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Day 3: August Blog Hop + New Release Now Available

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Hello, everyone! It’s Leica here. Today I want to share a fun 3D project using the Stitched Pumpkins dies from Pretty Pink Posh. This set comes with three pumpkin sizes that create adorable 3D pumpkins. They’re perfect for place card holders or as a festive centerpiece for Halloween and Thanksgiving.

For this project, I used 29 lb cardstock from Michaels and I cut 4 sheets at once, which saves a lot of time since we need many pieces. The more pieces you cut, the fuller the pumpkins will look.

The process is straightforward, though it may take some time to assemble. You can cut just four pieces to make a stand-alone pumpkin. You can experiment with heavyweight cardstock or colored and patterned paper too.

Once you have all the pieces, fold them in half and use a binder clip to hold them together. Apply glue to the spine of the pumpkins and let them dry. Then, attach the stem using the die provided or find something suitable in your garden. I used Helmar glue to adhere the stem to the center of the pumpkins.

For the leaf, I cut the die in green cardstock and added some interest with Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide Ink.

I made several pumpkins in different sizes to use as centerpieces for Thanksgiving. However, you can also use these dies for cards, not just 3D projects. They’d make beautiful focal pieces for cards too.

I hope my 3D pumpkin projects have inspired you to create your own. It’s a fun activity suitable for everyone. Both grown-ups and children can do this project together. Include the kids and create many 3D pumpkins.

PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. We are giving away 3 $30 gift certificates to three random comments (1 winner each day) left before August 15, 2023 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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We hope you’ve been inspired by the three days of projects. We’ll kick off our four day IG hop on Monday that will feature even more inspiration!

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Day 2: August Blog Hop + New Release Now Available

If you missed Day 1 CLICK HERE

Hello! It’s Lindsey here today I have had so much fun creating with the August Release! I shared a few projects earlier during the sneak peeks and am excited to share more with you today.

I’m a big fan of Halloween but only the cute Halloween stuff, so this release is right up my alley. The new Halloween Mug Additions definitely fit the cute bill, so I used them to create a fun stack of mugs.

Let’s start at the top. Do you remember the original Winter Mug die set? Not only did it include the mug that we’ve all grown to love, but it also had some fun extras including the cute little ghost I used on my card.

The new Halloween Mug Additions have so many creative options, and I started with the cat. Next, I made the pumpkin mug. There is a jack-o-lantern face in this die set, but I wanted a really big smile, so I used the largest jack-o-lantern face from the Stitched Pumpkins Dies.

Finally, I created a Frankenstein mug. He’s my favorite. :) You can create a surprising amount of expressions for him. He can look more stern/grumpy/scary or cute and happy like I did here depending on how you position his mouth.

The sentiment was created with the Sentiment Strips: Halloween Stamps and the Sentiment Strips Dies. Love, love, LOVE!!! The Sentiment Strip Dies are an amazing addition to your crafty supplies. They work with pretty much every Pretty Pink Posh stamp set and are so versatile. They immediately jumped to my list of all time favorite products!

The final touches were some Spider Webs and a starry background using a tiny star stamp from the Ghost Friends stamp set.

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Day 1: August Blog Hop + New Release Now Available

The August 2023 Release is now available in the Pretty Pink Posh Shop and select retailers that carry our products. If you missed our post yesterday, we revealed all of the products in picture form, but if you would like to see them in a video, Mindy has that for you today!

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Hello, it’s Barbara here and I’m happy to be sharing a card using the new release. I love guesting for Pretty Pink Posh! If you want to see more of my guest designer projects, visit me on Instagram!

Day 1: August Blog Hop +New Release Now Available

I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white cardstock. I then trimmed down another piece of white cardstock to leave a bit of a border to create my background panel. Using distress oxides inks I created a spooky night sky starting with the lightest color in the center of panel and then blended darker ink from the corners to towards the center.

I die cut the Spooky Wishes Shadow out 110lb white cardstock and fun foam for dimension. I used liquid glue to add to the center of the ink blended panel.

Copies used: Y08, Y15, YR04, YR07, V04, YG23 and 100 black
Distress Oxide inks: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Uncharted Mariner, Black Soot

I then die cut the ghost, pumpkin, bat, cat, star and moon images from the Halloween House die set out of white cardstock. I colored the images using copic markers. I arrange them all around the Spooky Wishes Shadow. I added a few more stars and some white dots with acrylic paint and a stylus.

