Here is the card I designed inspired by this week's challenge colors: 

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

This slimline card measures 8 1/2" x 3 1/2".  Slimline cards are designed to fit into a regular #10 business sized envelope and require no additional postage.  The base of this card is made from 80 lb. Neenah White Solar Smooth cardstock.  On a 8 1/4" x 3 1/4" piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock, I ink blended Distress Oxide inks in the colors Squeezed Lemonade, Carved Pumpkin and Picked Raspberry.  I then ink splattered Picked Raspberry and Black Soot distress oxide inks over the entire background.  Using the Slimline Frames dies, I die cut the frame from black cardstock and adhered it to the center of the card.  I die cut the large "BOO" letters from black cardstock and orange cardstock. I layered the orange letter underneath the black letter offset just a bit.  I adhered each letter to the center of each square frame.  

I stamped the images from the Bootiful Night stamp set in Memento Black ink and colored the images with Copic markers (in the challenge colors).  I die cut the images using the coordinating Bootiful Night dies and adhered the images to the card using 3M foam adhesive.  Lastly, using the Feline Batty die set, I die cut four bats out of black cardstock and adhered them randomly on the card.  

I have a really fun martini theme Halloween take on this week's challenge colors for you:

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

This slimline card measures 8 1/2" x 3 1/2".  Slimline cards are designed to fit into a regular #10 business sized envelope and require no additional postage.  The base of this card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  I used an orange spiderweb piece of paper for the first mat and it measures 8 1/4" x 3 1/4."  Using the Slimline Frames die, I die cut the frame from black cardstock. On the left and right side of the frame are two alcohol ink background pieces made using Tim Holtz Ranger Alcohol Inks in the shades Lemonade and Valencia.  I inked these two colors onto Yupo paper and let them dry before adhering them behind the frame. 

I stamped the images from the Cocktail Mixer stamp set in Memento Tuxedo black ink on Neenah white cardstock.  I colored the images with Copic markers (in the challenge colors) and die cut the drinks using the coordinating Cocktail Mixer dies.  I also stamped the bat image from the new Batty Newton stamp set in the same Memento black ink on white paper.  I colored the bat with Copic markers and die cut the image using the coordinating Batty Newton dies. I adhered all of the images to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.  In the upper left corner of one of the alcohol ink backgrounds, I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink and heat embossed it with black embossing powder.  Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the images for added sparkle.  

Hello readers and welcome back from the weekend!  I hope you found a little time to do something crafty.  I spent a good portion of it in my craft room on Saturday celebrating World Cardmaking Day.  And by celebrating, I mean tackling my mile-long card deadline!  So really, my Saturday was more in honor of World Cardmaking Day considering there were no celebratory drinks or cupcakes involved!  And, because of Covid, I had to celebrate virtually with my friends on Instagram rather that our traditional in-person gathering. 

  Every Monday means it's time for another Inky Paws Challenge!  Our challenges run for two weeks, thus giving you more time to create.  So this week we are continuing along with our theme for Challenge #133.   I have designed a second card to share with you that was still inspired by the same image seen below:

Here is the slimline card I created inspired by the autumn theme challenge:

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

This slimline card measures 8 1/2" x 3 1/2."  Slimline cards are designed to fit into a regular #10 business sized envelope and require no additional postage.  You can even now by slimline envelopes in a variety of colors to coordinate perfectly with your cards!  The base of this card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock.  Using a miscellaneous piece of woodgrain paper, I cut the mat to 8 1/4" x 3 1/4".  Using the Slimline Frames and Windows die set, I cut the frame out of white cardstock.  I lined the back of the frame with miscellaneous plaid/gingham papers.  

I stamped the images from the Autumn Mice stamp set in Memento Black ink on Neenah white cardstock.  I colored the images with Copic markers and then die cut them using the coordinating Autumn Mice dies.  I always add some highlights to my colored images with a Uniball white gel pen.  I adhered the images to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.  I stamped the sentiment in orange ink on a thin strip of white cardstock, notched the left edge and adhered it to the top right of the card.  Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the images for added sparkle.  

Here is the card I created inspired by this week's autumn theme:

This slimline card measures 8 1/2" x 3 1/2".  Slimline cards are designed to fit into a regular #10 business sized envelope and require no additional postage.  The base of this slimline card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  Using the Slimline Frames dies, I die cut the frame from gold foil cardstock.  I lined the back size of the frame with some yellow gingham miscellaneous scrap papers.  I stamped the flower images multiple times in Memento Tuxedo black ink on white cardstock.  I colored the flowers with Copic markers and then die cut them using the coordinating Hummingbird dies.  I also stamped the hummingbird in black ink and colored it with Copic markers before die cutting it.  I adhered the images to the card using 3M foam adhesive.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink on a thin strip of white cardstock.  I adhered the sentiment to the top of the card notching the left side.  Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the images for added sparkle.  

