Friday, April 26, 2013

YNS After Release Party!

Hi all!  You still have time to Hop with us, but here’s another look at one of the new April releases, Groovy Cute Fhiona:

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Fhi was stamped on watercolor paper and watercolored with Inktense pencils.  I used MFT’s Blueprints 1 for the sketch and papers from MME.  I hope you like it and TFL!

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Hey there Mr. Monkey

***This is my second post of the day. If you're looking for the YNS Hop, please scroll down. Thank you!***

Hi all!  Today there’s a new challenge over at the All That Scraps challenge blog with the theme of Anything Goes!  Here’s what I came up with this week:

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I stamped Mr. Monkey with Versafine ink onto watercolor paper and watercolored him with Inktense pencils.  I added a speech bubble and sentiment and some black sequins.

We hope you’ll play along with us!  Just remember that you must use a C.C. Designs stamp, including - AmyR, Mashi's Muffins, Sweet November, Lil Lads & Lolitas & Webbie's Words.  TFL!

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

April YNS New Release Hop

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Hello and welcome to the Your Next Stamp April New Release Blog Hop!  We have some GROOVY projects to share with you today using some ADORABLE new stamps and dies!!!  The DT has had a blast playing with all of the new goodies, and we know you will too!

The hop starts on Stephanie’s blog, and if you’ve been hopping along, you should have arrived from Thanh’s Blog.  Now let’s get right to my project!

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I used the cute and fun Purrrfect Day (which comes with 2 matching sentiments and even a little fish!).  I paper pieced him and did some shading with Inktense pencils (sorry – my post about them is still in the works!).  The ZZs were also colored with Inktense pencil and all the papers are My Mind’s Eye.

As always we have some fabulous prizes to be won!  Just make sure you leave comments on all of the DT blogs for your chance to win!  Winners will be announced on the YNS Blog Saturday, April 27th.

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Karen is also offering some amazing specials at the Your Next Stamp store!  You will receive 15% off your order using code YNSAPRIL2013 valid April 24th-April 28th.  Plus, she has loaded up the YNS Bargain Bin and Retired Stamp Bin with awesome deals!

Now it’s time to hop on over to Kerri’s fabulous blog, but don’t forget to leave a comment before you go!  Thank you so much for stopping by and happy hopping!

Monday, April 22, 2013

YNS Sneak Peek

Hi all!  Tomorrow is the April Your Next Stamp blog hop, but today we have some sneak peeks for you!  Today is also Tasty Tuesday so my card today is based on that as well.  Here it is:

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I used the Whatnot Sentiments Set One with a new die that’s being released this month – a french fry container – how cute is that little thing??!!  I used it to hold some money for a birthday card and here’s a shot from the side so you can see the dimension:

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We hope you’ll play along!  All the info is on the YNS Blog.  TFL!

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

I “mustache” you…

Hi again!  This is my second post for today and it’s to remind you that you still have 1 week to play with the current ATS Challenge - “Spring Fling.”  Here’s my card:

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How funny is this image?!  She’s called Mr. Moustache and was watercolored with Distress Inks (skin) and Inktense Pencils (all the rest).  I used some old MME papers and a computer generated sentiment. 

We’d love to have you join us!  Just remember that you must use a C.C. Designs stamp, including - AmyR, Mashi's Muffins, Sweet November, Lil Lads & Lolitas & Webbie's Words.   TFL!

Sorry I missed your birthday….

Hi all!  I have a card for a couple challenges today:

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The image is called Little Striped Dress and was printed on heavy watercolor cardstock.  The Challenge at A Day for Daisies is to use your fave technique and mine right now is watercoloring!  I used Distress inks for the skin tones and the rest was colored with Inktense pencils.

The sketch is from Sketch Saturday.  I added the sentiment on the bottom using LD Little Piggy font.  I hope you like it and TFL!

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Honey

Hi all!  I have a card for a challenge today - Alicia's Challenge 4 – Use ribbon or washi tape and at least 1 image from Alicia's Little Shop:

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This is Honey and she was watercolored with Inktense pencils.  I used paper from My Mind’s Eye and some twill ribbon from a·muse|studio.  I hope you like it and TFL!

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Spring Fling with Heidi

Hi all!  It’s time for a new challenge over at All That Scraps.  Our theme for the next 2 weeks is Spring Fling.  Here’s what I came up with:

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I used Heidi Among the Flowers and some MME paper.  Heidi was watercolored with Inktense pencils – I’m having so much fun using them!!

Because I still have them out, the colors of Inktense pencils I used are:

  • 0200 Sun Yellow
  • 0510 Cherry
  • 1220 Green Aquamarine
  • 1600 Leaf Green
  • 1700 Mustard
  • 1740 Saddle Brown

We hope you’ll play along!  Just remember that you must use a C.C. Designs stamp, including - AmyR, Mashi's Muffins, Sweet November, Lil Lads & Lolitas & Webbie's Words.  TFL!

Friday, April 5, 2013

Happy Spring!

Hi all!  I have another Your Next Stamp Fun Friday post for you today.  Our theme this month is “Spring Fling” and here’s what I came up with:

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I used Smiley Happy Critter Crew Set Three and a sentiment that I generated and printed from Make-The-Cut.  The bunny was stamped with Versafine Black ink on watercolor paper and watercolored with my new Derwent Inktense pencils

I bought a set after being enabled by all the wonderful Inktense projects on Jennifer McGuire's blog.  I’ll do a separate post about them soon!

To finish off the card, I added a Spellbinders flower behind the main panel, some crazy stitching, and 2 8mm sequins with brads.  We hope you’ll play along!  All the details can be found at the YNS Blog.  TFL!

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Piper & Mia

Hi all!  This is a reminder post that you still have 1 week to play along with the current ATS Challenge - “Things with Wings.”  Here’s my card:

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I used Piper and Mia Banner Day and a sentiment from Paper Smooches.  Piper and Mia were colored with colored pencils and OMS and the triangles on the banner were paper pieced.  Finally, I covered the sentiment with some Stickles.

We hope you’ll play along!  Just remember that you must use a C.C. Designs stamp, including - AmyR, Mashi's Muffins, Sweet November, Lil Lads & Lolitas & Webbie's Words.  TFL!