Hello friends and happy Monday!  I hope you all had a nice weekend.  I am excited to be sharing my card for the Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge today.  I frequently hear from friends and fellow stampers that they aren't creative enough to design something on their own, or that they don't know what colors to use.  They feel frustrated before they even begin because they don't know where to begin.  I understand!  Yes, I've been there too!  That's the concept behind a card challenge.  It can help to inspire you and get the creative juices flowing by giving you a place to start.  Challenge #120 by Newton's Nook is a sketch challenge.  Let the image below be your inspiration for creating a card (or scrapbook page) and see where this challenge takes you! 

Here is the card I created inspired by this week's sketch.  I used the beautiful new Easter Lily stamp set by Newton's Nook as the focal point:

*A full supply list is located at the end of this post. 

The base of this A2 sized card is made from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. Using the Stitched Rectangle frames from Gina Marie Designs I cut the first layer from kraft cardstock.  I found a miscellaneous piece of orange and pink floral cardstock to adhere to the krat mat and placed two piece of linen thread around before adhering directly to the card base.  On a separate sheet of Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock, I stamped the Easter Lily in Versamark ink and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder.  After this cooled, I die cut the carsdstock using the Gina Marie Designs Scalloped Stitched Nesting Circles.  I adhered the scalloped circle to the card using 3M foam adhesive.  I added a little bit of peach watercolor from a Zig Clean Brush to the center of the lilies for a little hint of color.  Lastly, on a separate piece of Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock, I stamped the sentiment in Orange Cream ink and punch it out with a circle punch.  I adhered the circle to the card using 3M foam adhesive.  I tied a small bow with the linen thread and adhered the bow using a mini glue dot.  

Will this sketch inspire YOU to create?  Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along for a chance to win?!  We will randomly select one linked entry to receive a $20 store credit to the Newton's Nook Designs online shop! 
We will also highlight our favorites from each challenge the following Monday, so that all entries have a chance to be featured on the Newton's Nook Designs blog.

Please make sure you review the challenge rules page before you link up your project!  
The deadline to enter is Friday, April 10th, at midnight CST.

Thanks for visiting and I hope to see your creations there!

Hello readers and welcome back from the weekend!  I hope you found a little time to do something crafty.  Today I am sharing another card that I made for the Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge #119.  This week we have a color challenge to inspire you.  Our challenges run for two weeks, thereby giving you more time to create, so I have designed a second card to share with you this week that was still inspired by the same image seen below:

Here is the card I created inspired by the challenge colors:

*A full list of supplies is located at the end of this post. 

The base of this A2 sized card is made from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  I cut a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of turquoise cardstock and adhered it directly to the card base.  To create the shaker frame, I cut a 5" x 3 3/4" piece of white cardstock and die cut a semi circle in the center middle.  I lined the back of the frame with a solid piece of 3" x 3" white cardstock that I stamped "cheers" on in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I lined the back of the frame with acetate and lined the edges with foam adhesive to keep the sequins in.  I stamped the sentiment in the upper right corner using a turquoise ink. I stamped all of the drink images from the Newton's Nook "Cocktail Mixer" stamp set in Memento Tuxedo black on white cardstock.  I colored the images with Copic markers and used the coordinating "Cocktail Mixer" dies to cut them out.  I placed a thin strip of silver glimmer paper at the bottom of the card to "ground" the drinks and then I adhered the drinks using foam adhesive for added dimension. 

Will these colors inspire YOU to create?  Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along for a chance to win?!  We will randomly select one linked entry to receive a $20 store credit to the Newton's Nook Designs online shop! 
We will also highlight our favorites from each challenge the following Monday, so that all entries have a chance to be featured on the Newton's Nook Designs blog.

Please make sure you review the challenge rules page before you link up your project!  
Deadline to enter is Friday, March 27th, at midnight CST.

Thanks for visiting and I hope to see your creations there!

Here is the whimsical card I created using these soft alcohol ink pastel colors: 

*A full list of supplies is located at the end of this post.

