Your Next Stamp November Release Hop

It's beginning to look a lot CHRISTMAS! Holidays stamps are everywhere!!!

It's release time again at YOUR NEXT STAMPS and we are gearing up for the holiday season that is fast approaching. This new release is FAB-U-LOUS, with so many amazing new stamps and die. Grab your coffee, tea or maybe even a hot chocolate and sit back and enjoy a bit of holiday inspiration.

It may be quite obvious today, which of this month's release images are my favourite. Now the Gift From Cuddles the bunny, which I previewed yesterday in our sneak peek (here) was fun and makes the sweetest holiday card. I also enjoyed creating with the the sweet Cupboard Full of Cuties, which you will see in a few days. For today however it's all about SANTA and this one is not sporting a sleigh.

For my first card I used SANTA EXPRESS STAMP along with the matching dies. To make the card more interactive, I added a little folded "book" on the front of the card to show off this image a few fun dies. The Doodlebug paper was just perfect for this set, maybe because it is also called Santa Express.

Also featured in my fun card today is the Snowflake border die, Winter Fun tag (snowflake), Sled and Presents die, Stitched Fishtail tag two, and the ever fabulous white Gumdrop.

For my second card, I also created a card using the SANTA EXPRESS stamp and die, however I also added to it the SANTA EXPRESS TRAIN CARTS stamp set (which also has a fabulous matching die).

This Santa is enjoying a leisurely drive with loads of presents in his carts. To create the mounds of snow I cut a rough snow hill using a double sided adhesive sheet. I applied this to white cardstock then peeled off the other the backing and applied Sparkly Fluff (from Our Craft Lounge).

Here are the stamps and dies used on this fun card.

 To celebrate this months release Karen is offering a fabulous deal on the new release items.

My fellow DT friends and our Guests have been having a lot of fun creating our Holiday projects to show off this fun new release. Take your time and hop around to each of the blog (listed below). As you are hopping remember to leave a comment at all of the blogs. Someone will win a $20 YNS gift certificate (winner announces November 12th).

Thanks for stopping by and happy hopping!

Tracy

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps # 254 Glitter and Glamour

WOW can you believe it is the first of November! That means it's time to put away those Halloween stamps and get moving on your Christmas cards. Today I am sharing a card for this week's Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge. Deborah is our hostess and her theme is GLITTER AND GLAMOUR.

Grab your stamps and create a NEW card, layout or altered project that has a little or a LOT of GLITTER AND GLAMOUR. Link your project over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog and you may just WIN a $10 gift card to the shop. Now that is an exciting prize! Now we love it when you use the fabulous Kraftin' Kimmie stamps for our challenges, and when you do you will double your chances to win. However since we love to have everyone play along, you can use any stamp as long as it follows the challenge theme!

I am ready to dive into my Christmas cards and for today's card I used the sweet penguins from JUST CHILLIN'. Now my card is more GLITTER than glamour, but fun just the same.

The card is fairly CAS with a small amount of fun paper from Doodlebug Santa Express collection. To add a bit of glitter I used Maya Road Chipboard snowflakes, and coloured them red with Copic markers. I then ran the snowflakes through my Xyron and added Glitter Ritz Microfine Glitter. I also included a fun glittered Doodlebug sprinkle from the fall assortment pack.

Here is a look at the inside of my card.

Are you ready to play along? Join the fun and show off a bit of Glitter and Glamour with this week's challenge. Check out the Kraftin' Kimmie blog for more details and for the links to the other Krafty Girls that are sharing a bit of GLITTERY inspiration this week.

Did you see this week's FRUGAL FRIDAY deals? If not you MUST check them out. There are some amazing deals on a number of fabulous stamps (25 - 50% off) .

Thanks for visiting my blog today. I hope you will come back soon.

Thanks and have a super Krafty day!

Tracy

Your Next Stamp October Release Hop

Hello everyone and welcome to a very special Your Next Stamp blog hop?

Why is this hop so special? Not only do we have an amazing collection of stamps and dies to show off for the October release, we are also celebrating the launch of the new Your Next Stamp website.

The holidays are not too far off and today the design team and special guests are here to help spread a little Christmas inspiration. If you haven't yet thought about Christmas, this amazing release will help put you in the mood. There are so many fabulous stamps, dies and yummy Gumdrops to help you create cards, layouts, decorations and fabulous gifts for those on your nice list this year.

Take a a moment to look around, then hop, hop, hop to all of the blogs featured below. As you are hopping remember to leave a comment. There will be 5 random winners who will received $20 to spend in the YNS store! It's worth it to leave a little love! You will want to comment on all of the blogs because the prizes are randomly placed among all of the blogs. Hop, comment and you may WIN!

For my first card, I am showing off my favourite set from this release called WINTER HOME. I created a full winter scene complete with night sky and Santa and his reindeer which is from last year's holiday set CHRISTMAS MAGIC.

Although you can't really see from the pictures, the house is actually paper pieced to create slight dimension to the scene. I used the distress ink (salty ocean, broken china and faded jeans) to create my night sky on the background and added my first layer in which I just coloured the trees. I then added the paper pieced house, and finally the roof and front door/step.

To add the snow to my winter scene I used DecoArt Snow Writer. I find the product thick and gritty, so I added a bit of water and applied it to my scene with a fine tipped paint brush.

Here is a look at the inside of the card. I used one of the sets sentiments, re-stamped my house and added a couple of reindeer from the Santa image.

Stamp Sets Used:

 

For my second card, I used the darling sweet penguin Waddles from the set WADDLES SNOW FUN. I also added the sentiment and stitched die cut element from the WINTER FUN TAG DIE set. The paper is Doodle Bug (Santa Express) and you may notice the delicious GLITTERED GUMDROPS, which I want to get in every colour!

To finish in the inside of my card I added elements from a 2013 die set called SLED WITH PRESENTS.

Stamps and Dies used:

To celebrate the new release and launch of the new Your Next Stamp website there are some amazing deals:

Now it's time to hop along and see all of the wonderful creations by the rest of the Design Team and our Special Guests. Don't forget to leave a comment as you are hopping along. You may just win a prize!

Thanks for stopping by today and Happy Hopping!

Tracy