Category: Your Next Stamp

Your Next Stamp December Sneak Peek – Day 1

Hi, and happy Sunday to all of you! I’m pleased to be part of today’s Sneak Peeks at Your Next Stamp! Over the next three days, we’ll be showcasing the new stamp and die sets that are being released this week!

On Wednesday, the whole YNS DT will get together for a blog hop to celebrate this month’s mini release!

My project features a fun set of stamps from the release, “Smiley Happy Critters Set 1.” I made tags with these, but they’d also be great on lunchbox notes, bookmarks, or a card to bring a smile to your special somebody!

The set contains four critter images and three sentiments, “WOW!”, “SMILES for You,” and “Thank you so much!” (I masked the word “Thank” and substituted a heart-shaped brad instead).
The banners are part of the new “Whatnots One” die set, which has lots of fun dies that you’ll use throughout the year!
You can see all of today’s Sneak Peeks at the Your Next Stamp blog!
There will be more previews tomorrow at the YNS blog, and I’ll be back on Wednesday for our Mini-Release Hop! Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Your Next Stamp: Recipe Challenge!

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Hi, crafty friends! This week’s Your Next Stamp challenge is inspired by a recipe: kraft card stock, ric rac and glitter!

I used the super-cute new “Joy” stamp, a new Your Next Stamp release, for my card. You can’t see the ric rac that I used by looking at this picture…I promise it’s there, just on the inside!:
Ready to play along with us? Then, you’ll need the scoop on our challenges:

  • Every Thursday we post a new YNS Challenge 
  • You have the entire month to play along
  • Link your challenge entry to the YNS Blog post and/or to the SCS challenge thread 
  • If you would like to post your challenge card in the SCS gallery please use the code provided for that challenge (for this challenge, the code words are yns, ynsc, yournextstamp and ynsc26)
  • You don’t have to use YNS Stamps, but if you have some of our stamps we’d LOVE to see you ink them up!
  • Every month we will pick a lucky participant to be our special YNS Rockin’ Guest Designer!!!
Our Rockin’ YNS Guest Designers get:
  • a NEW RELEASE YNS Stamp package! (You get the new goodies before anyone else!)
  • to join us for our new release blog hop and sneak peeks
  • the entire month of challenges in advance to play along with the YNS Challenge Team
  • a rockin’ blinkie for your blog!

For added inspiration, check out what the other super-talented team members created for this challenge: Julie, Kelli, and Wendy! (Or you can see all of their creations, including the creations from our ROCKIN’ Guest Designer, at the YNS blog)!

Don’t forget to post your entry for this week’s challenge! You still have time to play along in our other challenges this month: a color challenge (red, white and teal), a “thank you“-themed challenge, an “anything goes” challenge, and a sketch challenge!

This week marks the end of our challenge team term, but you’ll see more YNS sweetness from the team in December on Fun Fridays! 

Christmas Card Challenges Week 52 – Paper Piecing

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Happy Sunday, crafty friends! I’m here today to share our last challenge for this term of Christmas Card Challenges. This week’s inspiration is paper piecing! (I paper pieced the bow on the candy cane.)

The image is “Merry Mouse Candy Cane” by Your Next Stamp! It’s colored with Copics, and I added a bit of Liquid Applique to make the pom pom on his hat!

Other supplies: twine (Whisker Graphics), button, patterned paper (My Mind’s Eye “Winter Wonderland“), sentiment stamp (aMuse Studio), card stock (Stampin’ Up).

Although all of our challenges are optional…the only “real” rule is that you must create a new Christmas, Holiday or Hannukah card, then link it up on the CCC blog so we can stop by and leave you some lovely comments!

We also don’t require that you use Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps on your cards, but if you have them, we’d love to see you ink them up when you play along!

Don’t forget to visit the rest of the CCC team to take a peek at the beautiful cards they’ve created this week: Alanna, Brigitte, Candace, Corinne, Dee, Katie, Leesa, Margo, Michele, Pat, and Stephanie! Our guest designer this month, Jamie, also has something fun to show you!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I’ll be back on Thursday for a new Your Next Stamp challenge! Don’t forget to link your entry on the Christmas Card Challenges blog! See you there!

Your Next Stamp #25 – Sketch Challenge!

