Cards

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Sneak Peek: Geraniums

Hi crafty friend, Crystal here today sharing a sneak peeks of the June Release! I have the honor of creating with the stamp set called Geraniums. You will absolutely fall in love with this newest floral stamp set from PPP.

For today’s post I have created a sweet and delicate floral card that is perfect for any occasion.

To make this card, I stamped and heat embossed the Geraniums and leaves with gold embossing powder. I did not mask any of it, just stamped the flowers in a round pattern.

Next, I colored each petal of the Geraniums with Copic numbers. I used RV17 for my darkest shade and RV10 for my lightest shade. The leaves were colored with YG13 (lightest) and YG17 darkest shade. You will notice, I am only using two markers, for that medium shade I do a “kissing” technique where the lightest marker tip kisses the darkest. Then feathering up from the dark to light on the actual petal or leaf.

Once my Geranium was colored, I moved on to shade the edges of the entire floral bundle. Using Distress Ink in Antique Linen, I blended starting at the edge of the petal and moving down careful not to color the interior of the petal.

Then with Gansai Tambi Starry Colors, I flickered yellow gold watercolor over the entire card panel.

Now onto that gorgeous sentiment! For this I used the Lovely Script die released in May! Ran that die through my gemini on a piece of gold foil cardstock. I then trimmed tiny pieces of foam adhesive and added those to the die.

To finish, I added a variety of Metallic Gold Confetti Mix to card.

These Geraniums are absolutely super fun to color! Hope you enjoyed today’s sneak peek! Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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Sneak Peek: Koala Friends

Hello everyone, Joni here sharing a sneak for the new upcoming June 2018 release. The cute Koala Friends stamp set and Koala Friends die set are a must have.

To begin my card I first stamped and die-cut my pieces. Then colored them with Copic Markers.

Next, I distressed my card panel with Distress Oxide and then splattered them with water. I also used the stitched scallop from Stitched Borders 2.

Then, I also stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set Koala Friends using Platinum embossing powder after distressing a white piece of cardstock. Then, I die-cut the piece with Stitched Borders 1.

To finish the card I adhered everything with foam tape for added interest. I then finish the card by added Ivory Jewels.

For my second card, I used the new Hello Shaker die to coordinate with the Koala Friends.

To start my second card, I distressed a white cardstock also using Distress Oxide inks and splattered with water.

Then, I die-cut the Hello Shaker 3 times and adhere with glue on top of the other for a thick look.

I also added the strip of black and white strip of paper and I also added some Ivory Jewels to finish off the card.

Thank you so much for visiting! Stay tuned for more sneak peeks in the next few days!

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Sneak Peek: School Friends

Hello everyone! Alix here as a guest designer sharing products from Pretty Pink Posh upcoming June release. I have been a Pretty Pink Posh super fan for quite a while and I am so honored to start this exciting moment with you.

To begin with my card, I first stamped the images from School Friends stamp set on a piece of cardstock paper and cut them with School Friends coordinating dies. Then I colored them with my trusty copic markers and set aside.

I wanted the have the main focus on my shaker window, so I decided to keep the card base almost pure white. For inked background, I ink blended background using distress ink oxide in Tattered Rose, Abandoned Coral and Candied Apple, then I stamped sentiment that comes with this stamp set with some Watermelon Jewels to embellish.

To create the shaker window, I cut the frame for 5 times using the Scallop Ovals, then I glued 4 of them together sandwiched with a piece of acetate paper and the last frame die cut. Before I closed up the top, I poured some Iridescent Mini Star Confetti and 3mm Sparkling Clear Sequins. When its ready, I attached the window onto a A2 base card front.

I arranged all colored images around the window using glue and double sided foam squares to create some dimensions. At last, I scattered 4mm Sparkling clear sequins and 6mm Sparkling clear sequins onto the bottom of this card.

For Copic coloring references for this card:

Girl

Hair: E31, E23

Skin: E000, E00, R20

Backpack G00, BG10

Clothes and Skirt: RV13, RV13, R14, R22

Boy

Hair: N2, N4, N6

Skin: E000, E00, R20

Clothes: B21, B23

Pants: E31, E34

Shoes: N4, N6

Apples

YG03, YG23, R14, R27

When you are holding a cute and lovely stamp set, there is no way that you could only make one card. So this second card idea came up very quickly. The scene I wanted to create is that a nerdy boy who likes to bury himself in a library with tons of book. A shy girl who had crush on him expressed her feeling with full courage.