The base of this A2 sized is made from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  I cut a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Gorgeous Grape cardstock and adhered it directly to the card base.  I cut a 5 " x 3 3/4" piece of Kirkland Signature Glossy Photo paper to create the alcohol ink background on.  *Note  - to say yourself some money, purchase a ream of this glossy photo paper (found on Amazon!) in lieu of the uber expensive Yupo polysynthetic paper.  I promise you will see the same results!  Using the Tim Holtz ink blower and isopropyl rubbing alcohol, I created the background using Ranger Alcohol Ink colors in Daffodil, Valencia, Raspberry and Violet.  Once these inks dried, I adhered the background to the card base.  

I stamped the clouds in Versmark ink on alcohol ink paper and heat embossed them in white embossing powder.  I die cut the stitched cloud borders from Neenah White Smooth cardstock and adhered it to both the top and bottom of the card with foam adhesive for added dimension.  Lastly, I stamped the cat in the hot air balloon from the Newton Dreams of Paris stamp set from Newton's Nook.  I colored the image with Copic markers and adhered it to the card with foam adhesive.  

Hello readers and welcome back from the weekend!  I hope you found a little time to do something crafty.  Today I am sharing another card that I made for the Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge #118.  This week we have a theme challenge to inspire you.  Our challenges run for two weeks, thereby giving you more time to create, so I have designed a second card to share with you this week that was still inspired by the same image seen below:

Here is the card I created inspired by the polka dot theme:

*A full list of supplies is located at the end of this post.

​The base of this A2 sized card is made from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I lined the base of the card with a scrap piece of 5 1/4" x 4" yellow polka dot paper. Using the Gina Marie Designs Scalloped Stitched Nesting Rectangle Frames, I die cut a piece of white cardstock and a piece of Lawn Fawn Watercolor Wishes paper (for the grass). I stamped the sentiment in the upper left corner using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. On a separate sheet of white cardstock, I stamped the two mice images from the Newton's Nook Garden Mice stamp set. I colored these images using Copic markers and added a few highlight details with a Uniball white gel pen. I used the coordinating Garden Mice dies to cut the images out and then I adhered them to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the mice for added sparkle.

Will this theme inspire YOU to create?  Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along for a chance to win?!  We will randomly select one linked entry to receive a $20 store credit to the Newton's Nook Designs online shop! 
We will also highlight our favorites from each challenge the following Monday, so that all entries have a chance to be featured on the Newton's Nook Designs blog.

Please make sure you review the challenge rules page before you link up your project!  
Deadline to enter is Friday, March 13th, at midnight CST.

Thanks for visiting and I hope to see your creations there!

Hello friends and happy Monday!  I am excited to be sharing this interactive box card for the Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge today.  It is giving me all the spring feels!  I frequently hear from friends and fellow stampers that they aren't creative enough to design something on their own, or that they don't know what colors to use.  They feel frustrated before they even begin because they don't know where to begin.  I understand!  Yes, I've been there too!  That's the concept behind a card challenge.  It can help to inspire you and get the creative juices flowing by giving you a place to start.  Challenge #118 by Newton's Nook is a theme challenge.  Let the image below be your inspiration for creating a card (or scrapbook page) and see where this challenge takes you!  

I carried out the theme of polka dots both in the patterned paper and on the mushrooms in this card:

*A full list of supplies (with shopping links) is located at the end of this post.

The base of this box card was made using the Lawn Fawn Scalloped Box Card Pop Up.  This box was cut from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  *Tip - when you assemble the box, you will want to use a very strong adhesive like thin line/red line tape or tear tape.  This will ensure your box stays together well.  I used the green and pink polka dot paper from the Sunny Studios Stamps Dots and Stripes Jewel Tone pack to decorate the sides of the box.  I used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside (grass) die to add patches of grass to the card in green cardstock.  This part involved lots of tiny paper trimming to get everything to fit perfectly into the box.  I stamped the images from the Newton's Nook Garden Mice stamp set in Tuxedo Memento Black ink on Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  

I colored in all of the images with Copic markers and added some highlights to the images using a white Uniball gel pen.  I used the coordinating Newton's Nook Garden Mice die to cut out all of the images and then I began adhering them to the box card with foam adhesive for added dimension.  Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the colored images for added sparkle.  

