Cards

Hi friends, Debbie here with a Baby Onesie Shaker Card! I haven’t needed a baby card in some time, maybe it’s wishful hoping one day! 

Using the Summer Fun Shaker Beads as my color inspiration. So I started off with a panel measuring a standard A2 size. Placing it on a grip mat and the Baby Words Stencil ink blended on pink ink. Then with the remaining ink on the brush I went over the top of the panel lightly and splattered on the pink ink watered down. 

Next, I die cut out the Onesie Shaker Die, using both of the inner and outer dies to make a pink frame. Then five more times from white to stack up for the well. With the outer die to create the whole Onesie, I die cut it out of acetate for the window. And one from a white cardstock. Then with the whole Onesie I ran it through the die cutting machine with the Chevron Pierced Plate. Attaching the acetate in between the pink frame and the stack of white frames. Next, filling up the well with the Summer Fun Shaker Beads and then attaching the Chevron Onesie to the back to close it up. 

I then made the Baby Rattle Shaker using pattern paper in my stash, that also matched the shaker beads.

For the sentiment I die cut out the Baby Script Die, from teal and extras for stacking up for dimension and to have it even with the Onesie. I did cut off the extra from under the Capital B, since it overlapped the Onesie. 

For the rest of the sentiment I stamped out from the Sentiment Stripes: Occasions, and die cut it out with the Sentiment Stripes Dies. 

I started to lay out my design and decided to frame it up. So I pulled out the Nature Essential Dies and die cut out the same pink. Once it was attached to the panel, I then added the Onesie and Rattle at angles. The last little touch was adding a Pink Blush Pearl to the center of the bow on the Baby Rattle.

Thanks for stopping by my friends and stay crafty my friends!

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I’m happy to be back on the blog with this colorful birthday themed slimline card showcasing the adorable Birthday Dogs & Cats and the amazing Alphabet Candles. As very often, I found my color palette inspiration in the Pretty Pink Posh shaker beads, and more precisely in the Party Time shaker beads mix that I just adore!

I started off by stamping the images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I used the matching dies to cut them all, and colored everything using my Ohuhu markers in reds, pinks, greens and blues for the Alphabet Candles, balloons and presents, and in neutrals for the cute Birthday Dogs & Cats.

To go with my colorful images, I wanted to create a matching background, so I cut an 8,5 x 3,5 inches slimline panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock, and covered the whole panel with spun sugar oxide ink first. Next I added a fun pattern using the Wavy Stripes stencil along with seedless preserves, worn lipstick, lumberjack plaid, lucky clover, mowed lawn and salty ocean oxide inks. I splattered water all over my panel and dried it with a paper towel. I mixed copic opaque white ink with water, and used a slim brush to add more splatters to my panel, and then I did the same with black soot oxide ink and with fossilized amber distress spritz for a touch of gold.

Next I created three smaller panels. I cut three Eyelet Rectangles out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock, masked the scalloped edges off on each panel, and colored them with spun sugar oxide ink. And to bring more interest to each panel, I added a word pattern using the Birthday Words stencil along with worn lipstick oxide ink. I splattered water on each panel and used a paper towel to dry them, and I mixed copic opaque white ink with water and used my slim brush again to add more splatters to my small panels.

Before attaching everything to my Wavy Stripes panel, I white heat embossed “Surprise” from Birthday Dogs & Cats on blue cardstock, “It’s party time” from Sentiment Strips Birthday on red cardstock, and I trimmed both sentiments using a Sentiment Strips die. And then I stuck everything to my slimline panel, starting with the three Eyelet Rectangles using 1mm foam tape, and then the images and sentiment banners using 1mm and 2mm foam squares.

To finish my card, I added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen, applied glossy accents to the balloons and cherries on the cupcakes to make them shine, and white blizzard nuvo drops to the candle flames to make them sparkle. And that’s it! I love how bright and festive this card turned out, and I hope you like it too.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time!

