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Pastel Valentine Cupcakes

Hello everyone, June here! Today I’m back with another card I made using the new release using a variety of products.

Pretty Pink Posh: Pastel Valentine Cupcakes

One thing I instantly noticed when I saw the Valentine Cupcakes stamp set is the familiar image on one of them – the bird on one cupcake matches the ones in the A Little Birdie stamp set! Stuff like this always sparks  an idea for a card.

So I went ahead and stamped some images from those 2 sets and colored them with Copic Markers. I also used some hearts from the new Decorative Hearts stamp set to make a little cluster of images to go in the center of my card.

Pretty Pink Posh: Pastel Valentine Cupcakes

For my background I used the Scallop Ovals and as always, I blended a background using Distress Oxide. I decided to use one of the stencils from the Layered Heart Lattice stencils on its own for a more subtle look. I used a blend of Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick and Saltwater Taffy to get the perfect shade of pink. For the panel behind the oval I used a bit of Lost Shadow and splattered some Hickory Smoke onto it.

Pretty Pink Posh: Pastel Valentine Cupcakes

I adhered my panels with foam tape to give it some dimension. To finish off my card, I stamped and embossed the ‘XOXO’ that’s in the Decorative Hearts stamp set I used before. 

And that’s it for today! I hope you enjoyed today’s blog post.

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Pastel Valentine Cupcake

Hi friends! It’s Dana here today with a “sweet” Valentine’s Day card to share with you all.

Pretty Pink Posh: Pastel Valentine Cupcake

I started my card by using the Big Valentine Cupcake dies along with the Valentine Mug Addition dies to create my images. I die cut the pieces from white cardstock and ink blended the individual pieces with finger daubers before assembling. I then added a few white paint splatters to my images and set them aside to dry.

Pretty Pink Posh: Pastel Valentine Cupcake

Next, I used the Layered Heart Lattice stencil (2 layers) to create my card panel.  Such a sweet stencil for Valentine’s Day, but will also make the most adorable baby card too! Once my panel was finished I die cut it with the largest Eyelet Rectangle die. I then attached my cupcake and sweets to my card panel with foam adhesive. Lastly, I used the Sentiment Strips: Valentine stamp set along with the Sentiment Strips dies for my sentiment.

Pretty Pink Posh: Pastel Valentine Cupcake

Thanks for joining me today. I hope you enjoyed my card. I just love how the Valentine Mug Addition dies can coordinate with the cupcake. It gives you so many options and fun possibilities. I can’t wait to see what you create.

Enjoy your day, Dana

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Adorable Valentine Treat Train + Video

Hi crafty friends! Carly here and I’m so excited to share my latest Valentine project with you!

I love making little treats for Valentine’s Day and when I saw the Valentine Train stamps & coordinating dies I couldn’t wait to make it into little treat boxes!

Check out this quick process video to see how I made this “treat train”…

Watch the video above  I  Watch the video in HD on YouTube

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope this project inspired you!

Day 3: January Blog Hop + New Release Now Available

If you missed Day 1 CLICK HERE //  If you missed Day 2 CLICK HERE

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I’m thrilled to be back on the blog with this Valentine card showcasing the ever so cute Valentine Train, it’s such an amazing new stamp set, and what a great addition to the Pretty Pink Posh catalog!

I started off by stamping all the images from Valentine Train on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, I cut them all using the matching dies, and colored everything using my alcohol markers using a salmon + red + brown color palette which I like a lot! And to make my card even cuter, I also stamped and colored a kitty from Cuddly Cats that I fussy cut to fit inside the empty wagon.

Next I cut a Pierced Hearts panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock, and I wanted my background to contrast with the images, so I colored the panel using tumbled glass and broken china oxide inks. I mixed some broken china oxide ink with water and used a small brush to make splatters on the paper, and then did the same with copic opaque white ink.

I white heat embossed my “I choo choo choose you” greeting from Valentine Train on black cardstock and trim it into a scalloped banner using a Sentiment Strips die, attached it in the middle of the panel using 1mm foam squares, and then stuck my images using 1mm foam squares as well.

To finish my card, I added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen, and applied some morning dew nuvo drops on the hearts to make them sparkle. And that’s it! I hope that you like this adorable Valentine card. Thank you so much for stopping by, and see you next time!

PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. We are giving away 3 $30 gift certificates to three random comments (1 winner each day) left before January 11, 2024 at 11:59 PM PST. I’ll be announcing the winners next week, so be sure to return and see if you are one of the winners.

