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

Birthday boat card by Christine Drogt

Boat Birthday Card! 

Wow! It's always so fun to see how creative the Design Team Members are! I love that Christine Drogt took our holiday set, SEAson's Greetings and created a birthday card with it! Isn't that awesome? Simply by using a fresh color palette and some other words, the set now works for birthdays! I love how she made a fun background using the anchor too!

Thanks so much Christine for helping us stretch our imagination and use stamps for more occasions! Make sure to head over to Christine's Blog, Kartenchaos to see some more of her amazing work!

Inky Paws Challenge #7 starts tomorrow! 

Make sure to check back tomorrow to see our new Inky Paws challenge!

You're Grate! Thank you card by Valerie Ward

You're Grate!

Eeek! Isn't this mouse and cheese card by Design Team Member  Valerie Ward so fun? I love how Valerie combined image from our Just Say Cheese stamp set to create this fun little scene!  Isn't this card adorable? I love the simplicity of it and the bright fun colored arrows! 

Thanks, Valerie - for sharing this fun card today! Head over to Valerie's blog Val by Design to read more about her card - and make sure to leave her a nice comment too! 

Kitty Scrapbook page by Samantha Mann

Like a Boss - Scrapbook Page!

Today I'm sharing this fun kitty scrapbook page by Design Team Member Samantha Mann. She scrapbooked her kitty, Phoenix taking over her crafting space! Isn't this so fun? My kitties sometimes take over when I'm crafting too... so funny how you just work around them! Does this happen to anyone else?

Samantha used several of our favorite stamp sets on this layout - kitties from Newton's Antics and Newton's Holiday Mischief and the cute little heart thought bubble from Just Say Cheese!  Isn't it cute how she has the kitties hanging out all over her page? I love the fun bright colors too! 

Thanks Samantha, for the adorable inspiration! Make sure you pop over to Samantha's Blog Sam's Scrap Candy today to learn more about her project and to and say hello! 

Birthday Kitty card by Chrissie Tobas

More fun with Newton's Birthday Bash today!

Today I get to share this really fun card by our Guest Designer, Chrissie Tobas! Chrissie used our newest kitty set, Newton's Birthday Bash to create this really fun birthday card! I love how she used black splatters with the bright orange and yellow! Such a fun color combo! I think this would be a perfect birthday card for a guy or a girl, don't you? 

Thanks so much, Chrissie for being our guest this month! Make sure you head over to Chrissie's blog, Harvest Moon Papiere and say hello! 

Don't forget, today is the last day of our new release sale! 

Just spend $20 or more & use code WINSTON20 for free shipping to US and $3 off orders to Canada/International! Offer good until Monday, Feb. 24th at midnight (CST)!

Shop now at newtonsnookdesigns.com.

Feb. Release Available + Blog Hop Winners

Are you ready to get your paws inky with our fabulous new stamps?  Scroll down to see if you won - if not, you can go shopping now and get our new sets at newtonsnookdesigns.com. 

PLUS- we're offering a Shipping special this weekend!

Just spend $20 or more & use code WINSTON20 for free shipping to US and $3 off orders to Canada/International! Offer good until Monday, Feb. 24th at midnight (CST)!

February Release Winners! 

Thank you to everyone for participating in our blog hop. We really enjoy reading all of your comments! Check out below to see if you won! The the blogs and the comments were chosen using Random.org.

Note to winners: you have 7 days to contact us with your full name and shipping address.

For the stamp set Winston's Birthday from Larissa Heskett's Blog:

For the stamp set Winston's Birthday from Debbie Owens (Indy's) Blog:

For the stamp set Tweet Talk from Tessa Wise's Blog:

For the stamp set Tweet Talk from Christine Drogt's Blog:

For the stamp set Newton's Birthday Bash from Taheerah Atchia's Blog:

For the stamp set Newton's Birthday Bash from Crafty Math-Chick's Blog:

Congrats to the Winners! 

If you didn't win- you can shop online now - our new release is up in the store now! 

NND February Release - Day 3 - Newton's Birthday Bash!

We finally made it to our last reveal for February - Newton's Birthday Bash! We are giving this set away to two lucky winners so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this posting to see how to win! 

