Scrap 'N Stamp - Side Order Blog Hop!

Hi friends! I'm really excited to be part of another awesome blog hop with the Scrap 'N Stamp team, and this month we are featuring the fantastic Tim Holtz Side Orders!! If you've come from Amber's Blog you're in the right place. If you want to start at the beginning, head over to see Tara at the Scrap 'N Stamp Blog. Wait till you see the amazing projects everyone creates with these cool Side Order sets...

Today I'm using the Side Order of Love set to create a beautiful summery wedding card! These are adorable little sets that come with some mini dies and a coordinating embossing folder. You can use them in the Tim Holtz Side Kick or in your regular diecutting/embossing machine.  I used my Cuttlebug for my project, but I'm really tempted to get that adorable Side Kick ;) Scroll down to see close up photos and a link to my Process Video below where I have a tutorial to create this Double Z Fold Card.

This wedding image from the Tim Holtz Paper Dolls pack was just right to add to the front of this card! I coloured in the flowers to make them pop.

The Emerald Creek Northern Lights embossing powder created a cool resist on the tag that I embossed with the mini heart embossing folder included in the set. I added some Tattered Angels mists to the background and then layered on the adorable envelopes cut from the dies. I used the Love die to cut the sentiment a few times and stacked them to create a chipboard-look.

 I used a pretty Kaisercraft paper pad to cover the folds - I love the soft colours! Here you can see what it looks like when it's opened up.

I have a spot to write a message and even added a little envelope on a paper clip, which would also be perfect for a planner! Aren't those Tim Holtz Small Talk stickers sweet!!

Inside I stamped a greeting from Your Next Stamp. I love the little heart candy box! And don't forget you can use the heart and bow separate - so many possibilities.

I finished off with a few SpiegelMom Scraps sequins and really love how this card turned out! You can see that this Side Order of Love is not just for Valentines, but has so many uses. I never get tired of using hearts on my projects 💜

Here's the link to the Process Video where you can find my tutorial to create this Double Z Fold Card - 

BLOG CANDY!!

Scrap'n Stamp is giving away 3 Side Order Sets! So make sure to take a moment to comment on all the designers' fabulous work before April 2nd. Winners will be announced April 4th and must email Scrap'n Stamp to claim their prize! GOOD LUCK! This prize is open internationally.

Here's the Blog Hop line up:

Tara Nixon Cox @ The Scrap 'N Stamp blog
Amber Trubiak
Karla Yungwirth - You are here!
Nancy Frustaci
Julia Chupik
Karen Warner

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to head over to Nancy's Blog next to see her beautiful project - and you can check out the Tim Holtz Side Orders at the Scrap 'N Stamp store. Have an amazing, crafty weekend - and good luck on the giveaway!

*I've used affiliate links to the Scrap 'N Stamp store (Canadian Shipping only) to support my blog. Thank you!

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SSS Wednesday Challenge - Floral Frenzy

Gal Pal Valentine Love!

Hi friends! I just love Valentines Day <3 All those gorgeous reds and pinks together with words of love! We really don't go out on Valentines Day, but rather make it a fun family LOVE day. The girls love getting Valentines and a little treat and I think it's a special day to show those around you how much you care. This year I really wanted to make some Valentines for a few special ladies in my life. I'm so thankful for all my awesome friends, and this was a small way to say thanks to a few of them!
I layered some pretty papers, edged with Distress Inks, added some diecut circles stamped with these gorgeous Dina Wakely girl faces, which I coloured with my new Jane Davenport coloured pencils (love!!) and added some sequins, lace and popped up some fussy cut flowers. Ta-Da!

 Here's a look at the inside, stamped with an older CTMH stamp from my stash with a 'friend' sentiment on it. I used the awesome lips stamp from the Be Mine Pretty Cute Stamp set on the envelope - SWAK!!

Supplies:
Paper - Carta Bella, AC Maggie Holmes
Stamps - Dina Wakely, Lawn Fawn, Pretty Cute Stamps, CTMH
Embellishments - Lace, Sequins by SpiegelMom Scraps
Distress Inks, coloured pencils by Jane Davenport

Thank you so much for stopping by! I'd love to know if you're making Valentines for your gal pals?!

