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Watercolor Friends Tutorial

Hello everyone, Joni here!

I have a new tutorial for you today using the new Storybook 3 die set to create a window scene. I also used the past released Stitched Border 3 die set for the window drapes.

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To begin, I first die-cut the white cardstocks using the Storybook 3 dies and one of the Stitched Border 3 dies for the curtains (see picture below). I used the non-stitched one for the curtains.

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Next, I used the Storybook 3 dies die-cut as a guide to traced the lines on the watercolored paper, this will help as a guide on where to watercolor some images for the scene outside the window.

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Next, I watercolored some grass and trees. To create the leaves for the trees, I just used the tip of the 6 round brush to create the leaves. This does not have to be perfect, it’s more like creating an imperfect round or oval.

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For the flowers and fruits for the trees, same concept is applied. I used the tip of the brush to create small circles for the flowers and fruits.

TIP: for easy application, use the tip of the ZIG Clean Color Real Brush for a much precise shape drawn image and just move the image with a wet tip watercolor brush.

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Using a ZIG Clean Color Real Brush in brown, I created the birds flying in the sky.

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Next, to cut the drape for the window, I die cut one of the stitched scallops from Stitched Border 3 dies and distressed it using a melon colored ink on the curtains and then adhered with foam tape.

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For the sentiment I used was from the Rainy Days stamp set. The two girls by the window is available on my blog at HERE.

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I also added the bows for the curtains using the Twine and Bows die.

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The curtains, drapes, girls, and the window were all adhered with foam tape. I also used some of the new Sweet Pea Mix sequins for added touch.

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Another look of the whole card.

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If you didn’t know, we’re celebrating Pretty Pink Posh turning 2 later this week and Paulina has a special event page on Facebook sharing sneak peeks and giveaways. Be sure to join us as there will be lots of guests and prizes.

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I hope you enjoyed today’s tutorial.

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January Product Release Blog Hop

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Today the new January release went live and I’m doing something different. Instead of waiting a week for the design team to share their inspiration, they’re sharing it today. I have another big event happening next week, so I thought it would be a good time to try this new blog hop date.

I am so very excited to be sharing these new products with you. This month, I have three super versatile die sets, along with new sequin mixes, mini star confetti and a brand new sequin color that you’ll love.

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I thought we’d change things up and have Nina-Marie share a card in today’s post. Her card has the new Storybook 3 die set, Share Kindness Mix and a sprinkling of the Mini Silver Stars. 

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Card details by Nina-Marie

To start off, pulled out my Tim Holtz distress inks to do a bit of watercoloring. I used a slightly damp sponge brush to dab the ink all over my background; the colors I used were Mermaid Lagoon and Peacock Feathers. Using just a slightly damp brush allowed me to achieve a “dry brush” type of effect, which I really loved.

Once my watercolored panel was dry, I die cut it using the new Pretty Pink Posh Storybook 3 die, as well as a stitched rectangle die from Simon Says Stamp. I then layered the pieces onto my white card base; the “frame” is attached with regular adhesive and the Storybook 3 rectangles are adhered down with foam tape.

Of course, this card then needed a sentiment; so I foiled a “friend” die cut from Winnie and Walter with silver Deco Foil by Thermo Web.

Finally, I finished the card off by sprinkling the Share Kindness sequins and the silver Mini Star confetti (also new this month for Pretty Pink Posh!) around the card.

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Ready to hop along and see LOTS more fabulous inspiration with this release?

PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop on each day. I’m giving away 2 $25 gift certificates to two random comments left before January 10, 2016 at 11:59 PM PDT. I’ll be announcing the winners next week, so be sure to return and see if you are one of the winners!

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Thank you all for your enthusiasm about the new products.  Even though I’ve been in business for two years, I still get so nervous sharing the new products. I truly hope you enjoy these items and I can’t wait to fill your orders and see your creations in blog and social media land.

Happy shopping!

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Tutorial: Watercolor “Flowers” + Giveaway

Hello, Joni here!

