Sunday, August 9, 2015

Your Next Stamp August Release and Birthday Blog Hop



It has arrived! The new release and 6th birthday celebration for Your Next Stamp! This release has some many fun options of what to do with them that I am sure if you saw the sneaky peeks yesterday, you would concur! :)




For my first card, I created a super fun shaker card using the new set and die collection of Coco Sweet Treats.  The die set gives you a fun option to be able to cut out he center of the gumball machine or jar to make a shaker card. Of course, I did.




 The image was colored with Copics and paired with some paper from AC and finished with some of the new yummy gumdrops called Ocean Mist and Candy Land.  I added some of the gumdrops to the outside of the window for a different element and mixed in with the "gumball" cutouts, some sequins.

For my second card, I used a super duper fun die set called Big Balloon.  It is perfect for decorating a gift or making a fun card with a statement.

When making this, I don't know why tie dye was in my head, but a mix of colors is what I wanted.  I figured it was a perfect time to play with some distress inks and create the swirls of colors on my card. The sentiments were cut out and glued over the balloon and twine also from YNS.



In celebration of YNS 6th birthday, not only is there the hop where Karen is giving away 3 $50 gift certificates (wowzers!), but with your purchase of $40 or more, you get a special FREE birthday stamp set!! But the fun doesn't stop there! With increments of  your spending dollars, you will get an additional percentage off your purchase!! See the banner below for the breakdown.



Happy birthday Your Next Stamp and here's to another 6 years! Thanks for stopping by and leaving me your kind comments.


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57 comments:

  1. Of course! What a great idea to turn the gumball into a shaker, Deborah! <3 xo

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  2. Love your gumball card. The shaker idea is just great.

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  3. Deborah, your cards are just precious. As always you have done a wonderful job!

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  4. OMG! These are so different from each other & I love them both!! The gumball shaker is adorable & I LOVE your colorful balloon against that black background...just makes it pop!!

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  5. Very nice cards, love this balloon die.

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  6. Very cute! Love the watercoloured balloon!

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  7. Cute idea to make a mini shaker!!

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  8. So creative! Love the coloring on the balloon!

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  9. Both cards are super cute but the shaker is to die for! I will need the gumball set for sure. TFS

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  10. Great cards Deborah. I really love the gum ball machine shaker and the balloon you created with the watercoloring looks great.

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  11. Hooray for a gumball shaker! LOVE the colors on that gorgeous balloon! Congrats to YNS on their 6th anniversary!

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  12. Love how you added the gumdrops to that fun gum ball machine. Great balloon, too!

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  13. LOVE the bubble gum machine shaker! TOO FUN!! Love what you did with the large balloon die as well! Super fun!

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  14. Cute shaker and LOVE the balloon on the second card! GREAT colors ♥

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  15. Great shaker card and the colours in the balloon are beautiful! X

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  16. Your balloon came out FANTASTIC! Great colors. Cute shaker card, too.

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  17. LOVE your super creative shaker gumball machine! The sparkly bits are especially fun. I'd drop lots of money in that machine until I got those ones :o)

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  18. Both of your cards are wonderful. I definitely need to do more shaker cards as I just love the way they look! xx

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  19. What an adorable little bubblegum shaker card! Both cards are sweet!

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  20. Love your cards and really love the colors on your balloon

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  21. Great cards, but the second one is truly awesome!

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  22. Beautiful cards! Lovely colors

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  23. the balloon is so pretty. Clever idea to use so many colors.
    Love the shaker in the candy jar. that die makes a great shaker
    thanks for sharing.

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  24. Cute mini shaker card! I must have that set! You are so creative!! The "tie dye" look is absolutely terrific!

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  25. Your shaker card is fabulous!! And how awesome that the dies make it easy to create the shaker element. I'm lovin' that balloon die and your tie dye balloon is really cool.

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  26. Such a cute shaker card! Great projects!

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  27. Very cute cards. Love the option to be able to add an insert to make shaker cards.

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  28. What fun cards! I especially like the shaker card! It's so fun!

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  29. Stunning! Your cards are so wonderfully creative! Love your shaker card, and, I also am now following you on Pinterest! Your cards are AWESOME!

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  30. LOVE the gumball machine shaker card (and the entire new set). Fun balloon card.

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  31. Gorgeous cards, my favorite is the first one. I love how the Coco sweet treats die set allows you to create mini shakers - that is super cool!!! Definitely going on my wishlist.

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  32. Great cards! I love the shaker, it's so much fun!

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  33. Fantastic cards. Great mini shaker and I love your gorgeous balloon, the colours look amazing.

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  34. WOW! Cute shaker card! Your tie dye balloon is totally fabulous too!!!!!

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  35. Wow love both of your cards, awesome.

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  36. Awesome card ideas! Love your coloring on the balloon!

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  37. these are fabulous cards, i love shakers and the baloon is just awesome

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  38. Fun shaker cards brings back childhood memories and love that balloon too, thanks for sharing and happy birthday YNS.

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  39. Great cards, | love the shaker gumball machine!

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  40. LOVE! So many ways to use these stamps & dies!

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  41. Great shaker idea! And love the swirl effect on the balloon!

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  42. Hi Deborah ~ Awesome and very different cards! I'm a sucker for shaker cards and I really love that the gumball die gives you the ability to easily make that happen. I love watercoloring and tie-dying and your Big Balloon die is perfect for that!! Your cards are fun and well made. Thanks for sharing and Happy Birthday YNS!!

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  43. Both cards are beautiful. Love your coloring on the gumball machine -wish my shading skills were as good as yours!

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  44. Such a great gumball shaker card, Deborah! Love it!!! And your inking on your balloon is fabulous-what a cool idea! Thanks for the inspiration! :) Happy Birthday YNS!!!

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  45. The tie dye looks perfect - I know I remember balloons like that from when I was a kid. Fun stuff!

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  46. Love shaker cards and balloons.

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  47. The gumball machine card is adorable!

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  48. Gumball machines and balloons...talk about sweet images to dazzle and delight! Fabulous!
    ~c

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  49. What a fabulous card with that shaker gumball machine and loving the balloons and mixed colors!

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  50. Great Cards! Love that you turned the gumball machine stamp into a shaker. And the balloon on your second card is so much fun!

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  51. Both cards are wonderful. The colors on the balloon are fantastic.

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  52. Super cute and cool and very awesomely done cards!! That bubble gum machine shaker card is genius!!

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