Your Next Stamp Sketch/Colour Challenge 64 - Teacher Thank you!

Hello and welcome to another week of the Your Next Stamp sketch/colour challenge #63. 

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 

Today I used the colours for my inspiration to create a Teacher thank you card. We are nearing the end of the school year, so this will come in handy.

Supplies on this card include:

• Little Notes
• Spectacular Teacher stamp/Die
• Apple Die
• Stitched Rectangle Die
• Paint Swooshes and Splatters
• Sunset Sparkly Gumdrops
• Various YNS Inks

For the sketch/colour challenge #64, you will have until Thursday May 25th (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 #64 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!

Your Next Stamp Sketch/Colour Challenge # 42 (Thanks Note Card)

Hello and welcome to another week of the Your Next Stamp sketch/colour challenge # 42.

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, be sure to use at least 3 colours. You may also add neutrals

For this week's challenge, I found inspiration in the colours. I decided to get a little inky and create a fun set of thank you note cards for one of my daughter's teachers.

To make the card with the inky background, I started by applying my four distress ink colours (Abandoned Coral, Fossilized Amber, Twisted Citron, and Picked Raspberry) to my craft mat and spritzed them with water. I placed my water colour paper on top of the ink and removed it right away. Using paper towel I soaked up any spots that had an excess of water, then applied heat from my heat gun to dry. I repeated this step 5 more times on each of my backgrounds.

After all of the inked backgrounds were dry, I used my Fancy Thanks die and ran this through my die cut machine. With distress cards I matted them with black so the negative space for the thanks stood out.

To make use of the pretty ink coloured thanks, I used those along with the Apple die to create an additional 5 thank you cards.

For the sketch/colour challenge # 42, you will have until Thursday July 7th (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 at $15 gift card to the YNS store. If you feature a YNS stamp or die (it must be the main focus of your project), you will receive an additional $5. When you use a YNS stamp/die, there is also 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.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a fabulous and crafty day!

Supplies Used
YNS Die: Fancy Thanks, Apple Die
Distress Ink: Abandoned Coral, Fossilized Amber, Twisted Citron, and Picked Raspberry

Your Next Stamp April Release Blog Hop

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

I have to tell you I am super excited about this month's release. There are so many cute stamps and dies that will surely get your creative juices flowing. As we are entering April, the end of school is not too far off. This is a great time of year to get a jump start on thank you cards and other gifts that you may want to give to a teacher. This release is also filled with so much cuteness you may (like me) have a hard time deciding on a favourite.

I love using my stamps to create gifts. I used the LEARNING IS FUN STAMP and a few of my favourite school related dies (APPLE and LETTER BOARD dies) to create a box with a complete set of notecards.

Here is a look at the back of the box, which I decorated using the STRIPE-TASTIC STAR die.

For a thank you gift to my kids teacher at the end of the school year, I like to give a set of 'thank you' note cards. These cards are simple and created using the super fun SCRIBBLE FUN ONE background stamp, the APPLE  die and the NOTEBOOK EDGE border die.

YNS Supplies: Learning is fun, Scribble Fun One, Stripe-tastic Stars, Apple die, Letter Board die, Notebook Edge die

My second project is a card which features the super sweet HONEY BEAR, the PUFFY CLOUD boarder die and few RETRO GUMDROPS.

Here is a look at the inside of the card.

YNS Supplies: Honey Bear, Puffy Clouds Boarder die

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 will 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 a little comments for each of the designers. We love to hear from you, and there is a fabulous prize available for a lucky stamps ($25 YNS gift certificate). All of the blogs on the hop are listed below. The hop continues until April 5th at midnight (EST).

Don't forget to come back and join us on March 6th to see the winner from the blog hop comments, and to check out the latest Design Team Dare.

Have a great day and happy hopping!

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Your Next Stamp April Preview (Spectacular Teacher)

Guess what?

It's preview time at Your Next Stamp!

That means I get to share a preview of one of the amazing new stamp or die sets that is part of the April release for Your Next Stamp! I love preview days. All of the new stamps and dies will be available soon......really soon (later tonight)! You may want to check out these previews so you can get started on your wish list!

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

I have been enjoying creating a few clean and simple cards. Now it's not that they actually take me less time, because no matter how often I try, I still try and spend time considering what to put in all that white space. Some day I may learn.

I used a cute set called Spectacular Teacher. I used the stamp to paper piece this notebook/planner.

Here is a look at the inside of the card.

I hope you enjoy the previews for the Your Next Stamp April 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 April 6 we will also have our next Design Team dare challenge. That means there will be another chance for you to win a prize!

Happy PEEKING everyone!

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Spectacular Teacher (YNS)
Die: Spectacular Teacher, Stitched Rectangle Die (YNS)
Paper: Bo Bunny Toy Box