YNS Challenge #46

Hello Stamping Friends!

Join in the new challenge at Your Next Stamp!!
Click here to find the current challenge!

Here's some inspiration for you:

Here is a card sketch....

and photo/colors to find inspiration from....

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I just LOVE these sketch and color challenges!
It is so fun to find inspiration from!!

For my Birthday card I used the fun new Happy Birthday YNS 2016 stamp set!

I stamped the pretty polka dot presents in some of the inspirational colors from the photo!  So fun!!

I just LOVE these colors together!!

I finished off my card by adding some Grape Punch Glittered Gumdrops by the sentiment!

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Be sure to check out all of the lovely products at Your Next Stamp!!
You'll love them!!

Have a lovely day!

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Faith, Hope, Love

Hello Stamping Friends!


I have a card to share with you today using dies from Frantic Stamper!!

I used the super fun Elementals #8 Arched Labels for my main shapes on this card!  I really like how this card turned out!!

I used the Faith Words #4 for the three words on the front of my card!

Be sure to check out all of Frantic Stampers products here!!

Have a lovely day!

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YNS August Designer Showcase

Hello Stamping Friends!

It's Designer Showcase week at Your Next Stamp!!
So be sure to visit the YNS Blog every day to see all the fabulous projects!!

Our theme this week is:
Birthday Project

How appropriate, since we are celebrating YNS's 7th Birthday this month!!!

I started my project by stamping the Lots of Dots Edge Stamp multiple times on two pieces of pink card stock in pink ink!

I then die cut the adorable Cute Little Shopping Bag from each of the stamped pink cardstock!  And assembled the gift bag!

I then also die cut the scallop cirlce, which is also from the Cute Little Shopping Bag die set,  from a light pink cardstock.

I stamped the "Happy Birthday" from the Wheelie Fun stamp set!  And my main mission for this project was to show off the awesome Mini Letters and Numbers stamp set!  I love stamp sets like this as you can personailze anything with them!  So I stamped my daughter's name Ava under the birthday sentiment!

I think is it makes the gift bag even more personal!!  As I was creating this I also thought, how could it would be to make these for gift favors as well!!!

I then die the the banner from the Cool Tag Three Die Set two times on some fun sparkly purple paper!  So that I could position it behind the scallop sentiment tag!

I then finished off the packaging by tying some Purple Solid Divine Twine to close up the bag!  And most importantly adding some lovely Grape Punch Glittered Gumdrops!!

So fun!!


Be sure to check out all of the lovely products at Your Next Stamp!!
You'll love them!!

Have a lovely day!

Happy Summer with D2BA

Hello Stamping Friends!!

I'm on the Dare 2B Artzy Blog today!!

Today I am featuring the awesome new Flip Flops stamp set!

 Many times when stamping I think the the images need to be stamped in black in and then colored in!

But occasionally remind myself that it's not true!!!

When I first got the Flip Flops stamp set I was ready to stamp the flip flop image in black and start coloring, as seen below:

But as I was ready to color, I started thinking these flip flops would be so fun stamped in color!

So I did exactly that:

D2BA has some super fun ink colors!!
I used Paradise, Wild Orchid, Bright Pumpkin, Margarita Lime and Sunset Yellow!!


Here is my finished card:

I used a piece of Wild Orchid paper behind my sentiment layer and fun stamped flip flop layer!

How fun and bright!!

Check out all D2BA's products here!

Thanks for stopping by! 

Be sure to check back for more amazing inspiration!

Have a beautiful day! 

World's Best Teacher

Hello Crafty Friends!!

I have a fun card to share with you today using some awesome products from The Stamps of Life!!

I used two new stamp sets released this month from TSOL for my card today!

The apples2stamp and patterns4apples!!

I also used the coordinating Apple Dies!!

What some great new stamp sets, with Back To School right around the corner, I thought I would create a teacher themed card!

I really like the design of this card!!

