It’s Time for YNS FUN Friday!!!
YIPPEE! We have another awesome YNS FUN Friday for you today! The gals have prepared some amazing projects along with some super FUN tips so be sure to visit their blogs for all the details!!!
YIPPEE! We have another awesome YNS FUN Friday for you today! The gals have prepared some amazing projects along with some super FUN tips so be sure to visit their blogs for all the details!!!
Looks like I missed posting Jen del Muro’s super adorable YNS FUN Friday card sooooo today is a special day…YNS FUN Saturday!!!
Check this close up of Jen’s card featuring Holly Jolly Santa…
CUTE!!!! This Santa matches the little Santa in the amazing YNS Snow Globe set!
Stop by her blog for more awesome photos and a little sparkle/fluff tip!!!YAY!!!
Have a wonderful day!
Thank you for making me laugh this week! All the silly stories and jokes you posted for the CCC contest totally made my week and I’m sure Carole will love to see all your fabby comments once she returns from Spring Break!
I picked 2 random winners from the blog comments and from the FB comments so let’s find out who the winners are…
Mother Hen – Jo n Kris (Facebook)
You Make Me Happy – Sue D. (YNS Blog)
Congrats ladies! Please email me to claim your prize.
Now let’s check out all the awesome Fun Friday DT projects! They are all FUN and FABULOUS so be sure to visit the DT blogs for more details…
It’s time for another awesome YNS FUN Friday!!!! YAY!!!
Today we have some super adorable DT member projects along with some FUN tips and tricks so be sure to visit their blogs to get all the details!
Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day so this cutie Erin from Ireland is perfect for this Fun Friday!!! Visit Jen’s Blog for more details on creating a monochrome card!
Maylee Pham
Mini Easter Bunny Fhiona and Tags Galore One Stamp and Die
Welcome to another awesome edition of YNS FUN Friday!!!
Did you check out Susan’s Susie Q-Tip yesterday? Susan will be posting a special Susie Q-Tip on the YNS blog on the 1st of every month!!! YIPPEE!!!!
Today I’m excited to announce 2 fabulous March Guest Designers along with some super adorable YNS DT projects!!!
Our special YNS guests this month are Maylee Pham and Crystal Irwin!!! Welcome back to YNS ladies!!! We are happy to have you here with us this month!!!
Check out all these fabulous projects!!! Be sure to visit the designers blogs for more details!!!
CUTE! CUTE! CUTE! Awesome projects ladies!!!!
Thank you so much for joining us for another super awesome YNS FUN Friday!!! Be sure to check out all the awesome deals over at the YNS Store!!!
Have a great day!
Welcome to another awesome edition of YNS FUN Friday!!!
Thank you so much to all of you who participated in last weeks FUN Friday giveaway contest! I LOVED all your fabulous stamp ideas and will definitely keep them in mind when working on future YNS stamp designs!!!
I’ll post the random winner soon but first I’d like to share all the fabulous DT projects for this week!!! YAY!
Remember to visit the DT blog for the tips and trick portion on the YNS FUN Friday project posted plus it’s always nice to leave them a comment to let them know how awesome their project is!!!
Alighty, now on with the show…
Are ready to know who the winner is of last weeks FUN Friday??? Drum Roll please…
Congrats Tonya!!! Please email me to claim your prize!!!
Thanks for joining us! I’ll be back tomorrow with the winner of Carole’s CCC post!!! You still have time to comment so be sure to visit her post HERE!
Happy Stamping!
TGIF!!! I always look forward to this post so let’s have some FUN and give something away!!! YIPPEEE!!! All you have to do is comment on this post letting me know your ideas for new YNS stamps and you’ll be entered to WIN your choice of YNS stamp!!! YAY!!!
I’m happy to say we have another awesome jam packed YNS FUN Friday!!! Remember to visit the DT blogs to show them some love and to learn more about their FUN Tips and Tricks!!!
Thanks for joining us!!! Please check back tomorrow for Carole’s awesome CCC Post!!! I can’t wait to see what she has to say!!!
Before you go remember to leave a comment with some new YNS stamp suggestions! I’ll announce a random winner next Friday!!! Plus if I use your stamp idea you’ll get to be our guest designer during the launch!!! FUN!!!
Happy Stamping!
Karen here…I’d like to take a moment to welcome Susan Liles to the YNS DT!!! WOOT! WOOT! She is a fabulous designer and wonderful person so I am delighted to let you know that Susan will be bringing you a very special YNS FUN Friday every month!!! YAY!!! She’s got some amazing tips for you today and then after you have enjoyed all your Susie Q Awesomeness I have some fun DT cards to share with you!!!
Well, it’s me, Susan from susiestampalot.com. Apparently, everyone loves my SUSIE Q-TIPS over on my blog (I know because I get emails from ya’ll if I don’t post one every time; ya’ll think I have a fever or not feeling well or something!). So Karen has invited me to share and expand on some of them once a month over here on the YNS blog. YAY!
Today is my first post–ya’ll can tell I was a teensy bit excited about this because I took lots of pictures. I hope ya’ll like visuals! Don’t get used to it, though, I may not be as zealous next time! When I made this card, it was just me, Zina, some scissors and my camera having a love affair with a little glue and we got carried away. It’s the month of love so it was allowed.
Ok, so I love to actually cut out my images once they are stamped and colored in order to be able to put them against fun backgrounds. I’ve learned a few things along the way in regards to doing this, some I don’t want to talk about, but here are a few pointers I’ve gleaned that actually make it a little less tedious. Raise your hand if you have any questions along the way (or just leave a comment and I’ll get back with ya).
