Inky Paws Challenge #115 Reminder

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

Here'a a refresher.

Theme Challenge--Add Hearts!

Create a project using hearts. 

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge:

Love puppies?  Then Crystal Komera's ador-bull card is going to thrill you!  With a black and white checkered paper on a dark red card base, she adds four red hearts stamped with paw prints. Using all the puppies from the Fabulous Frenchies stamp and die set, Crystal colors the accessories in reds, whites, and blacks. She adds a pink heart on one balloon as well as makes a bouquet of balloons. She stamps the sentiment on a little banner.  So, so sweet!

Debbie Owens creates a Valentine's tag in white, black and pink.  Using the Fancy Edges Tag die set, she cuts a pink tag and a black tag with a scallop edge.  She adds a heart cut using the Darling Hearts die set on which she adds the love sentiment and a couple of tiny hearts. She colors the pair of kitties in grays from the Newton's Sweetheart stamp and fussy cuts.  She adds silver twine behind them before adhering with dimensional tape.  Sweetness!

3...2...1...Blast off into a heart-filled outer space!  Diane Morales creatively stretches the Cosmic Newton stamp and die set by having her feline astronaut traveling through some fluffy clouds using the Sky Borders die set into the final frontier filled with hearts using the Darling Hearts die set!  A fun masculine Valentine's card!

Pretty in pink is Sue T.'s card that is purr-fect for Valentine's Day. She creates her pink ombre' hearts using the Tumbling Hearts stencil and creates the postage-edged base with the Framework die set. The cute, cuddly cats from the Newton's Sweetheart stamp and die set, are positioned through a die cut circle with a dark pink in the background. Look closely at those heart tags on their collars! {sigh}

 If you enjoy lots of masking and inking, then Becky Noelle's card will win your heart! Using the Tumbling Hearts stencil, she painstakingly masked & inked each heart on a pale gray background. She then adds a heart from the Candy Heart stamp set and adds the sentiment in red. She stitches the gray panel onto a white card base. Don't you love how this looks like a box of conversation hearts?

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, January 31, 2020 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 #115

This biweekly challenge is a:

Theme Challenge

Create a project using Hearts!

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, January 31, 2020, 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!   

Need a  a lovely way to send a heart-filled thank you card? Then Crystal Komera's beautifully designed card is for you!  Beginning with pattern paper with tiny little red hearts, she adds a red, scallop-edged frame using the Frames & Flags die set. Notice those subtle hearts on the red. {swoon} Adding a large white heart, Crystal stamps little red hearts and the sentiment from the Peony Blooms stamp. For her finale, she adds her beautifully colored flowers from the Peony Blooms stamp and die set.  

Super CAS and super cute is the direction Debbie Owens interprets this challenge. Using a silver foil striped paper, Debbie cuts the heart shape using the Darling Hearts die set. She then cuts several sentiments and layers them to add dimension. She then stamps the furry feline from the Purr-fect Present stamp set and colors her like a Siamese.  For the gift box, she colors in silver and pinks.  She adds a few sequins to add some pink accents. Darling!

Diane Morales uses hearts in a very creative way!  Using the Sunscape stencil, Diane uses yellow inks to create the sun rays. She then goes back and stamps little hearts from the It's a Plan stamp set in the rays!  I know, so fun!  She adds some light blue water using the Sea Borders die set. She adds the seagulls on the pier posts from the Gull Friends stamp and die set. For her two-colored sentiment, she uses letters from the Essential Alphabet die set.  To make this into a square card, Diane uses the Frames Squared die set. So cute!

Take off for a little bit of love!  Sue T. creates this darling card featuring this adorable pilot from the Winston Takes Flight stamp set. Her pink and red plane with the added polka-dotted heart is just too cute.  Then there's the exhaust---pink hearts--made by a bit of masking and the Tumbling Hearts stencil.  She adds the perfect sentiment from the Uplifting Wishes stamp set. She frames all of this on a dark pink scallop-edged frame using the Frames & Flags die set. Seriously cute!

 Looks like Becky Noelle has been practicing her typing skills!  Look at her very long page of

 Xs & Os!  That sweet, vintage, pink typewriter is from  the My Type stamp set

 and all those rows of hearts are from the Happy Little Thoughts stamp set. Becky places her typewriter on a little doily and stamps the sentiment on it.  If you look closely, her background has lots of typewritten words!  

