Blog Hop

Check out Day 1 of the blog hop HERE

Hello, Gemma here today and I’m sharing a card featuring Decorative Ornaments– one of my favourite sets from the Pretty Pink Posh November release.

I’ve had fun trying different techniques with this set, including watercolour with zig pens, and embossing on vellum. I love to copic colour images, though, so decided to stamp some images with copic friendly black ink and colour that way. I kept to one colour family on each bauble, to keep the tones similar and let the patterns shine out. Once they were coloured in, I die cut them with the coordinating dies. Then I added some white gel pen and clear glitter pen details.

For this card, I thought it would be fun to revisit a design I made (HERE) with the Bunny Friends stamp set earlier this year. It’s still one of my favourite designs – I love the border of images with a bold colour behind. On the right side of a card base, I added a blend of Chipped Sapphire distress oxide ink, flicking it with some perfect pearls mix for shiny droplet details.

I took another piece of card, not as wide as my card base, and blended on Milled Lavender distress oxide ink. I stamped a greeting from the Penguin Pals stamp set with versafine black onyx ink. I find a pigment black ink is necessary for stamping sentiments over distress oxide ink, as dye ink seems to fade back too much.

I added foam tape behind this panel, then adhered to my card base. I arranged the baubles on to the edge of the panel, using some purple tape to temporarily adhere them together. This makes it easier to add the adhesive in one go – foam tape for the right side where they overhang, and some liquid glue for where they sit directly on the panel. To finish the card, I added some jewels around the sentiment from the new Starry Sky Jewels Mix.

Check out Day 2 of the blog hop HERE

Hi, everyone! It’s Marge here with you today and I’m going to share a watercolor poinsettia card featuring the New Release Products.

I started my card by stamping Poinsettias and Elegant Holly onto 140lb cold press watercolor paper using embossing ink, then heat embossed them in gold. I watercolored the images in red and green, then I die cut them all using Poinsettias Coordinating Dies and Elegant Holly Coordinating Dies. White acrylic ink was splattered onto the images to express snow.

To make a panel, I prepared A2 sized watercolor paper, masked four edges then I ink blended it using Distress Ink Antique Linen and Tea Dye. I splattered dark ink and metallic gold ink on the panel and let it dry. After I stamped a sentiment from Decorative Ornaments Stamp  on the lower part, I adhered my colored images using glue and foam tapes. Finally I foam mounted the panel onto red card base, then finished it off by adding some Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix and 3mm Sparkling Clear Sequins.

PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. I’m giving away 4 $25 gift certificates to four random comments (2 winners each day) left before November 20, 2018 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!

Be sure to leave comments on all the stops- we’ll be randomly picking comments to win gift certificates. See you tomorrow!

Hello Pretty Pink Posh friends! Angelica here today with an adorable Halloween card featuring a combination of Pretty Pink Posh products and Glue Dots for Day 2 of our collaboration blog hop.

To create this card, I used Halloween Pals stamps and coordinating dies, as well as Halloween Friends stamps and dies. I also used several different sizes of Glue Dots to adhere everything together.

To begin, I made a background by ink-blending Distress and Distress Oxide inks. For the night sky, I used Black Soot and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks, and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink. For the moon, I used Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide inks. I die cut the moon using the large Window Frames Dies. Next, I stamped out several characters from the Halloween sets, as well as grass from Darling Dragonflies stamp set, and used Copic Markers to color them. After Die-cutting them out, I used Glue Dots to put the night scene together. I used the ½-inch size for the moon, 1-inch glue lines for the grass, and 3/8-inch size for the characters.

I stamped the sentiment, then attached the card front to an A2 size card base. My final touch was adding small stars with a white gel pen.

Hop along: If you’re just getting started, grab a cup of coffee or tea and join us for 10 creative stops. I know you’ll find some new blogs to follow and be greatly inspired by the stunning samples showcasing our two brands together!

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Danielle
Caly
Samantha
Alix
Robyn
Melody
Suzy
Heather
Pretty Pink Posh blog << you are here

I am really happy with how this card turned out, and how mess-free the Glue dots are. (I tend to get liquid glue everywhere when I use it!) Thanks for stopping by!

I started my card by stamping Autumn Wreath on a piece of kraft card stock using a pale gray colored dye ink to do no-line coloring. I then colored the images using copic markers and polychromo pencils. I stamped a turkey from Happy Turkey stamp set on another piece of kraft card stock and did the same no-line coloring.  After I had done my coloring, I added white gel pen details, and then I cut the turkey using Happy Turkey coordinating dies.

For sentiment tag, I stamped ‘autumn greetings’ from Pumpkin Patch Critters on dark brown card stock using Versamark Embossing Ink and heat embossed it with Wow Gold Rich Pale Embossing Powder, then I diecut it using one of Mini Tag Dies. I rounded brown colored baker’s twine around the lower part of the panel, let the thread come out through a tiny hole of the tag, then made a bow. The turkey and sentiment tag were adhered on the panel using foam adhesive for dimensional look as shown in the pictures.

