Your Next Stamp May Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the May release blog hop for Your Next Stamp!

This release is full of amazing new stamps and dies. If you are looking for cute, funny, sweet, lovely, classy, and so much more......this is the release for you.

My first card is a fun and simple thank you card made using the From My Garden stamp and die.

Inside of the card.

Supplies: From My Garden Stamp and Die, YNS Holly Berry Gumdrops, Simple Stories Summer Fresh, American Crafts Truffle twine

My second card, is an inspirational clean and simple card, made using the From the Heart Stamp set. This is a beautiful set of flowers that includes simple solid flower and outlines of flowers in the set. To create my card, I actually cut my stamp apart (scary, I know), so I could first stamp with the solid flower stamps, then stamp over top using the floral outline and white pigment ink.

To accent the flowers, I used some of our newest colours of Gumdrops.

Here is a look at the inside of the card.

Supplies Used: From the Heart, YNS Gumdrops, Lawn Fawn Let's Polka

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

Thank you for hopping along with us today. I hope you find a little inspiration and maybe a few stamps and dies that you'd like to add to your YNS collection. As you are hopping along today, remember to leave comments for each of the designers. There will be a fabulous prize available for a lucky stamper ($25 YNS gift certificate). All of the blogs on the hop are listed below. The hop continues until May 3rd at midnight (EST).

Don't forget to come back and join us May 4th to see the winner from the blog hop comments and check out the latest Design Team Dare.

Have a great day and happy hopping!

An InLinkz Link-up

Your Next Stamp May Preview (Mr. and Mrs.)

Do you know what time it is?

It's preview time at Your Next Stamp!

It's once again that wonderful time where I get to share with you a preview of one of the amazing stamps or die sets that will be part of the May release. I love preview days. All of the stamps and dies will be available soon.......really soon. So, you may want to check out today's peeks and start making your wish list.

The full list of preview projects can be found on the Your Next Stamp blog.

Today I am excited to be sharing not only a new stamp set, but one of the fabulous dies. I created a 3 x 3 wedding card using a set called Mr and Mrs and the newest Cool Tag 2.

Here is a look at the inside of the card.

I hope you enjoy the previews for the Your Next Stamp May 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 April release blog hop. There will be a lot of amazing projects to see and a great prize to be won! You don't want to miss this amazing release. On May 4th for the next Design Team Dare challenge. That will mean another chance for you to WIN a fabulous prize!

Happy peeking everyone!

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Mr and Mrs

Dies: Cool Tag Two

Paper: Bo Bunny Your Invited

Other: YNS Gumdrops

Your Next Stamp Feature - Make a Scene (Little Darling Fairy Godmother)

Welcome to the April YOUR NEXT STAMP feature post. Each month the design team uses specific stamps or theme to create a new project that will hopefully inspire you!

This month our theme is........Making a Scene

This feature was a little more challenging and not something I usually create with my card. I love to layers and have even been dabbling in the clean and simple. However, creating full backgrounds and scenes with my stamped images, not something I tend to do.

I used the Little Darling Fairy Godmother and using masking created a simple scene featuring the fairy godmother and the enchanted pumpkin carriage. The stamped image was fairy large together, so I decided to keep the rest of the card very simple.

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 April 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: Little Darling Fairy Godmother (Your Next Stamp)
Dies: Scrapwork Strips (Your Next Stamp)
Paper: Simple Stories Enchanted

Your Next Stamps Sketch Colour/Challenge # 37 (Happy Meal)

Hello and welcome to another week of the Your Next Stamp Sketch/Colour Challenge # 37

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

When using the colour inspiration, be sure to use at least 3 colours. You may also add neutrals.

I had fun with the colour inspiration inking up the soda (pop) bottles from the Happy Meal set. The bottle were fussy cut and the labels were created from stamping the bottle image on the pattern paper. Quick and easy!

To get my cola, I used some of my favourite Copic Browns E49, 47, 44, and a little bit of 43.

Here is a look at the inside of the card.

For the sketch/colour challenge #37, you have until Thursday April 28th (midnight EST) to play along. Head over to the Your Next Stamp blog for more inspiration and to link up your own creation.

One random participant will WIN at $15 gift card to the YNS store. If you feature a YNS stamp or die (it must be the main focus), you will receive an additional $5. When you use a YNS image/die, there is also a chance of being selected as the YNS Top Pick! The winner and "top pick" are announced on the Your Next Stamp blog, the Sunday following the close of the challenge.

Thank you for stopping in and have a fabulous and crafty day!

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 Preview Day Four - Smarty Assy Two PLUS a Challenge!

Welcome back for another fun day of previews for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. We are now on our forth day and I am positive you will love today's amazing set. I am so excited that our fun lovin' Sassy girls are back in A BIT SMART ASSY 2.

Since it's Saturday and a release preview day, we are also excited to present a new ANYTHING GOES challenge. Create a new project (card, scrapbook page or altered item) and share it with us on the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog or on our Krafty Friends Facebook page. All stamps are welcome, however if you use a KKS, you will double your chance to win. You have all week to play along with this challenge. At the end of the month, a winner will be selected from all of the weekly challenges to win a $20 gift certificate to use in the shop.

