"Happy Birthday to You" - CTMH Birthday Sparkles

Hi friends! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Today, I am sharing a card that I made using Close to My Heart Products and My Favorite Things!

This birthday stamp set "Birthday Sparkles" from CTMH has many great birthday phrases!! When I first saw this set in the catalog I knew I had to have it!!

I heat embossed my frame and images with some gold embossing powder and used some distress inks to fill in my images with some color!

Well that is all that I have for you today! Thank you so much for stopping by! 

I have linked all of the items that I used on this card down below! I hope you enjoyed today's card and leave inspired!

And as always, have a fabulous day!!

Birthday Sparkles

MFT- Pretty Posies

MFT- Die-namics Pretty Posies 

MFT-Stitched Oval Scallop Frames

Birthday Card using CTMH Products

Hi friends so happy that you have stopped by!

Today I am sharing a fun and simple birthday card. I used the CTMH Artistry Cartridge and CTMH Birthday Sparkles stamp set!!

Here is my card...

I took some white embossing paste and some Cashmere CTMH ink to add some color to my paste. Using a dotted stencil I applied the paste to the base of my card to add a little texture.

I cut the ice cream cone image on pg.17 in the Artistry handbook out of some watercolor paper and used some watercolors to paint my cone and ice cream.  Once that dried, I used foam adhesive to add my cone to the card to help add more dimension.

I finished it off by stamping my sentiment using the CTMH Birthday Sparkles stamp set onto some vellum with some black embossing powder and that's it, nothing else to it!! I really had lots of fun creating this card, great for anyone celebrating a birthday!!

I appreciate you stopping by, thanks so much! Have a fabulous day!!

Supplies used

CTMH Artistry Cartridge

CTMH Birthday Sparkles

Cashmere CTMH ink

Honey Bee Stamps Design Team 2016 Entry

Happy Saturday friends! I hope your Memorial Weekend is off to a great start!

Today I am stopping by to share a few cards that I made for Honey Bee Stamps Design Team 2016 Entry! I used the "Thanks Simple Sentiments" stamp set for my cards.

I took the beautiful butterfly from the stamp set and stamped it a few times with 3 different ink colors to create my background. I then took some vellum and heat embossed my sentiment.  I kept this card very simple but love how it turned out.

I finished it off by adding some foam adhesive to my card base and my sentiment and scattered a few sequins on my card.

Before I let you go, I want to share a couple of cards that I made using this stamp set. You can find the original post HERE.

Well that is all that I have for you today! Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

Pretty Cute Stamps "Just for Her Challenge"

Happy Saturday friends! Thank you so much for stopping by!

There's a new challenge over at Pretty Cute Stamps blog, Anything but a Card Challenge. Hope you'll stop by and check out the design team projects and join us for a chance to win a $15 Gift Certificate to the Pretty Cute Stamps store! 

Click HERE for more details and to link up your project!

I decided to make a tag/gift card holder for a gift bag that would be fabulous for Mother's Day!

I used an image from the Close to My Heart Artistry cartridge to cut out my floral image from some watercolor paper and simply used some watercolors to paint my images.

I used Pretty Cute Stamps Many Thanks stamp set for my sentiment and Pretty Cute Stamps Spring Flowers for my stamped flower images that I stamped on the inside of my gift card!

This was so super easy to create and it's a fun way to decorate a gift bag for any occasion.  Well that is all that I have for you today.

Thank you so much for stopping by!! Have a fabulous weekend!

Close to My Heart Artistry Bundle

"You're In My Prayers" Card

Hi friends, hope that your week is going well! I wanted to stop by and share a card with you that I made for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge! You can read more about it HERE!

Here's my card!

I started off by taking the Small Stitched Rectangle Die from Lawn Fawn to cut out a rectangle from some Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock and added some Fossilized Amber Distress Ink. To add a bit of a distressing look, I took the Distress Sprayer and lightly sprayed water to pick up some color.