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Barbara Tarayao
Laura Evangeline
Leanne West
Rebecca Keppel
Carly Minner
Christina Rannow
Jeannie Lieu
Amy Tsuruta
Heather Hoffman

We hope you were inspired by the three days of blog hop! Join us next week for more inspiration and we’ll be having FIVE days of Instagram hops!

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Day 2: January Blog Hop + New Release Now Available

If you missed Day 1 CLICK HERE 

Hello! It’s Lindsey here. Sometimes I make a project that I am absolutely giddy about. This is one of them! :) I love St. Patrick’s Day. It reminds me of my Irish grandmother who I absolutely adored. I don’t have very many decorations to celebrate the holiday, though. When I saw the big Shamrock Shaker die, I knew it would make a fabulous garland. And I have to say, I’m pretty smitten with the result.

This project comes together super quickly, so I hope you’ll give it a try. All you need is one die – the Shamrock Shaker

There are a couple things that make the Shamrock Shaker Dies perfect for this project: they are large in scale and symmetrical. Because of the large size, it only took 14 shamrocks to stretch across my shelf. (This would fit across my fireplace mantle as well, but at the time I made it, I had Christmas Stockings hanging. Lol.)

After cutting 14 solid white shamrocks, I cut 3 colored inner portions for each shamrock, so 81 pieces total. You could certainly layer more pieces, but 3 made it full enough for my liking. I adhered one colored layer to the white shamrock, then scored the other two down the middle (which was 1.5″).

Next, I folded both shamrock centers down the middle, layered them on top of each other, and put glue down the spine. Then, I placed them in the center of my shamrock and held them until the glue dried.  You could use any glue of choice, but I used hot glue because it dries quickly and has a strong bond. It also helps hold the shamrock centers in a permanent fanned position.

The process goes really quickly if you streamline it and do all the scoring then all the gluing. 

Finally, I arranged the shamrocks in rainbow order and adhered them to a white string. 

Ta-da!  Isn’t it fun?  Here is one last view closer up. 

I hope I’ve inspired you to create something today.  You could also use the new Stitched Hearts Dies to make a Valentine’s version of this if that’s more your thing. For that matter, you could make a garland for each season using Pretty Pink Posh’s Stitched Pumpkins, Pine Tree Dies, etc.  Just choose a die that is symmetrical, and you are good to go.    

PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. We are giving away 3 $30 gift certificates to three random comments (1 winner each day) left before January 11, 2024 at 11:59 PM PST. I’ll be announcing the winners next week, so be sure to return and see if you are one of the winners.

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Amy Rysavy
Laura Bassen
Kristie Marcotte
Marine Simon
Lisa Mears
Sindhu Prajay
Dana Kirby
Zsofia Molnar

Be sure to leave comments on all the stops- we’ll be randomly picking comments to win gift certificates. Thanks for joining us!

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Day 1: January Blog Hop + New Release Now Available

The January 2024 Release is now available in the Pretty Pink Posh Shop and select retailers that carry our products. If you missed our post yesterday, we revealed all of the products in picture form, but if you would like to see them in a video, Mindy has that for you today!

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Hello everyone, June here! Today I’m back to share a project with the brand new Valentine’s Day products.

When I saw the new release, my eye instantly went to the Heart Cover Plate die, so I just had to make a card with it right away! I used Salvaged Patina and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide to make a faded background. After that I splatted some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide and some thinned out white acrylic paint to add some detail. 

I cut some acetate to size and glued it onto my card panel. I adhered it with some thick foam tape and divided it into 6 separate windows for my shaker bits. I decided to go for the Valentine Hearts because those were my favorite from the new release. I backed it with a simple white panel.

I thought it would be cute to have a small image to fill each frame, and the Sweet Chocolates stamps were perfect for that because of their size. I stamped them in brown ink to make them appear a bit softer. I decided to go for browns, pinks and yellows as a color palette. 

I’m always so happy when I see a scripted sentiment in a set, so you just know I had to go for the one that’s included in Sweet Chocolates. I stamped it with Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide and finished off the sentiment with the rest of the phrase in the set. I also decided to add the ‘xoxo’ from the Sentiment Strips Valentine

PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. We are giving away 3 $30 gift certificates to three random comments (1 winner each day) left before January 11, 2024 at 11:59 PM PST. I’ll be announcing the winners next week, so be sure to return and see if you are one of the winners.

