Inky Paws Challenge #137 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: 

 Lime Green, Grass Green, Red, White

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Debbie Owens combines the Slimline Frames & Windows and the Slimline Frames & Porthole die sets to create the frames in red and lime green. Using the Plaid stencil, she makes a fun plaid background that she die cuts for the windows. She adds a banner in the center window with the sentiment from the Sentiments of the Season stamp set. On the ends she adds the darling Winston images from the Winston's Home for Christmas stamp set.  Totally sweet!

Don't those reindeer behind Santa a wonderful touch to Diane Morales' holiday card. Using a Kraft card base, Diane uses the Reindeer stencil to ink on the critters which she die cuts using the postage-edged die from the Framework die set. She adds a scallop-edged circle using the Circle Frames die set. On top of it, she adds the sentiment. She adds the sweet feline from the Santa Paw Newton stamp and cuts with the coordinating die. She adds the directional sign just in case Santa drinks too much eggnog!  Just too cute!

 You might be tempted to sing along with this darling trio!  Sue T. creates this musical card beginning with the pretty green paper with snowflakes. She adds the musical notes using the Music stencil and die cuts using the rounded rectangle die from the Frames & Flags die set.  She wonderfully colors her kittens from the Caroling Newton stamp and die set and adds speech bubbles die cut from the Speech Bubbles. Delightful!

 Time to holiday decorations!  Becky Noelle adds a beautiful white background using the Holiday Foliage stencil. {sigh} She then die cuts a tag using the Fancy Edges Tag die set and tucks a bit of green from the side.  She adds the lady from the Christmas Trimmings stamp set die set. The red and white twine and white on red sentiment from the Sentiments of the Season stamp set add a lovely touch of color to this fabulous CAS card!

Crystal Komara creates a shadow box/tunnel card that is filled with lots of holiday cheer!  On the front, she adds a white, scallop-edged panel using the Framework die set. She adds lime green pine tree using the Forest Scene Builder die set and the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Sentiments of the Season stamp set in red and the other in black. Inside, you'll find a downtown scene all decked out in holiday colors!  Crystal uses the Main Street Christmas stamp and die set for her city scene and adds the vintage car from the Destination Christmas stamp and die set. More pine trees, a splattering of red snowflakes, and a banner with a sentiment from the Main Street Christmas stamp set.  Oh holiday happiness!

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, December 4, 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 #137

This biweekly challenge is a:

Colors Challenge

Create a project using the colors:

 Lime Green, Grass Green, Red, 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, December 4, 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 leaves her comfort zone of kitties by bring us this darling puppy card! Using the Circle Frames die set, she creates a circle card filled with holiday fun. In red, lime, and green, she shades the holiday images stamped using the Christmas Roundabout stamp set. Her main attraction is the Christmas canine from the Christmas Puppies stamp set. A super fun way to wish a dog-lovin' a Merry Woof-mas!

Diane Morales showcases the VW bus from the Destination Christmas stamp set on her CAS tag. (So loving these vintage vehicles!) She layers her tag with layers of red and lime green.  Such a playful way to use the challenge colors!

Sue T. gives us a classic card using the Poinsettia Blooms stamp and die set. She places her gorgeous flowers on a circle die cut with the lime snowflakes using the Petite Snow stencil. She places all on a green scallop-edged circle, again using the Circle Frames die set. She stamps the sentiment from the Sentiments of the Seasons stamp set in bold black.  A beautiful card for the upcoming season!

 Becky Noelle is back with her amazing stenciling skills. For her card, she showcases the newly released Tiny Trees stencil. She magically creates two-toned trees in lime and green.  She goes back and adds some red dot accents to a few of her trees.  She then embosses the sentiment from the Ornamental Wishes stamp set in white on a red card stock. She fussy cuts the sentiment and adds dimension with foam tape!  Don't you love the modern feel of this card?

