Inky Paws Challenge #24 Winners - Sketch Challenge

Inky Paws Challenge #24 Winners! 

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last Inky Paws Challenge at here at the Newton's Nook Designs blog! This months Challenge was a SKETCH Challenge! 

We loved seeing all the ways everyone used the sketch for this challenge! THANK YOU to everyone who entered! All the beautiful entries always make it SO HARD to choose the winners! 

Top picks for Inky Paws Challenge #24

Announcing.... our top picks! Read the description below each card to see who created it - and make sure to visit their blogs and tell them congrats!!

Our first winner is this fun card by Naki! We loved how she used a fun chevron cut out shape for one "flag" on the sketch and the reverse of the cut out for the other - such a fun idea! It looks like those arrows are helping guide the snail from our In Slow Motion! 

Our second winner is this fun card by Magda! Can you believe she just started card making and this was her first card post? We love how she hand-cut trees to make the sketch and used the snuggling kitties from our Newton's Antics stamp set nestled in the branch! Adorable! 

Congrats to Naki and Magda! Don't forget to send us an e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $10 store credit and get your winner badge for your blog!

Inky Paws #24 Favorites

Since there were so many great cards with this sketch cards, we chose THREE more as our favorite picks! If you see your card below, contact us if you'd like to get a "favorite" badge for your blog!

We love this beautiful Fall card by Emily! She used our fun bold leaf set, Falling into Autumn to create that fun gorgeous background. Then she added the fun kitty from our Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp set - I love the way she interpreted the sketch too - so creative!

This card by Deb tickled our funny bone! I love how she used the image of the kitty with the toilet paper from the Naughty Newton stamp set and used ACTUAL toilet paper to create a background! So fun! 

Our third favorite is this fun farm card by Holly! We love the fun way she created a little window scene using the animals from the Farmyard Friends stamp set! This card made us smile! 

Thanks so much!
Thanks again to everyone who entered - It's really so much fun to look through all the entries and see everyones ideas! If you didn't win this time we hope you'll play along again next time! Save the date: the next challenge will begin on September 18th.

Past-ure Birthday

Belated Birthday card

If you're anything like me, as much as I LOVE to make cards I'm absolutely horrible at getting them out on time! I love the Farmyard Friends stamp set because it's perfect for sending birthday wishes a little late with the "it's Past-ure birthday" farm sentiment! I love this funny little farmer with his chicken too! So cute!

For my card, I stamped them on watercolor paper and colored them with Distress markers and a water brush. I then made this image the focus of the card but added some fun background paper and a strip of washi tape. Then, for fun, I added on some cute little sequins to match and some bakers twine! 

Thanks for stopping by today! If you like this set, you can fun a ton more inspiration using it on our Farmyard Friends pinterest board! 

Inky Paws #19 - WINNERS!

Inky Paws Challenge #19 Winners! 

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last Inky Paws Challenge at here at the Newton's Nook Designs blog! This months Challenge was to create a project with a USE WATERCOLOR! 

This was a tough one, for sure, but we were AMAZED by all the creative things everyone did with just one layer! The challenge entries were so awesome this month! THANK YOU to everyone who entered!  It's always hard to choose a winner!

Top picks for Inky Paws Challenge #19

Announcing.... our top picks! Read the description below each card to see who created it - and make sure to visit their blogs and tell them congrats!!

Our first winner is this gorgeous trio of Tags by Tatiana! We love how she tried watercoloring them in different ways - they all turned out so beautiful!! She used the Basket of Wishes and Bunny Hop Stamp sets. 

Our second winner is this awesome card by Dawn from the little mennonite. We really love the intense colorful background she created with watercolors! It's so bright and fun! She use our Newton's Summer Vacation stamp set. 

Congrats to Tatiana and Dawn! Don't forget to send us an e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $10 store credit and get your winner badge for your blog!

Inky Paws #19 Favorites

Since there were so many beautiful heart cards, we chose THREE more as our favorite picks! If you see your card below, contact us if you'd like to get a "favorite" badge for your blog!

This adorable card by Melissa made us smile - we love how the pig is flipping across that fun watercolor background! So Adorable! The stamps she used are from the Farmyard Friends stamp set. 

We love the "spotlight" technique that Anja did on her card - using grays for most of the card and then spotlighting with bright colors inside the heart! What a fun idea!! She used the Just say Cheese and Newton's Antics stamp sets to create this card. 

This card by Vicki is also has some really fun watercoloring going on - we loved that background with the layers and splotches of watercolor! She used our cute little birdie stamp set - Tweet Talk. 

Thanks so much!
Thanks again to everyone who entered - It's really so much fun to look through all the entries and see everyones ideas! If you didn't win this time we hope you'll try again next time! The next challenge will begin on April 24.

