Your Next Stamp December Feature

Welcome to the December YOUR NEXT STAMP feature post. Each month the design team posts creations to inspire you, using specific themes or stamps. This month our feature theme is WINTER!

My WINTER themed cards, are ones I made as a thank you cards for my staff at work. I used Stitched Fishtail Tag Two, along with the Snowflake from the Winter Fun tag set and the Fancy Thanks die. I had 10 of these cards to make, so I kept the design simple. 

I added glitter to the snowflake by running it through my Xyron sticker maker, then applying Glitter Ritz Micro fine glitter. In the centre of the snowflake I added a Gumdrop.

PRIZE ALERT!!!!

Head over to to the YNS blog to see all of the DT members sharing projects for today's feature. Leave a comment on the blog post for the December feature and you will have a chance to win a prize. One lucky stamper will win a YNS stamp set of their choice!

Supplies

Dies: Stitched Fishtail tag two, Winter Fun tag (snowflake), Winter Fun tag (snowflake)

Other: Glitter Ritz Microfine Glitter, Gumdrops

Your Next Stamp October Release Blog Hop

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

This month we are featuring a fun and fabulous assortment fall, winter and Christmas stamps and dies. There is so much to see on this hop, so you may want to keep a note pad to jot down some of your favourites. I was very excited about all of the amazing winter stamps for this release. I know that Hot Cocoa Phoebe is so darling and quickly becoming a favourite of mine. You can see the treat box I created for yesterday's peek here.

Keeping in line with warm winter comforts, I inked up two big mugs of hot chocolate using CUP OF CHEER. There are so many fun elements in this stamp set. You can build any type of hot beverage and add so many little extras to make a super sweet treat! 

I used masking to add some of my smaller extras to the inside of mug of hot chocolate. To showcase the mug I layered them on top of the STITCHED FISHTAIL TAG TWO die.

I love the gorgeous colours in the Doodlebug Frosty Friends paper. To highlight my sentiment I used the SCRAPWORK STRIPS DIE and a couple of mint green GUMDROPS.

 Here is a look at the inside of my card. I used a sentiment from the WINTER HOME stamp set.

New stamp set featured:

My second card features the fun dancing elf from JINGLE ALL THE WAY. I kept this card simple and wanted to have the look of someone opening a present for a little peek! Not that I would ever snoop for my Christmas presents! I used the BOOKMARK die for my tag and added the "No Peeking" from the HOLIDAY SENTIMENTS set.

On the inside of the card I added the Santa from this set and the sentiment from the HOLIDAY SENTIMENTS set.

New stamp set featured:

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 ($25 YNS gift certificate). All of the blogs are listed below. The hop continues until October 17th (EST) at midnight. Come back and join us on October 18th to see winner from the blog hop comments and check out the latest DESIGN TEAM DARE!

Have a great day, happy hopping!

Little Red Wagon # 272 - Frosty

Today kicks off a busy blogging week for me.

I am starting off the crafty fun with our current challenge over at Little Red Wagon. This week Joanne is hosting and I don't think she has had enough of winter. This week her theme is calls FROSTY! So she wants to see some snow theme projects. Snowman, snowflake, snowballs, snow forts, snow blowers, snow shovels.......I think anything with snow will cover you off well for this challenge.

I have a couple of rare moments with my card this week.

1. CAS - that's right clean and simple crafty friends. Doesn't happen often. This one actually came together quickly.
2. No coloured image. No reason, just wanted to try something different. 

My card is not heavy on the frosty snow, however I do have a snowflake and a glittery one at that. The "frosty" story behind the card, it that this is a thank you card for a neighbour. She helped clear my driveway with her snow blower, while I was attempted to shovel the rather heavy frosty dumping of snow we were getting last week. Shovelling was not really how I wanted to spend my day off, so I was happy for the extra help.

All of the die cut elements are from Your Next Stamps (see list below). The snowflake and the thanks were run through my Xyron and sprinkled with Glitter Ritz Microfine glitter. This is my absolute favourite glitter.  I also added a fun glittery Gumdrop to the centre of the snowflake.

The inside sentiment is also from Your Next Stamps and I added a couple of smaller snowflakes.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope are staying warm wherever you are and that you have a bit of time to play along with our FROSTY challenge at Little Red Wagon. You can link up your project at the blog and while you are there check out the inspiration from the other Girlfriends.

Did you know that we now have a Facebook page for Little Red Wagon? Stop over and like the page, say hello and share your projects.

Have a super crafty day everyone.

Tracy

Supplies:
Your Next Stamp
Fancy Thanks Die
Stitched Fishtail Tag two die
Winter Fun Tag (Snowflakes)
Heartfelt Sentiments
Sparkly Crystal Clear Gumdrops

Your Next Stamp Design Team Dare (December)

Welcome back to this month's Design Team Dare. What is the DT Dare? It is a challenge given to the YNS DT to create a project following a set theme or using certain YNS product(s). As we are nearing Christmas, our challenge is simply to create a Christmas or Winter project.

I made a Christmas card using the Sweet Holiday Greeting stamp and die set and the Stitched Fishtail Tag Two die set.  The paper is Lawn Fawn Snow Day.

Here is a look at the inside of my card.

Head over to the Your Next Stamp blog and check out all of the inspiration by my fellow YNS DT girls. Be sure the leave a comment on the YNS blog, because you could WIN a YNS stamp of your choice. That would be a great present!

Thanks for dropping by today. Have a super CRAFTY day!

Tracy