Inky Paws Challenge #92

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, March 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! 

Diane Morales creates this darling tag using the sketch!  She begins with a polka dotted tag. Then adds a kraft strip which she has used the Tumbling Hearts stencil. She then adds a strip of tag to her lightly colored sky and adheres her sweet focal point--this darling cow from Farmyard Friends stamp set.

Sue T.'s take on the sketch blasts us into outer space!  From the Cosmic Newton stamp set, she adds this feline astronaut on a background of stars which she creates using the Starfield stencil. She adds her little sentiment banner and a moon, and some flickering sequins to finish it off!  Out of this world!

Becky Noelle  creates beautiful shades of greens using Distress Inks. She then adds a honeycomb frame which she places her honey-lovin' bear from the Winston's Honeybees stamp set. She embosses her sentiment on a black banner and adds a splattering of bees to finish it off!  Sweet!

For those snowbound, Bobbi Lemanski brings us a much needed spring day!  She begins by making a cloudy background using the Cloudy Sky stencil. She adds green hills using Land Borders Dies. Her focal point is the bicycle full of flowers from the Loads of Blooms stamp set which Bobbi has colored in an assortment of bright colors. To add more fun, Bobbi pulls the butterfly and balloons from the the Delightful Doxies  stamp set. 

Debbie Owens brings us an ocean-themed card. She uses the Seashells stencil to create her colorful background before cutting it with the Framework die set. She adds vellum waves using the Waves die set. She makes a green glittery frame using a small die from the Framework set. For her focal point, she colors the female feline from the Purr-Maid Newton stamp set who is holding a champagne flute from the Cocktail Mixer stamp set.  For a bit more bling, she adds some sequins. 

An InLinkz Link-up

Inky Paws Challenge #91 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 #91  Winner!

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

Billie captures the spirit of a playful, mischievous kitten. She stamps several toy images from 

 the Newton's Antics stamp set. She then adds the TP lovin' kitten from the Naughty Newton stamp set. She creates a fun layer by using a pink hounds tooth check pattern paper.  Just so cute!

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 #91 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

Dandi93 creates this fabulous easel card shaped like Paris' skyline! She softly colors her kitties from Newton's Sweetheart stamp set in white and gray and adds a pink ribbon on the female feline and softly highlights the sentiment in pale pink.  Wow!

Diane's FAVE

Vicki thinks outside the box by coloring the Christmas toad from the Mistle Toad stamp and die set fun shades of pink and sprinkling hearts on the leaves to camouflage the berries. Using the Serene Stripes stencil, she creates a subtle tone-on-tone background on which to place the toad as well as white hearts from the Candy Hearts stamp and die set. So, so cute!

Sue's FAVE

Marianne creates such an amazing background by adding subtle paw prints using the Pawprints stencil over her pretty pink background. She adds her wonderfully colored kitties and toys from the Newton's Antics stamp and die set. The white and black washi tape is a perfect! 


Becky's FAVE

A. Rose  creates an original sentiment by combining words from the Naughty Newton and Newton's Birthday Flutter sets. She then creates a fun backdrop using the Plaid stencil set for her bright pink kitty
(Naughty Newton stamp set) to slide down!  So fun!

Bobbi's FAVE

Milene shows what happens when a kitty has played too hard!  Her sweetly colored kitty from the Newton's Naptime stamp set is fast asleep atop a pile of pink, white, and gray blankets. 

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 #91 Reminder

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

Here'a a refresher.

Create a project using the colors white, gray, black, and pink

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Debbie creates this festive card by creating a pale pink background using the  Bubbly stencil. She adds  black and white washi tapes before adding the sweet kitties from the Newton Celebrates and Newton's New Year stamp sets. She adds a bit of gel pen and sequins for some some shine!

Diane Morales brings on the sweetness with this cutie!  Starting with the Tumbling Hearts stencil she creates a gray and pink romantic background on a white card base die cut using the center die from the Frames & Flags die. Then she softly colors the feline couple from Newton's Sweetheart stamp set in soft grays.

Sue T. brings us this elegant card using a base of gingham pattern paper which use die cuts with the scalloped edge die from the Frames & Flags die set. She adds a white base in which she embellishes with images from the Cottage Garden stamp and die set. She adds her sentiment on a banner. Oh, so pretty!

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Becky Noelle also brings us a gorgeous and elegant card which she starts by using the Tree Rings stencil. She then adds these fabulously colored flowers from the Peony Blooms stamp set. Then she adds her sentiment from the Simply Sentimental stamp set which she embosses in white on a black background. So elegant!

Bobbi Lemanski brings us this darling and whimsical card. She begins by hand drawing the trees in gray and adds pink and red leaves. She then adds a darling camping scene using the
Cozy Campers stamp and die set.  She adds lots of pink flamingos which she places on the different horizons using the Land Borders die set. In the foreground, she incorporates this naughty raccoon from the  Raccoon Rascals stamp set.  Darling!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along! Remember, you have until this Friday, February 22, 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 #91

This biweekly challenge is a:

Color Challenge

Create a project using the colors white, gray, black, and pink

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, February 22 , 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! 

