CHA Release Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Your Next Stamp CHA Release BLOG HOP!

We are so excited here at YNS because Karen has taken YNS to CHA for the very first time! That's right, as you are reading this Karen will be at Winter 2011CHA at booth #4518! WOO-HOO!!

So to celebrate this event, YNS is releasing some fab new YNS stamps just in time for CHA. You may have caught a sneak peek of some of them last week over at the Scrapbook & Cards Today blog, but today you get to see all 9 World Kids stamps plus a fabulous new Celebrate Collection from HR Designs and
7 new mini stamps. These new stamps are available to buy right now from the Your Next Stamp store along with all your YNS favorites.

Of course we couldn't let this release pass by without having a fun blog hop! We also have 4 fabulous guests joining us for our hop - the amazing Tori Wild, Cindy Haffner, Carole Burrage and Maylee Pham!

If you would like to participate in the hop and you didn't arrive here from Maylee's blog, please CLICK HERE to return to the start of the hop at Kerri's blog, as you don't want to miss these fab new releases!

The hop starts today (28 January 2011 at 08:00 EST) and ends on 2 February 2011at midnight EST.
As always here at Your Next Stamp, we have a wonderful prize for you to win! One lucky winner will be drawn at random from the links in the linky list to receive your choice of 3 of the new World Kids stamps!

You will see that every stop along the hop has a linky list - this is the SAME linky list posted on every blog, so that you can enter the prize draw from any stop (although we hope you will visit all the blogs on today's hop!). The linky will update itself on everyone's blog when a link isentered - how cool is that? Please remember to only enter your name ONCE into the linky list during the hop - you do NOT need to enter your name at every stop and multiple entries will be removed. It's not a requirement for you to comment at every stop along the hop to be eligible to be entered into the prize draw, but the DT would sure love to hear what you think of their new release creations!

Karen is also running some special bundle promotions, so be sure to hop on over to the YNS store once you've finished the hop. If you order all 9 World Kids stamps in one bundle, you will save 15% over the cost of buying them individually!

So onto my blog hop creation! For my card I used the Dutch World Kid. I knew there was a reason I had been hanging on to this K & Co. tulip paper from several years past. It worked perfectly with the Dutch girl.

For this side view I removed the bow so you could see the tulips in her hand. I like it better without the bow.

For this card I used Heather's (HR) pinata, banner, and confetti from the Celebrate Collection.

Here are close-ups of the pinata, banners, and confetti to which I added Stickles and Glossy Accent.

Here is a complete blog hop list in hopping order:

Kerri Michaud
Beth
Ranney-Thomas
Chris
Olsen
Cindy
Haffner {Guest DT}
Crystal Irwin
Jenny Suchin
Maylee
Pham {Guest DT}
Linda Cummings
Maureen Wong
Tori Wild
{Guest DT}
Simonne Clay
Sylvia Blum
Carole
Burrage {Guest DT}
Wendy
Ramlakhan
Karen
Dedman

So now it's time for you to hop on over to Maureen's blog as she is the next stop on our hop, but I'd love it if you left me a comment before you go!

Thanks so much for hopping with us today! I hope you enjoy our new release!

Hugs, LC

Be Mine, Valentine

Hi! Today I want to share a valentine card with you. For my card I chose Swiss Pixies Laying Nora by C.C. Designs. You can find Laying Nora and other C.C. Designs HERE at iCopic.com. My sentiment is from SP & Company's 'Artsy Heartsy' stamp set.

Here is how I cut the heart-shaped card base using a Spellbinder Nestabilities. This technique will work with other Nestabilities shapes. The key is to extend the die beyond the fold line in order to create hinges. The hinges hold the card base together.

After I cut my card base I cut a larger scalloped heart in the dotted purple paper to make the front of my card. Since I was using a brad on my flower I adhered a second scalloped heart to the front one to hide the brad prongs.


Copic markers I used:
E00, 11, 25, 29
Y11, 13, 15, 35
V12, 15, 17
R20

Recipe:
Copic markers
C.C. Designs 'Laying Nora'
Memento tuxedo black ink
SP & Company 'Artsy Heartsy'
Cryogen paper
Martha Stewart border punch
Papertrey Ink die
Nestabilities
Flowers, paper, brad from stash
Quickutz tag die
Stampin' Up cardstock


Thanks for stopping by. Don't forget to check out the iCopic Lover Color Challenge #14. When you have finished your creation link it to the blog for a chance to win a prize. You know you like prizes!! Have a great day! LindaC

Magnolia-licious Challenge

Today's Magnolia-licious Inspiration Challenge is issued by Cabio. Here is the inspiration photo for the challenge:

What do you see in this photo that inspires you to create? Is it the beige tones, the yellow and orange flowers on the mantle, or the pink cloth on the table? Do you focus on the couch with the pillows, the brown rug, or the yellow walls? Those of you who love earth tones will have a delightful time with this inspiration.

