Cards

Hello crafty friends, June here! Today I’m sharing a Saint-Patrick’s Day card. I was so excited when I saw the Horseshoe Shaker! The shakers are always the dies I’m most excited about seeing each release and this release did not disappoint. Both the Ladybug Shaker and this one are right up my alley! I can’t wait to turn this horseshoe into a cowboy themed card sometime, but first I wanted to use it the way it was intended: to wish some good luck during Saint-Patrick’s Day!

I cut the horseshoe from light grey cardstock and did a bit of ink blending and splattering to give it more interest. I filled the shaker with the Best Of Luck Shaker Beads and added the decorative stars to the outside. I cut out a bunch of the clovers that are included in the set, did some Copic coloring on them and added gel pen details. I added them onto my horseshoe in clusters of 2 or 3. 

I blended a soft green background using Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide and added some ink splatters. I didn’t use a stencil this time, but still wanted my background to look a bit more interesting, so I also cut some brown cardstock strips to go on the top and bottom of my card. These will act as a base for my Shamrock Border Dies. And of course, I also added ink splatters on the cardstock strips, you know me by now! I used the extra clovers to add on top of the borders using foam tape, I love the extra dimension this gives. I added the same detailing on these as I did for the other clovers. 

I stamped the ‘Lucky’ scripty sentiment from the Lucky to Know You stamp set using brown ink and added it on top of the horseshoe. I stamped the ‘you’re so’ sentiment from the same set inside of the negative space the horseshoe left on the card. A perfect spot!

Quite a simple card, but still very detailed because of all the details I added using ink, markers and gel pen. A good example to show how much all those details can do to make a card design really pop! I hope to see you again soon with a new blog post.

Spring is when the flower sing! Melissa here with you again today and I’ve pulled out some new, springtime Pretty Pink Posh products to create with.  Let’s get started!

My card uses the adorable, new Decorative Easter Egg die as my focal point.  I cut it twice from white cardstock and on the bottom layer, I ink blended soft pastels in pink, aqua, and yellow.  I then layered over the top, detailed layer and watched the colors shine through.

I layered this over an aqua background cut using the Pinking Rectangles die. Next I used the Watercolor Oval stencil to add a washed background in aqua. I then used the new Raindrops stencil to add a bit of soft rain in the background. I love how much detail this stencil adds in just seconds!

Lastly, I added my sentiment using the new Large Spring Shadow dies and then a few flowers bursting forth from the bottom of my large egg.  These were cut using the Spring Foliage dies, which are so full of life and happiness. I layered all of these over a pink card base and even added a few touches of adhesive pearls, sequins, trim, and glitter to finish.

It’s been such a treat to create for you today. Happy Springtime crafting!  Thanks for visiting!

Melissa

**All items in the Lucky section are 15% off during theme week**

Hello Crafty Friends! It is Hanh here with you today. Happy Lucky Theme Week! There are so many fun Lucky themed products available in the Pretty Pink Posh shop. 

Today I have two cards to share with you featuring the super cute Lucky Animals set. Let’s get started!

For both cards, I stamped the images from the Lucky Animals Stamp set onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the coordinating Lucky Animals Dies to diecut them out. For this first card, I also diecut a bow using the Beautiful Bows Dies. I colored them with Copic markers and highlighted with a white gel pen. 

COPIC COLORS:

Dog: E51/53/33/99/35, R20, R22, W5/7
White Duck: C00/0/1/3, Y38 YR04, R000/20
Duckling: Y11/13/15, Y38 YR04, R20
Cat: W1/3/5/7, R000/20
Hats: YG01/03/25/17, Y06, W5/7 Green: YG01/03/25/17

For the background, I used the largest die from the Pinking Rectangles Dies to diecut a piece of white cardsctock. I masked off the bottom and edges of the panel and lightly ink blended a subtle background with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink. A piece of craft foam was adhered to the backside of this panel before it was adhered to a piece of light blue cardstock and then a white A2 card base (4.25” x 5.5”). 

For the sentiment, I stamped the “Lucky” sentiment from the Lucky to Know You stamp set with Versamark Watermark ink onto a piece of green cardstock and heat embossed with Detail White Embossing Powder. I used the Lucky to Know You Dies to diecut it out. I also stamped the “to be your friend” sentiment from the same set directly onto the panel with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 

I adhered the colored images, bow and Lucky sentiment onto the panel with a combination of liquid glue and foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest.

For my second card, I decided to make a fun boxcard using the Scallop Box Card Dies and featuring the adorable little pup from the Lucky Animals set with some lucky elements from the Horseshoe Shaker Die set. I used the Scallop Box Card Dies to diecut the base, two shelves and the back panel out white and blue cardstock. I assembled the box, back and side scalloped panel with liquid glue. 

For the sentiment, I stamped the “You’re My Lucky Charm” sentiment from the Lucky to Know You set directly onto the scallop front panel with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I adhered the panel onto the front of the boxcard. 