Those cool sunglasses on the llama makes Debbie Owens card delightful! She starts with pink and white layers. She stamps the sweet llama from the Loveable Llamas stamp set and uses the challenge colors on the blanket. She then adds a yummy cocktail from the Cocktail Mixer stamp set, and adds a speech bubble from the Newton's Day Dream stamp set to showcase the sentiment. She adds a bit of washi tape and sequins to finish it off.

Diane Morales creates an oval shaped card with scalloped edges. She uses the Argyle stencil to create the background using pink, white and gray. She adds the banner from Frame & Flags die set and stamps the sentiment. The focal point of her card is the girl holding the big bouquet of balloons from the Holding Happiness stamp set. The added hearts on the balloons are a perfect touch!

Who knew a shark could look so sweet! Sue T. obviously did with this fabulous gray and pink shark from the Shark Bites stamp set! She adds a school of pink fish and a popped-up speech bubble. For sparkle, she adds pink glitter paper and a stripe of white and black pattern paper that she partially die cuts with the Frames & Flags die set to give it a scalloped edge.

Becky Noelle's card definitely has love in the air! She starts her card by lightly distressing th!e background using the Tumbling Hearts stencil. She adds the Eiffel Tower from the Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set and sentiment from the Uplifting Wishes stamp set. She creates the ground using gray card stock and the Land Borders die. She adds two feline images from the Newton Dreams of Paris that she colors wonderfully!

Bobbi Lemanski begins this sweet card by distressing the bubbles from the Bubbly stencil in a darker shade of pink than her card base. She them adds a strip of black and white washi tape. She adds clouds from the Raccoon Rascals stamp set. Her focal point is the pair of gray owls from the Love Owl-ways stamp and die set. She adheres a pink and red heart banner from the branch. Cute!

An InLinkz Link-up

Inky Paws Challenge #90 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 #90  Winner!

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

Erin T. uses the Coffee & Wine stamp set to create this darling card. She colors the images in soft pinks and red and adheres it to a red polka-dotted background. Love the coordinating dots on the coffee cup!

Congrats to Erin T! 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 #90 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!

Bobbi's FAVE

April Hunton creates this CAS-style card using the Love Owl-ways Stamp set. She colors those sweet owls in shades of pinks on a white heart and adheres it to a pretty pink heart. She adds a splattering of hearts and flowers to complete her card.

Debbie's FAVE 

Marianne  creates this delicious card by combining fun pattern papers and coffee and donuts!  The black and pink colors work wonderfully with the images from the Newton's Donut  and Newton Loves Coffee stamp sets, and the red heart with the white embossed sentiment looks fabulous!

Diane's FAVE

Plans and Parcels creates this romantic card by repeatedly stamping images from the Newton's Sweetheart stamp set. She adds a soft, pastel center using Distress inks before add the main attraction--the darling feline pair--using some dimension foam.  The little pink hearts are a purr-fect touch. 

Sue's FAVE

Tracy M. designs this spectacular CAS card by using one of the butterflies from the Beautiful Wings stamp set. The flourish she adds is the perfect amount of bling!

Becky's FAVE

Tonya Graham blew us away with her spectacular coloring on the hot air balloon from the Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set. She coordinates the hearts from the balloon with heart-shaped balloon pattern paper. She adds sequins and white hearts to finish off her design!

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 #90 Reminder

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

Here'a a refresher.

Create a project using the theme Love/Valentine's.

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Bobbi Lemanski creates this colorful card by using Distressed Inks and the Tumbling Hearts stencil. Then she showcases the new Candy Heart stamp and die set on a scalloped-edged topper. She adds red and white twine to finish it off.  How festive and fun!

Debbie Owens presents a sweet, collection of  simple cards by creating layers using the scallop-edged dies from the Framework and Frames & Flags die sets. She then die cuts a stitched heart using the Darling Hearts die set. She adds Newton from the Sending Hugs stamp set with the newly released typewriter from the My Type stamp set. She finishes her card with a bit of white twine and silver hearts.

Diane Morales begins this beautiful card embossing her background using the Floral Lace stencil. On top of her background, she adds the heart from the Darling Hearts die set.  The heart is colored in using the Blooming Botanicals stamp set.  She embosses the sentiment in white on a black banner. So elegant.

Sue T. creates a very fun Valentine's card by using XOXO pattern paper as her base. She then adds a layer using the Framework die at an angle. She stamps some pink hearts using the Tumbling Hearts stencil. To finish off her card, she colors a pink typewriter and adds the sentiment from the My Type  stamp set.  Delightful!

Becky Noelle brings us a super fun camping card!  She uses the  Tumbling Hearts stencil to create her embossed background. For her next layer, she uses a die from Frames & Flags die set. She creates her clouds again using the Tumbling Hearts stencil.  Her focal point is the vintage travel trailer and lawn furniture from the Cozy Campers stamp set.

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along! Remember, you have until this Friday, February 8, 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!