Your Next Stamp Sketch/Colour Challenge # 58 - Silly Book Monster (Altered Notebook)

Hello and welcome to another week of the Your Next Stamp sketch/colour challenge #58. 

Every two weeks, there is a new challenge that features a sketch and colour inspiration. Pick the one that inspires you most, or try both for an added challenge. The best part of these challenges is you could win a gift certificate to the YNS store!

 When using the colour inspiration, you must use at least 3 colours. You may also add neutrals

This week I used the sketch for my inspiration. This was a great sketch, so I didn't need to make any changes. I inked up one of my new favourite stamps, the fun Silly Book Monsters and decorated a notebook.

I also used the fun Letterboard die to create my book title.

For the sketch/colour challenge # 58, you will have until Thursday March 2nd (midnight EST) to play along. Head over to the Your Next Stamp blog for more inspiration and to link up your creation.

One random participant will win a $15 gift card to the YNS store. If you feature YNS products (it must be the main focus of your project), you will receive an additional $5. When you use a YNS stamp/die, there is a chance of being selected as the YNS top pick. The winner and top pick are announced on the YNS blog, the Sunday after the close of the challenge.

If you use YNS products on your project, you can also take part in the YNS Social Media challenge. Simply showcase your YNS sketch/colour challenge #58 project on Instagram, Splitcoast Stampers or Facebook. Check out the currently challenge post at the YNS blog for more details on the social media challenge.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Book Monster
Dies: Letterboard Die, Circle Die, Stitching Mark Circle, Book monster die
Other: Love Me Some Latte Gumdrops
Ink: YNS Black Olive ink, Walnut Stain distress ink
Paper: My Minds Eye Remarkable

Notebook Full of Possibilities!

Hello everyone!

I am here with a rare blog post. This one is not connected with a new stamp release or one of my design team commitments. This challenge is BOOK related.

I am a HUGE fan of author Elise Kova. She is the talented author of the amazing Air Awakens series. She is soon to release the Alchemists of Loom in January 2015. As we build up to the release of the book Elise continues to share with us fascinating details about this amazing world of Loom.

Did you know there are Guilds in the world of Loom?

I am a proud member of the Harvester Guild

You can find out more about the Harvesters Guild here. You learn more about the Guild Games and determine which guild you are part of here.

I used my craft resources to create this note book. I coloured the image (Elisha the Mage by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps) and decorated the book using a variety of supplies in my craft stash.

The tag on the front of the note book is a sentiment that I feel represents me and the Harvesters really well.

I love to make notebooks. They are great ways to record ideas, lists, creations or they make a great gift. I haven't decided what I am going to do with this special notebook!

Thank you for stopping by.

If you want to learn more about Elise Kova's books check out her website.

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps April Release Blog Hop (Whimsical Gnomes)

Guess what? It's time for April stamp release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

That's right all of the FIVE amazing sets are now available in the KKS Shop. We are celebrating this fabulous release with a blog hop.

For today's hop I got creative with the Whimsical Gnomes. I also enjoyed adding a few extra layers back onto my card. They can't all be CAS card.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Whimsical Gnomes (Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps)
Die: MFT circle and Scallop die
Paper: Simple Stories So Rad

I hope you enjoy all of the projects featured in our April release blog hop. There is a lot of inspiration today, so please enjoy!

Happy Hopping!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps March Scrappy Challenge (Calendar)

Welcome to our March Scrappy Challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

These challenges are a lot of fun and give you a chance to use your stamps in different ways. Your creations can be ANYTHING you would like to create with KKS, anything that is BUT a card! You still have a lot of room for creativity including, calendars, planner pages, bookmarks, pocket and traditional scrapbooking pages and other altered paper craft items. For the Scrappy challenges you MUST use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp. You have all month to play along, so grab some stamps and let's get KRAFTY!

Our theme for March is: ANYTHING GOES

I have a personal planner, however back in December, I created a family calendar page using the Perfect Planner stamp set and really enjoyed how it turned out. I missed getting a page done in February and March, however I am getting ahead of the game and finished both an April and May calendar.

Calendars and planners are fun ways to use any number of your stamps. On this page I was able to use:

• Perfect Planner
• Hello Spring
• You Are My Sunshine
• One Cup at a Time
• Let's Celebrate
• Totally Tubular (sentiment)
• I {Heart Coffee} (sentiment)
• Itty Bitty Friends (retired)
• Fin-Tactic Friends - Sea Horses, Bubbles, Sentiment (retired)

I hope you play along with this month's SCRAPPY challenge! You can head over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog to see more inspiration from the other Krafty Girls, as well as full details about this challenge.

Create any project (other than a card) featuring a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps image. You have one month to play along and you can enter as many times as you like. Once the challenge reaches 5 entries, a random winner will be drawn.

Have a fabulous and Krafty day!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Perfect Planner, Hello Spring, You Are My Sunshine, One Cup at a Time, Let's Celebrate,
Totally Tubular, I {Heart Coffee}, Itty Bitty Friends (retired), Fin-Tactic Friends (retired)

Paper: Simple Stories Hey Mom

Your Next Stamp March Feature - Think Spring

Welcome to the March YOUR NEXT STAMP feature post. Each month the design team uses specific stamps or themes to create new projects that will hopefully inspire you!

This month our them is called.......THINK SPRING!

We just welcomed in the first day of spring on March 20th. As we are nearing the end of this month, I decided to use a few different stamps sets to create my April family calendar page. This calendar will hang in the house and is a fun way to keep everyone on track!

Once the calendar is done, I can add the page to my 12 x 12 scrapbook album for a reminder during the year.

