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Easter Theme Week- Day 2

Gayatri here sharing a card using the newly released Birdie Friends stamp set, Birdie Notes and Scallop Circles die set.

On this card, I have a shaker element sitting on a beautiful pastel background created using a masking technique.

For the background, I die cut many pieces of birdies from both the Birdie Notes and Birdie Friends coordinating dies using masking paper. I randomly adhered the mask on a white card panel. I used the smaller birdie to fill in the gaps. I burnished the edges of the mask using a Teflon folder so they don’t pop out when I am sponging inks. I picked pastel distress inks for sponging the background. They are Squeezed Lemonade, Tumbled Glass, Shabby Shutters and Spun Sugar. Once I sponged them on the panel, I spattered some clean water to get some texture. Afterwards, I removed all the masks. Once I patted down the water dry, I stamped the masked area with the respective birdies using Gray Flannel Memento Luxe Pigment ink. I wanted the image to be subtle, so I chose the grey colour instead of black. Once finished with the colouring, I adhered the panel on a white card base.

For the shaker element, I die cut the large Scallop Circle using white glitter paper. I also die cut a circle using vellum and adhered the vellum circle behind the scallop circle. Then I stamped the two birdies and the chick, copic coloured them. Die cut them out using the coordinating die. Then I stamped the sentiment from Birdie Friends stamp set on a strip of white cardstock. Finally die cut a big bow using blue cardstock using the Twine and Bows die set.

To assemble the shaker element on the card front, I added Iridescent Mini Heart Confetti to the centre of the card front. Then adhered the scalloped circle die cut with vellum backing on top of the confetti using foam adhesives making it the shaker box on the card front. On top of the shaker circle, I adhered the coloured birdies and chick die cuts using foam adhesives with the chick double foamed and the sentiment strip below the birdies. The bow die cut is adhered on top of the scalloped circle. Finally, I added the Sparkling Clear Mix to bring the whole card together.

I hope that you’ve been enjoying our Easter theme week so far. We still have three more days of great posts- we’ll see you tomorrow!

March Product Release Blog Hop

Hello, sweet friends!

It’s time for the Product Release Blog Hop for the March 2016 release. Many of you have already placed orders, but for those who were wanting for more inspiration, today the design team and special guests have all sorts of inspiration to share!

Before we get to their awesome creations, I wanted to share a card that I made using several of the new products. If you have followed me for a little while, you know that I’ve been obsessed with glitter cardstock (especially with the scalloped dies) and the new Scallop Circles are no exception. They make the perfect frame for images.

I always enjoy creating scene-like cards and with the new birdie sets, they’re easy to make! I paired the Birdie Friends stamp set with the Picket Fence die, Stitched Speech Bubbles, Twine and Bows, and added a sprinkling of the Spring Flower sequins.

Just think of all the fun color combinations you could create using this card layout. Also, if you had little egg stamps, you could replace the flowers for eggs to create an Easter card!

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

PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. I’m giving away 2 $25 gift certificates to two random comments left before March 14, 2016 at 11:59 PM PST. 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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Laura Bassen

Heather Hoffman

Amy Kolling

Yana Smakula

Joni Andaya

Liz Sarkisyan

Melania Deasy

Nichol Spohr Magouirk

Lisa Elton

Danielle Flanders

Yuki Yoshioka

Joy Taylor

Nina-Marie Trapani

Gayatri Murali

Julia Altermann

Yoonsun Hur

Carissa Wiley

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I truly hope you enjoyed the blog hop. Be sure to leave lots of love for the design team and guest designers!

Thank you all for your enthusiasm about the new stamp sets, dies and sequins. I can’t wait to start seeing your creations with the new products in blog and social media land!

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Birdie Hello

Hello everyone!

It’s Joni here sharing a project using the new Scallop Circles die set, Birdie Friends stamp set and the coordinating Birdie Friends die set. I really love these dies and I know you will too.

I want to show you below all the elements of this card.

The larger scallop I turned into a shaker using an all-time favorite Sparkling Clear sequins in 10mm, I also used Iridescent Mini Star Confetti and Silver Shimmer Seed Beads. I also cut the small circle scallop to put on top of the larger circle scallop. The small stitched circle you see below if from the Stitched Banner Duo 2 dies. The cute birdie is from the new Birdie Friends stamp set.

