Your Next Stamp August DT Dare: Colour Me Happy (Party Pets)

I am excited to be joining in for this month's Your Next Stamp Design Team Dare Challenge for August.

Each month the design team is given a special challenge to help show off the new release stamps and dies. The challenge may be seasonal or technique bases, but whatever it may be, you will see a lot of fun projects.

This month our challenge theme is called COLOUR ME HAPPY! The team was left to interpret this how they wanted.

One of my favourite stamps for this month's release is the Party Pets. For me this challenge was all about showcasing the fun colours in the amazing Birthday Girl paper pad and the new Pretty Peacock Matte Gumdrops.

YNS Supplies Used: Party Pets, Circle Die, Stitched Circle Die, Stitched Rectangle die, Birthday Girl paper pad, Pretty Peacock Matte Gumdrops, Black Olive Ink   

Head over to the Your Next Stamp blog and look for the August DT Dare post. Leave a comment on that post for the chance to WIN a stamp set of your choice!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Your Next Stamp - August (BIRTHDAY) Release!

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to Your Next Stamp, happy birthday to you!!!!

This month is a great month for birthday celebrations! I celebrated my birthday earlier this week and now we are celebrating the 8th birthday for Your Next Stamp! It's also time to share the new August released stamps and dies, so there are a lot of reason to be happy and celebrating right now.

Today we have an amazing blog hop to showcase so many fabulous stamps, dies, gumdrops and paper! This month I am re-joining the YNS team as one of the guests for birthday hop celebration. I know, I haven't been away from the team too long, but I couldn't miss out on a great party! Sit back, grab a beverage; an iced caramel macchiato perhaps, and maybe a pen and paper to joint down an item or two or three for your wish list.

Here is a look at my birthday project featuring the Party Pets stamp! I am pretty sure I looked excited eating my birthday cake on Wednesday!

YNS Supplies: Party Pets, Nautical Matte Gumdrops, Birthday Boy Paper, Ink (Black Olive, StoneGray), Scrapworks - Strips die, Stitched Rectangles, Circle die

In celebration of this amazing birthday release, Karen is offer some wonderful deals!

Now a party, just wouldn't be a party without PRIZES and party GAMES!

This month there is an $80 YNS gift certificate up for grabs. Remember to comment on the blogs along this hop! The more blogs you visit and leave a comment for, the greater your chance is to WIN!

Party Game: This month there is a fun game and if you win you could end up with 10 packages of gumdrops! As you are hopping along our blog posts today, remember to count the gumdrops as you go! There will be a link at the end of this hop for you to enter your answer. I used a few of the new Nautical Matte gumdrops on my card above!

Thank you for joining us for our new release  BIRTHDAY hop! I hope you found a little inspiration and maybe a few stamps, dies, paper, ink.......that you'd like to add to your YNS collection. 

Remember to also come back to the YNS blog on August 9th to check out the next Design Team Dare challenge. I will have another guest card to share there.

Have a great day and happy hopping!

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Your Next Stamp June DT Dare: Just for You (Bugs and Kisses)

It's time for the June Your Next Stamp Design Team Dare challenge.

Each month the design team is given a special challenge to help show off the new release stamps and dies. The challenge may be seasonal or technique bases, but whatever it may be, you will see a lot of fun projects.

This month our Designer theme is JUST FOR YOU! The team was left to interpret this how they wanted.

One of my favourite stamps for this month's release it the Bugs and Kisses. I also love the amazing new paper and gumdrops. I created a simple "Just BEE-cause" card. It will be one of those card I can give to anyone, at anytime, for any reason! Those cards are good to have in your stash!

YNS Supplies: Bugs and Kisses stamp set | Bugs and Kisses die set | Stitched Square die set | Circle Die Set | Stitching Marks Circle Die Set | Tropical Island Paper Pad |Tropical Paradise Gumdrops | YNS Ink Black Olive, Almond Latte

Head over to the Your Next Stamp blog and look for the June DT Dare post. Leave a comment on that post for the chance to WIN a stamp set of your choice!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Your Next Stamp June New Release

Welcome to the Your Next Stamp June release hop. This release is filled with fun and fabulous stamps, dies, beautiful new paper and fun new Gumdrops! There is a little something for everyone in this month's release.

