I love fresh starts and the arrival of Spring always feels like a renewal. Melissa here with you today, sharing a Springtime fresh card with you using many beautiful Pretty Pink Posh products.
My card today uses a fun stacked stencil technique for the background. I began with the Watercolor Oval Mask Stencil, which provided a beautiful washed out, aqua background. While this stencil was still in place, I layered on top the Line Bursts Stencil, adding a shade darker color then the first stencil.
Next came a vellum layer, cut using the Pinking Rectangles dies. I love the softness vellum brings and use it on almost every card. I die cut a second, smaller Pinking Rectangles dies from green gingham paper and layered it over my vellum rectangle.
I paper-pieced my watering can and colored in my flowers using Copic markers. I’ve used the Spring Blooms stamp set and diesfor my focal point and sentiment. I love those tulips in this stamp set! I added die cut flowers using the Stitched Spring Flowers dies and ink blended them using coordinating colors.
It’s been such a treat to create for you today. Happy Springtime crafting! Thanks for visiting!
Hi friends! Christina here, and I’m so happy to be sharing some of the first signs of spring! My card pairs the new Spring Blooms and Easter Word Scenes stamp sets for a sweet scene bursting with springtime charm. Take a quick peek at the supplies I used, and then we’ll get started!
I started by stamping all my images on white cardstock with brown ink instead of the usual black ink because I didn’t want a stark black outline for my images. I wanted something softer to complement the pastel colors I was planning on using to color my images. I chose Copic markers for my coloring and then die-cut the images with the coordinating dies. Here is the simple Copic coloring chart for these sweet images:
My next step was to create the tone-on-tone background panel. I started by die-cutting the largest Eyelet Rectangle from white cardstock and masking the edges before lightly blending Tumbled Glass Distress Ink across the center of the rectangle. Then, leaving the masking in place, I stenciled the Raindrops pattern over the blended background with the same Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. Finally, I layered the stenciled Eyelet Rectangle onto a light blue A2 cardstock panel.
The last steps were to arrange the images on the background panel, secure them with glue or thin foam squares, and pop everything onto a side-fold card base.
Thank you so much for checking out my sweet springtime card design featuring some of the new stamp sets in the latest spring collection. See you again soon!
Hi friends, it’s Carly here today. Is there someone in your life who would like a little Easter treat? Well, I’ve got an idea for you and it’s super easy!
By scoring, folding and cutting a few lines on a square of cardstock, you can create the easiest little treat box! And then you can use your favorite PPP Easter dies to decorate!
I used the solid layer of the Decorative Easter Egg to turn my little treat box into an oversized egg and then added a pink bunny cut with the Bunny Holder to keep it from rolling.
Add some Cadbury Mini Eggs & Nerds Gummy Clusters and you have an adorable treat to give!
Hi everyone, Sophie here. I’m so excited to be back for the Pretty Pink Posh Spring release and I am absolutely loving all the beautiful stamps and dies.
For this card I started with the Chick Shaker dies, cutting the chick from yellow card and the broken egg from white card that is compatible with Copic markers. On the chick I added some subtle ink blending with some ‘Fossilised Amber’ Distress Oxide ink and a pink flower in its ‘hair’. On the egg I coloured in each section using Copic markers in shades of pink, orange and yellow. This is my favourite colour combination for Easter / Spring cards because it’s so bright and happy. For some sparkle I also outlined each section with glitter glue.
For the background flowers I used the Daffodil Shaker dies, once again adding some ink blending to the petals. I added glitter glue to the stamens in the middle of the flowers for a subtle hint of sparkle.
I love how versatile the Chick Shaker and Daffodil Shakerdies are. While you can make the most beautiful shaker cards with them, you can also make a standard card with them that looks just as pretty. Being able to use a die in a variety of ways is something I always look for, and the PPP shaker dies always fit that brief!
I hope everyone is enjoying the Spring release – I know I am! Happy crafting everyone!
Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I’m very happy to be back with this extra colorful card featuring a mash-up of new items, such as the Easter Bunny Mugs, with older ones, such as the Doily Borders. I’ve had this border die set for a long time, and it was fun to finally use it!
