Hi crafty friends! I’m Rebecca here with two shaker cards today! Both are made with the Star Cover Plate, but the nifty part about this month’s cover plate die is that, since stars are symmetrical, you can use this die horizontally or vertically!
Simply cut the Star Cover Plate out of two pieces of cardstock and two pieces of fun foam. Adhere the die cut fun foam over an A2 piece of cardstock. Adhere an A2 piece of acetate behind the die cut cardstock. For one card use the Berry Smoothie Shaker Beads and Purple Shimmer Confetti Mix.
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Thank you all so much for your order, comments, and excitement about this release. We are so thankful! Stay tuned for more inspiration on the blog and we’ll have a separate Instagram hop starting tomorrow!
Hello crafty friends! I hope you’ve been enjoying all the birthday festivities so far. Barbara here and I am so happy to have a chance to share a project I made for Pretty Pink Posh’s 10th birthday celebration!
For this project, I used the brand new Party Balloons die set. I used the technique of die cutting the balloons out of a variety of toned colored cardstock to create a background.
I created an ink blended panel with soft gray distress ink and arranged the balloons on the panel to make them look like they were flying around. I adhered them with foam squares and then added the LargeCelebrate Shadow die cut from gold cardstock for a festive look.
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Hello crafty friends, Marine here. I’m thrilled to be sharing with you this card featuring the new Interactive Cakedie set. I love interactive cards, they’re so fun to make, so I was over the moon when this new die was released!
I started off by creating a fun rainbow background on a 5,5 x 4,25 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel. I first applied and blended oxide inks in a clockwise direction, starting from the top left hand corner: kitsch flamingo, dried marigold, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron, salvaged patina and shaded lilac. Next I used the Birthday Words stencil and more oxide inks to bring more interest to my panel, creating a tone on tone look, using picked raspberry, spiced marmalade, mustard seed, mowed lawn, peacock feathers and wilted violet. And as always I added texture: I mixed some black soot oxide ink with water and used a small brush to make splatters all over the panel, and then did the same with copic opaque white ink.
I knew that I wanted to add multiple greetings inside the cake, but I still wanted to have a bold sentiment right above my Interactive Cake, so I cut “Celebrate” from the Gift Card Bag die set out of gold glitter cardstock and out of white cardstock. I glued the gold glitter word on top of the white one, but shifted it a tiny bit to the right to create a white border, and then attached my “Celebrate” at the very top of my panel using liquid glue.
Next I moved on to the Interactive Cake, and started off by working on the upper part. I cut the top piece out of a fun polka dot pattern paper, as well as a white circle border and multiple colored circles that I glued on the circle border in a rainbow order using liquid glue. Next I attached this border at the very top of my cake panel using 1mm foam squares, and then cut more elements such as the white pull tab and six colorful candles and lights. I attached those different pieces at the top of my cake panel: the pull tab in the center and three candles on either side. I also white heat embossed three different Sentiment Strips: Birthday greetings on colored cardstock, trimmed them into slim banners using Sentiment Strips dies, and attached them on my cake panel right below the rainbow circle border using liquid glue.
Next I moved on to the lower part of my Interactive Cake. I cut the bottom piece out of the same polka dot pattern paper as before. I also cut another white circle border, as well as colorful circles that, again, I glued on the white border in a rainbow order using liquid glue. I attached this circle border at the very bottom of my cake panel, and then cut more items such as a couple of pink scallop decorative pieces and six gold glitter hearts that I attached on the cake using 1mm foam squares.
To build my cake, I first added 1/8″ (= 3mm) foam strips at the back on the bottom piece of cake, along the very left and right edges and along the very bottom edge as well, leaving the scallop shaped top edge with no foam. I placed the top piece of cake behind the bottom piece, right between the foam strips, peeled the backing papers off the foam, and attached my cake on another bottom panel I had cut before, creating this way some sort of a pocket in which the top part of the cake can slide in and slide out.
The last thing I did was to add some morning dew nuvo drops on each candle to make them sparkle. And that’s it! I had a blast creating this bright rainbow Interactive Cake card, and I hope you enjoy the result.
