YNS New Release blog hop - Prizes giveaway!

Welcome to the Your Next Stamp Blog Hop and thank you for coming by! We would love to invite you to hop through all the Starlet's blogs to check out all the cool creations made from the new releases from Your Next Stamp. The new sets are: Wedding Fhiona, New Year's Party Fhiona, Mixed Bags of Greetings and Christmas Digital Package. Since this week is our blog hop to celebrate the new releases, Karen is offering for this week only, you will receive 10% off (use discount code "YNSBH2") and there will be a surprise gift for every order. For this blog hop, you would have to hop all the starlet's blog and this hop start at Karen's blog. Therefore, if you didn't come from Starlet Maylee's blog, you will want to start at Karen's blog.

*****This blog hop will be open until end of November 16, 2009.*****

How to win 2 free digital Christmas Stamps?
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Want to win more? How about to win 1 of 3 new release stamp sets?You must hop over to each of the YNS Starlets' blog to leave a comment on their blog hop post.
More chance to win?
We are looking for a name for Fhiona's best buddy/hubby so anyone.
To posts a name suggestion on Karen's blog will grant you an extra entry into the Wedding Fhiona giveaway.

Karen - owner of YNS will randomly pick three winners and each of these winners will receive a new release stamp set. Also, don't forget to check out the YNS challenge blog too. We run challenge every 2 weeks. You can win awesome prizes too. This time's challenge is to make a Christmas card without using the color of Green or Red.

For today's hop, I prepared 3 cards today feturing the YNS new release stamps. One of these set is called "Bad Hair Day Fhiona" and the others are the winter digis, which are limited editions.
For more styles of the new release stamps, you can click HERE to the Your Next Stamp online store to check them out!

Card #1 - Winter digi shutter card
This card was made using the many winter digis. Since I wanted to put as many digi images to show you as possible, I decided to do this shutter card, so that I can display more images.


Closer view for you to see. The little presents and the trees belong in the same image, but I cut them and put them in seperate places of the card.


The stocking and the little ornment in the middle are in the same image, but again I cut them and put them in seperate area. The holly berries are three seperate pieces, but I put them together as one.


Here is the snowman and the bigger ornament. I added 1/2 pearls on them.


Here is another stocking.


Side view of this shutter card.

Image: Your Next Stamp - winter digis
Cardstock: Stampin Up
DP: Scenic Route Paper Co.
Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories/extra: Rhinestones, Stickle, 1/2 pearls

Card #2 - Bad Hair Day Fhiona (A)
This card was made using the Bad Hair Day Fhiona set. I layered her hair and slippers. The color scheme I wanted to use was black & white (except for the Fhiona and the cup, because I wanted them to stand out)


Closer view on her coloring and layers


Closer view on the sentiment & cup that came with the set


Side view to see the dimension closer.


View of the inside

Image: Your Next Stamp - Bad Hair Day Fhiona
Cardstock: Stampin Up
DP: Me and My Big Idea
Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories/extra: MS Punches, SU punch, rhinestones, Prima flowers, Ribbon

CARD #3 - Bad Hair Day Fhiona (B)
This is another card I made using the YNS "Bad Hair Day Fhiona" set. My card #2 featured Fhiona, so on this card, I featured the cute hair brush. Since the sentiment stated "Bad Hair Days Don't Get Me Down" which of course related to hair, so using the hair brush for this card seems to be the right choice. Well, at least...this would be my choice.


Closer view of th image coloring:


Closer view on this little cute sentiment:


Side view for dimension of this card.


View of the inside

Image: Your Next Stamp - Bad Hair Day Fhiona
Cardstock: Stampin Up
DP: K & Co
Ink: Copic Markers
Accessories/extra: SU border Punch, stickles, Flower lace trim, Cuttlebug embossing folder

So the above are the three cards I came up with using the new release digis/and rubber stamps. Hope you will like them. Now your next stop will be to Cathy. Have fun visiting Cathy's blog!

Here is the complete blog hop order, we start from Karen's blog:
Karen
Simonne
Kerri
Ryann
Amy
Maylee
Cabio
Cathy
Lana
Stephanie
Maureen