We have more from Francine Vuillème today. This time around she created a nighttime scene that is as sweet as can be!

Hi there! This is Francine Vuillème from Switzerland. I’m back with a second inspiration card. If you missed the first one, check it HERE.

For this spot, I’ve decided to feature the stamp set Baby Blessings:

Oh my! This is the sweetest birth themed stamp set! There are lots cute images. Check the hot air balloon and the lovely stork *SWOON*. For this card, I started by creating a galaxy background. I sponged a white panel with Distress inks and splattered it with white ink. Once it was completely dry, I trimmed it down to size and adhered it to the front of a white top-folded card base so that it looks like a picture in a frame. Next, I stamped the images, colored them and cut them with scissors. If you don’t like fussy cutting, there are coordinating dies as well! I fixed all elements with 3D adhesive as shown. Adhering the cuts with foam pads adds dimension but also interest.

I hope you’ve enjoyed my two YNS guest cards for this month. Thanks so much for visiting the blog today and thanks to Karen and Julie for having me as a guest once again!

♥ Francine

Thank you Francine for joining us for a couple projects this month! We always enjoy seeing your beautiful creations using YNS products.

Find more of Francine’s creations on her blog: 1001 cartes or on Instagram @francinevuilleme.

Happy Stamping!

It’s the start of week 2 of our bi-weekly challenge. That means you have 7 more days to play along! We are looking for thank you cards/creations. It’s time for a new challenge and this time we are looking for thank you creations.

Thank you cards are great to have on hand AND wouldn’t you like the chance to win a YNS Store gift certificate???!!!

Challenge #120 – Thank You

Link up your creation at the bottom of this post byAugust 22nd at midnight est to be entered in the random drawing to win a $15.00 YNS gift certificate. If your creation contains YNS products and you are the random winner then you receive an extra $5.00.

Before we get on to all those pesky rules that go along with the challenge, we have a winner to announce! The randomly selected winning comment from last week’s challenge kickoff is {insert drumroll}…

Congratulations Arianna Barbara, who left the comment above on our Facebook page! Arianna, you receive a free stamp set of your choice. Please contact Karen via the contact us link at the bottom of the site to claim your prize!!!

• YNS’ challenge #120 ends on Thursday, August 22, 2019, at midnight EST.
• Only new creations please.
• Limit of 3 entries per challenge, per person, each entry must be different.
• Be sure to link back to our challenge in your blog post or gallery entry.
• Entries not meeting the challenge guidelines will be removed.
• All stamps are welcome, although we love to see YNS stamps and dies on your projects.
• One random participant will win a $15 gift certificate to the Your Next Stamp store.  If YNS stamps or dies are the focal point then the winner receives an additional $5 gift certificate for a total of $20.  The winner will be announced on the YNS Blog the Sunday after the challenge closes.
• The YNS Top Pick will receive the “YNS Top Pick” badge and their project will be featured on the YNS Blog the Sunday after the challenge closes.  To be considered for the Top Pick, YNS stamps/dies must be the focal point of your project.

Happy Stamping!

We have a deal for you this week! The Flower Treat Bag die set is our deal of the week.

What do you see in your future??? Birthday party treat bags? Favors? Fancy Trick or Treat bags? A sweet gift?

Happy Stamping!

We have a winner! Thank you to everyone who played along with our lots of squares challenge.

The randomly selected winner is Lisa Lynn, participant #9!!! Congrats Lisa! Please contact Karen via the contact us link at the bottom of the site to claim your $15.00 YNS Store e-gift card.

Now on to the top pick, a long card featuring a cute chick!

Ishani’s card is full of squares and lining them up vertically works so well with the scene she created. Are you smiling? This card had us all smiling!

To see more of Ishani’s creations check out her blog Quillish.

Challenge #120 is going on right now and we are looking for Thank You creations! We look forward to seeing what you create.

Happy Stamping!

Hello YNS Friends!

10 years ago I launched the YNS Website!

I could sit here and write a novel on all the amazing experiences I’ve had and incredible people I have had the delight to meet in person or ‘meet’ online through email and social media.

I would like to take a moment to say THANK YOU to everyone who has crossed my path and helped YNS be a place where we can share our passion for stamping and creating. It’s because of YOU that I’ve been able to achieve my ultimate goal of spreading joy across the world with YNS products. My dream was to have people just like YOU enjoy creating with our products and then spread the joy further by sharing your handmade cards and projects with people so they too can SMILE and be apart of the magic of YNS.

These past 10 years have completely changed my life and I am so grateful for all your love and support.

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Mark your calendars! New Products are coming in September!!!!

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SURPRISE! I brought back the awesome SUMMER SALE!!!

Be sure to enter in the code THANKS30 prior to completing the check out process. Cannot be applied to past orders.

Visit the YNS Store today!

www.YourNextStamp.com

Wishing you a fun and creative day!

Karen

Welcome to a bonus day to our Summer Series! The team members each shared a summer themed project over the past 10 days. 10 days did not seem like enough, so we have one more bonus day for you!

The series comes with a prize opportunity too, of course! Head on over to YNS’ Instagram and tag a friend. The more Summer Series posts you comment on the greater the odds that you and the friend you tag will win a prize!

Guess who is up for our bonus day?! It is Andrea Shell and she is pulling out the whimsy, with a scene featuring a cat and unicorn at the beach!

Now it’s time to head on over to IG and start tagging your friends. Wouldn’t it be great to win a $25.00 YNS e-gift card for yourself and win a $10.00 YNS e-gift card for a friend??!! IG posts will be up before 8 am est each day. Leave all your IG comments on the summer series posts by August 11th at midnight est to be entered in the draw. Winners will be announced on August 12th.

Happy Stamping!