I started to ink blended distress oxide in Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron and Cracked Pistachio onto a piece of watercolor paper. I sprayed water over inked background and removed all wet spots with a piece of paper towel. When it dried, I splattered a mixture with ink and water over upper portion of background to add some interest.

While I was waiting for background to dry completely, I cut my white frame using the Scallop Frames and I popped them up using double sided foam squares to create dimension. I did my pick and choose for the best images to create my ideal scene and colored them with copic markers. Then I arranged them inside of the frame I created.

I stamped sentiment that comes with this School Friends Stamp set  with very black dye ink since my background is in slightly darker color. I also stamped mini hearts around them and added 1/4″ Iridescent star confetti to create lobe sparkles between them.

Girl

Face: E00, E00, R20

Clothes: R02, R20, G000, G00

Shoes: N00, N02

Backpack: B0000, B00

Case: YG21, YG23

Apple: R14, R27, YG21, YG03

Boy

Face- E000, E00, R20

Hair: E19, E39, E29

Shirt: N00, N02

Books

Y11, Y13, G000, G00, B000, B00, R02, R20, YG21, YG03

I hope you enjoy my projects and thank you for stopping by. Don’t forget to come by tomorrow to see more sneak peeks!

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Sneak Peek: Darling Dragonflies + Simple Sayings: Miss You

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends! Heather here this morning with a peek at some of the upcoming Pretty Pink Posh Release! I get to share a sneak peek with you featuring the CUTEST little dragonflies ever – as well as a fabulous new sentiment set! On my second card I also used a few of the new colors of seed beads that are part of this fabulous release!

First up, I created this watercolor card, using the colors I think of when dragonflies come to mind. I used my Peerless watercolors to create a pretty ombre watercolor background, then added some gold splatters with my Gansai Tambai Starry Colors Palette.

I stamped and colored the adorable dragonflies from the new Darling Dragonflies stamp set, then cut them with the coordinating Darling Dragonflies coordinating dies. I added some Nuvo Honey Gold Glitter Drops to the wings for some extra sparkle as well!

I stamped my sentiment from the new Simple Sayings: Miss You, then mounted the dragonflies around it with foam adhesive. I matted that panel with a bit of white cardstock, then mounted on a cardbase made with deep purple cardstock. Finished off with a few Metallic Gold Jewels – the perfect finishing touch!

Next up, I pulled out an older die, Stitched Film Strip, and created a fun little scene with some of the additional images in the stamp set – and turned it into a shaker card filled with some of the pretty new seed beads!

I love the little grass and cattail stamps in Darling Dragonflies – so cute for scene building! And the grass fit PERFECTLY behind each of the windows on the Stitched Film Strip. I separated each window of the die to create the shaker element, and filled each window with a different color of beads (Cotton Candy, Aquamarine and Blush).

I stamped my sentiment underneath, again from Simple Sayings: Miss You using an aqua ink that coordinated with the Stitched Film Strip, and added a couple extra cattails next to the sentiment. Finished off with some Golden Sunset Nuvo Drops on the cattails, and some White Blizzard Nuvo Drops on the wings for lots of sparkle!

Hope you enjoyed today’s sneak peek! Join us tomorrow for another sneak peek of the June release!

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Cherry Blossoms & Hummingbirds

Hi there, Liz here. I absolutely love these Cherry Blossoms flowers from Pretty Pink Posh and couldn’t resist but to make a birthday shaker card to make someone smile.

To get this card started, I decided to create the background first using the Stacked Edges 2 die and use the diamond shape border for the design. Therefore, I die cut several rows using the same color and placed them together onto a piece of card stock. Later, I ran it through the die cut machine for the size I wanted and to press more firmly all together.

 

Next, I moved onto the shaker portion of the card where I used one of my favorites, the Stitched Duo 3 and added this wonderful Berry Bright Mix of sequins which has an array of sizes including 4mm, 6mm, and Clear Droplets. Plus, I love the color combination of pinks, reds, green, and clear.

Moving on, I stamped several flowers and leaves from the Cherry Blossoms set and colored them using my copic markers and reached for the coordinating die to help me cut them out. Next, I colored this gorgeous hummingbird from the Hummingbird Thanks set along with using the coordinating die.

Afterwards, I thought it would be great to add a sentiment so I pulled out the Everyday Greetings since it has a combination of big and small fonts. For this card, I used the smaller font “It’s Your Big Day” and embossed it using white embossing powder.