Linked to:
DL Art - Thankful Thursday #198 Red/Pink
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper - February Challenge
SSS Monday Challenge - Young at HEART
Emerald Creek Dares - Rock The Red
Craftaholics R Us - Love/Romance
Sunny Day Crafting - #35 Box or Regular Cards
Mojo Monday - #483 Sketch

Pretty Cute Stamps - May 2016 New Release Digital Stamp Blog Hop!

Thanks so much for joining us for the May 2016 Digital Stamp Release Blog Hop, where we are all sharing projects featuring the new digital stamps this month that are now available in the Pretty Cute Stamps Store!

If you came from Gloria's 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 S'mores and S'mores Sentiments digital stamp sets to create this awesome, ooey, gooey card! I found some great camping papers in my stash and they paired perfectly with these cute stamps. I used PicMonkey (a free photo editing software) to insert the cute little faces onto my digi stamps, and then printed them out and coloured them with alcohol based Prismacolor and Hobby Color Markers. I cut out the S'mores sentiment, after printing on white cardstock, and rounded the corners. A bit of brown Distress Ink around the edges coordinated everything, and some sparkly white Stickles added some bling to my adorable marshmallow!

A little Glossy Accents on my melted chocolate actually makes it look super ooey! And this marshmallow is toasted perfectly - I'm totally craving S'mores now!

Inside, I used another sweet sentiment from the set and added a couple tiny punched hearts.

And here's a close up of the two digital stamp sets that I used to create this card:

S'mores

S'mores Sentiments

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, May 16, 2016.

Along with the S'mores sets above, here are all the rest of the stamps available at the Pretty Cute Stamps Store!! What an amazing release!

 May 2016 New Release Digital Stamp Sets

The Wooden Sign digital stamp is available as a FREEBIE today at the Pretty Cute Stamps blog!

Now, you can head over to the next stop on the hop- Larissa at Muffins and Lace!

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

Lisa: http://prettycutestampsblog.blogspot.com/
Amy: http://aocreations.blogspot.com/

Amber: http://sew-ink.blogspot.com/

Gloria: http://gloriasgoofycraftspot.blogspot.com/
Karla: http://creative-love-affair.blogspot.ca/ (that's me!)

Larissa: http://muffinsandlace.com/

Thanks so much for joining me today! I'm so happy to be able to share these wonderful stamps with you - and at the amazing prices you'll definitely want to treat yourself to the whole set!! Don't forget to leave your comment for a chance to win and have a super awesome day!

Exciting Sneak Peek!

Sneak Peek!! I am soooo super excited to be a guest designer on SHIMELLE's blog today! I can't believe it! You can see...
Posted by Creative Love Affair - Handmade Cards and Memory Keeping on Friday, February 12, 2016

Pretty Cute Stamps January Challenge - Love!

It's time again for our monthly challenge on the Pretty Cute Stamps blog! This month the theme is LOVE! There were so many options for this challenge it was hard to choose which stamp I wanted to use!

I decided to go with the Warm Fuzzies stamp set and use the No-Line colouring technique. There are lots of tutorials on YouTube about this, but basically you are stamping with Antique Linen Distress Ink on watercolour paper and then watercolouring your image in. Because the Antique Linen is so light it blends into the colouring, but still allows you to see the image lines as you watercolour. This sentiment, also in the set, was perfect for this challenge!

I used Distress Markers to watercolour this adorable bear image. They are one of my fav mediums to watercolour with! I scribbled on an acrylic block with the colour I wanted to use and then used a wet paintbrush to apply the colour to my paper. 

Inside, I used the Happy Valentine's Day sentiment from the Be Mine stamp set - a wonderful Valentine set! 

Here's a look at the sets I used on my card:

Warm Fuzzies

Be Mine

Thanks so much for joining me today! Be sure to check out the Pretty Cute Stamps blog to see what the other Design Team members have come up with for this Love Challenge. There, you can enter your own project for a chance to win an awesome gift certificate from Pretty Cute Stamps!

