Cards

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Hello Everyone! It is Zsofi here today on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog showcasing the adorable Elephant Friends stamp and coordinating die set. I love critter sets so much because of their versatility and I love colouring.

Today I want to show you how easy it is to get 4 different cards with one critter stamp set. I paired it with the Balloon Alphabet stamp set and coordinating die set, which is perfect for creating custom sentiments. And I used a bunch of other dies to make all the cards different. Let me guide you through the process.

First I stamped and coloured all the images from the Elephant Friends and the necessary letters from the Balloon Alphabet stamp set. I used Copic markers, but kept the colouring simple: 3 shades of each colour family. Then I cut everything out with the coordinating dies.

While I was die cutting, I prepared a couple of backgrounds with the Pierced Leafy Vines Plate, the Pierced Hearts and the Pierced Stars Plates. These dies are unique as they add a beautiful pierced pattern to the cardstock. They look beautiful on both white and coloured cardstock too. 

Then I started assembling the cards. For the STAR card I used the biggest Wonky Stitched Rectangle die to cut a pierced background down, matted it with dark blue cardstock and popped up one of the elephants with the “star” balloon letters using 3D foam squares. I added an extra sentiment on a thin strip of yellow cardstock from the Simple Sentiments stamp set. I embellished it with a few confett stars from the Stargazing Mix.

For the FRIEND card, I used the Stitched Torn Rectangles die set to cut a pierced background and stamped a sentiment on the top of it from the Thoughtful Greetings stamp set. I had to mask off the middle part but it was easy with washi tape. I popped up the elephants and balloons with 3D foam squares. I made sure that the strings I wrapped around the trunks of the critters, so it really looks like they are holding the balloons. Again a few clay stars embellish the card.

For the HUGS card I used a colorful pierced background and die cut it with a Wonky Stitched Rectangle die. I also added a vellum banner which I cut with the Stitched Banner Duo 1 set. After popping up the balloons and critters with 3D foam squares, I used the back of these elements to hide another layer of 3D adhesive to ensure extra dimension. I used twine and a few clay hearts from the Colorful Heart Confetti Mix to add some extra touch to the card.

And finally for my last card, I used an Eyelet Circle to be the focal point, stamped the sentiment from the Elephant Friends stamp set and adhered all the tulips following the stitching detail of the circle. I added a darker yellow mat to a Pierced Leafy Vines background and popped up the circle with 3D foam squares. I also added a small bow which I cut with the Beautiful Bows die set and adhered a Creamsicle Pearl in the middle.

As a finishing touch I used glossy accents on all of the balloon sentiments to make them shiny. I also used a black glaze pen on the eyes of the elephants, I love to add these little extra touches.

I wish you liked my cards today and got inspired to get the most use out of your critter stamps. These cards can be used for many occasions. 

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you soon, Zsofi

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Hi friends! Christina here, sharing some inspiration for Animal Theme week, featuring the super cute Bee Friends stamp set and coordinating dies. I created mini-scenes with these cuties and then layered them on an Eyelet Rectangle background for a sweet, whimsical design. Let’s get started!

First, I stamped the small flower from the Baby Animals stamp set multiple times and the images from the Bee Friends stamp set in black ink on white cardstock. Then I colored the images with alcohol ink markers before die cutting them with the coordinating dies. After die cutting, I added a little sparkle to the bee wings with a Wink of Stella glitter brush marker, and for their eyes, a glossy black gel pen.

Next, I die cut the largest Eyelet Rectangle from white cardstock and trimmed a piece of yellow cardstock to fit the center portion of the background panel. For added interest, I layered this on not only a white cardstock panel but also a striped patterned paper panel.

Then, after die cutting the smallest Eyelet Rectangle and two small Eyelet Squares from white cardstock, I masked the edges with low-tack tape and very lightly applied whatever ink was leftover from my last project on my blue blending brush to create a soft blue sky. I layered these on the yellow background panel and added the colored die cut images to create mini bee scenes. I used an acrylic block to stamp the dotted heart detail to one of the mini scenes.

Lastly, I stamped a small Hello greeting from the Baby Animals stamp set and die cut it using a partial die cutting technique with one of the scalloped sentiment strips from the Sentiment Strips Dies Set before attaching it to my card front. The finishing detail was to embellish my design with little White Clay Hearts. 

That completes my Animal Theme card inspiration featuring the Bee Friends set and coordinating dies.

Be sure to check out all the inspiration on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog this week and then head over to the shop for 15% off all items in the Animal Section! See you again soon!