We are having a special gift offer and discount code to celebrate the birthday festivities!
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Hello everyone! Leanne here and I’m so excited be a guest on the blog today. I have some fun birthday cards to share showcasing the new Big Birthday Cupcake dies. If you loved the Big Valentine Cupcake die set then you’ll definitely be interested in this new cupcake set.
These cards are 4bar size. The 4bar size is 3 1/2 inches by 4 7/8″. It’s such a cute size and makes a perfect little note card to enclose with a gift. The cupcakes fit nicely on this size too!
I was inspired by the color palette of the Berry Smoothie Shaker Beads. It’s such a pretty mix of pinks and blues. I pulled card stock from my stash matching those colors to create my cupcakes using the Big Birthday Cupcake dies.
Once I had the cupcakes assembled, I adhered them to a decorative panel created with the second largest Eyelet Rectangle die. The Sentiment Strip Birthday stamp set had the perfect greetings to add to my cards. I stamped them right onto the cupcake frosting part.
It’s a little hard to see in the photos, but I applied some Glossy Accents and Stickles Glitter to the sprinkles on each cupcake. This added a bit of sparkle and shine. That’s it and these cards are ready for gifting! They were so quick and easy to make. I’m sure they would be fabulous in many other color combinations.
We are having a special gift offer and discount code to celebrate the birthday festivities!
PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. We are giving away 5 $30 gift certificates to random comments (1 winner each day) left before February 16, 2024 at 11:59 PM PST. We’ll be announcing the winners on the PPP blog, so be sure to return and see if you are one of the winners and/ or sign up for our blog posts to your email!
The February 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!
Hello crafty friends, June here! Today I’m sharing a new card featuring a lot of the new products from the birthday release.
I knew I wanted a very colorful background, so that’s what I started working on first. I used the Birthday Words Stencil and various colors of Distress Oxide to create an ombre background. For the fade itself I used Milled Lavender, Shaded Lilac, Salvaged Patina and Cracked Pistachio. For the stenciled layer I used a darker shade of each of those colors, which were Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord, Peacock Feathers and Lucky Clover. I used a very light hand to apply these colors. To finish off my panel I also splattered some thinned acrylic paint on it.
One of my favorite products from this release is the Cake Shaker die. I cut it out of cream colored cardstock and made it into a shaker using some acetate and foam tape. I combined shaker bits from both the Over The Rainbow and the Berry Smoothie Mix to get the perfect color combination.
I added the candles from the Interactive Cakedie set on top of the cake and for some extra embellishments, I also added the scalloped piece that’s included in the same die set. I cut them out of different colors of cardstock and added some light ink blending on the sides for some extra definition.
For my sentiment, I stamped the ‘Party’ script from the Party Timestamp setonto some black cardstock and I embossed it with white embossing powder. I completed the sentiment by adding the ‘it’s time to’ at the top of my card panel. I adhered everything in place and tadaaaa! My festive shaker card is all done!
We are having a special gift offer and discount code to celebrate the birthday festivities!
PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. We are giving away 5 $30 gift certificates to random comments (1 winner each day) left before February 16, 2024 at 11:59 PM PST. We’ll be announcing the winners on the PPP blog, so be sure to return and see if you are one of the winners and/ or sign up for our blog posts to your email!
Hello! It’s time to announce the three winners of the January blog hop posts HERE, HERE, and HERE. And the lucky winners of the $30 gift certificates are…
Winners, email me within 7 days to claim your prize!
If you would like even more inspiration with the new release and are on Instagram, we also have a FIVE day Instagram hop with more chances to win a $30 gift certificate if you leave a comment before January 16th!
We hope you were inspired by all the inspiration from the hops!
Hello! It’s Lindsey here. Sometimes I make a project that I am absolutely giddy about. This is one of them! :) I love St. Patrick’s Day. It reminds me of my Irish grandmother who I absolutely adored. I don’t have very many decorations to celebrate the holiday, though. When I saw the big Shamrock Shaker die, I knew it would make a fabulous garland. And I have to say, I’m pretty smitten with the result.
