Hi friends Debbie here and I’m back with the new Seashell Wreath set from the newest release. Whenever my daughter goes on a tropical trip she will collect the sand from the beaches. And the seashells on the wreath made me think of the time she was able to collect small seashells with her sand for her bottle.
So to start off with my card, I stamped the Seashell Wreath setonto Copic friendly cardstock. Along with the slightly larger individual Seashells in the set.
Once the coloring was done I cut them out with the Summer Wreath coordinating Dies. Adding Foam squares to the back of the Wreath and the individual shells.
Next for the panel, with the new Chevron Pierced PlateI die cut it out using Neenah Solar White Cardstock.
To add a nice Melon color and frame up the wreath I used the largest Notched Square Die. Before I adhered the wreath to the Notched Square die cut, I needed a sentiment.
Using the Sentiment Strips:Summer I placed the Notched Square and the Wreath in my Misti for placement. Stamping out the Happy Summer in Black ink.
Knowing I would have a bow hanging down from the top of the wreath. There are so many options for bows with Pretty Pink Posh. I used the bow from the last release, Floral Wreath Builder Set. Another option is the Beautiful Bows Die Set.
After I adhered it all together I realized it needs some Seafoam Pearls. How appropriately named are they!? Especially in the center of the Starfish over the bow.
Thanks for stopping by and stay crafty my friends!
Hi friends! It’s Sophie and I am back today to share a fun card I made featuring some of the new June release items. Let’s check it out!
For my card I wanted to feature some fun and vibrant colors that summer at the beach is known for. I actually rarely use purple so this really helped me stretch my creative energy!
To start, I stenciled a background using the newLayered Coral Stencils in three shades of purple, pink, and aqua over white cardstock. I overlapped the colors to create a more seamless blend. Once finished, I actually just took the blending brushes and used whatever ink was left over to do a light wash over the whole paper so that the background was not as stark white.
Then, I spent some time die cutting the Stitched Coral Dies out of various coordinating colors of cardstock. I also cut an Eyelet Circleout of Vellum for a place to ground my images. I also cut a little bank of sand using the same Eyelet Circle as well as the new Shoreline Borders. I really like this border set because the waves are really unique and can be used for non-ocean/beach themed cards as well. I think they would make great snowbanks or just abstract borders for scenes on cards!
I hope this was inspiring for you! I’d love to know below if you’ve ever been scuba diving/snorkeling – this card makes me want to go to the ocean for sure! :)
Hello, it’s Gemma here and today I’m sharing a clean and simple card using the new Spring Floral die set. There are 3 different styles of flowers in this set and I decided to focus on the daffodils.
I chose some different colours of yellow card, along with sparkle white and spring green, then die cut the pieces from the Spring Floral die set. These flowers are quick and easy to assemble.
Next, I used the Notched Squares die setto die cut a navy and white striped background piece. I also die cut a navy frame, by using two of the Notched Square dies together.
On an A2 card base, I stamped a sentiment from the Sentiment Strips: Birthday stamp set. I adhered the background and frame above, then tucked the flowers into the frame, adhering with liquid glue to finish.
I hope this card inspired you. Thanks for stopping by!
Hello crafty friends, Marine here with you today, back to take you to the beach and have some fun building a giant sandcastle! As always, I created a very textured background and added a few seashells in the corners, but this Sandcastle Shaker is totally self-sufficient and is definitely the star of the show, or should I say the star of the beach!
I started off by cutting a Chevron Pierced panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock, I placed the Watercolor Oval stencil on top, and covered the middle of my panel with antique linen oxide ink to create sand. I applied a little bit of vintage photo oxide ink on the edges to darken the sand a little bit, mixed the colors with my blending tools, and then added a subtle pattern to this sand section using the Mini Polka Dots stencil along with vintage photo oxide ink. At that point I knew that most of the sand would be hidden behind a vellum panel, but the polka dot pattern is cute and we still can see it through the vellum. I splattered water on the panel and dried it with a paper towel, mixed some vintage photo oxide ink with water and used a small brush to add brown splatters all over the sand section, and then did the same with copic opaque white ink.
I removed the Watercolor Oval stencil, and once the sand was dry, I temporarily taped the mask that comes with the Watercolor Oval stencil to the sand section using pieces of rolled-up washi tape at the back of the mask. I covered the rest of the panel with salvaged patina oxide ink, and created a seashell pattern using the Layered Seashells stencils: with stencil #1, I applied peacock feathers oxide ink with a very light hand, and with stencil #2 I applied the same ink but with a heavier hand to make the seashell details stand out. Just like the sand section, I added texture to my seashell border, starting with water splatters. Next I mixed some peacock feathers oxide ink with water and used my slim brush to add more splatters to the seashells, and I did the same with white ink. To finish my background, I wanted to add a foam effect along the sand edges, so I first used a sponge dauber and applied copic opaque white ink on those edges, and then I used the rounded end of a brush to add more ink. And when my panel was dry, I attached it to a light blue card base.
