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Let’s Fly Away…

I don’t know about you, but it seems when I have a “crucial” list of things to do, something seems to happen and that list goes out the window. This past weekend, was one of those times. I had wanted to make a shaker card for each day of this week, along with filming more videos, but my body had other plans. Alas, I was in bed pretty much all weekend and got none of my list items done.

With that being said, I’m happy to be recovering and while I didn’t get any new shaker cards made, I have LOTS of friends who did! I’ll list them at the end of the post…

Today I’m sharing a card I made a few weeks back, but never got around to blogging. It features my current favorite set- Up and Away by Mama Elephant. I have to admit, this set has been on my table for several weeks now and I have no plans to put it away. It’s such a fun and happy set!

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You may recognize the paper on this card- I just purchased another pack of it and featured it my April Craft Haul video! If I had to recommend one paper pack for you to get, this would be the one. It has a variety of patterns and colors and they are all perfect!

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Is anyone else counting down the days until Saturday (ie: the Sequin Shaker Blog Hop)? You can bet I’ll be here with my coffee and ready to hop around the stops. I hope that each of you will join me, along with all of our amazing sponsors, for this FUN event!

Speaking of the blog hop, all this week a variety of the sponsors and their teams will be bringing their sequin shaker cards to blog land. Let’s call it a pre-party of sorts. My hope is that you’ll be inspired by their creations and then create your own sequin shaker(s) to share on Saturday! Here are the designers who have posted sequin shakers thus far:

Julie Ebersole

Nina Yang

Joni Andaya

Katie Gehring

Kim Kesti

Lorena Cantó

May Sukyong Park

Suzanne Dahlberg

If you haven’t already, be sure to like the Pretty Pink Posh Facebook page. I’ll be sharing some of the sequin shakers there and I always love connecting with my readers there. Also, occasionally I have exclusive giveaways there, so that’s another good reason to “like” the page. *wink*

Well, I’ll let you hop along to the stops I listed above. Enjoy your Tuesday, I’ll chat with you all soon!


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Sequin Shaker Tutorial

Hello and Happy Tuesday!

I don’t know about you, but the weeks are flying by for me. I just looked at the calendar and realized that Easter is a mere five days away!

For today’s card, I used some the Teeny Heart Background and Happy Easter sentiment from DeNami, along with the Happy Easter set from Lawn Fawn. Oh yes and some Pretty Pink Posh sequins…but that’s pretty much a give in nowadays, right? *wink*

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When you think of Easter, do you tend to think of pastel or bright colors? My initial thought is always pastel, but I have such a hard time using them and usually opt for brighter colors with a little pastel mixed in.

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We all know I have sequin shakers on the brain lately. With a mere 11 days until the BIG Sequin Shaker Blog Hop, I thought it was time to bring a revamped video tutorial. Now if you’re anything like me, you might initially be intimidated or overwhelmed with the idea of a shaker. I promise, it really isn’t that hard! Take a look at the video and you can see for yourself….

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In case you’re wondering what kind of sequin shaker you can create, here’s a few that I’ve made in the past. Honestly, you can create them for just about any occasion! Just type in “sequin shaker” into the search bar on my blog and you can see all of the ones I’ve done so far.

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I hope that you ALL can participate in the blog hop on April 26th. If you missed the announcement, or want to look at the details again, CLICK HERE. Don’t forget, there are exclusive savings coupons in that post, too!


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Buttons, Sequins & Ducks?!

It’s time for the monthly DeNami Design blog hop and the theme this month is Buttons & Bows! A couple years back, buttons were SUPER trendy in card making. Nowadays, we don’t see them too often, but I still love to bring them out occasionally. Today I decided to bring them out in a different way….in stamp form!

I absolutely love the Small Solid Button and was excited to pull it out for the hop. It had been far too long since this poor stamp saw the light and now I’m wondering why I took it off my craft desk. It’s such a great image!

If you started the hop from the beginning, you should be arriving from Linda Carpenter’s blog. If you get lost along the way, head on over to the DeNami blog for the complete list of participants.

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It had been a while since I had made a baby card and for some reason, I felt like making one in my recent crafting session. Now I have sequin shakers on my mind a lot lately (did you see my BLOG HOP announcement?!) and I thought this little ducks would look cute as a shaker. Does the sequins remind  anyone else of bubbles?

*Pssst…..if you’re looking for an exclusive coupon code to DeNami, it’s in the announcement post. It’s a post packed full of info; you won’t want to miss it!

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There are still several stops left in the hop….your next stop is my sweet friend, Stacey Schafer! She always has such fun ideas and I can’t wait to see what DeNami creation she has made for the hop today!

In closing, I want to let you all know that I have a new sequin shaker tutorial coming up in a day or two. If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to the Pretty Pink Posh YouTube channel so you don’t miss it. See you back here on the blog soon!

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Hello Butterfly + VIDEO

It’s a happy day here at Pretty Pink Posh….not only am I planning some upcoming projects, but it’s also SUNNY and beautiful here in Seattle. There’s just something about the sunny weather that makes everything happier and makes me feel more productive. I really hope this weather sticks around for several weeks.

