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Watercolor Holiday Scene + Big Giveaway

Hello Pretty Pink Posh fans! This is Yana and today I am sharing a video tutorial showing how to create a watercolor winter scene card using a brand-new Winter Woodland stamp set.

I’m starting to work on my project by arranging images I wanted to use for this card on a piece of watercolor panel inside my Mini MISTI. You don’t have to use a stamp positioner for this project, you can easily stamp a scene like this using a clear block.

Watch my video tutorial below to learn how I made this card.

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I picked watercolor paper for my stamping as I planed to use watercolors to color my critters and the background or the night sky behind them. You can chose to color these using any other mediums you like – perhaps colored pencils or alcohol markers. Whatever you chose make sure you are using the correct ink and paper type for your coloring medium.

I used Arches Hot Pressed watercolor paper as this is my go-to paper for stamping and watercoloring. The Hot Pressed means that this paper has very little to no texture which is a preferred quality when you plan to do a lot of stamping.

For my scene I picked a moose, he is standing on a free-hand painted hill; my moose has two love birds sitting on top of his antlers looking at each other. There’s also a sentiment that reads “Warm Hugs and Lots of Love” and finally the background behind my critters and the sky is filled with holly branches and they look as if they are coming from 3 sides framing this scene in a way.

Once I finished stamping my scene (I heat embossed it using Antique Gold embossing powder) I taped my watercolor panel onto a board and watercolored using Daniel Smith watercolors.

I broke my coloring process down into 2 main stages – coloring the critters and coloring the background. You want to make sure to wait for the coloring to dry when you move onto coloring the background to avoid having a huge mess and avoid colors bleeding one into another.

I did a bit of wet on wet coloring by wetting the surface of the paper first with water and then adding the pigment. I used just a handful of colors for my painting today and all of these can be found in my exclusive Daniel Smith Yana’s Watercolor Palette.

Keep in mind you can use any other watercolors to paint this, even Distress inks can be easily used to color a scene like this. In case you are curious to learn what colors I used here are the name: I went with Transparent Brown to color the moose and branches, Pyrrol Red to color the birds and berries, Undersea Green to color the leaves and Indigo to color the sky.

Once my coloring was done I trimmed my panel to 4 x 5 ¼” and foam mounted it onto an A2 card. I felt like the sentiment on this card wasn’t visible clearly enough so I heat embossed it in white embossing powder onto a piece of red cardstock and foam mounted onto the scene. I believe this helped the red color on the card pop and really tied everything together.

I embellished this card using a few metallic gold confetti pieces and coated red berries using Glossy Accents for a pop of dimension.

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Happy crafting! Thanks for joining us today!

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Christmas Angel Action Wobble + Video

Hello Pretty Pink Posh fans! This is Yana and today I am sharing a video tutorial showing how to create a Clean & Simple interactive Christmas card with the Angel Friends stamp set.

I started working on my project by stamping two angels, two halos and a banner onto white cardstock using alcohol marker friendly ink. Just to be safe I stamped images twice and also used my mini MISTI and double stamped them to have the blackest black outline possible.

Watch my video tutorial below to learn how I made this card.

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Using a few Copics I did some rather quick and basic coloring. I went with reds, yellows and blues for my color combo and used the following markers: R20, R22, R24, R27, R39 and R89 (to color angel’s dresses, banner and to add blush); Y17, Y15 and Y11 (to color angel’s hair), E00 and E000 (to color skin) and finally B000 to color wings and collars on dresses.

I cut images out using coordinating dies and heat embossed “Joy To The World” sentiment in white embossing powder onto my red colored banner. I made sure the ink from my Copics was dry on the banner die cut before I heat embossed anything as I didn’t want to mess up the coloring. I also curver my sentiment slightly to follow the curve of the banner (be sure to watch my video to learn how to do this).

The design of this card is very simple and whenever I make simple cards like this I use a few tricks to make my cards stand out. First, I like to use woodgrain cardstock for the front on my card. When there’s a lot of white space on the card this cardstock looks like a star and adds a lot to the card designs. Second, I added a bit of interactivity to this project by using wobble springs to attach the angels. You can use foam adhesive, but using mini wobblers allowed them to move on my card and added a bit of “wow” to the overall card design.

Finally, I embellished my project using the metallic gold confetti mix the Crystal Katana tool. Happy cardmaking!

 

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Creating A Pop-Up Card

Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I have a Pop-Up card for you guys, but this time it’s on the inside of the card. So it’s a little fun and unique for a Halloween Card! I’ll also be using the Storybook 1 Die along with a few other die sets and the new Trick or Treat Friends set for my card.

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To begin, I stamped out my images, coloured them in with Copic Markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I then pulled the Storybook 1 Dies out and cut them out of a piece of white Cardstock. I then used the Stitched Notes Dies to die cut around the Storybook dies. While I was die cutting, I also cut the Picket Fence die from Black Cardstock. I then added foam tape onto the back of my Storybook frame and adhered it to the middle of a piece of purple plaid cardstock from Lawn Fawn.

