Cards

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

Hello crafty friends! This is Mindy and I’m so excited to share this card with you that combines some new and old products for Spring Theme Week

I absolutely love daisies and just had to use this daisy bouquet on my card project. Something about daisies just screams Spring! This bouquet comes from the Daisies Stamp set which I colored up with just couple alcohol markers. 

Where there are flowers there are bees! I dug through my stash and found this oldie but goodie called Bee Friends. So I stamped and colored up one of the bees for my card.

I have a white panel of cardstock I die cut using the Eyelet Rectangle die and then trimmed out another rectangle to fit inside of the stitched lines. Before adhering anything together, I stamped my sentiment from the Spring Chicks stamp set. 

To assemble my card, the inner rectangle is popped up with foam tape and then I added my eyelet frame panel to a card front I created with woodgrain cardstock. 

For an added touch, I used unicorn stickles to the bees wings. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope this gives you all the Spring vibes! 

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

Hello crafty friends! Davina here, buzzing by with a Spring themed mini slimline card. I used several cute Pretty Pink Posh products, new and older, to make this sweet little scene. 

I started by selectively cutting the largest Slimline Scallop Frames Die to get the proportions I wanted. I like to make my mini slimline cards 6.5 x 3.5 in dimension. Which is only 2 inches shorter than a standard slimline card. This frame die is only 8 x 3, so I will trim it to 6 x 3, then add a background layer. I accomplished this by placing the top cutting mat an inch short of the edge of the die. Then I measured and marked where 6 would be, and very carefully placed the edge of the die at the marked point, while making sure the scallops fit back into the frame. I taped it in place with washi tape to avoid any slippage, and cut only that last inch. 

I watercolored a panel for the background using multiple shades of yellows and allowed that to dry before trimming it to fir the back of my frame and cutting some cute stitched hexagons using a die from the new Spring Mug Additions die set. 

I stamped several adorable bumblebees from the Bee Friends stamp set and heat embossed the sentiment in the upper area of my watercolored panel. I also stamped and colored the large jar from the Spring Jar set and the little decorative bow. I used the Spring Mug Additions Dies to cut some small flowers, leaves, and the honey dipper before coloring each item with a combination of ink blending and COPIC coloring. 

I used foam tape strips to adhere the scalloped frame to the watercolored background, the centered the whole thing onto a patterned panel that is 6.5 x 3.5. I adhered my hexagons, honey jar, bees and flowers using foam tape hot glue. Then I finished it off by adding some sparkly Wink of Stella to the bees wings. 

Thank you for stopping by, make sure to check out all of the Spring Theme Week inspiration on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog.

Davina

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

Hello everyone, it’s June here and today I’m back on the blog with some card inspiration!

When I’m not feeling very inspired I always start off my cards the same way: I stamp some images I want to use, make a cluster in the center of my card and blend a cute stenciled background to go with it. And somehow, that simple formula always results in my favorite cards. It can actually be that simple! But sometimes I feel like I need to mix it up a bit and that’s exactly what I tried for today’s card. 

Instead of creating my own pattern paper with a stencil, I used stamps. The different sizes of flowers in the Daisies stamp set gave me the idea to create my own floral pattern to match my center image. To make sure it didn’t distract too much from the focal point, I stamped them in light grey ink and kept my colors quite neutral.

Instead of going for a single layer background and masking off my flowers, I stamped them onto a another piece of paper and cut them out. This gave me the ability to play around with the placement of my daisies before committing.

I cut out a panel with the largest of the Stitched Torn Rectangles and blended a background with Distress Oxides in the colors Worn Lipstick, Tattered Rose, Cracked Pistachio and Salvaged Patina. I adhered my daisies in a pattern I liked and cut off the overhangs. 

Now onto the center images! The bouquet of Daisies was my favorite stamp of the entire release I think, but since I already used it I wanted to switch it up a bit. Instead of putting the flowers in a mason jar like I did with my previous card, I did some fussy cutting and put my bouquet inside an envelope. Pretty Pink Posh has released a couple of envelope sets, and any of them would work for this because I cut out all the images that were originally inside the envelope. (I personally went with my favorite, the Fall Envelopes )

To add some interest, I also stamped the bow that’s included in the set. I colored my images in colors that would compliment my background, but were still subtle.

I stamped all of the images with a black ink so they would really stand out against the background. I also adhered them with foam tape for the same reason.

To finish off my card, I added a simple ‘Celebrate’ sentiment from the Birthday Scripts stamp set and tadaaa!

I hope this post inspired you to create some fun backgrounds for your next cards! I think this technique would look amazing with so many images. I can’t wait to stretch my stash and try this with more of my stamps!

I’ll be back later this month with more spring inspiration! See you soon!

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

Good morning!  Welcome to Day 3 of Spring Theme Week!  Aren’t you loving all the happy, colors and images of spring? It’s Lindsey here today. Last fall I stacked two of the storybook dies to create little cubbies on a slightly larger A6 size card. I decided to recreate the collage look on today’s card giving it a spring refresh. 

I started by adding some color to my card base with the Layered Butterfly Floral Stencils. They are full of darling images! Then I built my little cubbies by stacking the Storybook 1 and Storybook 5 dies and layered them a few times for depth.  

