Hello, friends! Justin here and I’m excited to be back on the Pretty Pink Posh blog sharing another bright and colorful project featuring products from the Pretty Pink Posh Summer Collection.
For this design, I created a playful grid layout by pairing the Ornament Cover Plate Die with four colorful drink images from the Summer Sips Stamp Set. Each drink was colored with OLO Markers, while the circular backgrounds were ink blended using Stellar Inks. I gave each circle its own monochromatic color palette to help every image stand out while keeping the overall design cohesive.
To add extra depth, I used a simple stacked die-cut technique by layering multiple Ornament Cover Plate die cuts. This creates beautiful dimension without relying on bulky foam adhesive and gives the card a polished, professional finish.
Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope this project inspires you to mix bright colors, fun summer images, and dimensional die-cutting in your next cardmaking session. For even more inspiration, be sure to follow me on Instagram andYouTube@justanotebyjustin.
Hi friends! Christina here, and today I’m sharing a card with a playful beach scene featuring the adorable Dog Holder. He is the perfect addition to this summer-themed design because what dog doesn’t love the beach? Well, there might be a few furbabies who don’t like the beach, but I know my pup does, and he likes ice cream even more! That was my inspiration for this fun-in-the-sun beach scene.
My first step was to die-cut and assemble all the elements I needed to create the scene. I started with colored cardstocks and added subtle shading to the pieces before assembling them. I chose classic beach items for my scene and added the bone that’s included in the Dog Holder set to his bucket. I couldn’t resist giving this pup sunglasses, and matte silver cardstock gives them a cool mirrored look. The umbrella is from the Springtime Holder Additions set and works great as a beach umbrella, especially if you use bright summer colors like I did here.
With all the components die-cut and assembled, it was time to create the background. I started with a light blue cardstock panel for the sky, added a couple of Stitched Clouds, and then layered on the ocean waves using one of the Shoreline Borders. Before attaching the Dog Holder to the scene, I added the two layers of sandy beach that I die-cut using the Snowy Hills diesand then spattered with ink and white splatter medium. I used foam squares to secure the sandy layers and then tucked the pup inside the top layer.
Now it was time to add all the fun beachy items to the scene. I tucked some things into the sandy layers, gave the pup an ice cream cone, and popped up the umbrella with more foam squares. I brought in some greenery with the Tropical Leaves and added a bright white sentiment to complete my card design. The final step was to attach the scene to a top-fold card base.
Thank you so much for reading about the fun beach-themed card I created featuring the adorable Dog Holder. Happy summer crafting!
Hi friends, Charlene here! Have you ever wondered how to make a die-cut drink glass actually look like glass? Today I’m sharing a simple vellum trick that adds translucency, definition, and a surprisingly realistic finish.
I began by die cutting the coconut from kraft cardstock and adding light brown ink around the edges. Keeping the center lighter creates a natural highlight and helps the coconut appear rounded instead of flat.
I used the same idea for the colorful drink layers. Each piece received a light layer of ink followed by a darker shade blended inward from the sides. Leaving a lighter area through the center creates a consistent highlight across the pink, orange, and yellow layers.
The vellum glass is the star of this card. I die cut the glass from vellum, then used a very light blue alcohol marker to flick color inward from the outer edges. I left most of the center translucent so the piece would retain that clear, glass-like appearance. After attaching the colorful drink layers behind the vellum, the glass immediately looked more dimensional and realistic.
To keep the design cohesive, I repeated the same colors throughout the smaller die-cut details. The pink umbrella coordinates with the bottom drink layer, while the strawberry, lime, and aqua straw add playful pops of color. I tucked the fruit and umbrella inside the coconut and used foam squares beneath the top layer to give the drink extra fullness.
I also positioned the umbrella and straw at similar angles. Repeating those diagonal lines helps balance the two drinks and gives the finished scene a relaxed, easygoing feeling.
For the background, I blended pink, orange, and yellow ink through the Layered Summer Drinks Stencils. I changed the order of the colors on each stencil layer, creating plenty of variety while keeping the palette consistent with the focal images.
Because the background has so much color and movement, I added a white rectangle to give the drinks a quiet place to rest. I ran the panel through my die cutting machine with the Sunburst Pierced Plate Diefor subtle texture that would not compete with the colorful die cuts.
The sentiment combines a small stamped strip with the larger die-cut word from the Happy Summer stamps. I stamped “HAVE A FUN” in black, then heat embossed “Summer” in white on pink cardstock to connect the sentiment with the other pink details.
To finish the card, I added a few pieces of Summer Blooms clay confettiand drew white gel pen highlights onto the die cuts. Those small details add shine and make the finished drinks feel even more polished.
I love how one simple vellum detail completely changes the appearance of the drink glass. I hope this inspires you to try vellum the next time you create a die-cut beverage!
Hello, friends! Justin here, and I’m excited to be back on the Pretty Pink Posh blog sharing a project for Summer Theme Week!
