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Sneak Peek: Sending Love

Hello, crafty friends! It’s Leica here today with a sneak peek of a new stamp set with the cutest critters. This stamp set is called Sending Love and I think this would not only be a great set to have for Valentine’s Day, but can also be used year-round for birthday cards and other occasions. 

Pretty Pink Posh- Sneak Peek: Sending Love

I decided to make a slimline card to have room for all the adorable critters. To start, I cut the largest panel from the Slimline: Peekaboo Windows Die in white cardstock. From the bottom up, I ink blended the panel with Distress Oxide Inks in Vintage Photo, Festive Berries, and Worn Lipstick. I then used Festive Berries and inked through the Scattered Hearts Stencil. I also splattered the panel with black and white acrylic paints. 

Pretty Pink Posh- Sneak Peek: Sending Love

Next, I stamped, cut, and colored the images from the Sending Love stamp set and coordinating dies. I used the following Copic markers:
Raccoon – C7/5/3/1/00
Monkey – E77/74/71
Fox – E99/97/95
Mailbox – R32/30
Dog – E53/50
Box – BG09/05/13
Bird – RV23/10/00

Pretty Pink Posh- Sneak Peek: Sending Love

I foam mounted the images onto the card panel. I love that the “happy mail” script has a coordinating die cut. I cut 3 additional pieces and stacked them up for dimension. I then white heat embossed “sending lots of love” on a strip of black cardstock and adhered onto the panel. Lastly, I adhered the panel onto a 3.5″ x 8.5″ teal cardstock before adhering onto a card base.

That’s all for this slimline card. I hope that I’ve inspired you to create a card with the Sending Love stamp set. Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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Sneak Peek: Love Balloons + Love Borders

Hi friends, it’s Elaine from Pink Peppermint Cards. I am absolutely delighted to be back to share a sneak peek of some of the products in the new Valentine’s Day release!  

Pretty Pink Posh- Sneak Peek: Love Balloons + Love Borders

To start my project I stamped all the images from the new Love Balloons stamp set along with previously released Love Borders (we’re releasing coordinating dies for this set in this release!) with a black dye ink on to copic friendly card stock.  I used copic markers to color all my images, the colors I used were:

Balloons: R29, R27, R24

Pink: R85, R83, R81

Hearts: R59, R39, R29 

Rabbit: W3, W1, W0, RV11

Beaver: E27, E25, E23, E21, RV11

Racoon: W8, W6, W4, W2, RV11

Chipmunk: E37, E34, E33, E31, RV11

Once the coloring was done I cut out all the images with the Love Borders coordinating die and Love Balloons coordinating die. I set all the die cut pieces aside while I worked on the background. 

Pretty Pink Posh- Sneak Peek: Love Balloons + Love Borders

For the background I cut a piece of heavyweight smooth white card stock to 5.5” x 4.25”.  Laying down my panel horizontally I used blending brush to lightly blend on some Picked Raspberry Distress Ink on to the panel.  I started in the middle of the card stock and used circular motions to apply the ink, using a lighter hand the further out I pulled the ink.  I laid the new Scattered Hearts stencil over the top of my card panel and applied more ink through the heart openings, being careful not to use a heavy hand.  I avoided stencilling any hearts towards the bottom of the panel as knew I wanted to lay the love borders towards the bottom.

Setting the stencilled panel aside to dry, I applied foam adhesive to the back of all the die cut images. I love the dimension the foam tape gives.  Bringing back the card panel, I first laid the row of hearts along the bottom and laid a wider image from the Love Borders above it.

Pretty Pink Posh- Sneak Peek: Love Balloons + Love Borders

I spent quite a while arranging the critter images and balloons on to the card front.  Once I was happy with the placement, I took a photo of them on my phone for reference then then carefully secured the critters to the card, then the balloons.  The ends of the balloon strings were adhered to the paws of the critters with a tiny dab of liquid adhesive.  

To create the sentiment, I treated a piece of black card stock with my antistatic powder tool and used the ‘Lots of Love’ sentiment stamp from the new Love Balloons stamp set and stamped it with a sticky clear embossing ink and coated with a fine white embossing powder.  I used my heat gun to melt the embossing powder until it was smooth and glossy, then trimmed into a thin strip.  I added a thin strip of foam tape on the back and adhered to the centre of the card.  The whole panel was then secured to a white A2 sized card base.

