set and die set and colors the ornament in the challenge colors. She then adds a black banner with the sentiment embossed in white!  Such a playful and festive card!

Congrats to  Jen W. ! 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 #85 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!

Sue's FAVE

Bobbi creates this striking card by creating a wreath using the Pines & Holly die set and adhering it to a black snowy background. She then adds a sentiment from the Sentiments of the Season stamp set. She finishes this amazing card with a red gingham bow. 

Becky's FAVE

Andrea W. creates this wonderful card by die cutting her plaid background using the Frames & Flags die set which she adheres it to a green base. She colors that fabulous llama from Llama Delivery stamp and cuts it using the coordinating die set. She creates a snowy background using a snowflake vellum. She adds fun details using the Santa Paws Newton stamp and die set

Debbie's FAVE

Piccole Polpette creates this gorgeous vintage card by using distress inks and the Musical stencil for her background. She then creates the beautiful wreath using the Pines & Holly die set. She embosses her the sentiment from Winter Memories stamp set in white on black. She adds a snowflake and twine to finish it off. 

Diane's FAVE

Heidi creates this playful card by cutting her white background using the Frames & Flags die set. She then uses foils and the Holiday Foliage stencil for the shimmery base on which she adds the mug of hot chocolate from the Cup of Cocoa stamp set and the snowman from the Frozen Friends stamp set. She adds the sentiment on the banner. Such a delight!

Emily's FAVE

Marianne features Newton from the Ornamental Newton stamp set for her sweet card. She hangs him from those branches. She creates layers using the fun green plaid paper. She adds several banners including the one with the holiday sentiment. Super fun and festive!

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 #85 Reminder

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

Here'a a refresher.

Create a project using the colors: red, white, green, and black. 

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Sue T. shows the power of repeatedly stamp an image. For this festive card, she uses the Festive Forest stamp set and stamps the swirly trees in red and green. She adds stars at the top of each tree. Her focus is the center tree with this fabulous sentiment.

Becky Noelle is decking the halls with this holly and berry delight. She creates an inlaid die background using the Pines and Holly die set. She then adds the black stripe to ground the white embossed sentiment from the Ornamental Wishes stamp set. 

Debbie Owens uses the challenge colors for a fun birthday card. She cuts the black embossed background using the Framework die set and cuts a circular window. She adds some vellum waves using the Sea Borders die set. She colors all those sharks from the Shark Frenzy stamp set in shades of gray and adds a birthday hat (Newton Loves Cake stamp set) to the hammerhead. She adds a diagonal stripe with the sentiment and adds a bit of twine and sequins.

Diane Morales makes these fabulous tags to add to her darling holiday packages. She creates the round tag by using the Tags Times Two die set and partially stamps an image from the Santa Paws Newton stamp set. She the rectangular-shaped card, she again uses the Tags Time Two die set, but for this card she adds some texture using the Serene Stripes stencil. She pulls images from the Santa Paws Newton stamp set and adds a sentiment banner.  Her final tag, Diane uses the Festive Forest stamp set and fussy cuts them out and adds the North Pole. She attaches it to her darling box which she stamped and colored using the Santa Paws Newton set.

Emily Lauritzen uses the Petite Snow stencil to create her subtle background and dies cuts with the Frames & Flags die. She adheres it to a black background. She then creates the festive wreath using the Pines & Holly die set.  She adds an ornament from the Beautiful Baubles stamp set. She then embosses the sentiment from Sentiments of the Season on vellum.  So lovely!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along! Remember, you have until this Friday, November 23, 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 #85

This biweekly challenge is a:

Color Challenge

Create a project using the colors: Use red, white, green, and black.

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, November 23, 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! 

Sue T. gives us this darling card that features the very studious kitty from the Newton's Book Club stamp set.  Sue uses the red and green of the challenge for those textbooks and brings in the black and white with her striped pattern paper.  She uses the Framework dies to create the white backdrop.  So fun!

Becky Noelle is serving up some holiday cheer with her fabulous green distressed background paired with all those mugs from the Cup of Cocoa stamp set.  She uses the challenge colors to shade the mugs and adds the sentiment with those fun hearts from the Frozen Friends stamp set!  So festive!

Debbie Owens is also serving up some hot chocolate using the Cup of Cocoa  stamp set.  Instead of a card though, she makes a trio of tags using the Fancy Edges Tag die set. She adds black and white pattern paper of various designs and black ribbon and red & white twine.  