If you’re ready for sunshine, popsicles, and beach days, today’s card is sure to brighten your day. I created this cheerful scene using several products from the Pretty Pink Posh Summer Collection.
To create the beach scene, I die cut my hills using the Snowy Hills Border Dies from Kraft cardstock. I then blended Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink around the edges before splattering the sand with Vintage Photo, Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink, and White Linen Dylusions Ink Spray. This simple combination creates realistic sandy texture with lots of depth.
For the background, I ink blended a bright summer sky before adding subtle texture with the Scallops Pierced Plate Die. The bucket itself was die cut from white cardstock and ink blended using Stellar Inks in Prom Queen, Roar!, Shooting Star, Overzealous, and Siren Song to create the vibrant popsicles and sunny bucket. A little extra shading helps bring the die cuts to life and gives the entire card a fun, dimensional look.
I hope this colorful summer card inspires you to create with the fabulous Pretty Pink Posh Summer Collection! Don’t forget that Summer Theme Week is the perfect opportunity to grab your favorite summer products while they’re 15% off.
Thanks so much for stopping by! For even more cardmaking inspiration, tutorials, and colorful projects, be sure to follow me onInstagramandYouTube @justanotebyjustin.
Hello Everyone! Welcome to Day 6 of the Summer Theme Week! It is Zsofi here today with a fun summer card, mixing the latest releasewith older ones. I love to create scenes with a stencilled background and die cut elements. Let me show you how I made this cheerful flamingo one.
First, I created the background on a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock with the Watercolour Oval stencil and 3 shades of Distress Oxide inks: Spun Sugar, Wild Honey and Squeezed Lemonade. Then without removing the stencil, I added the Seashell Background stencil on top of it and blended it with one shade darker inks: Kitsch Flamingo, Carved Pumpkin and Mustard Seed. Before removing the stencil, I spritzed it with a gold sparkle spray for a subtle shine. I love when the pattern reveals afer removing the stencils, it always has the WOW-effect on me!
Next, I die cut the Flamingo Holder die from pink cardstock and used also the Summer Holder Additions die set for the accessories: I chose yellow, orange, pink and white scraps to match the background colours. I also did some ink blending on the die cuts to add a little shading.
To set the scene, I die cut a piece of Desert Storm cardstock with the Shoreline Borders die, and added some dots with 2 shades of brown Copic markers to imitate the sand.
I thought it would be fun to incorporate the sentiment within the scene, so I stamped the “Fun in the sun” sentiment from the Happy Summer stamp set with clear embossing ink on black cardstock and white heat embossed it. I love that even the sentiments have coordinating dies, it looks so cool and it perfetcly fits in the wings of the flamingo!
After assembling the card, I used some Stickles on the flower centres and on the ball, just for some extra fun.
I hope you like this idea and got inspired. I cannot wait to see what you create with the new release, make sure to share them in our Facebook group! And don’t forget: the whole Summer section in the Pretty Pink Posh store is discounted this week!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you soon, Zsofi
Hi friends! Sophie here today happy to share a card celebrating Summer Theme week here on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog. I hope you’ve been having a wonderful summer so far! It always goes by so fast…
For my project I am featuring the Fruit Mug Additions dies paired with some of the newest summer realese products. I wanted to encourage you to hopefully look at older die sets that you have and give them new live by integrating with some newer products. I also wanted to show that there is so much life to even the small dies in a larger set! I only used a few of the little fruit dies here, and they are the star of the show; you don’t always have to use the whole die set or use it as it is originally intended!
The new Summer Shadow die set is quickly becoming a favorite of mine along with the new Sunburst Pierced Plate – such a staple die to have in your stash! To help draw the eye in to the little fruit die cuts I layered them on a vellum Notched Rectangle die.
I hope this inspires you to look at the small dies in your stash and your older sets! Can’t wait to be back soon to share more!
I started off by stamping out all the images plus an extra branch and flowers from the set onto Copic friendly premium card stock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink in my Misti. Once I finished coloring up the images with my Copics, I die-cut them out with their Coordinating Dies.
For my background panel I used the new Layered Tropical Leaves Stencil, applying two shades of green dye inks with the layers on a standard A2 panel of Neenah Classic Solar.
To make the toucans show up on the stencil panel, I die-cut out another white panel using the second to largestPinking Rectangle Dies. I laid out my design on the pinking rectangle panel but before I attached the toucans and greenery, I stamped on the sentiment “You Can Do It!” from the stamp set.
Using the Spider Web Cover Plate, I die-cut it out with matching card stock snipping off the web to use the frame for the Toucans!
I then assembled my card by gluing on the white panel onto the stenciled. With foam squares on the back of the images I popped them on the Pinking Rectangle panel. Finishing off my card by adding white highlights using a Decogel Milkyway pen and adding a Portrait top fold card base
Hi Everyone! It’s Melissa here with you today, and I have the most endearing card and sentiment to share with you, using some sweet, Summertime products from Pretty Pink Posh.