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Nichol Spohr
Carissa Wiley
Mindy Eggen
Caly Person
Wanda Guess
Lauren Taylor
Gemma Campbell
Jeanne Jachna

Be sure to leave comments on all the stops- we’ll be randomly picking comments to win gift certificates. Thanks for joining us!

January 2024 Product Reveal + Bundles

Hello friends! It’s time to reveal all of the products that are part of the January 3rd release.

Here’s a look at the six new stamp sets that will be available for purchase: Decorative Hearts, Valentine Cupcakes, Valentine Train, Lucky, Sentiment Strips: Valentine and Sweet Chocolates.

Here are the individual die sets that will be available: Be Mine Shadow, Hot Foil- Be Mine Script*, Lucky Shadow, Hot Foil- Lucky Script*, XOXO Heart Border, Big Valentine Cupcake, Heart Cover Plate, Pierced Hearts Plate, Shamrock Shaker, Elegant Banner Heart, Eyelet Hearts, Stitched Hearts and Stitched Shamrocks.

*The shadow dies work individually, or you can use them in conjunction with the hot foil plates!

This month we have four new stencils: Half Hearts (2 layer)Layered Heart Lattice (2 layer)Layered Shamrocks (2 layer) and Valentine Words.

There are six new embellishments this month: St. Patrick’s Day clay confetti, Colorful Hearts clay confetti, Lucky Charms clay confetti, Valentine Hearts clay confetti, Lucky Day shaker beads and Sweetheart shaker beads.

We have a limited amount of bundles available where you can buy this release in one easy click. Plus, you’ll save 15% off when you buy it all together.

Due to not everyone owning a hot foil machine, we did NOT include the hot foil plate in this bundle.

Also, for the first time ever, we broke the bundles up into holidays- Valentine 2024 Bundle and the St. Patrick’s Day 2024 Bundle.

We will see you tomorrow as we show you the new products in a video and the products go live individually. Plus, we’ll kick off our three day blog hop!

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Sneak Peek: January 2024 Dies

Good morning! It’s Lindsey here, and I’m super excited to give you a peek of some of the amazing new dies releasing this month. There is lots of Valentine’s and St. Patrick’s Day goodness, but many things that you can reach for all year. 

New release will be available January 3rd

Sneak Peek: January 2024 Dies

My first card features five new die sets. The stars of the show are the new Stitched Hearts Dies. This set has such a great variety of sizes and patterns. I die cut them in several shades of pink and purple and blended ink on the edges.  

Sneak Peek: January 2024 Dies

Then I used words from the new Elegant Banner Heart Dies to turn them into conversation hearts.  Because the letters cut individually I was even able to create a few words of my own.  

Sneak Peek: January 2024 Dies

I mounted them all the hearts on a card base cut with the new Pierced Hearts Die. (I love it and know I will reach for it often!) I also added a few tiny white hearts from the XOXO Border Die. After splattering on some white paint, I was ready to add the new Be Mine Shadow Die for my sentiment. Hooray for more dies in this line-up! I love their larger size and that I can use them separate or layered.

Sneak Peek: January 2024 Dies

Next up is a card that has had me smiling for a month. My Irish grandmother made St. Patrick’s Day a really special day for my family, so I was thrilled to see Pretty Pink Posh create some more St. Patrick’s Day products.  I started by covering my card base with Stitched Shamrocks. Like the Stitched Hearts, they come in a variety of sizes and cute patterns.  

Sneak Peek: January 2024 Dies

Next I created this fabulous cupcake. I’m pretty sure I squealed when I saw the Big Valentine Cupcake Dies. The size is perfect, and I know it is going to be a staple for me. It is big enough to be the focal point on a card or to be a tag, and I’m pretty sure everyone I know will be getting cupcake tags on their birthday gifts this year. 

Sneak Peek: January 2024 Dies

After I pieced together the cupcake, I added glitter and sprinkles using the new Lucky Day Shaker Beads and St. Patrick’s Day Mix Confetti. Then I topped it with a glittery shamrock (the smallest die in the Stitched Shamrocks set).

Sneak Peek: January 2024 Dies

I finished my card with a two-part sentiment using the new Lucky Shadow Dies and a sentiment from the Lucky stamp set that I embossed on a Sentiment Strip Die. I’m looking forward to using this sentiment combo all year.  There are many people I feel blessed to know. :)  

Thanks so much for joining me today! This release is packed with dies, so even though I’ve used a bunch on my cards today, there are even more to get excited about!

