Hello! Jen Roach here and today I have an exciting little tip for you for how to get more use out of your Your Next Dies by using them to make your own stamps!  While you may have seen this done before, the Your Next Dies are the absolute PERFECT size for this technique.

Let’s get started.

Step 1: Cut desired die out of fun foam (available in sheets at local craft or dollar stores – typically in the kids crafts area. Depending on the die cut machine and die you will be using you may need to add a shim to cut all the way through.

Step 2: Adhere your new “stamps” to a clear block. There are several ways you can do this I have an old block that I use double stick tape on so I just adhered my foam cut outs to the top of the tape. You could also glue them to a piece of wood or other hard surface.

Step 3: Stamp away! The added bonus to making your own stamps out of foam is that you can stamp with inks, paints etc. For the tag I created today I used some white pigment ink.

And here is the finished tag I created with my stamped background.  I added some additional snowflakes (stamps from the Holiday Snow Globe set) and a sentiment and voila! 

Hope you enjoyed this little tutorial today and thanks so much for stopping by.

Stamps:  Holiday Snow Globe Set from Your Next Stamp

YNS Dies:  Whatnots Seasons 1 die set from Your Next Stamp, Fishtail Banners die set from Your Next Stamp

Ink:  Joann’s Essentials White Pigment Ink, Palette Noir black ink

Papers:  Ranger Industries kraft tag

Accessories:  Ribbon, Maya Road kraft snowflake, Darice felt snowflake