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Sneak Peek: Build A Bloom + Thoughtful Greetings

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends! Heather here this morning – to show off some of the gorgeous new product coming very soon! I used a couple new stamp sets and dies, as well as some of the new embellishments for my card today!

I used the beautiful new Build A Bloom stamp set and coordinating dies to create the floral clusters on my card, stamping various layers and adding some black for bold contrast with the soft colors.

The sentiment is from the beautiful Thoughtful Greetings Stamp Set – you are going to LOVE these so much! I used two sentiments together for my card.

Another favorite of mine is the new Scallop Borders 2 Dies – I couldn’t pick which one I wanted to use on my card – so I used ALL three of them! I also added a few little flowers from the new Hydrangea Flowers Sequin Mix, picking out just the white flowers to coordinate with my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Join us tomorrow for another look at a new set from our May release!

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Sneak Peek: Happy Owls

Hello Everyone, Joni here sharing with you one of the upcoming mini stamp set called Happy Owls that will be available on May 1st.

To begin my card I first distressed my white cardstock panel using Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Mowed Lawn and Peacock Feathers. Then, I die-cut the bottom of the panel using the new Scallop Borders 2.

Next, I stamped the images from a white cardstock and used the new Happy Owls coordinating dies to die-cut the images.

Then, I stamped some flowers from the set and added some white dots everywhere on the card using Signo Broad pen from Uni-ball to add interest.

Next, I added some new Spring Meadow Mix  that will also be available in the May release.

I hope you enjoyed this preview of some of the new products. Join us tomorrow for a look at another one of the new sets!

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Sneak Peek: Bold Blooms

Hello, Pretty Pink Posh fans! This is Yana and today I wanted to share a technique video to show you two different ways to add color to outline images from the Bold Blooms stamp set that releases on May 1st!

Bold Blooms is a smaller set that features a number of beautiful floral and greenery images. There are coordinating dies available for this set but you can always use your stamps with or without the dies.

I started working on my card by stamping floral wreaths onto white cardstock panels cut to 4×5 ¼“. I made sure to outline a circle shape using a pencil to assure my wreath would be perfectly round.

For my stamping I decided to use just one flower shape – rose and two leaf shapes. I first stamped a number of flowers using black ink following my pencil line and later came in and stamped the leaves. You can chose to have a smaller wreath if you like, but I wanted to make sure my wreath would fit a sentiment so I made mine pretty large. As I was stamping my roses I made sure to rotate my image every time I made an impression. I wanted my wreath to look more organic, I wanted roses to face different directions and I also wanted to somewhat group my roses – I made little clusters with two flowers in each.

For my sentiments I used the new Thoughtful Greetings stamp set and stamped them messages  in black ink. One of my sentiments reads “I Appreciate You More Than Words Can Say” and the second one reads “Thank You for Everything You Do”. I love the font used for these sentiments and I can see myself using it often on different projects.

After my stamping was done I used a pencil eraser and erased that circle pencil shape I had on my panels.

To do my coloring I used solid layer stamps to color one of my panels and also alcohol markers to color another one. And this is what is great about this set – you can chose to use solid layer stamps to add color to your outline images or you can use your favorite coloring mediums – pencils, markers, and even watercolors.

I used two shades of green ink to “color” my leaves; as for the roses – I went with lots of pink and just a hint of yellow. These images are rater easy to align – these are simple shapes so the solid layers fit inside outline layers very easily. By the way, you can always go for a slightly offset look if you want – I love how that looks.

To color my second wreath I used Copic Markers. I used the following colors: YG67, YG17, YG03 – to color leaves; RV14, RV13, RV10 to color pink flowers; Y19, Y15 and Y13 – to color yellow flowers.

To add some details to my wreath and my images I used a black pigment pen and a white gel pen.

I adhered my panels onto A2 top folding card bases made out of light gray cardstock and to spice one of my cards up I foam mounted a few stamped and die cut flowers. I wanted to add some interest to this card and I decided to do that using little die cut pieces.

One last thing I did – I embellished my cards using some sparkling clear confetti, clear droplets and beads.

Watch my video tutorial below to learn how I made this card.

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Happy cardmaking! Join us tomorrow as we reveal another new set from our May release!

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Friend Shaker Card + Video

Hi there, Joy here today bringing you a post for the Pretty Pink Posh blog using the Friends Forever set that released in March!

I have something a little different for you from me of course, I created a video, yep I don’t do them often but I do try and well once I sort out the light situation in my room maybe then I may create more LOL I do try…

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I created a couple of cards in this video and you will notice what card I share in the still shots in the video is not the one I create on the video, but I wanted to give you option of 2 different colours and how super easy these can be to create, so why make 1 when you can create 2 right..

Creating shaker cards with Pretty Pink Posh product is so fun and easy, so sit back and watch how I create these cards for you…

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by. Be sure to join us tomorrow as we start our sneak peeks for our upcoming May 1st release!

