Sneak Peeks

Hi friends, it’s Elaine from Pink Peppermint Cards. I am absolutely delighted to be back to share a sneak peek of some of the products in the new Valentine’s Day release!  

To start my project I stamped all the images from the new Love Balloons stamp set along with previously released Love Borders (we’re releasing coordinating dies for this set in this release!) with a black dye ink on to copic friendly card stock.  I used copic markers to color all my images, the colors I used were:

Balloons: R29, R27, R24

Pink: R85, R83, R81

Hearts: R59, R39, R29 

Rabbit: W3, W1, W0, RV11

Beaver: E27, E25, E23, E21, RV11

Racoon: W8, W6, W4, W2, RV11

Chipmunk: E37, E34, E33, E31, RV11

Once the coloring was done I cut out all the images with the Love Borders coordinating die and Love Balloons coordinating die. I set all the die cut pieces aside while I worked on the background. 

For the background I cut a piece of heavyweight smooth white card stock to 5.5” x 4.25”.  Laying down my panel horizontally I used blending brush to lightly blend on some Picked Raspberry Distress Ink on to the panel.  I started in the middle of the card stock and used circular motions to apply the ink, using a lighter hand the further out I pulled the ink.  I laid the new Scattered Hearts stencil over the top of my card panel and applied more ink through the heart openings, being careful not to use a heavy hand.  I avoided stencilling any hearts towards the bottom of the panel as knew I wanted to lay the love borders towards the bottom.

Setting the stencilled panel aside to dry, I applied foam adhesive to the back of all the die cut images. I love the dimension the foam tape gives.  Bringing back the card panel, I first laid the row of hearts along the bottom and laid a wider image from the Love Borders above it.

I spent quite a while arranging the critter images and balloons on to the card front.  Once I was happy with the placement, I took a photo of them on my phone for reference then then carefully secured the critters to the card, then the balloons.  The ends of the balloon strings were adhered to the paws of the critters with a tiny dab of liquid adhesive.  

To create the sentiment, I treated a piece of black card stock with my antistatic powder tool and used the ‘Lots of Love’ sentiment stamp from the new Love Balloons stamp set and stamped it with a sticky clear embossing ink and coated with a fine white embossing powder.  I used my heat gun to melt the embossing powder until it was smooth and glossy, then trimmed into a thin strip.  I added a thin strip of foam tape on the back and adhered to the centre of the card.  The whole panel was then secured to a white A2 sized card base.

As a final embellishment to the card I added some shimmer to some of the colored elements with a clear sparkle pen and added some new Pink Blush pearls in various sizes all over the background of the card.

Thank you so much for joining me today!  I hope you enjoyed taking a quick sneak at some of the new products releasing this month. Stop by tomorrow for another sneak peek!

Crafty hugs, Elaine xxx

Good morning! It’s Lindsey here and I am delighted to be giving you a sneak peek of the brand new Valentine Wreath set releasing on January 6th. I’m a fan of all of the wreath sets and am thrilled to be adding this one to my collection.  

I started by stamping and die cutting the Valentine Wreath.  It doesn’t take much to dress up these images. Because they are tiny in size, coloring is quick, which is a win in my book. I ended up just using two markers on this one – a light pink and a bright red.  

While I was coloring, the little bow and arrow reminded me of the adorable cupid in the previously released Valentine Circles stamp set.  This chubby little cupid fit too perfectly in the center of the wreath, so I had to use him.  I colored him with alcohol markers as well.  

Next I stamped and die cut one of the beautiful script sentiments included in the set. Now that I had all my pieces ready to go, I decided to spruce up the background. I blended on pink ink, concentrating most of the color in the center. Then I splattered the background with pink and red dots. I created a diagonal line of sorts with the splatters to lead your eye to the sentiment, popped up all my images with foam tape, and called it a day.

Thanks so much for visiting today! Make sure to keep popping in this week to see more sneak peeks and don’t forget to mark your calendars for January 6 when all these cute valentine goodies will be released. Wishing you a lovely day!  

Hi friends! It’s Dana here today with two cards that use a few of the amazing new stencils (and die) coming to Pretty Pink Posh on October 13th. 

My first card uses the new Layered Ornaments Stencil. This is a three pack of stencils that make an adorable card panel. I ink blended each ornament with dye and a small finger dauber. I then used the second stencil and added the ornament detail with a shade darker ink. Lastly, I used the third stencil to add the silver ornament topper. 

For my sentiment I used the new Holiday Scripts stamp and coordinating die set. I love this set of sentiments. They are perfect for all of your holiday and winter cards. 

My next card uses the new Layered Holly Stencil. The Layered Holly stencils are three stencils that can be layered together to make the most gorgeous background.

I once again used dye ink and started with a light green to make the holly. I then used the second stencil to add the darker leaf vein. Lastly, I used the third stencil to add red berries. I then kept the third stencil in place and added White Glitz Glitter Gel to add a little extra sparkle to the berries.