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Sneak Peek: January 2024 Stencils

Hi, friends! It’s Lauren and I am so excited to be sharing a sneak peek at two of the new stencils that will be released. It was hard to pick which two to create with first, but I absolutely love the new Half Hearts Stencils and Layered Shamrocks Stencils so here are two cards with these stencil sets to inspire you today!

New release will be available January 3rd

Sneak Peek: January 2024 Stencils

For the first, heart-filled card, I used the Half Hearts Stencils on a light pink cardstock and used the (A) stencil with Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide. For the (B) stencil, I added Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide for the larger hearts and Game Over Lunar Paste for the smaller hearts. Once the background was dry, I used the largest Eyelet Rectangle Die to cut it down to fit on my A2 card base.

Sneak Peek: January 2024 Stencils

The base has a silver shimmer cardstock, the stenciled background is popped up with foam adhesive and then I added some die cut hearts from the new Stitched Hearts Dies and a sentiment using the Sentiment Strip Dies and the new Sentiment Strips: Valentine Stamp Set.

Sneak Peek: January 2024 Stencils

Switching color schemes, let’s move on to the lucky shaker card! I used the Layered Shamrock Stencils on light grey cardstock and started with the (A) stencil and Lucky Clover Distress Oxide. Then I inked the (B) stencil with Ripe Mango Cloud 9 Interference Ink. I added a little bit of gold watercolor splatter to really make the background shine!

Sneak Peek: January 2024 Stencils

When it was dry, I used the largest Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die to cut it out and layered it onto a green cardstock with foam adhesive that was adhered to an A2 card base. I made a shaker with the new Shamrock Shaker Dies, St. Patrick’s Day Mix, and Lucky Day Shaker Beads. After assembling the shaker onto the card, I also added a Hot Foil – Lucky sentiment with gold foil onto yellow cardstock and cut it with the Lucky Shadow Dies.

Sneak Peek: January 2024 Stencils

I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek of the new Half Hearts Stencils and Layered Shamrocks Stencils. I hope you’re excited for this new release just as I was to receive these stencils to give you inspiration today!

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Sneak Peek: St. Patrick’s Day Products

Hello, Gemma here today and I’m excited to share a sneak peek of the new Lucky stamp set along with some of the other St Patrick’s Day products from the upcoming January release.

New release will be available January 3rd

Sneak Peek: St. Patrick's Day Products

For my first card, I used images from new Lucky stamp set to create a fun background pattern. All the images are coloured with copic markers, and I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

Sneak Peek: St. Patrick's Day Products

Before adhering the images to my A2 card base, I die cut the new Lucky Shadow Die from gold glitter card. I’m just using the scripty word layer from the die set on this card, but there’s a shadow layer included too. I added a couple of layers behind it for dimension.

Copic colours:

Clover: G14 G07; Horseshoe: Y13-15; Coins: Y15-17; Stars: Y13; Hat: G14 G07 G17 N5-7 Y15; Pot of Gold: N5-7 Y15-17; Rainbow: R85 YR14 Y13 BG000

Sneak Peek: St. Patrick's Day Products

To complete the sentiment, I stamped a greeting from the new Lucky stamp set above. I then arranged and adhered the images around the card to create the colourful background pattern.

My second card features the new Shamrock Shaker die, Layered Shamrocks stencil set, the Lucky Charms clay confetti mix, and the Hot Foil Lucky plate.

Sneak Peek: St. Patrick's Day Products

I created the background using the Layered Shamrocks stencil set. There are 2 layers and I used Lucky Clover distress oxide ink and Nuvo Golden Era Glacier Paste.

Sneak Peek: St. Patrick's Day Products

Next, I die cut the main die with the inner frame of the Shamrock Shaker from green glitter card, along with several layers of green card to build up the walls of my shaker. I then removed the inner frame die and used just the main die to cut an acetate piece and a back panel.

I added some of the fun Lucky Charms clay confetti mix before sealing closed my Shamrock Shaker.

Sneak Peek: St. Patrick's Day Products

Before adhering my stenciled panel to an A2 card base, I wrapped a piece of vellum horizontally across the centre and secured at the back of the panel. The vellum helps to soften the background where the Shamrock Shaker will sit.

Sneak Peek: St. Patrick's Day Products

For the sentiment, I foiled the new Hot Foil Lucky plate with Speckled Aura glimmer foil. I used the Lucky Shadow Die to cut it out and added a couple of layers for dimension. I adhered this across my shaker to finish.

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you enjoyed my cards. Come back tomorrow for another look at the upcoming release!