Happy Easter Cuties Cards!

I hope everyone enjoyed a very lovely Easter! Karla here today, and our family is having Easter dinner today, so I thought I'd share these cute cards I made for my daughter's preschool teachers using the adorable Easter Cuties stamps from Pretty Cute Stamps!

I used some pretty spring papers as my background and layers and then stamped my images on white cardstock circles before colouring with alcohol based markers. I masked some of my images and fussy cut around the parts that extended outside the circle. I just hand drew in a line for the grass and added a bit of marker shading. The little paintbrush is from the School Planner stamp set, which was just the perfect size for these cuties! I always love finding new ways to combine elements of the stamp sets that I have. There are a few more small icons in these planner sets that would also be perfect accents!

Here I used the mix and match sentiments in the Easter Cuties set to decorate the insides and envelopes of my cards. My daughter was very excited to give these to her teachers!

I hope you are enjoying your Easter Monday! Be sure to check out our current challenge, Anything But A Card! Have an awesome week :)

Happy Spring!!

It's funny how a holiday or special event seems so far away and then all of a sudden you realize you need a bunch of cards in just a few days! Karla here today and I thought I'd get a cute Easter card done and mailed off just in time using the Easter Cuties stamp set from Pretty Cute Stamps and the diecut Easter Basket from Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons!

I used some spring coloured papers on my background and for diecutting with my Cricut Explore, and then added some Stickles and a fuzzy ribbon to the basket.

I watercoloured the little Easter animals with Tombow and Distress markers and tucked the bunny and duck into the basket.

Inside, I used the sentiments from the Easter Cuties set and the lovely Easter eggs that are included.

Easter Cuties

Easter Basket cut

Well, I'm off to mail my pretty card to a loved one! I hope you enjoy your week and get some Easter crafting in. Don't forget to check out all the blog posts on the Pretty Cute Stamps blog over the last week so you can see all the new releases from the March 2015 release!! They are on sale until April 2nd at the Pretty Cute Stamps store - so head on over and pick your fav's!!

Hippity Hoppity!

There is still time to get your bunny tails fluffed and ears perked up...

with Pretty Cute Stamps: Easter Cuties set!

Each set has so many adorable sentiments.  

Use them with your die cuts and electronic cutting machines!

Here I paired it with a sweet Easter basket and egg shaped bling.

Now that my kids are teens the Easter Bunny hides eggs in really trick spots.

In fact, last year they were still finding plastic, candy filled eggs for months!

I'm really excited to watch them search this year...

knowing that they will never find all of them!! heheh

Well, hop on over to my blog to see more ideas using

the lovely stamps from Pretty Cute Stamps.

Quacktastic Notebook!

Earlier this year, I spent time with my extended family at a funeral. 

To entertain the younger ones, I pulled out a decorated notebook from my purse for them to write in.

It was a hand made one from a friend.

But...after seeing how cute a notebook could be,

my neices needed one for themselves!

So, I have been making them per their request.  

I was told that the youngest who just turned two would love a duck and the colors purple and grey.

That is some sophisticated 2 year old! haha

I was so glad to see that Pretty Cute Stamps came out with a duck image during the most recent release.  Perfect timing for me!

Here I used Easter Cuties, 

which is on sale through March 5th along with the other newly released sets.

Bundle them up and take them home in your crafty Easter basket today.

(The last notebook I need to make is for a 3 year old

who likes fans, washing machines, and vaccums!

Wish me lots of luck!!)

Thanks so much for waddling over to the Pretty Cute Stamps blog today.

Hop on over to my blog, Sunnyside Up sometime soon!

Somebunny Wishes You

Good morning friends. Larissa here with you today. Hope everyone is warm wherever you are. The sun has been shining here the last couple of days which has put me in the mood for Spring.
Of course when you think of Spring you think of Easter, baby chicks, baby bunnies, and pretty flowers. 

