Love Owl-ways Card by Crafty Math Chick

Lovely Owl Card!

Today Crafty Math-Chick combined several of our fun stamp sets to create this sweet owl card! The owl on the right is from the Magical Dreams stamp set and the owl on the left and the "Love OWLways" sentiment are from the Sweetheart Tails stamp set. The branch that the owls are sitting is from the Hanging Around stamp set. I love the way she combined all these fun images to create this sweet little scene! She also added in the die-cut arrow using our new Points & Plumes die set. 

Thank you, Crafty Math-Chick, for the fun inspiration today! To see more details and other projects, you can visit her blog, Canines & Card Designs.

Check out our Inky Paws Challenge #32
- Use an Arrow

Have you had a chance to play along with our Inky Paws Challenge? Create a card using an arrow and NND products - like the one in today's post to enter! You have until Friday, June 10th to enter!

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.

Inky Paws Challenge #16 WINNERS!

Inky Paws #16 - Christmas Challenge 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 Christmas Theme! We had a TON of amazing entries this month! It's always so fun to see everyones creations!

Top picks for Inky Paws Challenge #16

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!!

This adorable card by Tatiana is our first top pick! She caught our eye with this fun layout - I love the four squares that show the kitty being "naughty or nice" and the watercoloring is gorgeous!
Tatiana used the Newton's Curious Christmas set!

This adorable card by Vicki is our second top pick! We loved all the extra details she added on this card - the liquid applique on the hat and the paper pierced scarf give it an extra special feel! Vicki used our adorable dachshund from the Holiday Hounds set!

Congrats to Tatiana and Vicki! 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 Favorites

Since there were so many beautiful 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!

Michelle was so creative with her card - she used our wizard from the Magical Dreams stamp set and made him into a Santa! So fun!

We thought this shaker card by Corilyn using the Newton's Holiday Mischief set was super cute! The holly in each corner makes the perfect frame!  

We loved this adorable little ornament by June using the kitty from the Newton's Antics set. This is such a cute idea!

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 in January!

More Inky Paws Inspiration from Samantha Mann!

Don't forget - you have until Friday to get your paws inky!

Have you had a chance to make a card for our latest Inky Paws Challenge? Today I'm sharing some more inspiration for our Color Challenge! Here'a a refresher of the challenge - the colors are Lime green • Lemon Yellow • Orange • Grapefruit Pink

Here's what Samantha created: 

Samantha Mann created this super fun magical card using the citrus color combo and FOUR different sets! She used our cute dragon from the Magical Dreams stamp set and the sweet little clouds from the Spring Showers set. Isn't is super cute how she added all those gifts hanging on lines over his head from the Winston's Birthday and Holiday Wishes stamp sets? I love how she combined all these different elements in this cute and colorful scene!  For full details and to see what else she's up to make sure to visit Samantha's blog Sam's Scrap Candy.

I hope this adorable dragon card has inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until this Friday, July 11th, 2014 to enter. There's a prize involved too, so don't delay - check out the entries so far and more inspiration on our  inky paws challenge page for details! 

Inky Paws Challenge #8 - Sketch Challenge

Happy Friday and the the first day of #08 Inky Paws Challenge!  

This month's challenge is a sketch challenge!

I've been seeing fun diagonal cards lately so I thought it would be fun to see what everyone would do with a diagonal layout! Base your card on this sketch and use any Newton's Nook Designs Stamps! 

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? The Challenge winner will receive a $10 store credit to our online store and a Inky Paws Challenge Top Pick Badge to add to your blog! If we get more than 15 participants, we will choose two winners so be sure to tell your friends to play along! 

You have two weeks to play along. Deadline to enter is Friday,  April 11th, 2014 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, March 14th.

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky? 

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item) based on the sketch above.

• Your project MUST use at least one Newton's Nook Designs stamped image (or free digital stamp - check out our Freebies page).

• Post your project to your blog or to an online photo gallery such as Flickr or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC08).

• Link back to this challenge (if posting in an online gallery copy the link into the photo description). 

• Submit your project to this challenge using the InLinkz widget below. You must submit a DIRECT link to your post page.

