Hello and welcome to the September Your Next Stamp New Release Blog Hop! We have some spooktacular new stamps and dies to share with you this month, and they are available NOW at the YNS Store! We would love for you to hop along with us for your chance to win one of these adorable new sets:

      

      

The hop begins on Jen's Blog, and if you've been following along, then you should have arrived from Kerri's Blog. You have until Wednesday, September 25th at 12am (EST) to leave comments on all of the Design Team Blogs for your chance to win! Karen will announce the winners on the YNS Blog on Thursday, September 26th.

     

For my projects today, I've used two of the new clear sets. First up is Mommy To Be (which I gave you a little sneak peek of yesterday). How totally cute is that baby bump!? She is colored with Copics, and fussy cut. I've also used the scalloped border die from the Must Have Borders Die Set 1, and the sentiment is stamped onto a banner from the Banner/Fishtail Die Set.

      

    

Skin - E11, E00, E000, E0000, R30

Hair - E37, E35, E33, E31

Slippers, Night Gown, Bow - RV29, RV25, RV23, RV21, RV10

          

My next card is super clean and simple, and features the squirrel from the new Quirky Animals set. I love this fun set! I think I will be getting a lot of use out of these silly critters and their punny sentiments!

      

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, LID Heart Die, YNS Fishtail/Banner Die, Circle Nesties, Copics
    

E37, E35, E33, E31

      

As always, Karen is offering some amazing hop specials! You will receive 15% off your entire order through September 27th! Online code is YNSSEPT22NR.

        

    

Now it's time for you to hop on over to Maureen's Blog, but don't forget to leave a comment before you go!

Happy Hopping and Shopping!!

    

             

          

It's my 3rd week as this month's Guest Designer for Sketch Saturday, and I am having a blast!

There is a great sketch to use this week, and one lucky winner will receive a gift certificate from our sponsor, Bunny Zoe's Crafts!

      

I was happy to ink up one of my neglected stamps this week, Pure Innocence Birthday Girl. She is colored with Copics to match this pretty paper from the My Mind's Eye Memorable 6x6 pad. I paper-pieced her dress, and added a little shading so it wouldn't look too flat. Then I did a quick hand-stitched border to finish it off.

           

   

Copics:

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

Hair - E47, E44, E43, E41

Balloon - R85, R83, R81, RV000

Grass - YG95, YG93, YG91

Shoes - 100, T7, T5, T3

Shading on Dress - T2, T1, T0

   

Now head over to the Sketch Saturday Blog for inspiration from the talented Design Team, including my friend Debra Miller, who has recently taken on the role of Design Team Coordinator! Congrats, Deb!!

    

That's all for today!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

    

      

Tomorrow is our September New Release Blog Hop at Your Next Stamp! To make the wait a little more fun, we are giving you some sneak peeks of what's coming!

       

So, here you go... just a little snippet of my card using one of the new clear stamps...

      

        

     

That's all you get! You'll have to join us for the hop on Sunday to see the rest! :)

     

You can see more sneak peeks from the team... just head over to the Your Next Stamp Blog for links to everyone participating!

See you for the reveal on Sunday!

      

    

It's Friday, and that means it's time for the YNS Design Team to bring you more inspiration for this month's Fun Friday Challenge! We've got a great sketch and inspiration photo for you to play along with this month, so be sure to check out all the details at the YNS Challenge Blog!

         

I've used a new-to-me set called Autumn Greetings. These are older stamps that used to be available in rubber, but Karen retired them, and brought them back as clear stamps! I am loving the clear stamps, and I think this cute little flower might be a new favorite! It's a great any occasion type of stamp. Here, I've paired it with a sentiment from the Springtime Scene set (stamped on a banner from the YNS Fishtail/Banner Dies), for a simple "thinking of you" card.

          

   

Flower Petals - Y38, Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11

Flower Center - E37, E35, E33, E31

Cheeks - R20

Stem, Leaves - YG17, YG25, YG03, YG01

        

Now head over to the YNS Challenge Blog to see more eye candy from the Design Team. This challenge will end on October 3rd, so you only have a couple more weeks to jump in and play!

     

That's all from me for today!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

    

     

It's Tuesday and that means it's time for a new sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

     

Here's a look at the sketch, designed by Melissa...

   

       

Don't you love it!? And you will love our sponsor this week... Raisin Boat is back... a very unique company that offers their sets not just for purchase, but you can rent sets from them too! And, they generously sent the team stamps to work with! I received You Are My Sunshine... a whimsical floral set with some cute sentiments.

     

I struggled a little here... I don't do a lot with florals, and then trying to make the set work with the sketch had me stumped. I decided to use one of the large flowers in the set to create a background, and use a sentiment for the focal point. Yup... completely out of the norm for me, and I didn't even use my Copics!

        

         

The sentiment is from an old Angel Company set, now available from Red Rubber Designs called Joyful Notes.

         

Now head on over to the Tuesday Morning Sketches Blog to check out the line up from the team!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!