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Tutorial: Watercolor Birdies

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Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends!

Heather here from Houses Built of Cards. I’m delighted to be sharing a photo tutorial showing how to recreate these bright shaker cards – similar to one I made for the recent release hop with PPP. Be warned – this is a picture heavy post, but hopefully it is clear and easy to follow!

I started off by choosing a couple of plaid pattern papers – these will be trimmed to an A2 cardfront size – then trimming some watercolor cardstock to approximately 3 1/2″ by 4 3/4″.

Next, I stamped the birdies and branches using Birdie Friends and Birdie Friends Coordinating Dies, colored with Copic makers, and used the coordinating die cuts. They are so easy to line up – I use a small piece of Post-it Tape to hold the die in place while I run it through my die cut machine.

Next, I added a rough watercolor wash to the background, allowed it to dry well, then carefully laid my elements in place – NO adhesive now please! This just helped me line-up to stamp my sentiments, as well as those cute little musical notes, and have them placed perfectly when I finish assembling my shaker. The Scallop Circles were die cut out of black cardstock – I just love how this makes them pop!

Then, remove the frame and die cut images, and add a simple row of machine stitching around the edge. I love using my sewing machine to sew on paper!

Next, I use some good sturdy adhesive to adhere my watercolor panel to my trimmed pattern paper. I like to use Scor-tape – you don’t want the watercolor paper peeling up on these cards, or one side of your shaker will pop open and leak out.

Now, to make the clear acetate window – I use a sharpie to trace around the Scallop Circles dies on my acetate.

Then when cutting, make sure and trim inside the line you marked – this way it will fit behind your scallop frame without showing around the outside.

Adhere together – again using a nice sturdy adhesive – I love the slim 1/8″ width of Score tape. You can easily curve it around the frame, and when you remove the paper, all those curved edges will adhere flat once you press the acetate on.

Next step is foam tape, to make sure there is room for your shaker elements to move. For the large scallop circle frame, I suggest cutting a 12″ long piece, then trim into thirds lengthwise.

The easiest way to attach the foam to the die cut frame is to remove the paper backing first – then it easily curves around the shape of the circle – so much less stressful then trying to bend the paper around! (And believe me – I’ve tried both!)

Once you have your windows ready, add a good dose of your shaker filling right on top of your card front – I’m using Iridescent Mini Heart Confetti and Iridescent Mini Star Confetti – then press your window over the top firmly before shaking it around to settle it all into place.

Finally, a bit of sturdy glue – my favorite is Ranger Multi Medium Matte, because it dries to a mat finish, so if a tiny bit leaks out, you’ll never see it! Use sparingly though – you don’t need much! Attach the branch and birdie to the front of your window and let dry.

That’s it! Here is a close up of each of these cards:

Unlimited color combos based on your pattern paper too!

Lawn Fawn Plaid Paper: Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
Distress Watercolor Cardstock: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
Gansai Tambi Watercolors: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
Scor-Tape: Amazon // Simon Says Stamp
Foam Tape (extra large roll): Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!

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Creating A Pop-Up Card

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Hello everyone, Joni here sharing another quick tutorial. Today I’ll be sharing how to create your own simple pop–up card that you can use for any occasion.

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To begin, I die-cut some of the large oval from Scallop Ovals dies 5 times and distressed one of the middle part using PTI Melon Berry. Then I glued the scallop on top of the other like the photo above to give it more dimension. The sentiment “cheer up friend” I used for the front of the card is from the new Birdie Friends stamp set, but the cute birdie stamp I used for the front of the card is the Birdie Notes stamp set. The other cute birdies you see below are from the Birdie Friends as well. They were watercolored using my all time fave ZIG Clean Color Real Brush in the 60 pack and then die-cut using Birdie Notes coordinating dies and Birdie Friends coordinating dies.

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To create my pop-up card I measured the inside card a little bit smaller than an A2 card and created my pencil guide to were to cut and fold like the image below.

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After cutting your desired pop-up stand, you can push them inside like the image below. These stand will hold your image for the inside of the card.

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When you open the card this how it will look inside, now you are ready to glue your die-cut images.

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This is how they look after gluing them inside, aren’t they cute?

The bow die-cut that you see on the birdie’s head is from the Holiday Pals coordinating dies just in case you are wondering. The “sending hugs” sentiment is also from the Birdie Friends stamp set.

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Here’s another look from the inside…

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I hope you guys enjoyed this tutorial and are inspired to create your own. Have a wonderful week!

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DIY Framed Art

Hi friends, Lisa here today!

