FCCB #281 - Anything Goes and PCS Rainy Day Card!

Welcome to another Challenge Me Monday...

Challenge #281 Anything Goes!
Make a project using whatever image or materials you prefer!

This Weeks Sponsor:

Winner will receive one Craftin Desert Diva's stamp set of their choice!

(USA address only)

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

I'm also posting over at the Pretty Cute Stamps blog today, so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to combine some sweet stamps and some awesome diecuts! We've had soooo much rain over the past week that I feel like we are swimming. Creating a rainy day card definitely seemed fitting!

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, cut from the CTMH Artistry Cricut cartridge. There are so many nice diecut backgrounds in this set - one reason why I love it so much! 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 rain cloud from the Create A Critter cartridge. 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! I hope you have an awesome week - hopefully with more sun then rain ;) Be sure to head over to the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog to see what all the other Design Team members have come up with - and enter your own Anything Goes project using a Cricut Cut. And don't forget to stop by the Pretty Cute Stamps store to see all the amazing stamp designs available there - with new Digital Stamp Releases available!

Linked to;
Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons Link Up - AG using PPPR files

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Create A Scene
Cut It Up Challenge Blog - #100 - AG with a diecut

Pretty Cute Stamps July Challenge - Under The Sea!

It's time for a brand new challenge on the Pretty Cute Stamps blog! This month the theme is By The Sea, and with all the amazing new release stamps from June and July you'll be sure to find lots of inspiration to make a lovely sea project!

For my challenge project I chose to make lunch box notes for my 9 year old. I started making her little notes for her lunch in Grade 1, and she loved them so much, kept them in a special box and still sorts through them every once in a while, that I just don't feel right not sending them with her! So, I'm trying to get some done up ahead of time - and using these adorable Sea Ya Soon underwater animal digital stamps was the perfect opportunity! I started off by using some pretty 6x6 papers as a background and then layered on my coloured sea creatures, which I coloured with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers after printing on white cardstock. I love that I can print these out whatever size I want depending on my project.

I used the Otterly Amazing stamp set to add paper pieced hearts and sea shells to my notes and the Sea Life Sentiments stamp set, which is is now available as a digital stamp set, on the back of each card. I heat embossed the words with a pretty green sparkly embossing powder. Below you can see the coordinating sentiment I used on the back of each note. A few pretty sequins from 28 Lilac Lane add some sea sparkle!

Here's a look at these 3 wonderful stamp sets. Don't forget the Otterly Amazing set is still available for a limited time as a clear stamp!

Otterly Amazing

Sea Life Sentiments

 Sea Ya Soon

Thanks so much for joining me today. I hope you're enjoying your summer and getting in a little crafty happy time! Be sure to head over to the Pretty Cute Stamps blog to see what all the other Design Team members have come up with for this challenge - they are really awesome ;) - and enter your own here for a chance to win a gift certificate for your very own Pretty Cute Stamps!

Pretty Cute Stamps July 2016 Digital Stamps New Release!

Thanks so much for joining us for the July 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 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 Beach Babes digital stamp set to create this mixed media card. I love adding dimension and texture to my cards - the bubbly embossing powders I used on the sandy hill (from the Life's a Beach set) and the waves (from the Wave Borders set) definitely add some bling and fun texture. I used a piece of white cardstock as my background, adding a Tim Holtz sunray stencil using yellow Distress Inks. I used the Micro Glaze over the yellow stenciled area so I could then go in with blue Distress Ink without blending the two. 

 I used Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers to colour in my adorable 'Beach Babe' and added a couple tiny beads to her little swimsuit. I just love her cute little flip flops!

The hello diecut is from the Hello Bubbles cutting file over at the PPPR store. I cut off the bubble and added the script directly to my banner where I had printed the Beach Babe sentiment from the digital stamp set.

Inside, I used another sentiment from the set and sponged the edge with Distress Ink.

I used some shiny gold thread to tie through my button, coordinating with the gold sun I created by punching a 1" circle in a piece of paper to create a stencil, adding Versamark Ink and using Gold embossing powder. I glued some tiny yellow and white beads around my sun for an extra bit of bling. The beads and button are from the 28 Lilac Lane collection.

Here's a look at this super cute stamp set!

Beach Babes

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

1) 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 Friday, July 15, 2016.

Be sure to check the Pretty Cute Stamps Store to pick up your favorites! Here's a look at all these awesome sets!

 July 2016 New Releases

You can download this FREEBIE Beach Ball digital stamp today at the Pretty Cute Stamps blog!

Now, you can head over to the next stop on the hop- Kel!

