Tutorials

Hi Crafty Friends! Carly here and when I first started making cards, simple watercoloring was my favorite way to color stamped images because it’s easy to do with supplies you likely have on hand. And it doesn’t have to be precise or perfect, in fact I think it benefits from a little messiness!

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Tips 

• use watercolor cardstock that can stand up to water without too much warping & piling. It can also help to tape your cardstock while painting.
• stamp using a permanent ink that won’t bleed when water is added. I even like to stamp in black and emboss with clear powder to create a “wall” to keep my paint in the lines.
• use water based inks to paint with.
• to clean up little mistakes, use a small brush with clean water or even a baby wipe. And if the color doesn’t lift up as much as you would like, you can cover mistakes on white cardstock with a white pen.
• smoosh the ink pads (or drop reinkers) onto a non-porous surface such as an acrylic block or plate to create a palette.
• use more water to dilute color or less for a bold vibrant result.
• allow drying time between each layer of watercolor. To speed things up you can also dry with a heat tool between layers.

I hope you were inspired by these cards and video. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hey crafty friends! I’m Rebecca Keppel and I love making Halloween cards! The only thing that’s more fun than a Halloween card is a Halloween shaker card! So today I am sharing an edge to edge shaker card made with the Spider Web Panel Die.

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The great thing about this panel die is that it has a rectangular A2 sized frame around the edge that gives you just enough room to run thin foam strips behind it. So I simply cut the Spider Web Panel Die out of some speciality black cardstock and adding thin lines of liquid adhesive on the back so that I could adhere it to an A2 piece of acetate.

Spider Web Panel Die
Halloween Greetings Stamps
Halloween Greetings Dies
Halloween Friends Clay Confetti
Spellbound Shaker Beads

Once that was dry, I used thin foam strips around the edges making sure that each foam strip touches at the corners.

Next I removed the adhesive backing of the foam strips and poured some Halloween Friends Clay Confetti and Spellbound Shaker Beads in the middle of the foam strip rectangle. Then add a piece of A2 cardstock on top of the foam strips, trapping the shaker beads and confetti inside.

I stamped one of the Halloween Greetings Stamps on a piece of cardstock that matches the pretty blue color found in the confetti and die cut the sentiment with the matching Halloween Greetings Dies.

To finish off my card, I added a couple of spiders from the Spider Web Panel Die die cut from pink cardstock. Foam adhesive is a great way to add additional dimension behind the spiders and sentiment. And for a silly look I added some googly eyes to the spiders.

And that’s it! I love edge to edge shakers because you can put a ton of shaker goodies inside and they make such a great noise when the shaker beads slide back and forth!

I hope you’ll give this easy edge to edge shaker a try! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Rebecca

Hi Crafty Friends! Carly here and I am so excited to share my latest card with you because not only is it my favorite type of card but it’s my favorite holiday too…a Halloween shaker!

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Pretty Pink Posh always makes the CUTEST Halloween goodies and the latest release does not disappoint!!! The Spider Shaker is just adorable!!! I love the clever design of all of PPP’s shaker die sets because not only can you create a shaker container but you can also use the large negative space for shaker windows!

And not only is this card cute (if I do say so myself,) it is also flat & easy to mail and it uses some “crafty trash” aka plastic packaging!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hi friends, it’s Lauren Taylor! I’m excited to share a project using some of the brand-new products from the Pretty Pink Posh August 2025 Halloween Release.

This project is part of our August Video Hop! Check the description in the video for links to the next stop so you can keep hopping along for tons of Halloween inspiration.

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Today, I’m featuring the Halloween Cake Pops Stencils to create a colorful background and pairing it with the Halloween Word Scenes Stamps and Dies for a bold sentiment.

I started with an A2 panel of white cardstock and layered the Halloween Cake Pops Stencils to build my background. For the first stencil, I inked the pumpkins in Carved Pumpkin, the ghosts in Tumbled Glass, the Frankenstein pops in Twisted Citron, and the cats in Wilted Violet Distress Inks. Then, I used Black Soot for the second stencil to add all the adorable faces and details, and finished with Tea Dye for the cake pop sticks. After splattering Hickory Smoke Distress Spray for some shine, I set my panel aside to dry.