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Hello crafty friends, it’s June. Thanks for joining me for Animal Theme Week here at Pretty Pink Posh. I hope you enjoyed the projects Marine and Debby shared the past 2 days, and I hope you’ll stay with us this week to take a look at all of the projects the Design Team has prepared!

Today I’ll be showcasing the Monkey Friends stamp set. It’s gonna be quite a simple card, but that’s actually my favorite thing about critter stamp sets. They allow you to create cards without too much thought. Just a simple scene with a colorful background can be so pretty, so that’s basically what I did!

I stamped a few of the monkeys and bananas along with the branches from the Spring Birdhouses stamp set. I thought the scene would look good against a green jungle-ish background, so I blended an ombre using Shabby Shutters and Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide.

I couldn’t find a stencil that added enough detail without distracting from the scene, so I took the Layered Butterfly Floral Stencils and used a small brush to only ink the flower parts. I thought it looked just a tad too empty without the butterflies, so I also splattered some thinned out white acrylic paint and Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide to fill up the empty spaces. I cut out my panel with the largest of the Stitched Torn Rectangle Dies.

My scene left a gap that was perfect for a sentiment, so I embossed the ‘Party’ from the Birthday Scripts stamp set onto some black cardstock and finished the sentiment to say ‘let’s party’, which I thought was very fitting for the vibes these monkeys give off!

And that’s it! I hope you’ll join us tomorrow and up until the 21st for more inspiration. If you already feel inspired to start creating, you can visit the Pretty Pink Posh shop and get 15% off all products in the Animal Section this week only. See you again soon!

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Hi friends, this is Debbie! Today I am sharing the adorable Flamingos from Tropical Birds stamp set. Knowing that I was going with pinks, I just had to also use teals just such a magical color palette.

1. Starting off with Layered Leaves and Flowers Stencil. Add Layer A over a panel measuring 4.25 X 5. 5 inches vertical onto a grip mat. Ink blend on Simon Says Pawsitively ink- Tidepool and Tropic into the centers for some depth.

2. Align up Layer B the flowers and ink blend on SSS Bubblegum. Remove and then line up Layer C. Blend on SSS Sweets to the flower centers and Taffy to the remaining dots.

3. Stamp out your images onto X-Press It smooth white Card stock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink in a Misti.

COPICS
Flamingo: RV66, RV55, RV63, RV52
Beak: N5,N3,C0,RV11
Palm: BG49,BG13, BG34, BG32
Trunk: E47,E44,E43, E42

4. Cut out the images with the Tropical Birds Coordinating Dies and attach to the Eyelet Oval Dies cut out the largest from white card stock. 

5. Also die cut the previously released Stitched Leafy Borders die from teal card stock.

6. Trim your floral panel trim it down to 2 inches, vertical. Then align the Stitched Leafy Border die over by about 1/2 inch. This will give a nice well for the Leafy border to snug right it there, keeping the layers flush.

7. Adhere the panel to a Standard A2 Portrait side fold card base. Add the Stitched Leafy Border die cut, next the oval die cut and the palm tree with liquid glue. Add 3D foam squares to the back of the images and attach.

8. Final touches are adding white highlights and Valentine Confetti Mix for embellishments.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed the card. Join us tomorrow for another day of inspiration!

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

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I’m thrilled to be back on the blog with this super colorful dinosaur themed fancy card featuring a mix & match of “old” and new products. As you may already know, I like to create cute busy scenes, and this Fancy Card die set is just perfect to do that!

I stamped my images on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, cut them all using the matching dies, and colored everything using my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers and Graph’it brush markers. 

Here is a detailed list of the products I used: • Dinosaur Friends for the palm trees, bones, leaves and dinosaurs • Dinosaur Additions for the volcano and dinosaurs • Construction Trucks for the rocks • Jungle Friends for the flowers.

Next I worked on my three panels, and started off by cutting a 5,5 x 4,25 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel that I colored using oxide inks. On the lower part, I created a mud/sand border using antique linen and vintage photo oxide inks. In the middle part, I created a grass border using mowed lawn and rustic wilderness oxide inks. And on the top part, I did the sky using tumbled glass and salty ocean oxide inks. I white heat embossed my “You are dino-mite!” greeting from Dinosaur Friends on the top right hand corner, and set my panel aside.

I cut a second panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock using the second Fancy Card die, and colored it using the same inks as before, except for the sky. Next I used the same die again to cut a colorful plaid panel, cut the tab off, and glued that panel at the back of the other.

I cut a third panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock using the third Fancy Card die, and colored it using the same green inks as before only. I used the same die again to cut a panel out of the same colorful plaid paper as before, cut the tab off, and glued that panel at the back of the other.

