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Valentine Mug Cards + Video

Hi crafty friends! I’m Rebecca Keppel and super excited to be sharing my very first project video on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog and YouTube channel! Today I am combining the previously released Winter Mug Dies and the new Valentine Mug Addition Dies!

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I love additions to original die sets because it really stretches the usage of the original set and gives everything more bang for its buck! In my video, I share how you can use both die sets together to create shaker cards or flat cards.

In creating an A2 card with a mug shaker, I used the Winter Mug Dies to cut out 2 pink mugs and one die cut transparency mug. One pink mug I use as the base on the A2 card. I cut a heart from the Valentine Mug Additions Dies out of the other pink mug and then adhered the transparency to the back creating a shaker window! Then create a border of foam tape around the window and place it down onto the base mug having poured some Strawberry Shortcake Clay Confetti and Valentine’s Day Clay Confetti right in the center of that base mug. Then have fun decorating around the mug with the Valentine Mug Addition Dies. Love all the additions from chocolates to a dipped strawberry, cherry and more!

For the flat mug, I realized that the mug die cut would fit perfectly on the Sweet Note Dies die cut with just a teeny bit of the mug handle hanging off the side.

Rather than using the heart die to create a shaker, you can use it as a die cut to decorate the envelope or mini card since both the positive and negative piece retain faux stitching lines.

Other die cuts from the Valentine Mug Additions Dies can also be used to decorate the Sweet Note Dies and you can use some liquid glue that dries clear to adhere some XOXO Clay Confetti to the top of the mug for sprinkles on your cocoa!

I hope you will love combining these die sets as much as I did! Have a LOVEly day!

Rebecca

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Clean and Simple Valentine

Hello, Gemma here today and I have a clean and simple card to share today, featuring the new Heart Critters stamp set and the versatile Wonky Stitched Square die set.

I began by stamping images from the Heart Critters stamp set and colouring them with copic markers. I used the coordinating die to cut them out, and added some extra layers behind for dimension.

Copic colours Panda: N0-7, R20 R30 Rose: R22-27, G14-17 Hearts: R22-27

Next, I cut a Wonky Stitched Square from red sparkle card. I adhered this to an A2 card base, then added the smaller heart images.

I picked two sentiments from the Heart Critters stamp set, and stamped them above and below the red square. Finally, I added the cute panda to finish.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you were inspired to create some clean and simple Valentine cards.

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Valentine Mini Cards + Video

Hi, friends! It’s Lauren and I am so happy to have my first video on the Pretty Pink Posh YouTube channel! I’m sharing how you can use the Sweet Note Dies to create valentines for your kiddo to color and share with their classmates or friends.

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I started with stenciling the solid hearts from the Layered Valentine Hearts Stencils with Spun Sugar, Saltwater Taffy and Worn Lipstick Distress Oxides. In my video, I die cut the 6×6” background four times with the square die from the Sweet Note Dies before the next stencil, but I should have added Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide through the striped hearts first!

After I have the squares with the first two layers, I used the Layered Valentine Hearts Stencil with polka dots hearts with Pearl White Stardust Butter to add some shine and texture to the backgrounds. I added this after die cutting so it would have plenty of time to dry and avoid any stencil paste from sticking to my die.

Next I stamped the cheetah from Hearts Critters stamp set and cut it out with the coordinating die. Using Ohuhu Art Markers, I colored in the sweet critter with its heart shaped treat box and you can find the colors listed in the image below!

Now that all of the elements of my valentines are done, I die cut the Sweet Note envelope out of some pink cardstock and another square out of white cardstock and stamped my sentiment on the white square. I left plenty of room for my daughter to sign her name! I adhered the stenciled background square on the outside of my envelope and the sentiment square on the inside. My critter is popped up with some foam adhesive on top of the pink hearts to add a bit of dimension to the valentines.

My daughter wanted to color in her own critter so she used my Ohuhu Art Markers to color in her sweet Panda with a flower, also from the Heart Critters stamp set.

I hope you enjoy today’s project and video and that it brings you inspiration for crafting with your kiddos for their classroom valentines!

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Valentine Theme Week- Day 7

Hello! It’s Gemma here and today I’m sharing a card using a fabulous new layering stencil set from the January release – Layered XOXO.

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I began with Layer A. Over a 6×6 square of white card, I blended Hickory Smoke distress oxide ink through the stencil. Next, I used Layer C with Pumice Stone distress oxide ink. I first used some washi tape to cover one of the spaces on the stencil.

I then used Layer B, with Candied Apple distress oxide ink, to add a heart in the space left from Layer C. I covered the heart with Nuvo Glimmer Paste in Moonstone, for some sparkle.