Next up I used Twisted Citron, Wilted Violet and Carved Pumpkin to ink blend each of the three pieces that came from inside the Storybook die. I then splattered them with some water, picked up the excess and dried it with a heat tool. I then stamped ‘Hi!’ from the Everyday Greetings stamp set onto the orange piece and then adhered down all three pieces inside the Storybook die. I then used some of the images I has previously cut and coloured and adhered them onto the front of my card. Then the front panel was complete. Now it was time to work on the pop-up feature on the inside.

For the pop up panel on the inside I first cut a piece of watercolour paper down to 3″ by 5 1/2″. I used the Stitched Borders 1 dies to cut the top at a curved edge. I used Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Ink to colour the piece and then I scored it. On the long edge, I scored the piece at 2 3/4″ and on the short side I scored it at 2 3/4″ also. Then I folded the piece directly in half and cut a small triangle from the bottom to the centre score line, just so when I adhere and fold it into my card – it sits nice and flat.

I next added pieces of scor tape onto the flaps then pulled off the backers, lined up the score line on the pop up piece with the score line of the side folding card base, adhered down one side first, then folded the other side down with the flap facing up, then pressed the front of the card base down onto the flap. This ensures that everything will lay flat and work perfectly. Then I needed to work on my sentiment. I cut apart the ‘Happy Halloween’ sentiment from the Trick or Treat Friends set so it was in a line. I white heat embossed it on a strip of black cardstock that I cut each end at an angle on. Then I lined it up in my scoring tool and scored at the half way mark, which was 2 1/4″ for me. Then I flipped it over, added two small strips of acetate onto the back and then adhered it down onto my pop up grassy piece. This made the sentiment pop up as well as the hill piece.

To finish up, I adhered the rest of my images onto the inside of the card, then added coordinating colours of sequins to the front of my card.

Sequins used: 4mm Lavender Moon, 4mm Lime Sorbet, 4mm Tangerine, 6mm Amethyst, 6mm Shamrock, 6mm Pumpkin

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you were inspired to make a pop up card on the inside.

Eloise

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Tutorial: Halloween Copic Coloring

Hi everyone! Rina here with a two Halloween cards using the Trick or Treat Friends stamp set and coordinating dies.  This set is not only perfect for Halloween, but also super versatile in that you can use two images to make four different characters.  The caped boy can either be Dracula or a superhero and the dressed girl can be a princess or witch depending on which accessory stamps are used.  Along with these fun characters you can also make a Frankenstein as well as a bat girl.  I challenged myself today to use all of these images on one card.

Watch my video tutorial below to learn how I made these card.

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The stamp set also includes a set of pumpkins.  I thought it would be fun to use the costume accessory stamps on the pumpkins to make a completely different card!

These two cards are very image heavy so I opted for quick coloring with copic markers.  I used two blending colors for the images and three colors for the hair.  I also made sure to use one set of colors consistent for all images of that color.  For example, I used the same green combination YGO1 and YG25 for both the pumpkin stems and Frankenstein’s face.

In order to differentiate the images that are double duty, I made sure to color the hair different colors.

Copic Markers

Orange – YR21, YR04

Green – YG01, YG25

Skin with Blush – E21, E50, R20

Pinks and Reds – R11, R20, R14, R22, R24, R08

Purple – V22, V25

Blue – B02, B04

Yellow – Y02

Brown Hair – E31, E34, E35

Blacks and Greys – N3, N5, N7, N9

I wanted to keep the background simple since the card would be filled with images.  I opted for a light distressed ink background with Distress Ink and made two panels.  One panel used Festive Berries/Ripe Persimmon and the other card was blended with Ripe Persimmon/Fossilized Amber.  The panels needed a little something so I used Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolor in black to make splatters with a 6 Round brush.  The splatters were fun and easy to make, I encourage you all give it a try!

To assemble the card I adhered the accessory images to the main stamps first with Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive.  When this was done, I then adhered the images to the distressed ink panels in a triangle formation.  To add more sparkle, I added a scattering of Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Gold Confetti Mix and accented the images with Wink of Stella Clear glitter brush pen.  I stamped the “Happy Halloween” sentiment on the inside of the card.

I hope you enjoyed these two fun cards and thanks for stopping by!

Rina

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Tutorial: Reindeer Copic Coloring

It’s Mindy here today with another Copic Marker tutorial. Today I’m using this adorable stamp set called Reindeer Friends there’s also a matching die set so you don’t have to deal with any fussy cutting and create the cutest scenes on your Holiday Cards!

Today I’m sharing how to color this adorable reindeer. There are few different techniques also included, coloring the no line technique and creating animal fur textures. I stamped my images on Copic Xpress it Blending Card using Memento ink.

