Aloha!

Posted by: YNS on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 7:00 am

Aloha everyone! Jenny here.

Wanted to share a little card I did using Aloha Fhiona! She’s so adorable!

For Aloha Fhiona I used some raffia to make her cute skirt. I added some Aloha Accessories and a cloud and sun from Flying High Accessories. I colored everything with Copic Markers. I have been asked about how I make my sand so I have a video tutorial posted on my you tube channel HERE.

Thanks for peekin’ in and letting me share my card with you today!

Have an inky day! 🙂 🙂 Jenny

Let’s Do Lunch!

Posted by: YNS on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 5:26 pm

Sorry I’m posting late today! I wanted to share the card I made for Jen’s Sketch For You To Try which YNS is sponsoring this month! I used this super adorable image called Chompy~Love Him!!! I colored him up with some Copic Markers then cut him out and popped him up on some Dimensionals. I added some Stardust Stickles to his spots and some Glossy Accents to the water droplets on the leaf. The dp is some Echo Park Paper Co. A Walk in the Park, and I computer generated the sentiment.

Thank you so much for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day!

Kerri
Recipe:
Stamps: Your Next Stamp Chompy
Paper: PTI Aqua Mist, SU Kiwi Kiss, EPP A Walk in the Park dp
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, PTI Aqua Mist
Accessories: PTI Ribbon, Sewing Machine, Circle and Lacey Circle Nesties, Buttons, Dimensionals, Stardust Stickles, Glossy Accents

May SFYTT – Squeeze Me

Posted by: YNS on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 5:20 pm

Happy Monday!

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend! We had fantastic weather all weekend and the sun is shinning again today! YAY! Brandon is so excited about this new park we have down the street that he woke up at 7:30 am and asked if we could go to the park…I got him to wait until 10 am and then we headed out for some play time.

YNS is sponsoring SFYTT this month and I LOVE this sketch so I inked up this adorable Snorkel Fun Penguin stamp…he totally cracks me up! The DP from the Bo Bunny Sun Kissed Collection and this card was screaming for some yummy YNS Glittered Skittles!

I hope you have a fabulous day!

Happy Stamping!

Happy Mother’s Day!

Posted by: YNS on Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 4:00 am

Good Morning and Happy Mother’s Day!!

I hope all of you Mom’s out there are being pampered today because you deserve it.

I’m honored to be guest designing for Craft Us Crazy on behalf of Your Next Stamp who is a sponsor of the current challenge…

~ Mom’s and Flowers ~

Now you aren’t required to incorporate both themes for the challenge to enter, but I was able to by using this happy little flower, Dixie Daisy. This image was part of the March YNS release and I LOVE it and couldn’t wait to create with it!! I’ve used DP from My Mind’s Eye, Fine and Dandy which begged to be paired with kraft cardstock. The kraft cardstock was embossed with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. The paper panels were all machine stitched and I used tiny champagne colored heart rhinestones for a simple yet sparkly accent. The image was stamped on Vintage Cream cardstock and for fun I stamped the image again and popped the eyes up with foam tape for dimension. The petals were given a sparkle treatment by using my mixture of Shimmerz and Stickles.

Craft us Crazy is owned and operated by my dear friend Jeri, so this a real treat for me to be designing along with her and her very talented design team. I hope you will stop by the Craft us Crazy challenge blog and link up your Mother’s Day and/or Flower project for your chance to win a $10 Your Next Stamp Gift Certificate.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

SFYTT May Sponsor

Posted by: YNS on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 12:00 pm

Happy Saturday!

I’m so excited to finally spill the beans about YNS sponsoring Jen del Muro’s SFYTT (Sketch For You To Try) and to finally share the fabulous SFYTT May sketch! YAY!

Every month Jen picks a sponsor and creates a super fun sketch for you to try. Once your creation is complete you can upload your card to her blog for your chance to win some awesome prizes!

I’m also proud to announce that our very own amazing YNS DT Member Kerri is Jen’s guest designer this month – way to go Kerri! Be sure to check out all the SFYTT DT cards using YNS stamps! They are all FABULOUS! Along with my amazing YNS DT I tend to stalk a few of the SFYTT designers blogs and I’m always inspired by there talented creations!

