There are just a couple more days to play along in the Trick or Treat Challenge at Your Next Stamp!

  

I've colored up the not-so-spooky owl from the new Spooky Fun Set for my card today.

 

  

After cutting out the owl, I popped him up in front of a Circle sponged with Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink, and tied a string of burlap twine under his feet. It looks a little like he's sitting in the light of the moon!

The sentiment is from the Peek-a-BOO stamp set.

  

  

Owl - E59, E57, E55, E31, E30, E50

Beak and Feet - Y38, Y35, Y32

Eyes - Y15, Y13, Y11, Y00, Y000

Pumpkin and Orange Stripes - YR07, YR04, Y38, Y35, Y32

Stem and Green Stripes - YG17, YG25, YG03, YG01

     

Now it's your turn!
The challenge ends October 31st at midnight EST.

I hope you'll have a chance to join the fun!

   

Thanks for visiting!

   

 

 

It's time for Karen's annual customer appreciation event!

In honor of her birthday, she's offering a 40% discount in the YNS Store... but only for today!

   

   

 

   

Do you ever fall behind?? Happens to me a little too often!

That's why I'm grateful that there is a whole month to play along in the Tiddly Inks Challenges!

The current challenge theme is

   and there is still a week and a half left to join in the fun!

   

I colored up the adorable Pumpkin Molly from the Halloweeny Molly Set.

  

 

I paired her with some cute Doodlebug Paper, and a retired sentiment from Your Next Stamp.

  

  

Skin - E11, E00, E000, E0000, R30

Hair - E59, E27, E25, E23

Shoes - 100, T8, T6, T4, T2

Pumpkin  - YR07, YR04, Y38, Y35, Y32

Leaves - YG17, YG25, YG03, YG01

   

 The current challenge ends on Saturday November 2nd.

I hope you can find the time to play along!

   

Thanks for visiting!

    

  

I've got some extra inspiration to share with you from the September Release at Your Next Stamp!

   

I love to make cute and unique packaging for gifts, so when I found these kraft gift bags on clearance, I grabbed a bunch of them to add to my stash... they are really easy to dress up for any occasion!

For this Birthday Gift Bag, I used a couple of birdies from the Make Some Noise set along with letters cut from the Bold Alpha Die Set. I think the tiny birds are so cute next to the big letters!

      

   

I colored the birds with Copics to match paper from the Birthday Girl 6x6 Paper Pad, then popped them up on the sides of the word "happy". 

The width of this gift bag is 5 1/2 inches, the same as an A2 card, so this would also be a really easy design to copy for a cute birthday card!

   

  

Birds - Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11, Y000

Beaks - YR04, Y38, Y35, Y32

Hats - RV17, RV34, RV32, RV11 and V17, V15, V12. V01

Noisemaker - C0, C00 and RV17, RV34, RV32, RV11

  

I hope you are inspired to use these new release stamps in a different way!

Thanks so much for visiting!

  

 

  

It's time for a new challenge at Your Next Stamp! The theme is "Just For Fun"... we want to see you create anything that represents FUN for you!

  

My family and I love to read!! I made a cute bookmark for my daughter because she is usually reading multiple books at once, and there are never enough of these around!

  

      

I colored up a cute bear from the Spec-Tacular Phoebe and Friends set (currently on SALE!) and paired it with a sentiment from the Bookworms Rule set.

The bookmark is cut from the largest of the dies in the Bookmark/Tag Die Set.

   

  

Bear - E44, E43, E42, E41 and R30, R000

Heart - RV19, RV17, RV04

  

I hope you can join in the FUN!