TSOL Products Used

Stamps:  apple2stamp, patterns4apples

Dies: Apple Dies, Stitched Circles, Circle Scallop Framelits

Ink: Licorice, Chocolate, Kiwi, Green Apple, Spearmint

Paper: Powdered Sugar, Kiwi

Misc.: Flower/Dots Embossing Folders, Kiwi Seam Binding, Green w/White Dot Ribbon

Be sure to check out all the lovely products from the The Stamps of Life here!!

Have a lovely day!!

It's All Good!

Hello Crafty Friends!!

I have a fun card to share with you today using some awesome products from The Stamps of Life!!

When I received the adorable new scarecrow2stamp set I was instantly in love!
This is the cutest scarecrow image I have ever seen!!

It was so much fun to color!!

 Isn't the image sweet?!

I love that you can buy coordinating dies as well!
I used the Scarecrow Dies to die cut the image out!  I also used the die set to die cut a flower to pop up on the scarecrow's hat!

TSOL Products Used

Stamps:  scarecrow2stamp

Dies: Scarecrow Dies

Ink: Licorice

Paper: Powdered Sugar, Grape, Guava, Congratulations Collection

Misc.: Enamel Dots, Grape Pearls

Be sure to check out all the lovely products from the The Stamps of Life here!!

Have a lovely day!!

YNS August DT Dare

Hello Stamping Friends!

It's DT Dare time at Your Next Stamp!!

DT Dare Is....
Celebration

Since we are celebrating YNS's 7th Birthday this month, what a perfect theme to go with!!

So with that in mind, I decided to create a super fun and bright Birthday card!!!

Check it out:

Isn't it fun?!

I just LOVE how it turned out!

I started by die cutting the new Circle Panel Die and then stamped the large beautiful "Birthday" from the Birthday Chickie stamp set!!  I then stamped the "happy" from the Little Notes stamp set, which I masked the birthday so that I would only get the happy.

I then die cut the Circle Panel Die a few more times with different bright paper!  I then filled in the circles on the die I wished to!  The rest I used for shaker windows!!  Each shaker window is separate, so I could use multiple different sequin and seed beads!! 

I finished my card off by adding some lovely Gumdrops!!

Be sure to check out the other DT projects on the YNS Blog and leave a comment for your chance at winning a stamp set of your choice!!

Be sure to check out all of the lovely products at Your Next Stamp!!
You'll love them!!

Have a lovely day!

BIG Birthday Wishes

Hello Crafty Friends!!

I have a fun card to share with you today using some awesome products from The Stamps of Life!!


The new moredinos2stamp was release just yesterday!!
I LOVE this new set!!

Such a cute stamp set!!

TSOL Products Used

Stamps: moredinos2stamp

Ink: Green Apple Midnight, Mustard, Storm

Paper: Powdered Sugar, Midnight

Misc.: Midnight Pearls, Banana & Powdered Sugar Twine,

                Midnight Grosgrain with White Dots

Be sure to check out all the lovely products from the The Stamps of Life here!!

Have a lovely day!!

Sweet Ducks with D2BA

Hello Stamping Friends!!

It's the first Sunday of the month, which means there is a new challenge on the Dare 2B Artzy Blog!!

Our theme this month:
Animals

With that in mind, I decided to grab the new Restore the Soul stamp set!  I absolutely LOVE the adorable Mom and baby duck in the set!!

Here is the card I created:

Just a friendly "hello" card!
Look close at the Mom duck!!

Do you see the pretty pearl necklace she has on!

Here is a look at the image after I colored it:

What a fun image to color!!  Just a fun image in general!!
After I was all done creating the card, I added the pearls to the circles around her neck!

Super fun added detail!!

Check out all D2BA's products here!

Thanks for stopping by! 

Have a beautiful day! 

YNS August Release Day

Hello Stamping Friends!

 It's release day at Your Next Stamp!!!
I just love release day!

And August is always a fun month for YNS, as it is Your Next Stamp's Birthday month!!
We're celebrating 7 years!!!!