I started off by creating the background, and I knew that my Easter Bunny Mugs would be mostly neutrals, so that’s why I went for a bright and bold background. I cut multiple Doily Borders out of pink, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple cardstock, mixed copic opaque white ink with water and added white splatters all over the borders. I did the same with liquid stardust because I can’t help myself but adding sparkles to all my cards, and when my Doily Borders were dry, I attached them one below each other to a 5,5 x 4,25 inches white panel using 1mm foam squares. Next I cut a large Scallop Frame out of white cardstock, and stuck it to the colorful Doily Borders using 1mm foam squares again.
I cut the Easter Bunny Mugs items out of colored cardstock, pattern papers and vellum, added texture to each element using liquid stardust, copic opaque white ink and a white gel pen, and then I assembled my mugs using 1mm foam squares. The only items that don’t belong to the Easter Bunny Mug die set are the heart cheeks, collars and bunny white snouts. I used a Valentine Bucket Additions die to cut the hearts, Spring Mug Additions dies to cut the collars and the bow ties, and a Bear Holder die to cut the bunny white snouts.
I gave both of the bunny mugs a pair of googly eyes to make them extra cute, applied glossy accents to their nose and white blizzard nuvo drops to their cheeks, and picked orange hearts from the Colorful Hearts confetti mix that I glued in the center of each bow tie. To tone down my colorful background a bit, I cut a large Eyelet Oval panel out of vellum, added white splatters to it and attached it right in the middle of my Doily Borders panel. Next I stuck the Easter Bunny Mugs using 1mm foam for one and 2mm foam squares for the other, and then stamped two Easter Banner Greetings. I white heat embossed “Spring Greetings” on blue cardstock and “Some Bunny Loves You” on purple cardstock, used a Banner Greetings 3 die to cut the first one and a Banner Greetings 1 die to cut the second one, and finally attached them both to my card using foam squares.
And that’s it! You know I’m a huge fan of mixing and matching my sets from different years, it’s a super fun exercise, so I hope that my card has inspired you to do it as well. Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time.
Hello, friends! Brenda here with a spring card featuring several goodies from the newest February release! I’m definitely ready for spring, although we still have snow on the ground here in the midwest!
I began by die-cutting the Chick Holder Dies from yellow, orange and black cardstock. The watering can, flowers, leaves and “hello” sentiment in the Springtime Holder Additions Die Set were cut from aqua, green, pink, purple, yellow and white cardstock. The umbrella was cut from brown cardstock and pink and aqua patterned paper. I added a bit of shading to the die-cuts using Distress Inks and blending brushes to create a bit of dimension and interest.
For the background, I blended Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink through the Raindrops Stencil onto a panel of pale blue cardstock, fading it lighter toward the bottom. The Watercolor Circle Stencil and Mermaid Lagoon ink stenciled on the bottom of the panel create the perfect water puddle for the little chick. The panel was die-cut with the largest Eyelet Rectangles Die, then adhered to a white A2 card base. I die-cut several clouds in the Stitched Clouds Die Set from white cardstock and adhered them to the background with liquid glue.
The sentiment, from the Easter Banner Greetings Stamp Set, was white heat embossed onto light purple cardstock. It was die-cut with a die from the Banner Greetings 3 Die Set, along with another layer from white cardstock. I added a bit of Wilted Violet Distress Ink to the bottom of the banner, then adhered the two banners together, slightly offset. All of the die-cuts were adhered to the background panel. I added Star Dust Stickles to the flowers and “hello” sentiment, then added a dot to the center of the chick’s eyes with a white gel pen and this card was finished.
That does it for me today! Thank you so much for stopping by! I appreciate your time! Brenda
Hello, friends! Justin here and today I have crafted up some floral Spring inspiration to share with you! The Daffodil Shaker Dies are so perfect for putting big and bold florals on your project, and I’m going even bigger by using 3!
I think that one of the best ways to make your daffodil die cuts pop is by cutting the shapes from colored cardstock and ink blending the edges with dye inks. For this card, I am using various Distress Inks to blend up our daffodils, and they coordinated so perfectly with the color of our blends!