Next, I used the new Winter Candle die to create my focal image. I die cut the candle from white cardstock and then inlaid the pieces back into the die with colored cardstock. I mounted the candle onto a circle that had been die cut with the Scallop Circle Die. For my sentiment I used the new Christmas Candles set. 

Thanks for joining me today. I hope you found some inspiration for the new stencils coming to Pretty Pink Posh on October 13th. 

Enjoy your day, Dana

Hello friends! It’s Leica here and today I am sharing a sneak peek of the new Winter Circles stamp set. There are 6 different images in this set and they are perfect for Christmas cards and tags. There is also a coordinating die set – a plain circle and a scallop lace circle. I decided to use all the images for my card.

For my card, I first cut a 5×7 panel in white 110 lb cardstock. I then cut a gold cardstock measuring 3.75″x7″ and a teal cardstock measuring 3.5″x7″. I glued these down in the center of the white panel. Next, I stamped, colored, and cut the images from the Winter Circles Stamp Set. I colored them with Copic Sketch: 

Browns – E25/23/21, E44, E50
Greens – G67/63/61
Golds – Y26/23/21
Teals – BG09/05/13
Reds – R27/24/22
Yellows – Y18/13

Backgrounds

Penguin – B00
Poinsettia- Y21
Candle – R22
Reindeer – G61
Snowman – E50
Holly – BG10

I then cut 6 of the scallop lace circles in white cardstock and glued the images on top of each one. Next, I foam mounted them onto the card panel. The sentiments are from the new Holiday Scripts stamp set. I white heat embossed the “merry” and “season’s greetings” on a strip of black cardstock and gold heat embossed the “Christmas” on white cardstock and cut with its coordinating die. I then foam mounted the sentiments onto the card base. 

Lastly, I adhered the base onto a card panel – 7″x10″ scored at the 5″ mark.

That’s all for this Christmas card! I hope that you enjoyed today’s sneak peek and that I’ve inspired you to create holiday cards for your loved ones!

Hello, Gemma here today and I’m excited to share a look at the new Christmas Candles stamp set from the October 13th release! This is a beautiful set with a fabulous choices of images. I’m sharing two different styles of card, to show how versatile this set is for your holiday projects.

The candle and lantern images in this set look amazing against a dark background. I stamped out one of the lantern images and some holly from the Christmas Candles set and coloured them with copic markers. I’ll list the colours below. I then die cut the image with the coordinating die.

Copic Colours
Lantern C1, C3, C5
Candle: E51, E53, E55
Flame: YR14, YR15, YR16
Glow: Y00, Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17
Holly leaves: G14, G07, G28

Next, I cut a panel of dark blue patterned paper to cover my 4.25 card base. For the glow from the lantern, I cut a small circle of handmade gel printed background, created using dried marigold and squeezed lemonade distress oxide inks. Tennis elbow means I’m not able to ink blend as much as I would like to right now, so this is a simple (and arm friendly) alternative to creating a background and glow. If you enjoy ink blending your backgrounds, that will look fabulous too.

To create a snowy place for the lantern to sit, I die cut a piece of white glitter card using a die from the previously released Scallop Borders 2 die set. I adhered this onto my card base, then added the lantern on top with foam tape.

I love the scripty sentiments in the Pretty Pink Posh stamp sets, especially the coordinating dies for them, as it makes them so much more versatile. I embossed the Merry script word, from the Christmas Candles stamp set, with WOW Opaque Bright White embossing powder on the same patterned paper as the background. I then die cut the word out with the coordinating die. I added a couple of layers of navy die cuts offset behind the word, for dimension and a shadow effect.

I embossed a second sentiment from the set on the background, then adhered the word die above. To fill some of the space in the bottom half of the card, I embossed another sentiment from the Christmas Candles stamp set on navy card, and adhered to the card with double sided tape. I then added the holly images to the card to finish.

For my second sneak peek using the Christmas Candles stamp set, I’ve gone for an elegant CAS design. This card would be great for mass producing, as it’s quick to create and looks beautiful.

The candles image is coloured with copic markers and die cut with the coordinating dies. I added a second layer behind for dimension.

Copic Colours
Candle: R24, R27, R39
Flame: Y11, YR14
Holly leaves: G14, G07, G17

For the berries, I thought I’d use some of the beautiful new Metallic Gold pearls. These come in a mixed size pack, and I used the smallest size here. They are really beautiful embellishments.

I cut a 4 inch square panel of white card, and heat embossed sentiments from the Christmas Candles stamp set with WOW Metallic Gold Ruch Super Fine embossing powder.

I cut a piece of gold card to fit my 4.25 card base, then adhered the white panel on top, followed by the candles. As a finishing touch, I used some Nuvo White Blizzard glitter drops on the candle flames.

Thank you for joining us for today’s sneak peek. We hope to see you again tomorrow!

Hello, Gemma here today and I’m excited to share a look at the new Village stamp set, along with the  Village Additions stamp set, both from the upcoming October 13th release! Have fun creating Village scenes, for Christmas time and beyond.

