God Sees Your Sorrow

I recently won a gift card to Creative Worship, so I purchased the Landscape Silhouettes stamp and die set. I love the different silhouette landscapes that will be perfect for encouraging messages, especially for sympathy cards. 

Products:

Creative Worship Stamps

  * Landscape Silhouettes stamp set

K. Andrew Designs

  * Sympathetic Sayings stamp set

Challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #742

The Neglected Stuff Challenge-June

  I've had the K. Andrew Sympathetic Sayings stamp set for over 9 years. This company is out of business, but the sentiments in this set are just beautiful. 

 

You Brighten My Day

For this card, I used Distress Oxide Inks to create a dark ocean setting for my cute little angler fish. This little guy makes me quite happy.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs, 

Debbie

Products:

Distress Oxide Inks

The Alley Way Stamps (out of business 😢)

  Castaways

Paper Smooches-(Out of business 😢)

  We Totally Click 

Newton's Nook Designs

  Frames & Tags die set

Challenges:

Addicted to Stamps #519-Any Occasion

Neglected Stuff June Challenge

    These two stamp sets must be nearly 15+ years old.

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2264-Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters-June-Fish/Sea Creatures

  

 

 

Tune In

For this card, I went for a simple design. My husband loves to watch videos about cats on the TV while lounging on the couch with both of our cats snuggled in. Thus, the inspiration for the card!

Challenges:

Neglected Stuff June 2026 Challenge  Paper Smooches-Boob Tubes stamp set.  I've had this set for over 10 years!

Simon Says Masculine

Crafty Calendar June Challenge 'All About The Men/Boys'

Sweet Stampin' ~ Something For The Boys

Double Trouble-Challenge #218 3-2-1 Recipe "My Guy"  Masculine

  1. masculine-dad's day card (husband love's to watch TV and learn about cats)

  2. die cut--tag and stitched frame

  3. Scraps from my too large pile of scraps

Supplies/Materials:

Newton's Nook Designs

        Frames & Flags die set

        Frames & Tags die set

 Paper Smooches

        Boob Tubes stamp set

Lawn Fawn

        Happy Couples stamp set

My Mind's Eye

        Adventure paper pad

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Hugs,

Debbie

TOP Inky Inspiration Sketch #40-Winter Cards

This wintry card features Newton's Nook Designs retired stamps sets: Roll With It (2021) and Winter Tails (2014).  Those pretty papers are by Miss Kate, Gingerbread Lane.

 

This wintry card features critters from the retired Newton's Nook Designs stamp set, Sweater Weather (2016). Wow, I've had this set for 10 years, and I still love it! I used papers by Miss Kate, Gingerbread Lane. I love how different these cards look using papers from the same paper set. 

TOP Inky Inspiration Sketch 40

Neglected Stuff March 2026 Challenge

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Hugs,

Debbie

Inky Paws Challenge #246 Week 4

 

Inky Paws Challenge

The final days!

We have a super simple, but totally fun sketch with endless possibilites! 

Pull out your NND products and get Inky with us!

You have until Friday, November 28, 2025 (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!  

This card came about in a fun way. I recently received my  'Tis the Season toner card front. I pulled the poinsettia toner front and some darker pink foil. When I was done, I wasn't completely happy with my results. I don't use a lot of foil, so I watched some YouTube videos and learned ways to get the foil to adhere better, but I hate to waste things, so I saved the panel.  Then a day later, I received a Newton's Nook Design email by Amanda Wilcox. She gave lots of great tips like using distress ink over the foiled image. So I did, and I salvaged the toner front panel. Yay. Then I looked through my NND Christmas stamped and cut images and found this sweet kitty tree. (Cat Christmas Tree stamp set). I haven't used this image for a long time, and it was already colored with hints of pinks!  Bonus!  I looked through the Christams Party paper pad and found the pink striped paper. I cut the tag out using the Essentials Tag die set.  I did some arranging of the image and the sentiment and felt there was something missing.  Thus, more paper from the same paper pad and the Gift Builder die set. I decided the card needed a bit of color, so I chose a green paper for the box. I tucked it behind the kitty tree, offset the stamped image and popped it up with 3D tape. Once I had that all arranged, I used my Misti to position and stamp the sentiment from the Christmas Time Cats stamp set. I love how this turned out.  Pink Christmas cards make me so happy!

Now's it your turn.  What will you create this month?

Link up at Inky Paws Challenge

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs, 

Debbie

Additional Challenges:

A Cut Above Challenge-November Challenge

Neglected Stuff Challenge-November

*Cat Christmas Tree stamp. It never gets the love it deserves.

52 Christmas Card Throwdown-November

4 Papers + 1 Die = 4 Cute Holiday Cards

I have 4 holiday cards to share on this post using only 4 pieces of designer papers

 with only 1 layout die. With so many Christmas in July challenges, I'm entering cards in several different ones as noted below each card.

Simon Says Stamp Exclusive 2023-Newton's Nook Designs

Newton's Nook Designs Circle Frames

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Newton's Nook Designs Festive Fawns-Retired

Frames & Flags die set

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Newton's Nook Designs Sweater Weather-Retired

Frames & Tags die set

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 Newton's Nook Designs Holiday Home-Retired

Basic Frames die set

H is for Home

Neglected Stuff Challenge-July

I've had the Holiday Home stamp set since 2021, but haven't used it in ages.  

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 I used 3 designer papers from Miss Kate's Gingerbread Lane paper pad with the Kraft paper with trees from the DCWV The Winter in the Woods stack. I cut each paper using the Newton's Nook Designs newly released Card Layout 4 die. Then I set the 4 frames in front of me and began mixing the different "puzzle" pieces in the frame. I have a bag of precut NND holiday images, so I started selecting images as I rearranged the different patterns in each frame. Once I decided on what each panel will look like, I began adhering the panels together. I adhered each panel to a cream card stock base. I then colored the images using similar colors from the paper. It was important to me that each card have a unique look. So I pulled different dies for the sentiments and arranged them differently on each card. I used some 3D tape to add dimension. And like that....I have 4 darling cards!  

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Hugs, 

Debbie

Snowman Greetings

I had so much fun making this card using the following challenges. First, I used one of my old favorite stamp sets from Paper Smooches--Swanky Snow Dudes. When this company went out of business, I was so disappointed. I love their stamps and have held onto them for many years. I used some scraps from a very old paper pad from Recollections--Cozy Lodge. At last, I used a long-forgotten embossing folder from Lifestyle Crafts.  So in essence, this card is filled with lots of "neglected" stuff. 

Challenges that inspired this card:

Neglected Stuff Challenge--Kickoff

Creative Crafting Uncles Challenge-Embossing

The Four Seasons Challenge-Winter

Plaid  and snowman

{BYSHC} Sketch Challenge #54

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Hugs,

Debbie