To finish this card, I added some Clear Droplets in the center from the sequins mix and used some foam mount tape to pop the big flower up and hummingbird. Love how the clear droplets sparkle and adds to the detail.

I hope you enjoyed this post. Join us tomorrow for the start of sneak peeks of our June release!

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No-Line Coloring Flourishing Fuchsias

Hi, everyone! It’s Marge here and I’m sharing a no-line watercolor floral card with you, featuring some of the items from the May release.

To begin my card, I stamped floral images from Flourishing Fuchsias stamp set on A2 size cold press water paper using Distress ink Antique Linen. I ​also stamped butterflies from Butterfly Friends stamp set on separate watercolor paper. Then I watercolored them using my Daniel Smith Watercolor paints (Quinacridone Coral, Rose of Ultramarine, Quinacridone Gold, Sap Green, Prussian Green, Ultramarine Turquoise, and Burnt Umber).

After I finished watercoloring as shown in the picture above, I added more details on those blossoms by using Polychromos colored pencils. I cut butterflies using the Butterfly Friends coordinating dies.

​Just compare the two photos of before and after adding pencil detailing. It is always fun to look how the images come to life by a little bit of pencils touch.

​After coloring was done, I added splatters of dark watercolor ink and white acrylic ink onto the panel and let them dry. In the mean time, I diecut Lovely Script Die from watercolor paper three times, then I glued them top on top to give the script some dimension. I colored the top surface with black watercolor ink. Sentiment “You’re” is from Bear Hugs stamp set.

Next, I adhered sentiments and butterflies onto the panel using glues and foam tapes. To finish, I adhered the panel onto A2 card base, then I embellish the card by adding some Jewels. For this, I used Metallic Rose Gold Jewels and Sparkling Clear Jewels.

That’s it from me today. Thank you so much for visiting and reading this post.
Marge

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Everyday Playful Puppy Cards

Hello everyone, Joni here sharing my take on the new released Playful Puppies stamp set and the Playful Puppies coordinating dies. I also used the new Happy Mail stamp set, Happy Mail coordinating dies along with the oldie but goodie Bee Friends stamp set and Bee Friends coordinating dies.

To start my project I first scored my white card panel to create interest on the background with less bulk.

Next, I stamped and die-cut my pieces from the Playful Puppies stamp set with the Playful Puppies coordinating dies, Happy Mail stamp set, Happy Mail coordinating dies, Bee Friends stamp set, and Bee Friends coordinating dies.

Next, I die-cut the new Hugs Shaker Die, but left off the scalloped circle. I also did cut 3 times then stacked the pieces and Copic color the “hugs”. I also sandwich the hugs in between to give that interest on the die-cut.

I also distressed the panel with Distress Ink Oxide.

Here’s the final piece, I literally adhered everything with foam tape for dimensions. I also incorporated the new Metallic Gold Jewels to give it bling.

For this next card, I completely used Playful Puppies stamp set and its coordinating Playful Puppies Die set.

Next, I distressed the white panel with different colors of blues and greens using Distress Oxide. Then die-cut with Stitched Borders 3 Dies.

Then, I stamped, colored, and die-cut them. I also used the sentiment from Encouraging Greetings stamp set.

I also incorporated the new Ivory Jewels to finished off the card.

I hope I have inspired you! Have a wonderful week 😊

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Tutorial: Creating With Stencils & Stamps + Video

Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I’ll be using the older Bee Friends stamp set, along with a few newer items; Encouraging Greetings Stamp Set and Stacked Edges 2 Dies to create an encouragement card. I’ll be pulling in a honeycomb stencil and some texture paste to create a glossy stenciled background which fits my theme perfectly.

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To begin, I first started off with a piece of watercolour paper, taped it down onto a craft sheet and laid over my Tim Holtz stencil at an angle. I then ink blended some Squeezed
Lemonade and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Inks over the top. While blending, I was careful to not go over the harsh edges, because this stencil is so skinny, I really wanted there to be full hexagons rather than half hexagons from the edges, so I was just super careful. Then once I was finished blending on that area, I carefully moved the stencil over a little and ink blended a little more so it was wider. Now that I ink blended over the stencil, I wiped it clean and used some Transparent Texture Paste and added it over top using some palette knives. Once it was over the stencil, I removed the stencil and set the panel off to the side to dry.

