Heather here from Houses Built of Cards. I’m delighted to be sharing a sweet Valentine card with you today using the adorable new Mini Heart sequins that are releasing on February 1st! Eeeek! They are SOOO adorable! PERFECT for shaker cards too – so that is what I made!
I used one of the umbrella’s from the Pretty Pink Posh Rainy Day’s Stamp set with a giraffe from Wplus9’s Party Animal stamp set – adding the little bird on the giraffe’s back, and fussy cutting them out together. My sentiment is from Mama Elephant’s True Friend stamp set – and those little hearts around the sentiment are from the adorable free stamp set from the PPP birthday celebration.
I used the Scallop Frames die set to create the frame for my shaker card, and added some pattern paper from Basic Grey for the background – then filled it with those Mini Stars in Gold. I love how tiny these are and how easy they shake – the move so freely inside the shaker!
I hope that you’ve been enjoying theme week so far. We still have three more days of great posts- we’ll see you tomorrow!
I’m excited to be on the PPP blog showcasing some of the fabulous Pretty Pink Posh dies. I love to use my dies in unusual or unique ways and I’ll be stopping in once a month for a new feature called Throwback Thursday. Today I’m using the Peek-a-Boo die that was released last year.
When I was coming up with a design using this die, I could not get the image of Morning Glories out of my mind. (That’s ok if you don’t see it…..just go with it for me!) So, I die cut the Peek-a-Boo die multiple times in a random pattern onto Tim Holtz watercolor cardstock. Using the die image as a guide, I watercolored Wild Honey, Hickory Smoke, and Broken China Distress Inks over the top. I used lots of water to blend out the color so they weren’t so vibrant. Once this panel was completely dry, I adhered it with foam adhesive to a top folding notecard.
For my sentiment, I used a “thanks” die from my stash diecutting it out of Broken China Distress Inked watercolor paper as well. I love that the sentiment extends across my watercolor background! As for those sequins? I had to use my favorite Sparkling Clear sequins in 4mm and 6mm to finish this off!
I’m so excited to have Amy bringing this new feature to the blog once a month. This is a great opportunity for us to showcase an older product, but one that still has so much creative uses!
Along with the great card that Amy has shared with us, I’ll be sharing some of my favorite cards from the design team and guests using the specific product we highlight. Click on the photos below to see the original post from the designers.
That’s a wrap for this post. In my next post, I’ll announce the winners from the birthday celebration blog hop and the bonus giveaway winners.
Hello and welcome to the last day of the 2nd birthday celebration!
Before I start with today’s post, I just have to say a truly heartfelt thank you. I have never received this many orders in such a short amount of time in the two years I’ve been in business. As many of you know, I’m a one woman business, so I’m working as quickly as I can to get all of your orders sent off. There’s a holiday on Monday, so that’ll allow me one extra day to get things packaged up for when the post office opens on Tuesday.
Today one the new PPP designers, Liz, has this darling card to share using several Pretty Pink Posh products. She used the dog from the Holiday Pals set and made him look oh-so-cute on this birthday shaker card. Just look at the little bow tie and hat!
For the focal piece, Liz used the popular Stitched Banner Duo 2 die set to create the shaker part of her card and filled it with the 4mm Sweetheart Mix. These colors work so well with the red card base and the pink panel on the front. To finish off the card, she used the Twine and Bows die set– a must have for all crafters! It gives the illusion of twine without the fuss and bulkiness.
You could create the exact same card with more neutral or boy themed colors. Imagine the new Share Kindness Mix of colors on this card- that would be adorable for this card design!
No party would be complete without guests, gifts and a party favor, right? During the celebration, save 10% off your order using the coupon code provided below.
We have lots of amazing designers in today’s blog hop sharing new inspiration. Be sure to leave them lots of love- I’ll be giving away prizes to some comments left on their blogs!
PRIZES: I love giving back to you all, so I’ll be giving away 2 $50 gift certificates to random comments left on the different stops every day. Also, if you haven’t already, head over to the Day #1 post for a MISTI giveaway and Day #2 for a Big Shot Machine with dies!
RULES: Please be kind and courteous in the comments. Comments must be left by January 19, 2016 at 11:59pm PST, to be eligible for prizes. Winners will be announced late next week on this blog.
