Inky Paws Challenge #135

This biweekly challenge is a:

Sketch Challenge

Create a project using this 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, November 6, 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! 

 Becky Noelle fun interpretation of the sketch showcases the little spider image from the Spooky Street stamp set. Set on a black-scalloped frame die cut using the Frames & Flags die set, she adds a white cobweb using the Spiderweb stencil on a white-splattered black background.  She uses a circle die from the Circle Frames die set and pulls her frame apart at a diagonal.  She adds the sentiment from the Batty Newton stamp set.  Doesn't that spider look darling hanging hanging from the black twine!  Eeek!

Crystal Komara's brightly colored birthday card is sure to delight the recipient . On a purple-scalloped frame cut using the Frames & Flags die set , Crystal adds rainbow-colored paper set on a diagonal.  Using the Balloon Shaker die set, she stamps the bold sentiments from the Birthday Essentials stamp set in the center of the balloons and adds color-coordinating sequins!  Let the celebrations begin!

 Debbie Owens use of the dotted line embossing folder and string pattern paper provide a fabulous background to showcase the feline from the Newton Unwinds stamp set on his giant ball of yarn!  She die cuts her pattern paper using the rounded-corner die from the Frames & Flags die set to give her panel a stitched look.  The little ball of yarn below the sentiment is a fun, playful touch!  

Diane Morales uses bright, bold stripes against a black card base to make a striking Halloween card.  Her black card base has been die cut using the scalloped-frame from the Frames & Flags die set. She die cuts her white circle using the Circle Frames die set and stamps the sentiment. Her trio of costume-clad felines from the Newton's Costume Party stamp set and coordinating die set look ready for a night of trick-or-treating!

Sue T.'s Halloween card is sure to spook. For her diagonal stripes, Sue uses a combination of Halloween paper and Washi tape in traditional Halloween colors--orange and black.  She then adds the Spooky Roundabout image from the Spooky Roundabout stamp set and die cuts using the large circle die from Circle Frames die set.  She then stamps an additional roundabout and fussy cuts the ghosts out.  She adds them to her card with some foam tape to have them pop up!  How fun!

Create a project using the above sketch.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #134 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 #134 Winner!

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

Betty T. uses leftover glitter papers to created this darling Halloween card! In the background, she adds a shimmery background using the Pumpkin Patch stencil. Atop the glittery paper, she adds the Halloween puppies from the Happy Howl-oween stamp and die set. At the top she also adds the owl from the Boo Hoo stamp set.  Pulling a sentiment from the Batty Newton stamp set, she embosses and adds it to her card!  A super fun way to wish a loved one Happy Halloween!

Congrats to  Betty 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 #134 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

Claire L. creates an amazing CAS card by partially distressing the background using the Meow stencil in shades of orange to yellow. She wonderfully colors the black kitten a top of his big purple ball of yarn from the Newton Unwinds stamp and die set. Her sentiment is embossed in white on a black banner that really pulls the card together wonderfully!  Sweet!

Becky's FAVE

Amy T.'s spooky background uses the Clouds stencil she stamps the haunted house and gravestones from the Spooky Street stamp set to add to her spooky scene.  From black card stock she adds the landscaped die cutting hills and grass using the Land Borders die set.  Front and center is the kitty in her fashionable boot from the Witchy Newton stamp and die set. Her final touch of bats die cut using the bat from Halloween Trio die set.

Crystal's FAVE

Priscilla's use of the Flying Bats stencil to create a spook-tacular background for her trio of kittens from the Newton's Costume Party stamp and die set. Aren't they darling in their fun costumes?  She places everything atop a purple scalloped frame die cut using the  Slimline Frames & Windows die set.  A wonderful use of the challenge colors!

Debbie's FAVE

Papierelle creates a most amazing window scene!  Her bricked wall and vellum window is gorgeously colored.  Look closely at you'll see the outline of a sleeping kitty.  Then open the card up and you'll see our sweet Newton on a pile of quilts and blankets from the Newton's Naptime stamp set. What a fabulously designed card to showcase a cat's favorite pastime!  A nap!

Diane's FAVE

Farhana took the Halloween-like colors of the challenge in a different direction. She created a bold birthday card using the Birthday Roundabout stamp set. She embossed the image in white and distressed the rectangular strips in orange, purple, and yellow. She places them strategically on a black card based. The birthday sentiment is embossed in white and looks striking on the black base!  