Hello Crafty Friends! It is Hanh here with you today with a fun summertime greeting card featuring these adorable images from the Beach Fun and Seashell Wreath stamp sets. I love how well these sets can mix and match with one another.

I stamped the images from the Beach Fun Stamp and Seashell Wreath Stamp sets onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the Beach Fun Coordinating Dies and Seashell Wreath Coordinating Dies to diecut them out. I colored the images with Copic markers and highlighted them with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Sunglasses: RV04/06, T7
Starfish: Y13 YR21/24
Seashells: E50/51/53/33, E50/51/53
Blue: B000 BG53/45
Green: YG01/03
Pink: RV00/02/04/06

For the background, I used the Scallops Pierced Plate to add a subtle wave-like pattern to a piece of white cardstock (3.5″ x 4.75″). I adhered a piece of craft foam to the backside of the panel before adhering it to a piece of light blue cardstock (4.25″ x 5.5″). 

For the sentiment, I stamped the “Summertime Greetings” from the Sentiment Strips: Summer Stamp set with Versamark Watermark ink onto a piece of black cardstock and heat embossed with Detail White Embossing Powder. I used one of the dies from the Sentiment Strips Dies set to diecut it out. I also used one of the slightly larger strip die to diecut a mat out of light blue cardstock. I layered and adhered the sentiment strips. 

The sentiment strip and colored images were adhered onto the white panel with foam tape for a bit of dimension. I finished the card with a few sequins from the Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix before adhering the panel to a white A2 cardbase (4.25″ x 5.5″).

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my card. Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Hi friends, Debbie here with the super adorable Stitched Birds Dies and Decorative Birdhouse Dies!  I absolutely love this card! I took my color inspiration from the super talented Arsenia!

When I started I used a white A6 panel, 41/2 X 61/2 inches. Placing it on a grip mat and the Layered Blooming Vines Stencils. One of my all time favorites! After I did all the ink blending on with both layers. I added more ink to the edges and splattered with the teal and white. 

Then with the Tranquil Teal and Lemon Lolly card stocks, I die cut out the Decorative Birdhouses and the Stitched Birds. On all the die cuts I did some ink blending on the edges to give some depth to the cuts. Splattering on white Dr. ph Martin’s Bleed Proof and set to the side to dry. Later, I will add Onyx Pearls for the eyes on the birds. 

I wanted some to make it look as though the birdhouses were hanging. So with the Stitched Strips Dies I die cut out the very thinnest die from white card stock. 

Next, with the Florals Wreath Builder Dies with three different sizes of flowers. I die cut out enough to double layer them, adding white splatter to them as well. 

For the sentiment I used the recently released Summer Script Die. Die cutting it out several times from white to stack up for dimension and the red for the top. Then I stamped out the rest of the sentiment from the Sentiment Strips: Summer stamp and die cut it out with the Sentiment Strips Dies. 

As I’m starting to adhere it all together, I used my trimmer to die cut a mat with the Teal card stock 1/8 inch bigger then the Layered Blooming Vines panel.  Then with the largest Eyelet Rectangle Dies, I did some creative cutting. With the die at a Horizonal position and the cutting plate off set I ran it through my cutting machine. So only cutting on the three sides, then slide the die down to lock it in and do another partial cut. So once I was finished I had a 5X7 card, attaching it to a card base. 

Now with all the die cuts dry, I started attaching it all together with the birds and some of the flowers popped up with foam squares.

Thanks for stopping by and stay crafty my friends!

Hey crafty friends, Marine here with you today! I’m thrilled to be back with another Shadow Box cardshowcasing beautiful seashells, corals, and cute fish. Those boxes are so quick and easy to put together, it is super fun to make them!

As very often, I started off by stamping the images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I cut them all using the matching dies, colored everything with my Ohuhu markers, and when the coloring was done, I added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen. Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Seashells – seashells, large starfish, large coral • Seashell Wreath – small starfish, small coral, small seashells • Baby Animals + Birthday Dogs & Cats – fish.

