Cards

Hi friends, I hope you’re having a beautiful day! It’s Jeanne and I’m sharing a card made with the beautiful new Leafy Spring Wreath! This set features a leafy wreath with lots of pretty embellishments including flowers, Easter eggs, little birds and a beautiful bow!

I like to reimagine my stamps and dies and imagine different ways to use them. Just because this set has “Spring” in it’s name doesn’t mean that’s the only time I can use it. I saw those little birds and immediately my mind went to summer weddings!

Pretty Pink Posh has a fabulous assortment of stitched border dies too. But why do they have to be just for borders? I like to use the Stacked Edges and Stitched Strips dies to create smooth flat backgrounds. I have more than one of each of the border die sets so I can cut several at a time. I always save the extras for other projects

I love the clean line designs from Pretty Pink Posh because they’re ideal for every media type I can think of. I’m not an “expert” at coloring so I like to color the petals and leaves in different shades of color to give a stained glass look with lots of contrast.

I’m smiling because this card was made with something old (the older release dies), something new (the new Leafy Spring Wreath), something borrowed (my daughter’s markers), and something blue (all those fabulous stripes)!

Have a great weekend!

Hi everyone! Leica here today on the PPP Blog. I have a sweet Spring card to share with you all, using the new Spring Jar Stamp Set and the Coordinating Dies. This stamp set is absolutely beautiful and can be used for any and many occasions.

To start, I ink blended an A2-sized white cardstock with Shaded Lilac and Milled Lavender Distress Oxide Inks. I sprayed some water with a bit of white ink for an oxidized effect. Next, I stamped, colored, and cut the florals and jar from the Spring Jar Stamp Set.

I used Copic markers:

Jar – Copic BG10
Label – Copic E41
Leaves – Tombow 249/177/126/133/131
Blues – Copic B01/00/000
Oranges – Copic YR18/16/15

Pinks – Tombow 743/703/800
Violets – Tombow 633/603/660
Yellow – Copic Y18/15/13/11

I added highlights with a white pen and arranged the flowers on the card panel. I glued down the jar on the card panel and added foam tape on the back of the flowers for dimension. I then added some Light Orchid Pearls for added interest and lastly, I glued the panel onto an A2-sized side-fold cardstock. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Happy crafting!

Hello crafty friends! It’s Leica here today with a Mother’s Day box card. I’m super excited that the Scallop Box Card Die is finally available. This box is very easy to put together, I promise! It’s my new favorite box card die! 

For my card, I cut the Scallop Box Card Die pieces in kraft cardstock. I assembled it by folding the perforated tabs and gluing them onto the main piece. Next, I cut the scallop panels in white cardstock and ink blended them with Old Paper Distress Oxide Ink. I sprayed some water for an oxidized effect.

Once dry, I stamped the “Happy Mother’s Day” sentiment on the front scallop panel of the card. 

I then stamped, colored and cut the images from the Flower Garden Stamp Set. Here are the colors that I used:

Pinks – Tombow 757/755/743
Violets – Tombow 636/633/603/660
Browns – Copic E49/47/44/43/42
Grays – Copic N7/5/3, T5/3/1/0
Greens – Copic G99/46/43, YG03/01, YG67/63/61
Yellows – Copic Y18/11

Lastly, I glued the images onto the inserts of the box to make a beautiful Spring garden scene.

Isn’t this box card die so fun? I can see myself using it over and over again, because it is easy to assemble and just so much fun to fill with your favorite stamps and dies. I know you will love this as much as I do! 

Good morning, Lindsey here and I’m super excited to share today’s projects with you. I often sketch and plan before I create something, but these just sort of tumbled out in one creative marathon. Once I got started the ideas just kept flowing.  All of these critters were created using the Winter Mug Die and the Easter Mug Additions with a couple exceptions that I will note, but I’m getting ahead of myself…

The Easter Mug Additions were created to build the cutest chicks and bunnies. I made a few different varieties similar to what I had seen on the mock up and then decided to experiment. I started small with this bunny. I combined a couple of the eyes and used the flower die to make a tail.

Then the wheels started turning and it occurred to me that I could probably create other animals. I realized a floppy eared bunny could easily be a dog if I just added a tail (the center of the bunny’s ear).

and some paws…

I had made this chubby chick a little earlier…

And found that a chicken was just a small step from a chick if I simplified the design, swapped the colors, and added its head feathers on the diagonal.

By this time my daughter had noticed the little animals that I was creating and was loving them. Her favorite animal is a cow, so I was determined to make one.

A couple years ago I made a cow cake for her birthday, and since the mug had a similar shape to the tall cake, I knew it could be done. I used the chick’s belly and the centers of the flowers for the cow’s nose. The chick’s feathers turned down became a tuft of hair, and I used the chick feet and heart shaped nose for the cow spots. I even used the inside layer of the bunny’s ears for the horns.

The only thing I had to outsource was the ears. I found them in leaves from the Spring Foliage dies.  

Now that I had the right ears, a horse was the natural next step.

And you could easily swap out the colors to grey to make a donkey.

Now that I had a whole farm going, I knew I had to figure out a pig. I tried to use just the dies from the Easter Mug Additions, but ultimately gave in to the fact that I needed to look elsewhere. I found just what I need in the Valentine Mug Additions.  

I used the strawberry chocolate coating for ears, the oval chocolate for his nose, the swirled icing for his tail, and the negative centers of the swirl for the nostrils.  

These little farm animal mugs are ready to add to a card or be used as a tag or a little lunch box note. My kiddos have already claimed their favorites. I’m curious…which one is your favorite?  

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope I’ve encouraged you to look at your dies with fresh eyes. Creating these was loads of fun!

Hi friends, it’s Jeanne here. Spring is in the air! And with the weather getting warmer my mind has been turning to thoughts of gardening. We always plant lots of veggies, but my favorites are always the flowers! They’re a feast for the eyes!

I love the new Spring Jar stamp set because there are lots and lots of beautiful bloom shapes to play with! Paulina knew these flowers were so sweet that they’d attract a lot of attention so she included a little bee, a butterfly and even a cute smiling spider!

I always stamp at least 10 of each flower and then color them different shades. Once they’re cut out all that’s left is the arranging them! The jar label and three different sentiments make this card quick and easy to assemble.

For the background I applied three shades of Distress Ink to a panel of cardstock (Dried Marigold, Squeezed Lemonade and Kitsch Flamingo). I used colors that would match the flowers only in softer shades. I topped the panel with a Lattice Background die – the perfect garden setting – before adding the jar and colorful blooms.

These flowers are just for you! I hope they brighten your day!