Your Next Stamp June New Release Preview Day Two

The Your Next Stamp June new release previews continue.

It's the second day of previews and today's card features the Swanderful stamp set, paired with the Rectangle Scallop Frame with Piercing die set.  Both new items will be available in the YNS store on Thursday at 11 am.

The frame was die cut out and then the inner rectangle was stamped with the swans and colored up with watercolors markers. The frame was cut a second time and layered over the first, to add dimension.   The mother swan was colored up and die cut out with the coordinating dies...those make it so easy and fast to layer images.

Be sure to leave a comment before you go. Each preview day, YNS is giving away the stamp sets being showcased. Each individual set will go to randomly selected comments left on the YNS blog, YNS Designer's blogs or YNS IG. Leave all your comments by June 10th at midnight EDT, the winners will be announced on the YNS blog on June 11th.

Smiles,
Julie

Your Next Stamp June Release Preview Day One

The Your Next Stamp June release is on the way! 

Today is Day One of previews and I am sharing a card featuring both stamp sets being previewed today, Coffee Characters and Painted Shapes.

The owl from the Coffee Characters stamp set is layered over a background created with the large heart from the Painted Shapes set.  The small heart is from a another set being released this month.

Coffee Characters

 Painted Shapes

Be sure to leave a comment before you go. Each preview day, YNS is giving away the stamp sets being showcased. Each individual set will go to randomly selected comments left on the YNS blog, YNS Designer's blogs or YNS IG. Leave all your comments by June 10th at midnight EDT, the winners will be announced on the YNS blog on June 11th.

Stop back tomorrow for more previews!

Smiles,
Julie

To Bee or Not To Bee 2020 Blog Hop

Today I am taking part in the To Bee or Not to Bee Blog Hop!

We are celebrating the 3rd World Bee Day.  Our hop is to support bees and to raise public awareness of the importance of bees and apicultural products. Pssst, I will save you from googling...apicultural means beekeeping!

First off, thank you to Milka Gubo for asking me to join in the fun!
Next, this is a hop, I mentioned fun, and yes, there are prizes!
So get ready for bee filled inspiration!   Get ready to HOP! The full list of stops on the hop is at the very bottom of this post.
Plus, if you want to learn more about Wold Bee Day, check out this site.

Now on to my card which mixes dies cuts and a bee (of course, this is a bee hop after all!)

 The clouds were sponged on to the background. The branch and flowers were die cut out and colored with water color markers. Then the frame and a water colored die cut bee were popped up with foam dots and layered on top.

Supplies:  Your Next Stamp Bugs and Kisses stamp and die sets, Stitched Square Frame Die set, Tweet Birdie Home die set, Puffy Cloud Border die set (used as stencil)

This hop comes with the opportunity to win lots of prizes!  Check out all the sponsors:

Clearly Besotted Stamps, £20 e-Gift Card to the Store
Gerda Steiner Designs, $15 Gift Code to the Store
Jane’s Doodles, stamp set of winner’s choice
Lawn Fawn, $25 Gift Certificate to the Store
Newton’s Nook Designs, $25 Store Credit
Paper Smooches, ‘Bees’ Dies
Pretty Pink Posh, $30 Gift Certificate to the Store
STAMPlorations, $20 Gift Code to the store
STAMPlorations, “Bee” package: stencil, clear sticker pack and embellishments (this prize is available for commentator located in US or has US mailing address)
Uniko, ₤15 e-Gift Certificate to the Store
Your Next Stamp, $20 Gift Card to the Store
Milka is also giving away one Jane’s Doodles stamp set of winner’s choice to one lucky winner.
12 prizes will be given away to 12 winners.
Giveaway is open Worldwide (+18), except for minors.
For your chance to win, hop along blogs of the participating designers listed in blog hop list and leave a comment on each blog hop stop (19 stops). After commenting, return back to Milka’s blog and add your name to InLinkz, but before you do, please read Blog Hop details, terms, giveaway rules and privacy policy which are shared in Milka's blog post below InLinkz. All comments must be left by May 27th, 2020, 11:59 PM CEST.

Are you ready to hop??!! 
All the stops on the hop...
⦁ Milka Gubo 
⦁ Alice Huang
⦁ Amy Tsuruta
⦁ Anushree Vaish
⦁ Beverley Brown
⦁ Ishani
⦁ Julie Elak
⦁ Kaja Vezenšek
⦁ Kathleen Curry
⦁ Larissa Walgemoed
⦁ Laura Volpes
⦁ Linda van Wely
⦁ Melissa Chipperfield
⦁ Neha Bhatt
⦁ Nonni Niskanen
⦁ Samantha Mann
⦁ Sue Hastead 
⦁ Tanja Kabel 
⦁ Valentina Bizjak
Milka Gubo (Inlinkz)

Have a Bee-utiful day and Happy Hopping!
Smiles,
Julie

YNS March New Release Blog Hop

We are hopping!

The Your Next Stamp March release is in the YNS store right now!   This release has us hopping in to spring and hopping for a blog hop!

Scroll on down to the bottom of this post for the full set of hop stops.   Comment as you go, the more stops you comment on the greater the odds that you may be the lucky winner of a YNS store egift card!

Today I have 2 tags for you.  The new Affirmation Card with Peek a Boo Door works great on cards, but also as a tag. 

The die reminds me of a luggage tag, with the flap hiding the name and address, or in this case, a sentiment!

I added a hole punch at one end to thread the ribbon through and create the tags.