Pretty Pink Posh- Sneak Peek: Love Balloons + Love Borders

As a final embellishment to the card I added some shimmer to some of the colored elements with a clear sparkle pen and added some new Pink Blush pearls in various sizes all over the background of the card.

Thank you so much for joining me today!  I hope you enjoyed taking a quick sneak at some of the new products releasing this month. Stop by tomorrow for another sneak peek!

Crafty hugs, Elaine xxx

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Sneak Peek: Valentine Wreath

Good morning! It’s Lindsey here and I am delighted to be giving you a sneak peek of the brand new Valentine Wreath set releasing on January 6th. I’m a fan of all of the wreath sets and am thrilled to be adding this one to my collection.  

Pretty Pink Posh- Sneak Peek: Valentine Wreath

I started by stamping and die cutting the Valentine Wreath.  It doesn’t take much to dress up these images. Because they are tiny in size, coloring is quick, which is a win in my book. I ended up just using two markers on this one – a light pink and a bright red.  

While I was coloring, the little bow and arrow reminded me of the adorable cupid in the previously released Valentine Circles stamp set.  This chubby little cupid fit too perfectly in the center of the wreath, so I had to use him.  I colored him with alcohol markers as well.  

Pretty Pink Posh- Sneak Peek: Valentine Wreath

Next I stamped and die cut one of the beautiful script sentiments included in the set. Now that I had all my pieces ready to go, I decided to spruce up the background. I blended on pink ink, concentrating most of the color in the center. Then I splattered the background with pink and red dots. I created a diagonal line of sorts with the splatters to lead your eye to the sentiment, popped up all my images with foam tape, and called it a day.

Pretty Pink Posh- Sneak Peek: Valentine Wreath

Thanks so much for visiting today! Make sure to keep popping in this week to see more sneak peeks and don’t forget to mark your calendars for January 6 when all these cute valentine goodies will be released. Wishing you a lovely day!  

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Merry Poinsettia Corners

Hello crafty friends! It’s Leica here and I have a Christmas card to share with you all, using new products from Pretty Pink Posh. For this card, I used the Poinsettia Corners stamp setChristmas Candles stamp set, and Holiday Scripts stamp set

Pretty Pink Posh: Merry Poinsettia Corners

Let’s start! I first cut a white panel using the Stitched Notes Die and ink blended Old Paper Distress Oxide Ink through the Wide Stripes Stencil (horizontally and vertically to create a gingham pattern). I then cut a sheet of vellum using the Stitched Notes Die so that I can use it to mute the color of the background.

Pretty Pink Posh: Merry Poinsettia Corners

Next, I stamped, colored, and cut the images from the Poinsettia Corners Stamp Set and the small candle from the Christmas Candles Stamp Set. I used the following Copic markers: E42/41/40, G47/43/40, R39/37/35, T5/3/1, Y28/26. I adhered the poinsettias directly on the vellum. Next, I turned the vellum over and added glue behind the flowers and adhered the vellum onto the panel with a gingham pattern. I then foam mounted the candle and holly on the panel. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Merry Poinsettia Corners

I stamped the “Merry Christmas” from the Holiday Scripts stamp set and cut with their coordinating dies. I cut extras and stacked the sentiments for dimension. I’m absolutely loving the new PPP pearls and I added some Metallic Gold Pearls on my card. Lastly, I adhered the panel onto a card base. 

I hope that you like this Christmas card. Have a wonderful Christmas season!

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Christmas Theme Week- Day 7

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 7

Hello friends! It’s Leica here today with a circle Christmas card. For this card, I used a previously released stamp set called Winter Wreath Stamp Set and the new Winter Candle die. 

Don’t forget: all products in the Christmas section are 15% off through tonight!

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 7

To begin, I cut a 4.5″ circle in white cardstock and ink blended it with Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink. I then cut a 4″ circle in white cardstock and stamped the wreath in Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers – B39/37/34, G46/43/40, RV25/23/21, Y26/23/21. I adhered the smaller panel onto the larger circle.