I then took the MFT Stitched Oval Scallop Frames and cut them out of some white cardstock and added the smallest oval straight to my card with glue and added some fun foam to my larger oval to add some nice dimension.

I carefully stamped part of my sentiment to my card using the SSS Prayers stamp set and used the coordinating die (in which I cut 5 times to glue one on top of the other) to complete it.

Scattered a few clear sequins and called it quits! 

Well I hope you liked it, thanks so much for stopping by! Have a fabulous day!

Hello, Friend

Hi crafty friends!

 I wanted to stop by today and share a quick card that I made using Pretty Cute Stamps Rainbow stamp set!

I cut my frame out of some Canson Watercolor Paper using the Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangle Die set and took the 2 largest die to cut my inside panel and stamped my adorable rainbow image using some Versafine Onyx Black Ink.

I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to color in my image and some Tim Holtz Tumble Glass Distress Ink for my background. 

I added some water using the Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer ( I love this thing) to add a little of a distress look to my background and rainbow. Finished off my card my cutting a few clouds, adding the phrase Hello, Friend from the same stamp set, some foam adhesive to my frame and a cloud and finally couldn't go without adding a few sequins from The Crafty Pickle!

Well I hope you enjoyed today's card as much as I enjoyed making it, and as always thank you so much for stopping by!

Pretty Cute Stamps "Anything but a Card" Challenge

Happy Saturday friends! Thank you so much for stopping by!

There's a new challenge over at Pretty Cute Stamps blog, Anything but a Card Challenge. Hope you'll stop by and check out the design team projects and join us for a chance to win a $15 Gift Certificate to the Pretty Cute Stamps store! 

Click HERE for more details and to link up your project!

Here is my take on the challenge...

I purchased this fun clear plastic tin from Hobby Lobby and stuffed a few chocolate goodies in there! I used the adorable Easter Cuties stamp set for my bunny and sentiment! 

I kept it super simple but I totally love the way it came out!

I took a scallop and circle die for the top part of the tin and stamped another sentiment using the same stamp set to add a little something to the lid!

Well that is all I have for you today! Thank you so much for stopping by and please don't be shy, stop by Pretty Cute Stamps blog to join in on the challenge!

Stamp set I used

"Thank You" cards

Happy Monday friends! 

Wanted to share a couple of thank you cards that I made this past weekend using the Thanks Simple Sentiments stamp set from Honey Bee Stamps!

Super easy and simple. I simply stamped the butterfly, using the same stamp set, onto some watercolor paper with some white embossing powder. After heat embossing it I took some distress ink and tried to create an ombre background.

I finished off the card by adding some pattern and glitter paper to the left side of my card and my sentiment.  I absolutely LOVE the big bold "thank you" sentiment and all of the mini phrases that come in this set! There are SO MANY different types of thank you cards you can make with it!

Well that's all I had for you today, thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a fabulous day!

Pretty Cute Stamps March 2016 Stamp Release Blog Hop

Happy Friday friends, thank you so much for stopping by today!

Welcome to the Pretty Cute Stamps March 2016 Stamp Release blog hop! If you happen to come here from Janna's Blog, you are in the right place. If you stumbled upon this post and would like to start from the beginning, please visit the Pretty Cute Stamps Blog!

Here is a quick look at the new stamps that are available starting today and on sale until 

March 15, 2016!

Here is my card for the hop, I used Spring Flowers on today's card!

I stamped my images in some white embossing powder and after heat embossing them I used some watercolor markers to color them in. Super easy and I love the way they turned out!

Here is just a closer look at those beautiful flowers! 

Well that is all I have for you today and I am your last stop! Thank you so much for stopping by! Don't forget to pick up some of these adorable stamp sets!

The blog candy for this hop is a $15 Gift Certificate to the Pretty Cute Stamps Store. 

