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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.

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.

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