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 7

Next, I cut the Winter Candle twice – one in white cardstock and another in silver glitter cardstock. To easily piece the candle together, I turned it over and taped the edge of the border to the cut pieces. I then colored the candle with Copic Sketch markers – E42/41/40, G46/43/40, RV25/23, T5/3/1, Y18/13. Next, I adhered the silver glitter candle die on top to cover any coloring imperfections and for added interest. I foam mounted the candle onto the card panel for dimension.

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 7

Lastly, I adhered the panel onto a card base, which is a 4.5″ circle in white cardstock that I scored at the 3/8″ mark and glued onto the card panel.

That’s all for this Christmas card. I hope that you like today’s card share and I’ve inspired you to create cards for your loved ones. 

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Christmas Theme Week- Day 6

Jeanne here and I’m delighted to share a card that captures the magic of the season. Every year we like to head into the city to see the shop window decorations. Everyone is busy and bustling trying to complete their to do list, but there’s still a smile on peoples faces and a feeling of good will to each other. 

If you haven’t already, be sure to stop by the Christmas section as all items there are 15% off this week!

The Village stamp set captures that feeling for me.. seeing the bright lights in the windows, hearing carolers, the ringing of the bell for the Salvation Army collection, enjoying the twinkling lights and enjoying a warm cup of cocoa as snow lightly falls from the sky. 

I love that the buildings in the village scene capture home, shops and church. It’s a reminder to enjoy time with family, be generous, and keep the light and love of faith in my heart.  

The Village Additions stamp set makes it easy to complete the scene with trees, a lamppost, carolers, a bench and lots more. The simple sentiment is from the Holiday Scripts set. 

Wishing you days Merry and Bright as you rush down the busy sidewalks this time of year. Share your smiles kindness with all you meet. 

Jeanne

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Christmas Theme Week- Day 5

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 5

Hi friends, it’s Elaine from Pink Peppermint Cards on the blog today.  I absolutely love Christmas crafting so I’m super excited to be here on the Pretty Pink Posh Christmas theme week! 

For my project today I have used the Joy stamp and die set to create a colourful and eye-catching card with traditional Christmas colors. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 5

For the background design I took a piece of copic friendly cardstock cut to 5.5” x 4.25”. Taking the snowman from the Joy stamp set, I secured it to a small acrylic block and randomly stamped it on to the panel with a black copic friendly ink. I made sure to rotate the snowman into different directions and go off the page to give a random look to the stamping. I repeated this technique with the bell, tree, holly, sprig, berries, and star stamp in the set. I like to start with the biggest image and move down to the smallest, that way you can ensure you have enough space for all your images and the littlest ones can be used to fill in the gaps!

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 5

Before moving on to the coloring I also stamped the large Joy stamp on to another piece of copic friendly cardstock with the same black ink. Then it was time to color all the lovely images!

I colored all the images with copic markers. I often like to know what color combinations other artists use so I’ve listed the ones I have used here:

Snowman: C7 C5 C3 B01, B00, B0000
Bell: Y17 Y15 Y13
Holly: YG67 YG6, YG61
Berries: R59 R39 R29
Tree: YG07 YG03 E27 E23
Santa Hat: R59 R39 R29 C3 C1 C00
Candy Cane: R59 R39 R29 C5 C3 C1 

Once the coloring was done I cut out all the images with the co ordinating Joy die set.  I took a pieced of red card and cut it to 5.5” x 4.25” and from the centre of it I cut the J, O, and Y and used them to place behind their co-ordinating coloured image at a slight offset.  I then took a piece of vellum and cut it to 6” in length (extra to wrap around the back of the panel) and 3” in height.  I trimmed the background panel down to 5.25” x 4”.  I secured the J, O and Y letters to the centre of the vellum strip with foam adhesive and scored both ends of the vellum at 0.5”.  Before securing both ends of the vellum, I also popped a few small dabs of glue behind the letters to help the vellum adhere to the background panel.  The vellum strip was then secured in place with double sided adhesive.  The panel was glued to the red cardstock base layer.  

