Tasty Tuesday With Your Next Stamp!

  Hello friends! I am here along with a handful of YNS design team members to welcome in the first YNS Tasty Tuesday for the month of April! Here is this months inspiration picture:

It is so pretty!

To create my card I used the stamp set "Ellie Loves Lattes, and the new sentiment set "Whatnot Sentiment Set 1" My patterned paper is from Simple Stories.

We would love to see what you create using the beautiful inspiration picture and be sure to visit the main YNS blog to see what the rest of the Design Team created!

Fun Friday With Your Next Stamp - Autumn Greetings

  Hello and welcome to Fun Friday with Your Next Stamp! This month of Fun Friday theme is Fall/Halloween, and organzing your craft supplies.  Before I get to the "getting organized" part of my post let me tell you about my card! I used the adorable YNS set "Fall Fun Sunflower", and a sentiment from "Autumn Greetings" . Now, let me show you how I store my pigment ink pads!

  Ta-da!!  LOL...Seriously, it looks rather empty but I'm slowly filling the empty spots with my favorite inks , Fresh Ink by Impress Rubber Stamps, and inks from A Muse Studio. I still use my Stampin Up ink pads all the time though to fill in my color holes. I found this old wooden cassette tape rack at a yard sale for $2.00 this summer. Spray painted it black (looks like I need another coat of paint, lol) and mounted it on the wall using dry wall screws. I don't have anything from Ikea but I still love my yard sale finds, and they work just fine for me. *smile*

  Thank you for visiting my blog today and make you visit the YNS blog to see the rest of the designers playing along today!


                                                                

Put On Your Dancin' Shoes!

  I had an extra card that I created for the YNS September stamp release and thought I would save it for later so today I am happy to finally show you a card showcasing the new YNS set "Ellie Loves To Dance".  I also used the new Whimsy Star Die set that was released this month! The patterned paper I used is from The Sweetest Thing Tangerine collection by My Minds Eye. I hope you like my card and I thank you for visiting my blog today!

                                                                                   

YNS Fun Friday - A Spooky Hello!

What a busy week! Today I am playing along with Fun Friday with Your Next Stamp! Our theme for the month of September is Fall/Halloween, and organization/storage. To store my YNS stamps and dies I used a wicker basket, here is a picture!

                                                                           Pretty simple, but hey, it works for me!

  To create my fun Halloween card I used the YNS Jam Jar Globe stamp and die set.  The cute (yeah, I said cute.) spider is from the YNS set "Spooky Hello".  Thank you for visiting my blog today and be sure to check out the Your Next Stamp Blog to see all of the designers playing along today!

Your Next Stamp September Release Blog Hop

Click HERE to see my post for The Play Date Cafe!!

   Howdy welcome to the Your Next Stamp September New Release Blog Hop!!! You are going to LOVE all the new stamps and dies and they are available NOW in the YNS Store! The hop will run from today, until Monday, September 10th at midnight (EST).

What’s a hop without prizes?! We have 3 New Release Prize Packages hidden throughout the hop, so make sure you leave comments for your chance to win! Winners will be announced on the Your Next Stamp Blog on Tuesday, September 11th.

Now, let me show you what I created with two of the brand new stamp sets released today!!

To create my card I used "Love to Read" Stamps and "Bookmark/Tag Dies" and "Heartfelt Sentiments". I stamped the watering can and flowers, colored them, and fussy cut them out. I attached them to my card using foam squares.

I thought it would be fun to create a matching book mark pocket card to go along with the first card. I used the "Love To Read" Stamps and "Bookmark/Tag  Dies" on this as well.

                                                                  Here is a close-up of the book marks. So cute!

               Karen is also offering some amazing Hop Specials! There are

several Bundle Deals, PLUS you get 15% off your order (Sept.

6-10) by using online code Sept15OFF! Make sure you take

advantage of these great deals!!!

Now it’s time to hop on over to  Peggy's blog, but

before you go, don’t forget to leave me a comment for your

chance to WIN! Happy Hopping!

 And in case you would like to start at the very beginning here is the full list if Your Next Stamp Designers playing along today!

YNS September Release Sneak Peek - Thanks Teacher!

   I am thrilled to be here for the first day of sneak peeks of the Your Next Stamp September Release! Today I am showcasing
"Ellie Loves School". I colored her with Copics, Promarkers, and a Bic Mark-It or two. The patterned paper I used is from the "Everyday Eclectic Collection" by Echo Park. The cute little wooden apple button is from Oriental Trading. I hope you will visit the Your Next Stamp Blog to take a look at the rest of today's sneak peeks! Have a wonderful day!

