Cards

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Floral Birthday Basket

Hi, crafty friends! It’s Leica here. Today, I have a lovely birthday card using the Floral Corners stamp set that I just can’t seem to put away and the Easter Basket Dies that is perfect not only for Easter but year-round. 

To start, I cut a panel in white cardstock using the Stitched Notes Dies. Using the Wide Stripes stencil, I then ink blended the panel in Milled Lavender distress oxide. For added interest, I splattered with black and gold acrylic paint. 

Next, I stamped, colored, and cut the flowers from the Floral Corners stamp set. I used Copic Sketch markers in B38/34/32/0000, Y13, YG67/63/61, and RV69/66/63. I then cut the Easter Basket in light gray cardstock. 

The sentiment is from the Let’s Party stamp set. I white heat embossed it on black cardstock that I cut using the Simple Strips Dies

I then adhered the panel onto the card base and also adhered the basket onto the panel. The flowers are foam mounted for dimension. Next, I glued the sentiment onto the basket. It wouldn’t be a Pretty Pink Posh card without any jewels, so I added some Sparkling Clear Jewels here and there for added interest and texture to the card. 

That’s all, folks! I hope you enjoyed today’s card share. The Easter Basket die is super cute and great for any occasion. You can add flowers, critters, or maybe make a basket-shaped tag or a mini card with it. How about making it into a hot air balloon?! The possibilities are endless! 

Thank you for stopping by today! 

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Geranium Hi

Hello friends! It’s Ashley with a new card featuring one of Pretty Pink Posh’s amazing stamp/die/stencil combos! I truly love how versatile these products are and the Geraniums set is no exception!

Pretty Pink Posh: Geranium Hi

I started this card by creating my leafy background. I used white cardstock, then stenciled the leaves from the Geraniums stencil in a random pattern over the whole piece using Fresh Pear ink. I wiped off my stencil then did another layer of random leaves, this time using Mint ink. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Geranium Hi

I stamped the flowers from the Geraniums stamp set on white cardstock with VersaMark ink, then embossed them with gold. Once the embossing had set, I used the Geraniums stencil to add a bit of light color to each bloom with Ballet Slipper and Sparkling Rose inks. I went back in with Copic markers and added some flicks of color to the flower centers for more interest, then cut the flowers out with the Geraniums coordinating dies.

Pretty Pink Posh: Geranium Hi

I cut the Hi Shaker die from metallic gold cardstock to work as my sentiment. I backed it with vellum, then added it to my card with foam tape. I arranged my geranium blooms around the sentiment, popping a few up with more foam tape as needed. To finish, I scattered a few Sparkling Clear jewels around for extra interest and some sparkle.

Pretty Pink Posh: Geranium Hi

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

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Guest Post: Spring Circles

Hi there, it’s Raquel again. For my projeccts today, I’m featuring the Spring Circles stamp set. This set is so fun and versatile.

For my first project, I made a shaker card sized 8″ x 3″. I die cut three circles in this panel using the circle coordinating dies and added my colored images using copic markers in blues, pinks, teals and green shades. I placed these cuties behind the cut out circles and again used the Sparkling Clear sequins as the shaker elements. The sentiment is from the Simple Sentiments stamp set.

Pretty Pink Posh- Guest Post: Spring Circles
Pretty Pink Posh- Guest Post: Spring Circles

The Spring Circles stamp set is so fun that I made another card. Using the Pretty Petals Stencil, I ink blended part of an A2 panel using Seedless Preserves Oxide Ink. For my images I chose Copic markers that matched that ink: RV69, RV66, RV63, RV00 and RV000 and foam mounted them onto the front panel.

Pretty Pink Posh- Guest Post: Spring Circles
Pretty Pink Posh- Guest Post: Spring Circles

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you enjoy today’s projects.

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Guest Post: Sweet and Simple Tulips

Hello, it’s Raquel. I’m so happy to be collaborating with the folks from Pretty Pink Posh to celebrate their May release. I’ve been playing with some of their new products and I had a blast, they are much fun!

Pretty Pink Posh: Sweet and Simple Tulips

My first project features the Tulip Cover Plate die. This is an awesome die since it allows you to create a full A2 panel using multiple techniques. I don’t know about you but I love colorful strips so this is what I made. I covered a complete A2 card panel creating a gradient color and then run it through my good old Big Shot with this Tulip Cover Plate. For this card I only used some of the cut out pieces and kept the inner parts aside for a future project. I decided to turn it into a shaker just adding some embossing powders to create a contrast between the colors and the white space. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Sweet and Simple Tulips

For my second project I also made a shaker card. This time I colored the petals with Copic Markers (R81,R83,R85 – RV55,RV52,RV00- Y11,Y13,Y15) using flicking strokes.

