Your Next Stamp June Release

Your Next Stamp June Release

Today the new release from Your Next Stamp arrives in the online store. A fun filled collection with lots of stamps, dies and stencils. I have a fun technique adding highlights with a white pencil crayon to the lighthouse from the Nautical Stamp set. Don’t forget to head to the Your Next Stamp blog to see all the other wonderful cards the entire design team has created.

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YNS June New Release Preview

YNS June New Release Preview

Have you heard the news Your Next Stamp has a new release arriving in store tomorrow on Monday June 13th, 11am EST. However, today I get to show you a sneak peak and preview the Gum Drop flowers with Grass Edge Stencil and Bold Thank You Die. Something about a floral stencil that screams rainbow and glitter gel.

Don’t forget to check back tomorrow to see the full release, what the entire design team has been creating and also a discount code. Join us again on Tuesday for an instagram blog hop and a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Your Next Stamp online store.

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Copics and Pencil

Copics and Pencil

There is a super fun new release from Purple Onion Designs & @staceyyacula. This collaboration “A Special Day” illustrated by @staceyyacula marks 10 years that Purple Onion Designs & @staceyyacula have been working together creating these adorable woodland critters. Today I thought I would have fun combining copics and pencil crayons on kraft cardstock with this little cutie Cecil the Turtle.

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Tropical Shadow Box

Tropical Shadow Box

I love shadow box cards; they stand up well, the frame border creates perfect white space around a scene and the layers provide wonderful depth to the scene. The Gone to Maui Exclusive Kit with its adorable critters and elements combine perfectly with the beach scene from Scenic Backgrounds II to create the cutest little shadow box card. This type of shadow box is fairly simple to build once you’ve worked out the dimensions. The first time I made this shadow box it took a little while, fiddling and some trial and error to make the dimensions work to fold and fit into an A2 size envelope. Lucky for you I have all the dimensions all worked out and laid out below.

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LDRS: Pattern Heart Strips

LDRS:  Pattern Heart Strips

Have you started on Valentine’s Day cards yet? Sam here playing with the new Strip Dies. The new release is now available in the LDRS shop and in addition to all the new fun playful stamps, there are these super useful dies for creating strips of different sizes and widths. So with the addition of the heart die from the Slimline Scallop Die Set, I took my colourful strips and turned them into these fun little graphic hearts. The final card ended up being 5”x7” because I felt the 6 hearts looked to crammed together on a smaller A2 size card base.

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