Challenge #3 WINNERS

A huge thank you to everyone who took part in Challenge #3.  Myself and the Starlets had so much fun looking at all your 'no green or red' Christmas Cards!

So, without further ado, here are the winners....

CHALLENGE #3 - TOP PICK

It was a difficult choice, but my Top Pick card for Challenge #3 is by Beth from Inky Fingers Rule.  How could you not ADORE this awesome card...

Congratulations Beth!  Please email Karen for your blinkie code.

CHALLENGE #3 - WINNER

Leaving out those entries who did not use a YNS stamp, and using Random.org, the winner of a YNS Stamp Set is:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

6

Timestamp: 2009-11-19 12:22:26 UTC

which means it's Vivian from glowinshadow23

Congratulations Vivian!  Please email Karen for your Winner's blinkie code and she'll tell you how to claim your YNS Stamp Set prize.

Thanks for playing everyone and hope to see you joining in with Challenge #4.

Hugs, Simonne x

Your Next Stamp Challenge #4: Be Thankful!

Hello all of you YNS fans! It's Stephanie here!

We are halfway through November and I feel like life will never slow down! Not only are the holidays (and the flu) bogging me down but my school has parent/teacher conferences this week (I teach 2nd grade) which means report cards are due AND my husband and I are attempting to move into our new house! Is anyone else feeling this way?

Anyway, with Thanksgiving fast approaching (in the U.S.) and all of the hustle and bustle I decided what better way to celebrate than to remember those we are thankful for! For this week's YNS challenge you need to create a thank you card of some sort! It does not have to be related to Thanksgiving at all! Just take the time to say thank you!

Are you ready for the details? Things are changing this week! Starting today, we have decided to accept any entry whether you choose to use YNS stamps or not! We hope that by doing this, more of you will be able to participate! However, if you do want to use YNS stamps (which we hope you do) then you will double your chances of winning! How does that sound? Also, if you participate in this week's challenge, Karen has generously decided to give all of you a FREE YNS limited edition digital image! For those of you who already have all of the digital images, you will be given a $3 coupon code to use at the store! Now that is what I call motivation!

So what can you win? As always, we have 2 fabulous prizes for you:

1. The challenge hostess (me!) will choose her favourite card, and that winner will get the YNS Challenge Winner blinkie to proudly display on their blog.

2. We will randomly-choose one challenge entry to receive $10 in YNS bucks.

So let's see what the Starlets have come up with for today's "Be Thankful" challenge!

Stephanie

Cabio

Karen
Simonne
Maylee

Kerri
Maureen

Lana

Amy

To enter, follow the challenge, post it on your blog or in your online gallery, and post the direct link to it using the Mr Linky widget below. (Please do not post a general link to your blog or gallery, as this makes it more difficult for us to find your card - thanks!). If Mr Linky is not working, please post your link in the comments section below, and we will add it for you when the widget is back up and working.

Remember, a YNS image is not required but if you do choose to use one, you will be entered into the drawing TWICE.

If you are posting your card to your SplitCoastStampers (SCS) gallery, please use the keyword ynsc4 and then post a direct link to it in Mr Linky below.

Entries for challenge 4 close at midnight (EST) on Tuesday the 1st of December.

Challenge #2 Winners!

Thank you for participating in our Challenge #2 - Shape Cards hosted by the lovely Starlet Lana!
We all love looking at your stunning creations and we hope to have more participants every challenge!

Lana chose De's Sandal Shaped Card as the Top Pick this week! Congrats! Please email me for your blinkie code :)

Our Random winner of a YNS stamp set is

#7 - Nicole

Congrats! Please email me your address along with your top 3 stamp picks from the YNS store and I'll be sure to get that in the mail for you right away!

Hugs

Your Next Stamp Challenge #3: Christmas without red & green!

Hello everyone and welcome to Challenge #3!

Can you believe that we're into November already? Well, you know what that means ... Christmas is only just over 7 weeks away! So with that in mind, I am challenging you to make:

a Christmas card or creation ...
WITHOUT the colours red and green!

There are so many gorgeous non-traditional Christmas papers out there, so I'm sure you won't have any trouble resisting the urge to get out your green and red pens! In fact, over at Your Next Stamp, Karen has a whole host of Christmas crafty stash, including paper, card, buttons, brads, baubles, stamps (of course!), etc. View the complete range by clicking here.

As always, we have 2 fabulous prizes for you to win:

1. The challenge hostess (me!) will choose her favourite card, and that winner will get the YNS Challenge Winner blinkie to proudly display on their blog.

2. We will randomly-choose one challenge entry to receive a YNS stamp set.

Karen has launched some great new limited edition Christmas digi stamps, which you can buy instantly from the YNS store by clicking here, and so the Starlets have used these on their cards and creations for this challenge:

Simonne

Karen

Amy

Cabio

Cathy (guest designer)

Kerri

Lana

Maureen

Maylee

Ryann

Stephanie

To enter, follow the challenge and use a YNS stamp somewhere on your creation, post it on your blog or in your online gallery, and post the direct link to it using the Mr Linky widget below. (Please do not post a general link to your blog or gallery, as this makes it more difficult for us to find your card - thanks!). If Mr Linky is not working, please post your link in the comments section below, and we will add it for you when the widget is back up and working.

