Posted by: YNS on Friday, August 24, 2012 at 7:00 am
This month has been so FUN! The DT and guests have created so many amazing CELEBRATION cards and projects and this week is jam packed full of lots more! YAY!
Just in case you missed out on some of the FUN, here are the links to our other August Fun Friday posts…
Posted by: YNS on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 7:00 am
Happy Friday!!!
This month is all aboutCELEBRATIONS!
We’re celebrating our 3rd birthday this month, I love how the YNS DT have embraced this theme and made some awesome birthday projects! Be sure to visit the DT blogs for more project details!
Posted by: YNS on Friday, August 10, 2012 at 7:00 am
HAPPY Friday!!!
Our YNS Fun Friday theme this month is CELEBRATIONS!!!
We kicked off August with a fabulous new release blog hop! Thank you for celebrating with us! Scroll down to the next post to find all the hop winners.
Today is the last day to take advantage of this
super awesome store discount!!!
(25% off Aug 6-10, your online code is HAPPY)
The DT has some fabulous projects for you! Remember to visit each individual blog for more details.
Before you go I’d like to invite you to join in out super fun YNS Challenges!!! We’ve got 2 going on right now! Check out YNSC9 and YNSC10 for your chance to WIN!!!
Thank you so much for joining us! Have a fun and creative day!
Posted by: YNS on Monday, August 6, 2012 at 12:00 pm
Welcome to our YNS Birthday Blog Hop!!!!
We’re celebrating our 3rd Anniversary this month and we are so excited to have you celebrating along with us!!!
We’ve added 11 new stamps to the YNS collection and all the new releases are available to purchase today over at the YNS Store! Speaking of the store…have you noticed the recent upgrades? I hope LOVE all the new features like larger thumbnails and more items per page!
We are making this hop even more fun, because we have put together a scavenger hunt!
Each DT member and guest has a bold, colored letter on her blog. Collect all the letters and unscramble them to find the special saying.
Once you do that, e-mail Karen at karen@yournextstamp.com and you will qualify for the GRAND PRIZE!!!
We also have 3 special new release prize packs hidden along the hop. Just leave comments along the way to win!
You have until August 9th at 12 midnight EST to play along and the winners will be announced August 10th on the YNS Blog!
Ok I did say this was a hop and I’m the last stop along the hop so if you arrived here from the fabulous Susan Lile’sblog carry on but if not you’ll definitely want to start from the beginning!
Your first stop is the talented Peggy Toole! If you get lost along the way or there is a break in the hop I have the list of all the participants at the bottom of this post.
I’ve got a few projects for you today featuring some of our adorable YNS stamps!
Next up is a super sweet card I made featuring Yummy Jam! I LOVE this stamp set and that sentiment is so cute and so true! Also it’s perfect for my favorite Kaleidacolor ink pads. I love the multicolored effect!!!
See those yummy YNS Glittered Skittles at the bottom? Gotta love those little bits of bling!
I hope you enjoyed my hop projects!!!
I truly appreciate all of your support and love for YNS! I wrote a personal message to all of you on my blog the other day…click this link if you’d like to read it.
Today my gift to you is a special store discount (25% off Aug 6-10, your online code is HAPPY) and a special gift with every purchase while supplies last. It’s a super fun scratch ticket and every card is a WINNER!!!
Here is my special hop letter for the scavenger hunt….
My letter is R
Remember to leave me a comment and I’ll be watching out for your email containing your unscrambled scavenger hunt message! FUN!
Posted by: YNS on Saturday, August 4, 2012 at 7:00 am
I’m baaaaaack and I’ve got some more fun and fabulous August Sneak Peeks for you!!!
Click HERE if you missed yesterdays peeks! They’re super CUTE!!!
Oh wait, before I show you all the fun new peeks have you noticed anything different over at the YNS Store??? Be sure to stop by and check out all our recent updates!!! We now have larger images, more images per page and we made it a wee bit cuter! You asked for some changes…we delivered! I hope you LOVE it!!!
FYI – if you have YNS bookmarked and visit the store often, which I hope you do, *grin* you may need to clear your web cache to see the updates…just thought I should mention this just in case you are having troubles seeing all the fab new features.
Ok now on with the sneak peeks! Remember to visit the individual DT blogs for more info on their peek projects.
First up is Amy Rohl with this stinkin’ CUTE card featuring Feather Duster Ellie designed by Fhiona Galloway! LOL Love the name and the image is adorable!!!
Check Maureen Wong’s fabulous peek featuring one of the new Franfou Designs called Fab-u-licious! There is more to this stamp but you’ll have to wait until release day to see it all!!!
Jen Roach has some adorable baby cards to share with you as her peek at the new Welcome Baby set designed by Heather Rolin!!!
Tracy Valure our special YNS guest has a peek at the oh so cute Ellie Loves to Fish designed by Fhiona Galloway!
OMG! So much cuteness!!! I can’t to share the entire release with you on August 6th!!!
One more day of peeks and then you can hop and shop til you drop!!! Woot! Woot!
Posted by: YNS on Friday, August 3, 2012 at 7:00 am
Happy Friday!
I LOVE that our Fun Fridays now have a theme! Christmas in July was spectacular so I’m sure you’re wondering what August is all about!!!
Our August YNS Fun Friday theme is…
Today we are celebrating our 3rd Anniversary with some fabulous and fun August Sneak Peeks!!!!
August is our anniversary month and I’m so excited to have all of you celebrating with us! 3 years ago YNS went from a dream to reality when we launched the YNS Web Store on Aug 7 2009.
