YNS Challenge #147: Keep It Clean

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YNS Challenge #147: Keep It Clean

The new challenge at Your Next Stamp is ‘Keep it Clean’. Now I’m sure some of you are jumping for joy and others are squirming in their seats. Admittedly keeping it clean requires a little thought on my part. If you’re squirming then this is a great challenge to step outside your crafty comfort zone, play around with something new and “challenge” yourself. If you need a little inspiration to kick start your creativity then the rest of the design team has come up with some awesome ideas which you can see at YNS Challenge Post.

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Your Next Stamp Quarantini: Stamp and Die Cut Inlay into Slim Line Panel

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Your Next Stamp Quarantini: Stamp and Die Cut Inlay into Slim Line Panel

What a fun, busy week it has been over at Your Next Stamp. Lots of birthday celebrations to mark YNS turning 11 years this month. I hope you have had a chance to join in the fun and check out the new August Release that just arrived this past Tuesday. If you are reading this on August, 22nd, 2020 EDT you still have a day left to participate in the YNS instagram hop and a chance to win one of three $20 gc to the store.

Today I get to highlight the recently released “Quarantini’ stamp set. Such a fun take on what is a tough time, makes me smile.

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YNS Challenge #146: Decorations

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YNS Challenge #146: Decorations

Continuing to celebrate Your Next Stamp’s birthday this month, I’ve choosen to use the ‘Celebrating You’ stamp set for the new challenge theme of Decorations. I’m sure like me you must have tons of those cute little packages full of pretty sequins, gumdrops, jewels and all sorts of other things that are perfect for decorating and giving your card that little extra something. For me I love presents in this stamp set because there are just so many options for dressing them up and decorating them.

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Purple Onion Designs, Lottie’s Gang - Birthday Squad: Creating a Mini Shaker

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Purple Onion Designs, Lottie’s Gang - Birthday Squad: Creating a Mini Shaker

I made this card well over a month ago, I just haven’t had a chance to type up a blog entry for it yet. Such a cute stamp set called Lottie’s Gang - Birthday Squad from Julian Charlton over at Purple Onion Designs. As soon as I saw stamp I knew I wanted to take the balloon portion of the stamp and convert it into a mini shaker. And so I did : )

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Your Next Stamps August Release Instagram Blog Hop: Happy Gnomies

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Your Next Stamps August Release Instagram Blog Hop: Happy Gnomies

Very exciting Your Next Stamps August Release is available in the store today. Your Next Stamp is celebrating with an instagram hop and a sale. So join in the celebration over on instagram and a chance to win one of the three $20 gift certificates to YourNextStamp.com. In addition head on over to the YNS Creative Hub Facebook group for party games!

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Your Next Stamp Release Preview: Celebrating You

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Your Next Stamp Release Preview: Celebrating You

Heading into the last day of previews. Tomorrow all the wonderful stamp and die sets arrive 11am EDT at Your Next Stamp and also there is a instagram hop to celebrate the release starting at 11am. In addition check out all the fun things going on over at the YNS Facebook group to celebrate.

This ‘Celebrating You’ stamp set is a perfect stamp set for a birthday celebration. Presents are always fun to play with, they can be dressed up or down in so many ways.

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Your Next Stamp August Release Preview: Gnome Sweet Gnome

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Your Next Stamp August Release Preview: Gnome Sweet Gnome

I had so much fun with this Gnome Sweet Gnome stamp set doing one of my favourite card making things, creating scenes. Not sure why, but creating scenes with buildings is at the top of my list, whimsical little gnome homes included. The new Gnome Sweet Gnome set is a collection of gnome homes that reminded me of the many fairy books I had when I was a kid. To play on the whimsy of the stamp sets I wanted to use soft muted woodland colours.

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