School Rules!

Oh yes I gotta admit I love school though this year may be a real challenge for all of us! Anyhow this week at the Pixie Dust Studio Challenge we have a back to school theme: Create something school-ish for your back-to-school kiddo or Teacher!I chose to create a card for my daughter Isabelle using Rah Rah from The Fair series along with this awesome paper from Bam Pop.:

I hope you get a chance to play along this week! Beth

Harry Potter release!!!!

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I am so excited to tell you today is the day you can grab your Harry Potter digis at the Pixie Dust Studio!  I love every one of these new images it makes me want to grab all my  movies and have a movie marathon!  I created a  birthday Card using Dumbledore,

 

I forgot I had this great paper called Notebook from Close to my Heart, I am glad I stumbled upon it!  Now be sure to check out the rest of the design teams creations and come back tomorrow for the Next Pixie Dust Challenge. Beth

Challenges met for this card:

Shabby Tea Room  something old DP, something new the digi stamp

Papertake Weekly  Just the one

Party Time Tuesday  Brads

YNS Fall into Halloween blog hop!!!

Welcome to the Your Next Stamp 'Fall into Halloween' BLOG HOP!  I'm sure you've guessed from the title that we're showcasing some fabulous new YNS Fall and Halloween stamps today! These new stamps are available to buy right now from the Your Next Stamp store along with all your YNS favourites.

Not only do we have a fantastic blog hop for you, but today is also the official start of the new YNS DT term! Today is also a YNS Challenge day too, so we've combining our hop creations with our YNS Challenge #24 creations!  [YNSC24 will run for 2 weeks as per usual (September 1-14) and although the DT have used Fall and Halloween stamps, the theme for this challenge is 'Anything Goes'.]

If you would like to participate in the hop and you didn't arrive here from Simmone's blog, please CLICK HERE to return to the start of the hop at the YNS Challenge blog, as you don't want to miss these fab new releases, you have until midnight Sept 6th to complete the hop. 

As always, here at Your Next Stamp, we have some wonderful prizes for you to win!  Two lucky winners will be drawn at random to each receive a new release stamp package, but please make sure you comment at every stop along the hop to be eligible to be entered into the draw.  We'd love you to join us over at our new Paper Craft Planet (PCP) Group, and so as an added incentive, anyone that becomes a member of our YNS PCP Group will automatically receive a second entry into the blog hop grand prize draw!  How great is that?  (It's free and easy to join PCP by the way!)

Not only is Karen offering two amazing prizes, she's also going to include a free surprise gift with every order placed at http://www.yournextstamp.com during the hop!  And that's not all ... if you join our YNS Group over at PCP, you'll also be personally emailed an exclusive PCP-YNS-Group-only YNS store discount code!

So onto my blog hop creations!  I have used Acorn  Fall Fun as well as Cute Witch with her Kitty  stamp ..... 

I  love this fella he goes perfectly with this sentiment I found in my stash.

    

This decorated pillow box was so much fun to create, I just let myself go wild with the theme more is better!

So now it's time for you to hop on over to Chris's blog as she is the next stop on our hop, but don't forget to leave me a comment before you go!

Thanks so much for hopping with us today!  I hope you enjoy our new release!

Bright and Bold...

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Hello again I just finished up this card for YNS Bright, Bright & Summery Color Challenge using Yippee Fhiona.

I love how happy she she is jumping up and down for joy as well  the friendly sun  from the Windy Day Accessories  who seems to be sharing excitement. I created this card using the Cards And Things  sketch which is a really versatile sketch to say the least. Well thanks for stopping by again! 


ALSO!!!

 

At Your Next Stamp we're getting ready for a brand new release! Woo-hoo!  To celebrate, we're holding a blog hop on September 1st when we will be showcasing some super cute new Fall and Halloween stamps, plus this will be the official start of the new YNS DT!

Sem has designed a new blinkie to advertise our hop (see above) and Karen is holding a pre-hop blinkie contest over at her blog HERE. 

If you fancy being entered into the draw to win the entire new September release (that's a lot of yummy purple rubbah, hee hee!), then all you have to do is grab the code and post the blinkie on your blog.  Then hop on over to Karen's blog to let her know you've posted the blinkie on your blog by popping your name and blog URL into InLinkz to be entered into the draw! Easy peasy!

Hurry though, as the contest ends tomorrow!!!!!

 

I love Harry Potter!

I am so excited to share a card using Kathy's new and oh-so-amazing Harry Potter dgis! These will be available at the Pixie Dust Studio shop September 1st!  Hermione is the character I chose for todays card, I just adore her character of intelligence and strength!

I chose this sentiment because as we all know Hermione is far from ordinary! Question though...why is extraordinary spelled the way it is? It seems to me to read "sorry you're not ordinary you are "extra" ordinary"! I never liked the spelling of that word! LOL!  Don't you love those Humania Clips as well as the Cosmo Cricket  Matilda dt paper? Well, you can get both of these at the Torendi shop!  Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the rest of the dt creations! Beth

Here are the challenges met for this card:
Paper Cutz  Use Metal
Cute Card Thursday  No Punches or Die Cuts
Stampin for the Weekend  Anything Goes
C.E.S. Challenge  Anything Goes
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long  No Christmas Card!
City Crafters  Stars

No more sickos!