Create a project using the Theme--Hearts.  

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #114 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 #114 Winner!

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

Is it spring yet? Not quite, but Tracie C.'s card will add some flowery brightness for those snowbound or with the winter blues! Tracie uses the dies from the Frames & Flags die set to cut her panels--one with a blue-gingham like pattern. The other with a plaid design in pinks and greens. She overlays the plaid layer with a green panel which has leaves stamped on it. Her focal image are those beautiful pink flowers from the Peony Blooms stamp set with the sentiment coming from the Beautiful Wings stamp set. Adding pink ribbon with a bow and floral button are her final touches. Thank you, Tracie, for this breath of spring!

Congrats to Tracie C. 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 #114 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!

Becky's FAVE

Love is definitely in the air with Paula's daring card. Pattern paper sets the scene for the beautifully colored feline couple from the Newton's Sweetheart stamp set. She anchors everything together by tucking a die cut heart behind the kitties. She adds a little red banner with the sentiment embossed in white for the finishing touch! How romantic!

Crystal's FAVE

Amy T. creates a starry night just perfect for the curious kitten from the Newton's Curious Christmas stamp and die set to stay up late and watch for Santa Claws! She embosses the sentiment in white on a midnight blue layer. For some added sparkle, she uses the Frames & Flags scallop-edged die to cut a glittery silver frame matted on a navy blue card base. Her sprinkling of silver sequin stars and light blue ribbon are perfect embellishments!


Debbie's FAVE

Mugdha is on a roll with her scooter-themed cards, and this one doesn't disappoint! This time her cruisin' kitty from the Newton Scoots By stamp and die set is off to a big city for another adventure! Mugdha's background of the city with the vellum panel overlay is a fabulous way to interpret the sketch. And the white outline of the clouds is afun touch! Zoom! Zoom!

Diane's FAVE

What is black and white with a splash of red? Priscilla's eye-catching card, of course! With the white snowflake background, Priscilla adds a black panel with white evergreens using the Evergreens stencil. She then downloads a free NND digital and adds those darling mittens. Don't you love that little splash of red on the hearts and how the card matches the hat!

Sue's FAVE

Becca serves up a whole lot of java fun! Using the sloth from the Slothy Coffee stamp and die set, she adds coffee bean images over a dictionary page underneath a java cup embossed layer! If that's not enough fun, she has a fun polka dotted background! Wow!

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 #114 Reminder

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

Here'a a refresher.

Sketch Challenge

Create a project using the sketch. 

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge:

 Becky Noelle creates a purr-fect blend with her coffee & cat card!  For her striped-paper layer, Becky zig-zag stitches around the edges for a nice touch of texture. Then she adds her center panel on which she stamps the caffeine-loving kitty from the Newton Loves Coffee stamp set. (Don't you love how he looks like he sneaking a sip?)  She adds a pink bow for her final touch!  

It might be cold outside, but Crystal Komera's snow people will warm your heart! With a baby blue and white color scheme, Crystal creates her layer with a shaker element full of sparkling 'snow'.  She adds the darling snow couple from the Frozen Friends stamp and die set. The red elements really pop against the cool, crisp blue and white colors. 

Debbie Owens card features a sleeping calico kitty from the Newton's Antics stamp set. Her layers are die cut from coordinating papers using dies from the Framework and Frames & Flags die sets. For her center panel, she uses the kitty and fish skeleton dies from the Pawprint Shaker die set for the sketch's center element. She creates a dream bubble for her sleeping feline using the Speech Bubbles die set and adds the 'dream' sentiment and fish skeletons from the Newton's Day Dream and Cat-itude stamp sets respectively. 

Diane Morales' card will have you yearning for a romantic getaway in Venice!  Using the Tumbling Hearts stencil, she adds a sea of hearts, giving her card texture. She then uses the center die from the Frames & Flags die set to create her panel.  On the bottom, she adds blue water for the gondola from Newton Dreams of Italy stamp and die set to drift upon.  To set the mood, Diane adds a large heart using the Darling Hearts die set behind the kitty gondolier as well as the bold, black sentiment!  {sigh}

Sue T. gives us a taste of spring with her floral card paired with striped pattern paper. Using dies from the Frames & Flags die set, she creates her two layers on which she adds her bouquet of pink flowers from the Peony Blooms stamp and die set.  She creatively uses a sentiment from the Loads of Blooms stamp set and stamps it on a die cut circle (Frames Squared die set).  Her bows of pink and lime green add a beautiful touch to this spring card!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, January 17, 2020 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 #114

This biweekly challenge is a:

Sketch Challenge

Create a project using the sketch above. 

