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Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I’m helping participate in the Thanksgiving Theme Week! Even though we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving here in Australia I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to help with this theme week and create a fun card for you all! I’ll be using the Happy Turkey stamp set that was released this year along with using Alcohol Inks and Copic Re-Inkers to create a very fall inspired background.

First off for my card today, I started on my background. Ive used Alcohol Inks before, but definitely don’t see myself as an expert with them. I see these beautiful background and pieces that people make with them and yet I can’t seem to get it right at all. But I want to get more confident with using them and understanding how they work more so today was all about experimenting for me. Firstly, I wanted to create an emboss resist background piece. Using the leaves from the Happy Turkey stamp set. I started off with a piece of Yupo paper, which is slick and stamped my leaves randomly with Versamark ink all on the background. Once I covered the piece I used clear embossing and heat set the background.

Next, I pulled out some colours of Alcohol Inks that I felt matched Fall well, so I went with a brown, green, orange, purple and also pink. I didn’t have a red Alcohol Ink, but I thought maybe the pink would mix in with the other colours and go darker. I dropped on my colours randomly onto the background, not worried about how the colours would mix. I then took some rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle and sprayed my background repeatedly. I picked up some of the colour with a paper towel and dried it off with a heat tool. I didn’t feel like the colours were “fall” enough, so I brought out some Copic Re-Inkers I chose some red, yellow and started splattering them onto the background also, picking some colour up with paper towels and spraying with running alcohol in between till I reached the desired effect.

What I found interesting with this, it sort of stained the embossing. I expected it to resist like the embossing usually does but instead it stained it and actually, made it stand out more than the background did, which was kind of neat and I definitely didn’t expect it. Once I got my desired effect, I dried it off with my heat tool.

I used the Scallop Circle Tags dies and cut the largest die out of the middle of my coloured piece since I wanted to create a shaker. Next I made a card base, masked off the edges and ink blended some Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron into the center. I then laid over my coloured panel and stamped the ‘Happy Turkey Day’ sentiment in black ink onto the green ink blended piece. For my shaker I used a variety of sequins, seed beads and confetti in coordinating colours and added them all on top of my green ink blended piece. I then added acetate into the back of my panel and added one layer of foam tape all along the back. Making sure to make a solid circle with no gaps so the sequins and beads wouldn’t fall out as I shake it. I removed the backers and added the panel onto the card base.

Embellishments used: Gold Shimmer Seed Beads, Metallic Gold Confetti Mix, Iridescent Confetti Mix, 4mm Lemon Meringue, 4mm Tangerine, 4mm Marigold, 4mm Metallic Gold, 6mm Metallic Gold, 6mm Pumpkin, 6mm Sand

Copic markers used: (R24, R27, R89, E51, E53, E55, E57, E59, YR04, YR12, YR18, Y13, Y15, Y19)

Next I coloured up my turkey image with Copic markers and cut him out using the coordinating dies. I added foam tape behind him and stuck him onto my card. To finish up my card I used a twine bow and added it to the top of my shaker circle and then scattered some Metallic Gold Confetti Mix around my card.

If you have missed any of our other Thanksgiving cards, click on the photos below to see the post from that day.

Eloise

Hello, there!  Marge here with you today.

Today I’m sharing two shaker cards featuring our Happy Turkey Stamp Set and several other popular Pretty Pink Posh products.

To begin , I made a background panel using Stacked Edges 1 Die. I used scallop shape die to cut three different colored card stock papers which are natural, kraft, and brown. Then I stacked the pieces one by one, using double sided tapes behind the stacked die cuts. I then cut the panel into an A2 sized rectangle and then adhered it onto a card base.

I stamped images from Happy Turkey Stamp Set on a white card stock, colored them using copic markers, then cut them using Happy Turkey Coordinating Dies. To give more autumn mood to the card, I chose a pumpkin piece from Stitched Foliage Dies, and  ink blended it using distress inks : Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, and Rusty Hinge. For a lovely shaker frame, I cut a  rectangle frame using Scallop Frames Dies, Now it’s time to arrange them all together and check if they look okay and I really loved how it came out with these variable elements.

I stamped “Happy Turkey Day” sentiment on an Acetate film with versamark ink, and heat set it with gold embossing powder. My favorite thing to do in cardmaking is to put various sequins in the shaker! I used Metallic Gold Confetti Mix, Marshmallow Confetti Mix, Autumn Harvest Sequins Mix, Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix, Champagne Sequins, and Espresso Sequins.

Tip: I adhered a few sequins here and there, so that all the sequins are not falling down when you hold it up.

After I finished shaker, I adhered the turkey and leaves on the outer surface of the window.

