Inky Paws Challenge #31- Sketch!

This month's challenge is a Sketch Challenge! 

create a project based on this 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! 

You have TWO WEEKS to play along - Deadline to enter is Friday, May 13th, 2015 at Midnight CST. The winners will be announced on the NND blog.

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

• Create a NEW project (card or other paper craft item).

• 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 IPC31).

• 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 - check out all the awesome birthday cards they created! Read the description below each card to see who made it.

Our April Guest, Christy played along with our challenge and created this yummy card! She used our Tag Sampler stamp set and Tags Times Two Die Set for the handmade with love tag. The little dotted heart image is from Winston's Honeybees. I love how she paired it with pattern paper that has handmade jars of yummy goodies on it! 

Samantha created this fun card using the sketch! I love the black and white background with the pop of color for the tag! She used our Tag Sampler stamp set and Tags Times Two Die Set for the tag. The ice cream is from the Summer Scoops stamp set. 

Jess created this fun BEE card using our new Tag Sampler stamp set and Tags Times Two Die Set  along with the cute bees from the Winston's Honeybees stamp set! I can just imagine those bees buzzing every direction!

Crafty Math-Chick had fun with our new Tag Sampler stamp set and Tags Times Two Die Set on her card. I love how she added in the ball of yarn from the Newton Unwinds set to create a fun background - and the subtle sweater paper too!

I created a mermaid themed card with this sketch! I used our Tag Sampler stamp set to stamp the tag and I cut it out with the Tags Times Two Die Set. Then I colored the mermaid from the Mermaid Crossing stamp set and fussy cut her out. I added the "have a FIN-tastic birthday" sentiment to the tag, also from the Mermaid Crossing stamp set! 

An InLinkz Link-up

Safari Birthday Card by Yukari Yoshioka

It's a Birthday Zoo!

I just love all the fun watercolored animals on this card by Yukari! She used the fun lion, elephant, and lemur from the Wild About Zoo stamp set and added them into fun die-cut tag windows! This is such a unique and fun card layout, don't you think? She added on the "Happy Birthday" sentiment from the In Slow Motion stamp set, embossed in white on a black rectangle. I love how the sentiment really pops off!

Thanks so much to Yukari for the this super fun card today! You can head over to Yukari's blog, Handmade by Yuki to see more of her amazing cards!

You're the Bees Knees Card Set by Samantha Mann

Sweet Bees Card Set! 

This project today by Samantha will make you smile! She used our cute new Winston's Honeybees stamp set to make this fun collection of cards! I just love  how she used a fun stencil and embossing paste to make a honeycomb texture on the background of these cards! Then she added the adorable beehive and bee image from the Winston's Honeybees stamp set, along with some clouds - fussy cutting them out and adding them on top! The sentiment "You're the bees knees" embossed onto the black cardstock strip adds the perfect finishing touch! What a fun set of cards! This would make a perfect gift!

Thanks, Samantha for the fun inspiration today! For more details on her project and to see what else she's creating, you can visit Samantha's Blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!

Chase your Dreams Card by Jennifer Jackson

Inspirational Kitty Card!

Today I'm sharing a fun inspirational kitty card using the cat image from the Newton Unwinds stamp set! I stamped the image of the kitty chasing his yarn with waterproof black ink onto watercolor paper. I colored him using zig clean color watercolor brush markers. Then I cut it out using the coordinating Newton Unwinds Die Set. I decided to create a scene for this cute kitty so I found a couple patterned papers from my stash that had green in them and used a scissor to cut hills. Then I used a cloud paper for the sky. 

Since there was a lot of color going on I mounted it on a white cardstock piece to make it pop and add a break from all the color! I had embossed the white piece with a paw print embossing folder to add a bit of texture too. I added a little flag on the bottom and the "always chase your dreams" sentiment in a circle on the top. This sentiment is also from the Newton Unwinds stamp set. I mounted the whole thing onto a kraft card base to finish it off. I love how bright and cheery this turned out!

Hope this card brightens your day today!

BEE Happy Card and Video by Christiana Reuling

BEE Happy card! 

Today we have a feature by our guest designer for April, Christiana Reuling. She created an really fun bee card using our BRAND NEW Winston's Honeybees stamp set. 

I love the fun way she created a scene across the tags! She cut out the tags using our Tags Times Two purr-fect die set. This is such a fun way to use this die! I love the fun little bows and pattern papers too! 

Christy also created a video too - you can check it out to see tips on how to create this card! 

Wasn't that fun? We'd like to say thank you again Christy for being our guest designer this month! We really enjoyed having you as a guest and all the fun projects you created with our stamps!

You can continue to follow Christy on her blog, Christy Gets Crafty.

April Release Available + Blog Hop Winners

Are you ready to get your paws inky with our new stamps?

Winners from the blog hop are posted below - scroll down to see if you won

Our new products are now available at newtonsnookdesigns.com

April Blog Hop 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.


For the Winston's Honeybees stamp set from Crafty-Math's blog: 

For the Tag Sampler stamp set from Jess's blog: 




Congrats to the Winners! Don't forget - you have 7 days from today to to e-mail us at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com with your full name and shipping address to claim your prize.

Remember - you can shop online now - our new release is up in the store! 