Now comes the fun part: filling each one up!  Pretty Pink Posh has so many cute stitched dies, and I’ve use some of my favorites today. I started with the Stitched Butterflies and Stitched Birds.

Then I added a cute tulip from the Spring Mug Additions and built a little birdhouse using the Decorative Birdhouses dies. I love the mix and match options in that set!  I added a little foliage and flowers around the birdhouse using the Spring Foliage Dies and Spring Mug Additions. 

In the last cubby I placed a couple Stitched Eggs along with an embossed sentiment from Sentiment Strips: Easter.

I ran out of cubbies before I ran out of darling dies to use, so you have lots more options at your disposal. Make sure you come back tomorrow for even more spring cuteness, and don’t forget that this week all items in the Spring Section are 15% off, so you can pick up all of your favorites!

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

Hi folks! Kavya here with a fun spring project! Can you believe that the card I am about to show you only uses one die set? Anyone who knows me would know that I love to use multiple sets at a time. But these awesome Stitched Butterflies dies are perfect on their own! 

I started off by die cutting a bunch of butterflies using the die set out of white cardstock. I ink blended all the butterflies using dye inks in the shades of pink, red, orange, blue, purple, green and yellow. I die cut the butterfly bodies using gold glitter cardstock. Use LOTS of foam to layer the butterflies on black card base. Add a sentiment from the Decorative Butterflies stamp set and you are done!! 

Wasn’t that simple? Absolutely love how this one turned out!

Happy Crafting, Kavya 

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

Hello crafty friends, Marine here with you today, thanks so much for stopping by! I’m thrilled to be back with this super bright and fun only die-cut card featuring a lovely peacock perched on a branch. As a huge fan of mixing and matching items from my stash, this is what I did on this card, and you will find a detailed list of the supplies I used down below.

I started off by creating a bright rainbow leafy background to set my tropical scene on a 5,5 x 4,25 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel using distress oxide inks. From top to bottom, I applied kitsch flamingo, dried marigold, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron and salvaged patina. This gave me a nice pastel rainbow base, and then I added leaves using one of the Layered Leaves & Flowers stencils along with darker oxide inks. From top to bottom, I applied picked raspberry, carved pumpkin, mustard seed, mowed lawn and peacock feathers. I mixed each of these darker inks with water to make splatters on the background using a small brush, and then did the same with black soot oxide ink and copic opaque white ink to bring more contrast and interest to my panel.

Next I die cut all the bits and pieces from colored cardstock using multiple dies from different sets: • Big Easter Cupcake for the peacock’s body, wings, cheeks, sign • Easter Mug Additions for the feathers, eyes, feet, beak • Party Hats for the peacock’s comb • Spring Mug Additions for the butterflies, leaves, flowers • Nature Essentials for the branches

I added more depth to each die-cut piece using matching oxide inks, and attached everything on my panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, as well as liquid glue, leaving enough space on the left and at the top for two of my greetings.

Speaking of which, next I worked on my three white heat embossed greetings. I embossed “Hello friend” from Mouse Friends on light pink cardstock, trimmed it into a slim banner using a Sentiment Strips die, and attached it at the top of my panel using 1mm foam squares. Next I embossed “A little birdie told me” from A Little Birdie on the left hand side of my panel, and finally embossed “You’re the tweetest” from the same set on the sign that I attached between the peacock’s wings using 1mm foam squares again.

As always I finished my card by adding highlights and details to my card using a white gel pen, and that’s it! I hope that my card has inspired you to look at your supplies differently, and to think outside the box. This peacock could definitely turn into a chubby seagull at summertime, or even a crow during the fall season. So many possibilities here, it just depends on the colors you use.

Thanks again for stopping by, and see you next time.

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I’m so happy to be back on the blog with this lovely spring card showcasing multiple items from my Pretty Pink Posh stash. Mixing and matching stamps is one of my absolute favorite things to do, as well as coloring on kraft cardstock, so I combined both of these on today’s card.

I started off by stamping my images on kraft cardstock from Lawn Fawn using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, I used the matching dies to cut them all, and colored everything using my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers and Graph’it brush markers. And I used a white pencil for the spots on the mushrooms.Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Woodland Critters for the bear and mushrooms • Bee Friends for the bees, tulips and daisies • Spring Robins for the branches • Jungle Friends for the leaves • Easter Wreath for the flowers on the branches.

Next I cut a Stitched Torn Rectangle panel out of the same kraft cardstock as the images, and created a beautiful background using the Layered Floral Vines stencils. I first did a white base using white pigment ink, and then used the stencils again along with distress oxide inks: for the greenery I applied mowed lawn and rustic wilderness, for the pink flowers I applied spun sugar and worn lipstick, and for the yellow flowers I applied squeezed lemonade and mustard seed. I mixed some vintage photo oxide ink with water and used a small brush to make splatters on the panel, and did the same with copic opaque white ink.

Once my panel was dry, I white heat embossed my “Friends Forever” greeting from Woodland Critters in the top middle part of the panel, attached all my images using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, stuck my panel on a 5,5 x 4,25 inches yellow gingham panel using foam tape, and finished my card by adding highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen.

And that’s it. I hope my card inspired you to try to color on kraft cardstock. It’s super fun, and it gives a toned down, almost vintage, look to a card. I absolutely love that!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time!