For a chance to win, you must leave a comment on each blog along the hop and for extra chances, you can also "LIKE" Pretty Cute Stamps on Facebook and/or sign up for the Pretty Cute Stamps Mailing List (click HERE).

 A random winner will be chosen for the prize on Monday, March 14, 2016. 

Here are today's FREEBIE'S

Pretty Cute Stamps March 2016 Sneak Peek Day 1

Happy Wednesday friends! So happy that you have stopped by! Today is the first day of sneak peeks for Pretty Cute Stamps March 2016 stamp release! 

Here is my sneak peek using the new "Grow" stamp set that will be released on Friday!

This stamp set has some really really really GREAT sentiments! I wanted to use them all, lol! I took a few of the images from the stamp set and used my ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Markers to color the cute seed packets and the images.

Well that's all I have for you today! Please stop by Pretty Cute Stamps blog to visit and see more sneak peeks from the other design team members!

Before you leave, don't forget to pick up today's FREEBIE!

Have a fabulous day!

Birthday Gift Card Holder

Hi friends, thank you so much for stopping by this Saturday! Today I am sharing a super simply gift card holder using PCS Wish Big stamp set! This project would also be great to make for the "Ribbon Challenge" that Pretty Cute Stamps is having. Click HERE for more details!

I started out by cutting my gift card holder using CTMH Artiste Cartridge out of some #110 Neenah Solar White card stock and cut some pattern paper to wrapped it around my gift card holder. 

Taking a stitched circle die and some ink, I stamped the cake image from the Wish Big stamp set onto it and took the phrase "It's your birthday" and stamped that on top.

I also decided to decorate the inside with more pattern paper and another fabulous sentiment from the same stamp set! I finished off my gift card by adding some ribbon to help keep it closed!

Well that is all that I have for you today! Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you have a fabulous day!

Pretty Cute Stamps "Ribbon Challenge"

Happy Saturday friends!

Pretty Cute Stamps is having a fun challenge this month, "Ribbon Challenge" . Click HERE to get all the details and to link up your project!

So here is my project for this months challenge...

As you can see, I am trying to get a  head start on my teacher gifts for teacher appreciation week. I created this fun bag using Close to My Heart Artiste Cartridge (bag image on page 79) and used Pretty Cute Stamps Chick with Brains stamp set for my sweet Owl and the sentiment!  I love how the ribbon added the perfect finishing touch to my gift bag!

Well that is all that I have for you today! Don't forget to stop by the other design team members blogs to get more fabulous inspiration (click HERE to take you to Pretty Cute Stamps blog).

Here is the stamp set I used

Have a fabulous weekend!!

Pretty Cute Stamps February 2016 Stamp Release Blog Hop

Happy Friday sweet friends, thank you so much for stopping by today!

Welcome to the Pretty Cute Stamps February 2016 Stamp Release blog hop! If you happen to come here from Larissa's Blog, you are in the right place. If you stumbled upon this post and would like to start from the beginning, please visit the Pretty Cute Stamps Blog!

I had sooo much fun making this card and used today's FREEBIE (more detail about where to get it at the end)! Isn't she adorable!!

I used The New You stamp set for my sentiments! I love how quickly this card was to make and how easily it came together. I will definitely make more of these to give to a few of my work out friends!

Well that is pretty much it, your next stop is KARLA!

The new release is AVAILABLE NOW and on sale until February 23, 2016. You can save even more by purchasing the February 2016 Stamp Release Bundle. Click HERE to pick up this awesome deal!

The blog candy for this hop is a $15 Gift Certificate to the Pretty Cute Stamps Store. 

For a chance to win, you must leave a comment on each blog along the hop and for extra chances, you can also "LIKE" Pretty Cute Stamps on Facebook and/or sign up for the Pretty Cute Stamps Mailing List (click HERE).

 A random winner will be chosen for the prize on Monday, February 22, 2016. 

Here is today's FREEBIE