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Happy Thursday and Happy Thanksgiving, crafty friends! 
Hope you are having a wonderful holiday with your family and friends! It’s a pretty low-key holiday here at the Bier house…just the two of us! Our families live far from us, so we don’t usually travel for Thanksgiving.
Our challenge this week at Your Next Stamp is inspired by a sketch, which I’ve included below the photo of my card. I turned the sketch to the side to create my card. It features “Finnegan,” a newly released YNS stamp set!
My main image is mounted on a wobble spring, so he moves back and forth. I had to do a little trimming on the spring base to hide it behind the image. I also cut a piece of matching background paper to cover the spring’s bottom.
and here’s our fabulous sketch for your inspiration!
So, are you ready to play along with us? Here’s the scoop on our challenges:

  • Every Thursday we post a new YNS Challenge 
  • You have the entire month to play along
  • Link your challenge entry to the YNS Blog post and/or to the SCS challenge thread 
  • If you would like to post your challenge card in the SCS gallery please use the code provided for that challenge (for this challenge, the code words are yns, ynsc, yournextstamp and ynsc25)
  • You don’t have to use YNS Stamps, but if you have some of our stamps we’d LOVE to see you ink them up!
  • Every month we will pick a lucky participant to be our special YNS Rockin’ Guest Designer!!!
Our Rockin’ YNS Guest Designers get:
  • a NEW RELEASE YNS Stamp package! (You get the new goodies before anyone else!)
  • to join us for our new release blog hop and sneak peeks
  • the entire month of challenges in advance to play along with the YNS Challenge Team
  • a rockin’ blinkie for your blog!
For added inspiration, check out what the other members of the team created for this challenge: Julie, Kelli, and Wendy! (Or you can see all of their creations, including the creations from our ROCKIN’ Guest Designer, at the YNS blog)!

Don’t forget to post your entry for this week’s challenge! You still have time to play along in our other challenges this month: a color challenge (red, white and teal), a “thank you“-themed challenge and an “anything goes” challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

YNS #24 — Anything Goes!

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Happy Thursday! I’m back with a new Your Next Stamp challenge!

Since this week’s theme is “Anything Goes,” I decided to make these super-cute place cards with “Fhiona’s Squirrel Friend” and some letter stickers from my stash.

They are pretty easy to make, and are roughly about 3″ high by 4″ long. 

It really doesn’t matter what size you make them, as long as the names are big enough to read! Making the place cards also helped me to use up some cute scraps of fall-themed paper!

Other supplies: Copic markers, letter stickers (Basic Grey), stickles glitter glue, glossy accents, jumbo ric rac, brown multiliner pen, paper (Little Yellow Bicycle).

 So, are you ready to play along with us? Here’s the scoop on our challenges:


  • Every Thursday we post a new YNS Challenge 
  • You have the entire month to play along
  • Link your challenge entry to the YNS Blog post and/or to the SCS challenge thread 
  • If you would like to post your challenge card in the SCS gallery please use the code provided for that challenge (for this challenge, the code words are yns, ynsc, yournextstamp and ynsc24)
  • You don’t have to use YNS Stamps, but if you have some of our stamps we’d LOVE to see you ink them up!
  • Every month we will pick a lucky participant to be our special YNS Rockin’ Guest Designer!!!
Our Rockin’ YNS Guest Designers get:
  • a NEW RELEASE YNS Stamp package! (You get the new goodies before anyone else!)
  • to join us for our new release blog hop and sneak peeks
  • the entire month of challenges in advance to play along with the YNS Challenge Team
  • a rockin’ blinkie for your blog!
For added inspiration, check out what the other members of the team created for this challenge: Julie, Kelli, and Wendy! (Or you can see all of their creations, including the creations from our ROCKIN’ Guest Designer, at the YNS blog)!

Don’t forget to post your entry for this week’s challenge! You still have time to play along in our other challenges this month: a color challenge (red, white and teal), and a “thank you“-themed challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

YNS Color Challenge: Red, Teal and White!

