Your Next Stamp ⎜July Blog Hop⎜ Card Video

Hello fellow card makers. Welcome to the July blog hop for Your Next Stamp. The sets that are being re-released are absolutely adorable. To find them all ...CLICK HERE! <---- this will take you to the Your Next Stamp store. Your Next Stamp is giving away a $25 gift certificate to one lucky commenter along the hop. You do not have to comment on every blog for a chance to win, but the more you comment, the greater your chances. You have until July 11th at Midnight to comment. The winner will be announced on the Your Next Stamp Blog... CLICK HERE!... Today I have two projects for you, and a video.

Your Next Stamp is also having an awesome sale for the re-realease. Between July 8th and July 11th enjoy 15% off your entire purchase! Use the online code JULY2017.

My first project was made using Your Next Stamp Boom! stamp set and coordinating dies. I cut some letters (L, V, and E) out of Stampin' Up! Cherry Cobbler cardstock using my Brother Scan and Cut and adhered several layers together to add dimension. I then stamped the bomb image using Memento Tuxedo black and colored him with my Copic markers. My intention was to create the word love with the bomb image as the "O". I used the second-largest rectangle from the Stitched rectangle die set from Your Next Stamp as my front panel and placed it on some craft foam using 1/2 inch Scor Tape. I popped it all onto a standard top folding A2 sized card base made from Simon Says Stamp Fog cardstock. On the inside I stamped a coordinating greeting.

My second project for the hop is made from Your Next Stamp's Cat Nap stamp set. It too is being re-released along with many others. I wanted to play with my Prismacolor colored pencils a bit, so I sharpened them up and put them to work. I stamped the cat image on a Toned Grey paper by Strathmore with Ranger Archival black ink. This is my go-to ink when I use my colored pencils. I used a thought bubble from Spellbinders Page Maps, Say What? die set to create a shaker thought bubble for my cat's dream. I stamped and colored the fish image from the same stamp set. I used craft foam to create the shaker well and filled it with Mini Prills like I have on many projects before this. To finish it off, I white heat embossed my sentiment and cut it out using the Your Next Stamp Stitched Rectangles die set.

Thanks for visiting my blog today,

Koren

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Kori

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Your Next Stamp ⎜ It's A Girl Thing ⎜Card Video

Hello fellow card makers. Today we are sharing creations using the Your Next Stamp, July Re-realease stamp sets.  ...CLICK HERE!... to visit the YNS Online Store.  So, These sets are so good, Your Next Stamp is bringing them back for an encore! Remember... leave a comment over at the Your Next Stamp Blog ...CLICK HERE!... for a chance to win a stamp set of your choice.

We are creating projects today with the theme "It's a Girl Thing". Many of you may know this if you follow me, but I'm not great at girl theme cards. I am very much a tomboy card maker. Today I used the Boom! stamp set and coordinating dies to create this festive fireworks card. The background was created using Ken Oliver Color Bursts. This product is so fun, but can also be very messy. As long as you are aware of the possible mess factor, like many products we paper crafters use, you will have a blast (pun intended) creating this fun background.

I started with a 6x6 piece of Canson XL watercolor paper. I used two colors that I though would go well with the "It's a Girl Thing" theme for this background, and I chose Orchid and Turquoise. I strategically placed my color burst powder where I wanted it. After placing the dry power to dry paper I then sprayed water from my mini mister to activate the powder and thats what made this explosion type background. I then cut out several layers from Spellbinders Curved Square dies and used different amounts of foam tape to add dimension. They were placed on a standard top folding A2 sized card base made from Simon Says Stamp Fog cardstock. The sentiment was white heat embossed on Simon Says Stamp Black cardstock and cut out with a Spellbinders page maps speech bubble. The firework image from the Boom! stamp set was clear heat embossed and colored with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. He was placed on an action wobble to make this card even more fun.

Photos of my project, a link to my YouTube video creating this card, and links to the supplies used to create this card are below.

Thank you for visiting my blog today,

Kori