Thank you for celebrating with me. I’m looking forward to the upcoming year and bringing you new products, inspiration and of course, some surprises along the way. Have a great weekend!
Hello and welcome to Day 1 of the Pretty Pink Posh 2nd birthday celebration!
For those new to my blog or company- welcome! I opened the Pretty Pink Posh Shop as a way to share quality sequins and embellishments and now, two years later, I’ve branched out into steel dies and a handful of stamp sets. It’s been a crazy, wonderful journey thus far and I’m happy I get to share my products with you. Grab your favorite beverage and join us for this 3 day party!
Today one the new PPP designers, Heather, has this darling card to share using products from the brand new release, along with the FREE stamp set I’ll be giving away during this celebration for qualifying purchases, while supplies last.
The brand new Scallop Squaresare the latest addition in the scallop series and boy, they are so fun to use! Heather used both sizes on the card and with the light colored cardstock, you really can see how pretty and delicate the stitching and scallops are. *swoon*
For the sentiment, she paired it with the Stitched Speech Bubbles die set, which works perfectly with any kind of critter stamp set you may have. For the adorable bow on the birdie, she used the Twine and Bows die set, which gives you three perfectly shaped bows without fuss!
For a little dimension, Heather added a sprinkling of the Sparkling Clear Mix across the card. Our favorite adhesive for sequins is the Multi Medium Matte– it has a tiny tip and makes it easy to adhere even the smaller sequins. The last finishing touch is some Clear Wink of Stella, just to bring a little more shimmer to the birdie.
No party would be complete without guests, gifts and a party favor, right? During the celebration, save 10% off your order using the coupon code provided below. Also, if your order is over $60 (before taxes and shipping), you’ll get the not-yet-released Birdie Notes stamp set that Heather used on today’s card!
For the celebration, I brought along some very special guests to celebrate with me and I cannot wait for you to see what they made. Be sure to leave them lots of love- I’ll be giving away prizes to some comments left on their blogs!
PRIZES: I love giving back to you all, so I’ll be giving away 2 $50 gift certificates to random comments left on the different stops every day. Also, I’ll be having extra giveaways that could be considered “party favors” for a couple lucky guests.
RULES: Please be kind and courteous in the comments. Comments must be left by January 19, 2016 at 11:59pm PST, to be eligible for prizes. Winners will be announced late next week on this blog.
Thank you for celebrating with me and being so incredibly supportive. Go hop on over to the other stops, be inspired by the design team and special guests and be sure to share this with your friends. I’ll see you bright and early tomorrow for day #2 of the birthday celebration.
Heather here from Houses Built of Cards. Did you see the new release from Pretty Pink Posh? I am in love with the adorable new Mini Star Confetti! I played with that, and some other PPP stamps, dies, sequins, seed beads, and confetti to put this fun card together – hopefully it would cheer someone up if they weren’t feeling well!
I stamped and fussy cut out the umbrella from Rainy Days stamp set – masking the bottom of the handle so I could make the entire think the more thick and solid size. I layered it with the sentiment on the Decorative Tag 1 Die‘s main frame image.
As soon as I saw this card, I knew I had to share it with you all here on the blog. Thank you Heather for sharing this with us today!
Tomorrow I’ll be announcing the winners from the last two posts that I had giveaways on. Also, I’ll be sharing a sneak peek at something extra special I’ll be giving away during the birthday celebration, but it’ll be limited in quantity!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Using a ZIG Clean Color Real Brush in brown, I created the birds flying in the sky.
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.
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.
The curtains, drapes, girls, and the window were all adhered with foam tape. I also used some of the new Sweet Pea Mixsequins for added touch.
Another look of the whole card.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
For the leaves for the flowers, I simply drew a leaves image on a watercolor paper then fussy cut each one and watercolored.
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.
Next, I assembled the flowers on the white cardstock then adhered with foam tape, the leaves were adhered with Matte Multi Medium.
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.
Here’s another look of the finished card.
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!
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!
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.
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”.
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! Thanks for spending some time with me today!
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!
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!
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.
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!
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!
Thanks for stopping by the blog. See you soon for the first part of the Christmas guide!
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No party would be complete without guests, gifts and a party favor, right? During the celebration, save 10% off your order using the coupon code provided below.
Thanks for spending some time with me today!