For the card panel, I cut an A2 white cardstock distressed it using Papertrey Ink dye inks in Harvest Gold and Melon Berry and cut the bottom using the new Stitched Border 4 die set. The hello die is from Essentials by Ellen called Brushstroke Hello.

Here’s a look at the card all finished. Look at all the pretty elements in the shaker circles!

Be sure to mark your calendars for Thursday, March 10th. We have a super fun blog hop that will showcase the new stamp sets, dies, and sequins and there are some amazing special guests joining along in addition to prizes! If you’re on Facebook, be sure to visit the blog hop event page HERE– there will be a special giveaway there soon!

I hope you guys enjoyed! Thank you so much for stopping by.

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Birdie Friends Circle Card

Today I’m so thrilled to share this adorable card that Liz created using several of the new products from the March release. Let’s take a closer look at this card and the card details she shared…

I’m absolutely in love with these new Scallop Circle Dies as it has the most amazing details with the stitching and inverted scallops, not to mention how nicely they cut through cardstock and fun foam to create this upright circle shaker card so that it can sit up wherever you want. Here I’m using the largest size, which is so amazing in person.

For this card I’m using the adorable brand new stamp set called Birdie Friends which I’m also thrilled about as it has several sentiments and different font combinations. Plus, I love all the extra images including this cute banner which fits perfectly above the three little birds and used the matching coordinating dies to cut all the images out and pop them up for dimension.

I decorated the inside of the card using the Birdie Friends set along with adding adorable little cloud from the Rainy Days set as it has this cute smiley face that can be stamped inside the clouds and thought it was perfect to add in. For the sentiment, I took the banner sign and cut off the legs and added foam mount to pop it up. This is what helps to hold the card upright so one can place anywhere.

I hope that you enjoyed this card as much as I did- I literally squealed when Liz shared it with me! Join us tomorrow for another post using the new products.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Mixing It Up With Ellen Hutson!

Hi everyone, it’s Nina-Marie here today to share a fun way to combine your distress inks with traditional watercolors and achieve beautiful results!

I created this for Ellen Hutson’s Mix It Up challenge and I hope you’ll stop by their blog too so that you can link up your cards featuring Pretty Pink Posh and Ellen Hutson! This card is full of you products from both Ellen Hutson’s Essentials by Ellen line, and Pretty Pink Posh!

I used the Bohemian Garden stamps and Zipper Panel die sets (by Ellen Hutson), along with Pretty Pink Posh’s Rainy Days stamp set and Sparkling Clear mix sequins… I’m telling you, I love the Sparkling Clear sequins; they work for EVERYTHING!

I used my distress inks for the background and Prima’s Tropical Watercolor Confections palette to add color to my flowers.

I have put together a video showing how I created the card from start to finish, so be sure to check that out below, or over on the Pretty Pink Posh YouTube channel… don’t forget to subscribe too so that you don’t miss any of our future videos!

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I hope this card has inspired you to do some watercoloring using any watercolor mediums you have on hand…. remember that watercoloring looks good whether it is “controlled” or “freestyle”. Use the method you like best and give it a try. Then, link up your projects over at the Ellen Hutson blog for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate!

Happy crafting and thanks for stopping by today!

xoxo, Nina-Marie

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New Release Available!

Hi everyone, Joni here sharing some of the new products that was just released in Pretty Pink Posh Shop!

For this project I used the new Birdie Friends stamp set. This set have 17 images and 8 sentiments. I also used the new sweet Scallop Oval die set, which is quickly becoming a favorite of mine. I really love that the scallops of this oval are larger to give that impact showcasing the cute birds.

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This oval has one large scallops design (large scallops’ teeth) and one small scallops design with (smaller scallops’ teeth) to coordinate with your projects. Below you can see the difference.