From the Whole Herd Card by Larissa Heskett

The whole herd is here to say Thanks!!

Today I'm sharing this adorable card by Larissa using the new Farmyard Friends stamp set. I love how she fussy cut out all the farm animals and put them into a box that she created! This is so fun! To add even more whimsy, she stamped the "from the whole herd" sentiment  into the sign post from the Winter Tails stamp set! I love how this works together! Plus she added those  ute google eyes and all the little ears of corn! This card is just so fun!  To finish off this card, Larissa also added the little "hello friend" sentiment from the Simply Sentimental stamp set.

Thanks so much Larissa for this super fun project today! Please make sure to head over to Larissa's blog, Larissa Heskett Designs to see more of her work and say hello to her today!

Hope everyone has a great weekend! Make sure you come back to the blog Monday for SNEAK PEEKS - and next week is our new release so it's going to be an AWESOME WEEK!

TODAY is the LAST day to enter our Inky Paws challenge  #19 - Use WATERCOLOR!

There's still time! You have until Midnight CST tonight, Friday, April 10th to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project with Watercolor & NND products! The watercolor can be paints, pencils, whatever you have! 

The winners of this challenge will get a $10 gift card to our shop! You can view full details and link up your card to our Inky Paws Challenge on this post.

If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still play along - just download and use one of the digital freebies on our freebies page.

The Cow Jumped Over the Moon Card by Samantha Mann

Hey diddle, diddle....

Every time I hear that nursery rhyme I need to say the WHOLE thing in my head! Anyone else? LOL! This card by Samantha Mann today features part of that rhyme along with a a super cool moon and of course, our cute new cow stamp, jumping over it! This cute little cow is from our new farm animals set, Farmyard Friends! Samantha cut his feet out and spread them apart a bit to make it look even more like he's jumping - super fun!!

For more details on this awesome card, check out Samantha's Blog, Sam's Scrap Candy! Don't forget to leave a nice comment :) 

March Reveal - Day 2 - Farmyard Friends

Today is Reveal day two for our MARCH Release and we are featuring the set Farmyard Friends. We are giving this set away to one lucky winner so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win! 

This 4 x 6 stamp set features a cute little farmer and his friends along with some silly farmyard puns! The sentiments pair well with the cute farm animals for farm-themed birthday and thank “ewe” cards. There are also some great sentiments that are for everyday cards (such as “what’s moo?”). Mix and match the animals to create farm scenes and add the little corn cob and chicken as fun accents! These cute little animals will put you in the “moooood” to do some spring card-making!

Here's some info on Farmyard Friends: 

• 4 x 6 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 14 stamps: 6 images and 8 sentiments
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, March 20th

Let's get inspired...

Check out all the amazing projects below from our Design Team and Guest Designer Wanda Guess Then, make sure to click through to all their blogs for details on their cards - Some of the designers have extra cards on the blogs and you might even find a fun video or two along the way! Make sure to comment for a chance to win! Details on the giveaway are at the bottom of today's post. 

The first card today is by our March guest, Wanda Guess. I love those sweet Sheep all in a row on the pretty pink polka dots! So adorable! You can see more on her blog today: A blog Called Wanda.

This awesome barn-shaped card is by Kimberly! I love the chicken up on the top! So fun! 

Lydia created this fun little tag using the cow and the "what's moo?" sentiment! What a perfect addition to a little gift! 

Samantha created this awesome Shaker card! She even created mini cows and chickens to put in the shaker using shrink plastic! Sam has another cute card on her blog today too so make sure to check it out!

Crafty Math-Chick created this super fun farm card with all the animals in a frame! She used the frame from the Around the House stamp set! What a fun idea!

Yukari created this adorable scene using all the fun farmyard friends! 

Here's a fun Pig card by Danielle! I love all the added texture with the embossing paste, sequins and wood embellishments! 

Stephanie created this fun card using the "whole herd"! I love the chicken on the farmers head - so funny! 

Here's a super fun birthday card by Jess using all of the farm animals! She added in the "happy birthday" from our Simply Sentimental stamp set. Check out her blog today for a fun video too!

Here's a super cute card with a barn on it by Larissa . I love those cute animals peeking out through the doors! She also added in the shamrock  and chicken prints in the dirt from the Chicken Scratches stamp set. 

Would you like to win “Farmyard Friends”?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner! 

Here's how to win: 

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog release posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, March 19th at 9pm CDT to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, March 20th. Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Lydia Evans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Crafty Math-Chick
Jess Moyer
Stephanie Muzzulin
Danielle Pandeline
Kimberly Rendino
Yukari Yoshioka
Wanda Guess (Guest Designer)