Your Next Stamp May Release Preview: Farmtastic

Your Next Stamp May Release Preview: Farmtastic

Welcome to Day 1 of Your Next Stamp May Release. I am having fun playing with Farmtastic stamp set and the barn die which works perfectly with the set.

So the barn die is the perfect size to use with the farmtastic farm animals. However I wanted to sneak a peak at life inside the barn. So I recreated the barn doors for the exterior of my card and used the barn die to create a complimenting tag.

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YNS Challenge #164: Scraps and Getting More From Your Slim Line Dies

YNS Challenge #164: Scraps and Getting More From Your Slim Line Dies

This time the challenge over at Your Next Stamp includes something that I am sure we all have kicking around our craft space and hiding in our crafty drawers: scraps. I have a drawer full of bits and pieces that I have gathered over time. The paper I choose to use was some partially die cut water coloured card stock that I had used with cosmic shimmer pixie powder. The powder has this beautiful pearlized look to it and I love how the colours have other colours buried within. I figured perfect to use with the slim line geometric panel. And for something different and to extend the use of my slim line panel I decided to use it on an A2 size card.

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Your Next Stamp Fun Folds Series: Day 6

Your Next Stamp Fun Folds Series: Day 6

So typically I am much more of a single layer kinda card making gal. So the Fun Folds series at YNS was certainly a challenge for me. I started out by taking a look in the internet world to see what type of folding card’s are out there. My goal was to create something that still played on my scene building strength and also wasn’t overly complicated or fussy. I happened to come across Jennifer McGuires Pop Up Shadow Box Tutorial from a few years back and thought perfect. Jennifer McGuire also just recently created a new Easy Shadow Box tutorial. Both of these tutorials are great for getting you started with shadow box cards.

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YNS Challenge #160: Cool Inspiration

YNS Challenge #160: Cool Inspiration

This time the challenge over at Your Next Stamp includes a photo to inspire you. This challenge with its pretty pinks and greys are perfect for this card design that has been on my list to create since I first saw the slim geometric panel. In addition to the colour inspiration from this challenge the style is very much inspired by the awesome work of Leslie Tieu. She creates the most wonderful patterns and florals incased in beautifully watercolored geometric shapes. If you have a chance you should check her work out.

Also make sure to stop by the YNS Challenge Post and check out the rest of the DT projects as well!

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Your Next Stamp March Release Preview: Totally Retro

Heading into the last day of previews. Tomorrow all the wonderful stamp and die sets arrive 11am EDT at Your Next Stamp and also there is an instagram hop to celebrate the release starting at 11am.

The ‘Crazy For Christmas’ stamp set has to be my favourite from this release. The puppies are super cute and I just couldn’t choose which image to stamp and colour. So I stamped and coloured each adorable puppy.

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