I created a shaker using this set. First, I die cut the large Scallop Oval in white cardstock 4 times and distress one center of the oval with Papertrey Ink dye inks in Harvest Gold, Limeade Ice, and Ripe Avocado, then added some spritz of water once done. I die-cut another large Scallop Oval die using a light- pink cardstock to put on top of the stack white scallops after putting all the sequins inside. Next, I glued the acrylic cardstock on top of the white stack ovals and then glued the pink di-cut oval on top of the acrylic.

Tip: Make sure the glue is dry before cutting the excess acrylic on the ovals.

For this shaker I used the new upcoming Easter Sequin Mix and added some Sparkling Clear sequins as well in the mix. The birds and the branch images were watercolored and die cuts using the new Birdie Friends coordinating dies. The leaves for the branches were also die-cuts using some green scrap papers.

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For the background panel, it was also distressed using some dye ink and splattered with water as well.

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I hope you guys enjoyed the closer look of some of the new products. Paulina will be sharing more inspiration and details about this release soon.

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Throwback Thursday: Stitched Duo 1

Hello! Welcome back to another Throwback Thursday! This feature gives me a chance to revisit some of the first dies Pretty Pink Posh released. This month, I’m sharing a card using the first Pretty Pink Posh die that was released……Stitched Duo 1. This die led the way for other very popular dies including Stitched Duo 2 and Stitched Duo 3.

I tried really hard to come up with a “new” use for this die but I kept coming back to a traditional shaker card. Stitched Duo 1 is the PERFECT die set for a cute “window” shaker. Let’s see……..

I started with blending Tumbled Glass Distress Ink with a sponge applicator onto a top folding notecard. I blended ink until I had the look and darkness I wanted. Because I wanted a finished edge, I then trimmed my notecard just a bit on either side to get rid of the dark blending on the edges. My balloon is from Darling Friends, the exclusive set PPP designed for Simon Says Stamp, was colored with Copics and the tiny bunny was added with foam adhesive. Oh…..can’t forget to embellish with Sparkling Clear 4mm Sequins!

Now, for the shaker! I started with 2 die cut tags……1 left as a tag and the other diecut with the “windows”. To the tag, I blended more Tumbled Glass Distress Ink until it matched my notecard. This becomes the “backer” for my shaker as I adhered foam adhesive to encase my Iridescent Star Confetti. After stamping my sentiment to the “window” tag, I added it to my shaker by simply lining it up with the backer. Now my shaker can be added anywhere to my card! I love creating shaker cards using this technique as I can play around with my layout more.

My card was assembled and for some finishing last touches, I added the clouds from the Rainy Days coordinating dies with 4mm and 6mm Sparkling Clear Sequins.

Be sure to join us tomorrow as we’ll have a special video and post showing how to organize your sequins, plus, a giveaway!

Thanks for visiting the blog today! I hope that Amy’s adorable card inspired you to play with your old(er) die sets!

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Tutorial: Flat Shaker Card

Hello and Happy Friday!

I’m so excited to have Liz here on the blog sharing a tutorial on how to create easy shaker cards using the new Mini Heart Confetti! No need for fun foam or thick mounting tape with this tutorial…

I do love this time of the year, and as Valentine’s Day approaches, I thought what better way to send to family and friends, a small card filled with adorable mini hearts in the form of a flat shaker so that I could easily mail out.

Here, I used this adorable little penguin and bear from the Winter Friends stamp set along with adding a tiny bow on each one. I must say, this set is one of my favorites and can be used all year round. Not just for Christmas.

These are so much fun to make and go quickly for creating several of them. You won’t want to stop with just one. Also, it’s so much fun to play with these adorable Mini Heart Confetti in Iridescent and Gold colors. Here is a little tutorial along with measurements.

Step one: Cut a piece of card stock A2 size ( 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″) and score in the middle at 2 3/4″

Step Two: Cut a smaller piece of cardstock ( 2 1/2 ” x 4″) that will be used for decorating

Step Three: Punch out a heart on the right hand side or desired area using a punch or die

Step Four: Next, I embossed the blue rectangle using We R Memory folder called Chain and added this adorable scallop border from the Stitched Border 1 die collection from Pretty Pink Posh and adhered it to the cardstock.

Step Five: Since I needed to punch out another heart directly on the card base, I used the blue cardstock to help me align where I needed to punch out the heart. Keep in mind, do not glue it down, but instead use it as a placement to help you.

