Your Next Stamp Design Team Series: Q & A

Hello everyone, I am hosting over on the YOUR NEXT STAMP blog where we having a little "getting to know" you for the DT gals. You can head over and check out my Q & A and learn about one of my favourite colour combos.

Here is the card I created using some of my go to colours and the sweet ELLIE LOVES LATTE stamp. I also added some chocolate gumdrops and brown twine and new Echo Park paper call Bundle of Joy A New Addition.

Inside of the card I used the WHATNOT SENTIMENTS THREE and the birthday sentiment from JESSICA WITH CUPCAKES.

Thanks for joining me today.

Have a fabulous and crafty day friends.

Tracy

Your Next Stamp Sketch/Colour Challenge # 1

Hello everyone. Today I am excited to share my first card as part of the NEW challenges at YOUR NEXT STAMP.

That's right! Not only did Your Next Stamp launch a new website for the store, there is also a fabulous new blog and new challenges. The challenges are now bi-weekly, so you have two weeks to play along with each challenge. As part of the new challenges we are still providing a fabulous sketch option, however the inspirational photo is now a colour challenge.

For each new challenge you can create a projects based on the sketch and/or colour option. If you are using the colour challenge you must use at least 3 of the colours along with neutrals. Check out all of the details for the new challenge here.

Challenge # 1 Sketch and Colour:

For my card, I worked with the fun Sketch, however I did incorporate a number of the fabulous colours as they were perfect for my fall card.

My card today is featuring Ellie Loves Lattes which was my very first Your Next Stamp image that I ever bought. It's still one of my favourites. I also used the fun Mini Ink Splatter and the Heart Doily die set. This was a great sketch and it was fun to find different ways to play around with the various circles, especially because I don't use circles very often in my creations.

I hope you are feeling inspired to check out the new challenges at Your Next Stamp.

There is still a prize of a $15 gift certificate to the YNS store for one random participant ($20 if a YNS stamp or die is the main feature on your card). There is also a chance to be selected at the YNS top pick. For this honour you MUST use a YNS stamp or die.

Thanks for stopping by and please come back soon.

Have a fabulous Friday.

Tracy

Supplies:
Stamps: Ellie Love Latte, Mini Ink Splatter
Die: Heart Doily Die, Spellbinders standard circles and scallop dies
Paper: Carta Bella A perfect Autumn

Little Red Wagon # 255 Get in Shape!

Today we have another great challenge on the Little Red Wagon Blog. 

Our fabulous hostess Janice is challenging us to GET IN SHAPE! No you don’t need to get your work out gear on or head to the gym. Janice is looking for a shaped card, preferably one without using rectangles and if possible circles. You know think outside the box right? Easier said than done!

I didn’t quite follow the rules very well for this challenge, because my card is fairly rectangular-ish. Oops! In my defence I have been crazy busy with work, home, kids, husband and crafts, so I am lucky to remember to eat and dress in something that matches some days.

For my shaped card I went for something that is dear to my daily routine. Yes my coffee or in a lot of cases latte addiction! I just love the fall Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks! So with coffee on the brain, this week I created a fun coffee cup shaped card. I paired this with a cute image from Your Next Stamp called Ellie Loves Latte.

Despite my card being not far off from a rectangle, I do think I should get a few points awarded because my shaped card was all created by hand. No die cut machine involved. I am sure my Silhouette wielding Girlfriends could have whipped this up in half of the time I did. I played around with a few scraps to get the desired shape/size and then created the card base from white cardstock with a fold at the top. I had the kraft corrugated card stock in my stash and it worked perfectly as the “sleeve” for my cup.

You may have noticed that I don’t have an inside photo of the card. Sorry, I didn’t decorate the inside, this time. My plan is to tuck in a gift card inside for the lucky recipient.

Are you ready to get in SHAPE? Join this week’s challenge and link up your projects at the Little Red Wagon blog. If you are looking for a bit of inspiration, then check out what the other Girlfriends have worked up for this week’s challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today and please come back again soon.

Tracy