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One Stamp Set // Three Cards + Video

Hello everyone, Eloise here and today I have a 1 stamp set, 3 cards video for you all. I’m going to be using the Friends Forever stamp set today since there is a lot of images as well as a lot of sentiments, which is what I want. Along with the stamp set I’m also using a few Pretty Pink Posh dies and sequins, too.

For my first card today, I used the Window Frames dies to create an opening into some watercolour cardstock, ink blended some Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed Distress Ink on top of the panel and created a shaker card using the Friendship Mix, Petunia Seed Beads, Sparkling Clear Stars and Sparkling Clear Seed Beads. I used a double layer of foam tape, since I wanted a lot of shake to happen. I sealed off the shaker using some white cardstock.

On top of my window shaker, I added some images I previously coloured with my Copic Markers and then adhered them with glue dots. For my sentiment I used some Twisted Citron Distress Ink onto some more cardstock and cut out a banner using the Stitched Notes dies. I then stamped the ‘Love You’ sentiment from the Friends Forever stamp set on top of the banner with black ink. I added foam tape onto the back and added onto the top of my panel. I then wrapped around some hemp cord and tied a bow. I mounted the entire panel onto a blue card base and the card was complete.

For the second card, I die cut the Stitched Film Strip from some white cardstock first and then moved onto my background. I laid out my elements on the background first to see where I wanted everything placed, once I knew I took some Wild Honey and Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink and used a piece of acetate, smooshed the ink on top, sprayed it with water and pressed down onto the cardstock. I repeated this until I was happy with the result. I then dried it off with a heat tool and stamped the sentiment ‘Hello Friend’ on the left with black ink.

I then adhered my kids that were previously coloured also with Copic Markers and adhered them to the back of the film strip. I then added foam tape all along the back and adhered it down to the card panel. To finish it up I added some Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix and then adhered the entire panel to a card base.

For my third card I first cut a piece of watercolour paper with the frame die that comes in the Stitched Notes die set. Once that was cut I used the Peekaboo Windows dies and cut the rectangle one out of the panel and also out of some masking tape. I then masked off the windows and used the Twisted Citron Distress Ink to colour the top of my piece and then fading it out to white. Once the green was blended I used the negative masking tape piece and placed that around the windows and used some painters tape to help hold it down and then used the Squeezed Lemonade to do the same inking to the windows. I then splattered on some water and dried it with a heat tool.

After everything was adhered and dried, I added my sentiment ‘I’m So Glad That We’re Friends’ from the same Friends Forever stamp set and stamped that underneath the windows with some black ink. I then went ahead and added adhesive to the whole back of the die cut panel and then added my images behind the window. I then added some foam tape behind the entire panel and kids and then I added some colour onto my card base. I used Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and ink blended it onto my card base, blending it out to white. I added my panel on top and my card was complete.

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I hope you enjoyed my cards today and got inspired! I love using a stamp set more than once, but sometimes struggle to use it again once I’ve already used it! So this works great if you colour a ton of images at once, then make so many different cards with them all.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Eloise

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One Layer Thank You Cards

Good morning! Heather here to share a tutorial for a couple one layer cards I put together by combining different ink colors with the lovely Blissful Butterflies stamp set!

This is one of my go to stamp sets – the butterflies are just beautiful, and there is so much you can do with this stamp set! I first used a strip of Post-it tape to mask off a strip of the card front to place my sentiment – this way I could stamp freely and still have a focal point to place my sentiment.

I chose two color combos for my cards – both inspired from Pinterest. I used THIS inspiration for my first color combo that is more bright tones, and THIS color combo for the second one in slightly more muted colors.

I stamped the butterflies in a random pattern with my selected ink colors, then peeled off the masking tape, and added a sentiment from the newly released Everyday Greetings  – seriously this set has the perfect sentiment for any card, and I love the font!

I finished off by adding some sparkly Stickles to accent the butterflies, and glued a few sizes of Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix next to the sentiment on each side.

I don’t think you can have too many thank you cards – and these came together so quickly and would be super easy to recreate in any color combination you could imagine. Monochromatic would even be fun!

And the Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix and Stickles add just the right amount of sparkle, while still leaving these cards nice and flat and perfect for mailing as well!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!

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Altenew 3rd Anniversary Blog Hop

Hello and welcome everyone, Joni here sharing some inspiration for Altenew’s 3rd Anniversary Blog Hop!

You should have arrived from Carissa’s Blog, but if you get lost, there is a complete line up list so you can stay on track during the blog hop HERE.

For this project I used Altenew Garden Treasure stamp set and Garden Treasure die set.  I also used Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders 2 dies and Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix.

To begin, I first stamped the images from Garden Treasure stamp set I only used the lined images and colored them with Copic Markers. After coloring I then used the Garden Treasure die set to die-cut each images.

Next, I distressed my card base with Tim Holtz Distressed Ink pads in Evergreen Bough and Crushed Olive. Then, used one of the scallop border from Stitched Borders 2 dies. I die-cut the top and bottom of the panel.

Next, I spattered some white gold watercolor paint from Gansai Tambi Starry Colors. Then, once it dried I adhered the flowers with foam tape for dimensions.