1. First off, I think it looks better to cut the image out, leaving a little white border around all the edges (no need to highlight around your image with pencils or markers when doing this either). This also helps hide mistakes where you may accidentally cut into the line too much. It’s forgiving and helps make the image pop. Double duty. Happy.
2. I guess I should back up a little bit. You need a GOOD pair of sharp detail scissors like Cutter Bees (about $10). I like them because they cut all the way to the TIPPY TIP TIP! When cutting around curves, you’ll have more control if you keep your scissors still (except for the cutting motion) and move your image where you want the blades to go.
3. When you’re cutting it out, if the excess gets in the way, cut it off! Who’da thunk? Like here, I started to go around the rest of her face, but the part I had already cut off was getting in the way and making me bend my image. No bendy on the images! It’s outta there.
4. Ok, this one is probably the most important to me. When getting into tight corners, cut into them from different angles all the way to the tip of your scissors, making each cut end just short of the image line. Doing this as opposed to getting your scissors in that little crevice and turning them to go the other direction, will make that spot nice and neat and deliver a crisp edge. Otherwise, the scissors will “chew” up that edge and be messy. Here’s a look at the difference it can make:
It takes no extra time to cut it like the example on the left as I mentioned above. You’ll be glad you did it. Trust me.
5. When you employ tip #4, you’ll sometimes have a little “hang-osis”. This is the technical term for where you’ve cut into the corner from both angles like good girls and boys, but the piece you’re cutting off is still trying to hang on. Make sure you don’t just need to cut it a little further to get your cuts to meet up closer to the corner. If they are super close and you don’t want to get too scissor happy that you might make a mistake and cut too far into your white margin, pull that piece to the BACK of your image and either snip it off from the back, or gently pull it off (or both). Doing this keeps that corner clean if you have to pull it off a bit.
6. Lastly, if there are any sharp corners, I snip them off as well if I can get to them without bending the piece. Be careful and just snip the tiniest bit off to keep that white margin uniform.
Ok, that’s about all I’ve got for today! Thanks for letting me share. That Zina is so photogenic, isn’t she?!
YIPPEE!!! I’m really enjoying these Fun Friday posts! So much inspiration and fun tid bits of info! Every week I ask the YNS DT to share some fun tips that either are random fun facts or tips that go along with there project. If you haven’t noticed already my wonderful team of ladies are not only talented but quite a humorous bunch sooooo with that said…
It’s freezing here in Ontario and snow is everywhere so I thought it would be appropriate to start off this Fun Friday post with Jenny Peterson’s lovely snowy day tip…she emails me and says…”don’t eat yellow snow” LOL I know we’ve all heard that one before but you can’t tell me you didn’t just laugh or smirk at the comment…FUN! that’s what today is all about!
My tip for you today…be sure to visit all of the DT blogs for additional information regarding their fabulous projects and amazing stamping tips!!!
Alrightly, let’s get started!!!!
I’d like to make a very special announcement!!!!
We have a new DT member!!!! Woot! Woot!
Please help me welcome Veronica Zalis to the YNS family!!! So glad to have you joining us Veronica! She made this super sweet valentine card featuring the stamp You Make My Heart Soar! Be sure to visit her blog to give her a warm welcome to the YNS DT!!!
Jen del Muro has used the adorable stamp Apple Cutie and her tip is about working with sketches – be sure to click HERE to visit her blog to read about her sketch tip!
Jenny Peterson created this sweet card featuring Flower Fhiona and her hot tip is about paper piecing! She is the paper piecing QUEEN and she even gave me some info to share with you…
‘Paper-piecing is a great way to add personality to your stamped image. You can use this technique to tie in your designer paper used on the card, to assist with staying in the same colour palette if your collection of markers, pencils, etc is limited, or if you aren’t confident in your colouring skills but like to use the kinds of stamps that require colouring! You can even take stamps that aren’t specific to certain occasions and just through paper-piecing you can turn a regular stamp into a seasonal image (ie. use Christmas DP for the clothes of a non-seasonal YNS Ellie or Fhiona, and viola- a Christmas girl!). And paper-piecing isn’t just limited to clothes or accessories- Push the norms and try using it on different elements of the image! For my card, not only did I piece her dress (typical), I paper-pieced Fhiona’s hair with a wood grain DP! And check out the leaves- they are pieced too! Give paper-piecing a try…the possibilities are endless!!’
Be sure to stop by her blog for more tips on paper piecing!!!
Dana Joy’s project features the oh so sweet Cookie Fhiona! Be sure to stop by her blog to learn more about colouring ribbon using Copic markers!!! COOL!
Kerri Michaud has whipped up some adorable Valentine tags featuring the new stamp set Basket Animals – CUTE!!! Her tip is…
“Adding a handmade tag makes your gift packaging unique and special. Tags definitely create a WOW factor!”
Be sure to visit her blog to learn more about creating handmade tags!!!
Woweeee! I hope you enjoyed this weeks FUN Friday post! Thanks for joining us!!!
FYI – if you live in the area and are looking for some FUN this weekend be sure to stop by the Scrapping Turtle in St. Jacobs Sunday afternoon! I’ll be there doing make and takes plus they have lots of fun events going on so come on by and join in all the crafting excitement!
Have a fabulous and creative weekend!!!
Welcome to our YNS Fun Friday Post!!!
Today Amy, Dana and Jen R. have some uber CUTE creations to share with you plus some fun tips!
**WARNING** before you continue to read this post please put down all hot drinks as you might just drop everything once you get a glimpse of these amazing DT projects!!!
First up is Amy’s jaw dropping adorable Winter Fun Bingo Card featuring Ellie Loves to Skate, Ellie Loves to Ski and Tobogganing Ellie…are you ready?