This project comes together super quickly, so I hope you’ll give it a try. All you need is one die – the Shamrock Shaker.
There are a couple things that make the Shamrock Shaker Dies perfect for this project: they are large in scale and symmetrical. Because of the large size, it only took 14 shamrocks to stretch across my shelf. (This would fit across my fireplace mantle as well, but at the time I made it, I had Christmas Stockings hanging. Lol.)
After cutting 14 solid white shamrocks, I cut 3 colored inner portions for each shamrock, so 81 pieces total. You could certainly layer more pieces, but 3 made it full enough for my liking. I adhered one colored layer to the white shamrock, then scored the other two down the middle (which was 1.5″).
Next, I folded both shamrock centers down the middle, layered them on top of each other, and put glue down the spine. Then, I placed them in the center of my shamrock and held them until the glue dried. You could use any glue of choice, but I used hot glue because it dries quickly and has a strong bond. It also helps hold the shamrock centers in a permanent fanned position.
The process goes really quickly if you streamline it and do all the scoring then all the gluing.
Finally, I arranged the shamrocks in rainbow order and adhered them to a white string.
Ta-da! Isn’t it fun? Here is one last view closer up.
I hope I’ve inspired you to create something today. You could also use the new Stitched Hearts Dies to make a Valentine’s version of this if that’s more your thing. For that matter, you could make a garland for each season using Pretty Pink Posh’s Stitched Pumpkins, Pine Tree Dies, etc. Just choose a die that is symmetrical, and you are good to go.
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 January 11, 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.
The January 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!
Hello everyone, June here! Today I’m back to share a project with the brand new Valentine’s Day products.
When I saw the new release, my eye instantly went to the Heart Cover Plate die, so I just had to make a card with it right away! I used Salvaged Patina and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide to make a faded background. After that I splatted some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide and some thinned out white acrylic paint to add some detail.
I cut some acetate to size and glued it onto my card panel. I adhered it with some thick foam tape and divided it into 6 separate windows for my shaker bits. I decided to go for the Valentine Heartsbecause those were my favorite from the new release. I backed it with a simple white panel.
I thought it would be cute to have a small image to fill each frame, and the Sweet Chocolatesstampswere perfect for that because of their size. I stamped them in brown ink to make them appear a bit softer. I decided to go for browns, pinks and yellows as a color palette.
I’m always so happy when I see a scripted sentiment in a set, so you just know I had to go for the one that’s included in Sweet Chocolates. I stamped it with Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide and finished off the sentiment with the rest of the phrase in the set. I also decided to add the ‘xoxo’ from the Sentiment Strips Valentine.
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 January 11, 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.
Hello! It’s time to announce the three winners of the October blog hop posts HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE. And the lucky winners of the $30 gift certificates are…
Winners, email me within 7 days to claim your prize!
If you would like even more inspiration with the new release and are on Instagram, we also have a FIVE day Instagram hop with more chances to win a $30 gift certificate if you leave a comment before October 27th!
We hope you were inspired by all the inspiration from the hops!
Hello friends! It’s Leica, and I’m excited to share a holiday card featuring the fantasticLove From Afar Dies. This set is absolutely stunning, and I’ve got to say, my favorites are the banner and the word dies that fit perfectly inside it.
To get started, I cut an A2-sized piece of white cardstock and gave it some color with Distress Oxide Inks in Chipped Sapphire and Faded Jeans. To add a little extra flair, I splashed some gold and white ink on there for a touch of pizzazz.
Next, I used the Love From Afar dies to cut out the various elements. I added a strip of gold cardstock and tied a bow to make the globe look like an ornament. Then, I placed a pink banner on there with the words, “Joy to the world.” I also cut out a couple of birds from cream cardstock and popped them up on the card panel with foam.
Finally, I glued the card panel onto an A2-sized card base, and that wraps up my Christmas card using the Love From Afar dies.
I truly believe this die set will bring you a lot of joy. It’s large and creates a beautiful focal point on your card. I hope you give it a try and have a blast with your crafting!
PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. We are giving away 4 $30 gift certificates to four random comments (1 winner each day) left before October 19, 2023 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.