I used the Horseshoe Shaker Dies set to diecut the horseshoe and some clovers out of matte gold and Neenah Solar White cardstock. I colored the dog from the Luck Animals set and the clovers with Copic markers and highlighted with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS: Dog: E51/53/33/99, R20, R22, W5/7 Green: YG07 G05/19/28

I decorated the box card with the lucky dog, horseshoe and clovers as seen in the picture. I used a clear acetate strip to adhere the floating clover. I love that this fun little 3D box card can flatten to fit into an envelope for easy mailing. 

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my cards and are inspired to create and send out some Lucky themed cards of your own. Be sure to head on over to the Pretty Pink Posh Shop to check out all of the fun Lucky themed products.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Hanh

**All items in the Lucky section are 15% off during theme week**

Hi friends! Sophie here today and I am thrilled to be participating in Lucky Theme Week. I have 2 cards to share with you to celebrate all things “luck” themed! I am featuring the Stitched Shamrocks die set for my projects. Let’s dive in! 

For my first card I am featuring a mix of old and new products. I started by die cutting out a bunch of the Stitched Shamrock dies from various scraps of both patterned paper and solid colored card stock. This project is a great scrap-buster and it came together so quickly you could easily mass produce this design! You could swap out the shamrocks for other shapes like hearts as well! 

For my background panel I used one of the Pinking Rectangles and chose to cut it out of white card stock to keep the focus on the shamrocks and the sentiment but to offer a little bit of interest.

The sentiment comes from the Lucky Animals stamp set. I *love* that almost all of the sentiments in each Pretty Pink Posh stamp set has a coordinating die. To help the sentiment stand out a bit more I layered a vellum banner underneath it cut from the Banner Greetings 2 die set. As a finishing touch I put some Marshmallow Confetti scattered around! 

For my second card I decided to use the Stitched Shamrocks in a different way by just using their negative shape. I took a white card stock panel and cut out 5 of the shamrocks. I set these stitched shamrocks aside for another project and kept the panel and popped it up using foam tape over a panel of patterned paper.

The sentiment comes from the Lucky to Know You stamp set. I used the same Marshmallow Confetti as a finishing touch for this card as well. This one came together so fast and it’s a great way to use up patterned paper sitting in your stash!

I hope you feel inspired, and I hope you have good luck this week!

**All items in the Lucky section are 15% off during theme week**

Hello, friends! Justin here, and today I am so excited to be sharing a project for our Lucky Theme Week! I was so inspired by the Ladybug Shaker Die Set, and wanted to make it themed for St. Patrick’s Day!

Below is a list of Pretty Pink Posh products that I used to create this card:

Ladybug Shaker Dies
Decorative Shamrock Dies
Box of Chocolates Dies
Lucky Shadow Dies
Lucky Words Stencil

Now, let’s get into the lucky details for how I put this project together!

My Ladybug was fairly easy to put together. I wanted to give a little bit of shading to my inlaid pieces, so I ink blended my light green cardstock with Lucky Clover Distress Ink, and then used Black Soot Distress Ink on my dark gray cardstock pieces! This allowed for the ladybug to have some extra shading to really make it pop!

I wanted to make the spots and the antennas shamrocks, so I die cut the Decorative Shamrock Dies from darker green cardstock, and used the little shamrock bits to decorate my Ladybug, making it more festive.

Next, for my background, I decided to use the same light green cardstock that I used for the Ladybug, and blended the edges using Lucky Clover and Pine Needles Distress Ink. Then, I placed the Lucky Words Stencil and ink blended over it with Lucky Clover Distress Ink.

To get my sentiment together, I used the Lucky Shadow Dies to create a sentiment of the “Lucky” word from white cardstock, and I adhered it on-top of a dark green Lucky shadow. Then, I also used some of the letter dies included in the Box of Chocolate dies to create the word “so”. I adhered my sentiment elements directly to my ladybug, and then adhered this unit with foam tape to give it some lift on my card!

I used some clear sequins as embellishments for this card, and was fully completed!

Thank you so very much for stopping by the Pretty Pink Posh Blog today! I hope this card gives you some luck-inspired inspiration for how you can transform your favorite die sets into creations for every holiday!

In the meantime, please be sure to follow me on Instagram and subscribe to my YouTube Channel @justanotebyjustin for more crafty inspiration!

Thanks again for stopping by, and happy crafting!

– Justin

**All items in the Lucky section are 15% off during theme week**

Hi Crafty friends, Debbie here with the Decorative Shamrock Shaker Die for the Lucky Theme week here at Pretty Pink Posh! This is such a great die for a shaker or not. And of course, I had to add some of the adorable Lucky Animals from the newest release too!

I started off with the Scallops Pierced Plate and ran it through my die-cutting machine with a standard A2 panel in a light yellow card stock. Then I trimmed in down by 1/8 inch on all sides. 

