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Valentine Theme Week- Day 5

Valentine Theme Week- Day 5

Hello crafty friends, Lisa Mears here. For my card today, I’m using the Layered Valentine Hearts stencil to make a card that looks like the conversation hearts candy that is popular for Valentine’s Day.

**All items in the Valentine section are 15% off during theme week**

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The Layered Valentine Hearts stencil is a four layer stencil which includes the heart shapes (Layer A), the dots for the hearts (Layer B), the stripes for the hearts (Layer C), and the words (Layer D). This pack of stencils has so much versatility because you can pick and choose which stencils you want to use. For example, you can use just the Layer A stencil to get a background full of hearts. You can also use the Layer A stencil with the hearts and add a design to the hearts with the dots from Layer B and the stripes from Layer C. You can also use all four stencils together to get the conversation hearts background as shown in the picture below.

Valentine Theme Week- Day 5

While inking stencil Layer A, I masked off each row in order to get different colors of ink for each row of hearts. I used the Scrapbook.com Hybrid inks in the following colors: Pink Flamingo Ink, Pear, Parisian Purple, Sky Blue, Lantern Light, and Orange Cream.

Valentine Theme Week- Day 5

I used the same color inks to add the dots (Layer B) and stripes (Layer C), just adding a little more ink to make it look darker on top of the solid heart shape. For Layer D, I used Scrapbook.com Cardinal Red ink to add a red ink color to the words.

For the sentiment, I hot foiled the word Hugs from rainbow hot foil using the Hot Foil Large Hugs and die cut it with the coordinating Large Hugs Shadow. I used the Scallop Border to die cut a border from pattern paper and added it to the left side of the stenciled cardstock.

Valentine Theme Week- Day 5

I added the Blue Sky Pearls and Lilac Pearls to the card front and added it to an A2 size card base.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a sweet day!
Lisa Mears

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Valentine Theme Week- Day 4

Valentine Theme Week- Day 4

Hello friends! It’s Leica here on the PPP Blog. Today I am sharing a Valentine box card die filled with the Heart Critters stamp set. Let’s get started!

**All items in the Valentine section are 15% off during theme week**

Valentine Theme Week- Day 4

I first assembled the box card in pink cardstock. This box card die will be available on the PPP site in the next few months! For the back and side panels, I stamped the love script repeatedly in Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink. 

Valentine Theme Week- Day 4

Next, I stamped, colored, and cut the images from the Heart Critters stamp set and glued them on the inserts and front of the card. I used the following Copic Sketch Markers:

Koala – C5/3/1, R00
Leopard – E35/34/33
Panda – N7/5/3
Golds – Y26/23/21
Reds – R29/27/24/22/20

Valentine Theme Week- Day 4

For the sentiment on the front of the card, I stamped “be my valentine” and stamped and cut the love script. 

That’s all for this Valentine box card. I can’t wait for the box card die to be released. I know that you will love it too!

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Valentine Theme Week- Day 3

Valentine Theme Week- Day 3

Hi, friends! I’m Lauren and so excited to be joining the Pretty Pink Posh design team and just in time for the wonderful new release. Valentine’s Day always makes me think of flowers and chocolates so I wanted to create a card that really embodied this sweet holiday!

**All items in the Valentine section are 15% off during theme week**

Valentine Theme Week- Day 3

I started with die cutting all my different elements from the Winter Mug and Valentine Mug Addition Die Sets – this is a great way to use up any colored cardstock scraps you have been holding on to. My linked hearts are die cut out of the pink mug and I paper pieced the gold and inside pieces so it would be one layer.

The background was made using the Layered Chocolates Stencils with Distress Inks in Tea Dye, Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso. Before the final stenciled layer, I used my largest Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die to cut my cardstock. The sprinkles were added with some glittery pink stencil paste! 

Valentine Theme Week- Day 3

I needed some chocolates to go with my mug so I stamped them out from the XOXO Stamp Set with alcohol marker friendly black ink and white paper, colored them with Ohuhu Art Markers and cut them out with their Coordinating Dies. I also stamped two roses to add more details to my Valentine Mug!

Once my background and mug assembling was dry and done, I layered the stenciled background onto some cranberry red cardstock and assembled my flowers, mug and chocolates together. My mug, milk chocolate and dark chocolate candies were adhered using foam adhesive to give some dimension to the card!

Valentine Theme Week- Day 3

The final touch was to add my sentiment “Sweetest Wishes” from the XOXO stamp set. I heat embossed it on the same cranberry red cardstock with gold embossing powder to tie in with the linked hearts on the mug.

I hope this sugar filled card brings you inspiration today for Valentine Theme Week and you have the sweetest holiday, too!

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Valentine Theme Week- Day 2

Valentine Theme Week- Day 2

Hello friends! It’s Leica here and I am sharing a box card filled with beautiful potted roses from the latest PPP release. These roses are from the Potted Roses stamp set and coordinating dies are available separately. 

**All items in the Valentine section are 15% off during theme week**

Valentine Theme Week- Day 2

I’m happy to share that this box card die will be available on the Pretty Pink Posh shop soon! It includes dies for the back, front, and side panels. I can’t wait for this die to be released! I know that you will love it, too!

