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Sneak Peek: Summer Borders + Summer Fun

Hello friends! Get ready for another fun sneak peek of our June 14th release! It’s Leica here today with a Summer card featuring the new Summer Fun stamp set and Summer Borders stamp set.

I think this is the most coloring I’ve ever done in one card, but I enjoyed the process and my daughter said it turned out so cute. Let’s get started!

To begin, I cut an A2 size panel in white cardstock and made the background by stamping the ice cream and popsicle stamp from the Summer Borders stamp set. I colored with Copic markers in B0000/00/02, BV000/00/02, E42/43/44/47, R20/22/24, YR000/00/02/04. I then decided to color the entire panel with Copic R00. I could have definitely skipped this step by starting out with a light pink cardstock. For the stitching details, I ran the panel through my die cut machine using the Stitched Notes Die.

Next, I stamped the adorable tiger from the new Summer Fun Stamp Set. I also stamped the tiger from the Jungle Friends stamp set. I wanted to add more, my husband says it’s because “I’m so extra,” so I added the little trees, sun, ice cream and popsicle from the Summer Wreath stamp set.

For the images to pop out more against the busy background, I added vellum that I cut using the tag from the Spring Circles Dies. I adhered all the elements onto my panel and lastly, onto a card base.

I hope you are excited for the new release! There are other adorable critters included in the Summer Fun stamp set that I know you are going to love!

Thanks for stopping by today. Join us tomorrow for more sneak peeks!

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Sneak Peek: Summer Wreath

Hello, crafty friends! Leica here and today I am sharing a peek of the new Summer Wreath stamp set that releases on June 14th. This is a fun addition to the other previously-released wreath stamp sets: Winter, Spring, and Autumn.

I’ve been enjoying making circle cards lately and I thought this wreath was perfect for a shaped-card. I started by cutting a 4.5″ circle that I ink blended with Shaded Lilac and Milled Lavender distress oxide inks. I then cut a smaller size circle and inked the top portion with Squeezed Lemonade and the bottom with Peacock Feathers. Next, I added waves detail from the new Stitched Waves Die.

I stamped, colored, and cut the wreath with the coordinating die. I used Copic Sketch markers in B02/00, E47/44/43, N3/1/0. R24/22/20, Y13/11, YG23/21, and YR04/02/00/000. I then added highlights with a white gel pen. The sentiment is white heat embossed on a strip of black cardstock.

There is another new stamp set that goes well with the Summer Wreath called Summer Borders and it coordinates perfectly! I turned my card into an easel card just so I can use one of the images from that set. I thought it would be a nice surprise for the card recipient to see more summer goodies upon opening the card. I will share a tutorial on how to make the easel mechanism for this card soon.

Back to the card… I adhered the panels onto the card base and lastly, I added some sequins for some sparkle.

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed today’s sneak peek.

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Sneak Peek: Summer Drinks

Hello, Gemma here today and I’m excited to share a look at the new Summer Drinks stamp set from the upcoming June 14th release!

These cocktails are such fun to colour! I enjoyed spending time creating my own cocktails, mixing different copic colours together until I had a rainbow of drinks. I then die cut them out with the coordinating dies.

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For my first card, I created a background using the new Circles stencil and Hickory Smoke distress oxide ink. I cut a large 148mm square card base so I could use the whole stencil pattern and fit as many drinks on there as I could.

I added some blank die cuts behind my images for dimension, then adhered them in a rainbow pattern over the circles.

I used a sentiment from the Summer Drinks stamp set, embossing it in white on black card and tucking it between the cocktails.

For my second card, I created a beach scene using coloured cardstock with the new Stitched Waves die set and the previously released Simple Strip dies. I adhered the layers on a square 4.75 inch card base.

Next, I stamped a sentiment from the Summer Drinks stamp set. I embossed the large Summer sentiment on navy card with white embossing powder. I die cut it with the coordinating die, adding extra layers for dimension, then adhered it above the stamped sentiment.

On the beach part of my scene, I arranged the drinks and additional images from the Summer Drinks stamp set, using foam tape behind some for dimension.

I hope you enjoyed these cards using this fun set. Join us tomorrow for a look at what else is coming in the June 14th release!

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Father’s Day Inspiration Week- Day 7

Hello friends! Elaine here today to share another Father’s Day project which is super simple but so effective!

