YNS Fun Friday: Celebrate the Season

Happy Friday, everyone! I'm popping in to share a sweet little card I made for this week's YNS Fun Friday using Celebrate the Season in combination with two must-have YNS die sets: Whimsy Star and Tree Trio.

I die cut the largest Whimsy Star into my card base and then layered a piece of patterned paper behind the opening before adding my 'Charlie Brown' inspired Christmas tree all wrapped in a blanket of love and sentiment banner. The die cut tree is holding a sweet gold star cut from the smallest of the Whimsy Star dies. The fishtail banners were all cut free-hand with red buttons layered on top for a little 'extra'.

Head on over to the YNS Blog for more Fun Friday projects from the team and then have yourself a great weekend!
~Amy

YNS Fun Friday

Happy Friday and thanks for checking in here today! I have a fun little 3x3 clear box gift holder to share with you today as part of this month's YNS Fun Friday Gifts & Giving theme. I've colored and fussy cut Tootega from Alaska and placed her next to her ice fishing hole which was made using the oval shaped balloon die from the YNS Balloon Trio die set.

The idea of the ice fishing hole is to 'see' what's in the box, which was originally supposed to be goldfish crackers, but my supply of goldfish crackers was somehow depleted, so I went with the next best thing--pistachios!

Here's a side view where you can see where I've attached a length of ribbon to the top flap of the box to serve as a handle.

And finally, the back view with a spot to personalize the gift box using a sentiment from Winter Smiles Robin.

 

I hope you've enjoyed my Gifts & Giving idea. Karen has lots more super cute ideas featured over at the YNS Blog today, so be sure to stop there as well. Have a great weekend!

~Amy

YNS Friday Fun!

This month's theme for Friday Fun at Your Next Stamp is all about gift giving, so I modified a card pouch tutorial from SCS to serve as a fun little gift idea for a co-worker, teacher or Secret Santa.

I started with a 3.5" x 11" piece of kraft cardstock, scored it at 4.5" and 6" and then rounded each corner. Before adhering a clear 3x3 box (cut in half) inside, right above each scored line, I used a small oval punch to create handles on each end.

 
I used the same stamps and dies for the 3x3 cards as the front of the card pouch, varying the colors and patterned papers.

A side view of the pouch shows the position of the clear boxes holding the 3x3 cards and envelopes. I think I could have positioned the clear box halves down just a tish for a cleaner fit.

Stop on over at the YNS Blog for more Friday Fun and have a great weekend!

~Amy

Supplies:

YNS Stamps: Winter Smiles Robin, Holiday Joy Robin (snowflake)

YNS Dies: Tree Trio

YNS Fun Friday: In the meadow...

...we can build a snowman! That's just what I've done with the following goodies from Your Next Stamp: Your Next Die Tree Trio, Fence & Whimsy Star dies. As soon as I started using the skinny tree trunk from the Tree Trio set I knew I had to use them as snowman arms, and that's where it all started. Ü

 My meadow scene also includes a paper pieced pair of mittens from Celebrate The Season, Stickles for a little sparkle, stick pin, ric rac, buttons, twine and a hand cut scarf from the wonderfully whimsical patterned papers of Authentique's Festive 6x6 pad. The 'snow' is none other than torn pieces of a glassine bag, and the authentic BINGO card was a gift from my BSF, Leigh!

BE SURE to stop over at the YNS Blog for the last week of this month's Fun Friday theme: Bring On The Snow fun, YNS style! Thanks for stopping by today.
~Amy

YNS Fun Friday: Believe!

This month's Fun Friday theme is Let It Snow, so I'm featuring a little something fun to sprinkle on the snow the night before Christmas: Magic Reindeer Food, of course! I've seen so many cute packaging ideas for Magic Reindeer Food already this year and here's my version starring Cory Reindeer, one of the latest and greatest new stamp lines at Your Next Stamp, along with a sentiment from Celebrate the Season.

 Here's a side view which shows the Your Next Die Bookmark/Tag Layered Die Set in action. I die cut a folded piece of kraft cardstock, leaving the bottom edge of the die hanging slightly over the fold of the cardstock so it didn't cut through, leaving a double-in-length, double ended book mark that I was then able to score 1/2" from either side of the middle fold to create a 'base'. I think you'll see what I'm talking about when you look at the side view:

 I did the same type of 'omitting' (if you will) with the scalloped end of the medium size bookmark tag below for the Magic Reindeer Food verse:

Other fun details include the Your Next Die Whimsy Star die cuts, black gingham ribbon, mini jingle bells and of course, a tube of that sparkling reindeer food! Please leave me a comment with any questions you might have about the construction of my MRF packaging and I'll do my best to help you out!

Be sure to stop by the YNS Blog for all of today's Fun Friday participants, and then have yourself a fun weekend!
~Amy

YNS Fun Friday: You are Boo-tiful!

 I just cannot believe we're on the heels of October already! Fortunately, the YNS design team has been Boo-ing it up all during September with fun Halloween cards and treat container ideas. This week I was inspired to make a card that resembled the cover of a classic children's storybook: Ghosts in the House!. To achieve the cover look I used a few different YNS stamps--Spooktacular, Cute Witch Ellie, and Happy Haunting. The sentiment, which I modified using the double 'o' ghost eyes from Spooktacular for the letters 'eau', is from the newly released set, Heartfelt Sentiments. 

