Cards

Hello stamping friends! Suzy here and I’m so excited to get to share with you one of the brand new Pretty Pink Posh stamp and dies sets called Cupcake Critters. This one was my favorite from the January 8th release and it goes so well with many of the other new birthday stamps and dies! Today I have two cards to share with you that focus on these cute birthday critters, but also use some of the other new products (which might be a sneak peek for you today!).

If you are familiar with my card style, you have probably seen me make cards with this technique before. I actually try to make one with each new stamp set because I love the look of random stamping so much! For this card, I stamped all of the images in the Cupcake Critters stamp set on white cardstock with a natural color of ink for no-line coloring. I like the images to go topsy turvy and curve all different directions. I think my love for making puzzles makes this technique really fun for me! (Note: Use a Misti tool to make this much easier!).

I colored all the images with colored pencils. I use both Prismacolors and Polychromos as I love them both for different reasons. I’ve gone into these details on some of my past blog posts on my blog if you want to read about them. I added shadows behind each image with a gray Copic Marker (N2) to make them look like they are dimensional on the paper.

For the sentiment, I used the new Happy Birthday Script Dies die-cut from white cardstock twice. I glued the two together so they would be more dimensional. I colored them with colored pencils to match my card front, but I think it would be much easier to color them with Copics or even use colored cardstock! I then used Glossy Accents over them and covered it in fine white glitter. I used some of the new Party Jewels Mix around the sentiment and as the dot on the I.

This card is my other favorite type of card to make – a shaker card. The PPP products lend themselves so well for shakers too! I started by stamping all of the images on white cardstock with a natural color of ink so I would have no-line coloring. I colored them in with colored pencils again, but this time I decided I wanted them to have outlines, so I used a fine tip black marker to add them. I used Glossy Accents to add some glitter to the cupcakes.

I used the largest Stitched Hexagon Die to create a shaker window. I then watercolored a piece of watercolor paper with three colors – orange, yellow, and green that fit behind the window. I used several sequins and jewels inside the window including 3mm Sparkling Clear Sequins, the new Party Jewels Mix, and the new Valentines Jewel Mix. I also stamped all of the confetti stamps from the new Pinata Party Stamp Set to include in the shaker window (I stamped them with a light color of ink and colored them with colored pencils, but you could just stamp them with colored ink).

I attached the colored critters to the front of the card overlapping the shaker window. I stamped the sentiment from the set (I had to cut it apart to use it horizontally) with a light color of ink and then drew over the letters with colored pencils. I used several shades of green and blue so it would look multi-colored.

Thanks for visiting today and don’t forget to stop by each day this week to see all of the new products! I love the birthday theme as birthday cards are the ones I need the most! I was covered with glitter on New Years Day after making these cards which you would think meant I had a great New Years Eve, but unfortunately it didn’t! (in bed by 9 haha). Have a great NEW YEAR friends and happy stamping!

Suzy

Welcome to another day of Pretty Pink Posh January 2019 Product Release Sneak Peeks. Alix here showing you a beautiful set of stamp called Floral Hearts that you could fulfill your needs all year around.

It is a small set (3 x 4) with coordinating dies. I made two cards for different occasions to demonstrate how you could utilize this gem.

To begin with both of my cards, I stamped all images from Floral Hearts on a piece of 80lbs white card stock paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with my Copic markers. I die cut them with Floral Heart coordinating dies and set aside.

I ink blended background of A2 sized watercolor paper using Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink in Tumbled Glass and Picked Raspberry. Then I splattered water drops over the background and blotted excess water with a piece of paper towel to create some texture. A dreamy background is done!

I used the outer heart shaped die cut from the coordinating dies to cut the upper center open in order to create a window. I attached a piece of acetate paper underneath the window and  poured Valentine Confetti Mix to the background heart. In the end, I closed this shaker window using some foam strips and added already colored wreath on the top.

I stamped the sentiment “Have Courage. I believe in you!” using Versamark embossing ink and embossed with Metallic gold embossing powder. To bring the focus to the center, I added white frame cut to the card background using Scallop Frames Dies. I arranged a few Valentine Mix Jewels to finish this Not-So -Traditional Valentine’s card.

Now here comes a very traditional heart to heart Valentine’s Card. I ink blended background of A2 sized watercolor paper using Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink in Worn Lipstick and Mustard Seed. I Again splattered water drops over the background and blotted excess water with a piece of paper towel to create some texture. As you could see, this technique comes in very handy.

I assembled some colored and cut images on the top of prepped background using Multi Medium Matte and Foam tapes. In order to have my sentiment piece to pop, I inked the inner piece of heart with Worn Lipstick oxide ink. I stamped one of small sentiment that comes with the Floral Heart Stamp set onto a piece of black card stock using Versamark embossing ink and embossed with White embossing powder. I hand cut the sentiment with scissors into a rectangle strip and attached it to the center of heart with Foam tape.At last, I embellished the card using my all time favorite 4mm Sparkling Clear Sequins and Jewels in Valentine Mix.