Today I have a sweet little spring card to share, along with a start to finish card video. After reading the responses on a recent video, I’m determined to bring more videos to the Pretty Pink Posh YouTube channel. I hope y’all are up for this change. If you have requests for specific videos, leave a comment in this post!

I love butterfly stamps (and dies) and with spring here, you can be sure I’ll be bringing lots of them to the blog. One of my favorite butterfly stamps is from the Fancy Flutters set by DeNami. Seriously, isn’t this image adorable?!

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We all know I love my Femme Frames dies and recently I’ve become OBSESSED with making scalloped card bases. It adds a touch more interest to cards and really dresses them up.

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If you’re curious on how to make this card from start-to-finish, enjoy this video. I tried to make it as short as possible (so I cut out the coloring part). If you would like to see my coloring in future videos, let me know and I won’t cut it out.

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I hope you enjoyed today’s card and video. Be sure to leave a comment if you have requests for future videos, or you can let me know if you liked this one. Thanks for stopping in!



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Happy Monsters + Winner

Hello and Happy Monday!

Did you see my announcement last week? I’m so excited to be hosting the very first Pretty Pink Posh blog hop in 19 days and each day that passes, I’m getting more and more excited for the big day. There’s TONS of sponsors lined up to provide prizes and many of the companies have designers who will be sharing inspiration the week of. If you haven’t already, head on over to the original post for all the info and some exclusive COUPON codes!

I recently carved out some crafty time and made a few shaker cards. There’s just something about these cards that make me happy….honestly, I don’t think it’s possible to look at a shaker card and not smile. Today’s shaker card features the adorable Happy Monsters in Car stamp from DeNami Design. Seriously, how cute is this design?! It’s a happy design in itself, but pair it with a shaker card and we have a winning combo.

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Isn’t the striped and the polka dot papers darling? It’s from the Let’s Polka paper pack that I featured in my latest video, March 2014 Crafty Favorites. This definitely is my favorite paper pack at the moment.

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It’s time for me to announce the lucky winner of the Nature Embellishment Kit from THIS POST. I’m sorry I didn’t do it on Saturday…I was feeling really sick that day and spent most of the day in bed. Without further ado, here’s the lucky winner!

winner3Karen, please use the contact me form and send over your mailing address and I’ll get this kit mailed off to you soon!

I better wrap up this post. Today I’m planning on getting some orders shipped out and maybe even film a start-to-finish video. Many of you know that I deal with quite a bit of health issues, so each day I’ll never know how I feel until the time comes. Let’s cross our fingers I have strength and energy to film today- I love hearing that you’ve been enjoying the videos recently.

Have a super amazing Monday!


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Easter Chicks + More Kits!

Is anyone else looking forward to Spring and Easter? I love everything about this time of year (well, not the rain… we get a lot of it here in Seattle!), but I DO love the flowers that bloom because of the rain. Flowers and I go hand-in-hand; I’m a sucker for fresh cut flowers and how they brighten up my studio.

For those who watched my March New Products video, you’ll recognize this card. I used the Springtime Sequin Mix for this card and love how the colors and those mini flower sequins complements the card. I think the Easter eggs with the sequins added in look adorable, don’t you?

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I get a lot of questions asking how I adhere my sequins and I personally like Crystal Lacquer or Medium Matte. These both hold the sequins well and with the small application holes, it doesn’t get too messy.

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excitingnewsOkay, now onto how you can purchase one of the SOLD OUT Springtime Embellishment Kits. I have 8 kits available and if you would like to purchase one, leave a comment with your name, state/country and quantity you would like. I’ll send Paypal invoices to those who leave a comment before they sell out. Then once these are gone I have no more.

NOTE: I’m sold out of the Springtime Mix of the cupped option and don’t know when I’ll be able to make more since my supplier is sold out of one of the colors….. Once I have them back in stock, I’ll definitely be posting it on the Pretty Pink Posh Facebook page. In the meantime, I do have the flat version available.

That’s going to wrap up this post. If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to the blog posts via email so you don’t miss anything. Coming April 1st, I’ll have a post packed full of news, new products and more- only 15 days away!

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It’s A Good Day

What’s this? A new card? Yes, I finally got a bit of creativity (and time) and while I still feel rusty stamping, I’m glad I made something worthy of posting. *wink*

I hope you’re not tired of seeing sequin cards, because I’m not tired of making them. They are so fun to make and everyone I have given them to have loved them. For my shaker frame, I used the Photo Mats Die from Top Dog Dies, which made this shaker super easy to whip up. I plan on doing a new sequin shaker tutorial soon and I’ll be using this die- it comes with three polaroid sizes and they are so easy to use!

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For this shaker, I used the Aquamarine, Pink Peonies, Lemon Drop and Sparkling Clear sequins. Curious how I came up with this color combination? I was actually inspired when I was packaging up a recent order for a customer! This color palette is so happy!

