Cards

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Bling Birthday Jar {VIDEO}

Hello, sweet blog friends!

Today I have the last 10 Minute Craft Dash Birthday Bash video to share with you. If you missed any of the ones I posted earlier this week, you can view them all on the Pretty Pink Posh YouTube channel, along with the videos I’ve done in the past. I have some ideas for more videos in the future, but if you have requests, feel free to leave it in a comment below!

I adore bling and I brought that together with my love of the Lawn Fawn set, Summertime Charm and the matching dies. Add in a bit of twine and patterned paper and we have a great mixture of my craft loves on one card.

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Time it took to create: 9 minutes 22 seconds

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And now here’s the video showing how to create this card from start-to-finish.

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Like I mentioned in the video, I can’t wait to see what YOU submit for the 10 Minute Craft Dash Birthday Bash. We have received quite a few entries thus far, but I know that some of you are waiting until the last minute to enter. Be sure to do it before the challenge closes on Saturday night! I don’t want you to miss out on the super big prize!

Thanks for spending some time with me today!

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Spaceship Chickie {VIDEO}

Oh my, a post on a Sunday? You know it’s a special occasion when that happens!

For today’s 10 Minute Craft Dash Birthday Bash creation, I’m sharing a boy card {something that is not my forte}. I pulled out a few DeNami stamps- the Spaceship, Space Chickie and Outer Space set– and went to town. There was one more element I wanted to add to this card, but it didn’t make it on there in time. What is it? You’ll have to watch the video below to see for yourself! *wink*

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Time it took to create: 9 minutes 49 seconds

Being a girly girl crafter, I have all sorts of pinks, reds and purple craft supplies. Thankfully, this last year, I’ve been consciously making an effort to fill in the gaps of my “rainbow” of supplies. One of my favorite ways to incorporate colors outside my comfort zone? RIBBON! Chevron twill ribbon to be exact. I get mine from Little Free Radical and honestly, I’m obsessed with this stuff and have almost all of the colors available. If you haven’t tried it, it makes the most amazing bows ever!

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You all have been so sweet and encouraging with your comments this week, especially on the videos! I have loved hearing from some of you that watching me create has inspired many of you to give my challenge a try and I won’t lie, seeing many new subscribers has been lovely, too!

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I will be back tomorrow with a sweet treat…literally. It’s not often that I get in the kitchen, but I couldn’t have this birthday bash happen without a treat. Since I’m far from a pro in the kitchen, this is a super easy idea and oddly enough, it can be created within 10 minutes, too! Quick and simple and I’ve heard, it’s quite yummy…hope to see you tomorrow!

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Fabulous Neon + GIVEAWAYS

If you have followed my blog or YouTube channel for a little while, you know that I recently picked up the Hero Arts neon ink cubes. I have been in neon heaven recently and loving every minute of it. There’s something about these little cubes that brings delight and happiness into my crafty days!

In keeping with the 10 Minute Craft Dash Birthday Bash theme, I have a card that can easily be used as a birthday card {even though it doesn’t outright say it}. Now I do have to say, this card didn’t turn out exactly how I had envisioned, but as the timer was counting down, I just couldn’t make the changes I wanted to.

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Time it took to create: 9 minutes 23 seconds

 Curious what changes I would have made if I had the time?

  • Remove the green washi tape and either use green patterned paper or stamp a subtle background on the paper.
  • Add some paper pierced dots or stitching to the white focal point cardstock.
  • Add some rhinestones or sequins somewhere…. it’s lacking a little pizazz!

While it isn’t a horrible creation, per se, it’s definitely not my favorite card ever. Yes, you read that correctly, even the creator of the challenge sometimes fails at perfecting her cards within the time limit.

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I am so very excited to announce that on top of the amazing challenge prize and blog hop prizes, I get to host some giveaways during the 10 Minute Craft Dash Birthday Bash! My amazing long-time sponsor, re.Served, has graciously allowed me to give away some custom mugs in honor of this special occasion. There will be TWO winners, each receiving a custom hashtag mug saying #craftdashaddict. How amazingly cool is that? I think I need to get one of these for myself!

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I hope you all have been able to keep up with all of the festivities so far. In closing, I just have to say a big thank you again for sharing in the excitement, participating in the blog hop and submitting entries for the challenge. Reading your comments has been the BEST!

I’ll be back tomorrow with another video and a cutesy boy birthday card- same time, same place! :)

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On Your Special Day {VIDEO}

Are you ready for some more 10 Minute Craft Dash birthday bash inspiration? Since people of all ages have birthdays, I figured I would bring all sorts of themes/ colors for this special week.

