Inky Paws Challenge #117 Reminder

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

Here'a a refresher.

Sketch Challenge--Use the sketch below. 

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge:

Diane Morales interprets the sketch in such an inspiring way!  She goes with a circular card! Her background paper with all the love phrases fabulously compliments the whale and sentiment from the Tides of Love stamp set. She adds some blue waves using the Sea Borders die set and adds some hearts and lavender bow! Cleverly done!

Sue T. brings us some welcome sunshine with this bright tropical card!  Choosing a color palette of lime green, orange, and pink, she selects coordinating papers. She adds her tag using the Fancy Edges Tag die set and adds the bright orange sun using the Sunscape Stencil.  The pink gingham hammock from the Aloha Newton stamp and die set is a perfect place for the orange tabby to take a tropical nap!  

 Becky Noelle brings us a welcome spring break!  She creates her textured background using the Floral Lace stencil. Using the Land Borders die set, she creates green grass. For her tag she uses the Fancy Edges Tag die set and stamps the girl on her bicycle from the Loads of Blooms stamp and die set.  Using flowers from the Woodland Spring stamp and die set, she adds motion to her card with the flowers flying out of the basket as the girl pedals by! Just so fun!

Crystal Komera uses alcohol ink to create this amazing swirling background for her Easter card. She adds a dark pink strip stamped with words for a nice touch. She adds her Newton from the Newton's Easter Basket stamp and die set and his colorful basket of peeps on her tag. The silver banner adds a perfect amount of bling!  

 Debbie Owens has going under the waves!  Using the Waves stencil, she creates her waves in cool colors. She cuts out the tag using the Fancy Edges Tag die set from her wave background and adds a purple tag beneath. She offsets the tag to give some dimension. She adds her Newton from the Scuba Newton stamp set and the crab from the Tides of Love stamp set. She adds a sandy banner using the Frames & Flags die set and cuts the entire backdrop from the postage-stamp die from the Framework die set.

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, February 28, 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 #117

This biweekly challenge is a:

Sketch Challenge

Create a project using the challenge 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, February 28, 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!   

Diane Morales creates this fabulous card by stamping the caution sentiment from the Cuppa Cactus stamp on dark yellow strips of paper to make it look like caution tape. Clever! She adds this tape to her construction scene which features a front-loader tractor from the Love Quarry stamp and die set. She uses the Fancy Edges Tag die set to create her tag. Don't you love the orange, red, maroon, and dark yellow color scheme? Delightful!

Sue T. designs this sweet, pink card which is full of romance! She creates her postage-stamp edged layer using the Framework die set. With coordinating papers, she adds her stripe and banner. She distresses hearts on her tag using the Fancy Edges Tag die set. She lightly colors the romantic feline couple from the Newton's Sweetheart stamp and die set and adds red speech bubbles from the Speech Bubble die set with white embossed sentiments from the Cat-itude stamp set.

With the textured background from the Plaid stencil set, Becky Noelle creates this elegant card. She adds the black and tan ribbon with a light green banner using the Frames & Flags die set. She layers the delicate lily from the Little Lilies stamp set onto a Kraft tag die cut from the Fancy Edges Tag die set. The Happy Little Thoughts stamp set provides for the perfect sentient.

Crystal Komera has create this fabulous St. Patty's Day card using the Newton's Pot of Gold stamp and die set. She begins with festive green plaid papers with a black stripe layered on top. The gold-sparkly banner is a perfect touch! She creates a light green tag with white embossed shamrocks and sentient. Don't you love the leprechaun kitty next to his pot of gold?

 Debbie Owens creates a tropical forest scene using the Tropical Leaves Stencil and several shades of distress inks. she die cuts with the Framework die set and removes a portion for the stripe. She die cuts a cork banner using the Frames & Flags die set. The tag from the Fancy Edges Tag die set was distressed with green ink and stamped with the lovely toucan couple from the Toucan Party stamp set. She adds two colors of green twine to finish this fun tropical forest card!

Create a project using the challenge sketch. 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #116 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 #116 Winner!

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

Mugdha creates a darling tag that any teacher would adore. Starting with a kraft card stock tag, she adds the apple-laden teacher from the Classy Teachers stamp set. She adds the sentiment on a little label and some ties jute at the top. Cuteness!

Congrats to Mugdha.  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 #116 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

Here's a perfect card for the must-have coffee person in your life!  Meghan uses the two cacti images from the Cuppa Cactus stamp and die set and shades them and their mugs in the challenge colors. Using coordinating papers in teals and red, she creates fun layers accented with a red accented circle. With the red hearts and the multiply sentiments, it's a card any coffee lover would enjoy!

Diane's FAVE

KT Fit Kitty shows us a way to get more out of her Newton Makes Plans stamp and die set. Using hearts from the challenge colors, she layers two of them, a paperclip and one of the kitty images from the Newton Makes Plans stamp set. How fun to use these in one's planner or as a bookmark in a good chapter book!

Sue's FAVE

A. Rose wows with some of the puppies from the Woof Pack stamp set. She stamps them in the corner of her card and colors them in bright red, lime green, and red!  She balances the card by stamping the sentiment in the other bottom corner. A fun, creative card!


Becky's FAVE

Mugdha dry embosses her white panel card stock that makes for a perfect background for her teal ink blended circle. She adds the kitty frolicing in the pink tropical flowers from the Aloha Newton stamp set. The colors and texture all work together for a beautiful card! 

Crystal's FAVE

Annette creates a simply beautiful and colorful card. Using shimmer powders she creates a vibrant background. She shades her flowers from the Peony Blooms stamp and die set in red and teal. She adds a center strip with a sentiment from the Holding Happiness 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 #116 Reminder

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

Here'a a refresher.