Here’s the final look of the card.

Let’s continue celebrating with your next stop at———> Meghann’s Blog

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Altenew is giving away $50 gift certificates to FIVE lucky winners. There are also 12 awesome companies who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:

Be sure to leave comments by Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 11:59 PM EDT for a chance to win! 21 WINNERS will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew blog on April 28th, 2017.

Here is the complete list of Blog Hop Participants:

Altenew
Debby Hughes
Stephanie Buice
Svitlana Shayevich
Jennifer McGuire
Therese Calvird
Carissa Wiley
Pretty Pink Posh
Meghann Andrew
Nicole Picadura
Virginia Lu

A big congratulations to Altenew and their team on their 3rd anniversary. We are so honored to be part of this celebration! Happy hopping!

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Simple Candy Treat Tent

Hi there, Jeanne here today with a fun project!

I love spreading a little cheer around the holidays!  It doesn’t matter the season or the occasion, I know everyone loves a little surprise, and some chocolate always makes you feel a little better.
Today I’m sharing how to make some simple treat wraps.  I inserted four foil wrapped chocolates in a cello bag that’s 3.25 x 4.25”.  You want a small treat that’s not too thick.

The friend in the bunny costume, along with the eggs, comes from the Easter Friends set. The fun sign in the background is from the Camping Friends set.

I cut two of the Stitched Duo 3 Tags (the Stitched Duo 2 works really well for this also).   Next I scored a line across the bottom at 3/8”.   If your treat is a little thicker you can adjust this measurement to make the bottom a little wider.

Attach the two dies together with strong tape to create a U shaped base to hold your treats. While holding the two ends together punch a hole to keep things together.   You can insert a candy pack with some double sided tape.  Now for the fun part… decorating!


Decorating is fun and easy using products from Pretty Pink Posh.  The stitched design throughout the collection coordinates the dies so they go together seamlessly.  I used the scallop oval from the Decorative Tag One to frame my sentiment from the Everyday Greetings Stamp Set.

 

The bees are from the Bee Friends Stamp Set that has matching dies. For those who didn’t get a chance to get them while they were a free gift, it’ll be releasing in May!

Pretty Pink Posh has lots of border stamps to choose from that make wonderful trims for these packages.  This one is from the Scallop Borders set.

The Easter Friends set will make all your Spring treats look amazing!  I know they’ll be adored and appreciated!

I hope you enjoyed today’s post. Thanks for stopping by the Pretty Pink Posh blog!

 

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Stretching Your Die Cuts+ Video

Hello everyone, Vera here sharing another way to use Easter Friends coordinating dies as a non–Easter project. With a little imagination, you can create all sorts of characters with some of the dies you may already have in your stash!

For this project, I also used Friends Forever Coordinating Dies, Friends Forever Stamp Set and Everyday Greetings Stamp Set.

This is super fun project and I encourage you to try it!

First, I die cut the bunny from Easter Friends coordinating dies on bristol paper, and die cut the heart and the flowers from Friends Forever Coordinating Dies and Scallop Square Tags on white card stock. I used Copic Markers for coloring all the die cuts.

 To watch the creation of these tags from start to finish, click HERE or watch below.

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We hope that today’s post and video has inspired you to think of new ways to use your die cuts!

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10 Minute Easter Card + Video

Hello everyone, Eloise here and today I have a 10 minute card challenge card for you all. As much as I love to create very full on cards that take a lot of time I also enjoy creating very simple and quick cards. So today I thought it would be fun to do the challenge. For my card today I’m using the Easter Blessings stamp set along with the Scallop Oval dies.

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To begin my card today I first stamped out the cross image from the Easter Blessings stamp set with some Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on Neenah Solar White Cardstock and coloured it in with Copic Markers. I used YG01, YG23 and YG17 for the leaves and E51, E53 and E55 for the cross part. I then used the coordinating dies to cut it out. While I had my Big Shot machine out, I also cut out the Scallop Oval die using some white cardstock. Once all my die cutting was done, I could work on my background.

For my background I did a super quick and easy watercolour background. I first blended on some Tumbled Glass and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink quite messily and then went in with some clean water and spread out the colour using the brush. This creates a fun watercolour background that’s quite pale and light, and it’s also very quick and easy to do! Once my background was done I dried it off with my heat tool and now I could assemble.

Before adhering everything down, I stamped out my sentiment onto the bottom centre of my card, using the same Easter Blessings stamp set with some Versafine Onyx Black ink. I then added foam tape onto the back of my frame and my image and adhered those down into the centre of my card. I popped up the entire panel on some fun foam and adhered it down to a pre-made card base. For a last finishing touch I went ahead and added some Wink of Stella to my cross image in the centre and that finished up the card.

I hope you enjoyed my card today and were inspired to either make a quick and simple card or to try and make a card in 10 minutes. This style of card can be used for so many different occasions just with a switch up of some colours, images and a sentiment. I think I’ll be using this design for a lot of cards now that I need quickly.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Eloise