I hope you enjoyed my version of Ghosts in the House and are inspired by all the Fun Friday goodness over at the YNS blog as well!  Have a great weekend.

~Amy

YNS Fun Friday: Halloween (no sweets) Treat!

Here's a little non-candy treat you can whip up for Halloween this year using the new Your Next Die Bookmark/Tag layered die set. I used the largest of the set to create a candy corn bookmark, embellished with a sentiment from Got Candy? and black stars using Your Next Die Whimsy Star layered die set. The bookmark is tied to a glassine bag holding a trio of Halloween pencils, all calorie free and allergy free! You could, of course, add a handful of candy to the glassine bag for a win-win treat!

Now, for part 2 of today's post, we're sharing storage/organization tricks (pun intended) for our stamps and dies. Many of you will love me because I DON'T have a fancy organization system other than keeping all of my YNS stamps and dies together in plastic 6-drawer 12x12 storage bins that look like this:

I have 4 of these storage bins filled with my stamps, separated by company. There are also drawers specifically for embellishements and patterned paper as well. Each bin comes with an attached cover, so you can easily pull out a drawer to search through without spilling the contents all over...a plus in my world! Check out the YNS Blog for more fun Halloween tricks and treats from the design team. Have a great weekend all!
~Amy

YNS Fun Friday: Suspension Card

I've got a fun card for YNS Fun Friday (yep, one day early this week to make way for Carole's Creative Commotion tomorrow) using the a suspension technique. Click HERE for a tutorial over at Splitcoast (SCS).

My card would have been perfect for Cinco de Mayo, no?! If I would have been on the ball, I would have posted it last weekend but that's just not how I've been rockin' and rollin' these days, so put the Celebrate set on your list and pick it up for a fun kid birthday card and then you'll have it for next year on Cinco de Mayo!

Head on over to the YNS blog for more fantastic Fun Friday samples and have a great Thursday!
~Amy

YNS Friday Fun: Ticket To My Heart

Welcome to YNS Friday Fun! I'm featuring a fun little adult-style Valentine using the newly released set, World Love from YNS.

I've got a little bit of everything going on here from machine stitching to die cutting to Silhouette cutting. I just love all the options out there in the papercrafting world today and putting them all together. The ticket strip was a freebie from Silhouette last week, so I cut that out, stamped the image from World Love and then Copic colored the heart on each figure. The sentiment is computer generated and then layered on a Big Scallop die cut after stitching the upper and lower edges of the sentiment strip. Just to add a bit more 'love' to the card, I stamped an additional heart background over the patterned paper using the heart from World Love.

Head on over to the YNS Blog for a fun Susie-Q Tip and more Friday Fun samples!
~Amy

YNS Friday Fun: Go For The Gold!

Happy Friday, everyone! This week has gone by at a snail's pace for me, so I'm more than happy to say TGIF! I'm guessing that the snail's pace could be, in fact, because my oldest son, Hank, is competing in a pretty important wrestling tourney this weekend, so I'm anxiously waiting to see how he's going to fare on Saturday! Go, Hank, Go!

Ok, so in honor of the Hankster (as we affectionately call him), I created a Friday Fun YNS Good Luck bottle tag for his beloved Gatorade using Seasonal Icons Set I. In lieu of traditional rainbow colors, I've opted for shades of our school color: Panther Purple! That's the beauty of the stamping world--you absolutely do not have to abide by traditional color schemes. In fact, the less traditional, the better...in some cases!

Here's a closeup of the ribbon/pot of Panther-gold...with a sweet pocket for a personal note and gift card using a cut file with my Silhouette (love that machine).

Remember to stop over at the YNS Blog for a complete listing of Friday Fun posts! I'll be back on Monday with a YNS sneak peek...see you then!
~Amy

YNS Friday Fun!

I've got two cards to share with you today for YNS Friday Fun. Please click on over to the YNS blog for all sorts of tips, technics and giveaways!

My first card is a quick and easy Father's Day card using a sentiment from Mixed Bag of Greetings (now 40% off) and CrissCross Border stamp, topped with a mustache cut with my Silhouette--easy peasy, mac and cheesy!

Second up is a sweet little Valentine using my favorite elephant from Special Delivery. I decided to 'extend' the elephant set by adding a die cut heart swooshing from the trunk along with a computer generated sentiment. I think I could easily mass produce this design, don't you? And what better way to get the most bang from your buck with this adorable set.

Remember to click right on over to Your Next Stamp for all the Friday Fun details, and have a great weekend!
~Amy

YNS Friday Fun!

There's a new look around Your Next Stamp town and it's called YNS Friday Fun! YNS Friday Fun means that the YNS blog will be highlighting DT projects, tips and techniques, and maybe even a little giveaway now and then. Sounds like some good, clean casual fun to me, so let's get started!

If you follow my blog, you've probably seen me dolly up a Bingo card every now and again, and since I'd never YNS'd a Bingo card I thought it was high time. What better YNS image to use...Ellie, of course!

 

I've used the following Ellie images along with Crate Paper's Snow Day 6x6 pad, Copics for coloring, a sewing machine, MFT's tree die and Jody's foam boosters to create my winter fun scene:

• Ellie Loves to Ski
• Ellie Love to Skate
• Tobogganing Ellie
• Holiday Snow Globe (sentiment)

Be sure to pop over to the YNS blog for more Friday Fun details and DT projects. Have a great weekend!

~Amy