Since I brought some cutesy cards already, I thought I would take a little break and bring a more elegant/ feminine card. A while back I picked up the WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals set and thought it would be the perfect set to showcase today. I received a few interactions asking when I would use this set and today’s the day!

birthdaybash_2aTime it took to create: 8 minutes 5 seconds

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I don’t know about you, but I really love watching my friends create on camera. Seeing their creative process (or mayhem, as the case may be) is like a mini tv show! Well, I’m bringing you another episode of my tv show…. *wink*

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I’m excited to share that my amazing sponsor, re.Served, is providing me TWO giveaway prizes that I’ll be posting soon. If you’re a Craft Dash addict (or wannabe addict), you’ll love this! For my new readers, you must check out her adorable Etsy shop. Her concept is so neat, her products fabulous (I own several) and I love supporting a local small business!

That’s going to wrap up this post. Crossing my fingers this crummy health week will end soon so I can create some more things for the birthday theme. I have some great ideas in this brain of mine- let’s hope I can bring them to life!

Fresh Summer Roses + GIVEAWAY

Do you ever see a stamp set and fall in love instantly? That’s what happened as soon as I saw the sketches that Nami did for what is now the Solid Rose Accents set {that just released today over at DeNami Design}. The rose captured  my heart and I knew the possibilities with it would be endless. I have definitely found my new favorite stamp set!

I wanted to go use some bright and happy colors and chose  melon/ berry colors as my base. After playing with these roses, I had to restrain myself from going out in search of flowers these colors!  I’m such a sucker for fresh cut flowers, especially ones in pretty colors!

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You may have noticed that I faintly stamped the roses on my main panel. Since I didn’t have any good light colored inks that matched it, I did the tried and true stamp on scratch paper/ stamp on panel trick. I haven’t done this in ages, but it got the job done for this project!

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Since this set JUST released today and I want to pass on my love of it, I purchased one to giveaway!  To enter, you just need to tell me what your favorite flower is! Easy peasy!  I’ll run the giveaway through the weekend and announce it on the blog Monday, July 15th.

solidroseI hope you all have a fabulous Wednesday. For those of you who plan on shopping over at DeNami later on, HAPPY SHOPPING!

Pretty Paisley + Holiday Weekend

For my readers that are fans of DeNami Design, you know that we are in the process of sneak peeks right now. In fact, there’s only a couple more days until the new release goes live {hello July 10th}! Normally I provide videos to coordinate with the sneak peeks and card samples of the stamps, but as you may have noticed, that didn’t happen this time around. Between health issues and a crazy schedule, I just couldn’t make it work this time around.

Not to fret, the DeNami DT has created AMAZING samples and I was able to create a few myself. If you haven’t already, be sure to head on over to the DeNami blog to see what the design team has created and to enter for a chance to win one of the SIX gift certificates we are giving away!

Today’s card is a little peek into one of the new sets- Pretty Paisley, which is a cling set with three individual images. I always love the aqua and green color combination and I must say, it looks fabulous with these paisley stamps.

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These paisley stamps are so easy to use and I love how you can customize them to be whichever colors you like. I plan on trying out lots more colors in the future, so stay tuned!

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As some of you may have seen on my Twitter or Facebook pages, this weekend didn’t go how I planned at all. On Friday morning, I passed out under a less than ideal situation and it put quite a wrench into my plans. These last few days I’ve been nursing a concussion and my bed has been my best friend. It’s the moments when I’m secluded to my bed that I realize I really need to spend some time dressing up my room. Pinterest, since you and I are buds and I can spend time with you in bed {hello handy dandy iPhone app!}, I’ll be pinning up some ideas stat.

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For those of you who have emailed me, I’ll be responding as soon as I can. The moments of not feeling dizzy and nauseous come and go, so I’m trying to make the most of them. To all of you who have uploaded to the 10 Minute Craft Dash #21 thus far, thank you! The entries that have come in are amazing and I’m thrilled they are coming in so quickly! Crossing my fingers I can find time to visit each of your blogs! :)

Sweet Strawberries

One of my favorite things about this time of year? Fresh fruit! I’ve always been a fan of fruit, but as the years have gone on, I have become allergic to pitted fruit. Boo! I miss those yummy peaches, plums and cherries so very much. Thankfully, berries are not an issue and I’ve been eating my fair share of strawberries {and raspberries} this year.

A couple months ago, I created a card featuring strawberries {post here} and while I was playing with those stamps, I made this card as well. With my limited time in the craft studio lately, I thought today would be the perfect day to share it with you all.