Pretty Pink Posh: Sweet and Simple Tulips

I ink blended the center of my card base using Tumbled Glass Oxide Distress ink and added some Sparkling Clear sequins. I do love the contrast between the pink and yellow tulips and the blue background!

Pretty Pink Posh: Sweet and Simple Tulips

I hope you liked my projects and that they inspired you to create…

Thank you so much for stopping by!

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Slimline Daffodil Card + Video

Hello everyone! This is Yana Smakula, thank you for joining me! Today I have a slimline card to share featuring gorgeous daffodils, just in time for Spring! 

Pretty Pink Posh: Slimline Daffodil Card + Video

Here is a video so you can see how everything came together.

Watch the video above  I  Watch the video in HD on YouTube

I am using the Daffodil stencil. This stencil can be used alone, by itself, but it can also be combined with 2 other products for easy coloring. The stencil coordinates perfectly well with the Daffodil stamp set, and it also coordinates with the Daffodil coordinating dies, so you can combine all 3 to quickly create, color, and cut beautiful images for your cards. 

Pretty Pink Posh also has another product trio like this, where a Peonies stamp set, a Peonies coordinating die set, and a Peonies stencil coordinate. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Slimline Daffodil Card + Video

I started to work on my card by ink blending the images in Distress Oxide inks onto Neenah Solar White 80lb cardstock. I picked several colors of distress oxide inks – Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed and Wild Honey to ink blend the flowers. 

I started with the Squeezed Lemonade as my base color. Next, I added a bit of Mustard Seed to add shading to the petals and a bit of Wild Honey to the flower centers. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Slimline Daffodil Card + Video

I prefer to work with these products by doing the ink blending first, do my stamping 2nd and die cut the images out 3rd. The reason behind it is I like to offset the stamping over the ink blending and I like to use Versafine Onyx Black ink for my stamping and if I ink blend over it, the oxide inks dull and mute the black a bit. So I prefer to ink blend, stamp, die-cut. You can also stamps, ink blend, and die-cut. 

When ink blending the flower centers I tried to ink up just the edge of my blending tool and use just that edge to apply color. I love how easy it is and how simple it is to add color to these images using the stencil – you don’t have to think much, and it doesn’t take a lot of time. You can make a bunch of daffodils in no time. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Slimline Daffodil Card + Video

I also ink blended the leaves, and the stems using Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn.

With my ink blending done, I placed the panel inside my mini misti tool and stamped the image outlines in black. Next, I cut these images out using coordinating dies.

I knew I would need to add a touch of purple to my card, I love to combine yellow with purple, so I used my Crocus stamp set to stamp and color a few images. I used Copic markers in YG17, YG03, and YG01 markers to color the grass; BV11, BV00, and BV000 markers to color the flowers. These also have coordinating dies and so I cut them out. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Slimline Daffodil Card + Video

I wanted to include as many daffodils on my card as I could, and for that, I knew I’d need to make a bigger card, so I opted for a slimline one. I cut a white cardstock panel to 3 ⅛” x 8 1/8” to make a background.

From here, I foam mounted the images onto the panel – I already had a plan in mind, I wanted to add a daffodil or a cluster of daffodils and add one crocus to add some purple color. I also added the leaves and the grass pieces to build my background. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Slimline Daffodil Card + Video

I foam-mounted all of the pieces as I like to have dimension on my card. Next, I used my scissors and trimmed the excess off. To create a sentiment I stamped one that reads Sending You Smiles Across the Miles, it comes from the Encouraging Greetings stamp set and cut it out to a circle using a die. I foam mounted it onto the card. I also foam-mounted the background panel onto a slimline card base. The card base measures 3 1/2 x 8 1/2”. 

Finally, I embellished the card with my favorite Buttercream jewels

Thank you for joining me today! Have fun ink blending! 

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Clean and Simple: Flower Bouquet

Pretty Pink Posh- Clean and Simple: Flower Bouquet

Hello, Gemma here for a new Clean and Simple post. Today I’m using the new Flower Bouquets stamp set from the May release on my card today. These beautiful floral arrangements make it so easy to create simple but pretty CAS cards.

