Inky Paws Challenge - Week 2

Happy Monday!

It's Week 2 of the Inky Paws Challenge blog

and it's a FUN photo inspo with bright fun colors:

Use the colors 

Magenta, Turquoise, Purple, and Bright Yellow!

 To create this fun card,

I started with Newton's Nook Designs heart dies.

I love how versatile these are for ALL YEAR LONG!

I took scraps cardstock fro my stash in the 4 challenge colors

and my paper trimmer and just cut them in random fashion

and then layered them like a puzzle until I found a design I liked.

I added it to a layer of vellum .... I know, it looks grey!  It's not :)

That layer is framed by the Basic Frames die set

and the white & black cardstocks are trimmed with the same trimmer.

Lastly, the sentiment!

It's from the new Party On! stamp set from the Retro Collection ~

totally rad!

You can link up your cards here and the challenge rules are here!

Have a great start to your week ;)

~Kelly

Entered to:  Simon Says Monday Challenge - Bright/cheerful

PIck 3 Challenge - Die cuts, stripes & text

Mix It Up challenge - Die cuts/AG

You are SUNSHINE!

 

Hi friends!

Today's card is one for the You Are Sunshine IG card group 

where we create cards based on sending someone a card 

with an uplifting message.

So HI! :)

My card is bright and cheerful and already in the mail!

This year, as part of my 59 in 59,

one of the them is to mail 

- and document just for my own eyeballs -

59 cards!

The floral stamp and die is from Taylored Expressions

and I paper pieced it for a bold focal point.

The papers are from Recollections from Michaels.

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Entered to:  Allsorts Challenge - In the Garden

3M: Lovely Day!

 Hi friends!

Today I'm sharing a card for the 3M (3 Musketeers)

mystery card sharing!

The idea:  My sweet friend Jeanette had an idea

to stamp the SAME mystery image and SEND it to 3 (musketeers) friends

and we SEE what we come up with!

We take turns in a rotating fashion

and she is the hostess this month, sending us

 Lovely Day by Penny Black.

So super duper cute!

I'm not happy at all with my card and

 it. is. what. it. is.

Too many irons in the fire, as they say!

I find myself lacking mojo by needing to be in 50 places

at the same time & I gave it my best Girl Scout Effort :)

Be sure to head over to Jeanette and Barb,

they did a stand up job on their cards, I'm sure!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

Inky Paws Challenge - APRIL #251

 Hi friends!

Happy April :)

There's a new Inky Paws Challenge from

Newton's Nook Designs .... #251!

This one is Totally TUBULAR!

Like for sure!

I just LOVE the 80's music

and the Retro Party release from Newton's Nook

is PURR-fect for bringing out the vibe.

For my card, I used:

* Newton’s Mix Tape clear stamps
* Newton’s Mix Tape die set
* Party On clear stamps
* New Retro Paper Pack
* Essentials Tag die set
* Circle Frames die set
* Birthday Meows Paper Pack

Here's the link up for your cards/projects using

 Newton's Nook Designs

products.

You could win a $20 store credit for playing along

and we'd love to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by blog!
~Kelly

Inky Paws Challenge - Week 4!

Hi friends!

It's Week 4 of the Inky Paws Challenge

and you still have time to enter!

You have from Monday, March 2, 2026 to Friday, March 27, 2026 (Midnight, CST) to play along. Each DT member will pick a favorite project to showcase, AND one RANDOM entry will win a $20 store credit to Newton's Nook Design online shop!  The winners will be announced on the NND blog the following Monday.  Make sure you check the challenge rules page before you link up your project. 

My card this week:

I used the Easter Postage Sampler stamp set

Easter Postage Sampler medal dies

Happy Easter 6 x 6 paper pad

A2 Card Layout 2 die

Springtime Bunnies clear stamps (sentiment)

I used my Staedtler Fineliner markers this week

to color the cute images.

The Easter Blessings sentiment is from the springtime 

bunnies stamp set but a perfect mix and match!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Hey girl!

Hi friends!

Today I have a post for my friend's card group on Instagram!

We are in the 2nd year of this fun group and

  once a month, she randomly

chooses 2 choices of cards from the Color Cubes, both editions.

We can chose either card as a springboard to create.

I chose card #107 from the choices:

the vibrant plums and fushias were calling me!

I used the Simon Says Stamp Tucked Hearts stamp

and embossed with gold accents for a POP

and Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors to build up the bold colors.

I also added a simple die cut Hey Girl! to the front :)

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Inky Paws Challenge - Week 3

 Hi friends!

It's Week 3 of the Newton's Nook Designs

Inky Paws Challenge!

THere is a quick video:

This week, I'm celebrating St. Patrick's Day with 

Newton's Lucky Clover stamp and die set.

I stamped and die cut Newton and colored the images

 with my Olo markers

and built a little fun card using tartan!

That's actually Christmas paper but doubles as a fun dupe for Irish plaid!

A peek at the inspo photo:

One final look:

To enter, head here to the Inky Paws Challenge blog

and here is the rules page to help you with how to enter your project!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

sharing with:  Inspiraiton Station - photo