Pretty Cute Stamps September New Release Sneak Peek!

Woo Hoo! It's time for Sneak Peeks from the the September Digital Stamps New Releases from Pretty Cute Stamps! I don't know how Lisa does it, but she just comes up with the most awesome images each month, and this month is no exception!

This month, I get to show you what I've created with two new digital stamp sets - Lunch Box Faces and Lunch Box Notes! I was so super excited to see these adorable stamps!! You may already know, but for the last 3 years I've been giving my daughter lunch box notes almost everyday. She absolutely loves them, saves them all, and often looks through them! It makes her day to know that I took a few minutes to make a cute note and tell her how much I love her.

I started by making a grid in my word processing program. I simply chose to insert a 'table' and designed it to be the width and height I wanted. I then had 9 individual boxes to add my cute images to! I added a photo and sentiment from the Lunch Box Faces and Lunch Box Notes to each grid and printed them off. I saved my template so I could print these whenever I wanted!

I coloured my images in with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers and added some details with white and clear gel pens.

Then, I layered my cut apart images on top of some 3" square background cardstock and coordinating patterned papers from my stash.

My daughter gave me the thumbs up when she saw these, and I was pretty happy with how they turned out too! It's a fun way for me to have some creative time, while letting her know how much she means to me - so a win-win!!

And just for stopping by, here's a super cute FREEBIE digital release set for you!!

My Boo

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to head over to the Pretty Cute Stamps blog to pick up your FREEBIE file and see all the awesome inspiration from the other Design Team members, and be sure to come back on Wednesday to see all the New Release Digital Stamps! You are going to LOVE them!! And in the meantime you can also check out all the fun inspiration from the Design Team for the Polka Dot Challenge - and enter your own project for a chance to win!

Pretty Cute Stamps September Challenge - Polka Dots!

There's a fun new challenge happening right now at the Pretty Cute Stamps blog - Polka Dots! I just love polka dots; they're just so FUN!

I used the stamp set Bushels Of Fun to create this pretty mixed media Fall card! Apples totally remind me of Fall, and I just love this set!

When I was doing Creative Chemistry 103 over the summer I created the panel for this card using a Distress MicroGlaze technique where I stamped my image on watercolour paper, coloured with Distress Markers and then applied the Distress MicroGlaze on top and around my image, creating a cool resist. Then, I spritzed Dylusions Sprays on my craft mat and applied my panel on top. This creates such a cool watercoloured background, but protects the original stamped image!

I stamped this sweet half apple on watercolour paper and coloured it in with Distress Markers before fussy cutting and placing it over my stamped sentiment and polka dot ribbon. The heart is also from the stamp set!

I used a polka dot stencil and transparent glaze to stencil circles on top of my panel. I added clear glitter on top before the glaze dried, creating some subtle, but sparkly dots! A few shiny sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps finish off my polka dot theme!

Inside, I used another watercoloured apple and added a cute little face. I added a polka dot border of the same paper I used on the front card base. I'm not sure exactly what occasion I'll use this card for yet, but it could certainly work for Thanksgiving, friend, birthday, and more!

Here's the adorable stamp set I used for my project -

Bushels Of Fun 

Thanks so much for stopping by, and be sure to head on over to the Pretty Cute Stamps blog to check out all the other Polka Dot Projects the amazing Design Team has come up with, and enter your own Pretty Cute Stamps project here using this month's theme for your chance to win a gift certificate!! You can also check out all the awesome stamps available at the Pretty Cute Stamps store - you'll be sure to find lots of goodies - perfect for this challenge!

A+ Teacher Card!

Hi there crafty friends!! I'm sharing a teacher card today using a Stamping Bella teacher stamp I've had in my stash for quite some time now - but still love! I actually made this for my daughter's teacher at the end of the year in June, but I think it could totally be used for a September new teacher card!

I stuck with a pretty basic design on a 5.5"x 5.5" top folding card base, using some BoBunny papers along with the blue and white polka dot paper. I love the primary colour scheme!

I used some Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers, which are alcohol based to colour in my image before mounting it on some red patterned paper. The shiny blue pearls from 28 Lilac Lane add just the right shimmer and matched perfectly. I was so excited to see that Selena from my local Canadian scrapbook store, Scrapendipity, had them in her store and online! If you're shopping in the US, you can find them at the Buttons Galore and More website.

Inside, I used some cute sentiments that came with the set!

There's something fun about a top folding card!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I'd love to hear whether you give teacher cards other times of the year and not just holidays or end of the year! Have a wonderful, happy and crafty week!

Linked to:
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday August Challenge - Stamping
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Stamp It!

FCCB #285 - Embossing!

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!

Challenge #285-Embossing
Create a project that features wet or dry embossing!

This Weeks Sponsor

Bugaboo Stamps

The prize is 7 digital stamps!

And we are giving away a $25 Amazon gift certificate, courtesy of the FCCB Design Team!

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.

