Monday, March 10, 2025

Inky Paws Challenge #238 Week 2

Welcome to Inky Paws'

March Challenge!

For March, we have a spring theme to play with!

You have several more weeks to get creative with showers and flowers using your NND Products!

You until Friday, March 28, 2025 (Midnight, CST) to play along. Each DT member will pick a favorite project to showcase, AND one RANDOM entry will win a $20 store credit to Newton's Nook Design online shop! The winners will be announced on the NND blog the following Monday. Make sure you check the challenge rules page before you link up your project.

Here's some inspiration.

This month theme-Showers & Flowers-can be used for so many different themed cards. Let's get some inspiration from the IPC team:

Claire's spring card features Newton's Umbrella, Hexagon Frames, and Spring Blooms by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #springcards, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #cardmaking, #catcards

Claire Lamb creates a darling sky using the cloudy sky paper from the Spring Blooms paper pad cut using dies from the Hexagon Frames die set. Her black kitty from the Newton's Umbrella stamps and coordinating die set is enjoying his ride among the clouds with his bright yellow umbrella. Such a clever and fun card!

Crystal Minkler utilizes the Petite Clouds and the Hills & Grass stencil sets to create her beautiful spring day on a stitched panel (Basic Frames die set). She adds her lavender flowers from the Dainty Daisies stamp and coordinating die set. Her card has been yearning for green grass and fresh blooms!

Danni Bindel also brings us beautiful lavender flowers! Her gorgeous flowers are from the Floral Delights stamp and coordinating die set. She sets them a top a bright background created using the Frames & Tags die set and polka dotted papers from the Pastel Basics paper pad. The addition of the two butterflies is a wonderful finishing touch!

Debbie Owens uses the newly released Hyacinth stamp set on her trio of panels created using the A7 Frames & Banners die set. She places her floral panels on a stenciled background created using the Quatrefoill stencil. She stamps her sentiment on a hexagonal panel and frames it with a scalloped hexagon using the Hexagon Frames die set. Such a pretty way to showcase this new stamp set

Amy Tollner use so of yellow and green creates such a fresh and brilliant spring card! She creates her square-shaped card and panels using the Frames Squared die set. Those pretty designer papers come from the Spring Blooms paper pad. Don't you love the hexagonal panel (Hexagon Frames die set)? Her star attraction is the lovely lady from the Loads of Blooms stamp and coordinating die set. Amy finishes with a sentiment from the Spring Roundabout stamp set on a green banner). Fresh and delightful!

Don't forget you now have until March 28, 2025 to get

creative with the theme-Showers & Flowers.

Monday, March 3, 2025

Inky Paws Challenge #238 Week 1

Welcome to Inky Paws'

March Challenge!

For March, we have a spring theme to play with!

You have four weeks to get creative with showers and flowers using your NND Products!

You have from Monday, March 3, 2025 to Friday, March 28, 2025 (Midnight, CST) to play along. Each DT member will pick a favorite project to showcase, AND one RANDOM entry will win a $20 store credit to Newton's Nook Design online shop! The winners will be announced on the NND blog the following Monday. Make sure you check the challenge rules page before you link up your project.

Here's some inspiration.

This month theme-Showers & Flowers-has so many possibilities. Wedding cards? Easter cards? Welcome spring cards? Let's check out what the IPC team dreamed up:

Amy's friendship card features Newton's Rainy Day Trio, Raindrops, Spring Blooms, and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmakingideas, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #springcards, #catcards, #friendshipcards

Amy Tollner's trio of kitties (Newton's Rainy Day Trio stamp and coordinating die set) in their pink and lavender raincoats are just too cute! She adds some big blooms in the background using the daffodil paper from the Spring Blooms paper pad. Look closely and you'll spy some subtle raindrops made using the Raindrops stencil. The scallop edging was made using the Frames & Flags die set. A seriously adorable friendship card!

Claire's floral card features Floral Delights, Basic Frames, and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmakingideas, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #springcards, #floralcards, #flowercards

Claire Lamb's bold, bright flowers are just gorgeous! These blooms are from the Floral Delights stamps and coordinating die set. Claire adds a fuschia panel that really pops against the Kraft card base. Her stitched panels were made using the Basic Frames and the Frames & Tags die sets. An amazing card to send encouraging words!

Crystal's spring card features Newton's Rain Boots, Land Borders, Circle Frames, and Spring Blooms by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmakingideas, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #springcards, #catcards, #floralcards

Crystal Minkler's lavender card is filled with spring goodness! She pulls those beautiful papers from the Spring Blooms paper pad and creates a subtle curve using the Land Borders die set. She adds a vellum stitched circle (Circle Frames die set). She places those adorable boots from the Newton's Rain Boots stamp and coordinating die set atop her vellum. Her kitty and little ducky are just precious!

