Blog Hop

Watercolor Lilies + Giveaway

Today we’re in for a special treat. Jeanne is on the blog sharing a sweet card and we’re participating in a mini blog hop with our friends on the CardMaker blog, along with sponsoring a giveaway in this post!

Spring is in the air and everything is new again! Are you checking the new releases in the store? It’s fun and fresh and certain to make you want to start creating! I’m playing with the new Easter Blessings stamp set today! It’s a set of three stamps, and there are coordinating dies to make cutting a breeze!

Today I’m showing the Easter lily stamp. It wouldn’t be Easter without them! Our church always has hundreds of lilies on the altar – the sight and smell is amazing! It’s traditional for me to buy one for my mom every year too! I was so tempted to color up this pretty image in pink – like a Stargazer Lily, but decided the traditional white was the way to go (this time anyway!). I snuck in a little hot pink on the pot so my color lust is satisfied.

I made a simple ombre wash background for the potted lily. I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink directly on the watercolor paper and cut the panel with the new Stitched Notes Die.

The Stitched Notes die has stitching on the inside and outside of the die cut line. I really love the size of the die cut! It’s perfect for an A2 size card and leaves just enough edge around the sides to let your colored or pattern papers peek out!

I wanted to repeat the ombre watercolor wash colors on those peeking edges so I created a panel with three shades of aqua.

Some Sparkling Clear Sequins are like dew drops for our pretty flowers! This image brings back lots of great memories and has me pining for one of my own. Until they are back in season I will be satisfied with this pretty stamp!

As we mentioned earlier, we’re taking part in a mini blog hop and we’re the last stop. Here’s all the stops:

CardMaker Blog
Katie Gehring
Rebecca Keppel
Heather Pulvirenti
Kat Benjamin
Stephanie Gold
Melissa Bickford
Heather Hoffman
Pretty Pink Posh << you are here

To celebrate this mini hop, I’m hosting a giveaway that features some of our brand new products!

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I hope that you all have a great start to your week! Thanks for spending some time with us today.

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Blog Hop Winners

I have a quick post announcing the winners from the Product Release Blog Hop Day 1 and Day 2. Without further ado, here are the four winners of the $25 gift certificates!

Ladies, email me within 7 days and I’ll send over the gift certificates so you can shop!

Again, thank you to everyone who left comments on the blog hop and for the special guests and designers who shared their beautiful inspiration.

We’ll see you on the blog tomorrow morning for an inspiring new post and giveaway!

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Product Release Blog Hop- Day 2

If you missed yesterday’s blog hop post, click here.

I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s amazing hop and are ready for day 2. Today we have more talented designers and special guests for you and I have a feeling you’re going to be blown away with their creations.

We have a special treat- a fun, easy-to-follow tutorial by Heather showing how you can use both halves of a die cut piece to make two cards with an entirely different feel!

Shall we get started? First off – I paired up the large rectangle from the brand new Stitched Notes Dies and the Storybook 5 die. These are a perfect fit together to build a shaker element – and then save the inside pieces for the second card!

I stamped and colored the same girl from Friends Forever with my Zig markers to coordinate with the pattern paper I chose. Don’t you love how just changing the colors gives them an entirely different feel? I then die cut them with the coordinating Friends Forever Dies. I also stamped my sentiments from Everyday Greetings the card on the left I did on the small white panel, the card on the right I did in the smaller window directly on my pattern paper.

I added acetate to the top portion of the window on the right hand card, added a double layer of foam tape, and filled it with the sparkly and beautiful Friendship Sequin Mix (a Limited Edition Mix with a portion of the profits will be donated to Compassion International – LOVE!)

The other card I embellished with some flat Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix – one of my new favorite embellishments! I adhered the girls in their places, then feeling that they needed something more, I added a coordinating rose in each of their hands, also from Friends Forever.

You’ll notice on this card that I adhered the white panels with foam adhesive, and also added the girl with foam adhesive – this made the perfect amount of dimension on the card.

On the second one, since I used a double layer of foam tape to hold all the sequins in my shaker, I attached the girl directly on the front of the shaker – I didn’t want this card to be too thick and bulky.

