Your Next Stamp - Sneak Peek Day!

Hi all!  It's Sneak Peek time for this month's YNS New Release!  I am sneaking the new Waddles - Happy Brrr-thday set that have matching dies!  YAY!  I truly adore these little penguins!!!  I colored them with Copics then used the matching dies to cut them out.  Seriously, look at these guys! What's not to love??! I also used a few different gumdrop colors - lemon, pumpkin and blue raspberry.  And the orange dp was cut out using the NEW Stitched Rectangle Dies!  Double YAY!

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Greetings Earthling

Hi all!  Here's a card I made using the TAWS set Phone Home, along with two of the stars in the mini Blast Off set.  How cute is that little blue guy?  He's popped up on foam adhesive so it looks like he's hovering over his home planet.  The planet was done using reinkers, swirling the ink around with water and a paint brush, heat setting it, then spritzing it with a little more water, then heat setting one more time.  The stars are stamped in sweet tooth ink, as is the sentiment.

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Groovy, baby!

Hi all!  Here's a card I made using the newly released TAWS sets - Feeling Groovy and Far Out which is the FREE when you spend $40 set for this month!  I love how the guy from the Feeling Groovy set goes with the girl from Far Out.  I colored her dress and his shirt and bandana so that they looked tie-dyed.  :)  I used dp and card stock that had a 70's feel.  This couple totally reminds me of my mom and stepdad.  The sentiment is embossed with white EP.  The sketch is from the SSSC263.

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Hello

Hi all!  I wanted to share a card I made for a couple of challenges just FOR FUN!  ;)  The sketch is from the MFTWSC222 and the colors are based on the MFT CC18.  I dropped a trio of reinkers onto some damp watercolor paper then lightly swirled it around.  Once I was happy with it, I blasted it with my heat gun.  Once dry, I spritzed more water on top, let them set for several seconds, then soaked them up with a paper towel then blasted it again with my heat gun.  I just LOVE how it turned out!  I used the circle element from Blueprints 12 to cut out the watercolored circle and to get the stitched design on the larger primitive white layer.  The hello die-namic was cut out with primitive white card stock twice and kraft card stock once.   Then I layered them, while slightly off-setting the colors for a shadowed effect.  The 2 smaller stars are from Blueprints 13 and the larger one is from the stacking stars die-namics.

You may be able to see in this pic that I added some sparkle to the stars using my clear Wink of Stella marker.

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YNS Fun Friday - You're so sweet!

Hi all!  Here's my card using the new sketch challenge on the YNS Blog!  I used the Sweet and Cool set and matching dies.  I created the stitched lines with the stitched line die (duh, lol!) ;)  I was thinking of those yummy orange Dreamsicles when I colored these.  Oh, and I also used one of the elements from the Open Scallop Die set (the stitched circle behind the button) - love the details of the stitching!

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Light It Up Blue for Autism Awareness Blog Hop

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Two lovely, talented stampers, Tenia Nelson and Veronica Zalis, came up with this inspiring hop and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to participate.  Personally, I have a cousin that is autistic.  I don't want to pretend to know what living with autism is like, all I know is that those that are diagnosed with it are no less AMAZING than anyone else in the world. 

We have so many fantastic sponsors that have shown their support for Autism Awareness and you can see the complete list here:  http://lk2thestarz.blogspot.com/…/the-light-it-up-blue-for-…. If you would like a chance to win a prize from one of these fabulous companies leave a comment on this blog, and any of the other blogs participating in today's hop! Winners will be chosen at random and will be announced on Monday April 6. Now here is the card I created for today's hop! 

I used the TAWS set Making Holiday's Bright to create blue light rays with Blu Raspberry and Sno Cone inks.  The sentiment is from an older MFT set and perfect for this hop.  ;)  I used the stitched speech bubble edges die-namics for a kind of 'sun' affect.  I added some star sequins with blue bling in the centers.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  There are LOTS of amazing stampers participating so please stop by and show them some love, along with ALL of our AHHHH-mazing sponsors!

Blast Off!

Hi all!  Here's a card I made with the NEWLY released TAWS set called Blast Off!  This set is just about the cutest mini set out there!  I colored the rocket ship and it's occupant with Copics. The little guy inside the rocket ship is from the Phone Home set, which works so well with Blast Off.  For the background, I added a few drops of blueberry ink to some watercolor paper, then scribbled around them with a purple distress marker.  I spritzed it with water and spread some of it around with a small paintbrush.  I then blasted it with my heat gun, then lightly spritzed on more water to get that spotty look and again, blasted it with my heat gun.  Lots of fun and doesn't take long to do!  I added some sequin stars from the Holly Berry Borscht collection, along with glossy accents over the rocket ship window.  The frame was made using the Inside & Out Diagonal stitched die-namics.

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to check out the TAWS Blog for more inspiration!