YNS Challenge #150: Midnight

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YNS Challenge #150: Midnight

The new challenge at Your Next Stamp is ‘Midnight’. Hmmm, so I immediately think spooky Halloween, but generally I am not a huge Halloween card maker. (I tend to skip it and jump straight into Christmas card making). But somehow I couldn’t let this theme go by without making a spooky night scene with a few cute monsters hanging out. So does midnight mean creepy, spooky halloween to you or perhaps a beautiful moonlite fall harvest, or even a winter snowy night. Can’t wait to see what you create.

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YNS Challenge #149: Thanks

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YNS Challenge #149: Thanks

The new challenge at Your Next Stamp is ‘Give Thanks’. Now coming up on Canadian Thanksgiving you would think I would go down the path of fall and harvest type stuff, but nope I’m holding onto a little piece of summer and going sunset and oceans. Perhaps this is a card I would give to someone that hosted Thanksgiving. You know the hostess with the mostess. Can’t wait to see what you create.

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Your Next Stamp: Stretching Your Slim Line Dies

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Your Next Stamp: Stretching Your Slim Line Dies

I have loved making slim line cards for many years and it is so exciting now that there are so many new, neat options for creating so much more than a basic slim line card. I decided to see what different ways I could create a card with the Slim Stripe Panel Die from Your Next Stamp (YNS) with just the die and sentiment die - Bold Happy Word Set. What I created was really only scratching the surface of options. Thinking perhaps in the future I might try using it as a stencil with glitter paste or simply using the die cut colour stripes without the frame. Or I wander if I could partially die cut it for a shorter card. Hmmm so many options, not enough crafty time : )

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Your Next Stamp Release Preview: Fabulous Fall Wreaths

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Your Next Stamp Release Preview: Fabulous Fall Wreaths

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 a instagram hop to celebrate the release starting at 11am.

This ‘Fabulous Fall Wreath’ stamp set is a perfect stamp set for playing with fall colours. Its good practise for me because fall colours aren’t my usual go to colour palette and yet they always looks stunning when I play with them.

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YNS Challenge #147: Keep It Clean

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YNS Challenge #147: Keep It Clean

The new challenge at Your Next Stamp is ‘Keep it Clean’. Now I’m sure some of you are jumping for joy and others are squirming in their seats. Admittedly keeping it clean requires a little thought on my part. If you’re squirming then this is a great challenge to step outside your crafty comfort zone, play around with something new and “challenge” yourself. If you need a little inspiration to kick start your creativity then the rest of the design team has come up with some awesome ideas which you can see at YNS Challenge Post.

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Your Next Stamp Quarantini: Stamp and Die Cut Inlay into Slim Line Panel

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Your Next Stamp Quarantini: Stamp and Die Cut Inlay into Slim Line Panel

What a fun, busy week it has been over at Your Next Stamp. Lots of birthday celebrations to mark YNS turning 11 years this month. I hope you have had a chance to join in the fun and check out the new August Release that just arrived this past Tuesday. If you are reading this on August, 22nd, 2020 EDT you still have a day left to participate in the YNS instagram hop and a chance to win one of three $20 gc to the store.

Today I get to highlight the recently released “Quarantini’ stamp set. Such a fun take on what is a tough time, makes me smile.

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