There are lots of exciting things happening at Your Next Stamp right now... have you seen the Design Team Call for a *new* upcoming Digital Stamp Line?? This new line of digital stamps will not be revealed until October, but you have until the 25th of August to apply to be on the team!

     

We are also helping Karen celebrate Your Next Stamp's 4th Birthday tomorrow! And what better way is there to celebrate than by having a Blog Hop??

Not just any Blog Hop though... tomorrow we are also revealing a *new* artist joining the YNS family! I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am about these new stamps!! I absolutely adore them, and I'm sure you will too!

       

    How about a little sneaky peek of what's coming...

        

    

That's all you get! A little snippet of one of the new images! Are you excited??? You can head over to the Your Next Stamp Blog to see who this amazing artist is, and maybe a few more sneak peeks will be waiting for you! :)

     

See you tomorrow for the birthday celebration!

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I made these cards a couple of weeks ago, but I am just getting around to posting them now! These cuties are Henry and Twila, from a new line of stamps called Roberto's Rascals at C.C. Designs Rubber Stamps. I made small 4x4 cards, thinking they would make cute lunchbox notes for the kiddos!

         

First up is Henry... I made these before I got my hands on the new C.C. Cutters Say Cheese Die set (which I LOVE!), so I used my Lil' Inker Designs Instant Camera Die, which has a much smaller opening, so I ended up having to crop quite a bit off the bottom of the images...

     

      

Skin - E11, E00, E000, YR0000, R00

Hair - E55, E31, E30, E50

Eyes - E57

Shirt - YG67, YG17, YG25, YG03 and W3, W1, W00

 

 

         And here is Twila. Same layout, I just tilted the image in the opposite direction. The sentiment on both cards is from AmyR Sweet Summer Sentiments.

     

   

Skin - E11, E00, E000, YR0000, R00

Hair - E57, E55, E31, E30

Eyes - E57

Overalls - R27, R24, R22, R20

Shirt - W3, W1, W00

    

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Happy Tuesday stampers! Are you ready for another fun sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches?? We have been revisiting some older sketches this month, so here's another one you might recognize... it was originally sketch #161.

       

      

We have a fabulous new sponsor joining us this week... Your Next Stamp! (Thanks, Karen!) One lucky winner will receive a $15 Gift Certificate to the YNS Store!

            
 Here is my loose interpretation of the sketch this week... I've used the A+ Teacher set for my card. This is the first chance I've had to ink up this set, and I knew I wanted to try the chalkboard technique with it. I started with a piece of black cardstock, stamped the sentiment with Versamark Ink, and sprinkled it with white embossing powder.

      

(Embossing is one of my least favorite things... I am never satisfied with the results! This one didn't come out too horrible though...)

     

After heat setting the embossing powder, I wiped some Palette New Canvas Ink onto the cardstock with a sponge, to give it that erased chalk look. I framed it with some wood grain print paper from the Doodlebug Flower Box 6x6 pad, and used up the last scrap of green dot paper from my TAC Brighten My Day 8x8 pad. The apple was colored with Copics, fussy cut, and popped up on the corner of the "chalkboard".

    

What do you think? I normally struggle with making cards where the sentiment is the focal point, but I really like how this one turned out!

          

   

Apple - R59, R29, R27, R24, R22, R20, R000

Worm, Leaf - YG17, YG25, YG03, YG01

Stem - E59, E57, E55

   

You can see the rest of the line up from the team at the Tuesday Morning Sketches Blog... stop by and leave them some love!

     

And if you haven't seen the Design Team Call on the Your Next Stamp Blog, take a look... Karen is looking for designers to work with a new Digital Stamp Line!! So exciting!!

   

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It's day 2 of previews at C.C. Designs, and today we are introducing a *new* line of stamps called Monkey Feet! They are super cute images, and lots of fun to color! The image I've used is called Bear-y Trick or Treat...

      

      

If you've followed my blog for a while, you might recognize this patterned paper from last year (and the year before that!)... it is from K&Co, and is my favorite Halloween print. I hoard every little scrap! :) I sponged some subtle clouds in a purple sky with a Synthetic Artist Sponge and Dusty Concord Distress Ink. The rest of the image is colored with Copics.

   

In the close-up you can see the sparkle... I dabbed a bit of glitter on the stars, treat bag, and costume.

       

    

Bear - E44, E42, E41, E40

Costume - V09, V06, V15, V12, V01, V000

Treat Bag, Ground - T6, T5, T4, T3, T2

Pumpkin - YR18, YR15, YR12, Y17

Stem - E59, E57, E55

Stars, Moon - Y38, Y35, Y32, E50

        

Now head over to the C.C. Designs Blog for more peeks of these cute new stamps. They will be available for purchase at the C.C. Designs Store this Thursday, August 1st!

   

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Yup... this month's C.C. Designs release has me thinking Halloween already! Are you ready to get a jump start on your Halloween crafting? Then stay tuned for all the sneak peeks at the C.C. Designs Blog this week...

   

Today the Design Team is showcasing Christine's newest stamps, and I've used the new Trick or Treat Birgitta. I've also used a new sentiment from the soon-to-be-released  Boo-tiful Sentiments set. Birgitta is colored with Copics, and the patterned paper is something I found in my stash. It matched this Bazzill Circus Peanuts Cardstock perfectly! What do you think... too much orange?? Orange is a tough color for me to use...

      

             

Up close, you can get a better look at the glitter I added to the pumpkin faces... try not to pay too much attention to the coloring, though! I am in desperate need of refills for many of my skin tone markers!

     

   

Skin - E11, E00, E000, E0000, R30

Hair - YR24, Y26, Y21, E50

Pumpkins - YR18, YR15, YR12, Y17

Leaf, Bows - YG17, YG25, YG03, YG01

Shoes, Stem - E59, E57, E55

Lollipop, Pumpkin Faces - Y13, Y11, Y00, Y000

   

The C.C. Designs Store will be stocked with all the new stamps and dies on August 1st!

In the meantime, there are lots of sneak peeks coming, so be sure to check back each day this week!

    

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