Affirmation Card with Peek a Boo Door

Life is Sweet

We also have a sale going on in the YNS store.  Use the code below to save big!

Smiles,
Julie

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Your Next Stamp March Previews

Your Next Stamp is kicking off this week with previews of the March release.   The release arrives in the YNS store on Thursday, March 12, 2020!

This release will have you thinking of spring with flowers, lambs, bunnies and even a few owls.

Today is all about Easter and I am previewing the stamp set Birdie Easter Basket, along with the new die set Stitched Rectangle Frames.

The Stitched Rectangle Frame die set, allows you to create a simple border to frame your cards.   This card features the largest of the dies and fits the front of this 4.25" x 5.5" card perfectly.

The clouds were sponged on the card base, using the Puffy Cloud Border die as a stencil.  The Birdie Easter Basket was colored up, die cut out with the coordinating die and then popped up on the card base with foam dots.

Stop by the YNS Blog to see the other designers with previews, plus leave a comment on the YNS blog for a chance to win one of the sets being previewed!  

Smiles,
Julie

Your Next Stamp February Release Blog Hop

...and we are HOPPING!

The Your Next Stamp February new release is in the store right NOW!

This release is full of critters, cute, critters of course and it is full of smiles - both on the stamps and the ones on your face when you look at these cuties!

The YNS team and guests are hopping in celebration of all the cuteness! Hop along with us and comment as you go. The more stops you leave a comment on the greater your odds of winning a $25.00 YNS Store e-gift card. Leave your comments by February 16th to be entered in the random drawing. The winner will be announced on February 18, 2020. The full list of stops on the hop is at the very bottom of this post.

Here are the 3 cards I made - these will be Valentine's day cards for my 3 children.   With tweens and a teen they are very familiar with cell phone selfies!

Are you smiling???

So who is that monkey on the 3x3 cards I made?   That would be the monkey I have nicknamed Chester from the new stamp set Cheeky Monkey!  I mean really, how cute is he with that HUGE smile???!!!


The set comes with several sentiments and the SMILE sentiment was stamped on the card base to create a background (psst, there is still a week to play along with the YNS create your own background challenge).

With the new release comes a SALE!   Use the discount code below to save in the YNS store - even on the new release items!

Smiles,

Julie

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Your Next Stamp February Release Preview

Your Next Stamp's February new release arrives in the YNS store on Thursday at 11 am.  Previews are going on Monday through Wednesday and there are stamp sets being given away on the YNS blog!  Head on over and leave a comment on each preview day post before February 12, 2020 at midnight est to be entered in the drawing!

Today, I am previewing the new stamp set Hammie Sweetness Overload.  Fun food with cute hamsters, the combination is so sweet!

Hammie is nestled inside a frame created with the new Rounded Panel Shapes die set.  The large rectangle is the perfect size to create a focal point on a CAS card. I added a bit of water coloring as a background.

Stop on back Thursday at 11 am est to join in our hop.  We will be giving away another YNS prize!

Smiles,

Julie

Your Next Stamp November New Release Blog Hop

...and we are off!  It is time to start hopping!   The Your Next Stamp November new release is available in the YNS store right now!

Hop along with us and leave comments along the way.  The more blogs you comment on the greater the odds you might win.   The full list of blogs is at the bottom of this post.  Plus, if you hop then you will get to see all the fun cards the team and guests created using items from the release. 

Warning: This release is full of holiday sets that will be spreading smiles this season!   Smiles are contagious!

I am sharing a card featuring Cool Winter Cats, it is one of those smile inducing sets.  There is even a "smiles" sentiment in the set.

Supplies: Cool Winter Cats stamp and die sets, Stitched Rectangle Frame die set, Stitched Hills Die set

With the new release comes a sale in the YNS Store.   Use the code below to save.

Now it is time to get hopping!  Have fun!

Smiles,
Julie

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

YNS November New Release Preview

New stamps and dies arrive in the Your Next Stamp store tomorrow!   It's our November release and it is full of holiday fun!   

Today, we are sharing previews of the new release.  I have a clean and simple card, my favorite type, featuring the stamp set Santa Express Train Carts Two.   This set is designed to go with the train sets, but it works well on it's own too.  It makes great windows!

To see the full list of previews, stop on by the YNS blog.

Tomorrow in celebration of the new release we are hosting a blog hop with the chance to win a $25.00 YNS egift card.  Stop on by at 11 am and join in the fun!

Smiles,
Julie

Your Next Stamp - 10 Year Celebration

Your Next Stamp is celebrating 10 years with a September release full of fun!   There are 7 days of previews, with giveaways each day!  The new release arrives in the YNS store on 9/12/19 at 11 am est.

Today is Day 6 of the previews and let's just say the set I am previewing is making it rain...money!  The stamp set is appropriately called Make it Rain!

To create a pocket to hold the money, a square of acetate was glued to the square frame die cut.  2 layers of foam tape was added to the sides and bottom of the square and then it was adhered to the card base.  This creates a pocket, with the top open and ready for the money to slide in.   

The dog was colored up with water color markers and die cut out with the coordinating die set.  Each of the sentiment strips was cut out with the YNS Scrapworks Stitched Strips die set.

YNS Supplies:  Make it Rain stamp and die sets, Stitched Square Frame die set, Scrapworks Stitched Strips die set

Want a chance to win one of the sets being previewed today?  Stop on by the YNS blog or YNS IG to leave a comment by 9/15/19 and be entered in the draw.  Plus there is a list of designers all sharing previews today.   
Smiles,
Julie