I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday. I am back with more inspiration using Pretty Pink Posh products. It is still cold here in California and I’m already wishing for spring. With that in mind, I created a project that you can design a watercolor flower card using Rainy Days Coordinating die set.

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To begin, I die-cut some of the clouds (flowers) and hearts (flower center) from the using Rainy Days Coordinating die set. I used the Matte Multi Medium to adhered the flower petals then watercolored them using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush set.

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For the leaves for the flowers, I simply drew a leaves image on a watercolor paper then fussy cut each one and watercolored.

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Here’s the finished look after the die-cuts have been watercolored. I also added a 6mm Espresso sequin to the center of the flowers for a little dimension and contrast.

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Next, I assembled the flowers on the white cardstock then adhered with foam tape, the leaves were adhered with Matte Multi Medium.

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Then, I added a strip of an old white and black patterned paper at the bottom of the card and stamped the sentiment “sorry you’re under the weather” from Rainy Days stamp set to finish off the card.

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Here’s another look of the finished card.

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Paulina wants to give you the opportunity to win some of her favorite watercolor markers and brushes. All you have to do is enter below leaving a comment with your favorite color combination to use on your crafts!

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Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope I have inspired you to look at your dies in a different way. Have a wonderful week and good luck on the giveaway!

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Merry Reindeer + Giveaway Winners

Hello, friends!

We’re just a couple days away from Christmas and I wanted to share a card I made this year. I didn’t get to send Christmas cards this year, but thanks to a couple guest spots, I did create a couple cards that I’ll be giving to some family members. I was so bummed that I didn’t have time to create cards for crafty friends and my designers this year, but it’s also a blessing, because I was so busy with orders.

This year there were several amazing Christmas sets that came out and while I didn’t get to create with many of them, I’m happy for the time I did get to play with some! This adorable one called Reindeer Games by Mama Elephant was such a fun one.
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On this card, I used the Decorative Tag 1 die set for my focal point and the Mama Elephant stamps went along with it perfectly. I added just a few sequins- one for the nose and three for the “snowballs”.

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As promised, I have the winners from the Christmas Gift Guide giveaways. It made me so very happy to read that the guides were helpful and some of you purchased items from them! While they were a lot of work, reading how much you appreciated them made it so worth it. I just may have to do this again next year!

Without further ado, here are the winners. I have emailed the winners (using the email addresses given) so I can be sure to send the gift certificates to the right email addresses! winners3Thanks for spending some time with me today!

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Rainbow Umbrellas

Hello Pretty Pink Posh fans……so excited to bring you a post here on the Pretty Pink Posh blog today!

I may also *wink* have a post over on the  Simon Says Stamp Blog as well!  You will have to go check it out too!

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I thought I would change gears from holiday creating to one for any occasion.  I’m not sure about you but I don’t know one person that doesn’t like bright colors of the rainbow.  Here I’ve used the Rainy Days stamps and coordinating dies for a card that would cheer anyone up!  I began by white heat embossing the raindrops from the set randomly over a panel of watercolor paper.  Then with the technique of emboss resist, I watercolored with Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean Distress Inks.  The embossing just resists the inks……love!  At the bottom, I’ve stamped my sentiment in Onyx Black Versafine ink.  See my tip below on how I added stitching to this panel!

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I had fun stamping my umbrellas in various bright pigment ink colors.  I choose these for their vibrancy and coverage.  After assembling, I began laying out my card and adhering.  As a last accent, I’ve added my favorite 4mm Sparkling Clear Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

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Tip:  Ever want stitching on a panel you’ve trimmed down to size?  On my watercolor panel, I trimmed it down and then added stitching to the edges using the straight stitching die from Stitched Borders 2.  Use the straight “cutting” edge of the die as a guide to line it up on the edge of your paper and use Post It tape.  By doing this, it gives you perfectly straight “stitched” edges every time!

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Big thank you to Amy for sharing this great post today!

