Your Next Stamp May Feature - Fun With Squares

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

This month our theme is.......FLOWERS!

This was a great theme! Flowers......so many amazing stamps, dies and paper to choose from. What is a girl to do? I decide to play around with the FUN WITH SQUARES die and the MINI FLOWER INK SPLATTER stamp for my card.

On the inside I used some of the leftover flower die cut pieces and added a sentiment from the Little Note stamp.

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 May Feature and you will have a chance to win a prize. One lucky stamper will WIN a YNS stamp set of their choice!

Your Next Stamp Supplies Used:

Stamps: Mini Flower Ink Splatter, Little Notes, Soaring By.. (front sentiment)

Dies: Fun with Squares, Stitched Rectangle

Your Next Stamp July DT Dare

This month at YOUR NEXT STAMP, our Design Team (DT) Dare challenge was to create a project with floral inspiration. That is a challenge that I will happily accept. 

This month I had fun with my distress ink and heat embossing. I used a few bright colours of distress ink and applied these to my white cardstock. Once my background was to my liking I stamp the FLOWER INK SPLATTER image with Versa Fine (onyx black ink), applied clear embossing powder and heat set.

I framed my distress flower design using the STITCHED SQUARE die set and accented this with black GUMDROPS.

Distress ink colours used (Shaded Lilac, Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry). The sentiment on the front of the card is from the SOARING BY stamp set. Inside the card I added a sentiment from HEARTFELT SENTIMENTS!

Head over to the Your Next Stamp blog and check out the DT DARE post for this month. Comment on the post for a chance to WIN a prize. You will also see more amazing creations from my fellow YNS DT girls.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Your Next Stamp July Release Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Your Next Stamp July new release blog hop.

Today we have an amazing blog hop to showcase so many fabulous stamps and die. Sit back, grab your favourite beverage and enjoy this month's inspiration. 

This month is packed full of cuteness. There are so many sweet animals and I am excited to be showcasing all animals for my hop projects today. Since we are now into summer I went all out with bring fun colours to go with my adorable stamps.

My first card was made using the adorable HAPPY DANCE. This little guy just makes me want to dance for sure. I had fun matching the colours from the Echo Park paper (Summer Bliss) to the spots on my lizard. Not a fan of most reptiles, but in stamp form, they can come into my house any day.

I kept this card simple and layered with a few die cuts of the SCRAPWORKS STRIPS die and added GUMDROPS from one of the newer multi packs (Mermaid Fun and Neon Sunrise).

I kept inside free so this card can be used for a number of occasions.

Here is a look at the stamp set used for this card. There is also a coordinating die available.

 

My second card features a 'tweet' bird from a set called SOARING BY. I used the coordinating die and showcased the bird on a background cut with the STITCHING CIRLES AND CIRCLE DIE.

Parrots are bright and beautiful, so I wanted to have fun with creating a multi coloured look to my birds feathers.

Here is a look at the inside of my card.

Here is a look at the new stamp and die set used for this card.

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

Thanks for hopping along with us today. Remember to leave a comment on each of the blogs as you go. There is a fabulous prize available to one lucky stamper. All of the blogs are listed below. The hop continues until July 7th at midnight. Come back and join us on July 8th to see winner from the blog hop comments and check out the latest DESIGN TEAM DARE!

Have a great day, happy hopping!