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, January 17, 2020, 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!   

Time to bring in a New Year or maybe a birthday!  Becky Noelle creates this spectacular card by using a combination of stencil sets. For her black background, she uses the Confetti stencil with a glossy paste. She then embosses on vellum using the Bubbly stencil. Love how those bubbles look like champagne popping from the bottle that Newton from the Newton's New Year stamp is holding. 

Ready for some romance?  Then Crystal Komera's red & white card will fit the bill!  She creates a shaker card filled with red and tan hearts. She frames it with a red, scalloped frame using the Framework die set.  She adds the purr-fect feline couple from the Newton's Sweetheart stamp and die set. Don't you just love those little golden brown stripes?  She places her shaker element on a red & white plaid backdrop and finishes it off with a bow of twine. {sigh} So romantic!

Debbie Owens designs a beautiful condolence card for the loss of a fur baby. Her water colored  rainbow provides a soothing background on which she places the vellum clouds using the Sky Borders die set. She heat embosses the cat from the Furr-ever Friends stamp set in black. Using the Frames & Flags die set, she creates the center panel and adds ribbon, twine, and a splattering of sequins. She balances the card with black and white washi tape. A beautiful card to provide some comfort for those who've lost a pet. 

Is anyone else missing the sun?  If so, you will definitely enjoy Diane Morales' bright, cheerful card!  With its bright yellow card base, Diane adds a lime green plaid background created using one one of the stencils from the Plaid Stencil set.  She adds a white center panel and stamps the 'Hello Sunshine' sentiment from the Lemon Twist stamp set.  She also adds the lemon and lemon slices from the Lemon Twist stamp set and die set.  A perfect card for a gloomy day!

Sue T. gives us a beautiful card of whimsy and fantasy. Using dies from the Frames Squared and Frames & Flags die sets, she creates layers of white for her cloud scene.  She fabricates a beautiful rainbow using the Sunscape stencil and layers on the clouds using the Sky Borders die set. She then adds the fantastical unicorn from the Believe in Unicorns stamp and die set.  Don't you just love how the mane and tail mimic the colors of the rainbow background?  Sue adds dimensional tape throughout the card to give the card a "puffy" cloud feel!

Create a project using the Challenge Sketch. 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #113 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 #113  Winner!

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

Gail creates this fun step card with Newton and his latte taking center stage! This cute feline is from the Newton Loves Coffee stamp set as is the sentiment. Just love how she splatters the challenge colors behind Newton.  A fun card to celebrate a birthday!

Congrats to Gail!  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 #113 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

Vicki  creates a wonderfully balanced card with lots of geometric elements. She 

distresses her background in the challenge colors then uses the Serene Stripes stencil to create a wonderful layer that adds a lot of interest. She then adds two square frames and balances them with a blue circle die. She adds the typewriter using the My Type stamp and die set.  

Sue's FAVE

April Hutton wows with her vertical alcohol-inked stripes. She then colors the flowers from the Dainty Daisies stamp set in pale blues, which will have many of us longing for spring.  She balances her card with the sentiment again from the Dainty Daisies set. The strip of silver and glitter on the flowers' petals add a nice touch of sparkle. 

Becky's FAVE

Mary Reiner will have you singing along with this darling card with the music sheet score in the background created by the Music stencil. She adds a silvery scallop-edged frame using the Frames Squared die set. Mary then colors the singing trio from the Caroling Newton stamp and die set spectacularly using the challenge colors. Don't you just love how she added snowflakes on the kittens?

Debbie's FAVES

Bright bold colors and patterns make Meghan's card a hit!  With a lime green card base, Meghan adds a houndstooth pattern paper layer. She layers hexagonal frames in lime green and white on which she adds the two cacti from the Cuppa Cactus stamp and die set in their teal and blue striped cups. The sentiment probably rings true for many of us!  

April  really wowed us with the stunning alcohol ink triangular panel with it's stripe of silver. She adds lightly shaded peony flowers using the Peony Blooms stamp set.  She balances her design by stamping the sentiment in the lower bottom corner.  She adds some teal bling to finish!  

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.