• Have more than one great idea? You can enter more than once! Just link up each card separately. 

Here's some inspiration!

Several of our Design Team Members and Guests decided to play along - Read the description below each card to see who made it!

Guest Designer Michelle Lupton created this fun layout with distress inks and our Winged Wishes Stamp set! 

Guest Designer Katie Brooks created this fun card, turning the layout sideways! Love the burst showcasing the cheese from the Just Say Cheese set! 

Valerie created this fun card using the wizard from the Magical Dreams set. Lots of layers and gloss plus sparkle and sequins = very magical!

Such a pretty basket of Garden Tools by Larissa using our new Basket of Wishes Set! I love the metallic silver! 

Samantha created a WHALEY fun birthday card - using the Whale from our SEAson's Greetings Set! 

I used the cute little frog from the Magical Dreams set to create this fun card (and the clouds are from Spring Showers and Winged Wishes) 

Now it's your turn!

Use the widget below to add a link to your project! Don't forget to tell your friends to play along too - If we get more than 15 participants we will pick TWO winners!

An InLinkz Link-up

Dragon Birthday Card by Samantha Mann

Make a Wish - Rainbow Dragon card!

Today I'm sharing this really cool dragon card by Design Team Member Samantha Mann.  I love how she made her card mostly white and grey with pops of color down the dragons back and in the balloons! So cool! I also love the chevron background texture! 

Samantha used the dragon and "make a wish" from our  Magical Dreams set and Balloons from our Winston's Birthday mini set. 

Wouldn't this be perfect for a young girls or boys birthday? Make sure to take a minute to visit Samantha on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

Inky Paws Challenge #7 - Go Green!

Happy Friday and the the first day of #07 Inky Paws Challenge!  This month's challenge is Go Green!

photo credit & recipe! 

With upcoming spring weather (I hope) and St. Patricks day just around the corner I thought this green ombre cake image would be fun inspiration! You can use any shade of green on your card (other colors are ok as long as Green is the primary color) and any Newton's Nook Designs Stamps! 

Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along to win a prize? The Challenge winner will receive a $10 store credit to our online store and a Inky Paws Challenge Top Pick Badge to add to your blog! If we get more than 15 participants, we will choose two winners so be sure to tell your friends to play along! 

You have two weeks to play along. Deadline to enter is Friday,  March 14th, 2014 at Midnight CST. The winner will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, March 17th.

Are you ready to play along and get your paws inky? 

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item) based on the color combo above.

• Your project MUST use at least one Newton's Nook Designs stamped image (or free digital stamp - check out our Freebies page).

• Post your project to your blog or to an online photo gallery such as Flickr or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC07).

• Link back to this challenge (if posting in an online gallery copy the link into the photo description). 

• Submit your project to this challenge using the Inlinkz widget below. You must submit a DIRECT link to your post page.

• Have more than one great idea? You can enter more than once! Just link up each card separately. 

Here's some inspiration!

Several of our Design Team Members and Guests decided to play along - Read the description below each card to see who made it!

I love the green watercolor background on this card by our Guest Designer, Debbie Owens! She used our new stamp set, Winston's Birthday!

Our Guest Designer, Chrissie Tobas also did a watercolor background on her card featuring Newton's Birthday Bash! I love how this turned out too!  

 Design Team Member Danielle used our Dino Set, Prehistoric Pals to create this fun green scene! 

 This cute kitty card by Samantha Mann makes me smile! I love the sentiment she created to go with the kitty from Newton's Antics! Plus the green box is adorable!

Larissa Heskett is so good at combining stamps from different sets! She use the owl from Sweetheart Tails, the Branch and birdcage from Tweet Talk and the "hey there" from Love à la Carte!

For this fun "green" card Design Team Member Tessa Wise used the fun dragon from our Magical Dreams stamp set! I love the little bits of colored tape too! 

This fun card is by Design Team Member Christine Drogt. Christine used the bear from our Halloween set, Boo Crew and made it into a get well card! Such a fun idea!

Here's one from me :) I used some fun arrow washi tape and gave the kitty from Newton's Birthday Bash a stack of paper pierced green gifts! 

