Bunnies are the Bestest

Eeeks - just realized I never shared this one with you!    One of the pitfalls of starting posts in advance is that you may just forget to go back and hit publish!!!

This card features Your Next Stamp's Bunny on the River and was based on YNS Sketch Challenge #12.   The Stitched Rectangle Dies and Stitched Circle dies were also used.

Tomorrow, I will be back with a card based on sketch #13 and just an FYI...there will be new stamps and dies arriving in the YNS this weekend!

Smiles,
Julie

YNS April Feature Day

Your Next Stamp is offering another chance to win a free set.    

It is April Feature day which means Thanh is once again challenging us (errr torturing us).   This time around the challenge is to create a non-A2 standard card.   Well, I went with a topper card and although it will fit in a standard envelope it is not the standard shape.

YNS Supplies:  Stitched Rectangles, For the Boys stamp set and Chunky Grass Die

Patterned Paper - Carta Bella Ahoy There, Ink - Memento and SU

So how do you get entered to win a free set?   Head on over to the YNS blog and check out all the non-standard cards from my teammates, then leave a comment!  Easy Peasy!

Smiles,
Julie

Partying On With YNS

Today the party continues at Your Next Stamp!  We are celebrating the April release and today is the DT Dare.

The DT may have to create something for the Dare, but all you need to do is leave a comment on the YNS blog for your chance to win a stamp set of your choice.   Be sure to head on over there for your chance to win.

So what is the DT Dare this month?  We were dared by Thanh to create a feminine card.  The first thing I did was pull out some floral patterned paper and ribbon, then I combined it with the new Stitched Rectangle Dies and Waddles.

Ingredients:  Waddles Happy Brrr-thday stamp set and coordinating diesStitched Rectangle Dies
PP - MME

Don't forget to stop by the YNS blog and comment for your chance to win!  Plus you can check out all the feminine creations from my teammates!

Thanks for stopping by.

Smiles, Julie

YNS New Release April Blog Hop

Happy Your Next Stamp April New Release Day!!!

To celebrate the new release, which is guaranteed to have something for everyone, there is a blog hop going on right now through April 17th at midnight EST.  As you hop, hop, hop, you will get a chance to check out a fun new Waddles birthday set, sweet new sets for the girls, one perfect fort the guys and tons of dies, plus have a chance to win a YNS store gift certificate.

Up first from me is a card featuring the For the Boys stamp set.

My next card features the Waddles Happy Brrrthday stamp set and coordinating dies.

Time to get hopping and shopping!  What better time to shop then when there is a sale underway.

Remember the more comments you leave the better your odds of winning a YNS gift certificate!  Check out the full hop list below.

Smiles,

Julie

YNS April Sneak Peek

Tomorrow is new release day at Your Next Stamp, but today we get to give you all a sneak peek!
My sneak is giving you a peek at a new stamp set and a new die...

The darling bunny and chick are from the new set Bunny in River.  All those frames surrounding those cuties were created using the new Stitched Rectangle dies.

Tomorrow these products and more will be available in the store.  Plus we will have a new release hop and you will have a chance to win a prize!  Fun, fun, fun!!!

Smiles,
Julie

A Little Blue

Clean and simple...clean and happy!

Ingredients:  Stamps - Tiddly Inks Hang in There, Ink - Memento, PP - MME

I am hoping to send smiles and sunshine with this card.   The lines were created with a ruler and pen...that is where the simple comes in!

My card is for Tiddly Inks Anything Goes challenge.

Happy Saturday!

Smiles,

Julie

Peaches and Cream

Some days are all about challenges...

if the challenges are the crafty kind, then it is all good!

A new Your Next Stamp challenge starts today.   The YNS Color and Sketch Challenge #11 is open for the next 2 weeks through April 16, 2015 midnight EST.

I decided to go with the colors this time around and the layout is based on SCS sketch #534, which is flipped upside down.

YNS Ingredients:  Jessica with Cupcakes and the Hills Die Set

My card is also for the Simon Says Stamp Happy Birthday challenge.

Here are the YNS sketch and color combo so you can play along.  Check out all the rules on the YNS blog and remember that there is a prize for one random participant!

Smiles, Julie