Posted by: YNS on Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Hello!
I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend! I’ve been busy making my parents 40th Wedding Anniversary card which I will share later this week :o) In the meantime I thought I would share a card I made with my wonderful hubby in mind. He’s been such a great guy and I know he LOVES this Prince Charming stamp!!!
I hope you have a wonderful day and I’ll be back on Wednesday with my Your Next Stamp Challenge #15 card! YIPPEE!!! You still have time to participate in YNS Challenge #14 so hop on over to the challenge blog and check out our stitching challenge!
Posted by: YNS on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 12:07 am
Hello!!!
This week is just flying by!!! I can’t believe that it’s Wednesday evening already! Brandon and I have been enjoying the sunshine but we also stayed in to tidy up the house and this is the photo I captured…
Is there something wrong with my son??? He has a tantrum if I don’t let him vacuum and then instantly grins ear to ear when he finally gets a hold of it! He even throws food on the floor just so we can vacuum it up!!! He really does give me daily giggles which is awesome :o)
I made my Mom her Mother’s Day card the other day and thought I would share it with you. I doubt she’ll see this post unless she blows the inch of dust off her laptop my Dad bought her 2 years ago for Christmas! I keep telling her I’ll teach her how to use it but I think all the technology scares her a bit…although she does enjoy playing bowling on her Nintendo Wii!! She’s so cute! That’s the reason I decided to use Flower Bouquet Fhiona for her card…she is just super adorable and I know she will make my Mom smile.
Posted by: YNS on Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 4:48 pm
WOW! We had the most amazing weekend at ScrapFest!!! Thank you to everyone who came by the YNS booth and supported me at my first big show! I had a blast chatting and stamping with everyone and I hope you send me photos of your YNS creations! I love seeing what people make with YNS stamps! I had so much fun meeting everyone and I appreciated all the new ideas that were buzzing around the booth – I’ve got lots of new releases planned plus now I’ll get hopping on the new ideas so look for lots of new stamps over the next few months!
Here are a few pics for you to see…
My sister Robin (front in blue) and me (purple)
My wonderful hubby who worked so hard helping all the customers!
I was excited to meet Amy at the show! My pic turned out blurry and she has a pic of us on her blog so hop on over and check it out.
I would like to thank my amazing DT for all their cards they sent me for my display boards! You gals are the best!!! Also I really want to say thanks to my family who helped me prepare for this show as well as be there for support all weekend long! My little niece Catherine came by and did some stamping at the booth too. She was so cute!!! I was having so much fun with her I forgot to get a photo…next time I’ll have to capture that moment for sure.
Have a fabulous day! I’ll be back later in the week so until then…
Posted by: YNS on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 7:00 am
Happy Wednesday!!!
It’s time for YNS Challenge #14 – YIPPEE!!! Our hostess with the mostest is Starlet Kerri and she has challenged us to use stitching on our cards and creations. You can get out your sewing machine, add some faux stitching, or punch some holes and use embroidery floss! There are lots of options!!!
I had fun playing with Mini Party Fhiona – she is just soooo cute! I decided to use my paper piercing tool to punch holes around the edges and hand stitched a silky pink embroidery floss all the way around. The sentiment Happy Birthday is from the Mini Greetings set and then I finished my card off with a sparkly doodle bug brad. The white background paper has a really pretty shimmer but unfortunately you can’t see it in the photo.
I hope you decide to join in all the fun over at the YNS challenge blog for your chance to win some YNS bucks!
I’m busy busy busy getting ready for ScrapFest this weekend! Word around town is that Starlet Amy will be stopping by the YNS booth on Saturday for demos and some fun make and takes! If you live in town I hope you stop by and say HI as I would love to meet you!
Posted by: YNS on Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 4:00 am
Welcome to YNS New Release Day 3!!! YAY!!!
Today is the final day of our April release and I am very pleased to introduce you to our newest member of the YNS family…
Fhiona’s Best Friend Ellie!!!
I just adored this Ellie character from the day our illustrator Fhiona introduced me to her and I just knew that she would be the perfect addition to Your Next Stamp! I hope you love her too!
Here are the fabulous creations the YNS Starlet Design Team made using the 4 new Ellie stamps…I love them all and couldn’t wait to share them with you.
Interested in a chance to win some YNS New Release Stamps????
All you have to do is comment on all 3 New Release blog posts and your name will be entered into a random draw for a surprise pack containing some of the April new release stamps!
Contest closes April 11th at midnight and I’ll announce the winner on April 12th.
Posted by: YNS on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 4:00 am
Welcome to YNS New Release Day 2! YIPPEE!!!