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Sneak Peek: August 2023 Stencils

Hi friends! It’s Dana here today and I am excited to be back to share a sneak peek of two of the new stencils coming to Pretty Pink Posh. The new release is packed full of fun new products for Halloween and so much more. Let’s get started…

New release will be available August 7th

My first card uses the Layered Candy Treats stencil set. This is a four pack of stencils that layer together to create a fun candy background. I used finger daubers and dye ink for my blending. I then added a few yellow splatters to my panel for a little added detail. Such an adorable candy background! I love that this stencil can be used for Halloween and beyond.

Next, I create my sentiment with the new Sentiment Strips: Halloween stamp set and Sentiment Strips dies. I mounted the banner on a strip of cardstock that I created with the zigzag die from the Stitched Borders 1 die set. I then use the Candy Treats dies set to make a few coordinating candy pieces to finish my card.

For my next card, I used the Layered Argyle stencil set to create a more “traditional” Halloween card.

I started my card by using the Layered Argyle stencil set to create my card panel. This is a set of three stencils that layer together to create a fun argyle pattern. I used Distress Oxide Ink in: Brushed Corduroy, Carved Pumpkin and Black Soot for my blending. The color possibilities with this stencil are endless. I can’t wait to use it for Christmas!

Next, I used the Stitched Pumpkins die set to create my cute little jack o’ lantern from colored cardstock. Lastly, I used the Sentiment Strips: Halloween stamp set and Sentiment Strips dies for my sentiment.

Thanks for joining me today! I know you will love these amazing new stencils and I can’t wait to see what you create with them!!

Enjoy your day, Dana

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Sneak Peek: Decorative Pumpkins

Hello, Gemma here today and I’m excited to share a sneak peek of the Decorative Pumpkins stamp set, part of the August release.

New release will be available August 7th

Similar to the Birthday Balloons stamp set before it, this set has both outline and solid pumpkins in 3 sizes, along with decorative patterns and sentiments to add to the pumpkins.

Using the solid outline pumpkins, I stamped them out in pinks, yellow and orange, then die cut them out with the coordinating dies. The pumpkin stalks are separate stamps and I found it easy to add these after the pumpkins were die cut.

Next, I added decorations to the pumpkins. I used the same inks for the patterns, to create a tone on tone look. On one of the largest pumpkins, I stamped a sentiment from the Decorative Pumpkins set in black ink.

I adhered a strip of patterned paper to an A2 landscape card base, then added the pumpkins. I used a mix of liquid glue and foam tape to get dimension. The sentiment pumpkin is popped up with two layers of foam tape.

I didn’t feature these on my card today but there are also images of Halloween pumpkin faces in the stamp set, plus two additional sentiments, making this a versatile set to add to your collection.

Thanks so much for joining me today! Stop by tomorrow for another sneak peek of the August 7th release!

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Sneak Peek: Halloween Cupcakes + Sentiment Strips: Halloween

Hello friends, Arsenia here! I’m super excited to share this fun sneak peek using the Halloween Cupcakes set and Sentiment Strips: Halloween sets. The cupcakes are super adorable. I adore Halloween crafting and my go-to color palette is pink and orange. Let’s get started!

New release will be available August 7th

First, I stamped and colored the images from the Halloween Cupcakes set with my Olo Markers. (O2.2, O2.4, RV0.1, V0.3, and V0.4) Next it was time to work on my background, I used a new super fun stencil from this release called Layered Spider Webs. I inked up the webs in a pink dye ink and the spiders in orange dye ink. I added some black splatters to the top left and lower right of the card panel. I decided to add the stitched frame from the Fancy Cake die set and of course I had to add some black splatters to the frame!

I needed a resting place for the sweet cupcakes, so I went to my stash and decided to use the super fun Spider Web die set from last year. I did the first layer of the web in black and the second in glitter cardstock and offset the two webs so the black web would appear as a shadow. I did a bit of fussy cutting to add a vellum behind the spider web.

I adhered all the elements to my card base and decided to add a few more embellishments. The ghosts and pumpkin are from a super cute new set called Boo to You. I added some googly eyes to the mummy cupcake, and lots of white gel pen highlights. Embellishments done!

The next and final step is the sentiment, and it was easy peasy with the new Sentiment Strips: Halloween and Sentiment Strips dies. Oh my word, the new Sentiment Strips are so FUN! For the first layer I used the medium scallop strip die in glitter card stock. The second layer is medium stitched strip die with pink cardstock, and the final strip was black card stock with white embossing.