I used a number of stamps on this page including:

Love to Plan
Hey Chickie
Word Critters Spring 
Word Critters Cats & Dogs
Mini Party Confetti
Love and Smiles
Birthday Phoebe (books)
Plant Some Kindness

PRIZE ALERT!!!

Head over to the YNS blog to see all of the Design Team member sharing projects for this month's feature. Leave a comment on the blog post for the March Feature and you will have a chance to win a prize. One lucky stamper will WIN a YNS stamp set of their choice!

Your Next Stamp January Feature (Perfect Chemistry)

Welcome to the January YOUR NEXT STAMPS feature post. Each month the design team uses specific themes or stamps to create new projects that will hopefully inspire you.

This month as we near that special day of February the 14th our theme for this month is....WITH LOVE!

For my 'with love', I selected one of my favourite stamps from last year, the 'mad' scientist from PERFECT CHEMISTRY. To kick up the love and affection on this card, I added the MINI HEART INK SPLATTER as a back ground behind our mad with love scientist.

I love the Taylored Expression Formula for Love paper. It works so well for this image.

Here is a look at the inside of the card.

PRIZE ALERT!!!

Head over to the YNS blog to see all of the DT members sharing project's for this month's WITH LOVE feature. Leave a comment on the blog post for the January feature and you will have a chance to win a prize. One lucky stamper will WIN a YNS stamp set of their choice!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Perfect Chemistry, Mini Heart Ink Splatter
Dies: Perfect Chemistry
Paper: Taylored Expression Formula for Love
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Worn Lipstick Distress Ink, Versa Mark Onyx Black

Your Next Stamp January Design Team Dare (Cute Foodies Treat Toppers)

Welcome to the first Your Next Stamp DT dare challenge of the year. Each month the design team is given a special challenge to show off the new stamps and dies released each month. For the month of January our challenge is called......SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW!

I think the challenge is obvious. That means it's time to dig down deep in the crafty stash and find something to work with. Challenge is ACCEPTED!

For this fun challenge my something old focused around a pad of MME paper that I've had in my stash for years! I also grab one of my slightly older Treat Topper die (back from our May 2015 release).

My somethings new is of course my new release Cute Foodies stamp, the scallop and oval from the Mini Pillow box die and new American Craft twine I received for Christmas.

Here are a couple of Valentine treats that I made with my old and new supplies!

If you head over to the Your Next Stamp blog for the January DT Dare post, leave a comment and there will be a chance for you to win! You could WIN a stamp of your choice.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Cute Foodies (Your Next Stamp)
Dies: Mini Pillow Box , Treat Topper (Your Next Stamp)
Paper: My Minds Eye Love Me
Other: American Crafts Twine (Straw)

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps January Scrappy Challenge

Hello and welcome to our January Scrappy challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

These challenges are a lot of fun and give you the chance to use your stamps in different ways. Your creations can be ANYTHING you would like to create but NOT a card! That leaves a lot of room for creativity, including calendar, planner pages, bookmarks, pocket pages and traditional scrapbook pages. You MUST use a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp for this challenge! You have all month to play along, so grab some stamps, pictures and let's get KRAFTY!

Our January theme is: ANYTHING GOES

I have had most of this calendar together since October, getting myself ready to get organized for the new year. Since I am going to keep this calendar as part of my scrapbook for the year, after the month is over, I like to go back and add a few reminders of some of the things that happened over the past month.

On my January calendar I used:

• Perfect Planner
• Love Chemistry
• One Cup at a Time
• Happiness is Reading (#reading, books)
• Itty Bitty Friends (sold out)

The paper is from Echo Park's Hello Winter collection.

Before the start of the month, I like to you the Perfect Planner set and mark out those days where I have confirmation of reminders, plans or information to remember.

Later in the month, if other things come up, it's fun to use some of the other great stamps you have in your collection to add a few reminders of fun and important memories. Baking with my kids and of course shopping for books (again)!

I hope you play along with this month's SCRAPPY Challenge! You can head over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog to see more creations from the Krafty Girls as well as the full details about the challenge.

Create any project (other than a card) featuring a Kraftin' Kimmie image. You have one month to play along and you can enter as many times as you like. Once the challenge reaches 5 entries, a random winner will be drawn.

Your Next Stamp January Release Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Your Next Stamp January new release blog hop.

This month we are featuring a variety of stamps and amazing dies that you will fall in LOVE with! If you are like me and are gearing up for Valentine's day, this is the release for you. In addition to cards, I am getting ready to make a few Valentine's for my kids to hand out to their classmate.

My first project I made a simple card featuring the PUPPY LOVE stamp, I used the large heard for my background stamping using Worn Lipstick distress ink. The Little hearts are from the So Stinkin' Cute set and stamped with Memento Angel Pink.

I used the Stitched Square die to cut out the image of my puppy.

Here is a look at the inside of my card.

YNS stamps and dies used:

My next project will be the perfect little Valentine's gift for my girls to give away to their classmates. I used the CUTE FOODIES and the LITTLE SHOPPING BAG die set to create these tiny bags that you can fill with treats or other fun gifts.

The little bag measures about 3.25 inches high, 2.5 wide and 1 inch deep.

YNS stamps and dies used:

In celebration of this month's release, Karen has a fabulous deal for you.

Thanks for hopping along with us today. Remember to leave a comment on each of the blogs as you go. There is a fabulous prize available to one lucky stamps ($25 YNS gift certificate). All of the blogs are listed below. The hop continues until January 19th (EST) at midnight. Come back and join us on January 20th to see the winner from the blog hop comments and check out the latest Design Team Dare.

Have a great day, happy hopping.

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