Fun Friday With Your Next Stamp - Just Flew In

       Hello and welcome to Fun Friday with Your Next Stamp! Today is the last day of August, and also the last day of the YNS Birthday Celebration. Our theme for the month was "Celebrations". To create my card I used a stamp set that totally makes me smile "Jumbo Flamingo Fred". I just love that guy! I also had some fun with some of my favorite YNS dies, Grass, Clouds, and one of the round balloon dies. Do you see it??  Well, I die cut 7 yellow glitter die cut circle balloon shapes and glued them together to create a sun!!  Fun!  Also, you can buy the set containing all of these dies (grass border, 3 balloon shapes, and two clouds) for 15% off!  Click here if you want to check it out.

We also have our own member company forum at Splitcoast Stampers with information on all new releases, and all of the happenings in the YNS World!

I hope you will visit the YNS Blog and see what the other design team members have to show ya! And thank YOU for visiting my blog today!!

{Your Next Stamp Fun Friday - Christmas In July!}

    

Hello friends! It is Fun Friday with Your Next Stamp and for the month of July we are celebrating Christmas In July! To create my CAS card I used  Happy Holidays with the matching  dies. Oh my gosh this set is SO cute and so much fun to use! I colored the mugs using copic markers and matched each mug up with a color coordinated button. If you want to see all of the YNS design team members playing along with today's Fun Friday then click HERE. Be sure to visit our company forum at Splitcoast Stampers to stay up to date on challenges, new releases, and all things related to YNS! Thank you for visiting my blog today!


                                                                        

{Lil' Fairie Flowers}

  Hello friends! Today I am here to show you a card I created for Your Next Stamp Challenge #6 - Flowers! I used one of my favorite stamp sets from YNS "Seasonal Fairies". I wanted to add something extra to my card so I added a ring of small flowers each with a yellow bead in the center. I have to admit that part did take a while but I just love the way it turned out! We would love for you to play along! Thank you for visiting my blog today and I hope you have a wonderful day!
                                                                       

{Your Next Stamp YNS July Release Blog Hop}

Hello and welcome to the Your Next Stamp July New Release Blog Hop! We are so excited about our hop this month, because we are introducing a new artist to the YNS family-Ann Ellis! We just know you are going to love her fun, contemporary style! We also have a few new Ellie stamps and a new Fhiona too! Plus some fabulous new dies that coordinate with some existing YNS stamps – Window Play and a selection of dies that go with the popular Mini Fhiona stamps!

All the new stamps and dies are available to purchase today in the YNS Store!

I am the beginning of the blog hop so you have come to the right place! Here is the full list of designers with fantastic creations for today's hop!

Veronica Zalis- http://lk2thestarz.blogspot.com/ <---You are here!

Susan Liles-http://www.susiestampalot.com/2012/07/new-release-blog-hop-from-your-next.html

Jen del Muro- http://iheart2stamp.com/

Peggy Toole- http://cardcrazy.wordpress.com/

Dana Joy- http://gotjoycreations.blogspot.com/

Jen Roach- http://www.tennisgirl27.blogspot.com/

Thanh Vo – July Guest Designer- http://yummycreations.blogspot.ca/

Amy Rohl- http://inkaboutme.blogspot.com/

Kerri Michaud- http://www.cardsbykerri.blogspot.com/

Diana Genario- http://doodledeedesigns.blogspot.com/

Jenny Peterson- http://mylittlestampinspot.blogspot.com/

Karen Dedman- http://www.yournextstamp.blogspot.com/2012/07/yns-july-new-release-blog-hop.html

The hop will run from today, July 6th at 6AM until Tuesday, July 10th at 11:59PM EST.
We have 4 special prizes hidden amongst the blogs, so make sure you leave comments for your chance to win!!! Each winner will receive one of the new Ann Ellis Stamp Sets!

Let me show you what I created for today's New Release Blog Hop!

   To create my card I used the new set by Anne Ellis "Sun Hat". This set is SO much fun. I just love the sun, and the cool shades he is wearing. I colored my sun using copic and pro markers. I added some glassy glaze to give his sun glasses a little shine. I spritzed my card with "Thatched Roof Cottage" by Tattered Angels. I had fun adding so many buttons to my card, and I didn't even put a small dent in my button "collection". hah!

Just a little reminder, Karen is also offering some awesome hop specials and bundles in the YNS Store , so make sure you check those out!