I am so excited that Pretty Pink Posh has released hot foil plates! I foiled the Hot Foil Large Love plate in gold on white card, using my Glimmer Hot Foil machine. I then die cut the foiled sentiment with the Large Love Shadow die and added extra layers for dimension.

I adhered the stenciled panel to a 6×6 card base, then added the foiled sentiment.

For an additional sentiment, I stamped one from the XOXO stamp set with red ink. I trimmed it down to a small sentiment strip, added some red card behind, then adhered to my card to finish.

We hope you’ve been inspired by this week of Valentine inspiration and were able to take advantage of the savings. We appreciate you joining us!

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Valentine Theme Week- Day 6

Hello Everyone, it is Zsofia here, and I am super excited to participate in the Valentine Theme Week with Pretty Pink Posh! I love to mix and match stamp sets and create new scenes. This time my matchmaking turned out romantic as I found the right pal for the cute koala from Heart Critters in the Crafty Critters stamp set. I gave it a heart shaped lock which matches the key for a Valentine scene. Isn’t it sweet?

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I started with stamping and colouring the images from Heart Critters and Crafty Critters. I used Copic markers and cut everything out with their coordinating dies. The colours I used are the following: E44, E43, E42, E41, E40, E00, R20, W9, W3, W1.

Then I created a stenciled background with the new Layered XOXO stencils: I used Ground Espresso Distress Oxide ink for the X layer and Kitch Flamingo for the Hearts Layer. Before removing the stencil, I spritzed the hearts with a Clear Shimmer Mist for a subtle sparkle. When it was dry, I cut the panel down to be 4×5,25 inches and gave it a slightly bigger dark brown mat.

For the sentiment I used the Love Shaker die set: I cut it once from dark brown cardstock and once from pink shimmer cardstock and paper pieced them together. I used 3D foam tape to hold the pieces together on the back side and adhered it to the background. I had to double up the foam tape behind the koalas to be in front of the heart. I just love the dimension!

As a finishing touch I used some clay confetti from the Valentine’s Day Mix, just scattered a few across the card. I also used glossy accents on the word Love and the noses of the koalas. The eyes I made shiny with a black glaze pen.

I hope you enjoyed my card today and got inspired. Make sure to check back tomorrow for more fun!

See you soon, Zsofia

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Valentine Theme Week- Day 5

Hello crafty friends, Lisa Mears here. For my card today, I’m using the Layered Valentine Hearts stencil to make a card that looks like the conversation hearts candy that is popular for Valentine’s Day.

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The Layered Valentine Hearts stencil is a four layer stencil which includes the heart shapes (Layer A), the dots for the hearts (Layer B), the stripes for the hearts (Layer C), and the words (Layer D). This pack of stencils has so much versatility because you can pick and choose which stencils you want to use. For example, you can use just the Layer A stencil to get a background full of hearts. You can also use the Layer A stencil with the hearts and add a design to the hearts with the dots from Layer B and the stripes from Layer C. You can also use all four stencils together to get the conversation hearts background as shown in the picture below.

While inking stencil Layer A, I masked off each row in order to get different colors of ink for each row of hearts. I used the Scrapbook.com Hybrid inks in the following colors: Pink Flamingo Ink, Pear, Parisian Purple, Sky Blue, Lantern Light, and Orange Cream.

I used the same color inks to add the dots (Layer B) and stripes (Layer C), just adding a little more ink to make it look darker on top of the solid heart shape. For Layer D, I used Scrapbook.com Cardinal Red ink to add a red ink color to the words.

For the sentiment, I hot foiled the word Hugs from rainbow hot foil using the Hot Foil Large Hugs and die cut it with the coordinating Large Hugs Shadow. I used the Scallop Border to die cut a border from pattern paper and added it to the left side of the stenciled cardstock.

I added the Blue Sky Pearls and Lilac Pearls to the card front and added it to an A2 size card base.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a sweet day!
Lisa Mears

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Valentine Theme Week- Day 4

Hello friends! It’s Leica here on the PPP Blog. Today I am sharing a Valentine box card die filled with the Heart Critters stamp set. Let’s get started!

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I first assembled the box card in pink cardstock. This box card die will be available on the PPP site in the next few months! For the back and side panels, I stamped the love script repeatedly in Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink.

Next, I stamped, colored, and cut the images from the Heart Critters stamp set and glued them on the inserts and front of the card. I used the following Copic Sketch Markers:

Koala – C5/3/1, R00
Leopard – E35/34/33
Panda – N7/5/3
Golds – Y26/23/21
Reds – R29/27/24/22/20

For the sentiment on the front of the card, I stamped “be my valentine” and stamped and cut the love script.

