It's Day 2 of previews for the August Release at Your Next Stamp!

We are also celebrating the 11th Birthday of this fabulous company!!

  

Today, I am showcasing the adorable Lifetime of Happiness... Hammie found his soulmate!! :)

  

    

The images in this set are super cute, and it includes some really sweet sentiments.

I colored the happy couple with Copics to match some paper from my Dear Lizzy Neapolitan Pad... the roses on the cake made me think of this paper in my stash!

  

  

Hamsters - E37, E35, E33, E31, E50

Ears, Noses, Cheeks - R30, R000

Roses - R22, R20, R000, R0000

Ribbons - YG25, YG03, YG01

Top Hat, Bow Tie - T8, T6, T4, T2

Veil, Cake - W0, W00

    

I hope you are enjoying the Sneak Peeks!! Have you found any favorites yet??

  

We have one last day of previews tomorrow, and then we'll celebrate with the big BIRTHDAY hop on Tuesday August 18th!

Thanks for being here!

   

   

This month, Your Next Stamp is celebrating it's 11th Birthday!!!

I'm so, so lucky to still be a part of this amazing team... this is my 7th year celebrating with Karen and YNS!

To help celebrate, we have a pretty awesome release coming to the store on the 18th, with sneak peeks leading up to the reveal!

    

For Day 1 of Sneak Peeks, I'm sharing a fun little project using the new Crappy Times.

(C'mon... you know we ALL need this one!!!)

  

  

Yep... that's a cute kitty tangled up in toilet paper!!

I laughed out loud when I saw this set! I just had to pair it with an actual roll of toilet paper for a funny gift!

And I know I will be reaching for that specific sentiment over and over again!

  

I created the tag with the Cool Tag Six Die Set and Circles Dies. The circle is sponged with just a light touch of Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to stand out behind the kitty. The toilet roll was placed in a large cellophane gift bag, and the tag tied on with some fun fiber I was recently gifted.

Pretty simple, but I'm sure it will bring a smile to someone's face!

    

 

Cat - E99, YR24, YR21, E50

Nose, Ears - E93, R30, R000

Collar - B01, B00, B000, B0000

Tag - Y35, Y32

Toilet Paper, Shadows - T1, T0, C00

  

Today is just the beginning of previews... there are 3 days in total, and then we HOP on Tuesday, August 18th!

Hope you'll join all the birthday release fun!

  

Thanks for visiting!

   

 

   

I'm playing along with this month's Stamp Anniething Challenge with my card today.

The theme is **STARS**.

  

I colored up Tony - Gnarly with Copics, and did a little paper-piecing on his cap. The star print paper is from Doodlebug's Goal 6x6 paper pad.

  

  

Behind Tony, I sponged some Twisted Citron Distress Ink, and added a few die cut stars. The sentiment is from YNS One in a Chameleon.

   

  

Skin - E11, E00, E000, E0000, R30, R000

Hair - E27, E25, E23

Shirt - YG17, YG25, YG03, YG01

Pants, Hat - T9, T8, T7, T6, T5

Skateboard - T3, T2, T1, T0

  

That's all for now!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

     

 

   

My card today was inspired by the current sketch at My Favorite Things.

(I can't even remember the last time I played along in a sketch challenge!)

  

       

This cute monkey is from a Paperie Ink set called Monkey Do. I colored him with Copics, and popped him up on a large circle sponged with Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron Distress Inks. I added a little twine across the top for him to hang from, and a sentiment from MFT's (retired?) Happy Pandas set. The green leaf print paper is from a very old Colorbok collection called Wild Life (I think), it's been in my stash FOREVER, and this is the first time I've cut into it!

   

  

Body, Nose - E49, E47, E44, E43

Face, Ears - E43, E42, E41

Cheeks - R30

  

That's all I have today.

Thanks so much for visiting!

   

 

   

It's time for a new challenge at Your Next Stamp!

The theme this time is

BLOCKS!

  

I thought this was the perfect chance to use some of the baby block print paper from the Sweet Baby 6x6 Paper Pad.

There are blue sheets and pink sheets, so of course I had to use one of each!

   

  

I colored up a couple of elephants from the Stacked with Fun stamp set... I love using these animals for baby cards!

Keeping with the "block" theme, I made square cards, and cut the various layers with my Stitched Square Dies, and Stitched Square Frame Dies.  

   

  

Just for a little variation, I added a tiny pink bow to the elephant on the girl card. The sentiments on both cards are from the All Aboard Bouncing Baby stamp set.

   

      

  

Elephants - T4, T3, T2, T1, T0

Ears - R30, R000, R0000

 

Now it's your turn! How will you include "blocks" on you creation??

Be sure to share it on the YNS Blog for a chance to win a YNS Gift Certificate!

   

Thank so much for stopping by today!