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!