DoodleDee Designs

YNS Fun Friday with Your Next Stamp

2012-02-17T11:20:00.000-06:00

It's another Fun Friday with Your Next Stamp. Today my Card is using the most adorable Fhiona Bad Hair Day Stamp Set. I have been having a ton of bad hair days lately, so I thought this was perfect for today :)

I used SC372 for my layout. It's simple, but so effective when you are wanting to showcase a stamp.

My tip for today is to not forget about embossing! I wanted to use the designer paper as my backdrop for the sentiment, but regardless of what ink I stamped with it was smearing. This particular DP has a smooth surface and makes it's difficult to stamp on. Instead of compromising, I decided to use embossing instead. Anytime you have issues stamping on DP with regular ink, this is your best alternative. This way you don't have to deal with any ink smearing.

I paper pieced her outfit to match the DP as well. Now I was able to use my Dp of my choice and not have to change things!

Make sure you check out the YNS Blog post for today to see all the other Fun Friday Cards and Tips and a chance to win free stuff. Details are on

We are also have a great clear out sale at Your Next Stamp. Karen is doing a little early Spring Cleaning so make sure you check it out. We have items up to 87% Off !!

February New Release BLOG HOP for YNS!!!

2012-02-08T02:00:00.003-06:00

Hey guys,

It's that time again for another New Release Blog Hop with Your Next Stamp!!! So exciting. I totally love Blog Hop day :)

Blog Hop Starts: Wednesday, February 8th at 3:00AM (EST)

Blog Hop Ends: Monday, February 13th at midnight (EST)

****If you got here from Jen D's Blog then you are right on track. If not, no problem you can start at the beginning of the hop at Jenny's Blog ****

Hop Prize – We will be giving away one World Love Stamp Set. One of the YNS DT Members is a secret blogger, so you will have to comment on all the blogs if you want the best chance at winning. Karen will be posting the winner on the YNS Blog on February 14th.

Hop Specials – Karen is offering 15% off your entire order. The online code is YNSFEB2012 (code valid until Feb 15th), so you have plenty of time to make your picks. She will also have some awesome bundle deals available so be sure to check out the YNS Bargain Bin while you are shopping!

Today I am using Libby From Jamaica. Super adorable.

I tried to stay true to Jamaica and picked their flag colors. The sentiment I created on my PC, but I did not make it up myself. The saying is actually an Essie Nail Polish color lol. I'm really big into nail polish and I have a gigantic collection, so this name came right to mind when I saw this stamp. It was a perfect match.

I added a bottle top and a heart! My honey is always making me crazy, and I thought this would be the perfect Valentine's Day card.

I added bling on her dress with stickles and some yellow pearls. Totally fun to color this image up.

The next stop on this Hop is Maureen's Blog for aother fun project. The new stamps today are amazing and I hope you guys are having a fun Hop!

Thanks for taking time to visit.

YNS Fun Fridays with Hat Pin Tutorial

2012-01-27T02:00:00.028-06:00

Today is Fun Friday with Your Next Stamp. Yippee!

Visit here every Friday to Join in on the fun!

Today I created a Valentine's Day card using Curly Cutie.

I used my Glitter Spica Pen to dress little miss cutie up :)

I added a Hat pin that I created myself. I love adding Hat Pins to my cards. It is a very simple and easy DYI project anyone can do (steps on how to make these will follow below). I had these awesome silver rose engraved beads that were perfect for this card.

Read on for my Tips and Tricks. Today I'm going to share with you the steps I take to create the hat pins for my cards.

First, gather up your supplies.

*Hat pins

*Beads

*Glossy Accents (used for an adhesive)

*Rubber Earring Stoppers

*Left over brad foam holder

and your imagination...

I purchase my Hat Pins from both Hobby Lobby and JoAnn's. There are different colors and sizes, so this depends on what you prefer. These are the types that I like using most.

Next, choose the beads you would like to use for your Hat Pin. I purchase all my beads at Hobby Lobby in the Jewelry making section. The colors and varieties are endless. The only rule in choosing, is to make sure the bead has a small hole on the ends. The Hat Pins are thin so you want a very small bead hole.

Once you have added the beads on the pin, add a dab of Glossy Accents on the pin itself. See The picture below. (you can click on pictures to see a larger version).

Next, Slid your beads across the Glossy Accents to the top of the pin, and as you do so, each bead will pick up some of the adhesive. Add a Earring stopper behind the beads to hold them in place for drying purposes. I purchased my Earring stoppers also at JoAnn's.

This will hold everything in place as it dries. Stick the pin into your leftover brad foam to dry.

