Inky Paws Challenge #30 - Spring Theme

This month's challenge is a Theme Challenge! 

create a project with a Spring Theme!

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 8th, 2015 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, April 11th.

We usually pick our favorite entries for each challenge theme but this month we thought we'd switch things up a bit and pick TWO RANDOM WINNERS - so every entry has an equal chance to win. Just follow the guidelines below to qualify.

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

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item).

• 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, Pinterest, or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC30).

• 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. 
• TIP: Please make sure your photo in focus  - We can't pick you as a winner if we can't see your card clearly because your photo is blurry! 

Here's some inspiration!

Several of our Design Team Members decided to play along - check out all the awesome birthday cards they created! Read the description below each card to see who made it.

Kimberly created this beautiful spring sky using our new Beautiful Wings stamp set and Beautiful Wings Die Set!

Awww! I love the fun little bunny in the frame on this card by Samantha! She used our Hello Spring stamp set.

This sweet little wagon card by Yukari is perfect for spring! I love the soft colors she used! The wagon is from the Wagon of Wishes stamp set and the "hello friend" sentiment is from the Versatile Vases stamp set.

Nina-Marie got out her watercolors to do some springy no-line coloring! She used our Hello Spring stamp set. You can check out her blog today for a video too!

This beautiful spring card by Stephanie is so cheerful! She used the new Beautiful Wings stamp set and Beautiful Wings Die Set for the butterflies and our Simply Seasonal stamp set for the sentiment.

And here's one by me - I created a fun little card using the chicks and cracked egg from the new Hello Spring stamp set, mixed with some fun bright pattern papers.

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Happy Harvest Card by Stephanie

Happy Harvest!

Are you getting ready for Fall? Although I'm sad to see summer go, I am looking forward to Fall! This card by Stephanie has such a warm and cozy Fall feeling to it it makes me want to put on a sweater and visit a pumpkin patch! I love the fun brown wagon and the pretty orange pumpkins! She used our Wagon of Wishes Stamp Set - which is a perfect choice for this time of year - besides this cute image of the kitty with pumpkins, this set has several other fun images you can add into the wagon. I love how Stephanie paired this image with some great Fall colored papers and that awesome twine bow adds the perfect finishing touch! 

To see more of Stephanie's work you can visit her blog, Handmade Creations by Stephanie!

Loads of Wishes by Stephanie Muzzulin

Loads of Spring wishes!

Today I'm sharing a card with a fun spring wagon full of flowers by Stephanie Muzzulin. She watercolored the wagon and flowers from the  Wagon of Wishes stamp set! I love the watercoloring on the pots and the pretty colors she used! It's also super cool how she stamped the "loads of wishes" sentiment on a wood embellishment! I love that sentiment - it's nice and general so you could use this card for nearly any occasion! Perfect to have in your stash for when you need a card! The pattern papers and yarn bow give it the perfect finishing touch! 

To find out more about her project, head over to Stephanie's blog, Handmade Creations by Stephanie!

Enter our Inky Paws challenge  #18
Use Just One Layer!

There are just a few days left - You have until Friday, March 6th at Midnight CST time to enter our current inky Paws Challenge. All you need to do is create a card or project with a JUST ONE LAYER using NND products! 

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.

Sweater Weather Card by Jess Moyer

Happy Sweater Weather! 

The adorable scene on this card by Jess features stamps from several different sets! She used the big "happy" sentiment from the Simply Sentimental and combined it with and the "sweater weather" from the Holiday Hounds. That adorable dachshund image is also, of course, from from Holiday Hounds - and doesn't he look so cute running into that pile of leaves from our Wagon of Wishes set? To finish off the scene, Jess created a bunch of grass using the little grass border from the Wild Child set and the cloud from the Hanging Around set! Wow! That's a lot of combining of images! Great job, Jess, on getting some extra milage out of your stamps! 

Make sure to visit Jess at her blog, Jess Crafts  - and you can also follow her Jess Crafts youtube channel to see fun videos!

Loads of Thanks by Stephanie Muzzulin

Happy Everything!

Check out this adorable Fall card by Stephanie Muzzulin using our wagon and leaves images from the Wagon of Wishes stamp set! I love the fun rustic fall colors Stephanie used on this card - and the twine and bits of sparkle on the leaves give it the perfect finishing touch!

To find out more about her project, head over to Stephanie's blog, Handmade Creations by Stephanie!

Inky Paws Challenge #14 - Fall Color Challenge

Happy Friday and the the first day of #14 Inky Paws Challenge!  

This month's challenge is a Sketch Challenge!

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, October 10th,  2014 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Sunday, October 12th.

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.

• 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 , Pinterest, or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC14).

• 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. 
• TIP: Please make sure your photo in focus  - We can't pick you as a winner if we can't see your card clearly because your photo is blurry! 

Here's some inspiration!

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

Here's a cutie by Samantha Mann using Newton's Perfect Pumpkin Stamp set and a fun zentangle technique!

Here's a fun fall card by Jess Moyer using several stamp sets. The kitty is from  Hanging Around, the big bold leaves are from Falling into Autumn and the "cool cat" sentiment is from Newton's Summer Vacation!