I have a fun framed project featuring the Sweet Pea Sequins Mix along with the Birdie Friends & Birdie Notes stamp sets.

I selected frames with matting included. You’ll see this has space for three photos.

I cut two panels of patterned paper, and two from white cardstock. The white panels were dry embossed with a floral pattern. These were added to the two mats with tape runner adhesive.

Next came the stamped images from Birdie Friends and Birdie Notes. After stamping and coloring them, they were die cut using the coordinating die sets (Birdie Friends & Birdie Notes). I’ve also used the little leafy sprig from the Holiday Pals stamp set and the coordinating die.

The fun began here with the placement of the images! I added the two black and white photos then the Sweet Pea Sequins. This will be a little gift to my granddaughter for her nursery!

We hope that today’s post and project inspired you to think outside of cards and stretch your stamps, dies and embellishments; the possibilities are endless!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

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Creating Ink Swatches + Giveaway

Well hello everyone, it’s Nina-Marie here! I’m so glad you’ve stopped by the Pretty Pink Posh blog. Today I have a fun video tutorial for you featuring an idea on how you can use your Pretty Pink Posh Mini Tag dies to create your very own custom ink swatches!

I love being able to create attractive yet functional organization solutions for my creative space; my craft room is evidence of that. I find that the Mini Tag dies are the perfect size for using as ink swatches that allow me to keep my ink colors organized and handy as I am creating.

In my video tutorial, I am going to walk you through how I created these tags very simply. Depending on how large your ink collection is, you’ll probably spend a little bit of time die cutting but it goes by pretty quickly, especially if you’re watching a movie or something while you pass the dies through your die cutting machine over and over!

For the swatch ring, I used a large hoop earring that I found at my craft store. I chose this particular ring system because I love the flip-clasp closure of the hoop, which allows easy access to the ink swatches and keeps them secure when I want them all to stay on the ring. However, you can use whatever type of ring you prefer to hold your swatches. You can also find similar, inexpensive hoop earrings in the jewelry section of local box stores like Target, Walmart, etc, or purchase binder rings in the office section or on Amazon HERE.

To see how I created this ink swatch tag ring, be sure to watch the video below! If you enjoy, be sure to give this video a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel.

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Nina-Marie did such a great job showing how just a few products (that is in most of our craft areas) can be used to organize our inks. If you’re interested in any of the products she mentioned, we have linked them below to make it easier for you!

Mini Tag Dies
Brother P Touch label maker
3/8” white P Touch tape
Mini Misti: Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
Big Shot: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
Butterfly Dreams stamp set: Simon Says Stamp // Reverse Confetti

We wanted to have a giveaway in this post for the brand new Mini MISTI tool for those who want to create their own ink swatches, or use on your paper craft projects. Enter the giveaway to win one of these handy tools, along with the versatile Mini Tags die set!

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If you have any questions about this post, feel free to leave it in the comments! Thanks so much for stopping by and spending some time with me; I’ll see you again soon!

xoxo, Nina-Marie

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Adorable Birdie Inspiration

Happy Monday!

I’m so excited to share these two adorable cards by Liz on the blog today. She always has such creative and vibrant cards and I know you’ll love these cards, too. Let’s dive right into her post…

For this first card, I used these fabulous new Scallop Circles Dies as it’s hard to resist not to use with all the amazing stitched details. Plus, I love how it cuts through the cardstock with a clean cut. Also, I used the new Birdie Friends stamp set as it’s so versatile with all the sentiments and cute images.

In addition, I pulled out this adorable bird from the Birdie Notes collection which I water colored using Zig Clean Color Real Brush to create another shaker card.

I’m head over heels about this new sequin Easter mix so I wanted to make sure to use again. Also, if you notice, I have some little flowers on the acetate. This is from the Spring Flower mix and thought it went perfect with this Hello Friend card.

Can you tell what else is new? It’s these tiny mini scallop borders from the new Stitched Borders 4 collection and let me say, these are absolutely wonderful and beautiful clean cuts.

On this next card, I had more fun using the new Stitched Borders 4 collection with these big stitched scallop borders, so I cut several of them using card stock from the Sweet Treats pack of Simon Says Stamp.

Next, I cut a strip of green apple cardstock to place on top of all the scallops, but since I wanted it with stitches, I pulled out the Stitched Borders 2 die set and used the stitched row.

As I was creating this card, I wanted something underneath the little bird, so I pulled out Stitched Photo Frames and die cut the largest one. Not only do you get a frame, but also this amazing small stitched rectangle which was the perfect size for this card!