For the sentiment, I stamped “Trick or Treat” from the Halloween Word Scenes Stamps, colored it with coordinating OLO markers to match the background, added white gel pen highlights, and die cut it using the Halloween Word Scenes Coordinating Dies. To help the sentiment stand out, I adhered it to a black oval from the Eyelet Ovals die set with foam strips before gluing everything to my background.

To finish, I attached the completed panel to a white A2 card base. I love how the colorful cake pops create such a playful vibe, and the bold sentiment really pops against the black oval!

Don’t forget to hop along to the next video in the description for more amazing Halloween projects from the Pretty Pink Posh team!

Hi Crafty Friends! Carly here and it’s that time of year again where I start thinking about building my card stash for birthdays, Christmas and beyond!

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I think one of the best ways to do that is to make more than one card with the supplies I already have out. For example the Dog Holder is one of my favorites and is perfect for so many cards! Just change the sentiment and the additions, and a birthday card can be a holiday card!

Dog Holder
party hat & cupcake from Birthday Holder Additions
santa hat from Holiday Mug Additions
scarf from Fall Mug Additions
candy cane Winter Mug
Sentiment Strips: Birthday
Holiday Stockings

Once you have designed one card, changing a few things takes practically no time at all!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hi Crafty Friends, Carly here and don’t you love versatile stamps, ones that can be used for hellos or birthdays, with color and without? Me too! And the Seashell Wreath is one of those gorgeous, versatile sets!

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Today I’ve got two Seashell Wreath card ideas to share with you! One is super quick with minimal coloring. The sentiment could easily be changed to almost anything!

And the second one is a shaker because I can never resist a chance to make a shaker!

I hope you are inspired to create with the Seashell Wreath or one of the other adorable Pretty Pink Posh wreaths!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hey crafty friends! I’m Rebecca Keppel and summertime is shimmer time in cardmaking! But we’ve all got places to be during the summer so shimmer techniques need to be quick and easy so we can spend more time in the pool!

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Start with your background. I love plate dies like the Chevron Pierced Plate Die to create a background in one pass of the die cut machine. To add shimmer I start with something like Solar Spray because it doesn’t really change the color of the cardstock I chose.

To create shimmery die cuts I like to add shine and color all in one quick spritz, so Distress Spritz sprayed on white cardstock makes a nice soft shimmery color. Then use the Stitched Seashells Dies and Stitched Coral Dies to cut out some shimmery shapes. The added bonus of spritzing first is that running them through the die cut machine helps to flatten out the paper.

One final way to add some extra shine is to use a shimmer watercolor pan. Simply wet the watercolor paint and brush a paint brush through it and then tap on the handle over the project.

Of course you’ll want to top it off with a shiny sentiment that is heat embossed using the Sentiment Strips: Summer Stamp Set and then die cut with the Sentiment Strip Dies!

I hope you grab some Pretty Pink Posh summer dies and shimmer them up with these easy techniques so you can create a pretty card in a snap and get back to your sun and fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

Rebecca

Hey friends, it’s Mindy! If you’re a fan of beachy vibes and serene color palettes, this project is right up your alley! Using a (mostly) monochromatic color scheme, I created a calming ocean-inspired card that captures the beauty of the shore with just one color family — beautiful shades of teal.

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For this card, I worked with the delightful Beach Fun stamp set, stamping images onto smooth 80lb white cardstock and coloring them with alcohol markers for rich, blendable shading. To complement the stamped elements, I used the Layered Seashells stencil on a base of Seaside cardstock, blending Sea Glass and Turquoise Sea ink pads with a soft brush to create a textured, layered seashell background.

This limited color palette really helps unify the design while evoking the peaceful feeling of the ocean. The soft layering through the stencil combined with the detailed coloring on the stamped images brings dimension and interest without overwhelming the senses.

Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced card maker, I hope this inspires you to experiment with monochromatic schemes in your own beach-themed projects.

Happy crafting and may your creativity always feel as refreshing as a day at the beach!

Are you looking for a quick card design using stencils? Carly here and I think I can help!

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I’ll tell you a secret…as a clean & simple cardmaker, I used to struggle with actually using my stencils. I loved them so much but I also loved white space and plain backgrounds. What was I do to?! 

One solution was for me to make the stencil the primary star of the card instead of a background and this design is one of my favorites!

You need a little masking tape, your favorite inks to blend with, sentiment strips stamps and any of their gorgeous stencils (but don’t sleep on the Seashell Background for summer!)

Thanks so much for stopping by!