Next I attached those two Fancy Card panels on each side of the main panel, stuck the whole thing to a white card base, and then attached all my images using 1mm and 2mm foam squares. As always, I finished my card by adding highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen.

And that’s it! It was so fun to color all those cute dinosaurs, all the flowers, and all the palm trees… I hope that you like this card!

Thanks so much for stopping by, come back tomorrow for another cute critter card!

Hi friends! It’s Dana here today and I am back with a fun cupcake card!! I just love how all of the cupcake and mug sets can be mixed and matched, so I decided to combine a few sets to make a sweet summer themed birthday card. Let’s get started…

I started my card by using the Big Birthday Cupcake dies to create my cupcake. I then used the Big Valentine Cupcake dies  to die cut my cupcake flag and flower. Once I assembled my cupcake I attached it to a card panel that I created with the Pierced Leafy Vines Plate. I love the subtle detail that this die creates. 

Next, I used the Sentiment Strips: Birthday stamp set and Sentiment Strips dies to create my sentiment banner. I then used the Fruit Mug Additions die set to die cut a variety of fruit. Lastly, I used the Big Celebration Cupcake dies to die cut a couple of ants to add to my cupcake… the perfect touch for a summertime cupcake card!

Thanks for joining me today and I hope I inspired you to create a summertime cupcake card of your own!!

Enjoy your day, Dana

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I’m so glad to be back with this super cute slimline card featuring Construction Additions from the June 2024 Release. The trucks were so fun to stamp and color, and I had a blast adding all the small details to create those four little vignettes.

I started off by cutting a Strathmore bristol smooth slimline panel using the largest Slimline: Peekaboo Windows die, and created roads interspersed with sand sections using the Layered Roads stencils. For the roads, I applied hickory smoke and black soot oxide inks, and for the sand sections, I used antique linen and vintage photo oxide inks. To emphasize the sand texture, I mixed some vintage photo oxide ink with water and used a small brush to add splatters on the paper, and I did the same with copic opaque white ink.

I set my panel aside to dry, and stamped all my images on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I used the coordinating dies to cut them all, and colored everything using my alcohol markers. And in addition to the background, I knew that there would be a lot of neutral colors on this card, with the rocks, dirt, and tires, so I picked very bright colors to color the trucks, and make them pop on the background. I colored all the Construction Additions images, as well as the traffic cones, hearts, dirt piles and rounded shovel from Construction Trucks.

Next I white heat embossed “You are tons of fun” from Construction Additions on the right hand side of my panel, and attached all the images using 1mm foam squares. I also stamped in black three additional sentiments from the same set, and added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen.

I cut an 8,5 x 3,5 inches kraft panel that I attached to a matching card base, cut a slightly smaller white panel that I stuck on top, and attached my Construction Additions panel using double sided tape. And that’s it! I really enjoyed making this card, it turned out so amazing with those colorful trucks, and I hope that you like it.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you soon!

Hi friends! Christina here to share a super fun shaker card that any bestie would love to receive. I used the Stitched Stars Dies and the Beach Day Shaker Beads from the latest release to create a starry design on a patterned paper background that I stamped myself. Let’s get started!

First, I die cut the stars from colored cardstock in colors that match the Beach Day Shaker Beads: rust, orange, teals, and royal blue. I used the Stitched Stars Dies and the two stars included in the Big Celebration Cupcake Dies set to get a variety of sizes. The largest rust-colored star will be the shaker, so I die cut that one again with the star slightly smaller to create the frame and background piece for the shaker.

For the front panel, I die cut the Pierced Stars Plate from white cardstock and stamped the little stars from the Outer Space Stamp Set in coordinating colors all across the panel. Then I die cut the second-largest star from this panel where the shaker will be. Before attaching acetate over this space on the reverse side, I used it as a template for the placement of the shaker background piece. I attached the background piece to an A2 white cardstock panel. Then I used foam strips around the background piece to create the well for the shaker beads and attached foam tape to the rest of the panel. I added the shaker beads and placed the front panel on the foam tape.

Next, I added the shaker frame that I die cut earlier from the large star to the front of the shaker. I scattered the die cut stars across the front of the panel, attaching some with foam squares.

For the greeting, I added just the script portion of the Friend Shadow Dies die cut from coordinating cardstock. The final step was to heat emboss a sentiment from the Sports Stamp Set in white on the pennant from the Big Celebration Cupcake and pop it up with foam squares.

That finishes this super fun shaker card showcasing the popular Stitched Stars Dies. See you again soon!