Crystal Komara begins her darling card with a lime-green argyle paper that works perfectly for this challenge. She continues with a scallop-edged rectangle from the Frames & Flags die set. Then she showcases the pair of nutcrackers from the Nutcrackers stamp and die set in red and greens.  Using the coordinating die  set, she cuts out the sentiment in red.  Fabulous way to use the challenge colors!

Create a project using the colors: Lime Green, Grass Green, Red, White

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #136 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 #136 Winner!

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

Dee creates a flip card showcasing Newton from the Newton's Antics stamp set. She adds a speech bubble using the Speech Bubbles die set. Don't you love the pretty flower paper and the color scheme?  A fun way to celebrate a birthday!

Congrats to  Dee!  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 #136 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

Scrappy Horses hand draws the background of pine needles and places Newton from the Ornamental Newton stamp and die set. She adds a big, gingham bow and shiny sequins that are purr-fect touches.  Does this give anyone else nightmares of their fur babies playing in the tree?  LOL

Debbie's FAVE

Farhana showcases her first Newton's Nook Designs stamp set--Happy Little Thoughts! She pairs it with her favorite die set--Slimeline Frame & Portholes.   Don't you love her color combination and the trio of wreaths?  So pretty!

Diane's FAVE

Priscilla Joseph wows with her vibrant, rainbow colors!  She combines the Tropical Leaves stencil with the Flip Flop Life stamp and die set for a fun card that just screams-warm, tropical fun!  

Sue's FAVE

Clair L. showcases a new favorite stamp set by Newton's Nook Designs. This is the newly released Holiday Posts stamp and die set. Though a simple design, Clair uses a beautiful color combination.  Don't you love her ombre background? {sigh!}

Becky's FAVE

Clair L. showcases the 2020 Newton's Nook Designs STAMPtember Exclusive stamp set by inking rectangles behind the critters in their jean pockets!  The bright, vibrant colors make this a fave!

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 #136 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: Use your favorite NND stamp set!

Today I have some more inspiration for this Challenge! 

Crystal Komara uses alcohol inks to make her wintery, pastel background.  She sets her forest scene using the Forest Scene Builder die set to make her trees and the Land Borders die set for her snowy ground. Her woodland critters from the Festive Fawns stamp and die set look like they are filling their day with holiday cheer!

 Debbie Owens showcases one of her favorite NND images--fawns!  Creating a square card with a wood grain layer cut from the Frames Squared  die set.  She heat embosses the "Season's Greetings" in white on black card stock using a sentiment from the Ornamental Wishes stamp set.  She uses a fawn depicting each season pulling images from the Festive Fawns, the Woodland Spring, the Woodland Picnic, and the Harvest Tails stamp sets.  She adds red & white twine and sequins for festive touches!

Diane Morales takes us on a little trip to the United Kingdom!  In colors of the Union Jack, she creates a red, white, and blue background using the Plaid stencil and die cut using the scallop-edged frame from the Frames & Flags die set. She creates her circle frames using dies from the Circle Frames die set.  Her main attraction, of course, is Newton from the Newton Loves London stamp and die set with icons from England!  Do you have a favorite Newton Dreams of stamp set?  

Sue T.'s card is all about the pink!  Starting with a square based die cut using the Frames Squared die set with a snowy pink paper,  she then uses the Circle Frames die set to created her circular panels and adds large, shimmering flakes using the Snowfall stencil. She adds pink {sigh} pine trees using the Whispering Pines stamp and coordinating die set. That precious kitty in her pink accessories is from the Sweater Weather stamp and die set. She finishes by stamping the sentiment from the Sentiments of the Season stamp set on a speech bubble die cut from the Speech Bubbles die set.  Pretty in pink!  

  

 Becky Noelle puts a holiday spin using  her absolute favorite stencil,  Tropical Leaves stencil. (Don't you love how she added the trio of red dots for an added holiday touch?)  She continues by die cutting out a circle using the Circle Frames die set. Her holiday scene comes from the Sun Soaked Christmas stamp set. Super festive!  So what stencil is your favorite?  

I hope these projects have inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, November 20, 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 #136

This biweekly challenge is a:

Theme Challenge: Use your favorite NND stamp set!