We have grown so much over the years…we went from launching 8 stamp sets to now over 250 plus we have our very own line of dies too! Your love for YNS has allowed for this growth and your feedback has helped us improve and grow on so many different levels.
I’d like to take a moment to share my heartfelt thanks to all of you for making these past 3 years amazing! Your kindness and support mean the world to me! The relationships that have been created, with YNS as the hub, warms my heart – this is what makes this industry amazing! I’ve been lucky enough to meet some of you at ScrapFest, CHA and local store events which are always so much FUN! Some of us may never met due to the distance between us which is why I love that we all have a common meeting ground through the internet to create, share and build friendships – it truly is incredible!
I look forward to many more years filled with fun, friendships, creativity and cute stamps!
Hugs
~ Karen
Now let’s drool over some new stamps – YAY!
Be sure to stop by the individual DT blogs for more details on their sneak peek projects!
Jenny Peterson has a peek at the adorable new Baby Set designed by Heather Rolin – CUTE!!!!
Dana Joy and our special guest Kim O’Connell are sharing peeks at the hilarious Birthday Owl designed by Dale Simpson. This owl cracks me up!!! The look on his face is priceless! He totally looks like he is protecting his big stack of pressies! LOL
Peggy Toole is sharing a sneak peek at one of the adorable new Ellie stamps designed by Fhiona Galloway called Ellie Loves to Fish. This image is so sweet and so is that sentiment!
I see Peggy also used the awesome YNS Puffy Cloud die set on her card! FUN
Don’t you just LOVE the new stamps?!
Well we aren’t done yet! We have 2 more days of sneak peeks and then our fun and inspiration birthday blog hop is on Aug 6th! We would love for you to join us!!!
Our YNS Challenge this week is “Anything Goes” so no excuses, hop on over to our challenge post HERE and join in the fun for your chance to WIN some YNS bucks plus you could be chosen to be our special Rockin’ Guest Designer!!!
I’ll be back later this weekend to share my very first mixed media canvas I made using the new Ann Ellis stamp sets!
Posted by: YNS on Friday, July 13, 2012 at 7:00 am
Hello! It’s FRIDAY and that means it’s time for YNS Fun Friday!!!
We decided to change things up a bit just for FUN! Change is good – right?
For the past 6 months the YNS DT has been presenting some amazing Fun Friday projects with a little fun tip for you but now things are different…Fun Fridays are going to have a monthly theme! FUN!!! I’ll be throwing in some random giveaways too so be sure to stop by every Friday to see all the amazing DT projects and to see what else is going on at YNS!
You may have guessed by my post title our July theme is Christmas/Winter!!! Never to soon to start all those Christmas cards and the YNS DT has definitely inspired me to get started!
Be sure to visit all the individual blogs for more details about their wonderful Winter Fun projects!
Well, hello YNS fans! It’s me, Susan (susiestampalot) here with another SUSIE Q-TIP Fun Friday! First of all, ya’ll DID hear the news, right? Your Next Stamp is now a Member Company over on Splitcoaststampers.com! And to celebrate, we are in the midst of a FABULOUS BLOG HOP that started on May 1st. There are lots of prizes, great projects we are sharing and some awesome sales. Be sure and get more info on that at the end of my post today, along with aBIG SURPRISE!!
For now, let’s get started on my super fun SUSIE Q-TIP Fun Friday! I’ve got an “out-of-the-box” card shape/design to show ya’ll today called a “Step Out Card”, just in case ya’ll are getting tired of the everyday 4.25 x 5.5 card like I am. I am wanting to do something different! So…I’ve got a simple little tutorial that I must credit Splitcoast for (I figured it was ok to use it since we are now “married”), but I’ve added a few more tips/measurements for the decoration of the card. Off we go:
To start with the above instructions, ya’ll will need your paper trimmer and some sort of scoring tool. I have the Scor-Pal, but you can use your Martha Stewart one if you prefer to be like her. You will also need a piece of cardstock 5 1/2″ X 11″ as your card base. I’ll go over the other pieces as we go.
Be sure and flip the card base over and cut the slit on the other side, just like the prior instruction, so that it will look like the above picture!
How’re ya’ll doin’ so far? Don’t forget to cut the other side!
Still with me?
Here’s what you’ll need to make it pretty!
Then just glue it all together and add your own embellishments! I didn’t add a sentiment to mine, but you certainly could just about anywhere. Here’s a closer look at Summer Fun Fhiona. Give her a round of applause for helping out today!
Ok, are ya’ll ready for the BIG SURPRISE??? We are giving away a Summer Fun Fhiona Stamp Settoday as a thank you for checking out my SUSIE Q-TIP Fun Friday Post! We will be doing that with all my once a month posts, so ya’ll will have to swing by on the first of every month!! Just leave a comment on this post telling me what you like about this card, that you’re going to try it for yourself, any questions ya’ll have or that I need a manicure. Karen will draw a winner and announce it here in a few days. Ready, set, go!!!
But wait, if ya’ll haven’t checked out the May 1st Blog Hop, be sure and do that. Get all the details and how you could win MORE goodies from Your Next Stamp on the YNS blog HERE. Ok, see ya’ll soon!
Stamps: Summer Fun Fhiona (Your Next Stamp) Paper: Hawaiian Shores, Kraft, White, Orange Zest (PTI), Navy (SU!), The Bright Side (My Mind’s Eye) Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black (Tsukineko) Accessories: Oval and Scallop Oval Nestabilities, Sun, Water and Cloud Dies, Paper Piercer/Mat Pack, Seeing Spots Embossing Folder, Scor-Pal, Copic Markers, Buttons/Twine, Hot Glue, Foam Boosters