Thank you so much for stopping by. You’re going to LOVE the new release- it’s chock full of lots of Halloween goodness!

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Sneak Peek: Halloween Signs

Hi folks, Kavya here with a fun Halloween project using the latest release! No one can make Halloween cuter than Paulina. This release is absolutely adorable and I had a blast pairing it with a bunch of my favorite past Halloween products too!

New release will be available August 7th

I started off by stamping and coloring a bunch of images from the new Halloween signs stamps set. Then, I created my background by ink blending gray cardstock with black and used the Spooky Sky stencil to ink blend a starry night sky. Then, I adhered all the stamped images and added diecut Spider Web and Large Boo Script to finish off my card!

I hope this inspires you to mix and match some of the older products with the newer release, they all work together beautifully! Stay tuned this week for lots more sneak peeks!

Happy crafting,
Kavya

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Bright Birthday Shaker

Hello hello! It’s Leica here today on the PPP blog. I’ve got a fun birthday card to share with you and the color palette of my card is inspired by the Party Swirls Clay Confetti. Blue, pink, and purple – I love these colors together!

I first started by ink blending through the Streamers Stencils with Milled Lavender, Spun Sugar, and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Inks. I then cut the frame from the Fancy Cake Dies in purple cardstock and made a shaker card by adding acetate and foam tape onto the frame. I filled the shaker with half a teaspoon of Party Swirls Clay Confetti.

Next, I cut the cake twice in white cardstock. I ink blended the cake stand with Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Ink. For the cake, I used Antique Linen and Wilted Violet for the icing. The candles are ink blended with Broken China and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide inks. I sprayed the die cut pieces with water for an oxidized effect and I also splattered some white ink. Next, I colored the flames with Copic markers. Then I cut the “hip hop hooray” in gold cardstock and glued it on the cake. I glued the cake in the middle of the card as the focal point. Lastly, I adhered the cad panel onto an A2 size card base.

That’s all for this shaker card. The frame from the Fancy Cake Dies makes it super easy to create a shaker card – just add acetate and .25” foam tape around the frame. I hope you’ll try this method to make a shaker card. Tag us on Instagram #prettypinkposhstamps

Have a great day!

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Colorful Summer Borders

Hi Friends! It’s Dana here today with a fun summer card to share with you all.

For my card, I used the Summer Borders stamp and coordinating dies. I stamped the ice cream border on colored cardstock and then used the coordinating Summer Borders die to cut them out. Once my borders were die cut I attached them to a card panel with foam tape for a little added dimension. I trimmed the panel down and attached it to an A2 card base.

To finish my card, I used the Summer Fun stamp set for my sentiment. Although these border sets are fun to color, I think they also work great to stamp on colored cardstock for a quick and easy card. I hope I inspired you to give this design a try.

That is all for today… A clean and simple card, perfect for summer! Enjoy your day!

Dana Kirby

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Watermelon Friend

Hey there, my crafty pals! It’s Leica here, and I’m super excited to share a really cute shaker card that I made using the amazing fruit products from Pretty Pink Posh. This card is not only adorable but also incredibly easy to make. Trust me, it’s a breeze! So, let’s dive in, and I’ll show you how you can create your own shaker card that will bring a big smile to your recipient’s face.

To start, I used a 4-inch square piece of white cardstock as the base for my card. The main feature of this card was the Layered Watermelon Stencil, which created a playful watermelon background. I used a combination of colorful inks like Festive Berries, Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron, Worn Lipstick, and Glacier White to give the card a fresh and summery vibe. To make it a shaker card, I added a sheet of acetate around this panel, making it interactive. For the shaker elements, I used a mix of Lime Shimmer and Watermelon Crush. These cute little embellishments added a touch of whimsy and brought the watermelon theme to life.

Next, I mounted the watermelon panel onto a 4.5-inch square red cardstock for a fun pop of color. Then, I used the Watermelon Stamp Set to heat emboss the words “Hi Sweet” onto a strip of black cardstock. To make the sentiment really stand out, I cut the word “Friend” from red and pink cardstock and glued it onto the clear plastic.

Finally, I made a 4.5-inch square white card base and glued the card panel onto it. And voila! That’s it for my card.

I hope you enjoyed my shaker card and that it inspired you to create one of your own. Have an awesome day!