Happiness Is...

We're having a "Foodie!" challenge at Little Red Wagon this week. Brenda is our hostess and she wants to see us using food or drink on our projects. I decided to use both!

The sweet little coffee cups and donuts are a stamp from Lil' Inkers which I combined with a sentiment from My Favorite Things' Coffee Break sentiment stamp set. The Silly Stitched dies are also from Lil' Inkers.

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see what the rest of the Girlfriends have created and then feed your appetite with your own Foodie projects!

I'm also entering my card in this week's Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Stamp.

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Ski-sons Greetings

Jan is our hostess at Little Red Wagon this week and she's got a fun little sketch for us. I'm thinking that I should have used ribbon instead of twine for the band around the middle - but otherwise, I stuck to the sketch fairly well. Every time I use a sketch, I tell myself that I should use them more often. They really help reduce the smoke that spews from my ears from overthinking a card design!!

I was so, so excited to learn that I'd won a $75US voucher to My Favorite Things in their most recent release and picked up a few fun new products - including the Ski-sons Greetings polar bear set. I inked up one of the stamps for my card.

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see what the rest of the Girlfriends have created - and then use the sketch for your own creation!

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Joy to the World

Heather is our hostess at Little Red Wagon this week, and she's chosen the theme Penguins or Polar Bears - or both! Last Christmas, I received an add-on stamp from my son's sweet girlfriend so I decided to use the stamp to create her Christmas card for this year.

The stamp-edge die used to cut the frame was another gift and I'm not sure where it's from. The "joy" die is from My Favorite Things and the "Joy to the World" is from My Craft Spot. The snowflakes are dies from My Craft Spot with a bit of Wink of Stella added for some glittery fun.

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to enjoy the rest of the penguins and polar bears on display! Then link up your own creation to join the fun!

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YNS Design Team Dare - Christmas Colour Combo

It's time for the monthly Your Next Stamp Design Team Dare!! As I'm guest designing this month, I was dared to create a project with a favourite Christmas colour combination. I love a variety of Christmas colours, but this year, I've really been taken with blue/turquoise with red and white - so that's what I went with!

I used the NEW Tweet Love Birds stamp set and die as the focal point of my card. I coloured the birds using a few shades of blue and layered them over an embossed snowflake panel. The frame and ornaments, as well as the mistletoe, have some Wink of Stella added for some sparkly cheer. I also added some of the NEW Merry and Bright Glittered Gumdrops for even more sparkle!

Please head over to the Your Next Stamp blog to see the rest of the Christmas Colour Combo creations. Leave a comment while you're there for a chance to win the stamp set of your choice!

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So Joyful - Your Next Stamp New Release Blog Hop

Yay!! It's time for the Your Next Stamp New Release Blog Hop! I'm so thrilled to have been invited to join the fun - and excited that YOU can join in too! Follow the links below to visit other YNS crafters and leave comments along the way for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Your Next Stamp store. The more comments you leave, the more chances you'll have to win!

Last month, I fell in love with the Tweet Holiday stamp set and its darling little birds. Imagine my delight when I opened my November New Release package to find another two stamp sets (with dies!) in the "Tweet" collection!! I used them both right away, with one set to show now and the other to share later in the week. They're perfect for Christmas and winter-themed projects of all kinds!

As I'm behind on my Christmas card creations this year, I decided to create a card with the NEW Tweet Kindness stamp set and dies. I first created a subtle snowy background by stamping some snowflakes with Versamark and using a glitter embossing powder before blending some Tumbled Glass distress ink. After framing my bird in the die-cut panel, I added some of the NEW Merry and Bright Glittered Gumdrops inside some of the snowflakes for some wintery sparkle. I finished everything off with a sentiment (also from the NEW Tweet Kindness stamp set) stamped on a tab from Your Next Stamp's Cute Little Shopping Bag die set.

As always, Karen has a fabulous sale to celebrate the new release! Use the coupon code below to save on your Your Next Stamp purchase!

Don't forget to leave a comment before you head off - and then check out the rest of the designers' projects for more inspiration! You have until November 14 at midnight to leave comments for a chance to win the $25 gift certificate to the YNS store.

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Your Next Stamp New Release Preview

I'm thrilled to be a guest designer at Your Next Stamp again this month! This means that I've had a chance to play with some of the fabulous new products. I was so, so excited to see there are more "Tweet Birds" (and will show off one of the sets during this evening's blog hop).

I decided to use the FUN new Merry Mouse Joyful Greetings stamp set and dies to create a gift card holder. I can never have too many of those!! Each image in this stamp set has a sweet little mouse spreading Christmas joy in some way. I added some of the NEW Merry and Bright Glittered Gumdrops to add a bit more festive fun to my gift card holder.

And here's the inside! There's a little slit in which to tuck a gift card behind the little mouse adding a star to his tree.

Be sure to come back this evening for the Your Next Stamp blog hop! It starts at 10pm EST - which is when all the new products will be available for purchase too!

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Sending You Love and Blessings

It's Wednesday! For the past few weeks, I've been getting the days mixed up and end up doing Thursday twice each week (given that I keep thinking that Wednesdays are Thursdays). Hopefully, I get it right this week!

Sandy is our hostess at Little Red Wagon and she's got a fun challenge for us: Harvest Time. We've had a warmer-than-typical fall so harvest has been a bit late for us and I'm still seeing lots of fall decor about. This challenge gave me the opportunity to use a new Gerda Steiner stamp set that I recently won. The mice on the set are adorable!!

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see what the rest of the Girlfriends have created, and then link up your own Harvest Time projects!

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I'll love you OWL-ways

It's my turn to host at Little Red Wagon and I've chosen the theme "Owl about me" - use an owl or a bird on your project.

I've had an owl die in my craft room for quite some time now. It came free with a cardmaking magazine, but I had yet to use it - until now! I used the owl die - as well as a Stampin' Up die for the branch - for my card.

Please head over to Little Red Wagon to see what the rest of the Girlfriends have created - and then link up your own owl/bird project!

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