This stamp set is  the usual 4 x 6 size - needed all that room for those cute kitties! 

Ready to be inspired? 

Check out all the amazing cards below from our design team and special February release guests! Then, make sure to click through to all their blogs for details on their cards  - Some of the designers have extra cards on the blogs and you might even find a fun video or two along the way! Make sure to comment for a chance to win! Details on the giveaway are at the bottom of today's post. 

First up - some inspiration from our guest designers! 

I just love the way our guest designer, Chrissie Tobas colored that kitty - so adorable! Get more info and say hello to Chrissie on her blog, Harvest Moon Papiere!  

This card by guest designer Debbie Owens, is perfect for sliding in a special message or gift card! Head over to her blog, Indy's Designs,  to see another project using this set today! 

But wait... there's tons more from our Design Team!...

Danielle really has an eye for mixing patterns that look great together! I love the tassel too! 

Wow! Love this fun gift bag by Crafty Math-Chick! She even put real tissue behind the kitty! 

Newton is floating away on this adorable card by Samantha!  Love those red balloons - so fun! 

Look how Tessa colored that kitty! So fun! I love the ear sticking out past the zig zag edge too! 

He he he... this card with the sideways kitty by Taheerah is so fun! I think he just grabbed the balloon and zoomed off!

Christines simple design makes for a striking card! I love the blue and teal together and the mix of patterns!

Valerie created this adorable card using two of the kitty stamps and such fun paper piercing!  What a  fun way to give a gift card! 

Larissa created such a fun tag for this little gift card holder! What a fun gift! 

Would you like to win Newton's Birthday Bash?

This set will be given away to Two Lucky Winners - Here's how to win:
Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs February release posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, February 20th at 9 pm Central Standard Time to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, February 21st.

Newton's Nook Designs

Taheerah Atchia

Christine Drogt

Samantha Mann

Larissa Heskett

Crafty Math-Chick

Danielle Pandeline

Valerie Ward

Tessa Wise

Debbie Owens (Indy)  - Guest Designer

Chrissie Tobas - Guest Designer

NND February Release - Day 2 - Tweet Talk

Back today for our second reveal for February and we are featuring the set Tweet Talk! We are giving this set away to two lucky winners so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this posting to see how to win! 

This set is also in our new 3 x 4 size!  This mini set is packed with options! Think of all the ways you can combine the images! 

Ready to be inspired? 

Check out all the amazing cards below from our design team and special February release guests! Then, make sure to click through to all their blogs for details on their cards  - Some of the designers have extra cards on the blogs and you might even find a fun video or two along the way! Make sure to comment for a chance to win! Details on the giveaway are at the bottom of today's post. 

First up - some inspiration from our guest designers! 

This adorable little gift bag was created by our Guest Designer, Debbie Owens! Make sure to head over to her blog, Indy's Designs to see another fun project using this set! 

Chrissie Tobas, our other February release guest created this adorable scene with the branches and birdies!  Make sure to go check out her blog, Harvest Moon Papiere for more details! 

And more from our amazing design team! 

I just love the colorful row of houses by Christine! So fun! 

  

Samantha created this fun scene with the branches and birdies! How fun is the pink woodgrain?

What a sweet little tag by Taheerah! It look like the little bird is flying home! 

Larissa created such a fun scene with the bird on the branch - can you believe she cut out all those little leaves? Wow!

Danielle created such a fun and colorful row of birdhouses - and love that banner! 

Crafty Math-Chick created a whole birdhouse for her project - Isn't it super cute? 

Valerie made this gorgeous birdie card with three cute scenes! Love it!

This pretty card by Tessa would make such a fun house-warming gift! 

Would you like to win Tweet Talk?

This set will be given away to Two Lucky Winners - Here's how to win:
Comment on the NND blog and Design Team and Guest blogs (see list below)! Two winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs February release posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, February 20th at 9 pm Central Standard Time to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, February 21st.

Newton's Nook Designs

Taheerah Atchia

Christine Drogt

Samantha Mann

Larissa Heskett

Crafty Math-Chick

Danielle Pandeline

Valerie Ward

Tessa Wise

Debbie Owens (Indy)  - Guest Designer

Chrissie Tobas - Guest Designer