As I was assembling the card, the clouds looked a little bit lost. A little bit of faux stitching with a marker and voila! This not only made the clouds stand out, it also unified the card since I already had the other stitching on the focal point. My favorite markers to use for faux stitching are the Memento markers. They match the Memento ink pads (which I use when I color with Copics) and they have a fine tip perfect for faux stitching.

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This weekend I was a busy little bee packaging up sequins and processing orders. I’m so happy that many of you were able to take advantage of the 10% savings coupon so far! If you’re new to sequins, or want to add some more to your collection, be sure to head over to the Pretty Pink Posh Shop. I was looking over the colors I have in the shop and I can’t believe I have so many already!

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Have you created a sequin shaker? If so, leave a link to your posts so I can take a peek. Sequin shakers have a special place in my crafty heart and in the near future, I have something planned with them. Stay tuned!

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I {heart} You + Giveaway!

Hello, sweet blog friends!

Today I’m joining in on Valentine’s Day Blog hop hosted by the sweet Jenn Shurkus! The hop started on February 1st and goes all the way through February 14th. That’s right, she’s posting 14 days of yummy Valentine goodness and organized 14 gals to join along in the fun. So honored to be one of her guests!

Do you remember THIS card? Well, I was so taken with that sweet little envelope that I had to bring it out again. Normally I would make this a super girlie card, but I wanted to make a special Valentine’s Day card for my dad. With my health issues, he has become extra in tuned to my issues and does everything he can to make life a little easier for me. I kid you not, he  makes me breakfast every single day and yesterday he bought me pink roses- my favorite flower. Seeing as he blesses me every day, I wanted to make him a special card.

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It’s no secret that I have an obsession with sequins and I have to add it to just about every card I make. There’s just something about them that makes a card complete! For this card I added my Sparkling Clear Sequins, along with the Red Heart Confetti.

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If you haven’t already, be sure to stop by Jingle’s post from yesterday. She did a fab black, white and gold card that was not only trendy, but chic too! And then for tomorrow, you get to see Lenny’s post!

excitingnewsI promised exciting news and I get to reveal it now. My friends at Sweet Stamp Shop just released their newest stamp sets and their team is featuring lots of Pretty Pink Posh products! Exciting, right? This is my first collaboration with a stamp company since opening my shop and I am so thrilled with this opportunity. To make the deal even sweeter, I donated some products for a giveaway that they’re hosting on their blog.

1010086_10202722083800461_466056390_nCLICK HERE for info on how to enter!

In closing, I want to mention that there are a few sequin colors in the shop that are sold out. Don’t worry, I have them already on order and they should be here on Thursday or Friday. As soon as they arrive, I’ll post on the Pretty Pink Posh Facebook page, so be sure to stay tuned there!

Well, that’s going to close this post. I hope that you enjoyed today’s card and be sure to check out the giveaway over on the Sweet Stamp Shop blog. Thanks for stopping by!

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Hello Gnome

You all know I’m a sucker for cute stamps. While I do love elegant and floral images, there’s something about cute images that pulls me in EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. Today’s card features a cute image and I’ll admit, I almost want to get a gnome for myself after stamping this one.

A while back, I purchased a die that featured six blocks and I had all sorts of ideas I wanted to do with it. I’m sad to say, just about all of those ideas went out when I lost my creativity. Hopefully both the ideas and creativity will return in full force soon. This little trickling of creativity is just not cutting it….

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This adorable Woodland Gnome is from the new DeNami release and boy, he’s a cutie. You can use him alone, like I did, or you can pair him with the abundance of woodland critters we just released. However you use him, he’s bound to look adorable on your projects!

While there’s quite a few layers on this card, everything came together super quickly. Ah, the beauty of die cuts! I used the Femme Frames, the Stitched Journaling Die and Tag Me dies for this card and I love how well they all work together!

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Well, I’m going to wrap this post up. Thanks for stopping by and visiting me today. I’ll be back tomorrow with a new post, along with some exciting news. See you then!

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Sweet Butterflies

When I started the Pretty Pink Posh Shop, I honestly didn’t think I would lose time in my studio. Well, my friends, 3 1/2 weeks later and I am just now getting back to crafting. Granted, there were quite a few days mixed in there that I felt downright crummy, but the busyness of opening  a business has definitely played a huge part in blogging and crafting less. With that being said, I absolutely LOVE that the Pretty Pink Posh products are making their way around the world and truth be told, I am dreaming of the day when this can be my full time job.

Today I have a new (to you) card to share and it’s downright girlie. Pink, purple, sequins, pearls, doilies….you really can’t make it any more girlie. I adore this butterfly and will find any excuse to pull it out.

Click here for a previous post and video using the same butterfly.

Pretty Pink Posh I ButterfliesDid you happen to notice that I pulled out the Femme Frames dies again? If you are overwhelmed with the amount of dies out there (it’s okay, I can be too), this one is hands down one of the ones I would say is a MUST HAVE. They are so easy to use and make things a whole lot easier. I love these so much!

butterflies1bI hope you all have a wonderful Thursday. I have a doctor appointment in just a bit, then work and I’m hoping I can sneak in a bit of crafting later on. I’ll keep you posted on the last item…. Thanks for stopping in!