Will this theme inspire YOU to create?  Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along for a chance to win?!  We will randomly select one linked entry to receive a $20 store credit to the Newton's Nook Designs online shop! 
We will also highlight our favorites from each challenge the following Monday, so that all entries have a chance to be featured on the Newton's Nook Designs blog.

Please make sure you review the challenge rules page before you link up your project!  
Deadline to enter is Friday, March 13th, at midnight CST.

Thanks for visiting and I hope to see your creations there!

Hello readers and welcome back from the weekend!  I hope you found a little time to do something crafty.  Today I am sharing another card that I made for the Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge #117.  This week we have a sketch challenge to inspire you.  Our challenges run for two weeks, thereby giving you more time to create, so I have designed a second card to share with you this week that was still inspired by the same image seen below:

Here is the card I created using the sketch seen above:

*A full supply list is located at the end of this post.

The base of this A2 sized card is made from white cardstock.  I had previously created an alcohol ink background where I used pastel colors and mounted that onto a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of Melon Mambo cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment repeatedly in Melon Mambo ink on a strip of Melon Mambo cardstock and ran it through a stitched scalloped die before adhering it to the center bottom of the card.  I also cut a 3 1/2" x 1/2" piece of silver glitter paper, notched both ends and adhered it to the center of the card.  I cut a 4" x 2" piece of white cardstock to create a tag and punched the top of the tag with a scalloped tag topper punch.  I stamped the sentiment in Melon Mambo ink on the top of this tag.  I stamped the kitty and chicks image from the "Newton's Peeps" stamp set in Memento Tuxedo black ink on white cardstock and colored the image with Copic markers.  I added a few highlights with a white gel pen.  I adhered the kitty image to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added height.  Lastly, I put a coat of Clear Wink of Stella on the basket for added sparkle.  

Will this sketch inspire YOU to create?  Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along for a chance to win?!  We will randomly select one linked entry to receive a $20 store credit to the Newton's Nook Designs online shop! 
We will also highlight our favorites from each challenge the following Monday, so that all entries have a chance to be featured on the Newton's Nook Designs blog.

Please make sure you review the challenge rules page before you link up your project!  
Deadline to enter is Friday, February 28th, at midnight CST.

Thanks for visiting and I hope to see your creations there!

Hello friends and happy Monday!  I hope you are enjoying an extra day off this weekend like I am.  I am excited to be sharing my card for the Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge today.  I frequently hear from friends and fellow stampers that they aren't creative enough to design something on their own, or that they don't know what colors to use.  They feel frustrated before they even begin because they don't know where to begin.  I understand!  Yes, I've been there too!  That's the concept behind a card challenge.  It can help to inspire you and get the creative juices flowing by giving you a place to start.  Challenge #117 by Newton's Nook is a sketch challenge.  Let the sketch below be your inspiration for creating a card (or scrapbook page) and see where this challenge takes you!

Here is the St. Patrick's Day themed card I created inspired by the sketch above:

A full list of supplies is located at the end of this post. 

The base of this A2 sized card is made from black cardstock.  I lined the black cardstock with a piece of green plaid paper.  I adhered a 4 1/2" x 2" strip of black cardstock across the bottom center of the card.  I also cut a 3 1/2" x 1/2" piece of gold glitter paper.  I notched both ends of gold glitter paper before adhering to the center of the card.  I cut a tag measuring 4" x 2" from Pear Pizzazz cardstock and punched the top of the tag with a punch tag topper (retired from Stampin' UP!)  I heat embossed the sentiment and four leaf clovers on the tag with white embossing powder.  I stamped the pot of gold image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock and fussy cut the image out.  I colored the stamp with Copic alcohol ink markers and adhered it to the card's tag with 3M foam adhesive.  Lastly, I tied a bow using lime green Lawn Fawn cord and adhered the bow with a glue dot.  

Here is the "Newton's Pot of Gold" stamp set from Newton's Nook that I used to create this card: 

Will this theme inspire YOU to create?  Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along for a chance to win?!  We will randomly select one linked entry to receive a $20 store credit to the Newton's Nook Designs online shop! 
We will also highlight our favorites from each challenge the following Monday, so that all entries have a chance to be featured on the Newton's Nook Designs blog.