This pretty Leaf card by Lydia Brooke uses our new Falling into Autumn Set! Love the stripes of colored leaves!

This fun Fall card by Crafty Math-Chick combines two favorite sets - the kitty in the wagon from Wagon of Wishes  and the adorable birds and thanks banner from Winged Wishes!

Stephanie made this adorable 3D pumpkin using our color theme and added an adorable "Happy Harvest" tag using the sentiment from our Falling into Autumn stamp set. 

Here is a card by me - I also used the new Falling into Autumn leaf stamp set o create a fun leaf background and added a pop of yellow ribbon!

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Inky Paws Challenge #13 - Sketch Challenge

Happy Friday and the the first day of #13 Inky Paws Challenge!  

This month's challenge is a Sketch Challenge!

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,  September 12th,  2014 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Sunday, September 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.

• 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 , Pinterest, or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC13).

• 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. 
• TIP: Please make sure your photo in focus  - We can't pick you as a winner if we can't see your card clearly because your photo is blurry! 

Here's some inspiration!

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

Jess created these adorable card using the tigers from our Wild Child stamp set.  I love how she created that fun background with the leaves from the Wild Child stamp set and the "xoxo" from the Sweetheart Tails stamp set! 

Samantha created these adorable card using our boatful of gifts from our  SEAson's Greetings stamp set and added some words from our new Simply Sentimental stamp set! Such a fun way to get more mileage our of a holiday set!

Tessa created this fun challenge card using wagon from our Wagon of Wishes stamp set and added the big "thanks" from our new Simply Sentimental stamp set! What a great Fall thank-you card!

Shellye used our new Hanging Around stamp set for her challenge card. I love that cute little squirrel hanging off the edge!

Chitra, our Guest this month, made this adorable card, also with the, too cute for words, squirrel from Hanging Around! He looks so sweet hanging onto the "thanks" from Simply Sentimental! I just love the blues of the sheer ribbons and the umbrellas on the patterned paper! 

And here's one from me. I had to use the Newton's Summer Vacation Set one more time before starting to play with fall stamps! I added some watercolor splashes too - just for fun!

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!

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Inky Paws #11 Challenge - WINNERS!

Citrus Color 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 theme was a Bright Citrus color Challenge! It looked like everyone had a ton of fun creating bright citrus toned cards! Great job & thanks to everyone who played along! 

Top picks!

Since we had over 15 participants we got to pick TWO winners! Read the captions below the photos to see who made the cards! 

Our first winner is this fun striped card by Marina! We love how she created fun stripes using the colors in our color palette with the fun squiggle border and food from our  Love à la Carte stamp set! You can see more of her work and congratulate Marina on her blog, Marina's Craft Space.

Our second winner also used a stripe in her card! This card is by Yukari! We loved the clean and simple style of this card mixed with the bright citrus colored gifts! She used our  Wagon of Wishes stamp set.  You can see cute creations by Yukari on her flickr page.

Congrats Marina and Yukari!! 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!

Love the bright- almost neon colors on this card by Donna using our Sweet Summer Stamp set! 

This card by Caroline using Newton's Birthday Bash really caught our eye with the "shaker" inside the kitty balloon!

The citrus colors in dotted background are so fun on this card by Indy using Newton's Birthday Bash and Wagon of Wishes sets! 

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 month. The new challenge will be posted on Friday, July 25.  

Inky Paws Challenge #9 Winners!!

Inky Paws #09 Challenge - WINNERS! 

We really had fun a blast checking out all the great entries for our latest  Inky Paws Challenge at here at the Newton's Nook Designs blog! This months theme was a color Challenge! 

We had so many pretty pastel cards - it was hard to pick a winner! Great job & thanks to everyone who played along! 

Top picks!

Since we had over 15 participants we got to pick TWO winners! Read the captions below the photos to see who made the cards! 

Our first winner is this cute card by Diane! We loved how she created heart pattern behind using all the colors in the palette behind those two cute tigers from the Wild Child set. This is such an adorable card!  You can see more of her work and congratulate Diane on her blog, Peaceful Lane. 

Our second winner is this cutie by D ~ Designs by Dragonfly! It's so fun how she used our new free digital flower image and created all those fun little shakers! What a cute Mother's Day card!  You can see more fun creations by D ~ on her blog, Designs by Dragonfly. 

Congrats Diane  and D~!! Don't forget to send me 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!

This box card by Peggy using Love Grows is super fun!  It has so many fun layers! Check out her blog, That's a lot of Scrap, for lots more photos of her project!  

We thought this kitty card by Cindy was a really fun way to use all the colors in the palette!  She used the kitty from Newton's Antics and the "hello" from Winged Wishes!   

We also really loved this card by Marina!  It's so fun how she used the fall leaves from Wagon of Wishes but made it look springy by using the pastel color palette! What a good way to get more use out of your stamps! 

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 month. We've got a really fun challenge idea in the works  so make sure to check back in a couple weeks --  the new challenge will be posted on Friday, May 23.