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 #134 Reminder

Don't forget - There's still time to play along with our latest Inky Paws Challenge!

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 colors: orange, purple, yellow, and black.

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Sue T. creates black on black layers to showcase her spookily-cute tag.  Her second black layer has the postage-edging that adds a nice texture and was created using the large frame die from the Framework die set. Sue distresses in orange her tag which was die cute using  Fancy Edges Tag die set.  She goes back and uses the Spiderweb stencil to add a black cobweb.  There's no spider on this web! Instead, Sue adds the darling duo from the Happy Howl-oween stamp and die set. Aren't they darling in their cute costumes?  

 Becky Noelle's midnight scene with the dark purple sky and black silhouettes of trees and fence from the Forest Scene Builder and the Fence die sets make for an eerie backdrop.  She adds black hills using the Land Borders die set for her black kitties to romp. Those black kitties are from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp and die set. A Halloween scene filled with spooks and sweetness!

Crystal Komara creates a vibrant background in orange and purple with lots of speckles. She uses the Slimline Frames & Windows die set to make a black window frame which she fills with some overly large letters that spell BOO!  She pulls out two of the images from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp and die set and colors her pumpkins orange and purple.  The addition of the 3D bats is a spook-tacular touch to this fabulous card!

 Debbie Owens creates layers of Halloween fun!  Starting with the purple scallop-edged background using the Frames & Flags die set, she embosses using the Spiderweb stencil and embossing paste and distress ink.  She adds the scallop-edged circle die cut using the largest die from the Circle Frames die set and distresses the edge in purple. She features the Spooky Roundabout stamp set on it and colors the images in orange, yellow, and black.  She adds a black banner (Frames & Flags die set) and embosses the sentiment in white.  She stamps and colors the trio of trick-or-treaters from the Halloween Trio stamp set.  She pulls the candy images from the Candy Corn and the Halloween stamp sets and scatters them around her sweet critters.  A fun way to combine products for a layered Halloween card!

 

Diane Morales takes a simplicity approach to the challenge creating this absolutely darling Halloween card! Using the Slimline Frames & Portholes die set, she creates the black, scallop-edged card base. She creates a spooky background using the Ghosts stencil and gradients the challenge colors. She adds a black hill using the Land Borders die set and adds the Trick-or-Treat sentiment using the die from the Halloween Trio die set.  She die cuts several bat images using the same set and scatters the bats among the ghosts!  Spook-tacular!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, October 23, 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 #134

This biweekly challenge is a:

Colors Challenge

Create a project using the colors-orange, purple, yellow, 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, October 23, 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! 

Sue T. is felling batty with this clean and simple Halloween card. On her white card base, she adds two horizontal stripes using black tape.  On her large circle cut using a large circle die from the Circle Frames die set. She creates a purple, cloudy sky using the Clouds stencil and adds a colony of black bats using the Flying Bats stencil. And who is in the middle of those bats?  Newton from the Batty Newton stamp and die set, of course, donning his cute bat costume!  Sue stamps the sentiment on a speech bubble using the Speech Bubbles die set.  She outlines around the bubble to give it a personal touch!  Delightfully done!

 Becky Noelle is back with her amazing fussy cutting skills!  This time she stamps the image from the Spooky Roundabout stamp set twice, colored all the little Halloween spooks and candies before cutting each one out!  She then glues them on her die cut card stock.  She used the scallop-edged die from the Frames & Flags die set. She places this on an angle and adheres to a black card base.  Her white embossed sentiment and black scallop edging are her final touches to this delightful card!

Crystal Komara will wow you with her Halloween cocktails!  They look spook-tacular!  Beginning with a slim card base, she adds an orange background on which she adds her amazing water colored panel. Using the Slimline Frames & Windows die set, she layers a black outline frame with an orange pattern paper panel in the center window.  Using the Cocktail Mixer stamp and die set, she adds an array of cocktails shaded in Halloween colors. Eeek, how fun!  For her finale, she adds Newton 

 from Batty Newton stamp and die set in all his costume cuteness!  

Debbie Owens uses lots of purple!  Beginning with a distressed purple background she lightly splatters on some white. She adds a black landscape by creating grass and hills die cut using the Land Borders die set. Hidden in the tall, black grass, you'll find some colorful pumpkins and a kitten popping out of one. These are from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp set.  To balance her card, she adds the puppy in his pumpkin from the Pug-kin mini stamp set. Flying by the black moon die cut using the circle from the Slimline & Portholes die set is Newton in his vampire costume!  This little guy is from the Batty Newton stamp set!  A spook-tacular scene!

