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New Designer + A Giveaway

Oh my, this weekend has been a whirlwind. I spent the last few days up until 3, 4 and 5 AM working on orders, finalizing details of the Watercolor Blog Hop and slowly getting things a little more organized in the studio. Slowly but surely, things are being crossed off the to-do list, which is always a good thing.

Over the weekend, Laura emailed me saying she needed to step down from the team due to her school schedule.As many of you know, she’s in her last year of high school, so school is super important. I am so sad she’s no longer part of the team, but I’m grateful for the time she was with us. I wish you all the best, Laura!

Today I wanted to announce the brand new Pretty Pink Posh designer. She is an amazing crafter that I’ve been admiring for quite some time and I am honored to have her joining our team. I love her beautiful crafting style, plus her videos are always so much fun to watch. Please join me in welcoming Carissa Wiley to the team!

CarissaIn other news, today the gals over at CardMaker magazine are doing a mini blog hop featuring Pretty Pink Posh! I saw some of the cards and they are super creative. If you feel like a little Monday inspiration, visit their blogs:

CardMaker blog • AJ Otto • Anita Mulcahey • Lisa Lahiff

Lois Bak • Patti Gilliam • Sarah Ashley Posch

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To celebrate this mini hop, I’m hosting a giveaway that features some of my current favorites in the shop. (These are like my babies, it’s hard to pick a true favorite)

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I hope that you all have a great start to your week! Thanks for spending some time with me today. I’ll be back later this week with some cards and blog hop winners!

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207 Comments

  1. What a great inspiration..
    I’m really enjoying the Eggstraordinary from Create A Smile these days :)

  2. I am loving all things elephant! Mama Elephants, Ella & Friends and the WPlus9 Unforgettable. Thanks for the chance to win!

  7. Welcome Carissa!! It will be sad to see such a wonderful talent such as Laura to go but can’t wait to see all the lovely inspiration that Carissa creates with your fabulous array of products!!

  8. My current favorite stamp set is “Unforgettable” by WPlus9! I just can’t get enough of the adorable elephant!!! My second favorite is my waterdrops by Rhyn! LOVE it!!
    Welcome Carissa to the team! looking forward to seeing your creations!

  10. Right now I’m head over heels for Papertrey Ink products and I love their Petite Places series and the Secret Agent products.

  11. Love your designs. Your sequin colors are awesome. Thank you for the give away

  12. Oh Gees, How does one pick a favorite? Hero Arts ‘Celebrate Everyday’ is my Go To stamp set. Not sure its my favorite at the moment, just very versitile

  16. Right now I’m a little obsessed with pineapples and the new Reverse Confetti pineapple stamp set!

  18. Favorite stamp set right now is Hero Arts Baby Animals?
    But there are lots more I am in love with as well :)

  19. Gosh, I have many current favorite stamp sets but I am LOVING Painted Butterflies by Altenew. :) Thank you for the chance to win.

  23. Hi Paulina! I just finished the hop, and what beautiful creations I saw! There were so many great ideas, using the same basic dies and sequins! I had a great time creating with your products. The dies cut like butter, and were so much fun to work with, and EEEK!!!! What girl doesn’t love a chance to play with sequins? Thanks so much! Wishing Carissa well – can’t wait to see what she creates!

  26. My current favorite stamp set is actually 8 stamp sets from Santoro’s Gorjuss line that I recently acquired.

  27. Hello,
    a big welcome to Carissa! Can´t wait to see your projects for PPP. :)
    Have a nice day,
    Julia

  29. Congrats to Carissa; she’s a perfect fit with the rest of the team. Looking forward to her amazing inspiration. My favourite stamp set isn’t a ‘specific’ set; rather, it’s images…butterflies! Love butterflies…Thanks for the give-away opportunity, Paulina!
    ~c

  30. I think my favourite stamp set at the minute has to be a combination of some Avery elle sets, Furry Friends and Numbered Balloons!

  31. Too bad laura had to leave. She was your youngest. I am 29 years old and i started up with paper crafting a few months shy of a year. I wish that i would have found stamping and paper crafts at a younger age.

