Cards

Hello friends! This is Angelica and I have a couple of cards to share today featuring the new Baby stamp set and coordinating dies. These products will be released on March 20th!

For my first card, I used Grout Gray ink to stamp a background panel, using the smaller stamps in the Baby stamp set. Next, I stamped and white heat-embossed BABY onto white card stock. I used finger daubers and the following Distress Oxide Inks to color the letters: Tumbled Glass, Spun Sugar, Cracked Pistachio, and Squeezed Lemonade. I die cut the letters, and attached them to the panel with different sized foam squares. I adhered the panel to a card base with foam adhesive, and added a small sentiment from the new Little One stamp set to finish the card.

I used the Baby Die to make a shaker card for my second card.

I trimmed a white panel of card stock, then die-cut Baby. I backed the panel with acetate, then glued the small die-cut pieces from the letters back in place. I wrapped foam adhesive on the backside of the panel, filled the window with Valentine and Friendship Confetti, then closed the top with another piece of acetate. I added more foam adhesive to the panel, and attached it to a card base.

I stamped and Copic colored the adorable little lamb from Little One stamp set, die-cut with the coordinating die, and attached it to the card with thin foam adhesive. I finished the card with a die-cut Welcome from Welcome Little One Script die.

That’s all that I have for now. I hope I was able to give you inspiration for these new baby stamp sets. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hello friends! This is Angelica and we are kicking off sneak peeks of our upcoming March 20th release! Today I am featuring the new Spring Days stamp set.

My first card is a clean and simple Easter card. I stamped the Easter eggs strip with Milk Chocolate Hybrid ink onto Copic-friendly paper, and colored them with a variety of pastel colors. I added shadows to the top layer of eggs, and used the coordinating die to only die-cut the top of the strip. The bottom layer was fully cut. I made a pink strip to attach the eggs to, using an Eyelet Border Die. I adhered the bottom egg strip, and used thin foam squares to add the top layer. I stamped the sentiment from Easter eggs stamp set onto a card base, added the eggs, and trimmed the edges to finish the card.

I used the flowers strip for my next card.

I stamped the flowers with Pizza Crust ink onto Neenah Desert Storm card stock. I the row I wanted to color, I stamped with Milk Chocolate. I colored the flowers with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. I used a white pencil to add highlights, and kept the coloring really simple. I added the panel to a card base, then worked on the sentiment. I die-cut Spring Blessings three times, stacked and glued them together for dimension, before gluing them to the card.

The Spring Days stamp set is a fun one. There’s several more images to use for fun springtime cards!

Thanks for stopping by, see you tomorrow for another sneak peek!

Hello friends, Eloise here and today I’ll be creating a water-coloured background using the fun Tropical Background Stencil. I also paired it with the Tropical Toucans and Tropical Birds to create a beach scene.

I started off with creating my background. I adhered down a piece of watercolour paper to a board and adhered down my stencil using washi tape. I then decided to use some Inktense Blocks from Derwent, these are a new to me product and thought they would be fun to try. I started off with water-colouring the flowers pink, dried it with a heat tool. Then coloured in the leaves green, dried it again and coloured in the rest of the areas blue. I removed the stencil and dried it completely. This way is super messy, but you still see some of the details if you use less water, but I like the overall effect. Next, I used the Tropical Birds and Tropical Toucans stamp sets, stamped out some images and coloured them in with Copic Markers.

Copic Markers Used: RV21, R23, RV29, RV19 / YG01, YG23, YG25, YG67 / YR30, Y23, YR21, YR23 / B21, B23, B24, B26 / E30, E31, E33, E34 / W00, W0, W1 / 0 / W3, W5, W7, W9

Once my images were coloured, I cut them out. While I had my die cutting machine out, I used the Stitched Borders 1 Dies and cut the scalloped border from blue and white cardstock and the curved border from brown. I then used the Stitched Notes Dies and cut the rectangle from vellum. I cut down a yellow piece of cardstock to around 2 ¼” wide by 4 ½” tall. I then adhered my blue waves piece to the bottom and the curved brown piece on top at the bottom as well using foam tape. I then added adhesive to the backs of all my images and adhered them into place as well.

I adhered my scene on top of the vellum rectangle and then added foam tape onto the back where you couldn’t see the adhesive and adhere it down onto my water-coloured stencil background. I used my white scalloped border and adhered it to the left-hand side of my panel for more interest. Lastly, I white heat embossed the ‘Sending You Sunshine’ sentiment from Tropical Birds onto a strip of black cardstock. I added foam tape onto the back, adhered it into place and tied a little hemp cord bow onto the right-hand side of it for more texture. I also added a few jewels from the Luau Jewel Mix scattered around the card as well.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you enjoyed this fun card!

Eloise

Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I have a card using the Hummingbird Thanks stamp set along with the Tic Tac Toe die, Hello Friend die and also using some Mini Action Wobblers to make the hummingbirds move.

To begin my card today, I stamped out my hummingbirds from the Hummingbirds Thanks stamp set and coloured them in with Copic Markers. I used a Yellow, Green and Aqua colour scheme and coloured the hummingbirds accordingly. Once they were coloured, I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I then took out my Mini Action Wobblers and cut off some of the excess plastic to make it fit behind my hummingbirds. Once I cut off the excess I went ahead and adhered them behind my hummingbird images. I then set them off to the side to work on the rest of my card.