You can check out all the details over at the SFYTT blog but before you go I’d like to share the May sketch with you as well as Maureen’s YUMMY card featuring the stamp set Chocoholic.

SFYTT May Sketch

Maureen’s Delicious Card

I’m also offering a special discount (10% off your entire order) as part of my SFYTT sponsorship…

Now what are you waiting for…hop on over to the SFYTT blog for some inspiration and join in all the fun! Plus add a charm to your card and then enter it into the YNS So Charming challenge! YAY!

Happy Stamping!

Cheers!!

Posted by: YNS on Friday, May 6, 2011 at 7:00 am

Hey everyone it’s Dana today!! Cheers….IT’S FRIDAY!!

So glad this week is over and the weekend is finally here.

So toast your glasses and say, we made it!

I’m sharing my dirty martini with you today.

Don’t you just love this image? Oh I see so many wonderful martini’s made in this glass. The entire set called “Cheers” and has two other images and another sentiment for your preferred cocktail! I know I’ll be having a few cocktails this summer for sure! So put up your glasses everyone and let’s toast to another great image from Karen!!

Don’t forget that you still have time to participate in our “SO CHARMING” challenge. Don’t forget if you use an image from YNS you are entered twice in the drawing. Good luck everyone!

Blast off!

Posted by: YNS on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 7:00 am

Happy Wednesday everyone! Peggy here with you today to share a great little stamp set, Space Boy, just perfect for your little space adventurer on his birthday!

I love the cute little space creature! I coloured him and then used my colorless blending pen to create the spots for a little more texture, so adorable!

There is still lots of time to play along with this week’s YNS Challenge, so charming, for your chance to win a couple of great prizes!

I hope everyone has a great day today and thanks for stopping by!

Shopping?? I love Shopping!!!

Posted by: YNS on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 11:00 am

Good Morning Everyone, Happy Tuesday!!! Crystal here and I would like to share a creation with you that I made with this FUN new set A Good Friend. I just LOVE this set and it is soooo perfect for those girlfriends :))) Hope you enjoy my creation today!!!

Isn’t this bag so fun?? I added stickles to the tissue paper so it would pop, I love sparkle!!! This fun set comes with 6 stamps and 2 sentiments. Check this set out HERE for more details!!!

My creation today also fits into this weeks challenge So Charming to add a charm to your card or project!! Stop by and check it out HERE for a chance to win a super fun prize!!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope everyone has a GREAT Tuesday!!!

A little bit of this and a little bit of that

Posted by: YNS on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 2:44 pm

Good Morning!

First of all yesterday I mentioned that today I would make a special sponsorship announcement…well I messed up the dates and was told that I can’t spill the beans quite yet. You’ll just have to wait until Saturday May 7th so stay tuned as it will will be well worth the wait :o)

Today I’ve got a new weekly special up for grabs and it’s a combo deal this week!

Fairy Fhiona and Flying High Fhiona – both for $9.95 – WOW!

I’d like to say special thanks to DT member Chris Olsen, she has inspired us for many months now with her fabulous YNS projects and although her DT term has come to an end I’m sure we still see lots of YNS creations on her blog – thank you Chris for all your inspiration and for your wonderful friendship. We all wish you the best!

In closing, I’d like to share a few of Chris’s wonderful YNS cards and projects…

Ellie Loves to Bake

Rainy Day Fhiona

Erin from Ireland and Miya from China (this is just part of her amazing World Kids banner)

Happy Stamping!

May Guest Designer

Posted by: YNS on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 1:55 pm

It’s a beautiful sunny day here! YAY! It rained all week so I can’t wait to get outside and enjoy the day!

Today I would like to welcome back Cindy Haffner to YNS as our May guest designer – welcome Cindy!!!

She made this beautiful card…

Ainsley from Scotland is so ADORABLE and I love the colors Cindy used and the fun layout!

I notied that Cindy used a charm on her card too! ‘So Charming’ just happens to be our current YNS Challenge theme – be sure to check out all the details and join in the fun over at the YNS Challenge Blog.

I hope you have a bright and sunny day! I’ll be back tomorrow with a special sponsor announcement!

Happy Stamping!