Valentine Theme Week- Day 2

For the back and side panels, I ink blended through the Lattice Stencil in Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink. The images are stamped, colored, and cut with coordinating dies. I used Copic Sketch markers:

Pots – E11/00/000 
Roses – R32/20, R27/24/22/20
Leaves – YG67/63/61

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I glued the potted roses on the inserts of the box card and added the sentiment on the front panel. Lastly, I added another panel in white cardstock on the back of the card.

I hope that I’ve inspired you to make some cards with the beautiful Potted Roses stamp set. Join us tomorrow for another day of Valentine inspiration!

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Valentine Theme Week- Day 1

Good morning! It’s Lindsey here, and I’m excited to be kicking things off with Valentine Theme Week! Pretty Pink Posh has lots of fabulous Valentine products to choose from and my projects today combine several older and newer items.  

**All items in the Valentine section are 15% off during theme week**

Pretty Pink Posh: Valentine Theme Week- Day 1

My littlest child completely influenced today’s projects. She has started making cards herself and loves to look through my stamps. Her favorites are always the cute critters, so I let her choose the ones she liked the best for her preschool valentines. I put these ones together, but she will most definitely be helping me make the rest.  

Pretty Pink Posh: Valentine Theme Week- Day 1

I created the valentines using the new Sweet Note die. I just love it! You can get three Sweet Notes from one 8.5×11 sheet of paper with a little leftover. After I cut valentines in several colors, I embossed the main outside panel on each with the heart from All My Love.

Pretty Pink Posh: Valentine Theme Week- Day 1

Then I die cut and attached a flag from Stitched Labels 1 to each note. The critters came next. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Valentine Theme Week- Day 1

Based off my little one’s favorites, I stamped and embossed several animals from Heart Critters and Sending Love. Then I used zig clean color real brush markers to color them. I hadn’t used these markers in a while, and it was fun to revisit them. After all the images were colored, I cut them out using the coordinating dies and popped them up with some dimensional foam. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Valentine Theme Week- Day 1

A little sprinkling of hearts from the Valentine’s Day and Sweet Love clay confetti mixes and the fronts were done.

Pretty Pink Posh: Valentine Theme Week- Day 1

I kept the backs simple but couldn’t help adding a little cuteness by stamping, die cutting, and layering different hearts from the Valentine Hearts stamp set.  

Pretty Pink Posh: Valentine Theme Week- Day 1

I attached the hearts to the center of the notch.  They look cute, and they also add a little extra security to keep the note closed if you tuck a treat inside.  

Speaking of treats, I was delighted to see that individual fruit snacks (or any snack/fun size candy package) fit perfectly inside the folded Sweet Note.  

Pretty Pink Posh: Valentine Theme Week- Day 1

Normally I would have decorated the inside of the note as well, but my little one is just learning how to write and she’ll need all that space to sign her name, so I left it blank. :)

Pretty Pink Posh: Valentine Theme Week- Day 1

Thanks so much for joining me today!  This week will be full of Valentine inspiration, so make sure to come back every day, and don’t forget to pick up some of your favorite Valentine products while they are on sale.  

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Slimline Chocolate Strawberries

Hello, friends! Lindsey here with another Valentine card showcasing the new Valentine Mug Additions. Once you start creating with these new dies, you are not going to want to stop! The creative options are endless! I must have had Christmas baking still on my mind, because I decided to go all out with my strawberry decorating on my next card. It was all the fun of baking, but a whole lot less messy. ;)

Pretty Pink Posh: Slimline Chocolate Strawberries

I created milk and white chocolate coated and sugar dusted strawberries and candies. Some are sprinkled with confetti made with the tiny hearts in the Valentine Mug Additions dies and others are sprinkled with the Valentine’s Day Mix clay confetti.

Pretty Pink Posh: Slimline Chocolate Strawberries

I also wanted to show some of the fun ways these dies mix and match. For instance, the chocolate drizzle is equally good for adorning the candies as well as the strawberries. The whipped cream dollop can also double as a meringue cookie. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Slimline Chocolate Strawberries

A bit more about how this card came together.  I started with a white card base then added a second layer, blending on pink stripes using the Pinstripe Stencil. Next, I framed the striped panel with two layers of the Slimline: Peekaboo Window Dies. A happy discovery was that the second smallest square in the new Wonky Stitched Square Dies fits perfectly inside the windows.  

Pretty Pink Posh: Slimline Chocolate Strawberries

I popped up my sugary treats with dimensional foam and finished my card off with a fitting sentiment from the new XOXO stamp set

I hope that this card inspired you to play around with the options of these new dies. They really are so fun!

