Welcome to the Your Next Stamp CHA Release BLOG HOP! It's a very exciting time for this sweet company because Karen has taken YNS to CHA for the very first time!
That's right, as you're reading this Karen will be at Winter 2011 CHA at booth #4518! WOO-HOO!! So to celebrate this event, YNS is releasing some fab new YNS stamps just in time for CHA: 9 WORLD KIDS stamps plus a new Celebrate Collection from HR Designs and 7 new mini stamps. These new stamps are available to buy right now from the Your Next Stamp store along with all your YNS favorites.
If you would like to participate in the hop and you didn't arrive here from Sylvia's blog, please CLICK HERE to return to the start of the hop at Kerri's blog, as you don't want to miss these fab new releases!
When Karen asked me if I'd like to participate in today's hop, she didn't give me any hints about what sort of image I would be working with; she just gave me a list of countries and told me to choose one. When I saw that Scotland was among the countries listed, I automatically picked it. I'm Scottish on my mother's side (her maiden name is Cunningham), and have been fortunate enough to have visted the 'mother land' of my maternal clan twice.
Well, when I received the image in the mail -- Ainsley, a wee lass in a classic Scottish folk dancing pose -- I squealed with glee! I knew just what I wanted to do with her...
... dress her (and a couple of friends, created by masking the first girl off and then stamping another gal on each side) up in the Cunningham family tartan! I found a downloadable pdf of the Cunningham tartan and printed it out on Georgia Pacific cardstock for the background paper. Then I minimized it to about 1"x1" and copied that several times over to make the plaid small enough for the dance troupe's kilts and tams o' shanter. A little paper-piecing, coloring with Copics, and trimming out, and here are my own private Scottish dancers! So cute and so authentic! I'm absolutely in love with this stamp and can't wait to see the ones from all the other countries!
Wouldn't it be fun to make some sort of "It's a Small World" project with all of the new World Kids stamps? I've got my thinking cap/tam o' shanter on already...
Now that you've seen my project, you're probably anxious for all of the hop details and clues for where to go next, aren't you? I knew it! And would you like info about how you could win 3 World Kids stamps of your choosing? Then read on...
The hop starts today (28 January 2011 at 08:00 EST) and ends on 2 February 2011 at midnight EST. As always, Your Next Stamp, has a wonderful prize for you to win. One lucky winner will be drawn at random from the links in the linky list to receive their choice of 3 of the new World Kids stamps! You will see that every stop along the hop has a linky list - this is the SAME linky list posted on every blog, so that you can enter the prize draw from any stop (although we hope you will visit all the blogs on today's hop). The linky will update itself on everyone's blog when a link is entered - how cool is that?
Please remember to only enter your name ONCE into the linky list during the hop - you do NOT need to enter your name at every stop and multiple entries will be removed. It's not a requirement for you to comment at every stop along the hop to be eligible to be entered into the prize draw, but the DT would sure love to hear what you think of their new release creations! Karen is also running some special bundle promotions, so be sure to hop on over to the YNS store once you've finished the hop. If you order all 9 World Kids stamps in one bundle, you will save 15% over the cost of buying them individually!
Here is a complete blog hop list in hopping order:
So now it's time for you to hop on over to Wendy's blog as she is the next stop on our hop, but I'd love it if you left me a comment before you go! Thanks so much for hopping with us today! I hope you enjoy the new YNS release as much as I am!
Welcome aboard Carol, your blog is amazing I am trying to keep my jaw from smackin the floor!
You card is brilliant I love how you created this pair via masking and how their ensembles match the background!
Posted by: Beth aka BR-T | January 28, 2011 at 07:50 AM
This is fabUlously cute, Carloe!
Posted by: Leigh OBrien | January 28, 2011 at 07:51 AM
Oh my goodness Carol this is FANTASTIC!!!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE how you used this image, BRILLANT design!
Posted by: Crystal | January 28, 2011 at 08:04 AM
Carole they are just PERFECT!!
Posted by: Cindy haffner | January 28, 2011 at 08:49 AM
EEK! This is so FUN! I love how you created your own little Scottish dancing crew and the paper you chose it perfect!!! Thank you so much for joining us and being apart of this exciting release!
Hugs
Karen
Posted by: Karen | January 28, 2011 at 09:10 AM
The tartan plaid is adorable as is the the dance troop you've created here. Well done!
Posted by: Nancy Thomas | January 28, 2011 at 09:34 AM
So adorable!! Love how you printed the same background smaller for their skirts!! Super cute!!
Posted by: Wendy Ramlakhan | January 28, 2011 at 09:39 AM
wonderful card and lovely idea of make a dance troupe. The Cunningham plaid looks great on them.
Posted by: MaryAnn | January 28, 2011 at 10:09 AM
This is wonderful! I just saw 2 girls on the previous blog and thought it was super..... but 3 wow that is awesome. Love it!
Posted by: Anne Marie B | January 28, 2011 at 10:30 AM
ho appena commentato una card con "2gemelline", qui ce ne sono addirittura 3! mi piace questa idea!
Posted by: ciacchina | January 28, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Wow Carol! This is soooo cute! Love the paper piecing and the trio is adorable!!
Posted by: Maylee | January 28, 2011 at 12:08 PM
Oh my goodness Carol!! I just love your use of three images and how you created a line of dancers. The plaid paper piecing is perfect!!! I love it!
hugs,
Chris
Posted by: Chris Olsen | January 28, 2011 at 02:48 PM
What a delightful card of the wee lassie. Love this plaid. Go figure.
Posted by: alma de la rosa | January 28, 2011 at 03:11 PM
I am totally loving your sweet little Scottish dancers, Carole!! Perfect papers... and I love the bling too!!
Posted by: Rose Ann | January 28, 2011 at 03:35 PM
Cute card! I love the tartan.
Jennifer
Posted by: JLJ Designs | January 28, 2011 at 05:47 PM
GADS that's cute!! Love those little dancers!
Posted by: Michele Boyer | January 28, 2011 at 07:07 PM
WOW, Carole! This is just too stinkin' CUTE!!! I love how you created the trio of dancers and that plaid dp is absolutely perfect! Fab card! I'm so excited that you are joining us this month:)
Posted by: Kerri Michaud | January 28, 2011 at 08:53 PM
Your card is amazing! Great job, fab result!!!
Outi x
Posted by: Outi | January 29, 2011 at 12:33 AM
Cute paper piecing on the image with perfect choice of DP. Very cute card!!
Hugs,
Cabio
Posted by: Cabio | January 29, 2011 at 12:09 PM
Adorable! Without a doubt, I NEED this image!
Posted by: Francine | January 29, 2011 at 09:18 PM
This is AWESOME Carole! My Scottish Grandmother would have been in LOVE with this card :)
Posted by: Jennifer Roach | January 31, 2011 at 07:56 AM