I hope you already fell in love with this set of stamp and dies after these two cards I made. Be sure to come back to check out more great products we have in our first release of 2019!

Hello Pretty Pink Posh fans! This is Melody here today and I am excited to give you a sneak peek at the new Pinata Party stamp set and Pinata Party coordinating dies. One of my creative goals this year is to make more birthday cards and this stamp set will get lots of use!

I started by creating my background. I cut a piece of watercolor paper to fit the card front and sponged on three colors of Oxide Distress Inks (Broken China, Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn) and then spritzed  with water. I let paper dry and then stamped the sentiment from the Pinata Party stamp set in Versamark Ink and embossed with white embossing powder.

I colored the piñata with Copic Markers and used a glitter pen to add a coat of glitter to the horn, mane, and tail.Using foam tape I attached twine to the piñata. I used five different colors of inks to stamp the banners.

Using the Misti Stamping Tool I randomly stamped confetti and streamers in different colors on the card front. So fun and festive! I finished off the card with jewels from the new Party Jewels Mix.

Thanks for joining us today! All the new January products will be available on January 8th.

Hi, Friends! It’s Caly here with you today sharing a card using the brand new Crocus Flowers and Simple Sayings: Courage sets!

To begin, I stamped the Crocus Flowers using a Copic-friendly ink on some white cardstock. I colored the images using Copic markers.  I outlined the petal borders using the darkest purple in V09, then added flicks of FV2 from the border towards the center, blending as I go, but stopping before it reaches the center.  Then I added B00 to the area to add light blue, then went between the blue and previous medium shade of purple with BV01 to blend the colors with each petal. Sometimes, I had to go back with the FV2 to add some contrast back, but it went fairly quick.  On the flowers with filament, I colored flicked them with the Y08 marker first, then colored around it, leaving the yellow bright. For the foliage, I used G03 and G19.

After coloring, I die-cut the images using the coordinating Crocus Flowers dies and set them aside to work on my background.  Ink-blended the card using Distress Oxide inks in Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar, Cracked Pistachio, and Peacock Feathers (from top to bottom). I then sprayed the panel with droplets of water.  Typically, I dab it up with a napkin but by the time I got to it, it had already soaked into the paper so that works too! I also splattered the panel with white ink. After that was dry (within minutes), I stamped the sentiment using Versafine Onyx Black ink to heat-emboss the sentiment from the Simple Sayings: Courage stamp set using with clear embossing powder.

To finish the card, I trimmed 1/8″ off each side and added the foliage and crocus flowers with a slight overhang to give the card some added interest. That’s a wrap!  I hope you enjoyed this card! Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to come back for more inspiration! The release is January 8th and we’re celebrating Pretty Pink Posh’s 5th birthday starting the 9th and will have lots of inspiration for you!

Caly

Hello, Gemma here today to share a card featuring the beautiful Anemones stamp set.

I enjoy using colour palettes when making cards. Limiting yourself to a set of 3-4 colours is a fun challenge and I always love the results I get with this technique. My colours for this card are yellow, grey and pale blue, along with black for stamping.

I stamped out the images then coloured them with copic markers. I used the following colours: Y00, Y15, E55, N1, N3, and N5. I then die cut the images with the coordinating dies. Next I took a piece of white card, the same size as my card base, and used a Scallop Border Die to cut it down. I then stamped a sentiment from the Everyday Greetings stamp set.

On the card base, I added a light blend of tumbled glass distress oxide ink to the top. I then arranged my flowers and leaves along the edge of the scallop border, securing with tape. Before adding the panel to my card base, I rounded the bottom corners of both with a 1/2 inch corner chomper. I added lots of foam tape and adhered the panel to the card base.

For the finishing touch, I added some Sea Glass jewels to the center of the anemones, as well as around the sentiment and flowers. These add a bit of shine and dimension and really bring the card together.

Hi everyone, Merry Christmas Eve! It’s Lindsay here on the Pretty Pink Posh blog today with a winter themed card using the Penguin Pals Stamps and Coordinating Dies, Happy Snowman Stamps and Coordinating Dies, and Winter Wonderland Stamps.

For this card I started off with inking up a background with Distress Oxide Inks. I used Chipped Sapphire, Salty Ocean, and Tumbled Glass. I then heat embossed the snowflake images from the Winter Wonderland Stamp Set onto the ink blended background, keeping in mind what would be showing through the window. I then die cut the front of the card using the Window Frames Dies and stamped a greeting from the Caroling Critters Stamp Set.

I then got to stamping my two images and copic coloring them, keeping with the blue color scheme. I used B00, B02, B04 for the blue coloring and BG11, BG13, and BG 18 for the teal coloring. I used C5, C7, and C8 for the penguin. I shaded the snowman with B00 and the penguin with C1 on the white areas.

I adhered the die cut window to the ink blended background with a tape adhesive, adhered the images using foam tape, and finished off the card with some Ivory Jewels.

Aloha and Merry Christmas,

Lindsay