April Release - Reveal Day 2 - Tag Sampler

Today is our second reveal day for our April Release and we are featuring the new Tag Sampler stamp set! We are giving the stamp set away to one lucky winner so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

This fun new 4x6 Tag set is perfect for all sorts of handmade gifts. Create custom tags or cards to coordinate with gifts that have been knitted, crocheted, stitched and sewn! Plus there are some general sentiments that would work for home-baked goodies, papercrafts and other handmade gifts too. These tags will add the perfect finishing touch to all those lovely handmade creations. Cut them out easily using the coordinating Tags Times Two purr-fect die set. 

Here's some info on the Tag Sampler stamp set:

• 4 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 15 stamps: 6 images and 9 words and sentiments
• Coordinates with our Tags Times Two  purr-fect die set
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, April 22nd

Tag! You're it! Check out the cute tag inspiration below from our Design Team & Guest!

Check out all the amazing projects below from our Design Team & Guest Designer below - 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.

Our April Guest Designer, Christy, created this adorable tag for a box of cookies! So yummy!

Here is a pretty tag by Yukari! I love the colors with the gold embossing and bling!

Nina-Marie combined sentiment and tiny yarn heart from this new set with the image of kitty from our Newton Unwinds stamp set! What a fun combo!

What a cute little tag by Lydia! I love the bright colors on the tag and on those cute crocheted granny squares too!

Samantha used a bunch of the tags to make a fun scrapbook page! I love the bright watercolors over the black and white background! Super cool!

Stephanie created a simple tag to add onto this fun card! I love all the buttons and flowers too! This would be so fun to give with a handmade gift!

Here is a fun neon tag card by Jess! I love the contrast of the neon with the black and white!

Larissa created this adorable little treat bag! I love the fun colors on the tag and the addition of the little cupcake from the Winston's Birthday stamp set. 

Danielle created this fun card! I love the simple black and white background! It really makes the colorful tag pop off!

Kimberly created this sweet pastel tag and card to go with a baby blanket gift! What a great way to dress up the lovely gift!

Crafty Math-Chick punched holes and crocheted onto her card! How cool is that? I love the fun frame she created for the tag! This would go great with a hand crocheted gift! 

Would you like to win the “Tag Sampler” Stamp Set?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here's how to win:

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog 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, April 21st at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 22nd. Note: If you have already ordered this stamp set and you win, you may replace it with any in stock item of equal value. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs

Lydia Evans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Jess Gerstner

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Nina-Marie Trapani

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka

Christiana Reuling- Guest Designer

April Release - Reveal Day 1 - Winston's Honeybees

Today is our First Reveal day for our April Release and we are featuring the new Winston's Honeybees stamp set! We are giving the stamp set away to one lucky winner so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

We have a BRAND NEW STAMP SET SIZE this month: 4x4!

Winston is BUZZ-ing your way to send fun bee-themed greetings! In our first fun new 4x4 sized stamp set, Winston is adorable with his sweet honeybees. Make fun spring cards for your sweetie and cute friendship wishes. You will BEE happy to have this adorable set in your collection!

Here's some info on the Winston's Honeybees stamp set:

• 4 x 4 photopolymer stamp set 
• Includes 13 stamps: 8 images and 5 sentiments
• Available for purchase in our online shop starting Friday, April 22

We're BUZZing with excitement to share some fun inspiration from our Design Team & Guest!

Check out all the amazing projects below from our Design Team & Guest Designer below - 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.

Our first card today is by Christy, our April Guest Designer! Isn't it cute how she colored a little scene with grass for Winston and his honey? She has a video over on her blog today too - so make sure to check it out at Christy Gets Crafty!

Yukari created this sweet card! She did some amazing watercoloring on Winston and his bees! The vellum clouds give it the perfect finishing touch! 

Samantha made a whole set of gorgeous rainbow cards with white embossed images from the set! I love the added "thankzzzzz" on the black strip!

This card has some amazing coloring by Nina-Marie I LOVE the scene she created with the hand-drawn tree and grass! So beautiful!

Kimberly created this adorable layout! I love Winston in the oval surrounded by all the bees!

Jess created this fun lip balm holder! Such a fun idea for a fun little gift!

Lydia used the tiny flower image and turned them into lollipops! What a fun idea! The "sweet on you" sentiment is from our Apple Delights stamp set. 

I love all the fun layers of hexagons and the pop of hot pink on this card by Danielle! 

This watercolor card by Stephanie is so sweet! I love the stenciling behind Winston and the fun chevron paper!

Larissa created this adorable tag with Winston for a jar of honey! What a SWEET idea!

Crafty Math-Chick found the perfect honeycomb paper to go with Winston and his bees! I love the fun black borders too!

Would you like to win the “Winston's Honeybees” Stamp Set?
This set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here's how to win:

Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog 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, April 21st at 9pm CST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, April 22nd. Note: If you have already ordered this stamp set and you win, you may replace it with any in stock item of equal value. 

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs

Lydia Evans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Crafty Math-Chick

Jess Gerstner

Stephanie Muzzulin

Danielle Pandeline

Nina-Marie Trapani

Kimberly Rendino

Yukari Yoshioka

Christiana Reuling- Guest Designer