Inky Paws Challenge #03

Do you know what today is? It's the first day of #03 Inky Paws Challenge!

Here's this month's Sketch: 

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! 

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 -see our First Inky Paws Challenge post to get the freebie).
• Post your project to your blog or to an online photo gallery such as Flickr or splitcoaststampers (on splitcoast please use keywords newtonsnook and IPC03).
• 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. 

You have two weeks to play along. Deadline to enter is Friday, October 4th, 2013 at Midnight CST. The winner will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, October 7th.

Ready for some Inky Paws inspiration?  

Read the description below each card to see who made it!

This challenge card by our guest designer Kim Singdahlsen makes me smile!  I love the cute paper piercing on the ghost kitty from the  Boo Crew stamp set! So fun! 

Check it out - Harry Potter Fans! Design Team Member Samantha Mann played along  by creating this this Harry Potter inspired card using Magical Dreams! 

Design Team Member Tessa Wise played along  by creating this fun Halloween Party Card by combining the bunny from Boo Crew and the party banner from Winged Wishes!

Here's one by me - a quick monochromatic bunny vampire card using  some cute spider web paper and the new Boo Crew Stamp Set.

Another one by me. This time I used the dragon from the new Magical Dreams Stamp Set. I colored him with inktense watercolor pencils on watercolor paper and used a button for the circle!

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 Challenge #12 - Beach Theme Challenge

Happy Friday and the the first day of #12 Inky Paws Challenge!  

This month's challenge is a Beach - Theme 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,  August 8th,  2014 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, August 11th.

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

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

• 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 IPC12).

• 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!

Don't you just love this fun bright yellow card by Lydia? It reminds me of sunshine! I love how she colored the kitty and sandcastle image from our Newton's Summer Vacation set! Adorable! 

Here's a great beach card by Stephanie! I love her color combo and cut clouds! And its cute how she gave the kitty from our  Newton's Summer Vacation set rosy cheeks! Makes me smile!

Here's a great sweet little beach treat by Tessa! She colored the cute kitty from our Newton's Summer Vacation set and added him to this cute little container of gummy sharks! YUM!

 Larissa created a fun "framed" beach scene using the frame from the Around the House set, the water from the Beach Party set and the Pail of sand from  Newton's Summer Vacation. Love this idea!

More Sunshine from Jess - this time in the form of rays - Super Fun! She used our Kitty on in inner tube from Newton's Summer Vacation and the waves from the Beach Party set. 

Diane created this super fun triple image card  - Newton is on an Island Vacation tour - using stamps from  Newton's Summer Vacation 

Danielle created this pretty watercolor beach scene with the kitty on the innertube as the focus! Love how bright those watercolors are! She used stamps from  Newton's Summer Vacation. 

Samantha used the super cute hula bunny from our Beach Party set and the Wish you were here sentiment from Newton's Summer Vacation. I love how she colored those waves!

Here's one from me (Jen) - I also used the kitty from from the  Newton's Summer Vacation set and I used sandpaper to create the beach along the bottom- Doesn't it look 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!

An InLinkz Link-up

Inky Paws #21 - Color Challenge Winners!

Inky Paws Challenge #21 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 COLOR Challenge! 

The challenge entries were so fantastic this month! THANK YOU to everyone who entered!  All the amazing entries always make it hard to choose the winners! 

Top picks for Inky Paws Challenge #21

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 awesome ice cream card by Naki! We love how she used colors in the color challenge to create scoops of ice cream - and the fun kitty on top is from our Newton's Antics stamp set!  

Our second winner is this beautiful coffee card by Vicki! We love how she used colors in the color challenge to make a gorgeous gradient background and the she also added some fun details on the coffee cup from the Love à la Carte stamp set with glitter and glossy accents! 

Congrats to Vicki and Naki! 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 #21 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!

Shannon created this awesome scalloped circle card using the color combo and the roses from our Love Grows stamp set! So Gorgeous! 

 Tatiana used a "spotlighting" technique on her card with the Years of Cheers stamp set! I love this idea to include the colors! Check out her blog post to see more on this fun technique! 

This card by Kamay really caught our eye! We loved how she used the colors to accent the tiny flower pot image! The flowers and sentiment are from the Versatile Vases Stamp set!

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! Save the date: the next challenge will begin on June 26.

Inky Paws Challenge Winners - #36 Halloween Challenge

Inky Paws Challenge #35 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 using a Halloween Theme! 

Top Picks for Inky Paws Challenge #36

Here are 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 Top Pick is this adorable trick or treat card by Zsofi! It's so cute how she used the kitty in the gift bag from the Newton's Birthday Bash stamp set. and added on the jack-o-lantern face to make it into a Halloween themed card! So adorable!

Our second top pick is this spooky scene by Andrea! She created such a fun spooky sky for Newton and his pumpkins! She used the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp set for the image of the cat and the pumpkins. Then she added on a cute little spider web tag using the web and spider from the Newton's Perfect Pumpkin stamp set! 

Congrats to Zsofi and Andrea! Don't forget to send us an e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $10 store credit! (It's easiest if you already have an account set up in our shop)

Inky Paws #36 Favorites

We also wanted to share a couple more entries that we really loved! 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 card by Chark is so clever we just had to share it! She used the bear and raccoon from the Campfire Tails stamp set and added some fun Halloween rub ons to make it a Halloween Theme! I love the raccoon sitting on the bears head with his pumpkin! 

Ellen always wows us scene building and this is so cool! We love how she created layers of grass and a spooky cornfield for the kitty and pumpkins from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp set! Her coloring is amazing too!

This card by Cimbacreativefun using our digital freebie stamp is so fun! Her coloring on the pumpkin image is so great and we love the way she framed it up and inked the edges. The background is super cool too with the pattern pattern paper spiderwebs and the embossed spiderwebs! 

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 - our next Inky Paws challenge will begin soon - on Friday, October 21st!

Inky Paws #20 - Sketch Challenge - Winners!

Inky Paws Challenge #20 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! 

The challenge entries were so awesome this month! THANK YOU to everyone who entered!  It's always hard to choose the winners each time! 

Top picks for Inky Paws Challenge #20

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 beautiful Christmas card by Kim! We love how she used the image of the kitty with the gifts from the  Newton's Birthday Bash stamp set and colored the gifts red and green to make a Christmas card! Her coloring of the kitty is so fun too!  

Our second winner is this fun card by Lynn! We love the cute scene she created with Winston from the Garden Whimsy stamp set watering the flower. The layers of grass in front of him add such fun dimension. 

Congrats to Kim and Lynn! 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 #20 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!

Nina-Marie turned the sketch sideways and made it into a cute birthday shaker card! So Adorable! She used the Newton's Antics stamp set for the kitty image.

Indy also turned the sketch sideways and created this fun trio of campers using our Sweetheart Tails and Campfire Tails sets. I love the little added "wish you were here" from the Newton's Summer Vacation set too! 

And our third favorite is this card by Tammy! We loved the bright bold colors over the white and the way she added polka dots to the bag that coordinate with the embossed ones on the layer below! Super fun and bright! She used the Newton's Birthday Bash stamp set. 

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 May 22.

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