Day 1: May Blog Hop + New Release Now Available
The May 2024 Release is now available in the Pretty Pink Posh Shop and select retailers that carry our products. If you missed our post yesterday, we revealed all of the products in picture form, but if you would like to see them in a video, Mindy has that for you today!
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Hello crafty friends, Marine here. I’m here for the first day of the blog hop with fun and bright friendship card showcasing two new products from the Pretty Pink Posh May 2024 Release: the Decorative Hexagons stamp set and the Fancy Lattice stencil. And those beautiful hexagons definitely reminded me of bees, so I brought the Bee Friends back!
I started off by creating my background on a 5,5 x 4,25 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel. I first covered the entire panel with salvaged patina oxide ink to get a nice aqua base, and then I used the Fancy Lattice stencil along with peacock feathers oxide ink to create a beautiful pattern on my piece of paper. I also added a little bit of peacock feathers oxide ink on the four edges of my panel, and then added texture. I first splattered water that I dried using a paper towel, next I mixed some peacock feathers oxide with water and used a small brush to add more splatters, and I did the same with black soot oxide ink and with copic opaque white ink.
I set my panel aside to dry, and stamped three Bee Friends on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I cut them using the matching dies, and colored them using my alcohol markers. I used a white gel pen to add highlights and details to my three little bees, and applied white blizzard nuvo drops on their wings to make them sparkle. And I also white heat embossed three trails on vellum, cut them using the matching dies, and set those pieces aside for later.
Next I stamped multiple Decorative Hexagons outlines on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using the same black ink as the bees, and started off by “coloring” those hexagons using the solid images along with Lawn Fawn Merman dye ink, and I stamped the patterns using Lawn Fawn Peacock dye ink. I cut my hexagons using the matching dies, attached them all on my Fancy Lattice panel using 1mm foam squares, along with the bees and trails, leaving enough space for my greeting.
Speaking of which, I started off by cutting the Friend Shadow word out of gold glitter cardstock. Next I white heat embossed “Love you bunches” from Hedgehog Friends on black cardstock, trimmed it into a slim banner using a Sentiment Strips die, and then attached both pieces on my panel using 1mm foam squares. I finished my card by adding Onyx Black Pearls here and there, as well as a red heart from the Valentine Hearts clay confetti pack right above the “i” in “Friend”.
PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. We are giving away 3 $30 gift certificates to three random comments (1 winner each day) left before May 15, 2024 at 11:59 PM PST. I’ll be announcing the winners next week, so be sure to return and see if you are one of the winners.
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Be sure to leave comments on all the stops- we’ll be randomly picking comments to win gift certificates. Thanks for joining us!
Super cute card. This release is great.
So excited to see all of the new products!
What a great release! Time to celebrate baby season!
This release is DARLING! I LOVE all the baby items! The bee card above with the hexagons is INCREDIBLE!!! Gorgeous HOP!
You never disappoint! I love the cards and ideas.
Love this release! All the shaker elements are fun and the hex stamps and dies, can’t wait to use them!
I can think of so many things to do with those hexagons and their filler stamps.
What a fun card. I love the bright and cheery teal color and the little bees are adorable.
This release is awesome!!! Love all the baby products! All my son’s friends are having babies…well, it seems ALL of his friends but NOT him. 😊 I NEED a grandbaby!!!
Beautiful card and what a cute release! Unfortunately no babies in our future but I do love the eyelet die and floral half circle die. Thanks for a fun hop!
Wow! This release is so awesome! I love everything, especially the baby dies and stencils! And, I love all of the fun dies in the Celebration Cupcake set!
This release is jammed-packed. Something for almost everyone
I adore this project. Love the use of the aqua color.
I’m waiting for my grandbaby to come right now and looking at all those baby designs are making me a little baby crazy!
Oh my, such a sweet card! Love your background and the adorable bees! Amazing release!!
Lots of beautiful possibilities with this release!
Love the stencil design and hex shapes! Such a great card with the cute bees!
Great release!
The hexagon background is perfect for these cute bees.
It all looks adorable!! Marine’s bee and hexagon card turned out so cute!
What a gorgeous card! Love the wonderful colours and clever design! Love this sweet new release!
What a sweet new release!
This is a great release. I see an order in my future!
Super cute card! So many fun and versatile products in this release. Love the hexagons and the Fancy Lattice Stencil.
This could not “bee” any cuter! Love the colors, too!
Lori S in PA
This card is amazing…..love the colors and design.
Loving the hexagons and bee card! Great job showcasing the product!
Adorable release!
Such an adorable release!
What a beautiful hive. I like the colors…
Those bees-squeal! Adorable!
Love your adorable bees, and can’t wait to get the patriotic cupcake!
Great to have a chance to see the released sets with some project ideas!
Great inspiration for the decorative hexagons! Fantastic release!
I know the blog hope is over, but still wanted to leave a comment, beautiful card and love the release 😍