Today I am using our new set 

Easter Cuties. 

So many possibilities with this set.

I stamped the bunny and one of the chicks onto a piece of 110 lb white cardstock and colored them with my Copic markers.
Then I fuzzy cut them out with a pair of detail scissors.



I added some grass and clouds to my card then popped the bunny and chick in front of the grass using foam adhesive tape.
I added a few Easter eggs here and there.
The sentiment is from the same set.
To finish off the front of the card I added a little twine bow and some sequins.

For the inside of the card I kept it simple. I stamped the bunny in the lower right corner of the card in a pastel pink ink and added another sentiment from the set.

The bunny is light enough if you needed to write over it you could.

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

Pretty Cute Stamps February 2015 Stamp Release Hop

Happy Release Day, everyone, and welcome to the Pretty Cute Stamps February 2015 Release Blog Hop. Woo HOO! My fantastic 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) and the featured stamp set are ON SALE until 11:59 EST on Tuesday, February 24, 2015. YAY! Anyway...here they are. You can find all of these new items in the PCS store HERE.

Oh, and in case you missed the announcement on Monday, all of these stamps and all new releases from now on will be CLEAR photopolymer (not peach-tinted). My former stamp manufacturer is unfortunately ceasing stamp manufacturing, but I'm happy to say that I found another high quality photopolymer stamp manufacturer here in the USA. I just wanted to let you know about this change so you wouldn't be surprised by the different appearance of the stamps. :)

 February 2015 Stamp Release Bundle

 Easter Cuties 4x6" Stamp Set

 Got Sushi? 4x6" Stamp Set

 Sushi Sentiments 4x6" Stamp Set

 Lucky 4x4" Stamp Set

Hoppy Easter 3x4" FEATURED Stamp Set (not included in the February Bundle)

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 Tuesday night, too!

Okay, here's my project that uses the Easter Cuties stamp set:

I used the sweet bunny and sentiment from the Easter Cuties stamp set, but I added some glasses (from the Milk and Cookies stamp set) and a bow tie (from the Chick with Brains stamp set). I love how cute he is in those big ol' glasses! The card base is from the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Mother's Day Cards Cutting Files.

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 Friday, February 20, 2015.

Oh, oh, oh...and I can't forget to give you your free Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons cutting file for today. This file will be available for FREE today only, then it will be available for purchase in the PPPR store. You can download these cuties HERE.

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/
Dawn: http://www.dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/
Janna: http://www.stampingwiththedogs.blogspot.com/

February Sneak Peek Day 2

Hey, everyone! We're back with our second (and last) day of sneak peeks for you. The February Pretty Cute Stamps will be available to buy tomorrow! YAY!!! Today, we are sharing two more stamp sets that will be released this month plus a stamp that is being featured this month (it has already been released).  I love all of these stamps because they are spring holiday themed, and I just can't WAIT for spring to be here!!!

First, I have a little sneak peek of the Lucky stamp set that will be available tomorrow. Larissa Pittman from Muffins and Lace created this sweet little St. Patrick's Day card using the set. I love the layering she created! Be sure to stop by her blog to read all of the details about her project.

Next, Karla Yungwirth from Creative Love Affair has this sweet sneak peek of the new Easter Cuties stamp set. I love the backgrounds she created for this card and these tags. So pretty! Check out Karla's blog to read all about her project.

Finally, Dawn Mercedes from Sunnyside Up has a project using the stamp set that is being featured this month (and will be on sale along with the new releases this week)...Hoppy Easter. I love that Dawn created a tent card...so fun! Stop by Dawn's blog for all of the details.

Okay, that's all of our sneak peeks for this month! Oh, and before I forget...here's your free Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons cutting file for today. This little Lucky Ladybug would go perfectly with the Lucky stamp set. This file will be free for today only, so click HERE to go download it.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Tomorrow, I'll show you all of the stamp sets, and we'll share some more fun projects. We hop to see you there!