Two Baby Cards and a Video!

Happy Monday friends! Karla here today with two baby cards and a video on my new YouTube Channel,to go along with them! I haven't had any baby cards to make for a long time, and I needed two recently. My hairdresser is having a baby boy, and my youngest sister is having a baby girl - yay!! Such exciting times, and I had some great ideas for combining digital and clear stamps to create these cute cards that I wanted to try out.

 I first used the Special Delivery sentiment from the Pen Pals stamp set inside word bubbles from the Let's Talk stamp set and stamped on watercolour paper. I used my Tim Holtz Distress Crayons to watercolour my bubbles by scribbling on my craft sheet and then using a paintbrush to dab on the colour mixed with a bit of water. For the boy card I used blue and green, and then for the girl card I used a red and pink crayon.

I coloured the adorable gator from the Birthday Gator digital stamp set with Prismacolour and Hobby Colour markers, both alcohol based and layered him over some of the awesome papers from the Shimelle StarShine Collection.

I found this sweet little soother button in my stash and added it to my tag along with some shiny metallic thread. A bit of Distress Ink around the edges adds some colour.

I used a Spellbinders die to cut the star shaped diecut background and added some pretty sequins.

For my second baby card I used the super sweet elephant from the Birthday Elephant digital stamp set and coloured her pink and then used some white gel pen to add some pretty details.

I used some more of those cute buttons and layered them on some twisted metallic thread in blue and red to match my card. I love the colours in this StarShine collection!

There are so many cards I could use this elephant on - and she'd look good in any colour!

Here's a look at all the awesome sets I've used:

Birthday Elephant

Birthday Gator 

Let's Talk

Pen Pals

You can check out the video I created to show you how I made these cards here! 

Thank you so much for stopping by! Don't forget to check out this month's New Releases from Pretty Cute Stamps and the current challenge using Polka Dots!! Have a very happy, very crafty week!

Later Skype/Facetime...

Let someone know you want to talk...

the old fashion way...

with a letter!

Turn off your electronics and turn on your attention!

Stamps:  Snack Time by Pretty Cute Stamps

Everyone LOVES to receive mail.

Send some and see what happens!

Stamps:  Let's Talk by Pretty Cute Stamps

These word bubbles are such fun!

What image will you bring to life with a clever/funny/sweet sentiment

and a word bubble?

Okay, it is time for some hot buttered popcorn...and then I'll pop these pretties into the mail to my nieces and nephews!  Get a snack and come enjoy my blog, Sunnyside Up.

May 2015 Stamp Release Blog Hop

Oh, my goodness!!!! I am so excited to show you this month's stamps! Welcome to the Pretty Cute Stamps May 2015 Release Blog Hop. YAY! My amazing Design Team and I have some super cute projects to show you today that we created using the very newest PCS stamps.

But first, I want to show you all of the new stamps you can purchase now in the Pretty Cute Stamps Store. Oh, and, most importantly...all of the new items (even the bundle) are ON SALE until 11:59 EST on Thursday, June 4, 2015. Woo HOO! Anyway...here they are. You can find all of these new items in the PCS store HERE.

May 2015 Stamp Release Bundle

Currently 4x6" Stamp Set

Fireworks 4x6" Stamp Set

Pen Pals 4x6" Stamp Set

Super Sentiments 4x6" Stamp Set

Superheroes 4x6" Stamp Set 

Tea-rrific 4x4" Stamp Set

The SVG Outlines for the images on each of these new sets are also now available in the store. So, if you're not one who likes fussy-cutting around images and has access to an electronic cutting machine that can use SVG files, these could be a great resource for you. The stamp images are not included with these files...you need the stamp sets for those. Oh, and these SVG Outlines are also ON SALE until Thursday night, too!

Okay, here's my project using the Superheroes Stamp Set. Earlier in the week, I showed you a little treat box I created for my daughter's teacher (who has had a superhero theme in her classroom all year). Well, I needed a card to go along with that treat box so I could write her a proper thank you. :)

I colored this sweet flying girl with my Copic markers. The City Skyline is a cutting file from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons that I printed and cut with my Silhouette Cameo. I stamped the SUPER sentiment on a speech bubble from the Let's Talk Stamp Set. I popped up the little super girl and the speech bubble with some foam tape, and my card was all done!

Okay, now how about a PRIZE????

One lucky hopper will win a $15 Gift Certificate to the Pretty Cute Stamps Store!  Here's what you need to do for a chance to win this Gift Certificate:

1.  Be a follower of EVERY BLOG in our little hop.  There are just 6 of us, so that shouldn't be too hard.  You won't be sorry...I'm super lucky to have such talented ladies on my Design Team.

AND

2.  Leave a comment at EACH blog along the hop.  Be sure to let us know you are a follower and leave us a way to get in contact with you if you win.

