Hi! I’m a former kindergarten teacher who is now a stay at home mom to my 2 little girls. My hubby is supportive of all my crafty pursuits and that says a lot about him because I love all kinds of crafts from making headbands, bows, & designing dresses to making party favors and now cards!! I am a newcomer on the stamping scene and have met so many wonderful crafting friends already thanks to the common joy of card making and coloring with Copic markers. I would color all day long if my family would let me…!! Lol! My favorite colors are the blue greens (affectionately called the BG’s) and I try to sneak them into every card I make!!
I love to get crafty with my girls (ages 8 & 6) and let them color images right along side me. It’s a fun hobby for us all to share!! A sleepover stamp from YNS was one of my very first stamp purchases & I’ve been in love with Fhiona & friends ever since!! I’m thrilled to be joining the YNS Team with this group of fabulously talented ladies & I can’t wait to share my cards with you!!

Bonnie’s Digi Tip…

Copic X-press it paper w/computer scrap paper and cardboard under the marker paper as I color in case it bleeds through.
I try to print out a full sheet of digis at one time, so I don’t waste the expensive paper.
Or/ and I’ll save the scraps to hand stamp on.
I usually print my images out about 3” tall.
I also hand cut the majority of my images out so a sharp razor thin pointy scissor blade is what I use, literally the blade is barely wider than the line I cut.
When hand cutting ( fussy cutting) I don’t cut “on” the black line but right up to it leaving no white, but making sure the black outside line is visible.
When paper piecing digis, I double side tape designer paper to computer paper and run it through my printer. Beware, it can jam your printer. I find if I tape the designer paper even with the top of the computer paper the printer wheels tend to grab it better.

Ruza Rebel

I’m a former Administrative Assistant turned stay-at-home mom to a very special young lady. I’ve been crafting since I was a young child, and when I became a SAHM I turned to crafting to stay busy. Staying busy making cards, altering items, and just having fun with paper is an amazing hobby that I truly fell in love with. I’m very grateful that I have a husband that supports me, that my son loves seeing my creations as well, and my special young lady enjoys getting into my crafts.

I truly love the challenge of making something beautiful with the various products available to the crafting industry. That is why I am super excited to share my projects featuring the amazing YNS Digital Stamps, and I look forward to seeing your creations as well!

Ruza’s Digi Tip…

I have an Epson WF-3540 inkjet printer, and print my Digital Stamps using the High Quality setting on Neenah Solar White 80# Smooth cardstock. I always print a full page of Digital Stamps at a time. I insert my Digital Stamps into a MS Word document and size them accordingly. It depends on how much detail is on the stamp … from 3″ up to 4″.

I use Copic Markers when coloring my images, whether digital … rubber … or clear, and always place a mat underneath to prevent the markers from getting on my work surface as they do tend to bleed through.

I tend to cut out all of the images that I work with since I like to layer my images, and paper-piece them onto a blank image.

Brianna Loeffelbein

Hello my name is Brianna also know as Happy Scrapper in the crafting world. I am 26 years old, I am married to a wonderful supportive husband of four years and we have an amazing two year old son Jayden. We live in a small northen town called Brainerd which is located in the state of Minnesota.
For the past 7 years, I have been working for our Local UPS Store as store manager and I just love it. When I am not working I am spending time with my family and friends and of course crafting!
I have been passionate about crafting my entire life. My main love of course, is Paper Crafting, specifically card making. I also like to sew, bead and crochet and teach others how to show thier creative sides. I am so honored and privileged to be joining such and awesome group of ladies here at YNS, I can’t wait to get started and share all my creations with you!!

Brianna’s Digi Tip…

When I Print my Digital stamps, I make sure to print in High Quality Grayscale so I can use my alcohol markers. This is a must when using alcohol markers so it won’t smear your ink. After I print them out I like to quickly take my heat gun to it just to make sure the ink is dry before I color then.

Please give these ladies a warm welcome, and I’ll be back tomorrow with some more introductions!  Have a great day!

Kerri