Linked to:

613 Avenue Create - AG

Crafting From The Heart - AG 

Word Art Wednesday - AG

DL Art - Thankful Thursday January Linky Challenge

PDE Linky Party - AG!

Let's Fall In Love!

Well, it really is still technically summer, but we have evidence of the fall season all around us - school is back this week, the leaves are just hinting at turning golden yellow and there are so many cute fall stamps and papercrafting products that it's hard not to get just a wee bit excited!

When you see this adorable Harvest Happiness stamp set from Pretty Cute Stamps you'll see what I mean! I just love it - it's not just the super sweet little boy scarecrow, but there's also a sweet little girl scarecrow in this set! And, of course all the fun fall accessories - a cornstalk, hay bale and sunflower to name a few along with all the awesome sentiments....

 Harvest Happiness

I love this sweet sentiment in the set that I stamped on the front of my card - and I felt like this scarecrow couple just needed to share their love! The zig zag stitching was done with the stamp from the Sew Amazing set - it made the perfect outline around the border of my background, and the heart comes from that set too. I used some Perfect Pearls mist to spritz a bit of shimmer onto my card after I had everything placed where I wanted.

I coloured the images in with Prismacolor Markers after stamping on white cardstock I used a black pen to add some vines to the pumpkins, added some glittery Stickles and used foam dots to pop up some elements on the card.

I used the pumpkins from the Little Pumpkins set - one of my Fall 'must have' sets!

Inside, I stamped another sentiment inside a pumpkin, added another heart button and one of these awesome cornstalk stamps.

Here's a look at the other two sets I used:

Sew Amazing

Little Pumpkins

Thanks so much for stopping by today to check out what I've been working on! I hope you have a lovely, happy, crafty week!!

Pretty Cute Stamps December 2014 Release Blog Hop!!

Thanks so much for joining us for the December 2014 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 Janna's 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 new, super adorable Eskimo Kisses stamp set.

For my card I've made a sweet winter/valentine/love card. I've used a collection of papers from my stash and used Prismacolor Markers (alcohol based) to colour in the images. These two little cuties look soooo happy! And, of course I love all the extra props and sentiments :) So many possibilities!

I used a clear Wink Of Stella pen to paint in the fluffy details - I just love the shimmer it gives!

I added some twine and Glossy Accents to create shine on my stamped hearts.

Inside, I added the igloo and my favourite sentiment!

I had to share one more quick thing I made with these stamps! My daughter, who is in Grade 2, is crazy about lunchbox notes. It's a surprise when she opens her lunch each day to see what I have put in there. I think her friends look forward to seeing it as much as she does! So, of course I had to use this set to whip up a few quick notes.

Backs:

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 entries)

A random winner will be chosen on Friday, December 19, 2014.

Be sure to check the Pretty Cute Stamps Store to pick up your favorite sets - the New Releases will be on sale through December 19, 2014, and you can save even more by purchasing the December 2014 Stamp Bundle! You can also pick up the SVG outlines for each of these stamps at the store!!

December 2014 New Release Bundle!!

Stamp Bonus this month - You'll receive the sweet Sip Enjoy Relax stamp set FREE while the sale is going on with the purchase of two other stamp sets!! How awesome is that?! You can see a card using that set here. I'm sure it's one you'll use over and over.

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

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

Lisa - Pretty Cute Stamps 

Dawn - Sunnyside Up

Janna - Stamping With The Dogs 

Karla - Creative Love Affair 
Larissa - Muffins and Lace

Raven - Love 4 Stamps 

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

Linked to:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog - Bling It On
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog - AG
PDE Linky Party - North Pole (I think this scene could be at the North Pole!)
DL Art - Thankful Thursday December Linky Challenge
CHNC Patterned Paper December Challenge
Sister Act Card Challenge - #87 AG cards
Addicted to Stamps - #126 AG w/ optional twist LOVE
Sentimental Sundays - #237 AG