YNS Challenge 13

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It’s time for YNS Challenge #13 and it’s my turn to be hostess YIPPEE!!! I decided to challenge you to use PURPLE on your cards :o) I love purple!!! You can use a little purple or lots of purple so pull out all your purple papers, inks and embellies and start creating!

I decided to use Rainy Day Fhiona for my purple card and I was so excited to finally use one of the scallop cards Starlet Angela was so nice to send to me -thank you Angela!!!! I didn’t want to cover the card with dp so I decided to sponge it instead using purple, blue and green ink. I really like how it turned out so I think I’ll be doing that again for sure! You may think the Happy Spring sentiment is from Fhiona’s Little Buddy stamp set but it’s actually smaller and from a new set that will be released next week – YAY!

Be sure to hop on over to the YNS Challenge Blog to join in the fun for your chance to win some YNS bucks to spend on stamps at the YNS store!

I’ll be introducing our April guest designer tomorrow plus I’ll have a sneak peek of the new stamps!

Until then…Happy Stamping!!!

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What’s going on this week…

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Hi! I hope you had a fabulous weekend! We didn’t have the warmest weather this weekend so we stayed indoors and discovered a really fun play place for Brandon which was so much FUN!!! We will be visiting the Little Tot Spot again for sure. If you live in the area and have a child under 5 years old you should check it out.

Well I don’t have a card to post today so I thought I would share all the exciting things going on at YNS this week. It’s been busy around here getting ready for ScrapFest and the April New Releases which I am extremely excited about!

I’m the hostess for YNS Challenge #13 which starts this Wednesday so be sure to check that out! You still have time to join in all the fun for YNS Challenge #12 hosted by the wonderful Cabio so hop on over to the YNS Challenge Blog and play along for your chance to win some YNS bucks!

Plus I’ll be showing you some sneak peeks later this week of all the fun new stamps I’m releasing next week – this will be a 3 day super fun release which starts Tuesday April 6 – mark your calendars and tell all your friends because you won’t want to miss this release!

If you missed my last post – YNS is the sponsor for Embellish so be sure to join in the fun for your chance to win some YNS stamps!

Happy Stamping!

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Embellish Magazine Challenge Sponsor

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I love challenges so I am proud to say that Your Next Stamp is the proud sponsor of the Embellish Magazine Challenge this week!!! YAY!!!
I decided that Fhiona’s Pet Bunny would be perfect for this challenge and as you know I’ve grown to love stitching on cards so this was a really fun addition to the challenge. Now before you look too closely at my card I need to confess that I totally messed up! Lucky for me I have a good sense of humour and I’m ok with laughing at my own silly mistakes…can you see where I went wrong?
I used light purple instead of blue!!! DUH!!! Ashley emailed me all the details and I carefully wrote them down and got ready to make my card and for some strange reason I got on this purple, pink and kraft mission and after I finished my card I took a double take and realized I didn’t use light blue – oops! So if you look closely there is a speck of light blue on my Doodle Bug Brad :o) WHEW!
I hope you join in the fun for your chance to win some YNS Stamps!!!
Happy Stamping!
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Hoppy Tuesday!!!

Brandon has been gearing up for his egg hunt with his nieces Catherine and Isabel by hiding blocks in plastic eggs and then going “POP” and opening them. He is so surprised to find a prize when he pops it open even though he’s the one who put it in there – too cute!!!

I’ve used Hoppy Easter Fhiona on my easel card today. Easter is on the way and Fhiona is just too cute in her bunny outfit so I just couldn’t wait to ink this stamp!!! I got my mini sewing machine out once again and I think I did a pretty darn good sewing job although the lady at the store did tell me that if I ever decide to venture into sewing clothes rather than paper that I should buy a larger model…I don’t see that happening anytime soon but have you seen some of Starlet Maylee’s sewing – WOW!!! I wonder what I have to do to get one of those purses! :o) I also decided to stamp a little background starburst from Fhiona’s Happy Birthday stamp set.

Until next time..Happy Stamping

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Let’s Distress…again

Cabio has challenged us to use some form of distressing on our cards for YNS Challenge #12 and this is something I don’t do very often so I thought I would give it another shot and make another card using this technique :o)

I’ve used the stamp Grasshopper Gloria along the adorable sentiment ‘Some buggie loves you!’ from the Mixed Bag of Greetings Set. Yes, I actually ripped the paper – lol not something I usually do but I actually really like the way this card turned out.

Remember that I’ve got a sale going on right now – 15% off stamps at the YNS Store – sale ends this Sunday at midnight.

Have a great weekend!

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Blog Hop Winners!

Thank you so much for joining us for our New Release Blog Hop! The Starlets creations were fabulous and I hope you enjoyed hopping along just as much as I did!

To celebrate this new release I’ve decided to have a sale!!! YAY! The sale starts today and will end Sunday at midnight.

15% off all YNS Stamps!
Be sure to visit the YNS Store today!
GRAND PRIZE Winner



Using www.random.org, the lucky winner of TWO of the brand new release YNS stamp sets of their choice is:


DAWN (aka craftykitten) from cherrytreestudio.blogspot.com!


Woo-hoo! Congratulations, Dawn! Please email me to claim your prize!


MYSTERY PRIZE Winner


The mystery prize winner was drawn from the comments left on Maylee’s Blog Hop post, and that winner is…


SUZI from Sugar n Spice!
 