The first step for this card is to select some neutral coloured card stock. I chose a dark grey, light grey, black and khaki. I used the Pretty Pink Posh Simple Strips Dies to cut lots of strips of the colored card stock. I adhered all the strips at an angle on to a piece of copy paper measuring 5.5” x 4.5”. Once all the strips were adhered to the copy paper, I trimmed the edges with scissors and used a guillotine trimmer to cut the panel in half. Using the Dad coordinating Die I die cut the word DAD and set aside for later. Taking a top folding white A2 card base I secured the left over strip panel directly along the bottom with liquid adhesive.

Next, I cut a piece of heavyweight white cardstock to 5.5” x 2.75” and added some interest along one edge using the zigzag die from the Stitched Borders I Dies. For added dimension a panel of fun foam was secured to the back of the zigzag panel and the whole thing was adhered to the cardbase. The DAD letters were then secured on top with liquid adhesive with the help of a T-Square ruler to ensure the letter were straight.

For a simple sentiment I used the Happy Father’s Day stamp from Dad stamp set and white heat embossed on to black cardstock. To help the sentiment stand I mounted it on to a piece of white card leaving a small border.

With some of the leftover colored strips I used the Square Scallop Tags Die to create a quick tag with another sentiment from the Dad stamp set. For a little extra interest I couldn’t resist adding a few White Clay Stars which were taken from the Sugar & Spice Clay Confetti mix.

I hope you enjoyed this card and tag project, thank you so much for spending your time with me!

Hugs, Elaine

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Father’s Day Inspiration Week- Day 6

Hello crafty friends, it’s Yoonsun here to share a fun Father’s Day card with the Tool Background Die along with other goodies. The Tool Background Die is a perfect for the Father’s Day card!

I started by die cutting the Tool Background from kraft woodgrain & coloured cardstock. I then inlaid all the elements in place as shown in the picture using fine tip glue pen – I chose dark grey & blue colours for dad. For these cute critters, I stamped and Copic coloured them in the Jungle Friends set.

For the sentiments, I used the word “Dad” from the Dad/ Father Scripts dies and the “You nailed it” from the Tool Background Dies. I decorated under the sentiment banner with leaves in the Stitched Leafy Borders Dies. With the Tool Background, we can easily make a cool & fun Father’s Day card!

Hugs,
Yoonsun

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Father’s Day Inspiration Week- Day 5

Good morning! It’s Lindsey here, and I’m so happy to be able to share a card for Father’s Day Theme week. I love theme weeks (don’t you?!) and it was no secret growing up that I was a daddy’s girl, so I’m especially fond of this week’s theme. It’s also no secret that I’m a huge fan of Pretty Pink Posh cover plates, so I just had to use the Tool Background Die.

This die looks great no matter how you use it, but it is especially fun when you do some paper piecing with different colors and textures. I die cut the coverplate seven times using black, white, green, light grey, dark grey, silver foil, and balsa wood. Then, the puzzle lover in me kicked in and I started placing in the pieces, making sure to balance the colors as I went.

The Tool Background Die has the option to cut “you nailed it” out on the banner or you can easily remove the phrase and leave the banner blank. I really appreciate the versatility of this as it allows me to put whatever sentiment I want on the banner. For this card, I stamped the woodgrain “DAD” letters from the Dad stamp set and then cut them out with the coordinating dies. I cut a second set of letters in green and layered them together to add a little shadow and a little more color to the card. Finally I popped them up with foam tape. And voila! Card done.

The irony in all of this is that my dad is anything but handy with tools. But he does have a great sense of humor, so I’m still trying to decide if I’ll give him this card because I know it will make him laugh, or if I should let my kiddos give it to my husband who really enjoys working with tools and has been using them quite a lot lately for projects around the house. Either way, I’m pretty sure it will bring a smile.

Thanks for much for joining me today.

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Father’s Day Inspiration Week- Day 4

Hello Friends! Elaine here today to share a Father’s Day project featuring products from the May release.

To start my card, I stamped the small stamps in the Dad stamp set directly on to marker friendly cardstock. The panel measured 4”x5.25”. I used a small acrylic block to stamp the spanner, hammer, and screwdriver repeatedly all over the panel, making sure some images hang over the edge.

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I coloured the images with copic markers in the following colours:

Hammer: E49, E47, E44 (handle), C5, C7, C3 (hammer head)
Screwdriver: C10, C7, C5 (handle), C5, C3 (screwdriver head)
Spanner: W6, W4, W3

To fill in some of the blank space on the card I used some confetti stamps from Let’s Party and stamped them randomly in the gaps in black and grey colored dye inks.

On the same copic friendly cardstock, I stamped the large DAD image and coloured with E29, E27, E25. Using the Dad coordinating die, I cut the letters out. I secured the large DAD letters to a piece of vellum along with a sentiment which was white heat embossed on black cardstock and trimmed into a strip.