Color Challenge--Use the colors: 

Red, Teal, Green, and White!

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge:

Debbie Owens frames the sweet fawn in Woodland Spring stamp set with flowers from the Hibiscus Stencil set that she distressed on top of a blue blended oval. She adds the 'grateful' sentiment from the Thankful Thoughts stamp set. (Visit her blog to see 3 other version of this card.)

Diane Morales is back with another darling tag!  Starting with the red paper with the white hearts, she continues with a white base on which she stamps the Happy Camper sentiment from the Cozy Campers stamp. She adds a nice green hill made from the Land Borders die set. She then adds her travel trailer from the Cozy Campers and die set in retro colors!  Love the pink hearts!

With an embossed white background, Sue T. adds a large red, stitched heart. she then stamps and colors the Floral Fringe stamp set in the challenge colors. She then cuts it out in a smaller heart which a fabulous way to stretch the Floral Fringe image. She stamps the sentiment in the middle and adds some pearl accents. Beautiful!

 Becky Noelle wows us with this pretty card!  She begins by using blue textured paste and the Tree Rings Stencil to create the background. She then adds red peonies from the Peony Blooms stamp and die set. She white embosses her sentiment on vellum and adds a stitched vellum border to the bottom.  Wowza!

Crystal Komera delights with her snow family in their festive attire!  With a pale blue gingham base, she adds the red scalloped frame (Frames & Flags die set). She stamps and colors the snow people from the Frosty Folks stamp and die set.  She stamps the sentiment in light blue and adds a lime-green twine bow!  

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, February 14, 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 #116

This biweekly challenge is a:

Color Challenge

Create a project using the colors--Red, Teal, Green, and White!

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 14, 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!   

Debbie Owens's card showcases the newly released Bokeh Hearts stencil set and the Newton's Crafty Cardio stamp set. Using the Frames & Flags die set, she makes a red frame and adds a second layer with teal colored hearts made from the Bokeh Hearts stencil set. Adding a red heart from the Darling Hearts die set, she then layers the kitty from the Newton's Crafty Cardio stamp set. She draws in a red heart on the kitty's paper to pull in the Valentine theme!  What a wonderful new stamp set that is sure to become a favorite!

Diane Morales  uses one of the stencils from the Plaid stencil set to create the green, red, and blue pattern for her background. She uses the Framework die set to give it the postage-stamp edge. From the same die set, she cuts a white frame and places her flowers from the Dainty Daisies stamp and die set.  Such a bright, fresh way to use the challenge colors!

Sue T. mixes mugs from the Cup of Cocoa stamp and die set with bold black sentiments form the Cocktail Mixer stamp set. She adds fun papers in the challenge colors to get a perfect concoction of birthday cheer!  

 Becky Noelle creates a sweet, serene setting for her black and white cow from the Moo stamp and die set. On a scallop-edged base using the Frames & Flags die set, Becky adds green grass and rolling hills using the Land Borders die set. She adds puffy white clouds using the Cloudy Sky stencil on top of her clear, blue sky. The pop of red on the barn (Moo stamp and die set) provides the perfect final touch!  Moo-velous, indeed!

Feeling a little under the weather?  Then Crystal Komera's card is just what the doctor ordered!  On the light blue background die cut with the scallop-edged frame from Frames & Flags die set, she adds a green and blue plaid background. She adheres two shelves on the wall to hold medicine and a tissue box from the Newton's Sick Day stamp and die set. She also adds a darling feline nurse and patient from the same set. Don't you love the pop of red elements throughout the card?

Create a project using the colors--Red, Teal, Green, and White!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #115 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 #115 Winner!

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

Miss Boo uses the very punny stamp set, Love Bites, to create her darling Valentine's Day card. She places the two muffins on a white base with the sentiment then adheres to her dark pink card base. The big heart and pink heart paper are wonderful additions!

Congrats to Miss Boo.  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 #115 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!

Crystal's FAVE

Priscilla Joseph showcases the Newton's Movie Night stamp set with a Valentine's twist!  On her black card base she adds buttery-colored hearts as well as a few red ones falling down on the movie goers from the Newton's Movie Night stamp set!  She embosses the sentiment in white!  Vibrant and fun!

Debbie's FAVE

Billie blends a soft peach background on which she adds snowy white hills using the Land Borders die set. Using the tree from the Newton Hangs Out  stamp set and adds the birdhouse from the Newton's Birdhouse stamp set.  The deer from the Deer Friend stamp set are surrounded with red birds and a splattering of hearts!  Such a romantic, winter scene!

Diane's FAVE

Vicki creates a flip card that is just too cute!  She selects fun Valentine papers and partially cuts a heart on red card stock. She then adds a white heart and adds the birds from the Gull Friends stamp and die set.  Don't you love the little heart added to one of the gulls?  

Sue's FAVE

Vicki uses the Plaid stencil set to create a red and pink plaid background. She then die cuts it with a heart and adds a scallop-edged red heart.  She places her gray tabby cat from the Sending Hugs stamp and die set and adds a scrumptious-looking cupcake!  She adds several small hearts for her added touches!  Such a darling CAS card!


Becky's FAVE

Amy T.'s caffeinated card is just filled with fun!  She selects a pattern paper with rows and rows of coffee cups and dies cut using the Framework die set. This makes the perfect background for her tag from the Fancy Edges Tag die set with it's latte-loving kitty from the Newton Loves Coffee stamp and die set. The red bow and enameled hearts are perfect touches to complete this fabulous 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.