I love to make shaker cards – but I also love a clean and simple card. This is a fabulous way to make one of each with a minimum of effort as well!

For those joining us for the blog hop, I wanted to let you know that this month we have a special gift offer for orders over $80! The Bee Friends stamp set will be automatically sent with orders over $80 this month. In addition, if your order totals over $125, you’ll get the coordinating dies too! This stamp set will be available for purchase in May 2017, but for those who qualify, you’ll get these items two months before anyone else! These are while supplies last (I did order quite a bit, but cannot guarantee they will last through the end of the month).

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 March 17, 2017 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!

Pretty Pink Posh blog << you are here

Laura Bassen

Lexa Levana

Yana Smakula

Yoonsun Hur

Joy Taylor

Heather Hoffman

Melody Rupple

Crystal Thompson

Amanda Korotkova

Joni Andaya

Shannon McComb

Sandy Allnock

I hope you all enjoyed our two day blog hop and were inspired by the new products. A giant thank you to all of the talented designers who shared their inspiration!

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Product Release Blog Hop- Day 1

Hello, sweet friends!

It’s time for our two day Product Release Blog Hop for the March 2017 release. Many of you have already placed orders, but for those who were wanting for more inspiration, today and tomorrow the design team and special guests have all sorts of inspiration to share!

Today’s cute creations were made by Suzy, one of our newest designers. She has a knack for creating vibrant creations and her coloring skills are amazing!

My first project uses the Easter Friends Stamp and Die Set along with the new Scallop Squares Tag Dies. I watercolored the larger tag with a soft blend of pastel colors.

I stamped the images with a natural color ink and watercolored each image. I then added details and outlines with glitter pens and a White Uniball marker. I added some lavender sequins from the 4mm and 6mm Fresh Garden Sequin Mixes. The For You sentiment is from the Everyday Greetings Stamp Set. I punched a hole in the top of the tag and tied some pink twine in the opening. This tag would be really cute tied to an Easter basket.

This pocket card uses the Easter Friends Stamp Set and Die Set. I used one of the brand new die sets for the background called Stitched Notes Dies. I watercolored the outside of the die-cut border with yellow watercolors and the inside of the frame with pink watercolors. I die-cut the stitched pocket in the center of the inside piece and added a small pocket to the top left.

I stamped all of the images with a natural color ink and watercolored them. I outlined them and added details to them with glitter pens. I added some sequins to the bottom of the card using the 4mm and 6mm Fresh Garden Sequin Mixes. I tucked a $20 bill into the pocket of the card so it can be used as an Easter gift.

Ready to hop along and see LOTS more fabulous inspiration with this release?

Pretty Pink Posh blog << you are here

Melania Deasy

Amy Yang

Eloise Blue

Nichol Spohr

Liz Sarkisyan

Amy Kolling

Lori Hairston

Lisa Elton

Jeanne Jachna

Gladys Marcelino

Suzy Plantamura

Vera Rhuhay

Wanda Guess

I truly hope you enjoyed today’s blog hop. Come back tomorrow for a whole new batch of inspiration and designers!

Thank you all for your enthusiasm about the new stamp sets, dies and embellishments. I can’t wait to start seeing your creations with the new products in blog and social media land!

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Collaboration Blog Hop Winners

I have a quick post to share the two lucky winners of the Pretty Pink Posh + Altenew Collaboration Blog Hop.

Prize pack valued at over $100: Barbara Staradumsky (from Pretty Pink Posh blog)
Collaboration Blog Hop Winners

Prize pack valued at over $100: Connie MacFarlane (from Carissa’s blog)
Collaboration Blog Hop Winners

Congratulations winners! Please email winner@altenew.com with the subject line Collaboration Blog Hop Winner, and we will set you up with the prizes.

Collaboration Blog Hop Winners

A big thank you to our friends at Altenew for collaborating with us, along with all of YOU for leaving comments and hopping along. We hope you were inspired by all the beautiful holiday inspiration.

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Pretty Pink Posh + Altenew Collaboration Blog Hop

Hello, friends!