Next, I water colored this adorable bird and little chick from the new Birdie Friends stamp set along with the matching coordinating dies which made it easy to cut the images out and pop them up for dimension. The tiny little bow is from the Holiday Pals set. Last but not least, I added the sentiment and some 4mm Sparkling Clear sequins.

I hope you all enjoyed today’s post and these cards by Liz. Join us on Wednesday as we’ll have a super fun post sharing how to organize/ swatch your ink pads, along with a video.

Have a great start to your week!

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Product Release Blog Hop Winners

Hello there!

I have a quick post announcing the winners from the Product Release Blog Hop. I didn’t want this post to get overlooked while we had our Easter theme week, so thanks for waiting a few extra days!

Without further ado, here are the two winners…

Ladies, please email me within 7 days and I’ll send over the gift certificates so you can shop!

A giant thank you to everyone who left comments on the blog hop and for the special guests and designers who shared their amazing inspiration. I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

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Easter Theme Week- Day 5

Hi there everyone, it’s Nina-Marie here today to share a fun, half-circle window scene card with you as part of our Easter theme week!

I love creating scenes and the new Pretty Pink Posh Window Frame dies are perfect for making something a bit different shape then the usual full-circle windows.

To start off, I have used the Lawn Fawn Happy Easter stamp set to create the images for my scene; I stamped them all onto white cardstock using black ink and colored them all with Copics. I’ve got the colors broken out below for easy reference:

Bunny: Eoooo, E50, E30, E31, RV00, R20, C1, C3
Bird: Y000, Y11, Y15, YR23, R20
Eggs: Y000, Y11, BG0000, BG10, RV00, RV10, G00, YG41
Tulips: RV00, RV10, Y11, Y15, BG0000, BG01
Grass (die cut) YG61, YG97, YG95, BG93

After coloring, I fussy cut everything out and added a few additional details using a white gel pen.

To put my scene together, I started off by die cutting a large panel from a Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die and the Pretty Pink Posh Window Frame die; the negative half circle piece from the window I saved for using as the background to my scene. I stamped a light yellow bunny background using the Peeps Background cling from Simon Says Stamp.

I colored the negative half circle with Cracked Pistachio distress ink and layered the following elements on top (in order): a white cloud border (Puffy Clouds border die from Lawn Fawn), a white fence (Picket Fence die from Pretty Pink Posh), and a strip of green grass (Grassy Hills border die from My Favorite Things).

I tucked all the images I colored around the window scene and laid the entire piece back inside the die cut window frame I had die cut previously. I added Wink Of Stella clear glitter, Glossy Accents and a heat embossed sentiment onto the card. And of course, I used some Pretty Pink Posh sequins and confetti to finish things off (Iridescent Mini Heart confetti and Easter Mix sequins).

If you have missed any of the previous posts, click on the photos below to see the post from that day.

I hope you have enjoyed today’s inspiration and I’m so glad you stopped by to spend some time with me! Happy Creating!

xoxo, Nina-Marie

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Easter Theme Week- Day 4

Hello and Welcome Spring! I just love this time of year…….the colors, the sounds, the weather! We continue to share the Spring and Easter theme week today.

I love the birdie in the Birdie Friends stamp set. I’ve colored the main bird, tiny eggs, and branch with Copics and die cut with the coordinating dies. The tiny nest was stamped in brown dye ink and eggs were adhered with foam adhesive.

To give this a springy look, I layered a piece of plaid pattern paper to a top folding notecard. I layered all my images onto some of the Mini Tags Dies from Pretty Pink Posh. These were adhered to the plaid notecard as flat embellishments. I adorned the branch and the birdie with some pink flowers from the Spring Flowers Mix.

If you have missed any of the previous posts, click on the photos below to see the post from that day.

Thanks so much for joining us today and hope you are enjoying a bit of Spring where you are! We’ll see you tomorrow for day 5 of Easter week!

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Easter Theme Week- Day 3

Hi everyone! It’s Carissa here. Thanks for stopping by today and for joining in all of the fun of the Pretty Pink Posh Easter Week. I have a fun little shaker card for you today, featuring that adorable little birdie from the Birdie Notes stamp set along with the Stitched Photo Frames Dies and Stitched Borders 4 Dies. Lots of Pretty Pink Posh goodness on this card.

