Challenge #132 starts today and we are kicking it off with a giveaway!
Challenge #132 – Create Your Own Background
Our challenges come with 2 opportunities to win.
#1 – a comment for the chance to win giveaway
Would you like the chance to win a YNS stamp set? Leave a comment on this post by February 12, 2020 at midnight est to be entered in the random drawing. Want more entries in the drawing? Leave comments on YNS’ IG and FB pages too!
#2 – play along with the challenge
Will you be inking up stamps this weekend? Would you like the chance to win a YNS store egift card? Play along with the challenge! Link up your creation at the bottom of this post by February 20, 2020 at midnight est to be entered in the random drawing to win a $15.00 YNS gift certificate. If your creation contains YNS products and you are the random winner then you receive an extra $5.00.
Now, how about some backgrounds created by the team to inspire you?!
Way Cool Monsters
Way Cool Monsters Die Set
Black Olive Ink
Olive Green Ink
Garden Green Ink
Blue Curacao Ink
Pumpkin Orange Ink
Sunflower Yellow Ink
Gumdrops
Flurry of Happiness stamp and die sets
Love and Hugs Die Set
Floating Hearts Panel Die
Window Panel Die
Black Olive Ink
Grape Crush Sparkly Gumdrops
Double Pierced Hills Die Set
Home is Where The Heart Is Die Set
Love & Hugs stamp set
Banner – Cool Tag 3 Die Set
Black Olive Ink
Magical Pastel Sparkly Gumdrops
Blueberry Blitz Sparkly Gumdrops
Falling Stars Die
Black Olive Ink Pad
Challenge Details:
- YNS’ challenge #132 ends on Thursday, February 20, 2020 at midnight EST.
- Only new creations please.
- Limit of 3 entries per challenge, per person, each entry must be different.
- Be sure to link back to our challenge in your blog post or gallery entry.
- Entries not meeting the challenge guidelines will be removed.
- All stamps are welcome, although we love to see YNS stamps and dies on your projects.
- 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.
Happy Stamping!
Adorable cards! I need to learn to do some of these background techniques; they make awesome cards!
Wonderful variety of backgrounds on these cards.
What a wonderful theme.. I love making my own backgrounds… Beautiful cards from team. Can’t wait to participate..Hugsxx
Wonderful challenge !! Inspiration by DT’s is lovely…all cards are so beautiful!!
Stamping your own backgrounds makes them unique! Why don’t I do more of it!
These cards are great, especially the first one!
Beautiful and very inspiring cards !
I really love all the different ideas from the team for the backgrounds! Good idea for a Challenge.
Lots of ideas here for backgrounds… great DT cards and inspiration!
Great theme! There are so many ways to make your own BG.
LOVE all the pretty DT cards.
Gorgeous backgrounds for these cute images! Hoping to play along again! Thanks for the inspiration!
Fun and happy cards. thanks for
the inspiration.
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Such fun cards! I love the backgrounds everyone created!
Fun challenge and great DT inspiration! Love Laura’s starry background.
Love this challenge!! It’s one of my favorite things! The cards are all adorable, specially love that last one with the super cute little astronaut!
love the sweet designs – thanks for the inspiration
Aww these are fab! Love and Hugs is definitely top of my wish list 🙂
Thanks for the new challenge! I like this theme – I usually like to make my own background whether it’s with ink blending, stencils, embossing folders or stamps!
Amazing samples, they are all so cute and make me smile!! Fabulous critters and backgrounds, very inspiring! Love the sentiments, too!
Awesome inspirations and lovely designs!
Great inspiration by the design team and I can see this is going to cost me some money.. there’s some ‘gotta have’ stamps and dies!
Awesome background ideas! Great cards! Thanks for the inspiration!
Great Cards by all of the DT. These challenges really inspire us to think outside the Box.
Thanks for the chance to win!!
Gorgeous inspiration from the team. Love Kendra’s circles and monster. Hugz
Such adorable cards! Wonderful backgrounds.
Thanks for a chance to win…
These cards are super adorable! Thank you for the chance to win.
This was a great theme for a challenge. There were lots of different backgrounds for inspiration. Thanks for the change to win.
I’m loving these cards! They are so adorable!
How fun is the current challenge 😍 Wonderful Inspirational ideas !!
What a fun challenge, I thunk I will start working on one this weekend!
Adorable and sweet cards!!!
Fabulous starry background!!! Love this little astronaut!!! 😍😍😍
I’m so excited about this challenge as one of my favorite techniques is to create backgrounds!
These cards are priceless in there cuteness
Great challenge..always fun to make backgrounds.
Cute cards!
What a great variety of background designs! tfs
Love the DT inspiration. Gorgeous backgrounds and great cards!
xxx Margreet
These DT cards are awesome….hard to pick a favorite. Backgrounds are a challenge for me but I am totally inspired to try my hand at this challenge.
I love these gorgeous cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
Valerija xx
Great card ideas.
Simply adorable DT card creations!! Thanks for the inspiration and challenge!
Wonderful cards and great backgrounds for inspiration.
What a great showcase of backgrounds! Each card is adorable and I love the varied palettes, design, and background work.
Such wonderful cards. So pretty.
Such wonderful stamps. =)
Adorable cards!! All different and unique
Such sweet cards! I love creating backgrounds 🙂
What a great theme for a challenge! I really love making my own backgrounds – they make the cards so unique! Thank you to the DT, for all their wonderful inspirations!! Rosi x
I love creating my own backgrounds! Your examples are wonderful!
All the DT creations are amazing!
Fabulous challenge idea! Love all the inspiration by the DT!
The design team is so creative.
Great theme! I like to backgrounds.The DT creations are amazing.
Lovely inspiration to create new backgrounds. Will surely join the challenge with my created backgrounds.