Winter/Holiday Coffee Lover's Blog Hop

TGIF, everyone! Welcome to the Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!  My name is Lisa Norris, and I'm the owner/designer of Pretty Cute Stamps!

I'm so excited to have the opportunity to be a Super Sponsor of the hop...plus, I get to share some fun holiday and coffee themed projects I created using Pretty Cute Stamps!  Before I get to my projects, though, let me tell you that this hop is HUGE and there are some AMAZING prizes up for grabs. Be sure to check out the beginning of the hop HERE to find out about all of the sponsors and prizes and find out how to be eligible to win (one Super Sponsor Prize will be a $25 Gift Certificate to PCS, and a Flash Prize is also a $25 Gift Certificate to PCS, by the way). Oh, and the best thing about this hop is that YOU can participate by creating a holiday/winter themed project that features coffee/hot cocoa, or tea! How cool is that? So, stop by the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog to find out all about that. Okay...now for my projects:

First, I created this silly little card using the new Pretty Cute Stamps Coffee Faces Stamp Set along with the PCS Gingerbread Kisses Stamp Set. I know I turn into a big ol' Scrooge when I realize I'm all out of coffee! ;)  I colored this sweet little cup with my Copic markers and added a grouchy face from the Coffee Faces set.

I also created this clean and simple card using the hot cocoa mug from the PCS Sip Enjoy Relax Stamp Set, which I colored using my Copics and then added a face I got from the PCS Coffee Faces set. The sentiment is from the PCS Warm Winter Wishes Stamp Set, and I also added some snowflakes from that same set, which I stamped using VersaMark Watermark ink.

Finally, I created this flat postcard-y type card using the Santa from the PCS Dear Santa Stamp Set, along with a little coffee mug and face from the Coffee Faces set. To create the sentiment, I combined sentiments from the PCS Gingerbread Kisses, Coffee Sentiments, and Oh Christmas Tree stamp sets. I added some bling to the background, and my card was all done!

Here are the items I used for my projects today (click on the photos to find them in the store):

   

   

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Be sure to go back to the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog (the beginning of the hop) to check out the other stops.

Oh What Fun

Hello friends. Larissa here today with a Chritmas card Oh What Fun.

I have already begun making my Christmas cards. I think you can never start to early. So today I turned on my Christmas music and pulled out this fun Christmas stamp "Dear Santa".

I stamped the Santa 3 times on a piece of white card stock coloring him with my Copic markers. I then cut each one out.

I attached them where they looked like they all had there hands around the others back. To look like they were dancing in a line. 

I then found some cute background paper that was not to busy and added it all to the card front. I added some lights to the top and the fun little sentiment is actually from the Christmas Cheer set. 

I hope you enjoyed my card today. Don't forget to check back at the end of the week and join us for our November sneak peeks and blog hop for the New Release. You are going to love this small release.
Have a wonderful day friends. 

Larissa

Merry Christmas, from Santa!

TGIF, everyone! I have a fun little Christmas card to show you today.

This sweet little Santa and the sentiment are from the Dear Santa stamp set. I colored him with my Copic markers and added some details with my white Gelly Roll pen. I stamped the holly from the same stamp set on the kraft card base using VersaMark ink to create a watermarked background.

I got the fun sunburst background paper from my Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons (PPPR) Christmas Brights Peppermint Gingham Digital Paper Pack. The polaroid frame is from the PPPR Photo Frames 1 Cutting Files set, which I cut out using my Silhouette Cameo. I added some pretty pepermint-y twine and some red buttons, and my card was all done. I'm lovin' how it turned out!

By the way, I would love to feature your project here on the PCS blog. You can share your Pretty Cute Stamps projects on the Pretty Cute Stamps Facebook Page or in the Pretty Cute Projects Facebook Group. Also, if you are part of the Splitcoaststampers Community, you can add the keyword PrettyCuteStamps (no spaces) to your Pretty Cute Stamp project photos. That way, your beautiful project will show up in our company gallery there. I'll be looking for projects that are shared with us to post here on our blog. I'm hoping to post a PCS Customer Feature at least every other Friday, so please show us your beautiful Pretty Cute Stamps projects. If you don't share with us, I can't share your projects here. So share, share away! :)

Oh, and one last thing...Sign up for the Pretty Cute Stamps Mailing List so you'll be the first to hear about new items, events, specials, limited-time offers, contests, and more. CLICK HERE to go to the sign up form.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! We'll be back next week with more Pretty Cute Stamps inspiration. Oh, and sneak peeks for our November release start NEXT FRIDAY!!! Woo HOO!!! Can't wait! Have a great weekend, everyone!

PCS October 2014 Stamp Release Hop

Happy Hump Day, everyone, and welcome to the Pretty Cute Stamps October 2014 Release Blog Hop. Woo HOO! 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 stamps (even the bundle) are ON SALE until 11:59 EST on Tuesday, October 28. YAY! Anyway...here they are. You can click on each of the photos to see these in the PCS Store:

October 2014 Stamp Release Bundle

Christmas Cheer 4x6" Stamp Set

Dear Santa 4x6" Stamp Set

 Oh, Christmas Tree 4x6" Stamp Set

Turkey Time 4x4" Stamp Set

Any Better Than This 3x4" Stamp Set (3 separate stamps)

Celebrate Today 3x4" Stamp Set (7 separate stamps)

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. I also added outlines for the June stamp sets. I'll be working on getting SVG Outlines in the store for the last bit of the previously released sets as soon as I can.  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 Tuesday night, too!

Okay, now here is my project I created that features the two 3x4" sets. These sets are sized perfectly for use on traditional or pocket scrapbooking pages, but I wanted to show you that they also work well on a card. Here's my project:

The fun lined border on this card is from the Any Better Than This stamp set. I just stamped it right on an extra Project Life card I had...and I think it goes perfectly with this polka-dotted paper I had in my stash. I got the sentiment from the Celebrate Today stamp set...perfect for a birthday card. Those sweet little gifts are also from new stamp sets....Dear Santa and Christmas Cheer. 

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 5 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 Friday, October 24 2014.

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

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

Lisa: http://prettycutestampsblog.blogspot.com/
Kendra: http://www.inkinitupwithkendra.blogspot.com/
Raven: http://www.love4stamps.blogspot.com/
Dawn: http://www.dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/
Karla: http://creative-love-affair.blogspot.ca/

Dear Santa,

Dearest Santa,

All I want for Christmas is...

Ink

Paper

&

Pretty Cute Stamps

Pretty Please & Thank you!

Right? Wouldn't that just be a perfect list? And if you haven't written it yet be sure to pick up a few sets of Pretty Cute Stamps for stocking stuffers, for yourself (of course) and a few as gifts. 

The design team has created some really fun projects using the uber adorable October Release. Please be sure to visit us often as we will be showcasing new stamps all week up until the blog hop. 

Without further ado, my project...

I used a really cute set that I had to create a folder and placed "project life" style cards inside. This will be gifted in a December daily kit. I can't share the rest of that kit with you just yet but hang on to your britches its coming soon. 

 The inside. 

 A close up of the cutie pie Santa. Isn't he adorable?!?!?! Love him!

 3 Christmas lists

And two extra filler cards. 

Thank you all so much for stopping by! Be sure to come on back tomorrow as another awesome project will be posted for your viewing pleasure!

Hugs and Creative Blessings,

Raven