Many Thanks! IPC 112

Who’s ready for a NEW Inky Paws Challenge!

Yes folks, create some snowy fun!

Check out my project!

It all started one evening when I was up in my crafty space.

I was messing around with the Evergreens Stencil.

 Just using scraps of leftover paper and color plucking whatever ink

 I grabbed from the ink drawer.

I ended up choosing a gray scrap and

Black Soot Distress Ink.

I inked out the trees and loved it.

Then I got an idea to make it even more awesome!

I made a quick mask for the trees.

Using the Petite Snow Stencil and Simon Says Stamp 

White Pigment Ink, I stenciled on some stars in the background.

The Penguin Pile Stamp set is my featured image.

Muted wintery colors are what I chose to color in my

 penguins with in keeping with the snow theme.

My sentiment is from the Thankful Thoughts Stamp Set.

This is embossed onto the front of my card

with white embossing power.

Using the Mountains Stencil, I turned the stencil upside down 

and using the same pigment inks as before.

 This created the snow drifts at the penguin’s feet.

I had an awesome time creating this project!

My favorite part is the use of

 unconventional colors for a holiday card.

All by accident!

I hope this inspires you to mess around in your crafty space 

and see what you can come up with

 using the challenge theme!

Tag us using

#inkypawschallenge

#newtonsnookdesigns

Have a wonderful week

Diane

Halloween Stroll IPC 106

We are at the halfway point of the current Inky Paws Challenge!

We have a super fun challenge going on!

 I love Halloween!

One of my favorite memories is of trick or treating with the kids when they were small.

Nothing was more fun than sipping on a Pumpkin Spice Latte

on a creepy night, following the kids as they go door to door.

That was the idea behind this card.

I started this card by creating a 1 ½ inch circle with masking paper.

That will become the moon.

Using the EVERGREENS STENCIL and Versamark ink, I stenciled my trees in black.

I heat set the trees with clear embossing powder so that I could ink right over my trees.

I wanted a kind of hazy and eerie look to my trees.

 I just started applying  ink first using lighter colors and then darker colors.

I put a good amount of Distress Ink on the background blending as I went

and smoking out the edges with Black Soot Distress Ink.

While that background was drying, I stamped and colored my images from the

PUMPKIN LATTE STAMP SET.

I also created the bottom part of the card with gray cardstock and

The LAND BOARDERS DIE SET.

During the process of assembling my card I did re- cut my card so that

 the trees were peeking out behind my stamped image.

I removed my mask and it looked great!

I stamped my sentiment on the bottom in white for a nice contrast.

I assembled all the pieces of my card and add on the pumpkins for a fun touch.

I hope this inspires you to create some Halloween Fun

Using your favorite Newton’s Nook Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Diane

Warm Winter Wishes IPC 86

 Welcome to a NEW Inky Paws Challenge

Check out this sketch we have for you.

Super excited to see how everyone interprets this sketch!

I looked at the sketch for a long time before I came up with card.

Living in Texas you have ACTUAL winter weather, and my card 

reflects the cool winter colors that I have been into lately.

The Evergreen Stencil started this whole project.

I was going to stencil the background the trees in a different color but…

I was not paying attention to what I was doing and stenciled the trees the wrong color.

Since I do not like to scrap a project and starting over, I decided to go with the gray trees.

I kept adding more color to the top of trees, until I got the color blend I was looking for.

With the trees done I grabbed the Winter Memories Stamp Set.

I Stamp out my pond in the Stormy Sky Distress Ink

(that was supposed to be the tree color)

And, because I like a pop of color, I stamped, and die cut the skaters in red.

The background I kept simple,

This is a dark silver cardstock that has I cut 1-inch strips of

the grey Birch printed paper and layered on top.

I stamped on my sentiment and attached everything together.

 I hope this inspires you to roll with your mistakes and see where they take you.

Use the challenge picture above to link up your projects.

the pictures below to check out the products I used.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Diane