Create a project using the theme--Use your favorite NND stamp set!

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 20, 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! 

Crystal Komara chooses her very first Newton's Nook stamp set to showcase as her favorite.  She uses the three kitty images from the Santa Paws stamp and coordinating die set and arranges them around the panels from the Slimline Frames & Windows die set.  The red and white diagonal paper coordinates purr-fectly with the Santa's suit!  Thanks Crystal for sharing showcasing your favorite set!

 Debbie Owens couldn't quite narrow it down to one stamp set, but combines two Newton Christmas sets to create this little scene. Set atop a red and a green layer die cut using the Slimline Frames & Portholes die set, she begins her little story with Newton (Newton's Curious Christmas stamp set) anxiously awaiting Santa's arrival.  The next panel shows Santa (Santa Paws Newton stamp set) sliding down the chimney.  Cut to the last scene, you'll spy Santa (Santa Paws Newton stamp set) pulling out presents for our beloved Newton!  Deb stamps the sentiment from the Newton's Christmas Kittens stamp set on a banner die cut using the Frames & Flags die set.  Super fun!

Diane Morales also showcases her very first stamp set from Newton's Nook Designs, Naughty Newton and coordinating die set.! This set features Newton getting into lots of mischief!  Diane pairs Newton up with those spectacular daisies from the Dainty Daisies stamp set and cut using the coordinating die set.   As many of you may have noticed, Diane likes to deviate from traditional A2 cards. This is a square card created using the Frames Squared die set. 

Sue T. shares her "go-to" stamp set, ! For this cute card, she adds splashes of water using the Waves & Splashes stencil in the circle of her sunray background. Then she adds the darling shark from the Shark Bites stamp and die set with his big, friendly smile!  She adds the sentiment in a speech bubble die cut using the Speech Bubbles die set. 

 Becky Noelle selects the All Aboard for Christmas stamp and die set as her favorite!  This set is perfect for slimline cards, and Becky uses the Slimline Frames & Portholes die set to begin her scene.  She makes some small snowy hills using the Land Borders die set. Peeking behind those hills are some snow-tipped trees die cut from the Forest Scene Builder die set.  Then she adds the train filled with all the critters and presents from the All Aboard for Christmas stamp and die set. The puffy clouds and pom-poms are perfect touches!

Create a project using the theme--Use your favorite NND stamp set!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Inky Paws Challenge #135 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 #135 Winner!

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

Mary-Anne V.  creates a fun snowy scene for the trio of adventure-seeking kittens.  These critters are from the Newton's Toboggan stamp and die set.  She adds snowflakes for more winter ambiance!  What a fun way to send holiday greetings!

Congrats to  Mary-Anne V!  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 #135 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

Claire L.  adds the little strip of outer space which is a fabulous use of the sketch. She adds Newton from the Cosmic Newton stamp and coordinating die set and shades his ship in colors of the rainbow!  A darling way to send encouragement!  

Crystal's FAVE

Valerie  snowy sky and hilly landscape is a fabulous interpretation of the sketch!  She adds the trio of snow-lovin' kittens from the Newton's Toboggan stamp and die set.  Bring on the snow, indeed!

Debbie's FAVE

Amy T. creates a striking background using the Flying Bats stencil and distress inks. Her colors are so vibrant!  Then there's Vampire Newton from the Batty Newton stamp and die set with his teal wings.  She uses the Circle Frames die set for circular frame.  A great way to end the Halloween season!

Diane's FAVE

Bhavya also uses the sketch in a fun way by using the layers of snow for her diagonal stripes. She creates a spectacular pink background with fluffy snowflakes sprinkling down on her snowman and kitty from the Newton's Curious Christmas stamp and die set. A speCATular wintery scene!

Sue's FAVE

Sandi Pressley uses bold graphic colors that really showcases this polar bear couple from the retired stamp set, Holiday Smooches stamp set. The little heart between them is a wonderful touch.  Just love the blue and red against that black!

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.