Another one by me - I couldn't resist using the newly- named Winston! I used the Winston's Birthday Stamp set to create this fun green scene!  

Now it's your turn!

Use the widget below to add a link to your project! Don't forget to tell your friends to play along too - If we get more than 15 participants we will pick TWO winners!

An InLinkz Link-up

Happy Halloween Cards by Newton's Nook Designs

Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone is having a fun Halloween filled with treats today! I'm sharing 3 fun Halloween cards today that I haven't had a chance to post yet using Boo Crew and Magical Dreams  (by the way - both these sets are on sale for $9.99 - only until friday  - so make sure to head over to www.newtonsnookdesigns.com and grab them up!)

The first one is a shaker card. If you haven't ever tried a shaker card you can learn how to make one using my shaker card tutorial post here.  For this shaker I filled it with spider sequins and orange micro beads! Isn't it fun? Then, of course I had to add on the cute owl from the Boo Crew Stamp set! 

Next up, I tried out some punch art. For this card, I used a circle and a rounded rectangle punch to make the cauldron, then I cut the frog off from the mushroom in the Magical Dreams stamp set and added him onto the top. I also stamped the flames from the dragon in the Magical Dreams set coming out of the cauldron. 

Here is a close-up. I also added on some glitter with copic spica glitter pens:

Here is one last fun Halloween Card - For this one I used various oval punches to create a pumpkin patch for that cute ghost kitty from Boo Crew to hang out in. 

Here's a close-up -- I also used the "meooooow" on a little flag that I attached with some twine! I love how this turned out!!

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Happy Halloween! Here's a treat for you! Celebrate Halloween with 10% off all orders until Midnight (CST) on Friday, Nov.1st! Use Code: SPOOKY31 in your shopping cart. Note: If you use paypal it will ask for your code AFTER you put in your paypal info. 

Fire-Breathing Dragon Card!

Watch out -- He's hot!

This dragon from the Magical Dreams set is Sooo much fun to color! I love that since dragons are mythical and no one knows what color they are they can be any color your heart desires! It's always fun to play with colors and try new combinations. This is the first "firey" colored dragon I've created. I used Inktense watercolor pencils on watercolor paper to color this guy with hot reds and oranges! Doesn't he look fun? I love the way he turned out. Then I put him onto a card with some great fall colors -- and those fun "gems" I found at the local craft store were the perfect touch of "bling" to set it all off! 

Do you like this stamp set? Make sure to snatch it up now - it's on sale! Check out this set and a few other Fall sets for sale at www.newtonsnookdesigns.com/sale! 

If you thought today's post was hot - wait until tomorrow!

Come back tomorrow to see sneak peeks of the holiday sets - Whee! I'm so excited to show you I can hardly wait! 

Spell Casting Wizard Card

You Cast a Spell on Me!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend! Today I'm sharing a wizard card I made using the Magical Dreams stamp set! I colored this fun guy with copics and added him to this blue card with some sparkly glitter paper in blue and copper! I also paper pierced the "potion" with the blue glitter paper. This one looks so much "sparklier" in person... he he he. But I love how it turned out. This wizard is so much fun to color! I think this would be a great card to send anyone - it could work for almost any occasion!

Magical Day Dragon Card!

Have a Magical Day!

I think this might be one of my favorite cards using that cute dragon from the Magical Dreams stamp set! I love how versatile this set is - you can make either masculine or feminine cards with it! Did you know this set is on SALE this week? We're celebrating world card-making day with a sale all week long. Check out this set and our other sale items on our Newton's Nook Designs Sale page. Plus use code WCD15 for 15 % off your whole order until Saturday at Midnight! 

For this card, I wanted to make it a little more "girly" so I choose greens and purples as my color palette. I stamped the dragon on kraft card stock and colored him with inktense colored pencils.  Then I added him onto this card with shades of purple and green patterned paper!  I think this turned out perfectly!  

Just a few hours left to enter our Inky Paws Challenge #3?  

There's still time - the deadline to enter is Tonight - Friday, October 5th, 2013 at Midnight CST!  You can view full details and link up your card and enter the Inky Paws Challenge on this post. If you don't own a NND stamp set yet you can still use the digital freebie that is up on our first challenge post.