Danni's spring card features Umbrella Pals, Frames & Flags, and Basic Frames by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmakingideas, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #springcards, #umbrellacards, #rainddaycards

Danni Bindel creates a smooshed background that looks so much like rain. She adds two of the darling umbrellas from the Umbrella Pals stamp and coordinating die set. Her stitched layers were created using dies from the Frames & Flags and the Basic Frames die sets. A darling card to brighten someone's day!

Deb's spring card features Rainy Day Doxy, Newton's Umbrella, Spring Roundabout, Fractured Layout, and Petite Flowers by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmakingideas, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #springcards, #floralcards, #catcards, #dogcards, rainydaycards

Debbie Owens mixes it up with her pastel floral background using the Petite Flowers stencil in a rainbow of colors. She then uses the Fractured Card Layout die to create the black border. She adds her feline from the Newton's Umbrella stamp set and the canine from the Rainy Day Doxie stamp set with their colorful umbrellas. She adds the 'Spring is Here!' sentiment from the Spring Roundabout stamp set. Her card depicts the saying, "April showers bring May flowers!"

Don't forget you now have until March 28, 2025 to get

creative with the theme-Showers & Flowers.

Sunday, March 2, 2025

Inky Paws Challenge #237 Winners

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last

Inky Paws Challenge at the Newton's Nook Designs blog!

We loved seeing all the different ways you were inspired to use the challenge sketch!

Inky Paws Challenge #237 Prize Winner!

We've chosen one RANDOM winner using random.org to receive

a $20 Store Credit to Newton's Nook Designs!

Jennifer K.'s card features Puppy Reading List, Coffee Shop, and Coffee Silhouettes by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #puppycard, #cardchallenge, #cardmaking

Jennifer K.'s darling card featuring Puppy's Reading List stamp set, Coffee Shop paper pad, and Coffee Silhouettes die set is just too cute! She adds the little kitty from the Simon Says Stamp Exclusive (NND)Warm & Cozy Wishes stamp set.

Congrats to Jennifer K. Don't forget to send us an e-mail at

info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $20 store credit!

Inky Paws Challenge #237 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

Angy's card features Cup of Cocoa by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #hotchocolatecard, #coffeelovers, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge

Crystal loved the hot chocolate theme of Angy Hughes card with the bright colors and patterns of her papers! Those fun mugs of steaming hot chocolate are from the Cup of Cocoa stamp set. The overall card is simply scrumptious!

Danni's FAVE

Arlene's card features All Booked Up, Bookmark II, and A Cat's Life by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #dogcard, #puppycard, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #bookmark

Danni loved how Arlene added the die cut books (Bookmark II die set) for the square sketch element. Her orange card base coordinates wonderfully with the papers from the A Cat's Life paper pad. The star attraction is the bookmark with the puppy image from the All Booked Up stamp set. So, so cute!

Debbie's FAVE
Debbie loved the patterns and monochromatic color scheme of Christy's fabulous card! To create her many patterns, Christy uses the Quatrefoil stencil, the Trailing Leaves stencil, and papers from the Pastel Basics paper pad. Enjoying all the green is Newton from the Newton's Hanging Basket stamp and coordinating die set. Super cute!

Amy's FAVE
Jennifer K.'s darling card won over Amy with the reading and coffee theme. Add in a puppy and a kitten and you have an amazing card! Jennifer used Puppy's Reading List stamp set, Coffee Shop paper pad, and Coffee Silhouettes die set. Fabulously done!

Claire's FAVE
Claire loved Reading Newton on Jenn Borjeson's sweet card! This little fellow is from the Newton's Book Club stamp set. She uses a wonderful assortment of feline papers, and the little newspaper is such a fun touch! Nicely done!

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.

Monday, February 24, 2025

Inky Paws Challenge #237 Week 4

Welcome to Inky Paws'

February Challenge!

For the month of February

we have a fabulous sketch to play with!

You still have time to get creative with this layered sketch and your NND Products!

You have until Friday, February 28, 2025 (Midnight, CST) to play along. Each DT member will pick a favorite project to showcase, AND one RANDOM entry will win a $20 store credit to Newton's Nook Design online shop! The winners will be announced on the NND blog the following Monday. Make sure you check the challenge rules page before you link up your project.

Here's some inspiration.