Next, it was time to colour my images. I used some Copic Markers and the images from Bee Friends. I stamped them down, then coloured them in and cut them out using the coordinating dies. I set them off to side once they were cut, and dried off the rest of my panel with a heat tool just to make sure it’s super dry. Now, I used the hexagon border from Stacked Edges 2 Dies and cut that three times from some white cardstock, I popped them up on foam tape and adhered them to the edge of my coloured panel. Making sure they were staggered so they looked a little more random. Next, I added more foam tape to my bee images and adhered them down around also. Making sure to adhere their trails behind them flat onto the background.

Copic Colours Used: B0000, B000, B01 / Y11, Y35, Y38 / W5, W7, W9 / 0

Now that my card was almost complete. I used the Encouraging Greetings stamp set and white heat embossed the sentiment ‘You Got This’ onto strip of black cardstock. I also popped that up on foam tape and adhered it to the right hand side of my card hanging off the edge a little. Lastly, I added some Lemon Drop Jewels onto my card, scattered around my images. I then popped up the entire panel onto a white card base that had a little strip of blue cardstock on the left.

So that finishes up my card today, I hope you enjoyed the project and feel inspired. Thanks so much for stopping by today and I’ll catch you all next time.

Eloise

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Dive Into 25% Savings!

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends! Heather here this morning with a fun tutorial showing you how to I made this bright and colorful sea creature card! Plus, this stamp and die set is 25% off for the next 3 days! 

The Sea Friends stamp set is so fun for all sorts of projects and works well with a LOT of Pretty Pink Posh products! Be sure to follow us on social media to see a great assortment of cards from the team using this set the next few days!

I love how well older Pretty Pink Posh products – like the older Mini Tags die set – work so well with newer products.  And I always love using some of the smaller images from a stamp set that are often overlooked – and making them the star of the show instead – like these adorable creatures from the Sea Friends stamp set! And of course, I LOVE a good sentiment – and Thoughtful Greetings is one of my all time favorites.

First off, I chose several smaller images from Sea Friends and die cut them with the coordinating Sea Friends Dies.

I then colored them up with Copics – here are the colors I used:

Then I die cut several tags using Mini Tags die set, layed out my sea creatures how I wanted them to be, and then chose some distress ink colors to make each image pop and balance out the card. You may notice that I tried to place some of the colors opposite each other – such as the yellow of the starfish and the yellow tag in the opposite corner, or the purple octopus and the purple tag in the opposite corner. This helps provide balance to the colors on the card.

Finally, I stamped my sentiment on my cardbase, adhered the tags around it, then added lots of 4mm Clear Droplets and 6mm Clear Droplets for bubbles! Also added a few white dots with a white gel pen on the critters cheeks – I love doing this for a tiny finishing touch that adds SOOO much!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope you are having a wonderful day!

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Tutorial: Sparkle Dot Birthday Card + Video

Rina here and for today’s cards I wanted to use the Sparkle Dot Patterns 2 stamp set to create giant balloons with Nuvo Crystal Drops Gloss in Simply White.  This was my first time trying this technique and the verdict is in – THIS WAS SO FUN!  The stamp creates dots where a variety of materials can be adhered to create an image.  I used Nuvo drops, but anything can be used such as sequins, confetti, stickles, etc.  I cannot wait to figure out what to do next with these fun stamps!

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In addition to using the Sparkle Dot Patterns 2 stamp set, I am also using “Birthday Friends” for the girl and boy image.  I created a hill using the Scallop Borders 2 Dies.

I colored the images using copic markers and here are the colors I used:

Skin: E21, E50, R20

Hair: E34, E35, E37, E29

Pink: RV13, RV25

Blue: BG10, BG53

Grey: C1, C3, C5

I used Versamark ink to stamp the balloon 3 times into colored cardstock.  I placed the Nuvo Drops on each circle of the stamped image.  This was really fun and satisfying.  Once you get the hang of it, you will want to do this all day!   I used twine to create a string from the balloon to the stamped image.  If you do not have twine, you can simply draw the balloon strings in.  I stamped the sentiment Birthday Wishes from the Birthday Friends stamp set.  I added the stamped image so the image looks like it is holding the balloon strings.  To finish off the card I added Sparkling Clear Confetti near the sentiment and then adhered my card front to a 4 ¼ x 5 ½ inch card base.

I hope you enjoyed these cards, the Sparkle Dot Patterns stamps sets are super fun and a great new technique to try out. Thanks for stopping by!

Rina