Your Next Stamp July Feature (Sticky Note)

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

This month our theme is..........WATER!

As simple as this months feature theme may seem, I appear to be lacking in YNS water related stamps. This is something I need to correct immediately. I could have reached for a few new water related stamps/dies that were released recently (Flip Flop Fun, Flippin' Fabulous, Word Critter Gardening Birds), but I decided to give myself an extra challenge this month. My challenge was to use my water colours.

I dug out my distress ink for the fun effect on the background. I then inked up the STICKY NOTE frog and attempted to colour him with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush water colour markers.

I say 'attempt' because it took me a few tries with the water colours, till I was slightly happy with the outcome. The same can be said for the background. There was a lot of messy inky playtime, however,  I love how those came out.

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 July 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 Sketch/Colour Challenge # 24

Welcome to our sketch and colour challenge #23 at Your Next Stamp. Each challenge includes a sketch and colour options to inspire you.

Create a project based on the sketch and/or the colour combination. If you are working with the colours use at least 3 of the colours and you can add only neutrals.

I was inspired again with the sketch (and a bit with the colours) this week. Sketches can work on more than just cards. I used the sketch as my inspiration and created a bookmark using the Bookmark/Tag Large die set. I inked up the cute frog from the Sticky Notes set and die cut the image with the matching die. The I {heart} reading sentiment is from the Bookworms Rule set.
 

The bookmarks were created using the largest die (6" x 2.3"). The fun paper is Bella Blvd Tiny Tots. 

My daughter just celebrated her birthday recently. As she is a big reader, she wanted bookmarks as part of her party favour to her guests. On the back of the bookmark I added a quote from the Little Darling Belle stamp set and stamped out each of the guests name so the bookmarks also worked as a tag for the favours.

 

 

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Sticky Note, Little Darling Belle, Bookworms Rule
Dies: Bookmark/Tag Large die, Sticky Note die
Paper: Bella Blvd Tiny Tots, My Minds Eye Lime Twist Twine

For our sketch and colour challenge # 24 you have until October 15, 2015 (midnight) to play along. You can see more inspiration and link up your projects over at Your Next Stamp.

One random participant will WIN a $15 gift card to the YNS store. If you feature a YNS stamp or die (must be the main focal point) you will receive and additional $5. When you use a YNS image there is also a chance of being selected as a YNS Top Pick. That's right, bragging rights for you and a fabulous badge to show off on your blog! Sounds exciting right? Ink up your stamps and show us your crafty stuff!

Have a fabulous and crafty Friday friends!

Your Next Stamp July Sneak Peek

Today I am excited to share a peek of one of the new stamps from the YOUR NEXT STAMP July release. The Design Team is offering some fabulous PEEKS today, so sit back and enjoy! For the full list of preview projects this months, head over to the Your Next Stamps blog.

For my peek project, I used a super cute frog from a set called STICKY NOTE! Now with a name like that I knew I had to make another note holder. It has been a few months (I think), since I've made one. I used the coordinating die to cut out my frog image and adhered him to a background made with the STITCHED RECTANGLE DIES. I am a huge fan of all the stitched dies. They just add a little something extra to your card without actually sewing. WIN!

The fun summer paper is a new Pebbles collection called Fun in the Sun.

Here is a look at the inside of the note holder. I only created one pocket on this holder for the paper. The other side is open for a personal message for the receiver.

I stamped onto the paper the other adorable frog from this set. And yes, I did stamp every page!

The pad of paper comes out so the pad can be refilled.

Enjoy our little preview of the YOUR NEXT STAMP July release. Remember to check out all of the previews available from the DT. The complete list is on the YNS blog. Stamps and dies from the new release will be available tomorrow, Sunday July 5th. 

Stop back tomorrow, to join our July Release Blog Hop. There will be a lot of amazing projects to see and a prize to be won. You don't want to miss this release. On June 8th we also have our next DT dare and another chance to win a prize.

Happy PEEKING  everyone!