When I was thinking about how to introduce New Release Day 2 the first thing that came to mind was…
HONEY, I SHRUNK FHIONA!!!!
Yep, I shrunk Fhiona to make this fabulous new line of Mini Fhiona stamps!!! There are 10 Mini Fhiona’s as well as a Mini Greetings set that comes complete with 21 Mini Greetings and 18 Mini Images to compliment the Mini Fhiona stamps. My sister Robin said to me one day…wouldn’t it be cool to be able to punch Fhiona out for gift tags? It’s obvious that I said YES and got to work with Fhiona right away! I’ve been working on this idea since last December so needless to say I am super excited about this release! These mini’s are perfect for punches and small dies,gift tags as well cards, scrapbooking and much more!!!
Here are the fabulous creations the Starlet Design Team came up with…I love them all!!!! These gals are so talented and I’m grateful for all the hard work and effort they put in to bring us all this eye candy! Thank you Starlets!!!
Interested in a chance to win some YNS New Release Stamps????
All you have to do is comment on all 3 New Release blog posts and your name will be entered into a random draw for a surprise pack containing some of the April new release stamps!
Contest closes April 11th at midnight and I’ll announce the winner on April 12th.
Posted by: YNS on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 4:00 am
____ It’s New Release Day 1 today!!! YIPPEE!!!
I’ve dedicated this release today to my loving Mom because she LOVES flowers and in her own adorable mother way she begged me to release a flower set that had flowers with stems.
Let me briefly explain…when I first opened the YNS Store I released Rosemary’s Garden which is named after my mother; this set has different sizes of flower heads along with some other images like leaves and a stem. You can create some really nice designs with all these images but she really wanted a tulip with a stem and tulip leaves all as one stamp so I decided to ask Dale to help me out and she created this stunning flower set called Garden Greetings. This set comes with a tulip, daisy, rose and a lily along with lots of small greetings which are perfect for cards, scrapbooking, gift tags and more. Most impotantly this set has been approved by Mom and she just loves it! YAY
I’m excited to say that all the new release stamps are made with the new YNS purple rubber!!! Take a look…
Here are the amazing creations the YNS Starlet Design Team created with this wonderful flower set. I’m sure my Mom will love them all!
Interested in a chance to win some YNS New Release Stamps????
All you have to do is comment on all 3 New Release blog posts and your name will be entered into a random draw for a surprise pack containing some of the April new release stamps!
Contest closes April 11th at midnight and I’ll announce the winner on April 12th.
Posted by: YNS on Monday, April 5, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Hi all! I hope you had a fabulous long weekend. We had beautiful sunny days and Brandon had so much fun playing outside with Catherine and Isabel. Check out this adorable pic of him driving Bumpa’s (this is what Brandon calls his Grandpa) toy Cadillac…
Who knew that a 22 month old could reach the gas pedal plus at times he was looking pretty cool driving with this arm hanging out the window! He had a blast!
I’ll be back tomorrow with New Release Day 1 which is dedicated to my Mom.
Posted by: YNS on Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 4:00 am
Hello and Happy Thursday!
I decided to start properly introducing our guest designers by sharing a little bit of info along with a photo. I’ve never done this before and I just adore all of my designers so I thought I should start giving everyone proper intros into the YNS family!!!
Please welcome our April guest designer…Silvia Mabie!!!! YAY!!! Welcome Silvia!!! Here is a lovely photo of Silvia with her children plus a little bit of info in her own words…
My name is Silvia and I was born in Portugal but am now living in Greece on the gorgeous island of Crete with my awesome hubby Andrew and 3 amazing kids David (6), Emelia (4) and Isabella (almost 3). I love anything crafty, especially card and gift making. I started rubber stamping for the sheer awesomness of scrapbooking and how cool it would be to have all those letters and supplies for scrapbooking…”I’m never going to get into makings cards” is what I said! yeahhh, right! I think for me the most awesome part about making cards is the instant gratification of getting a project done…having 3 kids so little it’s a wonder I get anything done!
I don’t think I really have a style, I like to try new things and experiment with new techniques…although simple layouts and a few embelishments are always a fav of mine…I also like the one layer cards…I just think they look cool!
Aside from crafting I love to take pictures, hike, swim, laze around on the beach and run…I like to go running at least 3 times a week…sometimes short runs and sometimes long runs!
Thank you sooo much for having me on as a guest designer this month…I am honored!
I’ve got 3 days of new releases planned starting Tuesday April 6th so be sure to stop by and check out all the new stamps and for your chance to win some too!!!!
There’s a new girl in town and not only is she Fhiona’s best friend but she is sooooo stinkin’ CUTE!!!! Her name is Ellie and here is a little peek…
