Good morning everyone. Thanks for stopping by again. Today I’m sharing my final entry into the current Newton’s Nook Inky Paws Challenge.

I finally got my hands on a Halloween Newton stamp at one of my local craft stores. I’m not going to lie, it involved begging and pleading. They were on reserve for a class they have scheduled but I convinced them I really needed it. 🙂

The card design is bright and fun which is my favorite for Halloween. Here are some more details how I made it.

• Started with a dark gray card base, 3 3/4 in square green panel, 2 3/4 inch circle from patterned paper and some banners in varying widths.
• I stamped the bats from the set on the green panel in gray ink to make my own patterned paper.
• Then I stamped, colored and cut out my images from the Witchy Newton set.
• Using all the pieces loosely laid out to help with placement, I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment.
• Now for assembly, I glued the green panel and banners directly to the card front. The circle is popped up with foam tape and so are the bats. However, Newton is popped up with an action wobbler so it shakes around when you flick it. I love these things! They are so fun!
• For finishing touches I added glossy accents to Newton’s nose, Nuvo Crystal Drops to the shoe buttons and around the background of the card.

Such a fun card! I can’t wait to share it with someone at Halloween-time. I loved coloring this image and have so many other ideas in mind. I’m thinking a shaker tag for a fun treat box would be awesome! Stay tuned at the beginning of October for some extra fun I have in store along those lines!

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope your weekend is moving along nicely. We’ve got fabulously stormy weather today and I love it! Today I’m sharing another Newton’s Nook card for the Inky Paws Challenge. It’s a little bit of a twist on this set but not a total stretch.

Here’s how I made it:

• Inked a background with walnut satin and fossilized amber distress inks and then went over the edges with black soot. Next, I took the walnut satin over the falling leaves stencil for a spooky background.
• I die cut a grassy border and inked it with mowed lawn and old paper, taking the black soot to the edges again.
• I die cut the tree trunks and inked them just with black soot.
• I stamped, colored and die cut my images from pumpkin latte and laid out my card to start assembling.
• The trees and grass are adhered with liquid glue because I find that holds better on the distress inked panels.
• Using the images for placement I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment in gold.
• For the images, all but three leaves are popped up with foam squares.
• Finishing touches on this card are black glaze pen for the coat buttons and white gel pen accents throughout.

I’m super happy with how this fun card turned out. A great sentiment, for the best time of year and a little spooky feel for Halloween.

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Thanks for stopping by today. I’m sharing my last entry into the current Inky Paws Challenge. It’s all about color this time.

My collection of Newton’s Nook cuties is just starting out so I didn’t have a lot to choose from. The llamas I shared earlier were just perfect for this color palette but I decided to try and stretch myself with something else for this entry. I think it ended up fabulous and would be great for a fall birthday.

Here’s how I did it.

• I stamped, colored and cut out Newton and set him aside.
• Cut a 4×5.25 inch yellow patterned paper and a strip of coordinating paper to 4×2 inches. I wrapped brown ribbon around them and tied a knot. Then I glued that panel to a white card base.
• Die cut 2 ovals and stamped the cloud from the set on the smaller one in teal ink. These are glued together and popped up with foam tape and then Newton is popped up on that with foam tape as well.
• I stamped my sentiment at the bottom with the same teal ink as the clouds.
• For finishing touches I put glossy accents on the balloons and Newton’s nose, Wink of Stella glitter brush on the clouds (so much sparkle) and scattered clay hearts from Honey Bee Stamps around the card.

Here’s a closer look at the glossy accents and the glittery clouds. It adds so much interest to this card. I love it!

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!