I also have a deep love for the Pinking Rectangles Die Set. First, I love the jagged edges, which really lends a fun personality to your project. I also love that there is a stitching that outlines an interior rectangle. I like to use this stitching as a guide to mask off the edges with tape, and then ink blend the center rectangle of the dies. This, in turn, gives a framed look to the die cut! For this card, I take white paper, mask the edges, and blend a grassy and blue sky background that will serve as the perfect scene for our daffodils!
Lastly, big bold sentiments are going to definitely help send the feel of this card over the top! The Large Spring Shadow Diesis the perfect addition to the word sentiment die collection, and I just love how much space it takes up on the card! Adding the smaller hello from thePotted Daffodils stamp set above the word spring just makes the card even more fun!
Don’t forget to follow me on Instagram and YouTube at @justanotebyjustin for even more crafting inspiration!
Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today! Happy crafting!
Hello Everyone! Welcome to the last day of the Easter Theme Week! It is Zsofi here today with a cute “bunny” card mixing the latest release with some older stamps and dies. Let me guide you through the process of how I made this “almost only die cuts” Easter card.
I had an idea of dressing up a critter as an Easter Bunny, so first I die cut all the pieces using several die sets. I wanted to use the Chick Holder set from the new release as the base, so I cut all the pieces from coloured cardstock and assembled the chicken. Then I took the Bunny Holder die and die cut its head from white felt and also the inner piece of the ears from pink cardstock, and simply adhered them to the head of the chick.
To make it really credible that this little creature is the Easter Bunny, I added a basket of colourful Easter eggs in its wings. I used the Easter Holder Addition die set and specialty cardstocks for some of the elements to make it festive. I also cut 2 bigger eggs for the background, I adore all the stitching details on these!
When it was all done, I used the Doily Borders die set to cut a piece of patterned paper (Doodlebug Designs Hoppy Easter paper pad) and adhered the “bunnychick” to it using thin 3D foam squares. It gives a lot of dimension instantly.
It was time for the sentiment. On the bottom of an A2 sized card base I stamped my favourite line from the Easter Greetings stamp set in black, and popped up the focal panel with thin 3D foam squares.
The only extra detail I added was just the white gel pen highlights on the eyes. Isn’t it the cutest Easter Bunny ever?
I hope you like this idea and got inspired to make more use of your holder dies and create new critters. I cannot wait to see your beautiful creations, make sure to share them in our Facebook group!
Hi crafty friends! Sophie here today and I am thrilled to be celebrating the Easter Theme week here on the blog. I am featuring the Easter Basket Die and Spring Foliage Dies. Let’s dive in!
I wanted to create a card reminiscent of spring and so I decided to use a simple color scheme, really trying to put the emphasis and highlight on the sentiment! I wanted to make a basket full of daisies so I decided to keep all of the flowers monotone in white and yellow.
The background of the card just adds a bit of subtle interest with the Argyle Pierced Plate – one of my favorite dies! It adds the perfect little something to an otherwise clean and simple card.
I finished the card off with some Sparkling Clear Confetti and this card was made featuring almost all die cutting!
As a bonus, I created another Easter/spring card just for fun! This one features the new Chick Holder Die. I just love how cute and round he is!
I used the new Stitched Clouds for the background and these dies are easily becoming one of my FAVORITE new staples in my collection. I love their unique, puffy shape!
Hope you enjoyed these cards and have a wonderful day!
Hi friends, it’s Carly. I hope you’ve been enjoying Easter Theme Week so far! Are you looking for an extra special Easter card idea? I think I have one for you…it has bunny ears and glitter!!!
The Bunny Face Shaker is already so versatile (and adorable), whether you use it as a shaker or just a sweet bunny face. But I would argue that it’s even cuter when you just use the ears, LOL! Using just part of a die is one of my favorite ways to stretch my supplies and I love “off the edge” shakers!
The card is super simple to make! Partially die cutting the Bunny Face from colored cardstock creates the shaker window. Then a little scrap plastic wraps around a white cardstock panel to create the shaker pocket. After adding a stamped sentiment or two and adhering everything together, you’ve got a sweet & sparkly Easter card!
