February Calendar using Planner Stamps and More!

Hi friends! Karla here today. I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful weekend! The sun has been out, the snow is melting, and even though it's still a little chilly, it does feel like spring is coming soon! Today, I wanted to share our family's monthly calendar with you and the way I use the awesome stamps from Pretty Cute Stamps to plan the month.

I picked this planner up at Costco in the fall and really love the large spaces it has for keeping track of our family activities. At the beginning of each month I sit down and fill out everything I know that is scheduled, and then as things pop up I put them on throughout the month. My go to stamps each month are the School Planner and Everyday Planner stamp sets. Then I choose from the other sets I have depending on what is going on. You can see some stamps from the Happy Crafting set on the 3rd and 12th, and stamps from the Be Mine set on the 13th and 14th.

This month I've added a Happy Birthday for my hubby's birthday from the Little Llama set on the 24th. The coffee cup on the 23rd is from the Coffee Faces set (with a heart from Little Llama). On the 8th and 24th I used stamps from the Great Chemistry set as well.

I like to decorate the top of the calendar, and this month I used the Eskimo Kisses set. Love this cute girl and igloo! After stamping I coloured in the girl with coloured pencils, and I stamped the igloo with a Kaleidoscope ink pad, adding shading with my pencils. I love using these variegated ink pads for my planner and calendar stamping - I can choose a particular colour within a pad or stamp the colours together to get a different look.

Here's a look at the cute planner stamps I've used, and you can have a look at all the fun PCS planner stamps here.

 School Planner 

Everyday Planner 

Thanks so much for joining me today! Hope you have a fun and crafty week!

Be Mine

Hi!

Janna here and I have been focusing on getting some Valentine cards made, so

today I have this one to show you using the Be Mine set.

This is a Triple Layer card.  First you stack together the layers that you are going to stamp.  I put a little piece of removable tape between the layers so they won't shift when I'm stamping.  Then stamp your design making sure that you stamp the design over the edges of the layers.  Then you back those layers with your solid cardstock making sure that your stamped design matches up on the layers.  It's a really fun card to make!

I finished the inside off with one more kiss! :)

The inks are Distress Inks in the colors Barn Door, Abandoned Coral and Black Soot.  The sentiment inside was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink.

You can find this fun set in the Pretty Cute Stamps store.

I hope you have a lovely Valentine's Day!

Happy Stamping!

Janna :)

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Always & Forever Valentine Card!

Happy Monday friends! Karla here to share a Valentine card I created using the Be Mine stamp set and my Cricut Explore. I wanted to create an ombré effect on my heart banner and borders, so I layered on two pink Prismacolor Markers and the Colorless Blender pen. I love the extra depth this gives the diecuts! Since these are clear stamps I was able to easy bend the Always and Forever to fit my diecut banner. I simply placed it on my clear acrylic block in a semi circle and it stayed in place perfectly! The two tiny hearts are from the set as well.

I created a subtle background on my white cardstock using stamps from the same set in a light pink ink. This set has so many awesome sentiments and images that are not just for Valentines! I absolutely love the lips!! 

Inside, I stamped a sentiment along with another kiss.

Here's a look at this lovely stamp set:

Be Mine 

Thanks so much can for joining me today! I'd love to know if you're working on Valentines right now!

Hi Valentine!

Hi Everyone!

Are you in the Valentine making mood yet?  I think Valentine cards are

so fun to make and this one was no exception!  I used the fun Doggone It! set and accessorized using the Be Mine set.  You can find both of these cute sets in the Pretty Cute Stamps store.

I decided to go unconventional and color this cute little fella up in Valentine red using Spectrum Noir markers.  Just for fun I added on glasses :)  The greeting is stamped and heat embossed onto a die-cut slide and attached with sparkly ribbon.  Puffy hearts were just the right touch to finish it off.

Inside I used the same die-cut slide for the sentiment and stamped a few hearts.

Thank you for visiting and Happy Stamping!

Janna

www.stampingwiththedogs.blogspot.com

     

I only have EYES for you!

Hello friends. Larissa here today with a Valentine card for you.
I used two stamp sets for this card. I used Be Mine and Jawsome.