I started out by stamping my little chick-a-dee in some black ink. I used permanent ink, as I knew I was going to watercolor this little guy with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I used Lemon Yellow, Yellow and Bright Yellow to watercolor this little guy. Rather than take the markers directly to the cardstock, I decided to pick up the ink from an acrylic block using a watercolor brush. This gave me a little more control over the intensity of the color from the get go. I knew I was going for a more watercolor look, and I didn’t want to overdo it on the first stroke. :)

I also used an egg stamp from the Simon Says Stamp Melody’s Easter stamp set. I stamped the egg in several soft spring colors. I used the Simon Says Stamp hybrid ink cubes in Lake Shores, Twirling Tutu and Willow for my eggs.

Once all my stamping and coloring was done, I used the coordinating dies to cut out my images. I usually hold my dies in place with a little micropore tape as I run them through my Big Shot. This prevents them from shifting around and eliminates the oopsies that can sometimes come with die cutting colored images.

I also cut the Stitched Photo Frames die. I used a little bit of textured cardstock for my frame. I love the…well for lack of a better word…texture that this card stock adds. A simple little touch like this can make all the difference in the world. I used the same die to cut some fun foam as well. This will allow me to create the shaker window on the front of the card and eliminates the frustration of cutting down tiny pieces of foam tape to add to the back of the die cut piece.

Building the shaker window up off of the card front is one of my favorite ways to create shakers.

I filled my shaker window with some Pretty Pink Posh goodness and some of the die cut eggs as well. I used the 4mm Sparkling Clear Sequins and the Silver Shimmer Seed Beads to create subtle shimmer inside the shaker window. I love the movement that the seed beads add inside shakers. It adds a fun noise element too that you don’t get with just sequins. I also sprinkled a few of the sequins outside of the shaker window as well.

I used the scallop edge border from the new Stitched Borders 4 die to add a fun shaped element to my card front. I also used the same border die to cut some metallic gold cardstock. I just mounted the card front slightly offset from the gold to create a beautiful double scallop edge. I embossed my greeting on the bottom of my card front using some gold embossing powder from Ranger. This ties in the gold that I used to mat my card front.

For my card base, I used the Bazzill Pale Rose card stock. This is one of my favorite pinks. It’s just so soft and subtle and very springy!

I added my shaker window to my card front and added my adorable little chick as well. I added him with foam adhesive to make him pop off of the photo frame. I also added a few of the Easter eggs on the outside of the photo frame as well. I adhered them using a mix of foam adhesive and tape runner adhesive to create depth.

So there you have it, a fun idea for an Easter card featuring a whole bunch of Pretty Pink Posh goodness, new and old. I hope you’ve enjoyed this project.

If you have missed any of the previous posts, click on the photos below to see the post from that day.

I don’t know about you, but now I’m inspired to create all sorts of cute Easter projects. I hope you’ve been inspired with our theme week so far. We still have two more days of inspiration to share!

See you tomorrow…

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National Craft Month Blog Hop

I am so excited to be blogging today and on top of that, I get to share a card I made recently!

Today’s card uses some of the brand new products in the Pretty Pink Posh Shop. I was able to sneak in some crafty time recently and boy, did I have fun! With the busyness of running the day-to-day things in the shop, I don’t often get to craft, but when I do, I remember why I started doing what I do. Give me a few days, Netflix, coffee and stamp supplies and I’m one happy girl!

When I haven’t crafted in a while (ahem, months), it usually takes a few hours to get the creativity going, but the first card I make usually is my favorite from the bunch. This card was the first card I made in the most recent craft session and I just love how it turned out.

I started off by using the Scallop Circles as my focal point and paired it with the birdie trio from the Birdie Friends set. This set is my current go-to because you can use it for so many occasions and I really put a lot of thought into the elements and sentiments. I went the route of creating a mini scene and added the mini pink flowers from the Spring Flowers Mix.

To “frame” the mini scene, I paired the larger Scallop Square and made a shaker using my favorite Sparkling Clear Mix and added some of the Sparkling Clear Seed Beads. That little addition really adds to the shaker element, since those beads are really small and delicate.

For the last finishing touch, I added two bows from the Twine and Bows die set using some silver glitter cardstock. It’s amazing how just this little addition really made the card feel and look complete. Plus, die cutting it from the glitter cardstock made the card even more special.

Did you know that it’s National Craft Month? My friends at Right At Home are having a week long link-up so YOU can share what you have made recently and possibly win a prize! I’ve donated a $25 PPP gift certificate and I know there’s lots of other fun prizes, too. If you’re hopping along in their blog hop, your next stop is Catherine Pooler!

I hope you all enjoyed my card and the blog hop. Thanks for stopping by!