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Someone forgot to distribute the no-sickos during-the-summer policy at my home! I have had my fill of summer coughs and runny noses.  I do love listening to my kiddos breath sounds it gives me practice however, Dragging all three of them to the DR. office is another story...
Speaking of  Dr.'s ( lets not forget the hard working Nurses and PA's)  I'd love to share this weeks Pink Cat Studio release:

Aren't they terrific? They are sure to bring some cheer to any under the weather wee ones or older alike. I chose to create a "Get Well" card using Nurse Betty & Dr. Bear.

I can never resist those striped tights and I decided to go with some striped paper to accentuate them. Be sure to check out the rest of the dt creations as well. See ya later! Beth

Challenges:
Lexi's Creations  Emboss it
Stamp with Fun  A card for a Girl
Shabby Tea Room  Metal(black brads)
Let's Ink it Up  Anything Goes plus the color yellow

Stitching

May it be faux or real that's this weeks challenge at Pixie Dust Studio Challenges. I happen to be one of the many who own a crappy crafty sewing machine, that no longer sews... drat!  Luckily I own pens and was able to put my stitch lines in in no time at all! Here is my card:

I just love this sweet  Bubbles the Clown image from the studio, he's part of The Fair collection. Did you notice what the next series of digis are? Harry Potter! I cannot wait to show you these! Well I hop you are able to play along this week, seeing your creations is sew much fun! Have a great day! Beth

Here is my chaalenges met for this card:
Incy Wincy Designs  Buttons and Bows 
Party Time Tuesday  Birthday card for a child
Stamp Something  Use A Digi
Karber Weekly  Birthday

Bam Pop!

Happy Monday to you! We are in our second week of school & I just came to the realization I now have 3 backpacks to mill through daily...that's a lot of papers! I wanted to share a card I created using my post prized Torendi products from Bam Pop. If you have not played with any of these products you need to! I used Bam Pop! Volume 3 Collection paper pack as well as Hello bot. I wanted this robot to mimic the great patterned paper so I cut away all the extra polymer from the image so I could manipulate his arms and legs. Here is the card:

That little robot sure has some moves let me tell you!  Now I just realized he's sold out but don't you fret because there are some new stamps arriving soon! Check them out!

 

 

Aren't these the most amazing stamps I am in love with the Halloween set and like Jenn's child I have a son who would live off of PB&Js if I were to allow it!

Well that's all for today except for my list of challenges for the card see you soon! 

Aud Sentiments  Anything goes

Paper Play  Pink!

Paper Cutz  Anything Goes

Stampin for the Weekend  Anything Goes

Create 4 Fun  Birthday

JUGS  Hot Pink, Teal, Lime Green

Ellas's Pink Scrapbook Challenge...

                                                                                                              

Click Here for Pixie Challenge 
Click Here for The Pink Cat Studio Release

Hello it's so nice to see you again!  I want to let you know I am so very excited to share my layout with you because I truly love it! It's hard to not love it because it's of my lovely Isabelle. Oops I got a bit sidetracked! Let's talk about  Ella's Pink Scrapbook Recipe Challenge: Cardboard, Journaling, and Circles. Here is my creation:

I call this Abstract Shabby Chic. I pined for what seemed like hours over how to dress up those corrugated cardboard circles. Finally I and settled upon these flowers.I distressed them with white ink to create the feel of these great Basic Grey papers and all the distressing of the edges. Can you believe there was a time I actually pooh poohed Stickles?  I just didn't know any better, I swear! Well as you can see I really laid on my Diamond Stickles rather thick on that awesome green ribbon. Mental note to self:  Stickles should be the very last step in creating anything!  I know you all are nodding in understanding of the grief I caused myself by not following my own rule!  Please be sure to check out the rest of the super chic design team. See you soon! 

Challenges for my layout:

Secret Saturday Crafter  What Are Little Girls Made Of

Speedy The Cat's Friends  Flowers

Frosted Designs  Use at least  5 of the Ten Items they Listed I used: Circle Punches, Ribbon,Pink & Blue, Flowers,Glitter & Buttons.

The Crafty Pad  Glitz & Glitter

Practical Scrappers  Stitching

Quixotic Something Old (The Pink Metal Charm), something New(This Basic Grey Paper), something borrowed(the Shabby Chic concept) & something Blue ( I think this needs no explanation)

Belli Challenge  round & Metal
FabN'Funky  Flower Power

City Crafter Challenge  Isn't She Lovely

Easy Craft Project  Girlie Theme

If The Shoe Fits  Die Cuts
and A Crafty Little Place  Blue, Pink & Green

It's Time to Meet...

Oh my gosh isn't he the cutest! He is Melissa's new character for the Pink Cat Studio. When I received these digis a while back I just had to smile, can you blame me? OK, I went a bit wild for this card but I just couldn't stop myself! LOL! For my card I chose to use Blobby Topsy Turvy Cake:

 

Can you tell I am hooked on the wide rickrack? I wish I owned every color the hobby store had to offer!

