It's time for our monthly Feature Day at Your Next Stamp and this month it's all about

Coffee, Tea, and Friendship.

   

I'm kinda a coffee junkie, and I've collected just about every coffee themed stamp set from YNS, so the hardest part about this challenge was narrowing down which set to use!! I settled on Hammie - Coffee and Tea, with a sentiment from Thanks A Latte. My layers are cut using the Stitched Rectangles Dies.

Don't these two look like thay are having the best time together?! :)

    

  

Hammies - E49, E47, E44, E43, E42, E41 and R30, R000, R0000

Shading on Mugs - W3, W1, W0

    

If you are new to our monthly feature post (or even if you're not!), you'll want to head on over to the YNS Blog and leave a comment for your chance to win a YNS Stamp Set of your choice!! One lucky fan will be chosen at random from all the comments, and announced on the YNS Blog.

Good Luck!!!

  

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today! :)

    

   

Happy Friday, friends!

I'm up on the C.C. Designs Blog today sharing this cutie...

  

      

He is one of the adorable images in the new Roberto's Racsals Easter Funnies set. I colored him up with Copics, cut him out, and popped him up in front of a background sponged with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. The sentiment is from the Sweet Spring Sentiments set. Easy peasy!!

   

That's all for today!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

   

    

It's time for some inspiration for Challenge #32 at Your Next Stamp!!

  

Here is the fabulous sketch...

   

  

... and the beautiful color combination...

    

  

You can choose just one for your inspiration, or combine the two for the ultimate challenge!

   

Here is my take on the sketch using Sports Fanatics Two. I did a little masking to stamp the stitches on the ball in Memento Ladybug Ink, and the rest of the ball in Tuxedo Black Ink... it was a bit tricky, and took a few tries to get the mask right, but I really like how it turned out!

I've paired the baseball image with papers from the Doodlbug Home Run 6x6 Pad, and inked all of the edges with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. The sentiment is stamped onto the smallest banner from Fishtail/Banner Die Set One.

    

  

Shoes, Hat - B29, B26, B23, B21

Bat - E44, E43, E42, E41

Ball - T2, T1, T0

  

You have one more week to link up for your chance to win a YNS Gift Certificate!!!

Check out the YNS Blog for all the rules, and lots of inspiration from the team!

  

Thanks for stopping by!

  

  

Hi friends!

It's time for our monthly Design Team Dare at Your Next Stamp, and our challenge this month was to use

RED!

I've had an idea for this Valentine's Day decoration brewing in my head for a while, and this was the perfect opportunity to get it made! I even put together a little how-to so you can see how easy it is!!

  

     

I started by cutting burlap panels with the largest die in the Banner Die Set.

   

  

To keep the burlap from fraying over time, I covered the edges with Fray Check...

   

    

The next step is to create a stencil for the heart shape. I used a mailing label, and cut the largest heart from the Stripe-tastic Heart Dies out of the middle.

   

  

I only needed the negative from the die-cut, so I gave the heart shapes to the kiddos to create their own stickers with! :)

Then I centered the "stencil" onto the burlap shape. I like using the label paper for this so that it sticks right to the burlap, and I don't have to hold it still while I paint.

   

  

Next step... PAINTING!!

   

    

     I love to paint!

I used a basic all-purpose craft paint and a cheap sponge for this project... I placed a paper plate underneath the burlap to catch any paint that would seep through the openings in the weave. Carefully remove the stencil (although, I didn't even bother to wait for the paint to dry!), and you have a perfect heart!

   

   

I repeated the process using large letter stickers I purchased from the craft store. I cut them apart, and again used just the negatives...

    

  

After my painted panels dried, I pinned them to a burlap string using these adorable itty bitty clothes pins!

    

   

... and then hung my simple but LOVEly new decoration across the mantle. :)

   

   

I hope you enjoyed my quick tutorial!

Be sure to stop by the YNS Blog to see all the RED prejects from the Design Team, and leave a comment while you're there... one lucky fan will recieve a YNS Stamp Set of their choice!!

  

Thanks so much for stopping by!

    

   

Hiya crafty friends!

Have you seen the ENORMOUS release at A Random Fan this month??

Lots and lots of fun digis... a few you might recognize, and a few new designs, too!

Like this one called Book Club Friends...

      

I love it!! My daughters are both little book worms, so this is such a fun image to have! I paired it with a sentiment from the retired My Bookie set from A Jillian Vance Designs, and some girly Doodlebug paper. :)

   

   

Skin - E11, E21, E00, E000, E0000, R30

Hair - E59, E37, E35, E33

Pillow - R85, R83, R81 and T1, T0, C00

Bunnies - E30, E50, R30

Book - E43, E42, E41

  

That's all for now!
Thanks so much for stopping by!!