  36. Love the new iridescent sequins and the new dies! Love all your dies so far and am making a card with the peek-a-boo one later today! :)

  37. Best of luck at school Laura. Welcome to the new DT member.
    thanks.

  38. Best Wishes to Laura in her last year of school. I am amazed at what she was able to do as a teenager!

  39. Love the new dies! And of course all the pretty sequins. Thx for a chance to win some of these goodies!

  40. Welcome Carissa…Thans for fabulous giveaway as always from Pink Posh!!

  42. My current favorite stamp set is probably the party time set from SSS. Thank you for the chance to win :)

  43. I am just getting started in card making after a 20 year hiatus so I look forward to having favorite stamp sets…soon!

  46. Currently my favorite stamp sets are Bold Bloom from Ellen Hutson, Sending Happy Thoughts from SSS and Brushed from Avery Elle.

  49. Yay! Thanks for the opportunity to win! Currently, my favorite stamp set… Hmmm… I have so many I love, but I think for the time being it’s borderlicious by paper smooches! So many neat ways to use it!

  50. Congrats on your new DT member Carissa and being featured on Cardmaker!

  51. The very best wishes to Laura! She’s always been a joy to follow and will be missed here with PPP.

    Huge congrats to Carissa! Can’t wait to see the beauty she brings to the team.

    1. Forgot to mention my favorite stamp set…..Unforgettable! I love all things elephants ;-)

  52. I love stamps and I
    really like the set,
    cruising through life
    from Lawn Fawn.
    Thanks for the
    giveaway!
    Carla from Utah

  53. This is such a great giveaway! My current favorite stamp set is Unforgettable by Wplus9!! Those elephants melt my heart!

  55. How sad to say goodbye to Laura but I’m sure we will have a lot of inspiration from Clarissa. Right now one of my favorite stamps is Monstersash from Lawn Fawn.

  56. Wow, a lot sure did happened this weekend. I wish Laura all the best! Her creations were always wonderful and inspiring but an education is absolutely so very important ;) Well wishes Laura! I’d like to give a big welcome to Carissa! How exciting that there is a new DT Member. I look forward to seeing her projects! Congratulations Carissa!

  58. Welcome Carissa….looking forward to seeing Your PPP projects…also looking forward to the Water color blog hop…I love blog hops and all the projects and prizes…such fun!!!

  59. Yay! Love Carissa’s cards as well! Currently, my favorite stamp set is the Three Amigos from Mama Elephant.

  60. I just discovered your sequins and I’m in love! So many colors, combos and sizes – I can’t wait to order!

  62. Good luck with your final year in high school Laura and welcome Carissa – can’t wait to see what you come up with xxx

  63. Oh how i love your sequins, oh, how I love your dies! Oh, how I would love to win a Pretty Pink Posh surprise! Happy min blog hop, Paulina.

  64. Hard to pick a favorite stamp set so I will just go with my newest–Masculine TagsII by Inspired by Stamping–great for guy cards.

  66. I love the stitched banner duo set and of course–all of your sequins!!

  67. Sorry to see Laura go, but Welcome Carissa! And congrats on the feature on Card maker!

  68. I can’t possibly pick a favorite. I love the elephants but I just can’t pick a favorite.

  70. Thanks for the giveaway. My current fav is Mama Elephant Arctic penguins. They are utterly cute and adorable.

  71. I don’t have a single favorite set, but I am really loving the Avery Elle “Ellie” set a lot lately. Thanks for the giveaway.

  72. My favorite stamp sets right now are Simon Says Falling for you background set, and Lila’ s Heart set.

  73. Hi Paulina! I love these sequins and dies! Thanks for the chance to win these goodies!

    Sharon @ sharonstamped :)

  74. My current favorite stamp set is a brand new one (to me). It’s True Friends by Clearly Besotted. I love watercoloring the large floral images! And I am so excited that Carissa has joined your design team. I love her cards and videos!

