Snowmies Watercolor Card!

Hi there crafty friends! I hope you've all had a wonderful winter break. Karla here today to share a cute snowman card with you. It has finally warmed up here a bit, but we still have snow on the ground and there are a few snowman to be seen around the neighborhood. I must say that my favourite snowman are these cute watercoloured ones that I can create in my jammies! 

I stamped the snowman and snowgirl from the Snowmies stamp set on watercolour paper and used Distress and Tombow Markers to watercolour in my images. I've been loving purple lately and decided to pull some pinks and purples from the Pink Paislee background paper for a pretty winter feeling. I used the snowy background stamp included in the set to add white heat embossed snow as a resist in the background before adding some blue watercolour.

I used some snowflake and heart stamps from the Little Llama set - there are two sizes of snowflakes in this set and I used Distress Inks to add them to my wintery scene. I added a sentiment stamp from the Snowmies set right below my snowmen and used my Cricut Explore to diecut some cool snowflakes to add to the front.

Inside, I added the outside cut to the negative snowflake I put on the front, some matching paper and a couple more snowflake stamps.

I love the fun, wintery look of this card. A few pretty sequins add some shiny glimmer as a finishing touch!

Here's a peek at the cute stamp sets I used above:

 Snowmies 

Little Llama 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a wonderful, crafty week ahead!

Hello, Fall!

Hello everyone! It's Amber here, today I'm sharing this fun Fall themed card featuring Pretty Cute Stamps Harvest Happiness Stamp Set. I paired the adorable girly scarecrow from the set with some colorful cardstock, patterned paper, and embellishments. You can check out all the fun images included in the set I'm using today below.

I started by folding an 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of yellow cardstock in half to create a 5 1/2" by 4 1/4" card base. After my card base was folded I added a small strip of patterned paper towards the bottom half of my card base, notching one end to create a banner. For the main part of my card I die cut a piece of white cardstock with a  pierced rectangle die, stamped my girly scarecrow and sentiment, and colored my image with some Spectrum Noir Markers. I wanted to draw your eye around the card so I created a visual triangle by adding a mini brown clothespin with some tied twine around it towards the bottom left of my panel and added a small heart shaped embellishment toward the upper right side of my panel. The visual triangle starts from the heart shaped embellishment then moves down to the clothespin, over to the "Happy, Fall" sentiment, and back up to the heart shaped embellishment. Once my panel was complete I added some foam adhesive to the back and adhered it to my card base.

I hope you enjoyed my card today! Thanks for visiting!

Supplies: Cardstock-White & Yellow/ Patterned Paper- Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Collection / Pretty Cute Stamps Clear Stamp Set- Harvest Happiness / Memento Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black / Spectrum Noir Markers / Double Pierced Rectangles Elle-Ments Die- Avery Elle /Glitter Heart Embellishemnt- Pink Paislee Cedar Lane Collection / Twine / Canvas Corp Mini Clothespin- Brown

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!

Sunshine and Raindrops Card!

Karla here today to share a rainy day card - since we've had soooo much rain over the past week that I feel like we are swimming! I'm crossing my fingers the sun will come out this week ;)

I stamped and paper pieced the cute rubber boots, puddle and sunshine from the Pretty Cute Stamps Rain or Shine  stamp set, layering them on top of my diecut raindrop background. I stamped the sentiment, from the same stamp set, directly onto my background.

I stamped the Rainbow stamp on white cardstock and coloured it in with coloured pencils before layering this adorable little Froggy Umbrella diecut from Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons and a cute little diecut rain cloud. I used some Cosmo Cricket paper that I had in my stash for all the paper piecing and diecuts so everything would be coordinated - and I could feel like I was using up some older papers!

Inside, I stamped a sentiment from the Rainbow stamp set, using a Hero Arts Ombre Ink pad, and paper pieced an umbrella from the Rain or Shine stamp set.

Here's a look at the super cute stamp sets I used:

Rain or Shine 

Rainbow 

I had so much fun creating this bright card!

Thanks so much for joining me today! Don't forget to stop by the Pretty Cute Stamps store to see all the amazing stamp designs available there, as well as this month's challenge where you can enter your own project for the By The Sea challenge!

Yappy Birthday!

Happy Monday crafty friends! I hope you had a lovely weekend :) Karla here today to share a puppy dog birthday card using the Fur Baby stamp set and some cute Cricut diecuts. I used various scraps of cardstock and patterned paper for each cut. I love using scraps from my 6x6 paper pads with my Cricut!

I heat embossed a cute sentiment on the little wagon and added a sweet little paw print stamp with Distress Ink. I love that these paw print stamps come in various sizes!

I used a bit of red Distress Ink to sponge around the edge of my heart paw print and added a background of ombre paper underneath before popping it up with foam dots.

Inside, I added two more sentiments and a couple more paw prints from the Fur Baby set. This set has so many amazing sentiments, for so many occasions, whether you're a cat or dog person! I used the negative cuts from the heart paw print inside as well. 

Here's a look at this adorable stamp set!

 Fur Baby 

Thanks so much for joining me today! Don't forget about our current challenge - Just For Him, with a chance to win a PCS Gift Certificate, and, of course, have a happy, crafty week! 

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!

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!!