Pretty Pink Posh- Clean and Simple: Flower Bouquet

I stamped one of the images from the Flower Bouquets stamp set and coloured it with copic markers. These are the colours I used:

  • BG72, YG61
  • G07
  • G40, G43, G24
  • BV00, BV02, BV04
  • R81, R83, R85
  • N0, N1
  • Y11, Y13, Y15
  • YR02
Pretty Pink Posh- Clean and Simple: Flower Bouquet

In addition, I stamped some butterflies from the previously released Mom stamp set. I used the following copic colours:

  • YR000, YR02
  • B000, B00, B34
  • V01, V12, V15

After die cutting the images with the coordinating dies, I added some extra layers for dimension.

Pretty Pink Posh- Clean and Simple: Flower Bouquet

I thought the watering can would look fun with a pattern. Using the new Mini Polka Dots stencil, I inked through the stencil with clear embossing ink, then heat embossed the pattern with gold embossing powder. I used some simple masking with washi tape so I only inked the area of the watering can that I wanted the pattern on.

Pretty Pink Posh- Clean and Simple: Flower Bouquet

On my A2 card base, I stamped the sentiment from the Flower Bouquets stamp set. To help ground my floral image, I cut a piece of patterned paper to adhere to the card base. Finally, I added my flower bouquet and butterflies to finish my card.

Thank you for stopping by today!

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Slimline Shaker Cards + Coloring Guide + Video

Hi crafty friends! It’s Mona here, today I am sharing with you a new video tutorial where I am showing you how I colored these birds and florals with some shaker card tips as well.

For this project I have used the Tropical Birds, Cherry Blossoms and Crocus Flowers stamp sets. I have also used the Slimline: Scallop Frames and the Slimline: Peekaboo Windows die sets and the Party Pop Clay Confetti with Sparkling Clear sequins and Iridescent Mini Star Confetti.

Watch the video above  I  Watch the video in HD on YouTube

I stamped the images with alcohol friendly inkpad and colored the images with Spectrum Noir Illustrator Markers. If you got inspired, check back here to see this coloring guide.

I have used other colors too: BT4, BT3, BT2, BT1, AG2, AG1, CG2, CG1, OR1, BO1, CT4, CT3, CT1, GY3, PL2, HB3, HB2, HB1, PV1, MG2, MG1, BP1, PP2, PP1 and the colorless Blender. You can watch the coloring processes with useful tips in the video. After the coloring I added white highlights with white pen and pencil.

The next step was the sentiment. I stamped the sentiments from the Happy Mail and the Everyday Greetings stamp sets with watermark ink to the vellum and heat embossed it with white detailed embossing powder.

The following step was to create the shaker parts. First, I have created teal and pink die-cuts with the largest die from the Slimline Peekaboo Windows die set, as well as two white scalloped frames for each card with the Slimline Scallop Frames. I have also cut two pieces of vellum in the same size.

Then I put the card together with a trick using the Original MISTI. If you are interested in this trick, just click on the video.

When my shaker was done, I adhered the colored images to their right place, and adhered it to the card base. Thank you so much for stopping by, see you next time.

Hugs, Mona

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Thanks For All You Do

Hey craft friends, Elaine on the Pretty Pink Posh blog today sharing a sweet colorful appreciation card featuring the new Spring Circles stamps.

Pretty Pink Posh: Thanks For All You Do

To start I cut a piece of pink card stock to 6”x 6.5” and scored at 3.25” on the longest edge.  Using a bone folder, I burnished along the fold line to create a card base that measured 6”x3.25”.  

To add some detail on the front panel I used the Mini Polka Dots stencil and lightly blended on some Distress Ink in Wilted Violet.  Due to the size of the card base I had to stencil in two sections.  This was easily done by lining up the dots to create a seamless pattern.

Pretty Pink Posh: Thanks For All You Do

Setting the card base aside, I began to work on the base for the circle images.  I cut a piece of white card stock to 6”x2.75” and used one of the Scallop Border dies to create a scalloped edge on both long sides.  Again, I used the Wilted Violet Distress Ink to lightly blend on some colour to the edges on the panel.  I then adhered this panel to the card base, ensuring it was placed so that there was room for a sentiment below.

I stamped the circle images on to copic friendly cardstock and used a variety of markers to color each of them.  The markers I used were:

  • Pink 1: RV66, RV63, RV10
  • Pink 2: RV14, RV13, RV11
  • Blue: B66, B63, B60
  • Purple: V15, V12, V01
  • Green 1: G07, G05, G02
  • Teal: BG15. BG13, BG11 
  • Yellow: Y15, Y13, Y11
  • Black: C7, C5, C3
  • Blue: B01, B000

I cut out masks for all the images and used them to cover the images before applying a light layer of Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass.  I used small blending brush to help my concentrate the color in the centre of the circle and gently pulled the color out to give a soft blend from blue in the centre slowly fading out to white.  I used the Spring Circles coordinating die to cut out the images and then adhered them to the card.  