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Colorful Layered Hearts

Hi friends! It’s Leica here and today I have a colorful and fun card that is very simple to make, thanks to the new layering stencils. The one I used for my card is the new Layered Valentine Hearts Stencil. With these stencils, you can easily create your own patterned paper for cards or other projects. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Colorful Layered Hearts

I cut a 5” square in white cardstock and ink blended through the “A” Layer in Spun Sugar, Dried Marigold, Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio, Tumbled Glass, and Milled Lavender Distress Oxide Inks. For Layers B and C, I used Worn Lipstick, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Evergreen Bough, Salty Ocean, and Victorian Velvet Distress Oxide Inks. With Layer D, I ink  blended through the stencil with Barn Door Distress Oxide Ink. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Colorful Layered Hearts

I then cut the Large Hugs Shadow with an extra shadow that I offset for added interest. I also stamped “& kisses” on a strip of light pink cardstock and foam mounted it under the Hugs script. By the way, the Large Hugs Shadow has a Hot Foil version! I’ve already tried it and oh my goodness, it is so much fun to play with! 

Next, I added some clay confetti here and there and glued the card panel onto a light pink 5.25” card base. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Colorful Layered Hearts

That’s all for this card. I hope that you’ll create some cards with this layering stencil. You can choose different colors or stick with a monochromatic look – totally up to you!

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day!

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Watercolor XOXO + Video

Hello crafty friends. It’s Lisa Mears here to share a card I made using the XOXO stamp set.  For my card, I’m going to add it to a watercolor background full of reds and pinks. This card is perfect for Valentine’s Day or just to send a card of love. 

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For the card background, I used a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock that I cut to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”. I created a blend of beautiful reds and pinks using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens. These pens are watercolor pens and any watercolor pens would work with this technique. I started at the top of the cardstock by adding ink from left to right with my darkest color and ended at the bottom of the cardstock with my lightest color. I added the colors in the following order: Deep Red, Carmine Red, Pink, Peach Pink, and Sugared Almond Pink. After adding the ink to the cardstock, I used a water brush to spread the ink. I love how beautifully the ink colors blended together.  Next, I flicked some gold pigment ink onto the background. I set the background aside to dry. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Watercolor XOXO + Video

I stamped the large XOXO stamp onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock and colored the images. I die cut the XOXO stamp with the coordinating dies. I added the XOXO stamp to the watercolor background. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Watercolor XOXO + Video

I stamped the sentiment “Happy Valentine’s Day“ onto vellum with Versamark ink and added gold embossing powder. 

Finally, I added the watercolor background to a piece of gold cardstock. I used gold cardstock to bring out the splatters of gold in the watercolor background and in the sentiment. Finally, I added it to an A2 card base.

Pretty Pink Posh: Watercolor XOXO + Video

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day!

Lisa Mears

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Sweet Valentine Notes

Hi crafty friends. It’s Leica here and I am sharing the cutest little notecards using the new Sweet Note Dies. It’s super easy to make and you can also adhere a small treat like the Ghirardelli Squares (you can find them on Amazon HERE) inside the notecard. 

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Pretty Pink Posh: Sweet Valentine Notes

I cut the Sweet Note Dies in patterned paper and in 3 different ways. One is with the flap on the top, one with the flap on the left side, and another with the flap on the right side. Just keep the direction of the design in mind when you cut your paper. 

Next, I cut the scalloped circles in white cardstock and the circle dies in blush cardstock. I arranged different sentiments onto an acrylic block and stamped it onto the circle cuts in Versafine Vintage Sepia ink. I glued the circle layers and foam mounted it onto the Sweet Note.

Pretty Pink Posh: Sweet Valentine Notes

I then stamped, colored, and cut the chocolates, rose, and strawberries from the XOXO Stamp Set. I used Copic Sketch markers:

Browns – E47/44/43/42, E57/55/53/51 and E77/74/71
Greens – YG67/63/61
Reds – R24/22/20

Pretty Pink Posh: Sweet Valentine Notes

Lastly, I glued the images onto the circle dies. That’s all for these sweet mini notecards. I hope that I’ve inspired you to create mini love notes or candy holders for your little ones!

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Day 2: Blog Hop- January Release Now Available

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Hello friends! This is Mindy with you today to share some tips on how to use the brand new hot foil plates and Layered XOXO stencil.

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First, I absolutely love hot foil plates and so excited to see these from Pretty Pink Posh in their signature font. They add so much shine to a project!

One of the things I cover in the video is cardstock. A smooth cardstock will give you the best results but you can also use color cardstock. By using some of the tips in the video, you can get amazing results on textured cardstock as well.

There are a few different foiling machines on the market right now but the ones I’m familiar with are Spellbinders and Crafter’s Companion. I’ll be using the Spellbinders Glimmer System in the video today.

There are also a few different glimmer foils available as well. I’m trying out the new DecoFoil Hot Foil Sheets. Don’t confuse these with their toner foil sheets which are meant to be used with a laminator.

A bonus to the Love Hot Foil Plate, is the shadow die from the Large Love Shadow die set which will cut out your foiled word.

I created a background for my foiled word using the Layered XOXO stencil, ink blending it in red and black. Then I added a glitter glaze over the black layer for sparkle.

To diffuse the background a little, I used the Scallop Frame and some vellum layered together with liquid glue.

My finishing touch is adding a smaller sentiment from the XOXO stamp set. I heat embossed it in White onto Black cardstock and trimmed down to a thin strip.

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 12, 2023 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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