If you’ve been following Pretty Pink Posh for a while, you know that last year we did an epic collaboration blog hop with our friends at Altenew. We had so much fun teaming up with them that we had to do it again, but even BIGGER!

Today I have the amazing Yana Smakula sharing her take on bringing Pretty Pink Posh and Altenew together on one beautiful holiday project. Let’s see what she’s created…

When you mix supplies from two great companies you end up having fantastic results! To create the card I’m sharing here I used several dies sets from Pretty Pink Posh (along with a few sequins) and a stamp set from Altenew.

I started working on this card by stamping the poinsettia, holly leaves and pine from the Poinsettia and Pine set several times onto watercolor paper using waterproof ink in black. I knew I wanted to have a dimensional flower, so I made sure to stamp poinsettia twice to be able to layer it and have actual physical dimension on my project. I used distress inks for some quick coloring, although you can use whatever coloring medium you prefer.

Next I used a few dies from Pretty Pink Posh and created a base panel for my project. I cut several panels out of patterned paper and combined them together by using border dies from the Stitched Borders 2 and Scallop Borders sets. I also heat embossed a beautiful holiday sentiment from the Sketchy Landmarks set onto this patterned paper using gold embossing powder.

To create a placeholder for the Holiday floral arrangement I die cut scallop oval out of gold foil cardstock and patterned paper using Scallop Ovals Dies. My poinsettia was arranged on top and I also stamped several pine needles in black directly onto the patterned paper panel.

To frame everything I die cut the large Scallop Frames out of brown patterned paper and foam mounted it over the background panel to add dimension to this project. Lastly, I foam mounted my panel onto a light gray card base and embellished my card with the Peridot Mist sequins and Clear Droplets.

Pretty Pink Posh + Altenew Collaboration Blog Hop

Prizes: There are TWO $100 prize packs from Altenew and Pretty Pink Posh up for grabs. Winners will be picked randomly from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below. Please leave your comments by Wednesday, November 2, 2016, at midnight EST to be eligible to win. Winners will be announced on the Altenew and Pretty Pink Posh blogs on Thursday, November 3rd.

Hop along: If you started from the beginning, this is your last stop on the hop. If you’re just getting started, grab a cup of coffee or tea and join us for 24 creative stops. I know you’ll find some new blogs to follow and be greatly inspired by the stunning samples showcasing Altenew and Pretty Pink Posh together!

Altenew Blog
Nina-Marie Trapani
Carissa Wiley
Lydia Evans
Lisa Elton
Nicole Picadura
Liz Sarkisyan
Isha Gupta
Melody Rupple
Sveta Fotinia
Amy Lee
Julia Altermann
Therese Calvird
Jeanne Jachna
Yoonsun Hur
Keeway Tsao
Svitlana Shayevich
Amy Kolling
Agnieszka Malyszek
Heather Hoffman
Amy Gray
Shannon McComb
May Sukyong Park
Pretty Pink Posh Blog << you are here

Special offer: Get 10% off your entire order at www.altenew.com with code ALTENEWLOVESPPP at checkout. Offer ends on October 30 at midnight EST.

Did you have a favorite project on the hop? I’d love to hear what caught your eye and which item(s) you now must have.

In closing, I want to thank the team at Altenew for being so sweet and fun to work with. I hope that you enjoyed today’s blog hop and were inspired by the variety of holiday projects.

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Blog Hop Winners

I have a quick post announcing the winners from the Product Release Blog Hop Day 1 and Day 2. Without further ado, here are the four winners of the $25 gift certificates!

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Ladies, email me within 7 days and I’ll send over the gift certificates so you can shop!

Again, thank you to everyone who left comments on the blog hop and for the special guests and designers who shared their beautiful inspiration. The blog hop orders are finally all finished and shipped (thank you for your patience) and I’m starting to restock the shop and the out of stock items will be coming in within the next few weeks.

We’ll see you on the blog this week for several new, inspiring blog posts, along with a collaboration blog hop!

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October Product Release Blog Hop Day 2

If you missed yesterday’s blog hop post, click here.

I hope you are all recovered from yesterday’s amazing hop and are ready for day 2. It’s amazing how just a few products can be showcased in so many different styles! Today we have more talented designers and special guests for you and I have a feeling you’re going to be blown away.