If you are posting your card to your SplitCoastStampers (SCS) gallery, please use the keyword ynsc3 and then post a direct link to it in Mr Linky below.

Entries for challenge 3 close at midnight (EST) on Tuesday 17th November.

Myself and the rest of the Starlets look forward to seeing your creations!

Hugs, Simonne x

** Entries to this challenge are now closed. Click here to see entries for this challenge**

Challenge Number One WINNERS!!!!

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Click HERE for Challenge #2

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Ok.... I must apologize!!! I said I would announce the winners on Friday...and it is now 2 days later...I'm SO SORRY LADIES!!! Better late than never right!!!heehee

First off I would like to Thank Everyone who participated!!

and hope you will all participate again for Challenge number two!!

Ok...for our first challenge (ever) We had THREE prizes!!

Prize Number one Winner gets a stamp set of thier choice AND a Winner Blinkie!!!

This was a tough choice !! All the cards are awesome!!!

So Winner number one...you are......

EMMA from My Creative Time!!

Your Card is Awesome!!

Email Karen to get your prize!

Winner number 2&3 Chosen by Random Number Generator....

Commentors # 17 and # 19

Lysa... you win a free stamp!!!

and

Jenny...free shipping on any stamp order!!!!

Lucky Ladies!!!

Email Karen to get your prize!!

Your Next Stamp Challenge Number 2 -Shaped Cards!!!

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Welcome to Challenge Number Two!!

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This weeks challenge is brought to you by ... Lana!!!
Our Challenge is to make a Shaped Card!!!
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We have 1 rule...you must use a YNS image on your entry
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Karen has launched some limited edition DIGI stamps designed by Fhiona for those of you who don't have any YNS stamps yet!

They are available until the end of the month!

So hop on over to the Your Next Stamp Store to get yours now!

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Make sure you pick up the YNS challenge blinkie from our sidebar!!!!

YNS is offering up some great Prizes for Our challenges!!!

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Prize #1
The hostess(Lana) of the challenge will pick her Favourite Card, that winner will get YNS Challenge winner Blinkie!!!
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Prize #2
One Random participant will win a YNS stamp set!

SO LETS SEE WHAT THE STARLETS HAVE COME UP WITH FOR OUR SHAPED CARD CHALLENGE !!!

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Lana

Simonne

Ryann

Amy

Steph
INSIDE OF STEPHS CARD

Maylee

Maureen

Kerri

Cathy

Cabio

Karen

INSIDE OF KARENS CARD

Leave a comment with your blog entry to play along, make sure to link back to us!!!
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If you are posting your card to your splitcoast gallery please use the keyword ynsc2 and leave a comment below
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If you don't have a blog that's not a problem just email your entry to Amy and she'll post it for you!!!
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Challenge Deadline is Tuesday November 3rd at midnight EST
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you play along!!!

YNS FIRST CHALLENGE!!!!!!!!!!

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WELCOME TO THE FIRST EVER
YOUR NEXT STAMP CHALLENGE!!!!!

The YNS Starlets have been preparing for this for some time now!!
We are sooo excited to bring to you the first challenge!
We are going to be hosting challenges every other Wednesday!

This weeks challenge is brought to you by ... ME (Amy) heehee!!!

My challenge is a colour combination!!

PINK & YELLOW!!

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We have 1 rule...you must use a YNS image on your entry

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Karen has launched some limited edition DIGI stamps designed by Fhiona for those of you who don't have any YNS stamps yet! (and how could you not!!??) They are for sale starting today and are available until the end of the month!

So hop on over to the Your Next Stamp Store to get yours now before they are gone...hahahah Just Kiddin' they are digi she will NEVER run out!!! but still...HURRY!

All of the YNS Starlets have used the new digis to create our cards for this first challenge!
You do NOT have to make a Halloween card for this challenge.

Make sure you pick up the YNS challenge blinkie too!

YNS is offering up some great Prizes for Our challenges!!!

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Prize #1

The hostess(me) of the challenge will pick her Favourite Card, that winner will get their choice of a stamp set PLUS a YNS Challenge winner Blinkie!!!

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Prize #2

One Random participant will win a YNS stamp!

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Prize #3

One Random commenter (comment even if you are not participating - but we hope you do!) will win FREE shipping on any stamp order!!

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SO LETS SEE WHAT THE STARLETS HAVE COME UP WITH FOR OUR FIRST CHALLENGE USING PINK & YELLOW!!!

Amy


Karen


Cathy


Cabio


Lana


Kerri


Maureen


Maylee


Ryann



Simonne

Thanks for Stopping by!!

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Leave a comment with your blog entry to play along!!!

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If you are posting your card to your splitcoast gallery please use the keyword ynsc1 and leave a comment below

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If you don't have a blog that's not a problem just email your entry to Karen and she'll post it for you!!!

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Challenge Deadline is Tuesday October 20th at midnight EST

Amy Leggate