You Are My Happy Place

It's time for this month's Design Team Dare at the Your Next Stamp blog. Each member of the design team (including this month's guest designers, like me!) are taking inspiration from a book while featuring new release products.

When my daughter was younger, she LOVED the book Lucky Ladybug by Muff Singer. Lucky Ladybug went around the garden and pointed out how lucky she was to have all her friends. At the end of the book, Lucky's friends told her that THEY were the lucky ones to have a friend as wonderful as Lucky. There was a little squeaky Ladybug that was part of the book too. Anyway, the little troll with the ladybird on his head (from the NEW Insanely Happy stamp set) reminded me of Lucky Ladybug! I also used the Funky Line Panel Die for my background and added a little something extra using the Mini Heart Ink Splatter stamp.

Please head over to the Your Next Stamp Blog to check out the rest of the awesome design team creations - and the inspiration behind them. When at YNS, leave a comment for your chance to win a stamp set of your choice! You have until April 7 to comment. Winner will be announced on the Your Next Stamp blog on April 9.

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Your Next Stamp April Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the Your Next Stamp April Release Blog Hop!! I'm so excited to be taking part with the YNS team this month. There are so many fabulous new products - something (and then some) for everyone!! I am in LOVE with the NEW Aquarium Antics stamps and dies, as well as the fabulous NEW Fish Bowl Shaker die set. I don't typically make many shaker cards, but this die set made it all so easy for me!

The fish, fishfood and sentiment are all from the NEW Aquarium Antics set and I used the Fish Bowl Shaker die set for the Fish Bowl, gravel bottom and seaweed.

I added some of the NEW Enchanted Forest Gumdrops to the top of my fish bowl for a bit of extra fun.

I made some tags with the NEW Cool Tag Four die set. There are four different sizes of the tag and I used the largest and second smallest for my tags. I also used the NEW Aquarium Antics stamps and dies again. This time, the little fish bowl was created with a stamp and die. And the turtle on the smaller tag... I just LOVE him!! The "Hug Time" sentiment is from the NEW Insanely Happy stamp set.

For those of you who can't wait to get shopping, don't forget to enter this month's code for 20% off your entire purchase! You can use the code up until April 6.

Please look below for the blog hop line up. There's a $25 Your Next Stamp gift certificate up for grabs. The more comments you leave before April 4 at midnight, the greater your odds of winning. Please leave a comment for me below and then hop away! Winner will be announced on the Your Next Stamp blog on April 6.

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