Your Next Stamp June Feature - Combine Stamps (Word Critter/Tea-rific)

Welcome to the June Your Next Stamp feature post. Each month the design team uses specific stamps, dies or themes to create projects that will hopefully inspire you.

You will want to check out the feature post each month at the YNS blog because in addition to inspiration, there is also a chance to WIN a stamp set of your choice.

This month our challenge was to use two or more stamps together and as many dies as we wanted. This was a fun challenge.

For this month's challenge, I used masking to create a scene with two of my stamp sets. The one set Tea-riffic is retired, however the Birthday Phoebe set has a set of books that could also work. The sweet cat is from the Word Critter: Cats and Dogs. I have used that critter set twice this month!

OTHER YNS Products: Word Critter: Cats and Dogs, Tea-rific (retired), Stitched Rectangle, File Tab die, Stitched Scallop Edge die, Firecracker Sparkly Gumdrops, YNS Ink (mocha, black olive)

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

Have a happy day!!!!

Design Team Dare - Cased card (Fairy Dust)

It's once again time for the Your Next Stamp Design Team Dare. Each month the design team is given a special challenge to help show off the new release stamps and dies.

For December's DT Dare theme, we are creating projects by CASING a creation made this year by one of our teammates.

I pulled inspiration for my card from one created by our newest designers Dian Ratna Sari (see her card below). Seeing her distress background really got me excited about creating my own winter scene. My card feature the Winter fairy from the Fairy Dust set and the Penguin from Winter Wonderland Phoebe. I also used the Double Stitched Hills, Stitched Rectangle dies and White Sugar and Sparkle Gumdrops.

Here is a look at Dian's card which inspired me. You can find Dian's lovely creation on the YNS blog here.

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

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Supplies Used
Stamps: Fairy Dust, Winter Wonderland Phoebe, Waddles Winter Happiness (Sentiment)
Dies: Double Stitched Hills Dies Stitched Rectangles
Ink: YNS (Black Olive, Blueberry Breeze), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Picked Raspberry, Twisted Citron, Dusty Concord, Faded Jeans, Black Soot)
Paper: Bo Bunny Altitude
Other: White Sugar and Sparkle Gumdrops

Your Next Stamp - Year in Review Blog Hop (Birthday Phoebe)

Hello everyone and welcome to the Your Next Stamp December Year in Review hop.

We don't have new stamps releasing this month, however the Design Team is sharing their favourite stamp and/or die set from this year!

At first, I thought this was going to be a tough decision. There have been so many amazing sets this year which I absolutely love. However, when I started to go over all of my YNS creations for 2016, one stamp set jump out as my most used. My most used is usually my most loved (for that year).

Now you may be surprised that it's not a coffee related stamp, however it does involve BOOKS!

My favourite stamp set for this year is BIRTHDAY PHOEBE! This set really should be called Bookworm Phoebe, because I have only used little Miss Phoebe sitting on that stack of books. As an avid reader and living in a house of bookworms, this stamp is hardly tucked away before I drag it back out.

Here are a few of my other Birthday Phoebe projects from this year:

Phoebe Bookmark, original post here

 Phoebe Notepad holder, original post here

 Phoebe and Monster book themed gift set, original post here

Thanks for joining us for our walk down memory lane with our favourite sets from 2016. I hope you found some of your own favourites and maybe a few new ones to add to your Christmas crafty wish list!

Leave a comment on each of the blogs as you are hoping along. There is a giveaway of a $25 YNS Gift Certificate for one lucky crafter. The more blogs you comment on, the greater your chance to WIN!

Have a super crafty day!

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Your Next Stamp - Happy Birthday Karen!

SURPRISE!

Guess what? Karen our fabulous crafty boss and owner of YOUR NEXT STAMP is having a very special birthday.

To celebrate this special birthday is Karen offering a BIG one day 40% off SALE!

That's not the only surprise! There was a little conspiring by our DT Coordinator Julie to have a SURPRISE blog hop! Well of course I had to jump in on this surprise!!!! Check out the YNS blog for all of the sale details and the hop participants.

For my birthday card, I went back to the stamp that started it all. That's right, the very first stamp I purchased from Karen was Ellie Loves Latte. I remember how excited I was to find this stamp and to discover that YNS headquarters was so close to my home.

My love of YNS did not stop with sweet little Ellie. More stamps followed. I was a guest designer for Karen in April 2014. That was also the first time I had the chance to work with her, helping out at Scrapfest. I has been such a great time working together with Karen and being apart of the YNS family.

Wishing you a very happy birthday Karen. Welcome to the 40 club!

This sale is ONE DAY ONLY, so hurry!

Sale Details:

• Free shipping will not apply during the 40% off sale. All orders that usually would be eligible for free shipping, will have a flat rate of $10 applied to the order upon check out
• The discount code MUST be applied during checkout - no refunds will be applied to orders placed without the code
• 24 hour sale is valid October 25, 2016 only. The sale ends at midnight EST.
• Discount is on in stock items only. No rain checks.

Thanks for stopping by today and joining in our surprise birthday blog hop for Karen!

Supplies Used
Stamps: Ellie Loves Latte, Sprinkles Coffee and Tea (sentiment)
Paper: Doodlebug Flea Market
Ink: YNS Black Olive, Mocha
Other: YNS Mint Green Gumdrops