Another dotty creation

Happy Friday!!!

I just love this Cheers! drink set :o) You can use it for so many different occassions. I thought I woud make a simple yet fun card to share with you today. I've even used the spots and dots embossing folder so my card fits right in with Lana's lovely dotty challenge this week, check out all the dotty details over at the YNS challenge blog.

Before I go I just had to show you my proud little Brandon...Who needs the bread when you can eat a spoonful of peanut butter with messy blueberries!?! ? He tossed the bread aside and started making this lovely mess that he is soooo pround of :o) CUTE!!!

Have a super fabulous weekend!!!

Happy Stamping!

YNS Challenge 15 - Going Dotty!

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It's time for YNS Challenge #15! YIPPEE!!! Our wonderful hostess this week is Lana and she has challenged us to GO DOTTY!!! So get out all your dots and start creating :o)

I've used Vacation Don for my challenge card and decided to dedicate this card to my close friend Don who just happened to be somewhat trapped in Europe when the volcano in Iceland erupted. To make a very long story short he ended up traveling all through Europe by car and eventually he was able to fly out of Spain. He ended up in Miami before heading home to Toronto Canada which is perfect for this card because Don loves Miami and his favourite football team is the Miami Dolphins!

Now let me clarify…Vacation Don is actually named after this friend of mine…all my stamps have great personal meaning to me and at first I named this stamp Don because every year we all travel to Miami to see a Miami Dolphins football game and this adorable little character just made me laugh and think of our great friend Don! Click HERE to read Vacation Dons mini biography. If you are new to us here at YNS all the Franfou stamps have names and their own quirky bio.

I’ve added the map of Europe to my card for this particular occasion and I consider the dots on the map as my DOTTY challenge contribution - YAY! Also just in case you are wondering...yes, I drew the road :o) I totally amazed myself and I love the way it turned out.

Welcome home Don!!!

Have a great day everyone!!!

Happy Stamping!

Happy 40th!

My parents are celebrating their 40th Wedding Anniversary in May so I couldn't think of any better stamp than the adorable Fhiona and Fhinn Wedding stamp!

Ruby is the colour for the 40th anniversary but the card just didn't look right is red so I decided to go pink instead with a little hint of red in Fhiona's flowers. I could resist adding a little bling {aka crystals} to her tiara and some to her gown as well :o) I attempted to colour the hair the same as my parents and got close except my dad has a little less hair and a lot more grey - lol! I'm sure he'll have something crazy to say about this since he is well known for his crazy sense of humour :o)

Enjoy your day and I'll be back on Wednesday with my YNS challenge card - YIPPEE!!!

Happy Stamping!

Just Beacause

Hello!

I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend! I've been busy making my parents 40th Wedding Anniversary card which I will share later this week :o) In the meantime I thought I would share a card I made with my wonderful hubby in mind. He's been such a great guy and I know he LOVES this Prince Charming stamp!!!

I hope you have a wonderful day and I'll be back on Wednesday with my Your Next Stamp Challenge #15 card! YIPPEE!!! You still have time to participate in YNS Challenge #14 so hop on over to the challenge blog and check out our stitching challenge!

Hugs

Too Cute!

Hello!!!

This week is just flying by!!! I can't believe that it's Wednesday evening already! Brandon and I have been enjoying the sunshine but we also stayed in to tidy up the house and this is the photo I captured...

Is there something wrong with my son??? He has a tantrum if I don't let him vacuum and then instantly grins ear to ear when he finally gets a hold of it! He even throws food on the floor just so we can vacuum it up!!! He really does give me daily giggles which is awesome :o)


I made my Mom her Mother's Day card the other day and thought I would share it with you. I doubt she'll see this post unless she blows the inch of dust off her laptop my Dad bought her 2 years ago for Christmas! I keep telling her I'll teach her how to use it but I think all the technology scares her a bit...although she does enjoy playing bowling on her Nintendo Wii!! She's so cute! That's the reason I decided to use Flower Bouquet Fhiona for her card...she is just super adorable and I know she will make my Mom smile.

Have a great few days and I'll be back soon!

Happy Stamping!

ScrapFest Totally Rocked!!!

WOW! We had the most amazing weekend at ScrapFest!!! Thank you to everyone who came by the YNS booth and supported me at my first big show! I had a blast chatting and stamping with everyone and I hope you send me photos of your YNS creations! I love seeing what people make with YNS stamps! I had so much fun meeting everyone and I appreciated all the new ideas that were buzzing around the booth - I've got lots of new releases planned plus now I'll get hopping on the new ideas so look for lots of new stamps over the next few months!

Here are a few pics for you to see...

My sister Robin (front in blue) and me (purple)

My wonderful hubby who worked so hard helping all the customers!