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

Blog Hop Lineup
Lisa
Gloria
Henriette
Amber
Shannon
Lena
Karla That's Me!
Kel
Tasha
Larissa
Noe
Carolyn

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

Pretty Cute Stamps July 2016 New Release Sneak Peeks!

I'm so excited to bring you a sneak peek at the July 2016 Digital Stamp release from Pretty Cute Stamps! 

For my project today I created a tag using the Wave Borders digital stamp set. This is a super cool set! It comes with the SVG files as well as the JPEG files for these borders! This means you can cut the waves out with an electronic diecutting machine as well as printing out your waves to colour in. I've combined both these techniques on my tag and love how it turned out!

I used my Cricut to cut out these wave borders in a rectangular shape on a two toned paper and then played around with how I might layer them! I also printed the digital stamps from my computer onto white cardstock - I love the stitching lines on this wave - and I used Distress Inks to add some colour to each layer.

This sweet sailboat and sentiment are also in the new releases, from the Sail Away digital stamp set. I coloured the sailboat with Prismacolour Markers and added some Stickles to the heart. I used some Fancy Pants Design beach paper and printed the sentiment directly onto it before cutting with a Spellbinders die. I found some brown string in my stash, which I wrapped around the bottom of my tag and also used at the top with my ribbon.

I used the Anchors Aweigh digital stamp set (another new release!!) as a cut file with my Cricut Explore and cut this anchor silhouette. I decided I wanted to add a little bling - so this fun embossing powder with green and gold flecks was perfect!

After layering my waves I used my fingers to lift the edges a bit to give some dimension. 

For the background I used clear embossing powder over a stenciled circle for my sun and added some pinks, oranges and blues to create a sunset. A few water droplets adds a pretty effect. The coordinating Distress Stain colours were perfect to colour in my seam binding ribbon and allowing it to dry after crinkling it up.

Be sure to head over to the Pretty Cute Stamps blog where you'll be amazed at all the awesome sneak peeks of the brand new releases available tomorrow! You'll be able to download this cute FREEBIE digi stamp while you're there!

Don't forget to come back for the blog hop tomorrow. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Linked to:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Photo Inspiration

Flip Book Fun - Have a Magical Day!

I have been seeing so many Flip Book tutorials lately on YouTube and thought I'd try one out for a swap! It was so much fun I'm definitely going to have to try it again! I used Project Life cards from the Bloom collection to create my book, bound with Heidi Swapp washi tape.

These adorable little Lawn Fawn fairy stamps were so cute, and I thought they'd work with the flower theme. I even added some stamped and cut out images to the little Just For You pocket for my friend! These are great to use up lots of little bitty pieces of goodness in your paper collection. I added some stamps from the Believe Script stamp set by Pink and Main.

Here's a look at the book opened up inside:

And the flap on the left folded over:

Thanks so much for joining me today! Hope you have a lovely, crafty weekend!

Relax and Enjoy!

Hi Friends! We have really been enjoying summer and had a great long weekend, celebrating Canada Day on Friday last week. You can check out pics of our family enjoying the day here on my other blog - Amie and Erica!  I wanted to bring you a coffee card I made today using the Three Cheers Coffee Lovers digi stamp set from Verve stamps.

I used alcohol markers to colour in my image and cut the sentiment out into two banner shapes before adding Distress Inks.

I used one of the pretty two-tone Recollections doilies under my stamped image and layered everything on a top folding card.

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you had a lovely long weekend in your part of the world, and hope you enjoy a happy, crafty week!

Linked to:
Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge
Mojo Monday - Sketch 453

FCCB #280 - National Ice Cream Day/Month

Welcome to another Challenge Me Monday...

Challenge #280 National Ice Cream Day/Month

This Weeks Sponsor is:

$15.00 Gift Certificate

And we are giving away a $25 Amazon gift certificate, courtesy of Penny Light (our newest Design Team member)!

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images.

For my project I'm using the Sweet Treats Cricut cartridge to make two sweet ice cream treat cards! Both the tags and ice creams cones come from this cartridge, and I used sentiments from the Just Chill stamp set from Pretty Cute Stamps for my tags. 

I used paper from a Recollections 6x6 resist paper pad, which I watercoloured using Distress Inks. 

Then, I used Distress Stains in matching colours to colour my seam binding ribbon. I love using this method to colour ribbon - and when you spritz it with water I love how the colours blend!

Finally, I added some Wink of Stella and Stickles to add some shimmer and glitter to the strawberry and sprinkles. 

Here's a look at this sweet stamp set I used!

 Just Chill 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to head over to the FCCB blog to see what all the other design team members have come up with - and enter your own for a chance to win!!