Once the pin is dry, you can remove the earring stopper or slid it to the pointy end if you don't want to get poked. This can also remain on your pin when used on your project to prevent poking and catching.

Your pin is complete and ready to use!

Make sure you visit the YNS Blog today for other Fun Friday projects and tips. We will also will be having surprise giveaways, so check it out.

Thanks for visiting.

Your Next Stamp Hop and New Release!!

2012-01-11T02:00:00.005-06:00

Blog Hop Starts: Wednesday, January 11th at 3:00AM (EST)
Blog Hop Ends: Monday, January 16th at midnight (EST)

Our release this week is really special. The stamps that we will be showcasing today were created by none other than our own Jenny Suchin - part of the Your Next Stamp Design Team. She is amazingly talented - you are all in for a real treat today!

If you arrived here from Jen D's Blog you are right on track. If not, you can start at the beginning of the hop at Jenny S's Blog.

Of course we have prizes too :) Winners will receive a stamp set of your choice from the New Jenny Design sets you will see along the hop. Make sure to take note of your favorites. One of the YNS DT Members is a secret blogger, so you will have to leave comment on all the blogs if you want the best chance at winning. The winners will be post on the YNS Blog on January 17th.

We also have a special sale. Hop Specials – 15% off entire order – online code is YNSJAN2012

The stamp sets being released today are:

Special Delivery (Elephant Set)
Love is in the Air (Giraffe Set)
Up Up and Away (Koala Set)
& Basket Animals (Balloon Basket with 5 Animals)

The stamp set that I used for my card is called Love is in the Air.

I absolutely love this stamp set, and I will be using this over and over again, it's so fun! The Giraffe Pattern was cut by hand to create the Giraffe skin. This was my favorite part as I did not have Giraffe Skin DP lol.

As much as I would love to take credit for this design lol, it was not my idea. I CASE'd this wonderful card I found on the SplitCoast Gallery from stampwithkristine. Her card is amazing huh?

I added a little glitter with my Spica pens and some rhinestones.

I don't think I can create cards without adding glitter somewhere :)

I also added some Clouds and now Love is in the Air lol!

Your next stop on the hop is Maureen's Blog. Don't forget to leave a comment to qualify to win the Grand Prize! :)

Thanks for visiting.

Winter Fun Blog Hop and YNSC 57 Challemge for Your Next Stamp :)

2011-12-07T02:00:00.002-06:00

Hey Everyone!!

Today is a special day at Your Next Stamp. It's time for our Winter Fun Hop and Challenge YNSC57.

Blog Hop Starts: Wednesday, December 7th at 3:00AM (EST) Blog Hop Ends: Monday, December 12th at midnight (EST)

If you landed here first by chance, please start the hop at Kerri's Blog.

If you came here from Wendy's Blog you are right on track!

Karen has undone herself again and we have more new dies!!! We are combing this Hop with our weekly challenge. The weekly challenge this week is to create a card for Winter or Christmas.

The card that I created is using our new die set Fancy Frames...

How adorable is this set - EPPPP!!! This is so versatile and cane be used for so many different things - The combinations are endless!!

We have several fun prizes and tons going on!!! There are 3 Hidden Prizes - along this. To qualify for a prize please leave a comment on each blog. Spread the Winter Love (the list will be below to follow for the Hop :) We are giving away 10$ Gift Certificates, so make sure you do not miss out on the fun!!!

You are almost done :) Your Next stop is the super talented Peggy.

Kerri – http://cardsbykerri.blogspot.com

Veronica – http://lk2thestarz.blogspot.com {YNS December Guest}

Jen R. – http://www.tennisgirl27.blogspot.com

Dana http://gotjoycreations.blogspot.com

Maureen – http://mycasestudies.blogspot.com

Jenny P. – http://mylittlestampinspot.blogspot.com

Jen D. http://iheart2stamp.com

Amy – http://inkaboutme.blogspot.com

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

Diana – http://doodledeedesigns.blogspot.com

Peggy- http://cardcrazy.wordpress.com

Karen – http://yournextstamp.blogspot.com

Thanks for Visiting

YNSC55 - Friends!

2011-11-09T16:22:00.000-06:00

Hi Guys,

We have a new challenge up at The YNS STAMP challenge blog. This week we are celebrating friendship. Create a card that has to do with friendship and come join in on all the fun.

I used Super Hero Ellie for my card this week. The perfect card to send to a friend. I made my card really bright this week (maybe too bight? lol).

Take out the sunglasses this yellow will blind you lol. I have been dying to use this paper for awhile. Sorry about the poor picture quality this week. Circumstances have me not posting from home so things are a bit off.