Birthday cards, St. Patrick's Day cards, spring cards, maybe a jump start to Christmas cards? What occasion will you be inspired to use? Let's check out what the IPC created:

Deb's Halloween card features Pumpkin Patch, Halloween Party, Frames & Flags, Trick or Treat Newton, and Trick or Treat Puppy by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #inkypawschallenge, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns; #halloweencard, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #catcards, #dogcards

Debbie Owens has skipped all the spring holidays and jumped right into Halloween! Her card base features the Pumpkin Patch stencil in shades of pink and oranges. She then pulls a trio of papers from the Halloween Party paper pad and adds black mats to each to break up the many different patterns. She die cuts her banner using the Frames & Flags die set. She then adds a duo of trick-or-treaters from the Trick or Treat Newton and the Trick or Treat Puppy stamp set. There's a lot going on in Deb's card, but all those different elements add up to a festive Halloween card!

Amy's Easter card features Newton's Peeps, Springtime, Spring Blooms, and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #catcards, #eastercards, #springcards, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge

Amy Tollner is sharing her delightful Easter card filled with flowers, butterflies, and peeps! Her wonderful combination of papers come from the Springtime and the Spring Blooms paper pads . She uses the banner die from the Frames & Flags die set for her butterfly banner. Her start attraction is her gray tabby from the Newton's Peeps stamp and coordinating die set who seems to be delight with his basketful of peeps! A colorful way to celebrate Easter!

Claire creates her caffeinated card using Coffee Delights, Bright Basics, and A Dog's Life by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #coffeelovers, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #coffeecards

Claire Lamb is using a favorite combination of colors-teal, read, and pink! {sigh!} She showcases the tower of mugs from the Coffee Delights stamp and coordinating die set. Her teal and red papers from the Bright Basics and A Dog's Life paper pads mimic the hearts and stripes on a couple of mugs! So much caffeinated cuteness!

Crystal's St. Patty's Day card showcases Newton's Pot of Gold, Circle Frames, and Pastel Basics by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #catcards, #stpatricksday, #stpatricksdaycards, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge

Crystal Minkler is celebrating St. Patrick's Day with this festive, green card! She features Newton from the Newton's Pot of Gold stamp set set atop three green pattern papers from the Pastel Basics paper pad. Her circular vellum element was cut using the Circle Frames die set. Such a wonderful combination of patterns for this delightful card!

Danni's thank you card showcases Dainty Daisies, Bright Basics, and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #thankyoucards, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #springcards, #daisycards

Danni Bindel's rainbow of pattern papers brightens one day! She pulls a slew of papers from the Bright Basics paper pad and cuts her main panel and banner with dies from the Frames & Flags die set. She adds a sprig of daisies from the Dainty Daisies stamp and coordinating die set to make a card fill with gratitude and cheerfulness!

Don't miss out on a chance to win a $20 store credit to Newton's Nook Designs. Link up by February 28!

Monday, February 17, 2025

Inky Paws Challenge #237 Week 3

Welcome to Inky Paws'

February Challenge!

For the month of February

we have a fabulous sketch to play with!

You still have time to get creative with this layered sketch and your NND Products!

Here's some inspiration.

Sketches can be used for all occasions. This week several IPC memberse showed their creativity with a farm theme! Let's check them out!

Danni's birthday card features Cocktail Mixer, Birthday Party and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #birthdaycard, #catcard

Danni Bindel designs this festive birthday card using papers from the Birthday Party paper pad with cocktails from the Cocktail Mixer stamp and coordinating die set. Using the

Frames & Flags die set, she creates the scallop-edging and the banner! Time to celebrate!

Debbie's birthday card features Barn, Moo, Farmyard, and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #farmcard

Debbie Owens is ready to party! She uses the cow and paisley papers from the Farmyard paper pad paired with the barn (Barn die set). For her sentiment, she uses the cow-partying sentiment from the Moo stamp set on a yellow banner (Frames & Flags die set). Have fun!

Amy's thank you card features Farmer Newton, Farmyard, and Frames and Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #farmcard

Amy Tollner creates a fun, farm-filled thank you card also using papers from the Farmyard paper pad. She showcases the our cute little farmer from the Farmers Newton stamp and coordinating die set. Doesn't her paisley banner (Frames & Flags die set) look amazing!

Claire's birthday card features Newton's Cupcake, A Dog's Life, and Coffee Shop by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #catcard, #birthdaycard

Claire Lamb is celebrating a birthday with a yummy cupcake! This giant cupcake is from the Newton's Cupcake stamp and coordinating die set. To complete her design, she pulls papers from A Dog's Life and the Coffee Shop paper pad. Love the beautiful teal color!

Crystal's birthday card features Farmyard, Frames & Flags, Cluck, Basic Frames, and Circle Frames by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #newtonsnook, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #birthdaycard, #farmcard

Crystal Minkler is celebrating a birthday with this colorful rooster from the Cluck stamp and coordinating die set. Like Debbie and Amy, Crystal pulls papers from the Farmyard paper pad to compliment her little feathery friend. Crystal uses dies from the Frames & Flags, and the Basic Frames, and the Circle Frames die set to create her many layers! So much farm fun!