I was excited to meet Amy at the show! My pic turned out blurry and she has a pic of us on her blog so hop on over and check it out.

I would like to thank my amazing DT for all their cards they sent me for my display boards! You gals are the best!!! Also I really want to say thanks to my family who helped me prepare for this show as well as be there for support all weekend long! My little niece Catherine came by and did some stamping at the booth too. She was so cute!!! I was having so much fun with her I forgot to get a photo...next time I'll have to capture that moment for sure.

Have a fabulous day! I'll be back later in the week so until then...

Happy Stamping!!!

Hugs

YNS Challenge 14

Happy Wednesday!!!

It's time for YNS Challenge #14 - YIPPEE!!! Our hostess with the mostest is Starlet Kerri and she has challenged us to use stitching on our cards and creations. You can get out your sewing machine, add some faux stitching, or punch some holes and use embroidery floss! There are lots of options!!!

I had fun playing with Mini Party Fhiona - she is just soooo cute! I decided to use my paper piercing tool to punch holes around the edges and hand stitched a silky pink embroidery floss all the way around. The sentiment Happy Birthday is from the Mini Greetings set and then I finished my card off with a sparkly doodle bug brad. The white background paper has a really pretty shimmer but unfortunately you can't see it in the photo.

I hope you decide to join in all the fun over at the YNS challenge blog for your chance to win some YNS bucks!

I'm busy busy busy getting ready for ScrapFest this weekend! Word around town is that Starlet Amy will be stopping by the YNS booth on Saturday for demos and some fun make and takes! If you live in town I hope you stop by and say HI as I would love to meet you!

Hugs

April New Release Winner

Happy Monday!!!

I'd like to send out a HUGE thanks to everyone who commented on the 3 Day New Release posts! I'm happy to see that you all love the new stamps.

Here is our random winner for the April New Release Surprise Pack...

KarenB - karenbnotebook.blogspot.com 

Congrats Karen! Please email me to claim your prize.

Enjoy your day and be sure to check out YNS Challenge #14 on Wednesday!

Hugs

New Release Day 3 - Introducing Ellie!!!

Welcome to YNS New Release Day 3!!! YAY!!!

Today is the final day of our April release and I am very pleased to introduce you to our newest member of the YNS family...

Fhiona's Best Friend Ellie!!!

I just adored this Ellie character from the day our illustrator Fhiona introduced me to her and I just knew that she would be the perfect addition to Your Next Stamp! I hope you love her too!

Here are the fabulous creations the YNS Starlet Design Team made using the 4 new Ellie stamps...I love them all and couldn't wait to share them with you.

Simonne - Ellie loves to Garden

Kerri - Ellie with Pressies

Maureen - Shirley Temple Ellie

Amy - Ellie loves to Bake

Cabio - Ellie loves to Garden

Angela - Ellie with Pressies

Maylee - Ellie loves to Bake

Silvia {Guest Starlet} - Ellie with Pressies

Interested in a chance to win some YNS New Release Stamps????

All you have to do is comment on all 3 New Release blog posts and your name will be entered into a random draw for a surprise pack containing some of the April new release stamps!

Contest closes April 11th at midnight and I'll announce the winner on April 12th.

Also until April 15th you can get up to 20% off your order - click here for details.

I hope you love all the April New Releases as much as we do! Thank you so much for joining in all the fun here at YNS!!!

Happy Stamping!

New Release Day 2 - Mini Fhiona!

Welcome to YNS New Release Day 2! YIPPEE!!!

When I was thinking about how to introduce New Release Day 2 the first thing that came to mind was...

HONEY, I SHRUNK FHIONA!!!!

Yep, I shrunk Fhiona to make this fabulous new line of Mini Fhiona stamps!!! There are 10 Mini Fhiona's as well as a Mini Greetings set that comes complete with 21 Mini Greetings and 18 Mini Images to compliment the Mini Fhiona stamps. My sister Robin said to me one day...wouldn't it be cool to be able to punch Fhiona out for gift tags? It's obvious that I said YES and got to work with Fhiona right away! I've been working on this idea since last December so needless to say I am super excited about this release! These mini's are perfect for punches and small dies,gift tags as well cards, scrapbooking and much more!!!

Here are the fabulous creations the Starlet Design Team came up with...I love them all!!!! These gals are so talented and I'm grateful for all the hard work and effort they put in to bring us all this eye candy! Thank you Starlets!!!

Simonne - Mini Yippee Fhiona

Cabio - Mini Mermaid

Kerri - Mini Rainy Day Fhiona

Maylee - Mini Cupcake Cutie Fhiona

Amy - Mini Flying High Fhiona

Maureen - Mini Bubbly Fun Fhiona

Angela - Mini Fairy Fhiona

Also available but not shown is Mini Party Fhiona, Mini Bad Hair Day Fhiona and Mini Shopper Fhiona.

