I LOVE Snow Days!!!

I'm taking advantage of my snow days off from school and am making a lot of cards.  I made two of these cards today to send off to a couple Stamp-Shack friends.  I'm in a monthly swap called The FLOOD where a couple particpants a month are flooded with Stamping Goodness...I'm getting too close to the end of the month so I thought I'd better take advantage of my free time and get some cards made up and mailed off!  Now tomorrow is another snow day so I'll work on my swap projects for February...I'm thinking a little sunshine should head their way since almost everyone will be doing Valentine cards (Don't you think?)

For this card, I used a new stamp I purchased about a month ago.  I had actually forgotten about my YNS purchase (several stamps) until today when I saw a card made with one of their stamps on another blog.  I couldn't believe I hadn't used it yet!!!  This stamp is called Ellie Loves to Skate and it's just so stinkin' adorable!!!  I love her little braids flipping up like that!  The sentiment is from The Angel Company (A Cup of LOVE).  Patterned Paper is Linen Closet by DCWV...Love the shimmer on the paper so I added some in her fur too.  

Copic Colors Used on this project:   E000, 01, 31, 55, 57, 70; G0000, 00

Sneak, Sneak...

Hey all! Just wanted to pop in today to tell you a little secret...SHHHHH...

I was asked to be the Guest Designer on the YNS Challenge Blog for the month of November... I hope you come join me in participating in the challenges. Check out their fabulous stamps HERE.

Stop by my blog on Nov. 10 for more details about THIS:

Happy Birthday YNS!

Wow! It's already been a year!!! Time sure does fly by. I remember last year when I first happened upon a little stamping company in Canada called Your Next Stamp. I was intrigued by Karen's wonderfully talented group of accomplished artists (Fhiona Galloway, Dale Simpson, Alicia Charlton and Franfou). They created some adorable images full of whimsy and lots of character! I've enjoyed using YNS fabulous plum rubber stamps and wanted to invite all my stamping friends to celebrate in YNS first birthday celebration with me!

From Aug. 5-11, you'll receive a 20% discount, see some new stamps revealed (I holding my shopping cart until the newest stamps are revealed) and there will be some fun along the way too. Oh, I almost forgot, you might just win one of the gift certificates too!!! Watch my blog too...Sometime during the celebration, I'll be posting a birthday treat I made especially for this celebration...Hey, you may even want the recipe (hint, hint)...

So click the blinkie and join the fun! PS...The blinkie will remain in my sidebar until the 12th when it will be replaced with the YNS challenge blog blinkie...

Happy stamping!!!

Kerry

A Sprinkle of Sunshine...

I made this little (and I mean little) water bucket today for Challenge #20 on YNS Challenge Blog...The challenge was Flower Power! and I thought there was nothing better than a bucket of blossoms...

I got the little water bucket from Michael's a LONG time ago because I thought it was so cute but hadn't done anything with it. Today I painted it white, added some excelsior grass and then painted some little sticks to act as flower stems. Then I stamped some flowers using two sets (Flower Pots and Kite Flying Fhiona)from YNS. I punched several Fiskars punches to make additional flowers in the "arrangement". After coloring, cutting out and punching all the flowers and the sun, I applied them to the sticks then arranged them in the water bucket. The finishing touches were some dotty ribbon, a bit of stickles and some pearl Liquid Pearls...And VOILA...A cute little bit of sunshine right for my craft room!

Hey, why not upload a card to the challenge blog. The only stipulation is that it should have stamping and FLOWERS...Heck, with a random number generator, everyone has a fair chance of winning some fun prizes from YNS right???

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Ker