We have a special treat- a card by Vera Rhuhay. I adore her and her cardmaking style and as you’ll see from this card, she is super talented.

With the new Happy Snowman set you can make quick and easy Christmas cards with this affordable $4 set!

First, I stamped several snowmen and scarf images on Bristol paper with Memento black ink, colored with Copic markers, die cut them and then adhered the scarves onto the snowmen.

I inked the background with distress inks and then embossed the sentiment and snowflakes with white embossing powder. The sentiment is a from the Holiday Greeting set (that is free with orders over $100 while supplies last). To finish my card I added a few snowflakes from the Snowflake Sequins Mix .

Since this is our last release of the year, I wanted to make this extra special for my customers. Orders over $100, before tax and shipping, will automatically receive this not-yet-released 4 x 6 stamp set. This set will not be released to retailers until next year! This free gift offer is only valid until October 31, 2016 or while supplies last (they are still available)!

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 October 20, 2016 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!

Vera Rhuhay
Amy Kolling
Joni Andaya
Kristen from k.becca
Heather Hoffman
Shannon McComb
Keeway Tsao
Julia Altermann
Yoonsun Hur
Joy Taylor
Jennifer McGuire
Pretty Pink Posh blog << you are here

I hope you all enjoyed our two day blog hop and were inspired by the new products. A giant thank you to all of the talented designers who shared their inspiration!

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October Product Release Blog Hop Day 1

It’s time for our two day Product Release Blog Hop for the October 2016 release. This release was a big one and since it was the last one of the year, I wanted to make it packed full of extra amazing products. We released five brand new stamp sets with coordinating dies, three die sets along with some fun embellishments!

Today I have the super talented Joni Andaya featuring a card with the new Halloween Friends stamps and dies!

To begin, I first distressed my card panel with Evergreen Bough and Scattered Straw by Tim Holtz Distress inks.

Then I stamped this cuties from Halloween Friends Stamp set on a white cardstock, colored it with Copic markers and die-cut them with Halloween Friends Coordinating Dies.

Next, I splattered my panel using Scattered Straw. I simply smoosh the ink pad on an acrylic block, added some water and used my watercolor brush to create some splatters.

Next, once the panel is dry, I stamped the sentiment “happy haunting” this is also from the same set. I also distressed a strip of paper and die-cut it using one of the dies from the Scallop Border Dies.

To finish it off, I added some Pewter sequins in 4mm and 6mm, along with some 3mm Sparkling Clear. At the bottom of the card I added some Diamond Stickles and also added some on the images for a little extra sparkle.

Ready to hop along and see LOTS more fabulous inspiration with this release?

Amy Lee
Carissa Wiley
Jeanne Jachna
Melody Rupple
Kelly Latevola
Liz Sarkisyan
Nina-Marie Trapani
Gladys Marcelino
Yana Smakula
Pretty Pink Posh blog << you are here

I hope you enjoyed today’s blog hop. Be sure to stop by tomorrow for a whole new batch of designers and inspiration!

Thank you all for your enthusiasm about the new stamp sets, dies and sequins. I can’t wait to start seeing your creations with the new products in blog and social media land!

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Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Hello everyone, Joni here participating in the Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. Pretty Pink Posh is one of the sponsors and we thought it would be a good time to share some sneaks of the upcoming products for the coming October 5^th release.

To begin my card, I first stamped the coffee images from the upcoming Christmas Friends stamp set. The different sized leaves and groundhogs are from the upcoming Giving Thanks stamp set. I also stamped the sentiment on the card base. Then, cut the larger frame from the Scallop Ovals dies to create a shaker for my card.

For the inside of the shaker I used the 3mm Sparkling Clear sequins, Iridescent Mini Circle Confetti and the upcoming ¼’ Iridescent Star Confetti.

Here’s another closer look at the card and also the stamps!

We hope that you enjoyed today’s card and look at the upcoming release. Also, we hope we inspired you to create a fun fall themed coffee cards for the blog hop.

We’ll be back tomorrow with a special post about an exclusive product- see you then!