I used Seashell Border dies to cut six seashells out of colored cardstock, picked matching distress inks and applied ink to the edges of each seashell, mixed those distress inks with water and added splatters to the seashells. I did the same with white ink, set them aside to dry, and then worked on my Sandcastle Shaker. Here are the steps I followed to build it:
1. Cut a Sandcastle Shaker frame out of kraft cardstock using the main die and the small insert dies 2. Applied vintage photo distress ink to the edges of the castle, and added white and brown splatters 3. Cut a whole Sandcastle Shaker out of acetate, and attached the castle frame on top using liquid glue 4. Flipped the castle over, added foam strips all around it and on the middle sections as well, creating four different “rooms” 5. Poured Chocolate shaker beads inside each “room” 6. Cut a whole Sandcastle Shaker out of beige pattern paper, splattered white ink all over it 7. Peeled all the backing papers off the foam strips 8. Attached the beige castle to the foam strips to totally close the Sandcastle Shaker
I decorated the front of my sandcastle with brown gingham roofs and white glitter flags on top of each roof. Next I cut a large Eyelet Circle panel out of vellum, added white splatters all over it, stuck my Sandcastle Shaker on top right in the middle using 1mm foam squares, attached the vellum panel to my card using 1mm foam squares again, and added seashells on the corners.
For my greetings, I started by cutting the Summer Script twice: out of dark aqua cardstock and out of white cardstock. I attached the dark aqua word on top of the white word using liquid glue, shifting them a little bit to create a white border, and then stuck my Summer Script to the Sandcastle Shaker using liquid glue as well. Next I white heat embossed “Sending good vibes” from Sentiment Strips: Summer on light blue cardstock, trimmed it into a slim banner using a Sentiment Strips die, and attached that banner to the castle using foam squares.
Finally, I applied glossy accents to the Summer Script to make it super shiny, with kind of a wet effect, and added sparkles to the seashells using white blizzard nuvo drops. And that’s it!
Thank you so much for stopping by, and see you next time!
Hey crafty friends! I’m Rebecca Keppel and when it comes to three dimensional or interactive cards, I am hopeless if I need to do any measuring at all! That’s why I love Pretty Pink Posh’s die sets like the Shadow Box Dies. There is no measuring required! You die cut all the pieces that you need (which are all included in this set) and adhere everything together. That includes both sides of the box as well as decorative rectangles for the window and decorative edges for the “shelves” or layers of the shadow box.
It is so quick and easy to create the shadow box that you can spend more time decorating it! I added some of the Stitched Humingbird Dies. Cutting them out of colorful cardstock really popped off the greens and blues I used for my shadow box.
Welcome Pretty Pink Posh friends, Annette Allen here with you today and I am so excited to be guest designing for the June release. I hope you are ready for all the summer fun this release has to offer. It is time to shake it up with a fun seashell shaker card, so let’s get started.
Create card from white cardstock A2 size.
On a white A2 panel stencil the new Layered Seashells stencil using your favorite Red, Yellow, Green, Blue and Purple ink pads. Don’t be afraid of layering the colors as it will give those seashells a fun color blend.
Adhere your stenciled background to your card using liquid glue or a tape runner.
Die cut the Seashell Shaker die on teal cardstock. I used a shimmer teal cardstock. The back of the shaker on white cardstock and for the window instead of clear acetate, let’s use vellum.
Adhere all your elements to create the shaker and fill it with the new Underwater Mix.
Now that we have a shaker let’s adhere it to the lower part of the card at an angle using liquid glue.
Stamp the sentiment You Are Spe-shell from the new Seashells stamp set on white cardstock, using black ink and then die cut using the coordinating Seashells dies. Die cut the coordinating die two more times on white cardstock and adhere it to the stamped die cut sentiment. This give the sentiment a little dimension. Adhere the sentiment to the Seashell shaker using foam tape.
Stamp the sentiment Enjoy Your Day from the new Sentiment Strips Summer stamp set on white cardstock using black ink. Die cut the sentiment out using the Sentiment Strips dies and adhere the sentiment to the seashell shaker using foam tape.
Nothing like a seashell shaker card… right? Make sure to check out all the inspiration from the design team using the new release. It is Shell-tastic.
Hello crafty friends, Barbara here! I’m sharing a fun and colorful project using the new Stitched Seashell dies. I began with an A2 size card base made from smooth white card stock.
I then trimmed down a piece of light blue card stock to create a textured background panel that would be slightly smaller than the card base. Using the new Summer Words stencil I added texture paste over the top with a pallet knife.