It all began with the most adorable sentiment from theSeashells stamp set and coordinating dies. I couldn’t resist using You Are SpeSHELL on my card and then wrapping it up with other shell-themed products.
I began with the beautiful Seashell Background Stencil. After adhering my stencil to my block of white cardstock, I used pale aqua, coral, and tan to create my watercolor background. I added a few splatters of Peacock Feathers and Fossilized Amber Distress Spritz to create a soft, speckled look.
Next, I added a scrunched seam binding bow in cream and nestled in my seashells cut from the Stitched Seashells dies. I added color to them in the same shades as my background using blending brushes as my tool. I used Distress Spritz once again to each seashell to mimic how they’d be found in nature.
Lastly came the sentiment I love so much. I wanted it to stand out, so I used the coordinating dies and foam adhesive to pop it up and off my card to shine for the recipient!
I love seashell season and weather, don’t you? Thanks for visiting. Happy Summer crafting!
Hello Crafty Friends! It is Hanh here with you today. Happy Summer Theme Week! There are so many fun summer products to choose from over at the Pretty Pink Posh Shop.
Today I am excited to showcase the Summer Holder Additions Dies. This has got to be one of my favorite products from the latest Pretty Pink Posh release. It is so versatile when it comes to making summer themed cards. I had so much fun playing with it that I created two cards to share with you today. So let’s get started.
For my first card, I focused on the first thing that comes to mind when I think about summers … all of the yummy food that’s associated with it! For both cards, I used the adorable Bear Holder Dies to diecut the bear out of cream and black cardstock. I lightly ink blended the edges of all of the cream colored pieces and assembled the bears with liquid glue.
Next, I used the Summer Holder Additions Dies to diecut the sunglasses, ice cream, watermelon, popsicle and flower out of Neenah Solar White 110 lb and black cardstock. I colored with Copic markers, assembled with liquid glue and highlighted with a white gel pen.
For the background, the Sunburst Pierced Plate Die was used to diecut a white panel. A thin edge was trimmed off of the panel before it was matted with a piece of red cardstock.
The bears, accessories and sentiment strips were adhered to the panel with a combination of liquid glue and foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest. Finally, the panel was adhered to a white A2 cardbase (5.5” x 4.25”).
For my second card, I created a simple beach scene to pair up with all of the fun beach accessories and seashells from the Summer Holder Additions Dies. Once again, I diecut all of the elements out of white and black cardstock. I olored with Copic markers, assembled with liquid glue and highlighted with a white gel pen.
For the background, I lightly ink blended with Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide to create the sky and ocean. The Snowy Hills Border Dies was used to trim a piece of tan cardstock for the sand. The Stitched Torn Rectangles Dies was used to trim out the panel.
For the sentiment, I stamped the “Wish You Were Here” sentiment from theBeach Fun stamp setwith Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a piece of white cardstock and diecut it out with the Beach Fun coordinating dies.The bear, accessories and sentiment were adhered to the panel with a combination of liquid glue and foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest. Finally, the panel was adhered to a white A2 cardbase (4.25” x 5.5”).
I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my cards and are inspired to try out this fun Summer Holder Additions Dies set. Be sure to head on over to the Pretty Pink Posh Shop check out all of the different products available and take advantage of the 15% discount on all items in theSummer Section during this theme week!
Hello everyone, it’s June here and I’m kicking off Summer Theme Week on the blog! Today I’m sharing this card combining some new products with older ones, all in a fun mojito theme!
My card features both normal mojitos and even better, strawberry mojitos! I LOVE how well the new Summer Sips stamp set combines with the older Summer Drinks set. The 2 smaller drinks on my card are from the latter, they look like smaller versions of the new set, but they’re not exactly the same (except for one) so using them together creates a full lineup of different drinks. I loved coloring them in the green-pink color palette, one even getting a gradient, looking like strawberry syrup inside a lime colored mojito.
I decorated around my drinks using the sunglasses from the newer set, along with the lime slice and the strawberry from the older one. I really couldn’t think of a better combination of stamp sets! And even better, the Citrusstamp set, which you might know is one of my favorite Pretty Pink Posh products ever, also works as a good companion set! I used both slices as well as some splashes. I adhered all of these images to an Eyelet Oval and added a sentiment from the new Happy Summer set in the bottom left.
Now let’s get started on the background! I cut a Stitched Torn Rectangle from white cardstock and used small brushes to make a nice colorful drink themed background using the Layered Summer Drinks. Blending the small gradients in the drinks was so satisfying! After stencilling everything, I splattered some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide all over to fill the blank space.
All that’s left to do now is cut some ‘mint’ leaves from the new Tropical Leavesdie set, add some ink blending and gel pen detailing and glue them behind the oval. And that wraps it up!
I hope you were inspired by my card today, be sure to stop by each day this week for more summer inspiration! See you again soon, bye!
