Warm Wishes Octopus Card!

Sending you lots of warm wishes!

Has it been cold where you live? This January has been a horribly cold one here in Wisconsin. We've had several days of -20 and lower temps! Sooooo cold! So I thought it would be fun to make a silly warm wishes octopus card to send a friend this winter! 

Plus, I love finding ways to use stamps for multiple occasions. This set, SEAson's Greetings, was part of our holiday release but I love that just by changing the colors to something a little less holiday, you can easily make this card fit other wintery occasions too! 

To create this card, I stamped this cute octo on watercolor paper with waterproof ink and then colored it in with distress markers and a water brush. I love this purple/green/teal color combo! So fun and cheery! Here are a couple close-ups so you can see the fun coloring. 

After the ocotpus was all colored I cut it out with circle dies in my big shot and then added it onto this card with a doily behind it for fun! Then I added some patterned paper and washi tape (I can't seem to make a card without washi tape and bakers twine lately). 

What do you think? Doesn't changing up the colors really give this stamp set a fresh, winter feel? I also grabbed the "warm wishes" sentiment from the Snow Day Stamp set - but you could use any word you like - it would be cute for a winter birthday too!

By the way - this set is one of our sets that's ON SALE this week!  We're trying to make room for our spring sets -so from now until Friday, February 7th - select stamp sets are on sale for just $10.99!  What a great time to snatch them up! Check out our site to see the sale: http://www.newtonsnookdesigns.com/sale/

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Don't forget to enter our Inky Paws challenge!

You have until this Friday, February 7th, 2014 at Midnight CST to enter our latest challenge!  This month we're trying something new - a color challenge! Check out our color combo here and post a card using it for a chance to win 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 use the digital freebies on our freebies page here. 

More Inky Paws Challenge Inspiration by Samantha Mann!

Have you had a chance to get your paws inky yet?

Don't forget to play along with our latest challenge for a chance to win!  Today I'm sharing some more inspiration from Design Team Member Samantha Mann for our latest inky paws challenge. She created this beautiful card Inspired by the current color challenge (see below). Samantha really used those fun bright colors to their full advantage by finding coordinating patterned papers - and she paired them with that cute kitty in a box from the Newton's Antics stamp set. So cute! I think this card would brighten anyones day! For full details and to see what else she's up to make sure to visit Samantha's blog Sam's Scrap Candy.

photo credit - sweetsugarbelle.com

I hope her card inspired you to play along!  Remember, you have until next Friday,  February 7th, 2014 to enter. There's a prize involved too, so don't delay - check out our inky paws challenge page for details! 

Nuts about You Valentine by Tessa Wise!

I'm NUTS about this card!

He he he... sorry - I couldn't resist the pun! But it's really true, I just love how Tessa created the fun pile of nuts with the squirrel on top! She used our newest set, Sweetheart Tails to create this fun scene!  I love that she used two of the smallest stamps in the set, the squirrel and the acorn - just shows how versatile this set can be!! Plus, I bet that squirrel would love the addition of the sequins to his acorn pile!

Thanks for the fun card, Tessa! If you're reading this, make sure you pop over to Tessa's blog, Crafty Girl Designs and tell her how adorable it is! 

Are you inspired? Don't forget to enter our Inky Paws challenge!

This month we're trying something new - a color challenge! Check out our color combo here and post a card using it for a chance to win a $10 gift card to our shop! The deadline to enter is Friday, February 7th, 2014 at Midnight CST!  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 use the digital freebies on our freebies page here. 

"Mew Stole my heart" Card by Taheerah!

This little kitty will steal your heart! 

Don't you just love this adorable kitty card by Taheerah Atchia? She took the kitty from the Newton's Antics stamp set and colored it with the "no line" coloring technique! I love how he looks soft and fuzzy! Plus, what a cute little mini card size! How fun is that? 

She also used the "stole my heart" sentiment from our Sweetheart Tails set and replaced the "you" with a "mew"! So cute! 

Thanks, Taheerah, for the fun inspiration today! Want to learn more about this card? Head over to Taheerah's Blog, Fill Your Paper with the Breathings of Your Heart today to read more. Make sure to say hello and check out more of her amazing work! 

Tri-Shutter Valentine by Crafty Math-Chick!

Do you love cards the unfold and move?

I do! Today I'm sharing this very cool tri-shutter card by Crafty Math-Chick! She used our two newest sets,  Love à la Carte and Sweetheart Tails,  to create this amazing Valentine! What a fun surprise the recipient will get when they open this card to find the long, tri-folded piece of art! Have you every tried making one of these? I made one once long ago - they're a bit tricky but look so cool!  Here's what the card looks like opened flat:

Thanks so much, Crafty Math-Chick for the fun inspiration! If you want to know more about this card, please head over to her blog Canines and Card Designs today for more details! And be sure to leave her a nice comment! 

Don't Forget to enter our inky Paws Challenge

Make sure you check out our newest challenge  - the deadline to enter is Friday, February 7th, 2014 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 freebies on our freebies page here. 

Love Bandit!

Love Thief!

This little bandit (that's what I like to call raccoons) makes such a cute little Valentine! He's from our new Sweetheart Tails stamp set and he's one of my favorites! I really just love coloring him! For this card I colored the image with copic markers, using a colorless blender to pull a bit of color out around the eyes so they popped out a bit more! Then I added him to this card with tones of grey, black and pink! Such a great love card! I also added the heart border along the bottom of the card in pink ink!

Hope this fun card brightens up your Monday!

p.s. don't forget to follow us on pinterest! We have boards for each stamp set plus just fun inspirational boards too - right now I'm having fun adding items to our Be My Valentine board! Don't you think pinterest is so fun ... and addicting!!

Inky Paws Challenge #06 - Color Challenge!

Happy Friday and the the first day of #06 Inky Paws Challenge!  We're shaking things up a bit this year and decided to do a color challenge instead of a sketch this month!

photo credit - sweetsugarbelle.com

I just loved these yummy-looking heart cookies for this month's inspiration. The colors we're looking for in projects are: Coral • Golden Yellow • Teal blue • Light Green

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,  February 7th, 2014 at Midnight CST. The winner will be announced on the NND blog on Monday, February 10th.

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 IPC06).

• 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. 

Ready for some Inky Paws inspiration?  

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

Samantha Mann created this adorable scene using the fox from our Sweetheart Tails set! Sooo Cute! 

Here's a fun little note card set by Valerie Ward using our Love à la Carte stamp set! Wouldn't these be fun little love notes to tuck into lunches?

 Taheerah Atchia used the Newton's Antics stamp set to create this adorable tag!
Isn't it neat how she created balls of yarn in the key colors? And she snuck in the little heart thought bubble from the Just Say Cheese set too!  

Larissa Heskett  the used the cupcake from our Love à la Carte stamp set stamp set to create pops of color against a gray background! I love how the colors pop! She also used the "hello" sentiment from the Winged Wishes stamp set! 

Tessa Wise the used the sugar stamp from our Love à la Carte stamp set stamp on this fun card! Isn't the bright teal and pink combo so pretty?

What a cute scene with Newton created by Danielle Pandeline! She used 3 different sets - the Kitty from Newton's Holiday Mischief, the squirrel from Sweetheart Tails and the "hello" sentiment from Winged Wishes! So fun!  Love the polka dots on his belly!'

And a card from me :) I used the snuggling kitties from the  Newton's Antics stamp set and watercolored them to bring in the yellow. Then I used patterned papers and a green card base to bring in the other colors! 

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!