I must admit this was a difficult challenge for me. I am not fond of beige, orange, or yellow. If you remember the 'Color Me Beautiful' by Carole Jackson 1980's trend of assigning seasonal tones to each person according to her skin and hair coloration, you know that I am a 'winter'. ( color analysis) My colors are bright and jewel-toned. There are no browns, oranges, yellows (except icy yellow) in my color palette. I think that is why this challenge was so 'challenging' for me.




Here is my challenge card:

Recipe for card:
Couch stamp Magnolia-licious
Tilda  in Heart Jumper
"Just Sittin' Here Thinking of You" sentiment (inside)
Copic markers
Memento tuxedo black ink
Jo-Ann card base
Martha Steward border punch
Sizzix corner die
Nestabilities scalloped oval
Walton doily
Bo Bunny designer paper
Papertrey Ink white cardstock
Bazzill cardstock
Sewing machine and thread

Be sure to check out the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog to see the Design Team's creations. They have done a great job intrepreting the inspiration photo. After you have finished your challenge creation link it to the challenge blog for a chance to win a prize from Diana, owner of Magnolia-licious. We love to see your work!

Thanks for stopping by! Stay warm! LC

Keeping it Cool

Today's iCopic Lover's Challenge #14 is all about being cool...er, should I say coloring it cool. Today's iCopic colors are teal, moss, and blue.

These colors are perfect for this time of year when we are coloring snowmen, sweaters, and winter scenes.
Here is my card.

Copic markers I used are:
BG10, 72, 75, 78
G85
YG 63, 67
B91, 93, 95, 97
R24, 27
E00, 11, 40, 41, 43, 44
C00, 1, 2, 4

Card Recipe:
Pure Innocence Stamp
Memento tuxedo black ink
Copic markers
Papertrey Ink white cardstock
Nestabilities
Sharpies white poster paint pen
Bo Bunny designer paper
Bazzill cardstock
Chalk (for cheeks)
Snow eyelets from stash
Sentiment from Artsy Heartsy (SP & Company)

Be sure to visit the iCopic Lover blog to see Wanda's card for the #14 challenge. When you finish your project for the challenge link it to the blog for a chance to win a prize. We love to see what you create.

Have a great day....stay warm! Thanks for stopping by and being a follower! LindaC

YNS NEWS

The end of January is shaping up to be a busy and exciting time for YNS ...

The first piece of extremely exciting news is that Your Next Stamp is going to be at Winter 2011 CHA in LA! WOO-HOO! The event runs from January 29th to February 1st and Karen will be promoting YNS at Booth #4518.

So with CHA in mind, Your Next Stamp will soon be welcoming some new friends to its little family with a fabulous YNS CHA New Release BLOG HOP on January 28th, so be sure to mark your calendars as you really won't want to miss this! But if you'd like a small sneaky peek of who is joining us, hop on over to the Scrapbook & Cards Today blog right now... and while you're there, why not enter the super fun contest to WIN a $25 gift certificate to spend on stamps at the YNS store!

And that's not all... Your Next Stamp now has a Facebook page!

We would love to invite you all to LIKE our YNS FB page so you can be the first to know about promotions, new releases, sales, competitions ... and there may even be the odd quick giveaway! We'd also love to see all your YNS creations, old and new, so why not upload them to our YNS FB wall.

To celebrate our YNS Facebook launch we have 2 special promotions:

1. We have a special 20% off discount code - hop on over to our FB page to grab it (discount ends Jan 31st).

2. We are holding a prize draw just for those of you who LIKE our page. Come on over and sign up by February 1st to be entered into the draw to WIN a $25 gift certificate to spend on stamps at the YNS store.

Valentine Tag

Hi! Today I want to share a valentine tag I created using a stamp set from SP & Company. This is a stamp company that I was introduced to when I became a member of the iCopic.com Design Team. Samantha, designer and owner of SP&Co., is the team leader for the iCopic DT.....and a new bride!! Congratulations!

Here is one of the stamp sets SP & Company released for January. It is called 'Artsy Heartsy'. The set has 8 clear heart stamps (6 of these are textured) and 5 sentiments. It is a perfect set for making valentines, gift tags, and scrapbook layouts. While using these stamps I was quite impressed by the clear detailing of them.