We also want to remind you about your new forum on Splitcoaststampers! You can check that out HERE-http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/your-next-stamp-f372/ You can also find us on Facebook-http://www.facebook.com/yournextstamp and Pinterest- http://pinterest.com/yournextstamp/

Did you know that YNS Challenges are back!!! You can find a new challenge every Thursday on the YNS Blog and on our SCS Forum . We would love to have you play along! Weekly prizes plus every month we are selecting a special YNS Rockin’ Guest Designer from all the awesome entires that feature YNS stamps!!!

Now it’s time to hop on over to Susan Liles fabulous blog!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Remember to leave me a comment be for you go!

Happy hopping!

                                               

{Special Delivery}

                                                                         
 Hiya! I'm here to show you a card I created using the YNS stamp set "Special Delivery". This adorable set was designed by Jenny Suchin! I had fun mixing and matching papers with this card. I hope that you are having a great weekend and as always thank you for visiting my blog today!

                                                          

{Some Bunny Loves You}

     Back again with another cute card! I created this card for the current Lawnscaping Challenge!

I created my card using two Lawn Fawn stamp sets, Blissful Botanicals, and My Silly Valentine. I stamped the green flower stems in two shades of  green pigment ink, and the flowers in two shades of pink pigment ink. I stamped the bunny in gray pigment ink and blended the color with a blender pen. I added a strip of grass from the YNS Fun Spring Grass metal die. I just love that die! The pink gingham paper is by The Paper Studio. Thank you for visiting my blog and have a wonderful week!

                                                                                 

{Thanks A Latte}

      Hello! Today is not Friday but I flubbed my post date so my blog post published before I wanted it to. *sigh* Such is life, right? LOL  Anyways, today I am excited to show you a card I created using the adorable stamp set "Ellie Loves Lattes". I colored her using SU blender pens, and ink, and I also used my A Muse Studio pigment inks as well. They work so well with blender pens, such deep, rich color. The background was created using the cherry blossom branch from the YNS set "Japan Icons Set Two". In case you may have missed the announcement YNS now is a member company at Splitcoaststampers! We would love for you to stop by and say hi! You can also find details on the current call for the YNS Splitcoast Challenge design team!

Thank you for visiting my blog today and have a great day!

                                                                         

{Scent With Love}

    Howdy Howdy! Today I created a card JUST for fun! I recently got a super sweet package in the mail from YNS and finally had the chance to get inky. That cute skunk is from the set "Aroma the Skunk" and the post mark is from the "Small Post Card Cling Set". The oh so pretty light gray paper is from the brand new Dots set from Echo Park. Love, love LOVE! It matches the skunk perfectly! I colored Aroma with Copics and Promarkers. The flower was creating using a cutting file from Lori Whitlock, and my KNK Zing. I added a couple of pink buttons, and machine stitching around my layers. I hope you like my card, I had fun making it. Thank you for visiting my blog and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Today I am playing along with these challenges:

Play Date Cafe Challenge #119 - Splash of Color

There She Goes TSG144 - Animals

Crazy4Challenges # C4C124 - Stripes and Polka Dots

4 Crafty Chicks - Lets Double Down (Two of something)  I used two buttons!


                                                                              

{Sending Love and A Challenge or Two}

                     

         Good Afternoon! Today I am happy to show you one of the newest releases from YNS, "Small Postcard Stamp set with matching die's. This set is SO cute!

And to celebrate the new releases at YNS Karen is offering 15% off your entire order!!!  Online Code is YNSFEB2012

      In addition to the Post Card set I used the Papertrey Ink set "Heart Print Backgrounds". Today I am playing along with the PTI 5th Anniversary Day #7 contest which was to create a card with a heart. I used the heart background set! I finished off my card with a super cute felt puffy heart (A'la Susan Opel) from Pebbles, and Offray twill and a wooden button from Oriental Trading, I love this cute little card and I thank you for visiting my blog today!

I am also playing along with these challenges:

Moxie Fab World Cool Tools Die Cutting Challenge

Card Patterns Sketch #152

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Love Is In The Air







 

{Your Next Stamp YNS Fun Friday}

Hello and welcome to Fun Friday with Your Next Stamp! Today I am posting a card featuring the new release set "Japan Icons Set Two". I created my card using the little "meow" image. She is just the sweetest little thing! I colored her with promarkers. I just received an order of  Japanese washi tape and I knew it would be perfect for this card! I added a line of machine stitching to each strip along with a border around my card. I finished off the card with the sentiment. My Fun Friday Tip of the week is:

    Adding Washi Tape to a card is a fun, and easy way to add an extra touch of color to a card or project. All it takes is a single strip. I'll be using more colors of washi tape in the next few days so be on the look out for that. Thank you for visiting my blog and be sure to check out the other fantastic creations from the rest of the YNS Design Team!  Have a great weekend!

