Posts By: Julie Elak

Throwback Thursday – Mabel’s Birds

Tomorrow is the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere!

Hip hip hooray!

May the birds be tweeting and the sun shining.  I know I personally can not wait for green grass and flowers popping up through the ground.

What better way to celebrate spring than with a Throwback Thursday post dedicated to Mabel’s bird sets?!

There are 9 bird stamp sets available in the Your Next Stamp store covering a full range of occassions.

Here is a closer look at some of the birds celebrating spring…

Dynamic Duo

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 Spring Garden Robinspringgardenrobin101214-375x382

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Check out these S’tweet’ creations!0be264ed4cbd40cea0a34dd441a69052

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Enjoy your day!

Julie and the YNS Team

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Hello and Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Here is some inspiration celebrating shamrocks, leprechauns and the ever elusive pot of gold!  You can find even more green inspiration here in the Your Next Stamp store.

 

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Enjoy your day as you celebrate with green!

Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh!

-Your Next Stamp

 

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I Spy Saturday – A Flamingo

I Spy YNS Saturday has found a card full of pink to share this week.

Check out Laurie Case’s card featuring Fred the flamingo from the stamp set Fred and Ginger!

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This card proves that one can never have too much pink with the pink spotted background and pink flamingo.  I am in CAS card heaven!

We love checking out everyone’s YNS creations.  Yours could be featured here next week.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie and the YNS Team

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Sketch and Color Challenge #9 – More Inspiration!

There is still 1 week left to participate in Challenge #9.  Link up your creation by March 19, 2015 at midnight EST.

Play along and you may just be the random winner of a gift certificate to the YNS store!!!

There are 2 challenges to choose from  either a sketch or color challenge, plus, you can combine both if you really want to challenge yourself.

Check out sketch #9 – lots of rectangles and one circle, but remember that you can rotate the sketch and swap out shapes, such as replacing the circle with a star, etc.  So long as the basic sketch is clearly your inspiration you are good to go.

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Here is the spring filled color combo for challenge #9.YNS Color Challenge 9

If you choose the color combo, be sure to use at least 3 and feel free to add in neutrals.  The names of the colors are based on Bazzill cardstock, but substitute whatever you have that is close to it.

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The Design Team has more colorful and creative inspiration based on Challenge #9 to share with you.

Laura

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 YNS Supplies: Fruity FunCreate a CharacterTiny Stitches – Stitched Line Die

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YNS Supplies:  Oh Jam It

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YNS Supplies: Cutie Patooties | Jessica with Cupcakes  | Scrapworks – Mini Sunburst die set 

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YNS Supplies:  Basket Animals | Easter Basket Fhiona |  Journal Card Scallop Insert die set

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YNS Supplies: A’dork’able

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YNS Supplies: Easter Goodies Die SetEaster Goodies Sentiments | Circles | Piercing Holes | Flower Fun Scallop Die

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YNS Supplies:  Spread the Love

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YNS Supplies:  A’dork’able

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Be sure to join in the fun and share your own creation inspired by either the sketch or the colors OR both!  Link up your project through Inlinkz below.

  • YNS’ bi-weekly challenge #9 ends on Thursday, March 19, 2015, 2015 at midnight EST
  • One random participant will win a $15 gift certificate to the Your Next Stamp store.  If YNS stamps or dies are the focal point then the winner receives an additional $5 gift certificate for a total of $20.  The winner will be announced on the YNS Blog the Sunday after the challenge closes.
  • The YNS Top Pick will receive the “YNS Top Pick” badge and their project will be featured on the YNS Blog the Sunday after the challenge closes.  To be considered for the Top Pick, YNS stamps/dies must be the focal point of your project.

-Julie and the YNS Design Team


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Throwback Thursday – Trio of Cuteness

Happy Thursday!

Today for Throwback Thursday we are sharing a trio of Macy stamps that are cute, cute, and cute.

Up first, a sweet deer…Layla

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Next is Blossom

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and last, but never least is Twinkie.lamb101214-288x452

 

Ah those 3 are just full of sweetness and perfect for spring, Easter and baby cards.

Here are some samples that are also full of sweetness!LaylaLN_by_thecraftysister

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Just one more day until the weekend.

Enjoy!

-Julie and the YNS Team

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Sketch and Color Challenge #8 – Winner!

Time to announce the winner for challenge #8…

the winner is participant #22, Sherry of Scrapbooking & Card Making by Sherry!!!  Congratulations, you win a $15.00 gift certificate to the YNS Store!  Contact Karen to claim your prize (see contact us link at bottom of website).

It is also time to announce the Top Pick from challenge #8…

oh my, the creations for challenge #8 were wonderful!  Once again, we had a hard time deciding!   Anja Curver’s Mad About Coffee card is the Top Pick for challenge #8…her card has a creative combination of stamps, and results in a creation that I am sure coffee lovers can all relate to!DSC_0050 ***

Anja, here is your YNS Top Pick badge:

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Challenge #9 is up and open through March 19, 2015 midnight EST.  Be sure to play along!!!

-Julie and the YNS Team

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I Spy Saturday – Darling Diva

Happy Saturday!   Today we are sneaking peeks at new stamps and dies arriving in the Your Next Stamp store tomorrow, so be sure to check out today’s other post.

