First of all a special thanks to Jenny for sharing her fabulous YNS creations with us in July! I have a feeling that you’ll be seeing a lot more of her come September *wink*

I’d like to welcome the talented and sweet Julie Elak to the YNS family! I discovered Julie over at the YNS Challenge Blog, she submitted an adorable Kite Flying Fhiona creation and I couldn’t resist asking her to join us this month as our fabulous August Guest Designer.

Here is a super adorable card she made featuring Rainy Day Fhiona and a tid bit of info in her own words…

Hi, I am Julie Elak, aka “The Last Minute Crafter”. My days are kept busy working full time and running after my three children. Once the kids are in bed I start stamping away. I have been crafting since I was young and never stopped. Over the years I have tried many other crafts including, quilting, cross stitch and even knitting (which I am not too fond of). I love that with paper crafting I can usually start and finish a project within hours versus days or years! I started stamping well over 10 years ago, but my love for paper crafting found renewed energy once I discovered the online community in 2009.



I am so excited to be a guest designer for Your next Stamp this month. The cuteness factor to all the Your Next Stamp images just draws me right in. All the images are so fun to color or paper piece and just make me smile!

Julie, we look forward to seeing more wonderful and sweet YNS creations this month! Thanks for joining us!

I’ve got lots of fun announcements for you in August so stay tuned for more information regarding our special birthday hop – YNS is turning 2 and we need your help to celebrate! Plus look for a special monthly prize blog post announcement soon! Once I have the blinkie ready I’ll let you know all about it!!! YAY!

Hello Friends!

It’s June and we are finally getting some nice sunshine and HOT weather! YAY! Hopefully the sun is shining for you as well.

I started out in paper crafting back in about 2002 when my Mom and I took a scrapbooking class together. A few years later I decided to give card making a try and it’s been my passion ever since. I’m the world’s slowest scrapbooker so the instant gratification of card making really won me over. Over the years I have used more and more stamping in my designs and I love learning and trying new techniques and styles.


I would probably define myself as a “scrappy stamper”. I *LOVE* patterned paper and most of my cards have lots of it with added layered on embellishments and textures. My cards may not be easy to mail but boy are they pretty!!


Other than crafting, I love to play tennis as you can probably tell from my blog address: http://tennisgirl27.blogspot.com/


I’m thrilled to be the guest designer this month for Your Next Stamp and I look forward to sharing my creations with you.

Check out this super cute card Jen made featuring the adorable stamp Birthday Surprise Fhiona…

Please be sure to pop by Jen’s blog and give her warm welcome into the YNS family!

Happy Stamping!

Before I introduce Peggy I’d like you to know that you have arrived in the correct place…this is the YNS blog and thanks to Simone my fabulous friend and DT co-ordinator we have a completely new look – YAY! You’ll find this new design to be very user friendly and I guarantee that you will find loads of inspiration from myself and the DT with the new posting rotation we have set up. Be sure to check in often or sign up to receive updates via email so you don’t miss out on all the fun hops and contests too!

Ok so let me introduce our amazing guest designer…

I am so pleased to welcome the wonderful and super-talented Peggy Toole as our YNS Guest Designer for the month of March! Welcome aboard Peggy!

Peggy is a regular participant of our YNS Challenges, and has made many gorgeous YNS creations which you can see HERE at her blog. For today’s stunning card, Peggy has used the adorable Bubbly Fun Fhiona stamp. Don’t you just love those pearl bubbles, that fab sentiment, and check out the bathroom scene she has created complete with furry bath mat!

Thank you for joining us Peggy! We are so looking forward to seeing more of your amazing YNS creations!

Happy stamping!