That’s all for this Valentine box card. I can’t wait for the box card die to be released. I know that you will love it too!

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Valentine Theme Week- Day 3

Hi, friends! I’m Lauren and so excited to be joining the Pretty Pink Posh design team and just in time for the wonderful new release. Valentine’s Day always makes me think of flowers and chocolates so I wanted to create a card that really embodied this sweet holiday!

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I started with die cutting all my different elements from the Winter Mug and Valentine Mug Addition Die Sets – this is a great way to use up any colored cardstock scraps you have been holding on to. My linked hearts are die cut out of the pink mug and I paper pieced the gold and inside pieces so it would be one layer.

The background was made using the Layered Chocolates Stencils with Distress Inks in Tea Dye, Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso. Before the final stenciled layer, I used my largest Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die to cut my cardstock. The sprinkles were added with some glittery pink stencil paste!

I needed some chocolates to go with my mug so I stamped them out from the XOXO Stamp Set with alcohol marker friendly black ink and white paper, colored them with Ohuhu Art Markers and cut them out with their Coordinating Dies. I also stamped two roses to add more details to my Valentine Mug!

Once my background and mug assembling was dry and done, I layered the stenciled background onto some cranberry red cardstock and assembled my flowers, mug and chocolates together. My mug, milk chocolate and dark chocolate candies were adhered using foam adhesive to give some dimension to the card!

The final touch was to add my sentiment “Sweetest Wishes” from the XOXO stamp set. I heat embossed it on the same cranberry red cardstock with gold embossing powder to tie in with the linked hearts on the mug.

I hope this sugar filled card brings you inspiration today for Valentine Theme Week and you have the sweetest holiday, too!

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Valentine Theme Week- Day 2

Hello friends! It’s Leica here and I am sharing a box card filled with beautiful potted roses from the latest PPP release. These roses are from the Potted Roses stamp set and coordinating dies are available separately.

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I’m happy to share that this box card die will be available on the Pretty Pink Posh shop soon! It includes dies for the back, front, and side panels. I can’t wait for this die to be released! I know that you will love it, too!

For the back and side panels, I ink blended through the Lattice Stencil in Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink. The images are stamped, colored, and cut with coordinating dies. I used Copic Sketch markers:

Pots – E11/00/000
Roses – R32/20, R27/24/22/20
Leaves – YG67/63/61

I glued the potted roses on the inserts of the box card and added the sentiment on the front panel. Lastly, I added another panel in white cardstock on the back of the card.

I hope that I’ve inspired you to make some cards with the beautiful Potted Roses stamp set. Join us tomorrow for another day of Valentine inspiration!

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Valentine Theme Week- Day 1

Good morning! It’s Lindsey here, and I’m excited to be kicking things off with Valentine Theme Week! Pretty Pink Posh has lots of fabulous Valentine products to choose from and my projects today combine several older and newer items.

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Pretty Pink Posh: Valentine Theme Week- Day 1

My littlest child completely influenced today’s projects. She has started making cards herself and loves to look through my stamps. Her favorites are always the cute critters, so I let her choose the ones she liked the best for her preschool valentines. I put these ones together, but she will most definitely be helping me make the rest.

I created the valentines using the new Sweet Note die. I just love it! You can get three Sweet Notes from one 8.5×11 sheet of paper with a little leftover. After I cut valentines in several colors, I embossed the main outside panel on each with the heart from All My Love.

Then I die cut and attached a flag from Stitched Labels 1 to each note. The critters came next.

Based off my little one’s favorites, I stamped and embossed several animals from Heart Critters and Sending Love. Then I used zig clean color real brush markers to color them. I hadn’t used these markers in a while, and it was fun to revisit them. After all the images were colored, I cut them out using the coordinating dies and popped them up with some dimensional foam.

A little sprinkling of hearts from the Valentine’s Day and Sweet Love clay confetti mixes and the fronts were done.

I kept the backs simple but couldn’t help adding a little cuteness by stamping, die cutting, and layering different hearts from the Valentine Hearts stamp set.

I attached the hearts to the center of the notch. They look cute, and they also add a little extra security to keep the note closed if you tuck a treat inside.

Speaking of treats, I was delighted to see that individual fruit snacks (or any snack/fun size candy package) fit perfectly inside the folded Sweet Note.

Normally I would have decorated the inside of the note as well, but my little one is just learning how to write and she’ll need all that space to sign her name, so I left it blank. :)

Thanks so much for joining me today! This week will be full of Valentine inspiration, so make sure to come back every day, and don’t forget to pick up some of your favorite Valentine products while they are on sale.