I stamped out images from both sets with copic friendly black ink. I used a colour palette of turquoise green, red and yellow, then repeated these colours around my card to keep things cohesive. I added some neutrals too. I then die cut the images with the coordinating dies.

Copic colours: Reds: R20, R22, R24, R27
Yellows: Y11, Y13, Y15
Blue Greens: BG23, BG15, BG49
Cool greys: C0, C1, C3, C5
Neutral greys: N3, N5, N7
Browns: E00, E11, E55, E57

For my background, I cut a panel of navy card and added embossed details using the new Snowfall stencil and white embossing powder. I then adhered this to my 5 x 7 card base.

The sentiments are from the fabulous new Holiday Scripts stamp set. I heat embossed both on coloured card in white. I die cut the large Merry word with the coordinating die, adding extra layers behind for dimension. I cut the additional sentiment into a strip and adhered both onto my card.
Next, I added the Village stamp set images to my card, followed by those from the Village Additions stamp set. I added some extra die cut layers behind the images at the front, to give more dimension. There are many more stamps included in the Village Additions set that aren’t shown in my sneak peek today.

I love the vintage vibe to these sets and how you change the scene with the different images from the Village Additions set.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card. Join us tomorrow for another sneak peek!

Hi friends! It’s Dana here today sharing a sneak peek of the new stencils coming on September 13th. This release is packed full of amazing fall goodness and the stencils are some of my favorites.

For my first card I am using the new Falling Leaves stamp, stencil and coordinating die set. I love these combo sets, so fun and easy to use. I started my card by stamping my leaves in a variety of fall colors. I used aqua instead of the traditional green… what do you think? I thought it was a fun change and unexpected. 

Once my leaves were stamped, I placed the stencil over the outline images and added coordinating dye ink with a blending brush. I then used the coordinating dies to cut them out. 

Next, I splattered the leaves with a little white and gold paint. I then attached them to my card panel with foam adhesive in a random pattern. 

Lastly, I used the sentiment included in the Falling Leaves set to stamp my sentiment. 

My next card uses the new Leaves Background stencil.

I started my card by making my panel with the Leaves Background stencil. I sprayed the back of the stencil with Pixie Spray and added dye ink in shades of orange to my three rectangles. I then attached the three rectangles to my card panel with foam adhesive.

To finish my card I used the new Cozy Fall Critters set to stamp my bunny and fall foliage. I colored the images with Copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Lastly, I attached my images and sentiment to my card with foam adhesive. 

Thanks for joining me today and I can’t wait to share the rest of my release projects with you all.

Dana

Hi Friends! Jane here, sharing some sneak peaks of the dies from the September 13th release by Pretty Pink Posh!  

My first card is a shaker card using the Leaf Frame die set cut using white cardstock.  To create the shaker card, I first created a background using various dye inks mixed with water and ink “smooshed” them on watercolor cardstock using a piece of scrap acetate.  While the background was drying, liquid glue was added to the Leaf Frame and sheet of acetate was adhered to create a shaker window.  

Double thick foam tape was used to line the edges of the window.  The shaker was filled with various colors of 4mm sequins and the background was adhered to the back to create the shaker.

Next, I used the images from Cozy Fall Critters stamp set and the sentiment from Woodland Thanks stamp set and added them to the front of the card.  The entire card was then mounted to an A2 card base and that completes the card!

Next up, I’m featuring the new Elegant Pumpkin die set to create Thanksgiving placards. 

To create these placards, die cut the Elegant Pumpkin die set out of heavy weight white cardstock.  Next, using a large blender brush/blending tool, blend a background using yellow, orange, pink and red die inks. After, the blending was done, liquid glue used to adhere the pumpkins to the ink blended background. Scissors were then used to fussy cut the tops of the images leaving the bottom portion with a little room to add a sentiment.  

Next, I used scrap heavy weight cardstock and cut it into a square shape about 3.5 inches square. The squares were scored and folded to create a rectangle card  which served as the stand for my placard holders. The pumpkin placeholders were stamped using sentiments from Woodland Thanks stamp set using black ink. Then, the images were adhered to the small rectangle cards using double sided tape and that finishes the project.

My final card features the new Fall Foliage die set. To create this slimline card, I first created a watercolor background using various shades of purple, pink, orange, red and yellow colors. After the watercolor panel was dry, I used the fall foliage die set to cut the various shapes. Then, using the slimline peekaboo windows dies (smaller size die), I die cut a piece of white cardstock and used black ink to stamp the sentiment from the new Falling Leaves Stamp Set.

Using tiny pieces of foam tape, each piece of foliage was adhered to the white die cut panel.  Then, the edges were trimmed using scissors. Next, the panel was adhered to a light pink cardstock sized 8 inches by 3.5 inches. The entire panel was then adhered to a slimline card base and that complete the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you found some inspiration using the new fall dies which will be available on September 13th.