I set that aside to dry completely while I cut all the gorgeous seashells dies to use for my project . I cut them from white card stock and then used distress ink and a foam blending tool to add lots of color. I added them to the stenciled panel with foam squares.
Last, I cut the new Summer Script dieout of more white card sock and added over the seashells for a fun summer themed card.
I hope that this card inspired you to play with this fun Summer collection. Thanks for stopping by!
Hello crafty friends! It’s June here, and today I’m on the blog to tell you a bit more about a card I made using the newest release. It’s a simple one, but definitely my favorite I’ve created this month!
First of all, I can’t be the only one that’s excited about a new addition to the wreath stamps right? I loved all the themed wreaths from back in the day, and seeing the newSeashell Wreath stamp set made me SO excited! For my color palette I used very soft colors, mostly beiges with some touches of pastel purple, yellow and pink.
I stamped even more shells from the Seashells stamp set and used the same colors as I did for the wreath for each type of shell or coral. I put some inside of the wreath and some on the bottom, trying to make sure the colors look balanced.
For my background, I used the largest of the Stitched Torn Rectangle dies, because it just adds such a nice detail to each card. I used Antique Linen Distress Oxide to add color to my panel. I put more color towards the edges, so the center would remain lighter. To make it look even more like sand, I took the same Distress Oxide and splattered it across my panel, also focussing it mostly around the edges.
To finish of my card, I used the scripted sentiment that’s in the Seashells stamp set and put it in the center of the wreath. This ended up being a rather simple card to create, but I love the way it turned out! I’m all for colorful cards, but more neutral colored cards like this one are so up my alley!
I hope to see you again soon, bye for now! Happy crafting!
Hello crafty friends! Christina here to share a sparkly, beach-inspired card using big, beautiful die cuts from the new Stitched Seashells and Stitched Coral sets. I used Copic markers to add shading and dimension to the die cuts, added a little sparkle, and then arranged them on a Chevron Pierced background panel. So easy and so pretty! Let’s dive in!
To create the background panel for the die cuts, I ran the Chevron Pierced Plate and aqua blue cardstock through my die cutting machine. Before mounting the pierced panel on a slightly larger aqua blue cardstock panel, I splattered it with a little thinned white gouache paint.
Next, I die cut the seashells and coral elements for my card design from colored cardstock using a tropical-inspired color palette. I chose a jade and chartreuse green, a pale yellow, salmon, peach, and ivory cardstock. After die cutting them, I added shading and dimension with Copic markers, and to add a little sparkle to the die cuts, I outlined the stitching detail with Diamond Stickles. Finally, I arranged them on my background panel and attached them with either glue or foam squares, depending on their placement and if they overlapped other die cuts.
To finish things up, I heat embossed a Friend Greeting and a Summer Sentiment with white embossing powder on the same aqua blue cardstock I used for the background. Then I die cut them with the coordinating die and a sentiment strip die before attaching them to my card front using more foam squares. The final detail was to add a few sequin embellishments from the Spring Meadow Mix.
Thanks for reading about my beach-inspired card design featuring some of the beautiful new die sets in the latest summer-themed collection. Happy crafting!
Hello there everyone, this is Nicky with you today on the Pretty Pink Posh blog where I’m sharing a fun and beachy shaker card showcasing amazing products from the June release.
I took a panel of white cardstock and over this I layered the new Seashell Background Stencil. Through it, I ink blended softly using a combination of Distress Oxide Inks in Tea Dye, Speckled Egg, Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade and Saltwater Taffy. I concentrated my blending on each shell or starfish in the design and then with the excess on my blending brush I’d work a little outside the lines also and ensured that everything softly ‘melted’ together.
I removed the stencil and glued this panel to my card base.
I used the Shoreline Borders Dieto create a sandy edge which I ink blended with more of the Tea Dye ink. I stamped the sentiment which was taken from the new Beach Fun stamp setand then I backed this sandy strip with some extra think dimensional foam tape and adhered to the background. I made sure to not place the foam tape where I was going to want to tuck the sand bucket shaker.
I die cut sturdy white cardstock about 5 times using the newSand Bucket Shaker Die to make a stack of the outline pieces and one of the full background shape.
I ink blended a little bit of pink to the background bucket piece and then glued the outline die cuts in a stack, reserving one. I sprinkled in the new Paradise Shaker Beads, sealed it with acetate and then added the final outline.
I glued the Sand Bucket Shaker to the card background at a playful angle and added the handle.
For the finishing touch, I die cut the spade from theSand Bucket die set. I did this three times. Once from pink cardstock, once from sparkling pink cardstock and once more in white. When I glued the pieces together I slightly offset the sparkling die cut so that you just get a glimpse of it on the right hand side. I highlighted the spade and tucked it in with the bucket and adhered with glue.
The finishing touch was just the addition of a few sparkling clear sequinsand then this project was done.