                                                             

{Your Next Stamp YNS Fun Friday}

  Wow, I can't believe it is Friday already! It's time for another Your Next Stamp Fun Friday! If this is your first Fun Friday let me tell you what it's all about. Each Friday the YNS Design Team creates a card, and we give a tip or two on creating cards and such. Today I created a card using the Ellie Loves to Ski cling stamp. I colored her with copic and promarkers. If you look carefully at her ski mask you will see that I used glassy glaze to make it look like glass. I used a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder for the main background, and my patterned paper is from My Minds Eye. The pretty aqua ruffled ribbon is from Hobby Lobby, and I finished off the card with a button and twine.  My Fun Friday tip is this: 

   "Using glassy glaze is a fun and easy way to add dimension to a card, it adds the perfect finishing touch!"

 Well, I hope you liked my card and thank YOU for visiting my blog today! If you like the stamps I used today and want to buy them for your own collection be sure to visit the YNS store. There are lots of adorable stamps to choose from!  Have a great weekend!

Today I am also playing along with the following challeges: 

Dutch Dare Card Challenge #150 -  Inspiration Photo

The Ribbon Reel Challenge # 20 - New Year , New Start - My resolution is to be more organized!

{YNS Fun Friday

Hello, it's Fun Friday with Your Next Stamp! Every Friday the Design Team members create cards and projects using YNS stamps, and then we each post a creative tip or two. Today I created a card using the set "Sugar Cone". I LOVE those cute heart shaped ice cream scoops! I used a cutting file from Lettering Delights and a KNK Zing to cut out my oval eyelet frame. Next I embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder and then added touch of distressing using a sanding block. My patterned paper is by American Crafts. I have to say that the color combo on this paper was kind of intimidating for me, so much color! But once I put everything together my card really came together. So, my tip for today is:

"Don't be afraid to use lots of color." As long as you have elements like buttons, or ribbon to tie the colors together you won't go wrong!

  Be sure to visit the rest of the design team blogs and see their wonderful creations and great tips!  Thank you for visiting my blog and have a SUPER Friday!!

 

                                                                                      

{Sending Warm Wishes}

 Good Morning! I live in Southeast Oklahoma and this winter has been SO mild, now believe me I am not complaining but it would be nice to see at least 1 snowfall this year. Anyways, I thought I would create a winter inspired card for this months gallery challenge at Paper Crafts Connection. To create my wintry card I used a new set from YNS called "Fancy Frames". I stamped the frame in A Muse Studio Sky pigment ink. The sentiment was stamped in Not Quite Navy by Stampin' Up.  To create the beautiful snowflake I used a cutting file from Lettering Delights. Seriously, I can't stop cutting things out! The snowflake has two layers, so I sprayed the outer layer with spray adhesive, and sprinkled SU's Dazzling Diamonds all over it. Now if you are able, weather permitting and all I highly recommend doing the "sprinkling" outside. That glitter gets everywhere! I finished off my card with some ruffled ribbon from Hobby Lobby and a button tied with Sugar Twine from A Muse Studio.   I hope that you have a wonderful day, and as always, thank YOU for visiting my blog today!

           

{YNS Fun Friday and Exciting Design Team News!}

   Hello! Today I am thrilled to announce that I have been asked to be a permanent member of the Your Next Stamp Design Team! I am so darn excited. This has been a dream, and goal of mine for quite sometime, and I really couldn't be more excited then I am to be on this team.  So, today I am posting a card using one of my favorite YNS stamp sets "You Make My Heart Soar". These stamps are cling mounted rubber stamps and are so easy to use. The set consists of the kite, and two sentiments. Now, you won't believe the price but you can get this set right now for only $3.00! Quantities are limited so you better run over and grab it as fast as you can if you wanna add this adorable set to your collection. LOL, I know I sound like an info-mercial, but I truly love these stamps, and wouldn't be here talking about them if I didn't. Now, to create my card I stamped the kite on a piece of DSP from Stampin Up and paper pieced the kite. I added a couple of strips of matching dsp that I punched using the Fiskers Upper Crest , and EK Success Swirls punch. I added a bit of machine stitching, and to finish off my card I added some taffeta ribbon and a button tied with twine from The Twinery. I hope you are having a great day and thank you for letting me share my happy news with you! Have a wonderful day!