Next I worked on my Shadow Box and cut two panels out of aqua cardstock. I kept one of them, and cut an opening out of it using the rectangle die from the set. I added peacock feathers distress ink to the edges of both panels, and then created a coral pattern on both of them using the Layered Coral stencils along with the same distress ink. I mixed that ink with water, used a slim brush to add splatters to my panels, and then did the same with copic opaque white ink.

For the background, I cut a 4 x 3 inches panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock. I started by covering it with peacock feathers oxide ink, and then I added a wavy pattern using the Wave Edges stencils along with blueprint sketch oxide ink. I splattered water on my panel and dried it with a paper towel, mixed some chipped sapphire oxide ink with water, and added dark blue splatters to my panel using my slim brush, as well as white splatters.

To ground all my Seashells and underwater themed items, I cut three basic insert pieces out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock using a Shadow Box die, and used the wavy border die from the set to turn my three basic inserts into sand inserts. I first covered them with antique linen oxide ink, added a little bit of vintage photo at the bottom, and then blended the colors. I mixed some ground espresso oxide ink with water and added brown splatters to each sand border, and then added white splatters as well.

Next I used the scalloped rectangle die and the rectangle die from the Shadow Box die set to cut a frame out of white cardstock. I assembled my Shadow Box, attached the sand inserts and the back panel using liquid glue, stuck the white frame using liquid glue again, and then stuck all the images on the inside, outside and sides of the box using 1mm and 2mm foam squares. For some of the fish, I used slim strips of acetate to give the illusion that they were swimming among the seashells and corals.

I white heat embossed “You are spe-shell” from Seashells on yellow cardstock to match with the starfish, cut it with the matching die, and finally attached it inside the box using 2mm foam squares.

And that’s it! I hope that you like this super cute and bright underwater Shadow Box card. Thanks for stopping by, and see you soon!

Hi, friends! Christina here, and I have a bright and happy birthday card to share with you today. This card has a rainbow of sweet cake pops, sprinkled with the cutest confetti, and is perfect for celebrating a summer birthday. Let’s get started!

I started by creating the stenciled text background on a white A2 cardstock panel. I used the Birthday Words stencil and a rainbow of Distress Ink colors. I chose Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Tumbled Glass, and Faded Jeans. I started in the upper left corner and blended the colors in rainbow order, working diagonally across the panel. So fun and so beautiful!

Next, I die cut a Wonky Stitched Rectangle from the center of the stenciled panel and attached both the positive and the negative pieces to another cardstock panel, popping up the center rectangle with foam tape. This is an easy way to add a frame to your design without actually adding a frame. Plus, it adds some dimension and interest! Then I added a sweet Doily Border to the top and bottom of the panel before adhering everything to a card base. 

Time to move on to building the Birthday Cake Pops! I chose colored cardstock in coordinating rainbow colors and added white bows to each one. To decorate the cake pops, I used a variety of PPP clay confetti. Changing up the clay confetti would be an easy way to customize your cake pops to the recipient of your sweet card! 

For the pink cake pop, I used the Strawberry Valentine Mix and the Rainbow Bright Mix. For the yellow pop, I used the Lemon Lime Mix and the Lucky Charms Mix. For the green pop, I used the Spring Flowers Mix and the Enchanted Garden Mix. And lastly, for the blue pop, I used the Americana mix and the Lucky Charms mix. 

I finished up my card design with a heat-embossed sentiment from the Sentiment Strips Birthday stamp set that I framed up with a scallop Sentiment Strip Die. 

Thank you for checking out my bright and happy birthday card design featuring a rainbow of sweet cake pops! See you again soon!

Hey friends! Justin here, and I am providing some out of this world colorful inspiration using the Outer Space stamp set and coordinating dies! I decided to focus on almost all of the images provided in the Outer Space stamp set, color them up with my Olo Markers, and see what sort of scene card I could come up with!

