Your Next Stamp January Release and Stencils 3 Ways

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Your Next Stamp January Release and Stencils 3 Ways

January is the month I pull out all of my adorable stamps about “Love”. In my house usually the upcoming Valentines Day is about making a few cards for my boys and some fun cards for their friends (not so much now that they are older). However if the past couple of years has taught me anything, sending a card to let people know that you love and appreciate them is important at anytime, so all those Valentine’s stamps are great for love messages all year round : ) Your Next Stamps January release is a mini one, but it is full of love to share.

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LDRS: Dahlia See Through Card

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LDRS: Dahlia See Through Card

Having made so many wintery cards over the past few months, I thought I would change direction and create something a little bit springy. Todays card features the Dahlia stamp set and Modern Geometric Coverplates I & III. Since I’ve received this set of gorgeous Modern Geometric Coverplates I have been wanting to make a see through card with them. The question was do I use 1, 2 or all 3 of them. In the end I decided on coverplates I & III

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2 Ways to Colour a Card and Purple Onion Designs Sale

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2 Ways to Colour a Card and Purple Onion Designs Sale

Here I have a couple of cards, that are basically the same but different. The main image stays the same but I decided to switch up the card stock, colouring medium and ink blending. It is also the last few days of Purple Onion Designs 25% off Holiday Sale. I have all the details on the bundles at the end of the blog.

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LDRS: Have an Ice Day

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LDRS: Have an Ice Day

Todays card features the stamp set Have an Ice Day. The card is also one of those edge to edge shaker cards, which are very popular right now. In past I’ve avoided edge to edge shaker card because I was afraid of making a great big mess. One time I attempted something similar with a fuse tool and I ended up with glitter absolutely everywhere. But I’m telling ya they are surprisingly very, very easy to make. So I am thinking there are a lot of Holiday edge to edge shaker cards in my future : )

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Your Next Stamp Christmas Release: Tweet Shadow Box Card

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Your Next Stamp Christmas Release: Tweet Shadow Box Card

Out of all of the cards I have created for this release, this one has to be my favourite. These cute little birds are so perfect for a shadow box card. It took a little while, fiddling and some trial and error to make the shadow box dimensions work. I wanted the card to be the right size to fold and fit nicely inside an A2 envelope. But so worth the effort, I really love how the card turned out with the square shape on the front.

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Your Next Stamp Christmas Release SpotLight: Dino-mite Holiday

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Your Next Stamp Christmas Release SpotLight: Dino-mite Holiday

Here we are at day 2 of Your Next Stamp’s Christmas Release. This release Your Next Stamp is changing it up and showcasing the new products which are already available in the online store. There is also 2 chances to win a $25 egift card to Your Next Stamp online store. Details can be found at the end of the blog.

In addition to making lots of cards for the holidays, I also enjoy making gift tags. I thought it would be fun to try and take the trendy edge to edge shaker, also called infinity shaker and shrink it down to gift tag size.

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Your Next Stamp Christmas Release SpotLight: Candy Cane Cat

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Your Next Stamp Christmas Release SpotLight: Candy Cane Cat

I always love Christmas card making and of course that means I love checking out all the knew crafty supplies to make holiday cards and projects. Your Next Stamp Christmas Release is full of lots of fun stamps, dies and stencils. Which leads me to this question; are you in the “I love stencils camp” or “give me a background die any day of the week” or even “I want it all, stencils and dies”? I have 2 same but different cards. Both use Candy Cane Cat, but one is with zig real clean brush markers and a diagonal stencil the other is Copics and diagonal die. I’d loved to know which one you prefer between the two.

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