Here is my tag:

The heart flower embellishment on my tag was created with the 'wavy heart' from the stamp set. I stamped the heart four times on white cardstock. I used Memento tuxedo black ink just in case I decided later to color the hearts with Copic markers. I then cut the hearts out with a Spellbinder Nestabilities, adhere the hearts to a circle, and adhered the circle to a scalloped circle.

This photograph shows hearts stamped with the 'cross-hatch' stamp.

The heart on the clothespin was made by stamping the 'dotted heart' stamp on pink cardstock.

As you can see, the stamp set is quite versatile. By using different colors of ink, Copic markers, embossing powders, or cardstock with the 8 different hearts the combinations are endless.

To see other creations using the SP & Company stamps you can hop over to the SP & Co. Blog Hop HERE.
Here is a description of the 'Love is in the Air' Blog Hop.
   "There will be 7 designers working with SP & Company stamps to create love themed projects - perfect for Valentine's Day, wedding, and anniversary projects. Each stop on the hop will have its own prize to give away, 6 stamp sets and 1 gel pen holder for the Cricut. The grand prize will be randomly chosen from one of the blogs and is any 2 SP & Company stamp sets of your choice."
And who doesn't like prizes??

Thanks for stopping by. Check back Friday morning for news from Your Next Stamp and CHA!
Stay warm and drive safely! LC

YNS Challenge #34

Hi Friends!

Today it is my turn to issue the new Your Next Stamp Challenge#34. When I was given this date last September I decided today's challenge would be to create a 'snow scene'. Little did I know how correct I would be. For those of you reading this and not in Middle TN, you might not know we had lots of snow and ice last week. In fact, area schools were closed all week. Now the weatherman is saying to expect more snow Thursday night. What a great time for a 'winter scene' challenge!

Here is my challenge card.

Be sure to visit the YNS Challenge Blog to see the projects by the talented YNS Design Team. You can also read about the challenge and the prizes....yep, there are prizes!

Card Recipe:
Your Next Stamp 'Happy Snow Day' and 'Skating Fun Fhiona'
Memento tuxedo black ink
Papertrey Ink white cardstock
Copic markers:
  B91, 93, 95, 97
  BG000, 72, 75, 78
  E00, 11, 30, 35, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 49, 53
  R14, 46, 59
  C00, 1, 2
Bo Bunny designer paper
Bazzill cardstock
Martha Stewart punch
Hobby Lobby snowflake stickers
Recollection pearls
Stickles
Glossy Accents
Little Yellow Bicycle sentiment sticker
JoAnn card base

Thanks for stopping by. Check back tomorrow for a Valentine tag. Stay warm! Linda

Royal Colors

Good Morning! Today's iCopic Lovers challenge#13 is to use a color considered to be for royalty...purple. Along with purple are green and orange. Here are the colors from iCopic.com.

When I first saw the challenge colors I immediately thought of Mardi Gras, then I remembered a comical image I have from Mo's Digital Pencil. Isn't he fancy in his robe, crown, and slippers?

Recipe:

Mo's Digital Pencil image

Papertrey Ink white cardstock

Copic marker (numbers in red designate new Ciao colors)

  V000, 01, 12, 15, 17

  Y32, 35, 38

  G20, 21, 24, 28

  E00, 11, 34, 35, 37, 40, 41

  R20

Nestabilities

Bazzill cardstock

Stickles

Recollection and Kaiser rhinestones

Glossy Accents

My Mind's Eye designer paper

Now it's your turn. Get out those Copic markers and create a project for the iCopic Color Challenge#13. Be sure to link it back to the iCopic Lover blog for a chance to win a prize. You have until Jan. 23rd to complete your project. Rules for the challenge can be found HERE.

Have a great day! LC

I Chews You!

I thought I would share the inside of my card from last week. Here is the card again.

Here is the inside.

I used a Stampin' Up! set called 'Treat Yourself' for the inside image and sentiment (I Chews You). The writing at the top is computer generated. For the gum balls I colored white cardstock with Copic markers and then punched the circles out.

Recipe:
Stampin' Up! stamps
Papertrey Ink white cardstock
Memento tuxedo black ink
Copic markers: R20, 22, 24; Y11, 13, 15; C0, 1, 2, 4; YG13, 25; B000.
McGill circle punch
Stampin' Up! corner punch
American Craft solid pink paper
Heidi Grace floral paper
Three Bugs in a Rug striped paper
Sharpie white poster paint pen

I hope you have a pleasant day tomorrow and get some crafting accomplished! Stay warm. I hear more freezing rain is coming to TN tonight. Brrrrr     LindaC

Your Next Stamp 'Tasty Treat'

Today's card features new stamps designed by Heather Rolin for Your Next Stamp. You can see Heather's stamps HERE. For the design I used the colors from this week's iCopic Color Challenge #12....pink, yellow, and white.

