Thursday 5 August 2010

Your Next Stamp Birthday Bash Blog Hop ......

Today is a very special day as Your Next Stamp is celebrating its very 1st birthday with a Birthday Blog Hop!


The YNS Starlets are being joined by some fabulous friends for this hop, and together we are showcasing some fantastic new release stamps as well as some firm favourites! These new stamps are available to buy from today from Your Next Stamp, along with all your YNS favourites.
If you'd like to participate in the hop and you didn't arrive here from Andrea's blog, please CLICK HERE to return to the start of the hop at Karen's blog, as I'm sure you don't want to miss out on all the fun we have for you today!The hop starts today (Thursday, August 5th at 08:00 EST) and ends on Wednesday August 11th at midnight (EST).


We have not one but two grand prizes for you to win - two lucky winners will be drawn at random to each receive a $25 gift certificate to spend on YNS stamps! WOW! As the prize is so fantastic, we are going to make you work a little to enter, LOL! Each Starlet and Guest Starlet have a letter hiding in their blog post. All you need to do is gather these letters, rearrange them to form a 3-word phrase, and then email this phrase to Karen. All correct entries will be entered into the grand prize draw. So make sure you hop around every blog and remember to leave a comment at every stop too.

I have two secret letters for you  ....    A   Y

All that cake must have affected Karen as she has gone a little crazy and is holding a 20% off sale for the duration of the hop - the crazy part is that everything will be reduced by 20%, including items already on sale! I'm not sure when (or even if!) this will happen again, so make sure you hop on over to the YNS store once you've completed the hop and fill your basket!


I have used the super cute Sleepover Fhiona stamp set - I love this one!!!   I have stamped the background with Real Red ink using the flower from this set, the image has been sut out and layered with diamensionals after I have slightly curved the edges to give the cushion a rounded look. I have stamped and layered up the large popcorn stamp using my circle punches, the bowl has a lovley glossy finish as I covered it with crystal effects.  The borders are punched using the eyelet border punch mounted onto the Real Red card with some matching grosgrain ribbon, the sentiment is also from this set and again I have used my oval punches, I don't know what I did before I had them!!!  The base card is Bright Blue, I thought it gave it a lovely crisp look to the card.

So now it's time for you to hop on over Cabio's blog as she is the next stop on our hop, but don't forget to grab my hidden letter first and also leave me a comment!

Thanks so much for hopping with us today! I hope you enjoy our birthday celebrations and new stamps!                        

47 comments:

Gloria Westerman said...

How fun.....this is so cute....love it.....tfs

Heather said...

Such a super fun image and LOVE the way you've captured the funness of a "Movie Night"...Super fun!

Lil Daffodil said...

Hi Angela,
I love these bright clean colours. the layout is fantastic and the image is just too cute. Brilliant card.
Hugs,
Fiona x

Karen (Your Next Stamp) said...

This is fabulous Angela! I love how all the colours just POP and all your little details are wonderful! I love this image - CUTE!!!
Hugs
Karen

Laurie (Wally) said...

your card is adorable... such a cute set... tfs

SemSee said...

Oh Angela, what a fabulous card! Love everything about it!!! Great colours, and love your stamped background! Stunning! Hugs, Simonne x

Cindy Haffner said...

Angela those girls are PRECIOUS!!

Angelwood said...

Oh this image is just too cute! Love the 2 girl-friends gossiping. Sweet card, Angela! hugs, Angela

Unknown said...

Very sweet, colorful card! The image is adorable. Thank you for being on the route so we can play!

FYI: Was not able to get to your blog without going back to the beginning for the link doesn't work from the person before you.

Kerri said...

This is so fun, Angela! Love that adorable image, and the fab bg you created with the flower stamp!

Unknown said...

Couldn't get here from Andi's blog.
Love this stamp and card will have to get this one

Fiona xx

Linda said...

Really cute card!

Leezer said...

Very cute...Love the layout!

DG said...

They are just so cute and I love how fun this card is. SOOO CUTE!!!!!

Mimi said...

cute card! great sentiment and colors! ;)

LindaC said...

Cute card....love the sleepover image! Great colors!

BTW, the link from Andi's blog to your isn't working. LindaC

cabio's craft corner said...

Very sweet and fun birthday theme card Angela!!
Hugs,
Cabio

Whimsey said...

OM Gosh, those girls are BEYOND adorable!!! Love your card!

Crystal said...

OOOO I just LOVE this new image soooooo super sweet!!!! Your card is fabulous!

Jenny V. said...

How adorable, love this image.

Court said...

This totally reminds me of my best friend and I! I love it!

Peg said...

That stamp is just too cute. Love the card.

Neeti said...

Awwee, so cute, the image is adorable and love all the bright colors you have used :)
Hugs, Neeti

The Scrapbooking Queen said...

Okay I love this card and the two fiends are having so much fun...

Love your blog and have become a follower... Popcorn anyone..Yum

the Scrapbooking Queen

The EmBellished Card - Belinda said...

Movie Night! What fun!!! I like the pop-out of the caramel corn (popcorn). Cute card!

Shirl said...

So cute!

Kimberly Gajewski said...

What a fun card Angela! Those two little cuties look like they are having such a good time! Well done! :D

mn36 said...

love your card with the sleepover stamp ...colours and design are great

Nyte Crafter said...

Awesome card.. loving the colors..

Maureen said...

So adorable! Love your homemade background paper and the punched borders!

mommahobbit said...

very nice card. cute cute cute!

Beth aka BR-T said...

What a fun card these girls are having a great time! Beth

Linda said...

What a GREAT card! I'm gonna have to get that image because it so reminds me of my sister and me! I'm also loving your layers - great job! Aloha, Linda

Lenas kort said...

This card is so cute :-)
Have a great day :-)

JLJ Designs said...

Cute card! I love the image.

Jennifer

Betty J Schaub said...

oh these girls just make me wanna laugh! they are so cute! nice job!

Cheryl Walker said...

Awww I love your card with the darling girls, tooo cute!!! Thank you for sharing :)
Hugs,
Cheryl

StampingbugKerry said...

I like the yummy popcorn n this set.

Kerry

Vicki Davis said...

I too am an SU demonstrator but just today discovered YNS. What darling designs. You did a great job on your card.

Angel said...

Oh, how CUTE!!! Love this!

Sylvia Blum said...

such an adorable image, so wonderfully colored.. and I **love** that you cut out the pillow and girls.. looks great! wonderful card!
Sylvia

JoAnn Heinbuch said...

SOOO cute with the popcorn bowl and everything!

Chris Olsen, Glowbug said...

I just love this new image!! Your coloring is gorgeous!! So sweet!!

Jacilynn said...

soo cute! great card.
x

Lynne in NI said...

Oh I love your fab fun card, and the little popcorn image is a lovely finishing touch

Crafty Math Chick said...

Such an adorable image - reminds me of me and my good friend Robbin. I like the gloosy effects and the border punch, very pretty.

Cindy Groh said...

Super cute card. Love the background stamp you used.