For the second card, I cut brown card stock paper using Scallop Hexagons Dies for a shaker frame. The background was ink blended with distress inks : Fossilized Amber and Squeezed Lemonade.

Stamping, die cutting, putting sequins are all similar with the first card. To make a twine ribbon, I punched a tiny hole in the mini maple leaf, passed a piece of string through it, then tied a bow.

Finally, I brushed Clear Wink of Stella on the the stamped images to give interests. You can see glitter effects on leaves here.

Hi there, Jeanne here. Thanks so much for joining us for Thanksgiving Theme Week!  This is my favorite time of year.. there’s a nip of cold in the air, mother nature is putting on her biggest show of color with all the fall foliage.. and the best part of all.. getting everyone together for the big meal!

I send invitations to dinner, and special cards to those who are too far away to make it.  I love to set the dining room table and make treats for guest to take home. I started my card with a simple distress ink background. I blended Squeezed Lemonade leaving the bottom of the card empty for my stamped sentiment. I splattered the panel with water, and then with some watered down Mustard Seed, and white ink.

The stamped sentiment is from the Giving Thanks stamp set.  I love the mixed font – the fancy script is a Pretty Pink Posh trademark and I can spot it anywhere!

I topped the panel with the Tic Tac Toe die and embellished it with leaves and that cute little Happy Turkey stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers.

Nothing is finished without a sprinkle of pretty sequins- 6mm Lemon Meringue, 6mm Lemon Drop, 4mm Lemon Drop!

Make sure to join us again tomorrow for another day of Thanksgiving inspiration!

Hello, everyone! Amy Y.  here for Day 1 of our Thanksgiving Theme Week. Today, I’m sharing a die-cut inlay card that features the Stitched Foliage Dies.

To begin, I trimmed Bristol paper to an A2 sized panel. Using the Stitched Foliage Dies, I die-cut the panel as shown. I inked the cut out leaves using a blending tool and Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon, Vintage Photo, Festive Berries, Barn Door and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks. I inked the panel with Antique Linen, and added splatters of Distress Inks (mixed with water) with the colors that I used on the leaves.

I stamped the sentiment “Giving Thanks” from the Giving Thanks stamp set with VersaFine Vintage Sepia Ink. Afterwards, I adhered the panel to a top folding card base and glued on the inked leaves. Then, I sprayed the panel with a gold shimmer mist to add shine and texture. I added few sequins from 4mm Autumn Harvest to finish the card.

Die-cut inlay cards are great for adding interest without dimension. This fairly flat card will only need one postage stamp for easy mailing. Thanks for stopping by!

Today I’m excited that we have Yoonsun on the blog sharing a look at two of our new dies releasing on November 1st. Plus, you get another stunning sample using the new Wild Rose stamp set!

To create this card:
1. Cut white card stock to 4 ¼” x 11” and create a side-fold card.
2. Cut watercolor paper to 5 ½” x 4 ¼” using rectangle panel die.
3. Stamp flowers and leaves from the Wild Rose set on watercolor panel using dark brown pigment ink.
4. Watercolor the stamped images & background with Distress inks and water brush.
5. Die cut the word “Thank you Script” from white card stock.
6. Mount the watercolored flower panel on white card base using double-sided tape. Add the “Thank you” die cut on the centre of the panel using fine tip glue pen.
7. Embellish with a few Metallic Gold sequins to finish it off.

On this next card, Yoonsun shows off the new Joy Shaker in a holiday card and also brings out some “older” Pretty Pink Posh products. When we design products, we always keep in mind how you can mix and match our new and old items and this card is proof that it can happen seamlessly!

To create this card:
1. Ink blend on watercolor paper panel with some Distress inks: Mermaid Lagoon, Faded Jeans, and Seedless Preserves.
2. Die cut the Joy Shaker from white card stock five times, and then stack them up using fine tip glue pen.
3. Die cut stitched scalloped border from white card stock using the Stitched Borders 2 Die.
4. Stamp & Watercolor polar bear, eskimo girl from the Winter Wonderland set, then die cut them with the matching dies.
5. Stamp & Watercolor two Christmas birds from the Christmas Friends set, then die cut them with the matching dies.
6. Die cut a bow from red card stock using the Twine and Bows Dies.
7. Mount the ink blended panel on white card base using double-sided tape first, and then added white ink splatters.
8. Add all elements as shown to the card front using foam tape.
9. Add Sparkling Clear Snowflakes & 3mm Sparkling Clear sequins using glossy accents to finish it off.

We hope you’ve enjoyed the sneak peeks these last few days. Be sure to visit the blog tomorrow as we do our reveal of all the new products and also allow you to purchase the complete bundle a day early (at a discount)!