Below is a list of Pretty Pink Posh Products used to create this card:
Outer Space Stamp Set
Outer Space Coordinating Die Set

Other Key Products Used:
Olo Markers, Picket Raspberry Distress Ink, Mustard Seed Distress Ink, Twisted Citrón Distress Ink, Peacock Feathers Distress Ink, Wilted Violet Distress Ink, Black Soot Distress Ink, Copic White Acrylic Paint, Liquid Snowflake Paper Splatter, Black Cardstock, White Cardstock

I always start my cards that use colored images by actually coloring up the images and cutting them out. This helps me get an idea of what sort of color scheme I am going for, and I often find this being the most time consuming portion of the card making process as well. It’s nice to get it out of the way first!

One of my favorite techniques is ink blending galaxies, and it’s really a lot easier than you’d think! It’s all about layering dye inks next to each other, and being sure to include a black dye ink in your palette! Blending up a galaxy sorta looks… awful, for lack of a better term, at first. Your colors will look sorta muted, maybe a bit muddy. You also will feel like you notice harsh blending lines between your colors that will make you want to crumple your paper up and walk away. This is definitely a “trust the process” technique. I always start by laying down my non-black ink colors first, and leaving areas of the paper un-inked. Then, I go in with my black dye ink, and blend wherever you can still see white paper. Finally, I go back in with my non-black inks and re-blend the areas where they are already on the paper, as this gives a good blend and saturation.

Splatters and bleach spots are SO important when working with your galaxy backgrounds too! I highly recommend using dye inks that are water reactive, as you can splatter a bit of water when you’re done and get some perfect bleach spots. I also recommend splattering at least white acrylic paint and a metallic medium of choice on your background as well, to give the illusion of a star filled galaxy.

For my sentiment, I stamped it out in embossing ink on black cardstock, embossed it in white powder, and then fussy cut it out. I used foam tape behind it to give it a little lift.

Then, using a combination of foam tape and just liquid adhesive, I adhered all of my colored up elements to my card. A good tip to keep in mind is that if you accidentally created any sort of smudges or imperfections during your background creation process, covering them up with your colored images is a fantastic way to never have to worry about them again!

I adhered my entire panel to an A2-size card base, and finished off by adhering a few sparkle adhesives!

Thank you so much for stopping by the Pretty Pink Posh Blog today! I hope this fun card provides you with some truly extraterrestrial fun ideas for your next Pretty Pink Posh project!

Happy Crafting!
Justin

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Hello friends! Mindy here, and I hope you’ve been enjoying our Summer Inspiration Week!

Today, I’m sharing two flamingo-themed cards that instantly bring those sunny, tropical vibes to life. Flamingos are such iconic summer birds, and I couldn’t resist creating with the Tropical Birds stamp set, which also includes a fabulous palm tree perfect for building warm, beachy scenes.

For my first card, I stamped the images onto white cardstock and colored them with Copic markers.

The colors I used are:

• FLAMINGOS: RV66, RV55, RV63, RV00
• PALM TREE: G29, G17, YG06, YG00; E49, E37, E35, E33

To create a vibrant backdrop, I ink blended a colorful summer palette, then layered over it with the Summer Words stencil and shimmer relief paste for some sparkle and texture.

To build my scene, I used the Stitched Duo 3 die to create a window.

Behind the window, I added die cut waves and a sandy shoreline with the Shoreline Borders Die. 

The frame is popped up with foam tape for dimension, and I finished off the scene with the palm tree, a flamingo, and a sentiment from the Beach Fun stamp set.

My second card is a clean and simple design that puts the spotlight on the flamingo. I had already colored the image, so for the background, I simply stamped the palm tree in a light brown ink onto white cardstock. The flamingo is popped up with foam squares, and I added a bold black sentiment near the bottom to balance the design.

Both cards give off that laid-back, tropical energy perfect for summer crafting. I hope they inspire you to create your own sunny scenes!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I had so much fun bringing these flamingo scenes to life and sharing a bit of tropical inspiration with you.