As you can see, now you have the card base with the heart punched out along with the smaller blue card stock as well.

Step Six: Add a piece of acetate on top of the heart to cover it. Here, I cut approximately 2 3/4″ x 2 rectangle.

Step Seven: Now add adhesive on top of the acetate starting around the entire heart, than along the sides of acetate. Think like you were adding foam mount and creating a wall around the heart to keep the sequins in. Here, I added in these adorable Mini Hearts from Pretty Pink Posh in Iridescent and Silver which I love how it sparkles.

Final Step: Add the smaller card stock on top of the card base aligning it with the heart shape and finish decorating. Here I used a sentiment from the Sending and Wishing set from Simon Says Stamp along with this adorable bunny from the Holiday Pals set from Pretty Pink Posh. Again, this set is not just for Christmas as you can see.

Don’t want to forget, I also added in these adorable little mini envelopes from the Birdie Notes set (releasing in March) where I also used the little tiny heart it came with.

If you want another great Valentine post, Liz created an additional tutorial over on her blog for a candy treat holder. It’s absolutely darling and uses the same stamps from this post! Read her post HERE.

I’ll be back on Valentine’s Day with my next Favorite Free Fonts feature. It’s been a while since I did the last one and I know you all love them!

From the design team and I, we hope you have a LOVE-ly weekend.

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Simon Says Stamp Feature + Challenge Reminder

Hello friends!

I wanted to pop in and share about the recent feature we had over on the Simon Says Stamp blog. Nina-Marie create the most adorable card using the Darling Friend stamp set that was designed exclusively for SSS back in September. This set was initially intended just to be sold in September, but it’s been a popular one, so they’ve been stocking it ever since. If you haven’t had a chance to get it, be sure to add it to your cart soon; I don’t know how long it’ll be available!

I wanted to remind you that the Valentine Challenge I have here on the blog is ending on February 14th, so there’s only a couple more days. This is a great way for share your talent and gives me the opportunity to see what you can create with your Pretty Pink Posh products. I’m always on the lookout for new talent!

Thank you for spending some time with me today. Be sure to check out Nina-Marie’s great post/ video and I cannot wait to see more of your entries in the Valentine challenge.

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Valentine Theme Week- Day 4

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Hello friends!

Nichol here and today I’m sharing a Valentine themed card (that could actually be used anytime) showcasing Pretty Pink Posh stamps and dies. I used the adorable PPP Just A Note Mini Stamp with my favorite Scallop Squares Dies to “frame up” the super cute pink chick!

To create my card I die cut a piece of watercolor cardstock using the largest Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Stackable Die. I love this die because it’s exactly the same size as the Scallop Square Die so it makes the perfect backing if you’re building up frames with dimension. I stamped the chick and envelope from the PPP Just A Note Mini Stamp Set using Antique Linen Distress Ink and then I watercolored the images using the following Distress Markers and a paintbrush dipped in water:

[ DISTRESS MARKERS COLORS: Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Candied Apple, Ripe Persimmon ]

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Once the images were watercolored, I drew in the eyes with a black marker. I added “sky” with the Tumbled Glass Distress Marker and Peacock Feathers Distress Marker. I added a bit of shadow or ground with the Pumice Stone Distress Marker. When the panel was completely dry (I hit it with a heat tool to dry it quickly) I stamped the greeting from the PPP Just A Note Mini Stamp Set using Lawn Fawn Black Licorice Ink and then I stamped a scattering of hearts using Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, and Candied Apple Distress Inks.

I die cut frames from smooth white cardstock usign the PPP Scallop Squares Dies and Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Squares Stackables Dies. I die cut these again from Fun Foam and layered the frames on the watercolored panel to give the image the look of being “framed up”. Lastly, I attached the frame to a square 4.25″ card.

If you have missed any of the previous posts, click on the photos below to see the post from that day. There’s so much gorgeous and LOVE-ly talent by the team!

Also, if you missed yesterday’s post, I shared that very soon I’ll have a challenge where YOU can share your Valentine creations. Stay tuned!

I hope to see you tomorrow for the last day of Valentine week.