I started off stamping the shark image from Jawsome on a piece of white cardstock and colored it with my Copic markers.
I used: C1, C3, C5.
I then stamped the glasses from Be Mine over her eyes.

I stamped the envelope image and colored it using Copic markers R24, R35, R46. I used my Exacto knife and cut a slit in the shark to be able to slide the envelope right in.
I went around the glasses with my Spica glitter pen. It is hard to see of course in the picture. 

I used a few sheets of glitter paper and added a piece of glitter ribbon in a bow across the bottom of the card. To finish it off I added a few black sequins.

I hope you enjoyed my post today. Have a wonderful day friends. 

Shake, Shake, Shake!!!

I have such a fun card for you today!  First off I have to give credit for this card idea to galecrafts of You Tube, thank you Gale!

This is a double shaker card, and so much fun to make!

You simply make a pocket with a piece of cardstock and the same size of a piece of vellum, putting the pieces together with washi tape.  Before you seal up the 4th side, you put in your sequins and then attach that layer to your card.  I made the top shaker piece using a tag die from Pretty Pink Posh.  First I stamped up the background with the "x's" & "o's" stamp from the Pretty Cute Stamps Be Mine set, heat embossed in gold, colored the hearts red and sparkled them up with Wink of Stella clear, then I added red and gold sequins and finished up the shaker.  I stamped the kissy lips from the same set and heat embossed with clear to make them shiny, and attached to the tag shaker.

This shaker card makes such a pleasant sound when you shake it, I just love it!  Thanks again Gale for such a fun card idea!

I hope I have inspired you to try making a double shaker card.  The Be Mine set is shown below, there are so many fun images and sentiments in this great set!

Happy Stamping :)

Janna

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My heart bubbles....

Good morning friends. Larissa here with a Valentine card using the set Mad Scientist.

I think this is one of the cutest stamps. I started by stamping the little scientist on a piece of 110 lb
white cardstock and colored him with my Copic Markers. I cut a circle out of white cardstock and adhered the scientist to it. I added the little heart stamp and the cute little blob at the bottom. The sentiment is from the same set. 

I finished off the front of the card with some pattern paper and black and white twine. 

For the inside of the card I stamped the scientist in the lower corner. 

I added a sentiment from the Be Mine set.

I hope you enjoyed my post today.
Be watching for more post from our amazing Design Team.

Have a wonderful day.

Be Mine Mini Valentines!

Hi my Pretty Cute Stamp friends! Karla here today, and I have a fantastic new stamp set to show you today from the January release at Pretty Cute Stamps!! Of course with Valentines Day approaching I wanted to create some cute Valentines Cards to send out. I used the Be Mine set with so many wonderful sentiments and images!

I started out by embossing the stamped images on watercolour paper with white embossing powder, and then I used Distress Markers to watercolour around the images, softening the edges with extra water on my paintbrush.

I layered the watercolour paper on top of a strip of pink paper and rounded two corners of my mini cards.

Here's a close up of each card front and the inside sentiment I paired with them.

Of course, I had to make my daughter some lunch box notes! She said her favourite was the glasses which I added a heart stamp inside and Glossy Accents to! On the back I stamped the coordinating sentiments that I used above.

Thank you so much for joining me today!! Be sure to pop over to the Pretty Cute Stamps store to check out your favourite stamp sets! Have a lovely, crafty week ;)

Sneak Peek Day 4 ~ Be Mine



Janna here and I thought I would shake things up a bit with this fun shaker card featuring the brand new stamps from the Be Mine set.

You will be able to see all of the stamps in this set on Wednesday along with

all of the other great sets in the January release, they will all be on sale too!

 

 

I stamped out a scattered heart background using the cute little solid heart stamp.

 

The glasses were stamped and heat embossed and then I added some liquid glass to the lenses.

There are red sequins, silver heart confetti and wiggly eyes to shake up!

 

Stamped the sentiment, added a few more little hearts and my card is finished!

Please join us for Pretty Cute Stamps January Release Blog Hop on Wednesday, it's going to

be a fun one!!

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Stamping :)

 

Janna