The prize for the winner of this weeks challenge is Fhiona and Her Best Buddy Fhinn. CUTE CUTE CUTE!!

Also we have another new YNS DT Member - Please welcome Jen del Muro. Make sure you visit her blog if you can and give it EXTRA love :)

Thanks for visiting!

Day 14 - YNS 14 Day Holiday Release - Final Day!

2011-11-02T23:00:00.007-05:00

Hi Everyone,

Today is the last day of our 14 Day Holiday Release for Your Next Stamp. Hop on over to the YNS Blog and check out all the details for today's release, including all the other DT releases today.

My card today was created using the new SUPER adorable Holiday Reindeer.

He is the cutest of all things!!!

I used lots of bling as always lol. Spica Glitter pens, Stickles, Pearls, Red Swirl Skittles (sold exclusively at YNS), and Glossy accents. Click on the picture below to see all the details I added.

I also added a clip with a matching brad...

For my snowflake I stamped out just one of the snowflakes from our border stamp. I added Spica Glitter pen and rhinestones to dress it up :)

Hope you have a blast with today's release. Thank you so much for visiting!

Day 7 - YNS 14 Day Holiday Release and a New DIE set - Eppp!!

2011-10-26T23:00:00.012-05:00

Today we are celebrating Day 7 of the Your Next Stamp 14 Day Holiday release with a VERY special release of our new Holiday DIE set!!!

Here is the Tea Bag Holder I created using this set ...

Talk about major bling - I used Stickles, Liquid Applique, Skittles, Rhinestones, Spica Glitter pens, and Pearls.

The Inside of this Card holds three Tea Bags.

I have always been a Tea person. Never ever touched Coffee (*gags* lol), and when I saw this set I knew instantly I was making a Tea Holder.

Here is a close up of the cute little stamp and die Tea cup (Okay okay - it can be a Coffee cup too if you want it to be lol).

I cased this design from I Wanna Build a Memory. Click the link and there are step by step directions on how to create this little beauty. It was so simple and so much fun. A tea lover like myself would flip to get something like this at Holiday time.

Make sure you visit the YNS Blog - to check out all the other DT creations. We are having an awesome giveaway as well, but make sure you leave a comment here to qualify to win and everywhere along the way!

Thanks so much for visiting :)

Day 6 - YNS 14 Day Holiday release and YNSC#54

2011-10-25T23:00:00.009-05:00

Today is day 6 of our 14 Day Holiday Release and ABC (Anything but a Card) Challenge #54 at Your Next Stamp.

One of the Stamps being realesed today and that I used for this weeks challenge as well is - Ho Ho Ho Santa.

I created more Gift Tags by special request. Click on the picture below to get a better look :)

Here is the Stamp

I cut the Tags, Christmas Tree, Snowflake and Wreath using my Cricut. I added a ton of Stickles to these as I really wanted them to shine!

How can you not use Liquid Applique to puff up all that yummy fur on Santa. The To and From are stamped on the back of the tags for these.

The Ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

We would love it if you would come join us for our challenge this week. You can visit the YNS Challenge Blog for details of the Challenge.

You can also visit the YNS Blog to see Day 6 of the Release, as well as past days if you missed any!

Thanks for visiting!

Day 3 - Your Next Stamp 14 Day Holiday Release

2011-10-22T23:00:00.016-05:00

It's day 3 of the Holiday 14 day Release at Your Next Stamp. I created a project using the new Merry Mouse Gift For You Stamp set. This stamp set is absolutely PERFECT for creating Holiday gift tags for your wrapped Holiday Gifts.

I cut the tag out using my Cricut Expression - using the Tags and More cartridge on white card stock. I sponged the edges using my Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink. The image was colored using my Copics.

I also used my Red Spica glitter pen to add glitter highlights to the Reindeer's noes, Shirt Collar, and Sentiment. I also used Stickles to glitter up the antlers. I added some White Liquid Applique to puff up the fur on the hat.

I also added the new gorgeous Skittles Exclusive to Your Next Stamp. Dew drops with Glitter - Snowflake and Candy Cane details - EPPP...How cute are they! You can purchase these at the YNS store.

The gorgeous Red Ribbon is form my Really Reasonable Ribbon's Monthly Kit. Making a hand full of these tags is super simple and you will be all set for the Holidays. If you are like me, I would never dare use the pre-fad labels you can purchase. They are so blah and impersonal, and never match with the paper I'm using lol.

Don't forget to check out Dana's Blog today as she has a new release as well.

Here are the details of the 14 day Holiday Release. There are fun prizes galore so make sure you don't miss a day and chance to win.

Click on the images below for the days you missed.

Thanks for visiting