We have an amazing blog hop to showcase so many wonderful stamps, and dies! This month we have a number of talented guest joining us for our June release hop. Sit back, grab a beverage and maybe a pen and paper to joint down an item or two for your wish list.

My first card may having you longing for some place a little warm and tropical. The cute Parrot-ise stamp is so fun to use and works well with the Tropical Island paper and Tropical Paradise Gumdrops.

YNS Supplies Used: Parrot-ise, Tropical Island paper, Tropical Paradise Gumdrops, Stitching MarkCircle die, Circle Die, Scalloped Circle Die, Stitched Rectangle, Almond Latte Ink

Next up is a rare masculine card using the Little Darling Super Heroes. This set is fabulous because it includes a super hero boy and girl. As we are getting close to father's day, I thought the little boy would be ideal. I also used the new For the For the Boys Paper and the Firecracker Sparkly Gumdrops.

YNS Supplies Used: Little Darling Super Heroes, For the Boys Paper, Firecracker Sparkly Gumdrops, Stitched Rectangle, Mocha Ink

In celebration of this new release, check out the fabulous deal Karen is offering!

Thank you for joining us for our new release hop! I hope you found a little inspiration and maybe a few stamps, dies, paper, ink.......that you'd like to add to your YNS collection. As you are hoping along, we would love for you to leave a comment. There will be a $25 YNS gift certificates available to win, so the more blogs you visit, the greater your chances to win the prize!

Remember to also come back to the YNS blog on June 14th to check out the next Design Team Dare challenge.

Have a great day and happy hopping!

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Your Next Stamp June Preview - Bugs and Kisses

Guess what? It's almost time for the June release at Your Next Stamp!

Today, we have a little preview of some of the stamp, dies (and more) you will see for this months new release.

The June new release will happen later tonight, so take a little time to preview everything now. You can start your wish list, because there are so many great items, something will surely catch your eyes!

I am excited to share with you a few new items from this month's release. The stamp set Bugs and Kisses is sure to be a new favourites. I also used new gumdrops and paper pad! That's right more YNS paper!

YNS Supplies Used: Bugs and Kisses, Tropical Island paper, Tropical Paradise gumdrops, Stitched Square die, Circle Die, Scallop Circle Die, Stitching Mark Circle Die, YNS Almond Latte Ink

I hope you enjoy the previews for the Your Next Stamp June release. Remember to check out all of the previews from the design team. The complete list of previews is available on the YNS blog.

Stop back later tonight (10:00 pm EST) for the start of the June release blog hop. There will be a lot of amazing projects to see and a great prize to be one. You don't want to miss this amazing release. On June 14th there will be another chance for inspiration and a prize with the next DT dare challenge. You don't want to miss all of these chance to see the June release in action.

Happy Peeking everyone!

Your Next Stamp January Previews (Love & Coffee)

Happy New Year Crafty Friends!

Do you know what time it is?

It's nearly time for the January release at Your Next Stamp!

With the new release just around the corner, I have the pleasure of sharing a little preview of some stamps and dies that you will see in this amazing and special release. I love preview day. All of the stamps and dies will be available really soon, so you may want to check out the previews today and start making your wish list!

If you head over to the Your Next Stamp blog you will see all of the previews available today!

Moving into 2017 I have a busy schedule. My goal is organization and clean and simple projects (as often as possible). Don't get me wrong, I love my layers, but as a very indecisive person, layers means so many choices that I tend to think way too long about.

For my preview card, I used the darling Love and Coffee stamp and die set, along with the amazing new YNS Hugs and Kisses paper pad. I can tell you, I LOVE this paper pad. It has everything I look for in paper, dots, stripes, small repeating images and beautiful colours!

I hope you enjoy the previews for the Your Next Stamp January release. Remember to check out all of the previews from the design team. The complete list of previews is available on the YNS blog.

Stop back later tonight (10:00 pm EST) for the start of the January release blog hop. There will be a lot of amazing projects to see and a great prize to be one. You don't want to miss this amazing release. On January 11th there will be another chance for inspiration and a prize with the next DT dare challenge. You don't want to miss all of these chance to see the January release in action.

Happy Peeking everyone!