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!

June/July Sneak Peek Day 3

Happy HUMP DAY! We're back with our final day of sneak peeks before the stamp release tomorrow. So, let's just jump right in:

Larissa Pittman from Muffins and Lace created two little lunch notes using the Sunshiny Day stamp set. These sure would brighten my day. :)

Raven Baca from Love 4 Stamps shared some pages from her planner that she organized using the Everyday Planner stamp set. Be sure to check out her blog post for some close ups and more information.

That's it! That's all of our sneak peeks. Oh, before I forget, here is today's free file from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons. These Tab Shapes will be available for free today only, then they will be available to purchase from the PPPR store:

Are you excited to see all of the stamp sets tomorrow? Be sure to stop by for our blog hop so you can see some more awesome projects, and find out what all of the new sets are like. We'll see you then!