Recipe:

YNS 'Celebration Cake and Sentiment'

Papertrey Ink white cardstock

Memento tuxedo black ink

Copic markers: R20, 22, 24; Y0000, 11, 13, 15

Nestabilities

K&Co. designer paper

Bazzill cardstock

Jolee's leaves and flowers*

Stickles

*The Jolee's were originally white. I colored them with Copic markers to make them stand out from the white cardstock. Copic markers also can be used to color rhinestones, pearls, flowers, and ribbon. Check out the Whimsie Doodles Blog's Tuesday Tutorial on 'customizing your cardstock' with Copic markers.

Thanks for stopping by! Stay warm! LC

Magnolia-licious Jan. Color Challenge

It's the 2nd Tuesday of the month and time for the Magnolia-licious Color Challenge. Today's challenge is issued by the talented Cabio. For the color challenge, Cabio chose orange and green and used this photo for the color inspiration. You can find more details about the challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.
The blog challenge is sponsored by Diana, owner of Magnolia-licious. When you visit the blog you can see the other Design Team members' creations for the challenge.

Here is my creation for the color challenge.

For my card I used the Magnolia stamp, Tilda Throwing Snowballs.

Card Recipe:
Tilda stamp
Papertrey Ink white cardstock
Memento tuxedo black ink
Copic markers
Nestabilities
Recollection pearls
Ribbon from stash
Bazzill cardstock
Crate Paper stack
EK Success snowballs
Sharpie white poster paint pen

I hope you decide to play along with the Magnolia-licious Color Challenge. Be sure to link your creation to the Challenge Blog for a chance to be a winner.

Thanks for stopping by. Stay warm! Linda C

iCopic Color Challenge #12

It's Monday, and new colors have been chosen for the iCopic Color Challenge #12...pink, yellow, and white. Aren't they yummy? Wedding cake...ice cream...candy...bubble gum....cupcakes! YUM!

Here is my card for the challenge.

I also am entering this card in the Pile It On Challenge   (all about cute children).

I used a Sassy Cheryl's digital image for my card. You can find them HERE. Her images are so cute!
Copic markers iCopic.com
R 20, 22, 24
Y 11, 13, 15
E 00, 11, 34, 35, 37
YG 13, 25
YR 20, 23, 31
Papertrey Ink white cardstock
Stampin' Up! corner punch
Heidi Grace floral paper
Three Bugs in a Rug stripe paper/pink dots
American Craft solid pink paper
Bazzill yellow cardstock
Quickutz bubble die cuts
Ranger Glossy Accents
JoAnn's card base
Sharpie white poster paint pen

Be sure to check out the iCopic Lovers Blog to see what Wanda, Sam, and Alyssa have created. Don't forget to create a project for the challenge. You could be a winner!

Thanks for stopping by. Stay warm! Linda C

Snowy Saturday

Good Morning! It's a snowy morning at my house, so I am in for the day. What do you have planned?
I was surprised this morning to realize I had been given a blog award from Tracy V. Thanks, Tracy.

Now I have to tell you eight things about me and pass this award on to 8 more bloggers. Here goes.....

1. I am a 'home body'. I usually get out of the house only once, maybe twice, a week.
2. I am a 'napper'. I take a nap almost every day.
3. My favorite home decor is a combination of primitive antiques and 'Americana'.
4. Red is my favorite color.
5. Altering items is my favorite form of papercrafting.
6. I have one grown son; I am so very proud of him.
7. I have no desire to visit a foreign country.
8. I am a Christian. I look forward to seeing my loved one in Heaven.

Now, I am off to pour another cup of coffee and choose my 8 bloggers to award. Have a great weekend! LC

YNS Blog Hop

Hi....a warm welcome from cold Tennessee! Brrrr

Welcome to the Your Next Stamp January New Release Blog Hop! We've got some fabulous new YNS stamps to showcase today! These new stamps are available to buy right now from the Your Next Stamp store along with all your YNS favorites. We also have 2 wonderful guests joining us for our hop - the amazing Angela Wood, who was our fabulous GDT here at YNS before Christmas, and  the creative
Jen del Muro.

If you would like to participate in the hop and you didn't arrive here from Sylvia's blog, please CLICK HERE to return to the start of the hop at Wendy's blog, as you don't want to miss these fab new releases!

The hop starts today (07 January 2011 at 03:00 EST) and ends on 10 January 2011 at midnight EST.

As always at Your Next Stamp, we have a wonderful prize for you to win! One lucky winner will be drawn at random from the links in the linky list to receive a new release stamp package!