Next, with the outer Decorative Shamrock die in the middle of the panel I die cut out the window. Flipped the panel over and added acetate with double sided tape. Then running foam strips around the window to make a well for the Best of Luck Shaker Beads. With the same yellow card stock I adhered it to the foam to seal the shaker bits in. 

With both of the Decorative Shamrock dies taped together I die-cut out the shamrock to attach to the acetate on the front of the panel.

I then stamped out the “You’re my Lucky Charm” from the Lucky to Know You stamp set and then used the coordinating dies. Attach the sentiment directly to the panel with liquid glue.

Next, with the Lucky Animals stamp set I stamped out the dog and cat and copic colored them in and used the  coordinating dies. Adhere them next and above the sentiment with liquid glue.

I felt like it still needed more luck! So with the Shamrock Border Dies, I die-cut out three of the shamrocks, and in the centers, I added the small clovers from the Lucky Mix. 

Lastly, I added it all to a panel of the same green color  matting it and attach to a card base. 

I hope you like my card today, and make sure to check out the blog all week for the Design Team inspiration!

**All items in the Lucky section are 15% off during theme week**

Hello, friends!! Brenda back on the Pretty Pink Posh blog with you today! I’m super excited to be sharing a shaker card which combines several goodies for Lucky Theme Week!! Be sure to stay tuned all week for more inspiration from the design team and there is also a SALE!! The Lucky Category is 15% off in the shop all week!

I began by stenciling the background panel onto white cardstock with the Layered Lucky Items Stencil Set. I used Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness Distress Inks. I die-cut the panel with the largest die in the Stitched Torn Rectangles Die Set, then splattered it with diluted metallic gold watercolor paint. Once it was dry, I adhered it to an A2 panel of green cardstock. 

I created the shaker with the Horseshoe Shaker Die Set. The background and outline were both cut from brushed gold cardstock. I also die-cut the acetate with the largest die, then adhered it to the back of the outline. Shaker strips were adhered to the back of the acetate and I added Lucky Clay Confetti and Best of Luck Shaker Beads for the shaker bits, then adhered the back of the shaker to close it up. I added a rectangular panel of vellum to the background, then adhered the horseshoe shaker with liquid glue.

The sentiment, form the Lucky To Know You Stamp Set, was gold heat embossed onto white cardstock. “Lucky” was cut out with the Coordinating Die and the “to know you” sentiment was cut out with a die from the Sentiment Strips Die Set. I also die-cut one more layer of each from green cardstock and adhered them to the back, slightly offset. The sentiment die-cut and strip were both adhered with a combination of liquid glue and foam strips, doubling the foam where needed. 

That does it for me today! Be sure to stay tuned all week for more inspiration for Lucky Theme Week! Don’t forget to check out the Lucky Category for 15% off in the shop!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!
Brenda

**All items in the Lucky section are 15% off during theme week**

Hi crafty friends! It’s Christina, and I’m excited to welcome you to Lucky Theme Week! We’ll have magical inspiration all week, while anything in the “Lucky” category will be discounted 15% in the shop. Today I’m sharing a lucky rainbow-colored card design featuring something that might be a little unexpected, the Cauldron Shaker. It easily does double duty as a pot of gold using the Lucky Holder Additions to fill it with gold coins. So fun! Take a peek at the supplies I used, and then we’ll get started!

Cauldron Shaker Dies
Lucky Holder Additions Dies – coins, hat, and rainbow
Lucky to Know You Stamp Set – sentiment on sentiment strip
Lucky Shadow Dies
Watercolor Rectangle Stencil
Horseshoe Shaker Dies – stars and shamrocks
Sentiment Strips Dies

My first step was to create the rainbow background panel. On a white cardstock panel, I blended a rainbow of inks inside the Watercolor Rectangle stencil. To create the rainbow, I used some of my favorite pink, yellow, green, teal, and blue ink colors and blended them at an angle across the panel.

Next, I got to work die-cutting some of the elements for my card design. For the “pot of gold” and the hat, I die-cut them from colored cardstock and inked the edges with coordinating inks to add some dimension and shading. Then I die-cut the coins and the stars from matte gold cardstock. And finally, I die-cut a rainbow of shamrocks from colored cardstock to coordinate with the rainbow background panel.

My next step was to create the sentiment. First I die-cut the Lucky Shadow using green cardstock for the text and vellum for the shadow piece. Then I heat embossed the rest of the sentiment with white embossing powder on a green sentiment strip.

Time to wrap things up! I used foam squares to attach the “pot of gold” to the rainbow background panel and tucked some gold coins inside. I embellished the pot with a rainbow diecut and added the hat and a coin near the bottom with more foam squares. Then I added the rainbow of shamrocks and gold stars to the background for a little lucky flair. Finally, I added the Lucky Shadow and the sentiment strip. 

Thanks so much for checking out Day 1 of Lucky Theme Week here on the PPP blog! Be sure to check back all week for more St. Patrick’s Day inspiration!