I am still going strong on my effort to make more clean and simple cards. This one is a fun go to design for me, where I can have a good amount of "white" space and still have fun with some of my pattern paper. I love these smart assy gals and the coffee reference speaks to me and my morning routine!

Here is a look at the inside of the card.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: A Bit Smart Assy 2 Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey Hipster
Other: Doodlebug Sprinkles (Bon Bon Assortment)

Remember to hop along and check out all of the fabulous previews from the Krafty Girls and Guests. Leave a comment on each of the blogs as you are hopping. There will be one lucky winner selected from all of the comments this week to WIN some Krafty $ to spend in the KKS store.

Release Party
Join Kimmie and the Krafty Girls as we party and celebrate the April release. The party will be on the Facebook events page (HERE) on Saturday April 16th at 2:00 pm (EST). Hope to see you there!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps April Previews Day Two: Whimsical Gnomes

Hello Krafty friends and welcome to day two of previews for the April release at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.

Today we have a cute set today from Artist Becky Pearce called WHIMSICAL GNOMES!

I just love that cute little Gnome girl, so for this card I really wanted her to be the star of the card! I kept my design clean and simple, which wasn't easy to do. I really had to work hard to walk away leaving all that white space. How about you, do you feel the need to fill in your white space?

Here is a look at the inside of the card.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Whimsical Gnomes  Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
Paper: Echo Park Bundle of Joy and Birthday Wishes
Dies: YNS Stitched Rectangle

Now it's time for you to hop along and check out all of the fabulous creations from the other Krafty Girls and our amazing guests. Leave a comment on each of the blogs as you hop along today. There will be one lucky winner selected from all of the comments this week to win some Krafty $ to spend in the KKS store.

Release Party
Join Kimmie and the Krafty Girls as we party and celebrate the April release. The party will be on the Facebook events page (HERE) on Saturday April 16th at 2:00 pm (EST). Hope to see you there!

Your Next Stamp - Teacher Appreciation (Birthday Phoebe)

Did you know that Teacher Appreciation weeks is coming up in May?

This week over on the Your Next Stamp blog, we are celebrating teachers and sharing gift giving ideas all week long!

For one of my daughter's teachers, I created a easel style note pad holder. The  holder fits 3x3 notes.

I sued the cute Birthday Phoebe on her lovely stack of books. I added the glasses to Phoebe using the Spectacular Teacher die set.

Here is the notepad holder when it's closed. The base of the note holders is 4.5 x 10.5 inches (scoring at 5, 5.5 and 8 inches). The holder for the actual notepad is 4 1/8 inches squared with scoring at 1/2 inch on each side),

If this little note holder is lucky enough to sit on the teacher desk, I have decorated the back using the Letter Board dies and the notebook from the Spectacular Teacher stamp set.

If you missed yesterday's projects from Holly and Anita, check it out here.

Head over to the Your Next Stamp blog to see more ideas on how you can created cards and gifts to say thanks to a teacher. There will be more features all week long and on Friday we will have a new Sketch/Colour challenge for your to play along with.

Your Next Stamp Supplies Used:
Stamps: Birthday Phoebe, Spectacular Teach
Dies: Letter Board, Spectacular Teacher, Apple, Stitched Square

Other Supplies:
Paper: Echo Park Teacher's Pet
Ink: Copic Markers, Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Lady Bug, Distress Ink Vintage Photo
Other: Tim Holtz Mini Paper clips

Your Next Stamp Sketch/Colour Challenge # 36 (Magical Unicorn)

Hello and welcome to another week of the Your Next Stamp Sketch/Colour Challenge # 36

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

When using the colour inspiration, be sure to use at least 3 colours. You may add neutrals.

This weeks I found inspiration with both the sketch and colour as I coloured up the amazing Magical Unicorn stamp.

For my background I played around with my Distress Inks (Worn Lipstick, Peacock Feathers, Fossilized Amber and Twisted Citron).

I kept the inside simple and used a sentiment from the Whatnot Sentiments Three and the Tearaway Tab sentiments Two.

For the sketch/colour challenge #36, you have until Thursday April 14th (midnight EST) to play along. Head over to the Your Next Stamp blog for more inspiration and to link up your own creation.

One random participant will WIN at $15 gift card to the YNS store. If you feature a YNS stamp or die (it must be the main focus), you will receive an additional $5. When you use a YNS image/die, there is also a chance of being selected as the YNS Top Pick! The winner and "top pick" are announced on the Your Next Stamp blog, the Sunday following the close of the challenge.

Thank you for stopping in and have a fabulous and crafty day!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Magical Unicorn, Whatnot Sentiment Three, Tear Away Sentiments Two
Dies: Magical Unicorn, Stitched Oval Die
Other: Distress Inks Worn Lipstick, Peacock Feathers, Fossilized Amber, Twisted Citron