Here is the prize....Heather Rolin's yummy 'Chocolate Lover's Collection'...just in time for Valentine's Day.

You will see every stop along the hop has a linky list - this is the SAME linky list posted on every blog, so that you can enter the prize draw from any stop (although we hope you will visit all the blogs on today's hop!). The linky will update itself on everyone's blog when a link is entered - how cool is that? Please remember to only enter your name ONCE into the linky list during the hop - you do NOT need to enter your name at every stop and multiple entries will be removed. It's not a requirement for you to comment at every stop along the hop to be eligible to be entered into the prize draw, but the DT would sure love to hear what you think of their new release creations!

Karen is also running some special promotions, so be sure to hop on over to the YNS store once you've finished the hop. There is a fab clearance section, where you can grab a bargain or two, and Karen has also put together some special-priced bundles!!

So onto my blog hop creation.... I used Heather Rolin's Wedding Dress stamp. I stamped it on embossed cream cardstock and paper pieced it on the hanger. The sash is covered in platinum Stickles.

To embellish this card I used Recollection pearls and flowers, Prima flowers, and fabric leaves trim from Really Reasonable Ribbon. I am entering this card in the Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge (# 15-Something New) since Heather's 'Wedding Dress' stamp is new for January.


So now it's time for you to hop on over to Jen's blog as she is the next stop on our hop, but I'd love it if you left me a comment before you go!

Thanks so much for hopping with us today! I hope you enjoy our new release!

iCopic Colors Revisited

Hi!
After I finished my first card for the iCopic Color Challenge (#11) and before I put my markers away I decided to use them again on another stamp. This time I chose two Stampin' Up! sets, 'Loads of Love' and 'Loads of Love Accessories'.

Here is my birthday card.

Recipe:
Copic markers
R20, 22, 24, 27, 29
E00, 11, 21, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31
YR12, 15, 20, 23, 31
W00, 1, 3, 5, 7
Stampin' Up stamps
Papertrey Ink white cardstock
Memento black ink
Flair Designs paper
Bo Bunny dot paper
Nestabilities
Petaloo flower
Recollection flower
Twine
Dress It Up buttons
Sewing Machine and thread
Bazzill cardstock

Here is a close up of my embellishment.

The dog was a button. I removed the shank so the button would be flat against the twine and flower. I used  model railroad 'rail cutters' to cut off the shank since they will cut flush (flat) against the button. I think the rail cutters do a better job than wire cutters when cutting off button shanks.

Thanks for stopping by. Check back tomorrow for the Your Next Stamp 'Blog Hop' to see the January releases. LC

YNS Challenge #33

Welcome! It's Wednesday and time for the Your Next Stamp Challenge #33. Today's challenge is issued by Kerri, and she has given us a sketch to use as the challenge. You can check out the details of the challenge at the YNS Challenge Blog. Be sure to read about the 2 prizes and how you can be a winner!

Here is the sketch.

I enjoy having a sketch to use as the basis for my card. I think it makes designing a card much easier. Kerri does a great job at creating sketches. That is a talent I wish I had.

Here is my challenge card.

For my card I used YNS 'Mother Hen' stamp.

Recipe:
YNS 'Mother Hen'
Papertrey Ink white cardstock
Memento Black ink
Copic markers
Nestabilities dies
Button and ribbon from stash
Really Reasonable Ribbon twine
Bazzill cardstock
Sewing Machine and thread
Computer generated sentiment 'Just Chicken in to say Hi!'
Daisy D's paper (This paper is several years old, but I like the roosters and flowers.)
Creative Memories cutting system

Now it is your turn to create a card with Kerri's sketch. Be sure to link it to the YNS challenge blog for a chance to win a prize.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day! LC

iCopic Color Challenge #11

Hello Friends! Happy New Year!

2011 begins with a new adventure for me with the iCopic.com Design Team. Our first color challenge has been issued. You can read the details of the challenge on the iCopic Lover Blog.

Here are the colors for the challenge....brown, cream, and red.

Here is my card for the challenge.

Recipe:

Copic markers iCopic.com

R20, 22, 24, 27, 29

E00, 11, 21, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31

YR20, 23, 31

W00, 1, 3

Magnolia image Magnolia-licious

Papertrey Ink white cardstock

Memento black ink

Ranger Stickles platinum

Jenni Bowlin paper

Bazzill cardstock red and brown

Fiskar heart border punch

Graphic 45 button

White seam binding dyed with Glimmer Mist

button from stash

Martha Stewart baker's twine

Sharpie white poster paint

Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate you and your comments! Linda C