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 5

I used a sentiment from the same Joy stamp set and inked it with a clear sticky ink on to a powder prepped piece of black card and heat embossed with white embossing powder for a clean crisp look.  Once cooled, I trimmed the sentiment down to a thin strip with my guillotine trimmer and adhered it on to the O.  The whole thing was then secured to an A2 white card base.  

I hope you enjoyed this card project and all the projects created by the talented design team during this Christmas Theme week! Happy Christmas crafting!

Hugs, Elaine x

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Christmas Theme Week- Day 4

Hi folks, Kavya here with a another fun project for Christmas week! I absolutely love how versatile the new release is and if you have been following me on IG, you would know that I am trying to step away from traditional ‘Christmas’ and ‘winter’ colors this season! So here is a fun project that shows you how to use an unconventional color palette with a bunch of products from the new release :)

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 4

First, I ink blended an A2 sized cardstock using shades of Black Soot, Evergreen Bough and Scattered Straw distress oxide inks. For the ‘land’, I ink blended the edge of a thin strip of cardstock using Old Paper distress oxide ink. Splatter some white paint for snow! 

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 4

Then, I stamped and colored images from Snowmen FriendsVillage AdditionsVillage and Winter Circles stamp sets. Finally, I heat embossed sentiments from Holiday Scripts to finish off my card :) 

I absolutely low how the green sky turned out! I hope you give this card a try. If you haven’t taken advantage of the savings yet, all products in the Christmas section are 15% off this week!

Happy Crafting, Kavya

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Christmas Theme Week- Day 3

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 3

Hi friends! Tammy here and I’m excited to be joining in for Christmas Theme Week over at Pretty Pink Posh! I have a fun project to share, using the new Snowman Shaker Die!

**All items in the Christmas section are 15% during theme week!

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 3

For my project, I created some snowman gift card holders. If you’re like me, you can never have enough gift card holders for the holidays! These adorable GC holders are so quick and easy to mass produce so you can make a bunch to hand out!

To begin, I cut 3 snowmen using the Snowman Shaker Die from various colored cardstock and assembled them. Next, I cut the gift card holders using the Stitched Gift Card Holders Dies. I first cut the white scalloped pieces, then attached the patterned paper pieces die cut with the other die included in the set. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 3

Next, I attached the snowmen to the back of the gift card holders, then covered up the back with another white scalloped piece to cover the snowman and give the back a finished look.

To finish up my gift card holders, I cut a piece of white cardstock the same size as a gift card and stamped a sentiment in black ink from the Holiday Scripts stamp set. Lastly, just slide your gift card into the slots and you are done! When the recipient removes the gift card, there is a nice stamped card that you can customize or write a message on! These fit into a standard A2 envelope, or you can punch a hole at the top and attach to a gift!

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 3

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you’re inspired to make some quick and simple gift card holders for the holidays!

Hugs, Tammy

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Christmas Theme Week- Day 2

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 2

Hello hello! It’s Leica here. Today, I have a square-shaped Christmas card to share with you all. For this card, I used images from the new Pretty Pink Posh Village Stamp Set and Village Additions Stamp Set.

Stop by the Christmas section at the Pretty Pink Posh store for 15% off products in that category this week!

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 2

I first cut a 5″ square panel in white cardstock and ink blended the bottom part with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink. Next, I cut a 4.5″ square and ink blended the top part with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink. I also added snow using Glitz Glitter Gel in white through the Snowfall Stencil

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 2

I then stamped, colored, and cut the images from Village Stamp Set and Village Additions Stamp Set. I used the following Copic markers: BG10,  G02/00/000, R24/22, RV25/23/21, V17/15/12, W3/1/0, Y18/13. I added highlights and snow using white gel pen. I then adhered the buildings and one of the trees directly on the card panel and the rest of the images are foam mounted for dimension. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 2

The sentiment is from the Holiday Scripts Stamp Set. I love that there are coordinating dies for the scripts. It makes it really easy to add sentiments on cards. I foam mounted the sentiment. Lastly, I adhered the panel onto a card base. 

That’s all for this Christmas card. Thanks so much for stopping by today!