Copic Markers used: BG11, BG23, BG49 / W00, W0, W3 / Y11, Y35, Y38 / YG21, YG23, YG17

Next up, I took the Tic Tac Toe die and cut it out of some white cardstock. I then adhered thin strips of foam tape onto the back and set it off to the side also. Next, I took a piece of watercolour cardstock and ink blended some Distress Inks over it. I used Peacock Feathers, then Twisted Citron and Mustard Seed on top to create a nice blend. I then flicked some water on the background to create a splattered look and dried it off with a heat tool. Then I used the We R Memory Keepers Geometric Embossing Folder to emboss my distress inked piece. Once that was run through my Big Shot Machine I went ahead and adhered my Tic Tac Toe die on top in the centre. Next up, I used the Hello Friend Script die cut, added some Stick It adhesive on the back of some white cardstock and cut the ‘Hello’ word out three times. Then, I adhered them all together and used some grey Copic Markers to add a little shading on the bottom of the word.

Next up, I went ahead and adhered my two hummingbirds on their action wobblers onto opposite corners of my card, then adhered the ‘Hello’ word in the centre of the card. Lastly, I adhered some Clear Droplets in both 4mm and 6mm around my card and adhered my panel onto a top folding card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you were inspired and I’ll catch you next time.

Eloise

Jeanne here today for a last minute Valentine’s Day card. Love is in the air! I can’t resist the clean graphic look of a color block card.

This card starts with the bright block background. If you look close you’ll see a stitched pattern along two edges of each of the squares. I cut the four colorful card stock panels with the Stitched Notes die. I trimmed each of the panels to 2 x 2 5/8” before adhering them to the card base.  

I colored the LOVE stamp set images with Copic markers.  I used the coordinating die set to cut the stamped letters and another set from gold glitter card stock. The letters are slightly over laid so that the gold glitter paper peeks out. 

The letters are adhered with adhesive foam tape and little flowers (also included in the LOVE stamp set) are tucked underneath. 

I know I’ll be reaching for this set for all the heart felt occasions worth celebrating!

I hope that this card inspired you.

Hello friends, Eloise here today for another three cards, one stamp set. Today I’m using the Elephant Friends Stamp Set along with a few other dies and stencils to create these cards. I went quite simple this time around for cards, creating simple backgrounds with Distress Oxide Inks and then using dies to make them a little more interesting.  

To start off I stamped and coloured all the images I was using from the Elephant Friends Stamp Set. Once they were coloured, I cut them out. I arranged them into piles to make sure I had the right images for each card.

Copic Markers Used: W00, W0, W1, W3 / R000, R00, R30 / Y11, Y13, Y18, YR23 / W3, W5 / RV10, RV13, RV25, RV19 / YR00, YR02, YR12, YR18 / Y00, Y11, Y13, Y18

For my first card, I created a galaxy background. I used Distress Oxide Inks to complete this look. Once they were all blended, I flicked on some water and dried it off with a heat tool. I then hand cut white cardstock and vellum layers to look like clouds, adhered them together, popped them up on foam tape and adhered to my galaxy background.

Distress Oxide Inks Used: Fossilized Amber, Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch, Black Soot

I then added spots of a glitter pen on top of the white clouds and also gold heat embossed the sentiment ‘Big Hugs’ onto the background. I added foam tape onto the backs of one of my elephants and star balloons and adhered it to the sky as well. That finished up my first card, now let’s move onto the second.

For my second card, I created a gradient background with more Oxide Inks. I again splattered with water and dried it off with a heat tool. I cut a white scallop frame from the Scallop Frames Die Set. I added foam tape on the back of the frame and also the images.

Distress Oxide Inks Used: Seedless Preserves, Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron, Scattered Straw

I then adhered the frame onto the background in the centre and adhered my images inside the frame. For the sentiment, I took the ‘You’re A Star’, cut it in half and white heat embossed the ‘You’re A’ part onto a thin black strip. I cut it down and stuck it behind the star, so the image finishes the sentiment. The second card is all complete, now onto the last card.

For my final card I used the new Wide Stripes Stencil and adhered it over the top of a square piece of cardstock. I ink blended different Oxide colours into each stripe and splattered it with water. I dried it off and took the Mini Storybook 1 Dies and cut it from white cardstock. I trimmed around the frame and added foam tape onto the backs as well as the images that were left.

Distress Oxide Inks Used: Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Scattered Straw

I then adhered the frame into the centre of the card as well as my images inside. I white heat embossed the remaining small ‘Big Hugs’ sentiment onto a thin black strip and adhered it on the top right-hand side.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you were inspired by these cards!

Eloise

Hi friends! It’s Jeanne here today!  The thing I miss most in the winter months is gardening.  I love to spend time outdoors watching the birds and the bees. I’m always amazed at how a little seed becomes a plant, and absolutely thrilled when I see a hummingbird at the feeder.

Reminder: the Ladybug Friends stamp set is FREE with orders over $80 through January 31, 2020 (after any discounts, before taxes/ shipping). Orders over $100 will also receive the coordinating dies!

Ever since I was little the ladybug has been just magical to me. Of course they were on the “nice” list because they’re “ladies” after all, and I knew the ladies wouldn’t harm me.  I would sing the childhood rhyme and blow on them to send them home to their families, or count their spots to see who had the most.

My card starts with a lime green background panel layered with some Zig Zag Stacked Edges 1.  I wanted to give the base a variegated leaf feel – the perfect place for my garden friends. I topped the panel with the Tropical Frame from white card stock. 

The sweet little ladybugs are colored with Copic markers.  I adhered them with adhesive foam tape for more dimension. The finishing touch is just a few Shamrock jewels for some sparkle and shine. 

I think the Pretty Pink Posh Ladybug Friends stamp set is magical too.  The smiles on the ladybugs is contagious and always have me smiling too! 

I hope this card brought a smile to your face. Thanks for stopping by the Pretty Pink Posh blog today!