  75. This was a great hop as (for me) it was a great introduction to Pretty Pink Posh! I have seen your product for a while now through others work on blogs and such but have never had the opportunity to use any of it. I am not an online shopper and have not been able to find sequins locally, although I am not sure if I could, that it would be as pretty as what I’ve seen here.
    I would love to see more of your products and samples so I am subscribing to follow your blog. Can’t wait to see more.
    Thanks also for the chance to win.

  77. I’m currently having fun with the Mft stamp set called The Whole Herd.

  81. Thanks for sponsoring the CardMaker Blog Hop and the chance to win! I don’t have a favorite stamp set, because I use so many individual stamps. I do love the stamp sets from Close To My Heart, because they’re clear and you can see what you’re stamping through the block and the stamp!

  82. AMAZING Inspiration being shared!! SO IN LOVE with the New Releases!! WHOOP WHOOP!! Sad to see Laura go, but EXCITED to be INSPIRED by Carissa!! =) THANKS for sharing and for the chance to win!! =) Have a Fabulous Week!! =)

  83. Only in high school and already so talented! Best of luck Laura, you are going to be missed! Welcome Carissa! Looking forward to seeing your creations!

  84. Awesome giveaway. My favorite stamp set lately is Winnie and WAlter’s “the big the bold and the YOU.” I’ve been making lots of graduation cards lately and the big “congrats” is perfect.

  87. I’m always looking for inspiration so I’m excited to see what the designers have made.

  94. Hmmm not sure what my favourite stamp set is but I will tell you that I just finished playing with Versatile Vases by Newton’s Nook.

  95. Paulina, I totally understand why you have a hard time picking a favorite from your shop because ALL your products are fabulous!! Thanks for the opportunity to win some of your goodies!

  98. I love them all, which is a good thing because I tend to buy them all. Lol

  99. Welcome to Carissa! An awesome addition… can’t wait to see her creations!
    Favorite stamp set… that is a tough one! I just got the Lawn Fawn Penelope’s Blossoms set, and I am all excited to use it! So I will say it is my favorite!

  100. My current favorite stamp set…oh goodness!! How can I choose just one? I’d have to say Awesome Blossom by Lil’ Inker Designs!

  101. I love my Many Thanks from Essentials by Ellen stamp set, I make a lot of thank you cards.

  103. Oh my! Such great dies! My current favorite stamp set is the new MFT farm animals set, The Whole Herd. (Oh, and I still love Paper Smooches Spring Fling set.)

  105. Welcome Carissa. Cannot wait to see some of your work. I am sure it will be wonderful.

  108. My favorite at the moment is Flipping Out from Papertrey Ink. So summery and fun.

  109. I’m loving SU!’s Sprinkles of Life and Lawn Fawn’s Our Friendship Grows and Mama Elephant’s Potted Pretties!

  110. Love all the colourful sequins, and unique dies! Thanks for sharing.

  113. My favorite stamps right now are Simon Says “you have my heart falling for you” and “sentimental circles falling for you”

    I lovee your sequins and dies

  114. My current favorite stamp set is Pandamonium by Mama Elephant.

  115. I am using several floral sets lately from WPlus9 and Hero Arts-I love the layering sets!

  116. Looks Like fun, Paulina! Congrat to Carissa W for coming to the DT. I’ve been to her blog for some of the hops and just via YouTube for the organization tips she shares. My current favorite stamp set? I love so many, but Art Impressions, Live-Love-Laugh is my current fav. Love the wacky sentiments in these AI sets too! I just aquired 2 more sets with my Mday gift monies! Thanks, so much, Paulina!