We have also been sneaking around and checking out YNS creations by all of you!  Oh so much fun to see YNS projects by everyone.  This week we spied a creation featuring Darling Diva Brandi by Amandine C.

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Clean and Simple…Sassy and Sweet…all at the same time!

Have a great weekend!

Julie and the YNS Team

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Sketch and Color Challenge #9

Happy Friday!

Challenge #9 starts today and we have a new sketch, new color challenge and new inspiration from the design team!  Choose your favorite, whether it be the sketch or the color combo – we always give you 2 challenges to choose from.

Remember, play along and you may just be the winner of a gift certificate to the YNS store!!!  Your Next Stamp’s Color and Sketch Challeng#9 is open for the next 2 weeks through March 19, 2015 midnight EST.

There is just one circle for the sketch this time around and we have added a few rectangles.  Remember that you can rotate the sketch and swap out shapes, such as replacing the circle with a star, etc.  So long as the basic sketch is clearly your inspiration you are good to go.

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If it is colors you are looking for then we are challenging you to use this springy Easter color combination!YNS Color Challenge 9

If you choose the color combo, be sure to use at least 3 colors and feel free to add in neutrals.  The names of the colors are based on Bazzill cardstock, but substitute whatever you have that is close to it.

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Now on to the fab creations from the design team!

Brianna

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YNS Supplies: Silly Monsters 2 | Circles Die Set | Stitching Marks Die Set- Circles | Green Apple Glittered Gumdrops

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YNS Supplies: Mini Envelope die | Sparkly Lime Gumdrops | Whatnot Sentiments Four | Stitched Line Die | Stitching Marks Die  | Circles Die

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YNS Supplies: Dino-mite! | Dino-mite! Die Set | Blue Sapphire Glittered Gumdrops | Pumpkin Gumdrops | Blue raspberry gumdrops | Open Scallop Die Set

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AnitaIMG_7064ewmr YNS Supplies:  Sprinkles – Happy Easter | Sprinkles – Happy Easter Die Set

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 YNS Supplies: Sprinkles Happy Easter stamp set | Hills Die Set | Open Scallop Die Set | Sparkly Pink Gumdrops

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YNS Supplies: Happy Smiley Critter Crew Three | Gumdrops

Be sure to join in the fun and share your own creation inspired by either the sketch or the colors OR both!  Link up your project through Inlinkz below.

  • YNS’ bi-weekly challenge #9 ends on Thursday, March 19, 2015, 2015 at midnight EST
  • One random participant will win a $15 gift certificate to the Your Next Stamp store.  If YNS stamps or dies are the focal point then the winner receives an additional $5 gift certificate for a total of $20.  The winner will be announced on the YNS Blog the Sunday after the challenge closes.
  • The YNS Top Pick will receive the “YNS Top Pick” badge and their project will be featured on the YNS Blog the Sunday after the challenge closes.  To be considered for the Top Pick, YNS stamps/dies must be the focal point of your project.

-Julie and the YNS Design Team


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Throwback Thursday – Joyful Moments

This week’s Throwback Thursday features a stamp set that is:

Great for so many occasions

Works with a variety of card styles

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Has a coordinating die to make layering a breeze

Of course the qualifications above could work for almost all of YNS’s stamp sets, but today it is all about

the Joyful Moments Banner stamp set

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and coordinating Joyful Moments Banner Die!

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Check out some creations which show just how versatile this set is!

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Have a joy filled day!

-Julie and the YNS Team

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Sketch and Color Challenge #8 – More Inspiration

Are you ready for the weekend?  Hopefully you will be able to get in lots of crafty time and play along with Your Next Stamp’s Color and Sketch Challeng#8!

Challeng#8 is open through March 5, 2015 midnight EST, so there is still plenty of time to play along. Any brand of stamps/dies are welcome. One random participant will win a $15.00 YNS store gift certificate and if the winner’s creation features YNS products then an additional $5.00 is added to the prize!

Just choose the sketch challenge or the color challenge OR double the challenge and combine both!

Sketch #8 is full of circles, but feel free to swap ’em out for another shape.  Any other shape will do so long as the basic sketch is clearly your inspiration.

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If sketches are not your thing then how about a color challenge?

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If you choose the color combo, be sure to use at least 3 and feel free to add in neutrals.  The names of the colors are based on Bazzill cardstock, but substitute whatever you have that is close to it.

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Now on to the fab creations from the design team!

Be sure to join in the fun and share your own creation inspired by either the sketch or the colors OR both!  Link up your project through Inlinkz below.

  • YNS’ bi-weekly challenge #8 ends on Thursday, March 5, 2015, 2015 at midnight EST
  • Everyone is welcome to play along and you may submit as many projects as you would like.
  • Any brand of stamps/dies may be used for the challenge.
  • One random participant will win a $15 gift certificate to the Your Next Stamp store.  If YNS stamps or dies are the focal point then the winner receives an additional $5 gift certificate for a total of $20.  The winner will be announced on the YNS Blog the Sunday after the challenge closes.
  • The YNS Top Pick will receive the “YNS Top Pick” badge and their project will be featured on the YNS Blog the Sunday after the challenge closes.  To be considered for the Top Pick, YNS stamps/dies must be the focal point of your project.

-Julie and the YNS Design Team


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