Pretty Cute Stamps Feature - Watercolour Gnomie Card!

Ohhhh, the stamps included in this Gnomies set by Pretty Cute Stamps are sooo cute! They make me smile every time I see them! I found a scrap of wood grain white cardstock in my stash and thought it would be perfect as the background for this watercolour card. I love the look of top folding cards and rounding the bottom edges just seems to add a fun element. And, in case your wondering, this very pretty paper in the background would be a piece from the Brushed Collection from CTMH!

I used a 'no line' watercolouring technique here - I stamped my images with Antique Linen Distress Ink onto watercolour paper and then used Distress and Tombow Markers to watercolour in the images. Because the Antique Linen is water reactive and a light colour it simply blends into the colour marker I used and you don't see a rigid stamped line!

I stamped the 'clouds' with a speech bubble from the Let's Talk stamp set from Pretty Cute Stamps - another of my favs! Then I used a white gel pen to draw stitching lines around the edge after watercolouring and stamping with a couple adorbable Gnomie sentiments.

Taking a cue from Raven, another one of the talented Pretty Cute Stamps Design Team members who is always doing something incredibly crafty, I used Shrinky Dinks plastic to stamp on the mushroom house and coloured it in with Prismacolor Markers before shrinking it with my heat gun. How cute?!! Wouldn't this make a cute charm for a bracelet?!

Inside, I stamped the speech bubble and added the Hello sentiment using the Let's Talk set. A few sequins adds the finishing touch.

 Gnomies

Let's Talk

 Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you're inspired to do something crafty today :) The Pretty Cute Stamps store is always open and you can see what inspires you to create!

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Pretty Cute Stamps March 2015 Release Blog Hop!

Thanks so much for joining us for the March 2015  Release Blog Hop, where we are all sharing projects featuring the new stamps this month that are now available in the Pretty Cute Stamps Store.

If you came from the Pretty Cute Stamps blog, you are in the right place. If you just stumbled across this post and would like to start from the beginning, please visit the Pretty Cute Stamps Blog. 

For my project for the hop, I've used the Gnomies stamp set to create this sweet little gnome birthday card! I distressed my patterned paper edges and layered on different papers, twine and a button before adding my diecut paper cut with the Spellbinder's Nestabilities die.

I made a little tag with the smallest of the Nestabilities dies and stamped this sweet sentiment. this would be perfect for a housewarming and even Christmas! Hmmm, this cute gnome may turn into a little elf in my next card!

I watercoloured this cute family and their adorable mushroom house using Tombows and Distress Markers on watercolour paper and then layered them using some popdots for dimension.

Along with another Gnomies sentiment I added Happy Birthday from the Wish Big stamp set.

 Gnomies

Blog Candy!! There is a $15 Gift Certificate to the PCS Store available to win! All you need to do is:

1) Follow and comment on each of the blogs. 

2) For extra chances to win you can LIKE Pretty Cute Stamps on Facebook and/or sign up for the Pretty Cute Stamps mailing list. (Leave an extra comment for each on the Pretty Cute Stamps blog as your entry)

A random winner will be chosen on Monday, March 30, 2015.

Be sure to check the Pretty Cute Stamps Store to pick up your favorite sets - the New Releases will be on sale through April 2, 2015, and you can save even more by purchasing the March 2015 Stamp Bundle! You can also pick up the SVG outlines for each of these stamps at the store!!

 March 2015 New Releases & SVG Outlines

There is also a FREEBIE cut file available for today only at the Pretty Cute Stamps blog!

Now, you can head over to the next stop on the hop- Dawn's blog. 

If you get lost along the way, here's the lineup!

Lisa - Pretty Cute Stamps 
Karla - Creative Love Affair 

Dawn - Sunnyside Up

Larissa - Muffins and Lace

Raven - Love 4 Stamps  (Raven has had an unexpected event and might not be joining us so you can skip on to Janna if her post isn't live)
Janna - Stamping With The Dogs

Thanks so much for joining me today! Don't forget to leave your comment for a chance to win :)

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