  117. I’m loving everything Mama Elephant at the moment – my fave is Up and Away ♡

  118. It’s so hard to choose a favorite stamp set, but lately I really like the WPlus9 Pretty Little Peonies set!

  119. Welcome Carrisa.
    Wishing Laura the best of everything. Enjoy your senior year.
    My favorite stamp set? Yikes. That is sooo hard I have so many that I loVe.
    The first one that came to mind is from Simon Says. It is called Handwritten Borders. I am having a ball thinking of all the different ways I can use it. {I’ve shared two ways on my blog so far}
    Crafty hugs,
    Dawn
    DesignsByDragonfly.blogspot

  121. I basically just did a stamp and die haul. So i am working with mama elephants ella stamp and some of the old older ones as well. More of my favs are SSS Baby party animals, Hero arts succullent, lawn fawns hampster. My top 1 is probably Ella and friends from mama ellephant

  124. My favorite stamp set, right now, is Unforgettable, by WPlus9. Adorable elephants and balloons!

  125. I’m loving all the elephant stamps, especially the Wplus9 Unforgettable ones!

  126. My current fave stamp set is Mama Elephant’s Ella and friends. S cute. Thanks for the chance to win!

  127. My current fave stamp set is Waffle Flower On My Mark. Such cute animals!!
    Thanks for the chance to win!!
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

  130. Thank you for all the great inspiration and the aewsome product giveaway.

  132. Welcome Carissa!! Looking forward to seeing your creativity. Hhhmmmm…what’s my favorite stamp set….SO hard to choose just one. However, I am really having fun with Avery Elle’s Ellie set right now.

  135. My all time fave stamp set is UNFORGETTABLE . I THINK THIS SET IS SO PRECIOUS .I ALSO ABSOLUTELY LOVE LEARNING MORE AND MORE ABOUT WATERCOLOURING . WELCOME CARISSA ,I LOVE SEE ING NEW TALENT.

  138. Laura mahalo for all the talent you have shared via the PPP blog. Good luck with finishing up school and congratulations as well! Aloha and congrats Carissa for joining in with PPP!! Can’t wait to see all your beautiful creations!! Paulina Mahalo for bringing such wonderful talent together and for putting on an awesome give away!!!!

  139. What a great and fun Blog Hop! I loved all the beautiful cards and the Pink Posh goodies are wonderful! Thanks for the chance to win that wonderful prize!

  140. I would love to win this. :) I love anything dog oriented. I have sequins (lots) but I have never used them. I need to get back to crafting. :) As ever, Shana

  141. Congrats Carissa! Can’t wait to see all the projects you’ll create! :)
    thank you so much for this chance to win! :)

  142. I am so loving Three Amigos from Mama Elephant. I just love those little signs. So versatile.

  143. Thanks for sponsoring the blog hop over at Cardmakers . I haven’t used sequins much because I really wasn’t sure how and where to use them. Well, I am so inspired by the Cardmakers design team. Thank you.

  144. There are so many cute stamps to choose from but I love penguins, so I would have to say Arctic Penguins from Mama Elephant.

  146. Congratulations on the continued success of your wonderful business! You have quality products and a sincere desire to make your customers happy. Thanks.

  147. I am using Altenew Vintage Flowers right now and love it. I love your new die release. Thanks for the opportunity to win products. I loved all this blog hop and all the inspiration. Thanks again.

  148. One of my favorite stamp sets is Milo’s ABC from Lawn Fawn. It is by far the best alphabet stamp I’ve ever owned and I love the versatility. I have been able to create so many custom sentiments because it works for any type of card.

  150. I am a cat lover and have found a fun stamp set by Art Impressions (Hampton Art) about a crazy cat lady. Two images and several sayings, like “OCD:Obsessive Cat Disorder” and ” Cat hair is just part of the décor in my house”.

  151. What an awesome prize! My new favorite stamp set is the Altenew Painted Flowers set. It’s so awesome! Thanks so much for the chance to win!! :)

  152. Hi Paulina! Yes, we are all sad to see Laura step down, but she has a different set of priorities right now :-) A big welcome and to Carissa.
    Wow, is it hard to pick a favorite stamp set, but our favorites change on a weekly or daily basis, right? Since I need to make a birthday card for my soon-to-be 8 year old grandson and I want to make monsters my theme, my favorite set today is the Denami Designs monster Celebrations ( which you enabled me to buy!) with a runner up Your Next Stamp Monsters set.
    Thanks for the chance to win some of your lovely products :-D

  154. I’m absolutely loving the WPlus9 Ellie’s (elephants)! They’re so stinkin’ cute! :)

    1. My favorite Stamp would be ..Lawn Fawn’s Our Friendship Grows!
      congrats to you!!

  157. I love the chickie stamps from Denami! I have several of them, and they always make me smile!

  159. I just received the Ranucalus stap by Stammpendous ad talk about instant inspiration…for once my project just fell into place.
    Welcome, Carissa!