Here is a picture of the rest of the Blobby gang and take special notice of the adorable freebie Lily you could receive by making a purchase today only!

For more Blobby inspiration be sure to check out the rest of the dt cats: Emily, Jane, Lysa, Mackenzie, Maria, Patty, Piali, Sally, Tori, & Trisha. Have a great day! Beth

I'd like to enter this card in a few challenges :

The Pink Elephant  Ribbon & Sparkle
Digital Tuesday  Use Your Scraps 
Ann's Creative Nook  Birthday's
ABC Challenge  B is for Blue 
Creative Card Crew  Sparkle & Shine
My Time To Craft Glitter & Glitz

Are you seeing spots?

Well I certainly hope so because at The Pixie Dust Challenges  that's exactly what we are seeing. I chose to create a card using Frankie Funhouse Fairy.

Doesn't she look like she's thinking about someone? Now I sure hope all of you who played along last week will play along again this week! We had a great turnout & I loved stopping by to see your craft makes! Beth

Here are the challenges for this card:
Digital Tuesday  Use Your Scraps
Bee Crafty  Ribbons or Bows
OLLCB Spots &  Dots
Kaboodle Doodles  Add Metal

Pollycraft  Stitches (in the ribbon)

Frankie loves his Candy Corn!

Hello & Welcome today is the day that The Pixie Dust Studio Fun House collection is available to you! My second card shows Frankie Boy and if you cant tell by his single tooth he sure love his candy corn! LOL! Who doesn't especially with salted peanuts mmm... I used my adobe Photoshop to localize the candy corn to print out color and cut to create this paper. Digi stamps are so great for this reason and about a gazillion others!

 

Have you seen a sweeter Frankenstein? Mary Shelly eat your heart out! (or should I say candy corn?) Now be sure to check out the rest of the frightfully fantastic design team:

Kathy - Illustrator, Cat, Caz, Carlie {Pint Size Guest}, Cyndi, Jana, Joyce, Karen, Lisa F, Lisa, Margie, Marsha, Melissa, Shelly, Suzi, & Taylor {Guest}. 
Don't for get we have a whole new fun challenge tomorrow at the Pixie Dust Studio Challenge, see you there if you dare! Beth

PS before I go I want to enter this card into some great challenges:
Double Dutch  Create Your Own Patterned Paper
Character Cafe  Bright, Sparkle Card (used plenty of Stickles)
All Sorts Paper Piecing  (All the candy Corn was pieced)

See ya soon!

Fun House Sneak Peeks!!!

Happy Tuesday! I hope all is fantastic for you, my wonderful children started school yesterday and boy was it sure quiet around here...it was HEAVEN!!! I made a pact with myself that I will get all my crafting done before they arrive home from school and then that is that, it's us time. I feel I owe this to my children and myself I pray I can maintain this balance.
OK, let's talk about Kathy's new soon-to-be-released Fun House Images from the Pixie Dust Studio. These are the absolute best and will be perfect for your Halloween needs. Today I would like to share a card using Just Batty, I adore all her stitching lines. I had this photo that I opted not to use for our county fair this year however rather than toss it away I felt it would make a great background. Here is the card:

Isn't she great? Now don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team to see their spooktacular creations! Beth

Yippie!!!

Oh I am so ecstatic to finally be able to tell you I am on the Your Next Stamp Design Team!

Here is the team:

  Chris Olsen -  http://twinklesglow-glowbug.blogspot.com/

Crystal Irwin - http://www.crystalkbk.blogspot.com/

Heather Rolin - http://www.hlr976.blogspot.com/

Jenny Cierley - http://suchins.blogspot.com/

Linda Cummings - http://lccorner.blogspot.com/

Sylvia Blum - http://sylviastamps.blogspot.com/

Wendy Ramlakhan - http://sugarpea-designs.blogspot.com/

 I have worked along side some of these ladies in the past so I can say from personal experience, that come September with the new Halloween releases, prepare to be amazed! I was hoping to have created this fantabulous card for the occasion but alas the county fair is upon us & I have been working furiously weeding out my kiddos photographs for them to submit. I will be out of the circuit until Monday as I will be camping with my family, I am excited to have some us time! Have a wonderful day! Beth

Pink Pink Pink!

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Hello &  Welcome to another funtastic challenge at The Pixie Dust Studios Challenge! Today we want to see you use pink, the rest is up to you! I chose to use a digi from a few releases back called The Pearls of Wisdom.

I paper pieced her dress to bring in the pink and strategically placed her over a large butterfly to create a fairy. Do you think it worked?  I then rummaged through all my pink supplies and wound up with this lovely rickrack and a few buttons as well as this great dp from Basic Grey.
Here are few challenges I'd like to enter this card :
City Crafter  Hearts
Creative Card Crew  Cute & Girlie
Party Time Tuesday  Anything Goes
Flutterby Wednesday  Open

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to see the rest of the DT creations:
 Cat, Caz ,Cyndi,  Jana, Joyce, Karen ,Kathy, Lisa, Lisa F,  Margie, Marsha,  Melissa, Shelly, Suzi, & Taylor. Have a great day! Beth