Diane Morales creates a clean and simple Halloween card that is filled with spooky cuteness.  On a lavender card base, she adds a black panel.  Shes an orange and a golden yellow vertical stripes.  For her central element, she uses the Spooky Roundabout stamp set and colors them in lavender, orange, and yellow.  The white embossed sentiment looks striking against the black.  Fab-BOO-lous!

Create a project using the colors--orange, purple, yellow, and black

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #133 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 #133 Winner!

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

Farhana S. uses the Fall Fringe stamp set to create this bright, bold, and beautiful card.  After stamping the image, she cuts the image in strips and distresses each one in a beautiful autumn color.  She adheres with dimensional tape in an artsy pattern.  She stamps the sentiment from the Fall Roundabout stamp set in white.  A creative way to use this stamp set!

Congrats to  Farhana! 

 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 #133 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

Anushree makes this darling tag that could easily double as a lovely bookmark! She uses the Dainty Daisies stamp set and shades them in autumn colors. She creates a tag and adds a craft tag behind. The touch of teal splatters and enameled dots add a wonderful touch!  Just darling!

Sue's FAVE

Bhavya features bright colors of purple, pink, golden yellow, and orange for her fabulous fall card. She showcases the gray tabby kitten from the Autumn Newton stamp set.  Doesn't he look adorable in those colorful leaves on the distressed background?  A lovely way to celebrate fall!

Becky's FAVE

Angie Cimbalo creates a striking autumn CAS card.  Her water coloring of the leaves from the Beautiful Leaves stamp in autumn colors are just gorgeous.  She uses the coordinating die to cut them and add them to the card.  Fabulously done!

Crystal's FAVE

Farhana delights with her lovely autumn card featuring the flowers from the Sunflower Days stamp set.  Her combination of pink and yellow with the sunflower is a beautiful color combination!  She adds some pearls for an added touch of elegance!  Beautiful!

Debbie's FAVE

Claire L.'s CAS pumpkin spice card is just darling. She uses the pumpkin image from the Pumpkin Latte stamp set and some creative masking to add more pumpkins to the coffee-lovin' lady's arms. Her distress background adds a nice contrast. Don't you love the pumpkins falling from the stack?  I can so relate! 

Hope everybody is doing good, can't wait to see what you guys do for the next challenge.

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 #133 Reminder

Don't forget - There's still time to play along with our latest Inky Paws Challenge!

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: Autumn  

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Diane Morales uses the postage-edge frame die from the Framework die set to begin her card. She stamps and colors the falling leaves from the Fall Roundabout stamp set in gorgeous autumn colors. She adds the scalloped circle die cut from the Circle Frames die set.  In the center, she adds Newton from the Newton's Flower Garden stamp and die set enjoying some autumn flowers.  She makes a vertical banner die cut using the Frames & Flags die set and stamps the "Happy Fall" sentiment.  Total cuteness!

Sue T. showcases the image from the Paw-tumn Newton stamp and die set. She adds a black banner with a white embossed sentiment from the Fall Roundabout stamp set. She die cuts the postage-edged white frame using the die from the Framework die set. Such a pretty clean, crisp autumn card!

Becky Noelle also uses the Fall Roundabout stamp set for her autumn card. Her use of copper embossing powder add a perfect touch of elegance to her leaves. She frames her falling leaves using the window panel from the Slimline Frames & Windows die set. She pulls the "Happy Fall" sentiment from the Harvest Tails stamp set and stamps it on the banner.  A festive and fabulous fall card!

Crystal Komara combines wood grain paper, plaid, and gingham papers for a fabulous setting for her trio of mice.  She uses the window panel die from the Slimline Frames & Windows die set for her trio of windows.  In each, she adds a busy mouse from Autumn Mice stamp and die set hurriedly getting ready for autumn! Adorable!

Debbie Owens combines dies from the Slimline Frames & Portholes and Slimline Frames & Windows die sets to create her olive green frame with grass die cut using the Land Borders die set. She distresses the panels in yellow and adds leaves and acorns from the Autumn Leaves die set in the outermost corners. She then stamps and fussy cuts three acorn-laden squirrels from the Harvest Tails stamp set. She also stamps and cuts out the deer and places a squirrel inside the wagon.  Such a fun scene of squirrels getting ready for winter!

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