Diane Morales designs this delightful tag. She uses the Forest Scene Builder die set to create the evergreen trees She layers them on the oval with a hill of snow.  She uses a black and white grid-like paper for her tag. She stamps the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Sentiments of the Season stamp set on a red banner which goes wonderfully with the red bird on the tree.

Emily Lauritzen brings us this elegant card by creating a background using the Holiday Foliage stencil. She frames this on black using the Frames & Flags die set.  She embosses the sentiment from the Ornamental Wishes stamp set on red paper and mats it on a black frame from the Framework die set. She adds holly leaves using the Pines & Holly die set.

An InLinkz Link-up

Inky Paws Challenge #84 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-Use Burlap or Twine.

Inky Paws Challenge #84 Winner!

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

Silvia designs this sweet card using the Slothy Christmas stamp and die set. Her wonderfully distressed background. She adds pine cones and holly using the Pines & Holly die set and adds a red twine bow. To add a bit of sparkle, she adds several sequins!

Congrats to Silvia ! 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 #84 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

Milene is creates two wonderfully designed cards using the Holiday Stockings stamp set. 

She festively embosses the white backgrounds then uses navy plaid pattern paper. She then strings those fun stockings with their fluffy white texture with a little twine.  Darling!

Sue's FAVE

Bobbi  creatively combines numerous NND sets to create this spectacular card!  She creates her birch trunk background by hand. Using the Adventure Awaits stamp set, she stamps arrows on the wide burlap stripe. Die cutting leaves and an acorn from Beautiful Leaves die stamp, she distresses them and adds veins by hand. She layers on more leaves from the Pines & Holly die set. She colors the foxes from the Fox Hollow stamp set and adds a sentiment from the Thankful Thoughts stamp set

Becky's FAVE

Not only is Silvia our lucky gift certificate winner, but she is also a favorite!  Her wonderfully colored sloth from the  Slothy Christmas stamp and die set looks content on that wonderfully distressed distressed background. Silvia adds pine cones and holly using the Pines & Holly die set, adds a red twine bow, and finishes her card with sequins!  Super cute!

Debbie's FAVE

Fikreta use of all those colorful autumn leaves make for a purr-fect background to showcase this playful kitten from the Autumn Newton stamp set on a distressed colored scalloped circle. She stamps the sentiment on a little tag and adheres with black and white twine. 

Diane's FAVE

Andrea finds this fabulous fall pattern paper to create her background. She then layers with brown paper to frame her autumn sky. Using elements from Harvest Tails stamp and die set, she colors that sweet deer and wagon full of pumpkins and assortment of gourds! The twine bow is a wonderful finishing touch!

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 #84 Reminder

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

Here'a a refresher.
Create a project using Burlap or Twine.

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Emily Lauritzen uses a soft color palette for this darling car. She adds a subtle background using the Falling Leaves stencil which she die cuts using the  Framework die set and adheres it to a pastel orange background. She die cuts a burlap circle and adds a smaller circle featuring that sweet black kitty peeking behind those pumpkins from the Newton's Pumpkin Patch  stamp set. Using the banner die from Frames & Flags die set, she adds her sentiment.

Sue T. captures the essence of autumn with her beautifully shaded leaves from the Shades of Autumn stamp and die sets. She adds a banner with a sentiment from Autumn Newton stamp set. All of this is layered atop burlap which adds a perfect amount of texture.

Becky Noelle creates this amazing backdrop by using textured paste and the Tree Rings stencil on burlap!  She them stamps her sentiment from the Newton's Pumpkin Patch stamp set on the banner using the Frames & Flags die set. The sweet deer and his wagon load of pumpkins are from the Harvest Tails stamp set.

Debbie Owens creates this playful scene by beginning with the Framework die set to create the background. She the embosses using a polka dotted folder. She adds the burlap trees by die cutting them with the Forest Scene Builder die set. She adds a twine rope in which the sweet sloth from the Slothy Christmas stamp set to slide upon. The leaves from the Autumn Leaves die set work well as tropical leaves. To finish she adds the sentiment to the banner using the Frames & Flags die set.

Diane Morales gives us a fabulous project just in time for Thanksgiving!  That fabulous orange burlap ribbon sparked the idea for these utensil holders. She uses the cute turkey (Can turkeys be cute?) from  Newton's Thanksgiving stamp set and stamps the sentiment on goldenrod card stock. She adds all these elements to her utensil holders made from these amazing autumn papers!  

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, November 9, 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!