How very exciting!!

There are so MANY great new stamp sets and dies being released today!!! As well as, drum roll please, a new paper pack!!!


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So first up, I am using the super fun new Silly Monsters Rockstars!!  This stamp set is so much fun!!  I love it!  I also used the coordinating Silly Monster Rockstars Dies, to cut out this silly monster!!

The sentiments in this stamp set are super fun as well!!

I'm also extremely excited for the new Circle Panel Die, which the silly monster is placed above!  I can see I will be using this die a lot!  So many fun possibilities with it! 

Behind the panel, I used a new piece of the Swirly Fun paper!!

This little rockstar was placed on my card with an Action Wobble!! :)  So he can really rock out!!

I finished up my card by adding some yummy sparkly Gumdrops!!

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Next up I am featuring two new stamp sets, the beautiful Framed Flowers and the Whatnot Sentiments Seven!!

The Framed Flowers stamp set has six different floral images!  

I used three of them for my card:

I used the new Stitched Peek-a-Boo Door and Frame die set, for the frame, to create the bold black frames!!  I think it really makes the flowers stamp on!

I love the Whatnot Sentiment series YNS has to offer! So I was so super excited to see there was another one being released!!  I decided to first use the Sympathy sentiment from the new Whatnot Sentiments Seven!!  Like many people I am not a fan of creating these type of cards, but it needs to be done occasionally.  

And as in most cases, I finished off my card by adding some yummy Gumdrops!!  

Be sure to check out all the awesome new products here!!!!

Please reference our linky at the bottom of this post for the entire hop list.

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As I mentioned earlier we are celebrating 7 years!!!

Which means there is an awesome giveaway!
Karen, owner of YNS, is giving away 7 (SEVEN!!) $25 Gift Certificates!!!
(Winner Annouced August 10th!)

So please remember to leave some love along the way!

There also is an awesome sale in celebration:

Perfect time to get some of those awesome products on your wish list!!

Happy Hopping!!

Have a lovely day!

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YNS August Preview

Hello Stamping Friends!

!It's that time of the month at Your Next Stamp!!

It's Preview Day today!
Tomorrow is Release Day!!!!

And let me tell you this release is beyond AMAZING!!  
I'm so excited for you to see all the awesome new products!!

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For my preview post today, I get to show of the adorable new Magical Ponies stamp set! And coordinating Magical Ponies Dies!! 

So in love with this new stamp set!  My daughter is very girly, so when I seen this set I instantly knew I had to have it!  So here is the first card I created with it:

I love all the ponies in this set, but especially this one!!  I love the coordinating "Happy Birthday TuTu You!" sentiment to go with her!!  Perfect for any little girls card!

As you can see I created a Flip-It card!!  How exciting!!  I used the new Half Circle Flip It Die!! 

I also used the previously released Scallop Star Edge Die for the scalloped edge on both sides!  Adds a nice magical/girly touch to the card!!

I finished the card off by adding some Green Solid Divine Twine!!

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Be sure to check out the Your Next Stamp Blog to view all the other sneak peeks!!

Have a lovely day!!

YNS Challenge #45

Hello Stamping Friends!

Join in the new challenge at Your Next Stamp!!
Click here to find the current challenge!

Here's some inspiration for you:

Here is a card sketch....

and photo/colors to find inspiration from....

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I found inspiration from both the sketch and colors once again!!

I was inspired to use this floral paper from Simple Stories after seeing the color photo!

I used the Stitched Rectangle Die Set to create the shaker opening!  I just love these stitched dies!  Especially since I can't run a sewing machine for the life of me! lol

The "Thanks!" is from the Scribble Fun Two stamp set!

I finished the card off by adding some Deep Pink Solid Divine Twine and Gumdrops, which I absolutely LOVE!!!!!

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Be sure to check out all of the lovely products at Your Next Stamp!!
You'll love them!!

Have a lovely day!

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