Here is my project using the super cute Bugaboo Brat School Crayon Girl digital stamp and Cricut CTMH Artistry and Basic Shapes cartridges. I created a circular card base by welding two circles together, and then cut this cool globe shape to fit on the front. 

Since our theme this week is Embossing, I chose to use a flower embossing folder to emboss the top green cut from my globe, as well as the ruler, which I also highlighted with Distress Ink. Some awesome Distress Crayons add some fun effects as well! I finished it off with a few pretty sequins - I'm totally addicted to these lately!

I used alcohol based Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers to colour in this cute Crayon Girl image and then added on some Stickles for glittery shine!

The stamp set Color My World from Pretty Cute Stamps was the perfect addition! I heat embossed the sentiment on the geotag, which was cut from the Artistry cartridge and then edged my circle with Versamark before applying this cool Verdigris embossing powder from Ranger. I love the flecks of gold in this powder! I popped up the center to give it some extra dimension.

Inside, I used some more stamps from the Color My World stamp set and added some more Tim Holtz Distress Crayons.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Don't forget to head over to the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog to see what all the other sponsors have come up with - and enter your own project using a Cricut cut for a chance to win!

Autumn Blessings Card!

Hey Crafty Friends! It's certainly feeling like fall around here, and I think the saying applies "if you can't beat them - join them", applies here! I thought I'd share a fall card I made using some Recollections and BoBunny cardstocks and a couple diecut fall leaves layered over some bakers twine along with sequins and a pretty button from the 28 Lilac Lane Collections! 

Our Thanksgiving here in Canada is a lot earlier than the US, so it never hurts to start early to have a few extra Thanksgiving cards on hand. I love this pretty sentiment from the Thankful stamp set from Pink and Main - that script is just so lovely! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have you started making fall - or dare I say Christmas - cards yet?! I must confess, I'm thinking about it already ;) Wishing you a very happy, and very crafty week!

Linked to:
Pink & Main Challenge Blog - #13 Autumn Theme
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Stamp It

Aspen Beach Pocket Page Scrapbook Layout!

I have one more camping pocket page layout to share with you this week! This was the drive we took to get to our camping spot, which you can see two more layouts about in yesterday's post - here - and I wanted to document our journey there.

I used the Simple Stories Summer Vibes collection, which included some beautiful papers and cut apart journaling cards, and I even cut some elements out of the papers to use as embellishments along with the pretty sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps!

I love the pretty summer colours in this collection and this adorable camper!!

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope you have a wonderful week - and don't forget you can use the code KARLA15 all September to save 15% on your order at the SpiegelMom Scraps Shop!

Camping Pocket Pages!

Well, September is here and we've headed back to school! It's all very exciting - Amie is in Grade 4 and loving it! I am still not quite ready to let the summer go yet though, so I've been working on scrapping some of those fun camping photos from my stash.

I used lots of adorable images from the May and June digital stamp releases from Pretty Cute Stamps, along with Simple Stories Summer Vibes papers and journaling cards and sequins from SpiegelMom Scraps - slipped them in some pocket pages and now they're ready to place in my album!

Whenever I get new digital stamp images I open them in a word processing program and make a printable sheet that I have all ready to print onto white cardstock as many times as I need. Whenever I have a few extra minutes I grab my alcohol based markers and colour them up and cut them out. Now they're ready to use directly on my photos or journaling cards, similar to a sticker! I added this cute beaver from the Beavers Digital Stamp set right on the Simple Stories card and added a fun sequin from the SpiegelMom Scraps Shop. 

I sponged on a bit of Distress Ink around the edges of my sentiments from the Summer Fun and Summer Memories sets before adding them to my pages, and below I layered on this adorable lantern from the Shine Bright Digital Stamp set and a few more sequins before hand writing my journaling. I hand cut some of the images from the Simple Stories collection to layer in my pocket elements as well.

For my second page I had some fun food and s'mores pics - and couldn't wait to use these adorable images from the S'mores and S'mores Sentiments Digital Stamp sets!

Of course, you have to have a campfire to roast your marshmallows, and this cute little fire from the Light My Fire set was just the right thing!

I actually printed my sentiments from Happy Camper Sentiments and S'mores Sentiments directly on the woodgrain journaling cards by printing them first on white paper and then taping them down in place over the area I had already printed on so I could line them up how I wanted them. These cute little hearts from the Beavers set added another sweet embellishment. I love how cute the S'mores look inside this coordinating Simple Stories frame!

Here's a look at all the awesome Pretty Cute Stamps Digital Stamps I used:

 S'mores

S'mores Sentiments 

Beavers 

 Shine Bright 

Light My Fire

Happy Camper Sentiments

Summer Memories

Summer Fun

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Be sure to check out all the awesome stamps from the Pretty Cute Stamps Store and lots of inspiration from the Pretty Cute Stamps Blog - where you can even enter our monthly challenge for a chance to win a gift certificate! 

You can also check out these super sweet SEQUINS (and other goodies!) from the SpiegelMom Scraps store and use the code KARLA15 to save 15% off until September 30th!

Have a super awesome crafty week friends!!