Don’t forget that tomorrow is the last day to save on ALL stamp sets and coordinating dies in the Pretty Pink Posh Shop. I’ll be closing the shop for the holidays, so be sure to get your items soon so they ship before the new year!

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Thanks for stopping by the blog. See you soon for the first part of the Christmas guide!

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Warm Winter Wishes

Hello there!

It feels like it’s been ages since I wrote a post. I’m so happy to report that all Black Friday orders have shipped and I truly am grateful that this year has been such a busy one. It’s been almost exactly two years since I first opened the shop and never in the wildest dreams did I think I would be where I am now. I’ll be reflecting back via a post very soon…

Today I wanted to share a card I made from the latest release. It shows the Scallop Frames and Stitched Photo Frames dies, along with the reindeer and snowballs from the Toboggan Together set by Lawn Fawn. I am so obsessed with this reindeer and I’m strongly considering making him the star of my Christmas cards this year.

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I incorporated the adorable Santa hat and sentiment from the Winter Friends stamp set. The little hat looks so cute on this reindeer and I’m sure I’ll be able to find even more critters that’ll fit into this hat from my stash.

I mentioned in a previous post that I have been loving gold glittered cardstock. It is so sparkly in person and I love that it’s not messy! I’m going to need to invest in some silver as well- I’m sure it’ll be just as gorgeous and will work with some winter themed cards really well.

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I hope that you enjoyed today’s card. Have a fabulous weekend!



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Tutorial: Watercolor Gift Card Holder + Giveaway

Hello Everyone, welcome back for another Pretty Pink Posh tutorial.

The holidays are coming up and some may be opting for gift cards instead of gift wrapping. This tutorial will help you use your different die-cuts that you might already have on hand to create a holder for gift cards. For this project I used the new released Holiday Pals stamp set, Holiday Pals coordinating dies, Rainy Days stamp set, Rainy Days coordinating dies, along with the 6mm Clear Droplets and 4mm Clear Droplets.

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To begin, I first watercolored the background for my card panel. Then I stamped the images from Holiday Pals and Rainy Days stamp sets on a watercolor paper and watercolored each image and used the coordinating die-cuts for each one. To watercolor each images I used the Zig Clean Real Brush 60 set, which really versatile. If you don’t want to color it directly on the watercolor paper you can put down the color on the acrylic block and use your wet paint brush to get the color from the block and start watercoloring this way.

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To begin my holder for the gift card, I cut a piece of cardstock bigger than the gift card and traced the lines using the gift card and used the lines as guide on where to put the die-cut.  Like the picture below, I left the top part of the cardstock and the die-cut hanging,  this will avoid cutting when you ran the plate through the machine.

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The cloud die cut from the Rainy Days coordinating dies is really pretty holding the Gift Card. You can try using different kinds of die-cuts to create your own designs for your Gift Card holder.

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This is just another look of the Gift Card adhered inside of the card.

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Finally, I adhered the pieces from Holiday Pals and Rainy Days using foam tape and finished it off with lots of 6mm & 4mm Clear Droplets using the Multi Medium Matte adhesive. It’s the best for little embellishments!

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Want to win the Rainy Days stamp set, coordinating dies and droplets? Paulina is giving one away in today’s post! It’s a great way to add to your collection, or it would make a fun Christmas present to a crafty friend!

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I hope you guys enjoyed today’s tutorial! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

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November 2015 Release

Hello there, friends!

It’s an exciting day here in the Pretty Pink Posh studio- my big November release is now live in the shop! Whether you like sequins, seed beads, dies, or stamp sets, there’s sure to be a little something for everyone.

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Today I wanted to share my favorite card that I created this week using the new products. I started off with the new Scallop Frames dies (which are exclusive in the shop) and die cut it in gold glitter cardstock. Thanks to Carissa, one of the PPP designers, I am obsessed with this stuff now. Next up I knew that I wanted to use the Stitched Photo Frames, so I die cut a bunch in a variety of colors and decided blue looked best on this card.