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Happy Thursday, crafty friends! It’s time for a new month of challenges at Your Next Stamp! 
We’re kicking things off with a color challenge this week, and your inspirations colors are red, teal and white!
I think these colors make fun holiday cards, don’t you? Here’s my card, featuring “Christmas Bauble Robin“, one of October’s many fabulous releases! You can find this stamp set and many more at the Your Next Stamp Store!
Other supplies: patterned paper (Basic Grey Alpine Frost), teal patterned paper (Bo Bunny), brads, glitter tape (American Crafts), Copic markers (I used R14, R22, R24, R27, R39 on the hat and ornament; BG13, BG15, BG18, BG45, BG49 on the bird’s feathers; YR04 on the beak, and W01, W02 on the shading. Details on the ornament were added with Glossy Accents and an opaque white marker.); Liquid Applique, kraft card stock, Spellbinders circle die, Brilliance Graphite Black ink.
Ready to play along with us? Here’s the scoop on our challenges:
  • Every Thursday we post a new YNS Challenge 
  • You have the entire month to play along
  • Link your challenge entry to the YNS Blog post and/or to the SCS challenge thread 
  • If you would like to post your challenge card in the SCS gallery please use the code provided for that challenge (for this challenge, the code words are yns, ynsc, yournextstamp and ynsc22)
  • You don’t have to use YNS Stamps, but if you have some of our stamps we’d LOVE to see you ink them up!
  • Every month we will pick a lucky participant to be our special YNS Rockin’ Guest Designer!!!
Our Rockin’ YNS Guest Designers get:
  • a NEW RELEASE YNS Stamp package! (You get the new goodies before anyone else!)
  • to join us for our new release blog hop and sneak peeks
  • the entire month of challenges in advance to play along with the YNS Challenge Team
  • a rockin’ blinkie for your blog!
For added inspiration, check out what the other members of the team created for this challenge: Julie, Kelli, and Wendy! (Or you can see all of their creations, including the creations from our ROCKIN’ Guest Designer, at the YNS blog)!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create for this week’s challenge!

Your Next Stamp’s "Hop for Hope"!

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Hi, everybody! I’m excited to be the first stop on Your Next Stamp‘s “Hop for Hope”! 
We’re all showcasing a very special stamp set by YNS created for Breast Cancer Awareness Month!
This set was created by YNS illustrator Fhiona Galloway, who is currently battling breast cancer herself. We are dedicating our hop to this very special lady, along with all of the other amazing women who are fighting this difficult fight. We have several special guests joining us so you won’t want to miss all of the gorgeous creations!

The Fight Like a Girl stamp set retails for $15.00 and Karen is donating $3.00 from each sale towards cancer research.
My card also fits one of the Splitcoast “Hope You Can Cling To” challenges, “Shine It Out!”, which is to use glitter or sparkles of some kind on your card! HERE‘s the link to the Splitcoast thread with all the details on this challenge.
Don’t forget to leave comments for ALL of the hop participants…there’s a $20 Your Next Stamp gift certificate hidden on a of the hop participant’s blog…so not only will you make the hoppers happy with your sweet comments, but you’ll also increase your chances of winning the gift certificate!
If you are looking for a full list of the participants or want to come back later and continue the hop, check out the linky list below!
Thanks so much for stopping by! Your next stop on the hop is Maureen’s blog! 

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YNSC 20: Anything Goes!

Welcome back, crafty friends! It’s time for a new challenge at Your Next Stamp, and it’s time once again for the ever-popular theme of “Anything Goes”!

My card for this week’s challenge features Your Next Stamp’s “Cute Witch Ellie and Her Kitty,” a spooktacularly cute stamp set! The sentiment I used is from YNS’s “Trick or Treat” set.
Ready to play along with us? Here’s the scoop on our challenges:
  • Every Thursday we post a new YNS Challenge 
  • You have the entire month to play along
  • Link your challenge entry to the YNS Blog post and/or to the SCS challenge thread 
  • If you would like to post your challenge card in the SCS gallery please use the code provided for that challenge (for this challenge, the code words are yns, ynsc, yournextstamp and ynsc20)
  • You don’t have to use YNS Stamps, but if you have some of our stamps we’d LOVE to see you ink them up!
  • Every month we will pick a lucky participant to be our special YNS Rockin’ Guest Designer!!!
Our Rockin’ YNS Guest Designers get:
  • a NEW RELEASE YNS Stamp package! (You get the new goodies before anyone else!)
  • to join us for our new release blog hop and sneak peeks
  • the entire month of challenges in advance to play along with the YNS Challenge Team
  • a rockin’ blinkie for your blog!
For added inspiration, check out what the other members of the team created for this challenge: Julie, Kelli, and Wendy! (Or you can see all of their creations, including the creations from our ROCKIN’ Guest Designers Annie Rose and Stephanie, at the YNS blog)!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create for this week’s challenge!