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It warms my heart that so many of my readers and crafty friends have found out about this AMAZING chevron twill ribbon. I have almost all of the colors and honestly, it’s hard for me to NOT use it on one of my projects. If you would like to purchase some of your own yummy ribbon, be sure to check out my sponsor, Little Free Radical. Not only does she carry all of the colors, she also sells it at a great price and her shipping time is crazy fast!

*I heard there’s a 1.5″ width  now! While I wouldn’t use it on a card, I would totally use it when I did gift wrapping. Thinking I’ll need to buy a few cards of some in the future to see how it looks!

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I’ll be a busy little bee this weekend. I have a contributing post for another blog to put together, a video that needs editing and lots of sample cards to create for an upcoming stamp release. Hoping health stays on my side so I can get everything done! If you think of it, I would welcome prayers!

Have a fabulous weekend, sweet blog friends. I’m sure I’ll chat with some of you on the Pretty Pink Posh Facebook page later on today and over the weekend!


Bright Florals

For those who haven’t noticed, I’m a tad bit obsessed with my Hero Arts colored ink pads right now. As my collection of them are slowly growing, I’m able to do more color layering and adding new colors to my favorites. As of right now, the colors in today’s card are my go-to ink pad colors at the moment….

I pulled out a few WPlus9 sets, Folk Art Florals and Filigreed Frames {a set/ die that I’m currently selling}. There is something about this color combination that screams summer, and that’s alright with me. Living in Seattle, it’s not uncommon for summer to start later for us. I’m eagerly awaiting the days when I can pull out my sunglasses, flipflops and iced Starbucks beverages for days on end. In the meantime, I’ll be reaching for my summery inks and stamps.

*ETA I’m linking this up for the last Cloud9 blog hop. 

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Since I’ve been using sequins so often, my beloved rhinestones have been neglected. I thought it was time to break them out again, and I must say, they make cards shine beautifully. Just a few little bits of bling and it makes an ordinary card a little more special.

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I want to thank you all for leaving your feedback regarding the test post I did on Friday. It sounds like you all are up for me posting this feature regularly, so I have one planned for July. In the meantime, hopefully I can pick-up some of the products I listed {or receive as birthday gifts} and do a haul video showcasing them a little more in depth. If any of you purchase any of the items I listed, I’d love to hear/ see how you use them!

If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe by email so you can get all of my posts directly to you inbox so you won’t miss ANY news! I’ll be back tomorrow for the 10 Minute Craft Dash #19 Highlights. Hope to see you then!

Never Stop Believing

As I sit here writing this post, I am filled with gratitude to all of YOU, my amazing blog readers. Thank you for always leaving me the sweetest, most encouraging comments. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to send me emails with suggestions on different approaches I can take for my health. Thank you for your prayers, loving thoughts and your friendship. Thank you for coming along on my journey of life. I treasure you all so very much.

Today I have a card showcasing the set Bling by Mama Elephant. I pulled out one of the “buildings” and created a pattern with a variety of inks, then paired it up with a sentiment. Right now I am TOTALLY loving this sentiment- never stop believing- it’s so fitting in my life, along with those around me.

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Confession: I wish I didn’t add the sequins to the card. I had laid a few down that had adhesive on them and when I went to pull them off, they stuck and couldn’t be taken off. In order to “fix” the card, I ended up having to add more. This is one of the very few cases where I actually wish I didn’t add sequins to a card. See, even I mess up on cards sometimes! *wink*

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I hope you all have a fabulous Thursday. Thanks for spending some time with me today!

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Birthday Train!

It’s EXTREMELY rare for me to participate in blog challenges these days. Between the whirlwind that is my life right now and keeping up with my own challenge, it seems like I’m never “on it” and can post something within a challenge deadline. Well, today is going to be an exception. I was having a bad health day and thanks to my iPhone, was able to peruse my usual blogs. I saw that Stephanie was hosting her first Clearly Besotted Challenge and I’m thrilled I was able to make something for it!

At the moment I only own one CB set/ die, Full Steam Ahead, so it wasn’t hard to come up with which stamps to use. The hard part? Trying to vary the card from the one I did in the past {see here}. While it does have a similar feel, I changed it up as best as I could.

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Confession: if I could, I would add chevron twill ribbon and sequins to every.single.thing I create. {For my regular readers, you all probably know this by now!}

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While it’s rare for me to play in a challenge, it’s even rarer for me to participate in one that has a prize. Oh my, Stephanie has a GREAT one for this challenge- five sets of the winner’s choice. *jaw drop* I am utterly in love with her growing company and her most recent sets are absolutely beautiful.

That’s going to wrap up today’s post. In closing, I want to say thank you to those who has reached out to me in emails and on Twitter. The last week has been extremely difficult on me in different aspects and I’m grateful for the encouraging words and emails. Truly.