I placed some foam tape behind the sentiment and DAD letters and secured it to the middle of the patterned tool card panel.

The whole piece was then adhered to a dark grey A2 card base. With some of the left over images and card stock I created a quick tag using the smallest tag in the Scallop Square Tag die set.

I hope you like this card, I always struggle to make masculine style cards, but this stamp set makes it so easy because of those perfectly themed images.

Happy crafting! Hugs, Elaine

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Father’s Day Inspiration Week- Day 3

Hi, it’s Mona here, today I am sharing with you how I created this sweet card with the view from a boat.

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I stamped the images from Nautical, Hedgehog Friends and Pumpkin Patch Critters stamp sets with alcohol marker friendly black inkpad.

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Next, I colored the images with Spectrum Noir Illustrator and Classique Markers. The used colors are: BT1, BT2, BT3, BT5, BT6, CT1, CT3, FS9, TN1, TN2, TN3, TN6, TN8, EB5, RB3, RB1, CR2, True Black, Blender. Classiques: BT05. For the coloring process with useful tips visit the video tutorial. After the coloring I added white highlights to the images with white pen and pencil as well.

I wanted to make this card from the front of the motor boat, so I created one with die-cutting. I made the windshield from silver glitter cardstock. First, I run it through my die-cut machine with the Stitched Borders 1 dies, and repeated the process with the Stitched Gift Card Holders as well on each side.

When it was done, I have created one more die-cut with the Stitched Border 1 dies, but this time from vellum as a glass of the windshield. Next, I cut a piece of teal cardstock to the boat and I also made some die cuts from brown woodgrain cardstock as well. To the front of the boat, I will use a negative piece of die-cut what I made again with the stitched border dies and to the back of the ship I have created a brown die-cut with the scalloped border dies. When I had all my parts prepared, I made on them a quick ink blending to add a bit shadow, and adhered them together.

Next, I stamped the I love you, sentiment to my card base with watermark ink, then I heat embossed it with fine white embossing powder.

After this process I made a quick ink blending with Peacock Feathers and Mermaid Lagoon distress oxide inks to the sea. When it was done, I continued the blending of the sky with Blueprint Sketch and Chipped Sapphire distress oxide inks to create that perfect bright sky.

After the ink blending, I run the card front through my die-cut machine with the wave dies from the Nautical die set. I have also created 3 die cuts with the Dad script die, adhered them together, but I shifted the bottom part a bit to have a sparkly shadow.

In the end I just put every piece to its right place, and this lovely nautical card was ready. Thank you so much for stopping by, see you next time.

Hugs, Mona

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Father’s Day Inspiration Week- Day 2

Hey everyone, Elaine on the Pretty Pink Posh blog today sharing a fun masculine card using the new Tool Background Die. This die makes creating cards easy and it’s perfect for Father’s Day!

To start I cut a piece of dark grey card stock with a slight woodgrain texture to just larger than 5.5” x 4.25” and then ran that through my die cutting machine with the Tool Background die. I popped out all the negative pieces and secured the positive piece to a panel of black cardstock measuring 5.5” x 4.25” and secured to a top folding landscape A2 sized card base.

Next comes the fun part! This card is great way to use up scraps of cardstock in your stash and gluing it all together like a puzzle. I used some more woodgrain textured cardstock in brown and dark brown for the ruler and handle of the hammer, some mirror cardstock for the top of the hammer and nails, and black cardstock for the banner, letters, and handle of the screwdriver. For the spanner I used some smooth dark grey cardstock and added a few white highlights with a gel pen. Such a super quick and simple card but one that really makes an impact!

I hope you enjoyed this quick and fun card tutorial and I look forward to seeing what everyone else creates with this fun background die.

Elaine xx

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Clean and Simple: Pretty Tulips

Hello, Gemma here for a new Clean and Simple post. Today I have a floral CAS card to share, using the Tulip Cover Plate die. This beautiful die is perfect for clean and simple cards. I love the possibilities for adding colour to the flowers.

I die cut 3 layers of the Tulip Cover Plate die from white card. This gives some great dimension to the card.

I used a light green copic marker to add some colour to the tulip stems. For the tulips and the vase, I die cut some patterned paper to piece into the cover die.

The Tulip Cover Plate die includes a tag and a bow die. I layered a patterned paper bow over a white card bow for stability. For the white tag, I stamped a sentiment from the Let’s Party stamp set, then layered it over a patterned paper tag, offset for a spot of colour behind.

I adhered the tag and bow, and added a sequin from the Valentine confetti mix in the centre of the bow to finish.

Thank you for stopping by today!