Interested in a chance to win some YNS New Release Stamps????

All you have to do is comment on all 3 New Release blog posts and your name will be entered into a random draw for a surprise pack containing some of the April new release stamps!

Contest closes April 11th at midnight and I'll announce the winner on April 12th.

Also until April 15th you can get up to 20% off your order - click here for details.

Thank you so much for joining us and be sure to hop back here tomorrow for Release Day 3 which is all about Fhiona's new friend Ellie!!!

Happy Stamping!

New Release Day 1 - Just for Mom

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It's New Release Day 1 today!!! YIPPEE!!!

I've dedicated this release today to my loving Mom because she LOVES flowers and in her own adorable mother way she begged me to release a flower set that had flowers with stems.

Let me briefly explain...when I first opened the YNS Store I released Rosemary's Garden which is named after my mother; this set has different sizes of flower heads along with some other images like leaves and a stem. You can create some really nice designs with all these images but she really wanted a tulip with a stem and tulip leaves all as one stamp so I decided to ask Dale to help me out and she created this stunning flower set called Garden Greetings. This set comes with a tulip, daisy, rose and a lily along with lots of small greetings which are perfect for cards, scrapbooking, gift tags and more. Most impotantly this set has been approved by Mom and she just loves it! YAY

I'm excited to say that all the new release stamps are made with the new YNS purple rubber!!! Take a look...

Here are the amazing creations the YNS Starlet Design Team created with this wonderful flower set. I'm sure my Mom will love them all!

Simonne

Kerri

Cabio

Angela

Maylee

Maureen

Amy

Silvia {Guest Starlet}

Interested in a chance to win some YNS New Release Stamps????

All you have to do is comment on all 3 New Release blog posts and your name will be entered into a random draw for a surprise pack containing some of the April new release stamps!

Contest closes April 11th at midnight and I'll announce the winner on April 12th.

Also starting today until April 15th you can get up to 20% off your order - click here for details.

Thanks for stopping by and remember to check out New Release Day 2 tomorrow! It's all about our favorite little fun gal Fhiona!

Happy Stamping!

Just for fun

Hi all! I hope you had a fabulous long weekend. We had beautiful sunny days and Brandon had so much fun playing outside with Catherine and Isabel. Check out this adorable pic of him driving Bumpa's (this is what Brandon calls his Grandpa) toy Cadillac...

Who knew that a 22 month old could reach the gas pedal plus at times he was looking pretty cool driving with this arm hanging out the window! He had a blast!

I'll be back tomorrow with New Release Day 1 which is dedicated to my Mom.

Hugs

April Guest Designer and Sneak Peek

Hello and Happy Thursday!

I decided to start properly introducing our guest designers by sharing a little bit of info along with a photo. I've never done this before and I just adore all of my designers so I thought I should start giving everyone proper intros into the YNS family!!!

Please welcome our April guest designer...Silvia Mabie!!!! YAY!!! Welcome Silvia!!! Here is a lovely photo of Silvia with her children plus a little bit of info in her own words...

My name is Silvia and I was born in Portugal but am now living in Greece on the gorgeous island of Crete with my awesome hubby Andrew and 3 amazing kids David (6), Emelia (4) and Isabella (almost 3). I love anything crafty, especially card and gift making. I started rubber stamping for the sheer awesomness of scrapbooking and how cool it would be to have all those letters and supplies for scrapbooking..."I'm never going to get into makings cards" is what I said! yeahhh, right! I think for me the most awesome part about making cards is the instant gratification of getting a project done...having 3 kids so little it's a wonder I get anything done!


I don't think I really have a style, I like to try new things and experiment with new techniques...although simple layouts and a few embelishments are always a fav of mine...I also like the one layer cards...I just think they look cool!


Aside from crafting I love to take pictures, hike, swim, laze around on the beach and run...I like to go running at least 3 times a week...sometimes short runs and sometimes long runs!

Thank you sooo much for having me on as a guest designer this month...I am honored!


Be sure to visit Silvia's blog and show her some love!

New Release Info

I've got 3 days of new releases planned starting Tuesday April 6th so be sure to stop by and check out all the new stamps and for your chance to win some too!!!!

There's a new girl in town and not only is she Fhiona's best friend but she is sooooo stinkin' CUTE!!!! Her name is Ellie and here is a little peek...

Card by Starlet Anglea - Ellie with Pressies

I hope you love her as much as we all do!!!

Have a wonderful Easter and be sure to hop back here on Tuesday for Day 1 of the new releases!

Hugs