Please make sure you review the challenge rules page before you link up your project!  
Deadline to enter is Friday, February 28th, at midnight CST.

Thanks for visiting and I hope to see your creations there!

Here is the card I created that was inspired by the Inky Paws Challenge color board:

*A full supply list is located at the end of this post.

The base of this A2 sized card is made from white cardstock.  I used a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of teal paper from the Lawn Fawn Gotta Have Gingham paper pack.  Using the Gina Marie Scalloped Stitched Nesting Rectangled, I die cut a medium sized rectangle from red cardstock.  I matted that red cardstock with a 4" x 3" piece of white cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment "winter is warmer together" in coastal cabana ink in the top right corner.  I also tied a piece of Lawn Fawn lime cord around the base of this cardstock.  On a separate piece of white cardstock, I stamped the large image of snowmen in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock.  I then colored the image with Copic markers and used the coordinating die to cut out the snowmen.  I adhered the snowmen to the center of the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.  Lastly, I added a coat of clear Wink of Stella to the snowmen for added sparkle.  

Here is the Nurse Newton get well card I created using these colors and the "Newton's Sick Day" stamp set by Newton's Nook:

*A full list of supplies is located at the end of this post.

The base of this A2 sized card is made from white cardstock.  Using the Gina Marie Scalloped Stitched Nesting Rectangle dies, I cut a piece of Coastal Cabana cardstock to mat to the card base.  I then cut a 3" x 3" piece of Lawn Fawn plaid paper for the background.  I cut a 3" x 2" strip of white cardstock as the "floor.  I adhered a thin strip of white cardstock as the baseboard dividing the plaid and white cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo black ink on the lower right corner of the white cardstock.  I created two small floating shelves by using thin strips of white cardstock.  I stamped all of the images (cats, pill bottles, tissues, bandaids, etc. ) in Memento Tuxedo black ink on white cardstock and colored them using Copic markers.  I cut the images using the coordinating die cuts.  I adhered all of the images to the card with 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.

Hello readers and welcome back from the weekend!  I hope you found a little time to do something crafty.  Today I am sharing another card that I made for the Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge #115.  This week we have a theme challenge to inspire you.  Our challenges run for two weeks, thereby giving you more time to create, so I have designed a second card to share with you this week that was still inspired by the same image seen below:

Many of my followers know that I am a cat lover, so I think all you dog fans will be pleasantly surprised with today's "adora-bull" card featuring the "Fabulous Frenchies" stamp set by Newton's Nook!  I will admit, they are all very cute little bulldogs!

*A full supply list (with shopping links) is located at the end of this post.

The base of this slimline card is made from red cardstock.  This slimline card measures 8 1/2" x 3 1/2."  It will fit inside a regular business sized #10 envelope. I lined the card base with a 8 1/4" x 3 1/4" piece of black and white gingham printed paper.  I die cut four heart from red carsdstock.  On each heart I randomly stamped animal paw prints in red ink.  I adhered all four hearts to the center of the card slightly overlapping each one to ensure they would all fit.

I stamped all of the images (dogs and balloons) in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock.  I colored all of the images with Copic markers and added highlights to the images using a white Uniball gel pen.  I adhered the bulldogs to the card using foam adhesive.  I added the balloon to the last bulldog's tail.  I also punched small hearts from pink and red cardstock and adhered them to the card in another balloon shape on the second bulldog's tail.  I then added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to all the bulldogs for added sparkle.  Lastly, I stamped the sentiment "adora-bull" in red ink on white cardstock and notched the right side before adhering to the card with foam adhesive. 

Will this theme inspire YOU to create?  Are you ready to get your paws inky with us and play along for a chance to win?!  We will randomly select one linked entry to receive a $20 store credit to the Newton's Nook Designs online shop! 
We will also highlight our favorites from each challenge the following Monday, so that all entries have a chance to be featured on the Newton's Nook Designs blog.

Please make sure you review the challenge rules page before you link up your project!  
Deadline to enter is Friday, January 31, at midnight CST.

Thanks for visiting and I hope to see your creations there!