  160. Oooh, aren’t you lucky to have Carissa on your design team. She is amazing. Nice little hop you had here, as well.

  162. Wow! My current favorite stamp set is Wplus9 Unforgettable…I just love that elephant…and I had to get the Bubble Talk to use with it!

  164. Great giveaway! Awesome to see Carissa on the design team. My favourite stamp set seem to be the Hero Arts stamp&cut Happy! been making lots of cards for different occasions.

  167. My favorite stamp set right now is Vintage Roses from Altnew.

    Looking forward to seeing Carissa’s projects.

  170. Its so hard to choose but I do love the sentiments on my Lil Inkers ‘Rainbows and Clouds’ set. They have so many wonderful things to say instead of the usual ‘Happy Birthday’ etc. Very uplifting!!

  171. Now that’s a hard question… I’m in love with Mama Elephant lately (I’m a late bloomer), & have so enjoyed using “Ella and Friends”. Guess that has to be my current favorite, but I could go on & on listing “likes”. Thanks for the chance to win a beautiful package!

  173. Love all your products! I love any stamps of flowers…hard to choose just one. Great giveaway.

  174. Currently I’m loving Mama Elephant woodland gifts. I love so many stamp sets right now though :)

  179. My current favorite stamp set is Mama Elephant Three Amigos- it’s so cute and fun. Welcome Carissa, can’t wait to see your work!

  180. So bummed to hear that Laura is leaving the DT and wish her luck with school. I love Carissa’s work and she will be a fun new addition!

  181. I am loving the new pup stamp set by Mama Elephant….oh my goodness!! Welcome to Carissa…can’t wait to see her fun projects!

  187. I was just playing with the new Green Pastures from MFT. She’s so cute. Sad to see Laura go, but understand the importance of school. :) Welcome to Carissa.

  188. Congrats, Carissa!!! It’s hard to say what my favorite stamp set is right now – I have SO many favs!

  189. Would love to be entered for this great opportunity to have more PPP. My favorite stamp set is Nursery Deco from MaMa Elephant. Going to be using this soon for shower invites!

  190. Great inspirations! Thank you for sharing and welcome your new designer!

  192. Congrats to Carissa, and thanks for a chance to win! :-)
    My current favorite stamp set is Three Amigos by Mama Elephant. And I also love the Wplus9 “Unforgettable”, but so far haven’t managed to get it!

  193. Welcome Carissa, and Good luck to Laura!
    My favorite stamp set at the moment is definitely the “Bohemian Garden” , from the latest release by ellen Hutson. Seem to be using it on everything at the moment!

  194. current fav. stamp set is Three Amigos by Mama Elephant and Blossoming Buds by Paper Smooches.

  196. My current favorite stamp set is The Whole Herd (MFT). I love those cute animals!

  197. My favorite sets right now seem to be the Essentials by Ellen line of Julie Ebersole stamps, such wonderful designs! This is a fabulous package of goodies to have the chance to win…thanks! :)

  198. My favorite stamp right now is LaBlanche Garden mouse. It is my very first stamp that I can stamp and color! I am a newbie so still learning all the neat tips and tricks,and enjoying making cards and ATCs Happy mail and RAKS with new things! Never to old to learn!!

  201. I’ve been using “Newton’s Summer Vacation” from Newton’s Nook for cards celebrating my teacher friends finishing school for the summer and some retiring.
    I love the Newton in the inner tube!

  202. My Current favorite stamp set is Lawn Fawns I Wheelie Like you. Super cute!!! Congratulations Carissa on joining the design team!!!!

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