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 April: 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

Love spending time with you!

Hi friends!

Today I have a card share for a themed IG card group.

I have a short video as well with a super sped up 

version of this being made - 

30 minutes shoved into 1 minute, LOL!

Lots of splicing and speeding up!

For this card, I used my Staedtler Pigment Art Pens

and just love how vibrant they are!

They blend easy and have so much richness to their colors!

I used Love Is In The Air from Simon Says Stamp,

such a fun set!

One last look:

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

 

Inky Paws - Week 2!

I have 2 blog posts today ~

To see my 3M post, click here! 

 Hi friends!

It's the 2nd week of the Inky Paws Challenge #250

@ Newton's Nook Designs.

                     We hope you have loved the inspiration photo

to create a project with your favorite NND stamps and products!

Here is my card for this week!

I used:  Newton's Peeps clear stamp set

Newton's Peeps die set

Card Layout 4 die

Springtime 6 x 6 paper pad

Happy Easter 6 x 6 paper pad

Thanks for stopping by!
~Kelly

Color Me Happy + 3M = A Bit Of Spring

Hi friends!

Today's card is pulling a 'double decker duty" today!

For my monthly series of using ONE stamp, 12 different coloring

mediums called 

 Color Me Happy!

 I am using the same stamp, different mediums.

The stamp I chose for this fun series is Gina K Designs

A Bit Of Spring.

ANNNNNNNNNNNNND

the same one that is this month's 3M - 3 Musketeers - stamp.

Barb is the sender this month of our mystery image

and since I own this stamp, and had it done for March,

I'm adding it for both :)

But that will be our secret *shhhhhhh*

For my card, the markers/medium I used this month are Olo markers.

I'm fairly new to Olos and only have 2 full sets but they are SO NICE!

I also used a metallic shiny background from Lawn Fawn

designer paper and added Altenew gold cardstock to match.

I also added a honeycomb border die cut from Sizzix

just to add a little drama 

(and the gold inserts were what inspired the motivational cards

on the previous blog post!)

Finished off with some gold gems and a sentiment strip -

I am really happy with how this turned out!

You can see Barb's card here and

Jeanette's card here, either today or when posted!

Be sure to stop by next month to see what medium 

I use for April! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

Turning water into wine!

 

Well, not exactly :)

But I did turn tiny scraps of paper and cardstock 

into motivational cards!

CLICK HERE 🠓 to see it in action!

With just a few dies, leftover paper and cardstock cuts,

I created these fun inspirational cards.

With thoughts of my running friends,

I picked sentiments that were Go Get It themed!

And all this started from a small gold hexagon!

I had them leftover from a card when I used the 

outer honeycomb die cut and challenged myself to use them

in a creative way.

I hope this inspires you in a small way

to be creative with even the small bits!

 Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly

1 + 12 = Crafty Bliss in '26! - MARCH 3rd

 

Hi friends,

I hate March 3rd.  

It's also a very difficult day for me, the anniversary of losing my dad

and it's never easy, no matter the time.

The journey called grief is often an arduous one

and I look forward to the day THIS DATE stops knocking the wind out of me.

Miss you immensely, dad :(

March 3 is also the date of the  March edition of the 

1 + 12 = Crafty Bliss in '26.

As you may have read from this post, I had a crazy card 

this month for my personal card challenge:  One Plus Twelve.

You can see here what it's all about!

This year, my 1 + 12 stamp is a Pinkfresh Studio set called 

Never Give Up

appropriate for me and the goals I have set for 2026.

I can't say I like this card this month ~

I started out planning one design and ended up doing another

and then it just turned all kinds of ways!

Kinda like life, I suppose :)

But here it is, nonetheless .............

My friends Jeanette and Barb are also doing this challenge 

again this year and may have cards today or another day.

I'm sure they will have wonderful cards!

Thanks for stopping by :)
~Kelly

Think SPRING!

 

Hi friends!

Happy March!

It's a new month and that means a new challenge

at the Newton's Nook Designs   for

Inky Paws Challenge #250! 

First things first, 

here is the photo challenge for the month of March:

Adorbs, right?  So many ways to create with this CUUUUUUTE inspo!

And March has 5 weeks that you can play along

and use the challenge photo as your inspiration.

It could be the colors, the bunnies, flowers,  spring  or some/all of them!

I'm playing with the new products this week,

including the Card Layout 6 Die.

It makes it so easy to die cut paper & cardstock

and it takes the guesswork out of a card design 

- all you have to chose is paper choices and  order.

The possibiities are endless :)

Using the new Happy Easter paper pad,

I created two different layouts with a little mix and match.

I added the new Easter Postage Sampler stamps and dies

to the front along with a fun Easter Greeting.

Be sure to link up your card (see link above!) using your

favorite NND products, we'd love to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Kelly