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Before I go on, I must say that the reindeer are by Lawn Fawn (because I’m a huge fan of theirs) and I wanted to show that my products work SO well with other brands.  However, I did incorporate the adorable Santa hat and sentiment from the Winter Friends stamp set.

To finish off the card I used some patterned paper to mat my elements and added a strip of white cardstock die cut with the scallops from the Stitched Borders 3 die set. Adhere a few Sparkling Clear sequins and your card is good to go!

Tip: run your dies through in a variety of colors to keep on hand. It’s a time saver when you need a quick card and helps when you visually need to see which color(s) look best!

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I wanted to make things super easy for you, so here are the direct links to all the new products in the Pretty Pink Posh Shop:

Scallop Frames die set
Stitched Photo Frames die set

Holiday Pals stamp set
Rainy Days stamp set
Winter Friends stamp set
Holiday Pals coordinating dies
Rainy Days coordinating dies
Winter Friends coordinating dies

Meadow seed beads
Woodlands seed beads

4mm Winter Snow Mix
4mm Holly Jolly Christmas Mix
6mm Holly Jolly Christmas Mix
4mm Whimsical Forest Mix
6mm Whimsical Forest Mix

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Tutorial: Cake Pops Card

Hello Everyone, Joni here and I am back with more inspiration using the new Mini Tags dies that we love so much. Cake Pops anyone?

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To begin, I distressed the corners of an A2 flat card panel. I only used three colors, but of course you can use more for your project if you need. 2 - someonelikeyou-p

Next, I die-cut the round tag from the Mini tags die set for my cake top.

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Then, I adhered some strip of white cardstock at the bottom of the point of the round mini tags. I also distressed the white card panel with Wplus9 Hayride dye ink and die-cut the right side of the A2 white panel with my all time favorite Stitched Borders 3 dies. I also added some watercolored stripe patterned paper on the card base.

The sentiment from Mama Elephant Make a Wish stamp set is stamped with Versamark Ink on a brown strip of cardstock and white heat.
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Next, I placed the cake pop on top of the white cardstock panel and adhered with foam tape for dimensions. I also added some Golden Rod Stickles and White Opal Liquid Pearls on top of the cake pop to make look more realistic.

I also added some White Opal Liquid Pearl on the white panel and adhered some Marshmallow sequins in 6mm and 4mm.

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For the sentiment I also added some foam tape for dimension.

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Here’s just another look of the Cake Pop card.

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I hope you enjoyed today’s feature! If you create a card similar to this one, or use Pretty Pink Posh on your projects, don’t forget to tag Pretty Pink Posh so we can see it too!

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Have an Awesome day!!!

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Tutorial: Warm Holiday Hugs

Hello there everyone! Joni here and I am back with more inspiration using your new Pretty Pink Posh dies. I am really am so excited for the new  Decorative Tag 1 from the latest release.

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To begin, I die-cut the inside scallop oval die from the PPP Decorative Tag 1 to create a background frame for my watercolor card base.

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Next, I adhered the scallop oval on the card panel then watercolored the inside with Windsor & Newton Gold watercolor paint.

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Here’s the look of the watercolored background. I also added the Wplus9 Holiday Hugs image that I colored with Copics and die-cut. The sentiment is also from the same Holiday Hugs, which was white heat embossed on a black piece of scrap paper.

Find the Holiday Hugs set at Simon Says Stamp HERE / Ellen Hutson HERE

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Here’s the final look, I added some foam tape at the back of the die-cut image and sentiment for dimension. I also added the pretty new product from Clear Droplets in 6mm and 4mm, you guys are going to love this product if you have not ordered it yet.

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Another view of the card.

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I hope you guys enjoyed today’s tutorial! For more inspiration with the newest products, be sure to join us this Thursday for another fun filled event with inspiration and prizes. Here’s a peek at some of the cards. For more sneak peeks and giveaways, be sure to join the event page on Facebook HERE.

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Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a Wonderful day.

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