Yup, I know, my first official holiday card of the season and it's only September 21st!  ; )

*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.  For the first 5 1/4" x 4" mat, I used a piece of gray gingham paper from the Lawn Fawn Gotta Have Gingham paper pack.  I die cut the red frame from the Frames & Flags dies by Newton's Nook. I lined the red frame with a 4" x 2 3/4" piece of white cardstock.   I stamped the images from the All Aboard for Christmas stamp set in Memento Tuxedo black ink on white cardstock and colored the images with Copic markers.  I used a color palette or pink, red, turquoise and grey for this scene. I used the coordinating All Aboard for Christmas dies to die cut the images out.  I adhered the train images to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.  On a thin scrap of Pool Party cardstock, I stamped the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and notched the right side before adhering to the card.  Lastly, I added a coat of clear Wink of Stella to the images for added sparkle.  

Halloween is my favorite cardmaking holiday, so I'm all about spooky colors, bat stencils and cute kitties hiding in pumpkins!

The base of this A2 sized card is made from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  Using the Frames & Flags dies, I cut the scalloped frame from black cardstock.  I cut a 5" x 3 3/" piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock to ink blend the distress oxide inks on to create that background.  I first ink blended Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink onto the paper and then I laid the Flying Bats stencil on top.  I then ink blended Seedless Preserve Distress Oxide ink and Twisted Citron Distress Oxide ink bats over the background color. I die cut the grass using the Land Borders die and Granny Apple Green cardstock.  I stamped the cat and pumpkin image from the Newton's Boo-tiful Night stamp set in Memento Tuxedo black ink on white cardstock and colored it using Copic markers.  I die cut the image using the coordinating Newton's Boo-tiful Night dies.  I adhered the image to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.  I cut a thin strip of black cardstock and notched the right end before adhering it to the left side of the card (to fit the sketch image) and I stamped "Happy Halloween" in Memento Black ink on a thin strip of white cardstock to adhere directly below the black strip.  Lastly, I added a coat of clear Wink of Stella to the image for added sparkle. 

Here is my slimline card using the Autumn Mice stamp set by Newton's Nook:

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

This slimline card measures 8 1/2" x 3 1/2".  Slimline cards are designed to fit inside a regular #10 business sized envelope and require no additional postage.  Newton's Nook is now selling slimline envelopes in a variety of colors, so scoop them up now to send your cards out!  The base of this card is made from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  Using the Slimline Portholes frames, I die cut the frame from Blackberry Bliss cardstock.  I then cut an 8" x 3" piece of white cardstock for the background to the mice.  Using the Land Border dies, I die cut the grassline from the same Blackberry Bliss cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment in the middle of the card in Blackberry Bliss ink.  I stamped the images from the Autumn Mice stamp set in Memento Tuxedo black ink on white cardstock and colored them with Copic markers.  I used the coordinating Autumn Mice dies to die cut the images out.  I adhered the images to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.  Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the images for added sparkle. 

At first, I was a little skeptical about these colors, but, after I began to design this card (and my card for next week), I now love this combination and will be incorporating these colors into more of my fall designs!

*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.  Using a scrap piece of eggplant paper, I cut a 5 1/4" x 4" piece for the first mat.  Using the Frames & Flags die set I cut the scalloped rectangle frame from Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment in the upper right corner in Blackberry Bliss ink.  I die cut the fence from Pool Party cardstock.  I stamped the images from the Pumpkin Latte stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored the images using Copic markers.  I die cut the images using the coordinating Pumpkin Latte dies and  began to adhere them to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.  Lastly, I added a coat of clear Wink of Stella to the images for added sparkle. 

Here is the card I created inspired by this week's "create a scene" theme: 

The base of this slimline card is made from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  For the top sun part of the card, I ink sponged Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide ink onto a 3 1/4" x 3" piece of Bristol smooth paper.  Using the Sunscape Stencil, I applied more Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide ink over the sky to create the sun beams.  I stamped the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I used the Landborders Dies to cut the sand hills and grass from Crumb Cake cardstock and Old Olive cardstock.  I fussy cut the pond myself from Pool Party cardstock.  ​

I stamped all of the images from the Newton's Nook Winston's Lake House stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock and colored them using Copic markers. I die cut the images using the coordinating Winston's Lake House dies. I began to adhere the colored images to the card with 3M foam adhesive (for added dimension) and created a scene.  I also stamped one camper and flamingoes from the Newton's Nook Cozy Camper stamp set.  I also cut this out using the coordinating Cozy Camper dies.  Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to many of the images for added sparkle.   ​

Hello readers and welcome back from the long H-O-T weekend!  I hope you found a little time to do something crafty.  Today we have a new challenge to share with you at Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge Challenge #130 is a theme challenge.  Using the sketch shown in the image below, share with us YOUR creations!

Here is the scene I created for this week's challenge:

The base of this slimline card is made from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  For the top sun part of the card, I ink sponged Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide ink onto a 3 1/4" x 3" piece of Bristol smooth paper.  Using the Sunscape Stencil, I applied more Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide ink over the sky to create the sun beams.  I stamped the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I used the Landborders Dies to cut the sand hills from Crumb Cake cardstock and I used the Sea Borders die to cut the waves from Pool Party cardstock and blue glitter paper.  

I stamped all of the images from the Newton's Summer Vacation stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock and colored them using Copic markers.  I began to adhere the colored images to the card with 3M foam adhesive (for added dimension) and created a scene.  I added the Palm Trees in various colors in with the scene as well.  Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to many of the images for added sparkle.