Pretty Pink Posh: Thanks For All You Do

The sentiment was taken from Mom stamp set, and white heat embossed on to black card stock.  I trimmed this out using a guillotine trimmer and adhered to the front of the card.  

To add some sparkle, I used liquid adhesive to secure some Sparkling Clear Confetti around the card front and added some Lemon Jewels to the centres of the flowers.

For the last touch I added some Wink of Stella on all the coloured images and coated some of the elements with Glossy Accents; I love the raised shiny look.

Thank you for joining me today, I cannot wait to see what everyone else creates with this beautiful stamp set! 

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Nautical Circle Card

Hello, crafty friends. It’s Leica here and I have a circle shaped card to share with you all, featuring stamps and coordinating dies from the May release. For this card, I used the new Nautical stamp set. Let’s begin.

Pretty Pink Posh: Nautical Circle Card

First, I cut a 4.5″ and a 4″ circle in white cardstock. I divided the smaller circle to build my scene with Stitched Borders 2 dies. I used Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Ink for the water, Vintage Photo for the land, Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed for the sunset. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Nautical Circle Card

Next, I stamped, colored, and cut the images from Nautical stamp set. I squealed out loud when I saw the coordinating die for the Life’s An Adventure sentiment! I love that Paulina included that for this wonderful set and I hope we see more coordinating dies for sentiments – teehee! 

Pretty Pink Posh: Nautical Circle Card

To finish the card, I white heat embossed the waves onto the blue panel and then adhered the stamped images down. I then adhered the inked panel onto the white circle. To make the card base, I die cut another 4.5″ circle in white cardstock, scored at the .25″ mark and glued that to the panel.

Pretty Pink Posh: Nautical Circle Card

That’s all for this shaped card. I hope you like my take on this Nautical Stamp Set and that I have inspired you to create with it. 

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Day 3: Blog Hop+ May Release Now Available

Pretty Pink Posh- Day 3: Blog Hop+ May Release Now Available

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Hi, friends! It’s Leica here today for day 3 of our blog hop.

I have a card and tag set using a combination of old and new stamp sets from Pretty Pink Posh. The old stamp set is Bee Friends and the new one is Spring Circles. I love that the new Spring Circles stamp sets go perfectly together with other PPP products, such as the Hummingbird Thanks, any of the butterflies setsSpring RobinsSpring Scene Die, and the new Flower Bouquets stamp set.

Pretty Pink Posh- Day 3: Blog Hop+ May Release Now Available

Let’s start with the circle card. To begin, I die cut a white cardstock using a 4.5″ circle die and another one in 4″. I then ink blended the smaller circle with Tattered Rose Distress Oxide ink and sprayed some water for some interest. I also cut a small part of the circle in white cardstock for the grass area and inked with Twisted Citron Distress Oxide. The scallop edge is cut using Scallop Borders Dies. I ended up with 2 layers of the grass area, because the inked smudged on the first layer so I fixed my mistake by adhering another layer on top. In the end, I liked the look of the double scallop edging for the grass. 

Pretty Pink Posh- Day 3: Blog Hop+ May Release Now Available

Next, I stamped, colored, and cut the images from the Bee Friends stamp set. I then stamped the bee trails on the circle panel and the sentiment on the grass piece. Lastly, I adhered the stamped images onto the card panel using liquid glue and the bees with foam tape for dimension. 

Pretty Pink Posh- Day 3: Blog Hop+ May Release Now Available

For the matching tag, I used the tag die from the Spring Circles coordinating dies. I used the Mini Polka Dots Stencil with Tattered Rose Distress Oxide Ink for the background. The bee image in a circle is from Spring Circles and I added a little bee from the Bee Friends stamp set, too.  Lastly, the From Me to You sentiment is from Bear Friends stamp set. Make sure to check your stash for other beautiful sentiments that fit on the Simple Strips Dies.

Pretty Pink Posh- Day 3: Blog Hop+ May Release Now Available

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Pretty Pink Posh- Day 3: Blog Hop+ May Release Now Available

I hope you are inspired to create cards with the new PPP stamps and dies and were inspired by this three day blog hop!