We can't wait to see how you use the sketch!

You have until Febrary 28 to link up!

Monday, February 10, 2025

Inky Paws Challenge #237 Week 2

Welcome to Inky Paws'

February Challenge!

For the month of February

we have a fabulous sketch to play with!

You have 3 more weeks to get creative with this layered sketch and your NND Products!

Here's some inspiration.

Sketches can be challenging for some crafters. An easy way to use sketches is to pull out coordinating pattern papers for your layers. Now let's see how the IPC created their layers:

Crystal's Valentine's card features Newton's Sweetheart, Frames & Flags, Heart Frames, and Love & Meows by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #inkypawschallenge, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigsn, #catcard, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #lovecards, #valentinescards

Crystal Minkler has a feline-filled Valentine's Day card that features this lovely feline duo. These sweet felines are from the Newton's Sweetheart stamp and coordinating die set. She pulls several papers from the Love & Meows paper pad to create her teal and red layers. She uses the Frames & Flags and the Heart Frames die sets to create her banner and heart. A darling way to send "love" messages!

Danni's fun farm card features Farmer Newton, Barn, Banner Trio, Frames & Tags and Farmyard by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #inkypawschallenge, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigsn, #catcard, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #farmcards

Danni Bindel takes to us out to the country with this darling farm card! She pulls a wonderful combination of papers from the Farmyard paper pad. She uses the Banner Trio and the Frames & Tags die sets to create the zig-zag edging and banner. Our darling feline farmer from the Farmer Newton stamp and coordinating die set is sporting cute denim bib overalls as he poses in front of his barn (Barn die). Cuteness overload!

Debbie's coffee card features Mugs, Coffee House Stories, Frames & Flags, and Newton's Reading List by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #inkypawschallenge, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigsn; #coffeelovers, #coffeecards, #catcard, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas

Debbie Owens goes with a cat-ffeinated card by inking her background using the Mugs stencil. She then adds a combination of coffee-mugs and bookshelves using papers from the Coffee House Stories paper pad. She creates her lavender banner using the Frames & Flags die set. The start attraction is the little book-lovin' kitty from the Newton's Reading List stamp set. Coffee and a good book--a fab combination to "feline" fine!

Amy's Valentine's card features Newton's Sweetheart, Love & Meows, Lovely Hearts, and Frames & Flags by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #inkypawschallenge, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigsn, #catcard, #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #valentinescards, #catcards, #lovecards

Amy Tollner creates a bright bold Valentine's card with purple, pinks, and reds! She finds a romantic combination of papers from the Love and Meows and the Lovely Hearts paper pads. (Don't you love how the different pads can be mixed and matched? 😏) She then adds another feline couple from the Newton's Sweetheart stamp and coordinating die set. They are looking so cute with the glittery, red banner shimmering behind them! This banner was made using the banner die from the Frames and Flags. So sweet!

Claire's Valentine's card features Postage Stamp Layout, Valentine's Postage, Neutral Basics, and Bright Basics by Newton's Nook Designs; #inkypaws, #inkypawschallenge, #newtonsnook, #newtonsnookdesigns; #cardmaking, #cardchallenge, #cardmakingideas, #valentinescards, #lovecards

Claire Lamb was also feeling the love with her Valentine's card. She goes with a Kraft card base paired with gray and red papers from the Neutral Basics and the Bright Basics paper pads. (Love this color combo!😻) She then adds a single postage stamp using the Postage Stamp Layout die and the envelope image from the Valentine Postage Sampler stamp set. Simply amazing!

We can't wait to see how you use the sketch with your Newton's Nook products! You have until Febrary 28 to link up!

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Monday, March 10, 2025

Inky Paws Challenge #238 Week 2

Welcome to Inky Paws'

March Challenge!

Here's some inspiration.

Monday, March 3, 2025

Inky Paws Challenge #238 Week 1

Welcome to Inky Paws'

March Challenge!

Here's some inspiration.

Sunday, March 2, 2025

Inky Paws Challenge #237 Winners

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last

Inky Paws Challenge at the Newton's Nook Designs blog!

Inky Paws Challenge #237 Favorites

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.

Monday, February 24, 2025

Inky Paws Challenge #237 Week 4

Welcome to Inky Paws'

February Challenge!

Here's some inspiration.

Monday, February 17, 2025

Inky Paws Challenge #237 Week 3

Welcome to Inky Paws'

February Challenge!

Here's some inspiration.

Monday, February 10, 2025

Inky Paws Challenge #237 Week 2

Welcome to Inky Paws'

February Challenge!

Here's some inspiration.