YNS New Release Blog Hop!

Welcome to the new release for Your Next Stamp!  I am thrilled to be joining the YNS DT for this release!  You won't want to miss this great release!

I am always looking for ways to make some quick one layer cards for gift sets.  The Scribble Fun Set One is definitely going to get a work out!  This is FABULOUS set to make some teacher gift sets for the end of the year.  The large image is a full card size so it is perfect!

I did ALL my stamping using the mini Misti.  I literally made this gift set in under 10 minutes.  I've used bright fun ink colors and matching cardstocks to layer my cards.  To gift these, they will be all wrapped up in a clear box with a bow.  

Remember to leave comments along the way for your chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to the YNS store!  You have until April 5th at midnight EST to comment!

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2. Yuki, April Guest

3. Sue

4. Peggy

5. Laura

6. Kendra

7. Amy Kolling Special Hop Guest

8. Thanh

9. Holly

10. Deborah

11. Anita

12. Julie

13. Karen - Your Next Stamp Blog

14. YNS Store

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Pure Magic

Hello!  

I have a card to share using an adorable "mini" stamp set from Avery Elle called Pure Magic.  I stamped, colored with Copics, and die cut my bunny in the hat image.  I added some piercing details with the Pierced Banner Layers Elle-ments.  To finish this off, I added some of the *new* Hemp Twine from Avery Elle called Midnight.  What you can't see is all the clear Wink of Stella that was added to the ears, stars, and bow.  :)

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CASology

Hello!

I saw this challenge today over on the CASology blog......their cue card this week is WASHI.  Well.....I'm sure have plenty of it!  ☺

I wanted to play with this gorgeous pink, mint, and gold striped Washi tape.  I applied some of this striped Washi over white cardstock and die cut with the Layered Banner Duo from Reverse Confetti.  The rest of the card was simple layering of papers with a gold glitter diecut "hello" from Reverse Confetti.

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Faux embossing using vellum

Hello!  I recently shared this card over on Instagram and thought.....hmm.  I haven't shared it on my blog yet!  You may have seen it on IG or over on the Taylored Expressions blog earlier this week.

I just love how this card came together!  Isn't it nice when an idea you have actually works out for a card design?  Well.....it did here!

I would LOVE for you to read my post over on the TE Blog----->HERE for all the details on how this was made but there's one tip or technique I wanted to share.  For my "faux embossing" look with the Leafy Vine Cutting Plate, I first adhered some Stick It adhesive to the back of thick vellum and ran the die through my Big Shot.  This vellum is amazing and almost gives an opaque look so it's perfect to layer over a notecard for an embossed look!

I love how this card screams SPRING but how I wish spring would get here!  Just this week we've had burn warnings d/t wind, 80 degrees, rain, snow, and then cooler temps.  I want to leave my windows open and enjoy the breeze!!!  :(

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Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

Hello!  I had a little time to play around last evening so I thought I'd check out the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop that wraps up later today.

Now, if you know me.......you'd know that I don't like coffee except in the form of an occasional Mocha Frappe from McDonald's.  That being said, I have LOTS of friends that are die hard coffee drinkers.  So why not make some cards for them?

I've used a set called Coffee Cozy and coordinating Coffee Cozy dies from Lil' Inker Designs.  This set was new a few months ago along with redesigned Coffee Cozy dies.  To a layer of green ombre chevron pattern paper, from the Ombre Chevrons paper collection,  stitching was added to the perimenter with Stitched Mats: Rectangles and added to a top folding notecard.  I die cut my coffee cozy, assembled, and added over a strip of black cardstock that was white heat embossed with a sentiment from Coffee Cozy.  (My cozy was diecut with the smallest stitched heart die from Stitched Hearts Die Set and layered onto my cup.)  Lots of Wink of Stella were added to all the hearts for shimmer!

I did use the current sketch from over at CAS(E) this Sketch! for my card except I brought the focal point to the bottom of my card instead of the top.

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Party Animals and Hats!

Hello!  I have a few cards to share using Avery Elle stamps and coordinating dies.  Since I was on vacation last week, I am catching up with 2 cards today!

This first card uses the Hats Off stamps and Hats Off Elle-ments dies.  There are all sorts of uses for this set but I will need a Father's Day card in the coming months, so I thought I'd get a head start!  I started by using the large die from the Finished Frames Elle-ments and diecutting a rectangle out of the middle to create the frame.  I also diecut some Pierced Clouds Elle-ments to add to my little scene.  The piercing on the clouds adds just the best little details!!  All the arms and hats were colored with Copics and adhered with foam adhesive.

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My second card uses the ADORABLE new set called More Party Animals and More Party Animals Elle-ments.  If you liked the mini Party Animal set, you will love this set with more possibilities!  

I thought it would be fun to use this WHOLE set.  To do this, I left all the stamps on the acetate sheet they came on except I removed a few from the lower right corner.  To this sheet of stamps, I coated the remaining stamps with Versamark so I could white heat emboss the images onto black cardstock.  After stamping with Versamark, I positioned a piece of trimmed black cardstock over the stamps and rubbed which transferred the Versamark to my black cardstock so I could white heat emboss.  I was going for a fun COLORFUL card with these images, so I stamped/diecut the balloon animals out and colored with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.  Gosh I LOVE these markers!  As a final touch, I added my balloon animals with foam adhesive and applied lots of clear Wink of Stella for shimmer!

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Happy Mother's Day

Hello!  We are back from a fantastic vacation to Aruba and it's good to get back into the swing of things.  I have a card to share that was actually made for this past Reverse Confetti release and was featured in the RC Newsletter.  

I absolutely LOVE this new Confetti Cuts called Flowers for Mom.  I've diecut several flowers to make some layers, added the black centers with Stickles, and the leaves that were given some life with a few flicks of a Copic marker.  My flowers were attached to the circle dies from Flowers for Mom and one of the new QCP this month called So Very Spring.  I added in a sentiment from Whole Lotta Happy which is a VERY good set to have in your stash!

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