Don’t forget, you still have time to play along in our other October challenges: our sketch challenge, our color challenge and last week’s “Think Pink” challenge! Check out all the details on the YNS blog!
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Your Next Stamp #19: Think Pink!

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Happy Thursday, crafty friends! It’s time for a new challenge at Your Next Stamp, and this week, we want you to “think pink“!
For my card, I used Your Next Stamp’s  “Ellie Loves to Knit” and made a little change to her hair (she is normally wearing a snowflake barrette, but I punched out two mini hearts and gave her a new look! You might recognize the sentiment from the YNS stamp set I used last week, “Ellie Loves Sunflowers.”
Other supplies: patterned paper (Basic Grey – Kissing Booth), lace trim, opaque white gel pen, card stock (Stampin’ Up), Copic markers, silver gel pen, brads, liquid applique, mini heart punch, Brilliance Graphite Black ink.

Want to be our next YNS Rockin’ Guest Designer? 
Our new challenge guidelines make it even easier for everyone to play along!

Here’s the scoop:
  • Every Thursday we post a new YNS Challenge 
  • You have the entire month to play along
  • Link your challenge entry to the YNS Blog post and/or to the SCS challenge thread 
  • If you would like to post your challenge card in the SCS gallery please use the code provided for that challenge (for this challenge, the code words are yns, ynsc, yournextstamp and ynsc19)
  • You don’t have to use YNS Stamps, but if you have some of our stamps we’d LOVE to see you ink them up!
  • Every month we will pick a lucky participant to be our special YNS Rockin’ Guest Designer!!!
Our Rockin’ YNS Guest Designers get:
  • a NEW RELEASE YNS Stamp package! (You get the new goodies before anyone else!)
  • to join us for our new release blog hop and sneak peeks
  • the entire month of challenges in advance to play along with the YNS Challenge Team
  • a rockin’ blinkie for your blog!
For added inspiration, check out what the other members of the team created for this challenge: Julie, Kelli, and Wendy! (Or you can see all of their creations, including the creations from our ROCKIN’ Guest Designer Annie Rose, at the YNS blog)!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create for this week’s challenge!

Don’t forget, you still have time to play along in last week’s color challenge! Check out all the details on the YNS blog!

Your Next Stamp #18: Brown, Orange and Yellow

Happy Thursday, crafty friends! It’s time for a new challenge at Your Next Stamp! This week, we’re inspired by the colors of brown, orange and yellow!

Yesterday was my birthday, and I had a wonderful time celebrating the day with my husband! Although I had a brief doctor’s appointment in the morning, we went to lunch afterward and I got to do a bit of crafty shopping..all in all, a fun, relaxing day!

And now, here’s my card, which uses YNS’s super-sweet “Ellie Loves Sunflowers” set, perfect to pair with  fall colors:

Our new challenge guidelines make it even easier for everyone to play along and to have the chance to be our next YNS Rockin’ Guest Designer!

Here’s the scoop:
  • Every Thursday we post a new YNS Challenge 
  • You have the entire month to play along
  • Link your challenge entry to the YNS Blog post and/or to the SCS challenge thread 
  • If you would like to post your challenge card in the SCS gallery please use the code provided for that challenge (for this challenge, the code words are yns, ynsc, yournextstamp and ynsc18)
  • You don’t have to use YNS Stamps, but if you have some of our stamps we’d LOVE to see you ink them up!
  • Every month we will pick a lucky participant to be our special YNS Rockin’ Guest Designer!!!
Our Rockin’ YNS Guest Designers get:
  • a NEW RELEASE YNS Stamp package! (You get the new goodies before anyone else!)
  • to join us for our new release blog hop and sneak peeks
  • the entire month of challenges in advance to play along with the YNS Challenge Team
  • a rockin’ blinkie for your blog!
For added inspiration, check out what the other members of the team created for this challenge: Julie, Kelli, and Wendy! (Or you can see all of their creations, including the creations from our ROCKIN’ Guest Designer Annie Rose, at the YNS blog)!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create for this week’s challenge!