Next, I used Glue Dots Tape Runner to adhere the panel onto a card base. I then adhered  Metallic Gold Jewels and Ivory Jewels as a final embellishments using 3mm Glue Dots Micro Adhesive which is very useful in adhering small sized jewels and sequins. I also found that Glue Dots Dispenser is very useful to keep Glue Dots Adhesive Rolls from sticking to other materials so the rolls can be stored neat and clean. It also helps you cut the roll piece  easily.

Prizes: Each company has a prize pack to give away!

• Glue Dots Prize Pack- An assortment of adhesives valued at $100!
• Pretty Pink Posh Prize Pack- An assortment of goodies up to the value of $75!

The only thing you need to do for a chance to win is leave a comment on each of the design team members blogs! Winners will be chosen at random from comments left on all blogs on the blog hop by 6:00 AM PST on October 23rd. Winners will be announced on the Pretty Pink Posh and Glue Dots blog.

Congratulations to Teresa Doyle on being the lucky PPP winner! I have sent you an email to get in contact, Teresa. 

Hop along: If you’re just getting started, grab a cup of coffee or tea and join us for 9 creative stops. I know you’ll find some new blogs to follow and be greatly inspired by the stunning samples showcasing our two brands together!

There is so much amazing inspiration today, I hope you enjoy it all! Be sure to leave comments on all the stops. See you tomorrow!

Check out Day 1 of the blog hop HERE

Hello, Gemma here today to share a card with the beautiful new Autumn Wreath from the September release. My idea for this card was to create a door with the wreath hanging on it.

I began by covering a card base with some white woodgrain paper, to give the look of a wooden door.

I stamped the autumn wreath, and chose some copics in traditional autumn shades to colour them in. I then used the coordinating die to cut the image out. The die is must-have as it cuts the centre of the wreath, allowing for lots of possibilities.

I wanted to use the greeting included in the Autumn Wreath set but wasn’t sure it would stamp well on the textured paper. Instead, I stamped the sentiment onto a strip of vellum in Versafine Onyx Black ink, heat embossing it with clear embossing powder. I layered the sentiment behind the wreath, then added the wreath to the card with foam tape.

I thought it would be fun to add some Pumpkin Patch Critters to the doorstep of the card. I stamped and coloured them with copics, die cutting them with the coordinating dies. Then I added them to the card base with foam tape.

For some finishing touches, I added white gen pen details to the stamped images. I adhered an Espresso jewel for a door handle, then added some Marigold and Raspberry jewels to the wreath. I love the touch of sparkle and how these jewels work so well for Autumn cards.

PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. I’m giving away 4 $25 gift certificates to four random comments (2 winners each day) left before September 18, 2018 at 11:59 PM PDT. 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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Yana Smakula
Alix Davis
Jeanne Jachna
Crystal Thompson
Mindy Eggen
Joni Andaya
Caly Person
Melody Rupple
Lexa Levana
Thi Lam
Suzy Plantamura

We hope that you enjoyed the blog hop these last two days. Thank you for all the sweet comments, love and support!

Check out Day 2 of the blog hop HERE

Hi, everyone! It’s Marge here for you  and I’m going to share my cards featuring the adorable Cuddly Cats stamps and coordinating dies from our September Release today.

To begin I stamped the Cuddly Cats images on 80lb Neenah White paper using Memento Black Ink. I used my copic markers to color the images and then I cut them all using the Cuddly Cats coordinating dies. I used my Copic Liner pen to draw knit sweaters for cats and mice as shown in the picture.

For my first card, I wanted to make cozy winter scene, so I trimmed an A2 size Bristol paper and ink blended it using Brushed Corduroy, Antique Linen and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide with splatters of white acrylic ink to express snow.

I further stamped small sentiments like PURR or MEOW near the cats and finished my card by adding Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix.

Next, I decided to go with more clean and simple design for my second card, so here it is.

First I cut a stitched rectangle panel out of white card stock using Stitched Notes Dies and I stamped Simple Sayings: Kind on top it. I then adhered the Cuddly Cats images as shown in the picture. I made the cat peeking out of a box and a pile of knitting wool using foam tape.

I chose yellow-red plaid pattern paper for matting and deep red card stock for a card base. After I foam mounted the white panel onto the plaid matting paper and I adhered Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix as a final embellishment.

PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. I’m giving away 4 $25 gift certificates to four random comments (2 winners each day) left before September 18, 2018 at 11:59 PM PDT. I’ll be announcing the winners next week, so be sure to return and see if you are one of the winners!

Be sure to leave comments on all the stops- we’ll be randomly picking comments to win gift certificates. See you tomorrow!