Congratulations, Suzi! Please email me to claim your mystery prize!
Enjoy your day!
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YNS Challenge 12

Hello!!! It feels like forever since I posted on my blog! It has been a crazy few weeks for me. First I was busy getting ready for the new release hop – winners to be announced tomorrow – I hope you all love the new yummy stamps!!! and then my computer decided to have a little melt down and went for a visit to my lovely repair guy for 7 days!!! Plus I’ve been working on more new releases which you are going to just LOVE!!! OMG I’m just so excited and I can’t wait for you to meet our newest addition to YNS! That’s all I’ll say for now…you’ll just have to wait for the announcement :o) Anywho it feels awesome to be back blogging, creating and sharing so let’s get to it!

Today is YNS Challenge #12! YIPPEE!!! It’s also St. Patrick’s Day so HAPPY ST. PATTYS DAY!!! I’m part Irish and can’t believe I don’t have St. Patty Day stamps (note to self – create some for next year). I debated making a creative card using lots of green and shamrocks but I ended up with a brown and blue card instead which just happens to be one of my most favourite color combos!

Cabio is our wonderful hostess for Challenge #12 and she has challenged us to distress our cards and creations so I decided to ‘frey’ or should I say distress the edges around the blue cardstock and around the hugs sentiment. I used the gerber daisy from Rosemary’s Garden which just happens to be named after my Mom (look for a special new release just for her coming soon) and the hugs sentiment is from the Greeting set. I just love cute things so I just knew I had to add the adorable little dragonfly brad from Doodle Bug :o)

I hope you join us over at the YNS Challenge blog for your chance to win some YNS bucks!!!

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs

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Easter and Mother’s Day New Release Hop!!!

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New Release Day is finally here! YIPPEE! Today you will be introduced to our 6 new Easter and Mother’s Day stamp sets! Our illustrators Fhiona and Dale have created some adorable and fabulous stamps that I’m sure you will love! Thank you ladies!
To check out the new sets at the YNS Store just click on the links below…

The Starlets have some serious eye candy for you and this time we decided to make one of the Starlets a secret blogger – FUN! We will reveal one lucky winner of the secret prize after the hop on March 18 so be sure to leave them all comments as you hop along for your chance to win! Plus be sure to stop by the last stop on the hop which is the YNS Challenge Blog and follow the directions to enter the Grand Prize of 2 new release sets!
The hop starts here at my blog and I’ve made a card using the Fhiona’s Easter Basket stamp set and of course I just had to sneak in some of my new favorite embellishment Ultra Fine Flower Soft!!! I used the Raspberry Fizz for the easter grass in the basket.  And yes I finally got a sewing machine although by the look of my ‘not so straight’ lines I don’t think I’ll be making clothes for Brandon anytime soon! lol If you would like a closer look at my creation just click the photo to blow it up to the extra large blogger size :o)
Your next stop on the hop is Starlet Maylee!
Here is the hop order just in case…
Karen – you are here :o) 

Maylee

Simonne

Cabio

Amy

Maureen

Angela

Kerri

Lana

Beth (Guest Starlet)

YNS Challenges – YNS Challenge #11 all about using a BIG bow on your card or creation – enter our challenge and you’ll get 2 entries into the hop grand prize! Check out all the details on the YNS challenge blog

Thanks for joining us and also thanks for helping spread the word by participating in our Grab Our Cute Blog Hop Badge Contest – random draw winner will be announced with hop winners on March 18 so there is still time if you would like to participate! I really appreciate all you do to help spread the word about YNS!
If you missed our contest and don’t want to miss our next fab contest and would like to stay up to date on all the YNS announcements please subscribe to my blog to receive email updates, the subscription box is located in the left side bar. You don’t need a blog to subscribe – just an email address – YAY!
I {heart} all your comments and I just might be the secret blogger so before you go remember to leave a comment and enjoy the hop!!!
Hugs
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Grab Our Cute Badge Contest!

Yep you guessed it! It’s time for another amazing YNS Starlet Blog Hop! YIPPEE!!!

To join in the fun and be entered in our Grab Our Cute Badge Contest all you need to do is…

1. grab our cute badge from the side bar

2. put the cute badge on your blog

3. come back here and let me know you’ve done steps 1 and 2

Then your name will be entered in a random draw for some YNS stamps!!! YAY!!! I’ll announce the winner of this contest at the end of the hop on March 18 along with the hop winners.

Ok now off you go, we need your help to spread the word about our super fun blog hop coming up on March 3rd!

Thanks everyone!

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I found a new love!

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I fell head over heels in love with Ultra Fine Flower Soft tonight!!!!! The shipment arrived at Your Next Stamp today just in time for the release date and I just had to start playing right away! It is sooooo easy to use…a dab of Flower Soft glue…a sprinkle of ultra fine flower soft…and voila beautiful dimension added to your creation! I LOVE IT!!! Yes, I am yelling right now and jumping around the room – lol actually I’m really only yelling quietly because my son is sleeping in the next room. Can you tell I’m excited?!?! Also can you tell I’m a Flower Soft first timer? lol That’s right I had never used it until tonight and it’s awesome!!!

Here is my creation…

I used Fhiona’s Pet Bird stamp along with a the sentiment Happy Spring which is a little sneak peek at one of the sentiments that will be released this Wednesday – YAY! I stamped them both on Prism Simply Smooth White cardstock, the purple cardstock is from the Crisscross Light cardstock pack, the cream cardstock is from the Prismatics Nautical Blue Accent Pack and the DP is Spring Garden by Doodle Bug. I cut the bird out with circle nesties and then before putting the card together I colored the cute bird in with Copics and used the Ultra Fine Sage Flower Soft on the branch leaves – don’t you just think it looks so COOL?! Then I topped it all off with a little flower brad from the Doodle Bug Easter Brads Set and some ribbon.

Have a fabulous weekend!!!

Hugs

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