That's all you have to do.  If you would like EXTRA entries, you can also do one or more of the following:

3.  Like the Pretty Cute Stamps Facebook Page.  Leave me a separate comment on this blog telling me you did. (The separate comment is your extra entry.)

4.  Sign up for the Pretty Cute Stamps Mailing List and leave a comment on this blog telling me you did.  You'll get occasional emails telling you about new releases, sales, coupon codes, and events. (The separate comment is your extra entry.)

I will randomly choose a winner of the hop candy on Tuesday, June 2, 2015.

Oh, oh, oh...and I can't forget to give you your free Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons cutting file for today. This Super Cat will be available for FREE today only, then it will be available for purchase in the PPPR store. You can download this file by clicking on the photo below:

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Your next stop on the hop is Karla.

Here's the lineup of the whole hop, just in case you get lost along the way:

Lisa: http://prettycutestampsblog.blogspot.com/
Karla: http://creative-love-affair.blogspot.ca/
Larissa: http://muffinsandlace.com/
Raven: http://www.love4stamps.blogspot.com
Janna: http://www.stampingwiththedogs.blogspot.com/
Dawn: http://www.dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/

Watercolour Technique Gnomie Card!

Ohhhh, the stamps included in this Gnomies set by Pretty Cute Stamps are sooo cute! They make me smile every time I see them! I found a scrap of wood grain white cardstock in my stash and thought it would be perfect as the background for this watercolour card. I love the look of top folding cards and rounding the bottom edges just seems to add a fun element.

I used a 'no line' watercolouring technique here - I stamped my images with Antique Linen Distress Ink onto watercolour paper and then used Distress and Tombow Markers to watercolour in the images. Because the Antique Linen is water reactive and a light colour it simply blends into the colour marker I used and you don't see a rigid stamped line!

I stamped the 'clouds' with a speech bubble from the Let's Talk stamp set from Pretty Cute Stamps - another of my favs! Then I used a white gel pen to draw stitching lines around the edge after watercolouring and stamping with a couple adorbable Gnomie sentiments.

Taking a cue from Raven, another one of the talented Pretty Cute Stamps Design Team members who is always doing something incredibly crafty, I used Shrinky Dinks plastic to stamp on the mushroom house and coloured it in with Prismacolor Markers before shrinking it with my heat gun. How cute?!! Wouldn't this make a cute charm for a bracelet?!

Inside, I stamped the speech bubble and added the Hello sentiment using the Let's Talk set. A few sequins adds the finishing touch.

 Gnomies

Let's Talk

 Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you're inspired to do something crafty today :) The Pretty Cute Stamps store is always open and you can see what inspires you to create!

Poppin' By To Say.... Hello!

Karla here today and I simply had to share this darling card with you today! I just realized I really haven't pulled out this Pretty Cute Stamp set -Snack Time enough! It is so darling with the adorbs popcorn, pop and pizza. I'm totally planning a scrapbook pocket page with this popcorn and some movie tickets.... But that's for next time ;)

 I paper pieced the popcorn container and added some Souffle gel pens to colour in the face and then added some shading with a Prismacolor Marker. I added a little Shimmer Spritz gold spray flicked onto the background around my popcorn - 'cause who doesn't like a little extra butter?!

I 'popped' my popcorn off the page with foam dots and added extra popcorn pieces around the page! I just love the two extra sizes of kernels in the stamp set.

This sentiment could lead into so many others - Happy Birthday, HI, Happy Father's Day.... hmmm!

Inside, I used the Pretty Cute Stamps set Let's Talk for the speech bubble and the Hello - I think everyone needs a 'Hello' script stamp - and this set goes so well with all the PCS sets!!

Here are the stamp sets I used -

Snack Time

Let's Talk

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you'll 'pop' over to the Pretty Cute Stamps store to check out all the amazing stamps available - and have an awesome week!!

December Release Sneak Peek Day 2

Yay!!! It's time for more fun sneak peeks! Here are some sweet little projects using Pretty Cute Stamps stamp sets that will be available for purchase starting tomorrow, December 17, 2014.

Larissa Pittman from Muffins and Lace created this adorable little card using the new Otterly Amazing stamp set:

Karla Yungwirth from Creative Love Affair created this colorful birthday card using the new Let's Talk stamp set:

 
Here's the inside of the card:

Karla also created a cute little sneak peek of the Sip Enjoy Relax stamp set. This 2x3 inch little set will be included for FREE with any 2 stamp set minimum purchase during the New Release sale (December 17-19). Then, it will be available for purchase in the store:

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Be sure to come back tomorrow for our December 2014 Stamp Release Blog Hop. We'll be showing you more fun projects using this month's new stamps, and the stamps will be ON SALE in the Pretty Cute Stamps Store. We hope you'll stop by! :)