Copic Markers used in tutorial: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, G82, G85, G85, R24, R27, R59.

The colors I used for the snow and sky are: N0, C00, N1, BG000, B0000

I have also used the Pretty Pink Posh Scallop Borders 1 Die Cut. These set of dies are adorable and are so versatile. I just love them!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial! For more Copic Marker Tutorials please visit my site!

Mindy // www.MyCreativeScoop.com

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Tutorial: Watercolor Galaxy Night Sky

Hello Pretty Pink Posh fans! This is Yana and today I am sharing a video tutorial showing how to create a watercolor night sky/galaxy background for a Halloween card. Plus, we’re kicking off our Halloween theme week here on the blog.

I started working on my project by painting the galaxy first as it needed time to dry before I could heat emboss my sentiment. I used Arches Hot Pressed watercolor paper and wet on wet technique. I would suggest using Cold Pressed watercolor paper or even Rough as it is best suited for this technique; I only had Hot Pressed paper on hand, so I used that.

Watch my video tutorial below to learn how I made this card.

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Once I was happy with my watercolor (be sure to watch the video above for detailed instructions using the Daniel Smith Watercolors) I set it aside to dry. I don’t like using my heat tool for these kind of paintings and much rather prefer them to air dry.

Daniel Smith Watercolors used: Indigo Blue, Lunar Blue, Gold, Imperial Purple, Serpentine Green

To create a scene for this card I stamped several images from the Trick or Treat Friends stamp set in alcohol marker friendly ink. I cut my images out using coordinating dies and colored them using Copic markers.

Copics used:

pumpkins// YR18, YR04, E15, Y17

broom// E37, E15, E79

hat// V17, V15, V12, C9 C7, C5

Once my painting was dry I heat embossed “Happy Halloween” sentiment in white embossing powder and foam mounted my stamped and die cut images on top. To finish it off, I added 4mm Navy and 6mm Navy sequins around the card front.

I originally planned to create an A2 card, but as I was working I trimmed my watercolor piece to a 4×4” and ended up making a 4 ¼” square project.

Happy cardmaking! Thanks for joining us today!

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Tutorial: Stretching Your Dies

Hello everyone, Joni here sharing a card on how to stretch your die-cuts.

To begin first die-cut a white cardstock using Stitched Duo 3 Dies. Then die-cut the bottom using the Stitched Borders 1 Dies. Next, I added some blush on the die-cut using a round dauber.

Next, I used the center oval die for the mouth of the ghost from Stitched Essentials 1 Dies. For the eyes I used the small round dies from the Build A Bloom Coordinating Dies.

For the background I added gold splatters using Gansai Tambi Starry Colors on a dark cardstock.

I also added some Metallic Gold Confetti Mix for the background. The sentiment “happy halloween” was embossed with orange embossing powder and is from the Trick or Treat Friends stamp set as well as the witches’ hat. The ghost die-cut is adhered with foam tape for dimensions.

I hope I have inspired you. Thank you so much for stopping by!

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Creating Rainbow Cards with Distress Oxide Inks + Video

Hello everyone, Eloise here and today I have two ways to use the Stitched Diamond Dies along with Distress Oxide inks. These new colours are so yummy and I just had to use them today to make a rainbow card. I have a couple other examples to show you also.

First up, I pulled some watercolour paper out and cut it into fours. Making sure that the piece was wide and tall enough to accommodate the smallest diamond die. Once all the strips had been cut, I ink blended different colours of Distress Oxide inks onto each of the pieces. At the end of it I had 14 different colours used, to create a full rainbow, but with lots of different shades of the colours.

Once all had been coloured with the oxide inks, I used the smallest diamond die from the set and cut out three diamonds from each strip of cardstock, since the strip was sometimes a little short, some of the third diamonds were missing a little of their sides, but that wasn’t an issue, they just went on the edge of the panel where it was going to be cut off anyway.

I then added foam tape behind all the diamonds and adhered it onto a panel of white cardstock, just in a random order – making sure not two similar colours were next to each other. Once everything was adhered down I went ahead and trimmed off the excess on each side with my guillotine trimmer.

For my sentiment I pulled the Birdie Friends stamp set out and used the ‘Miss You Friend’ stamp to white heat emboss on a strip of black cardstock. I then heat set the sentiment, cut the black strip at an angle on one side and adhered it onto the right hand side of my card with more foam tape. I then added a hemp cord bow to the right side also to make it more balanced.

So that finished up the first way of using these dies with these inks, I then thought of a quicker way to make the same card and design, but with stamping.

I decided to go ahead and die cut two diamonds out of some fun foam first and then adhered them to an acrylic block with double sided tape. I then took a selection of the colours of Distress Oxide inks in a more masculine colour scheme for which I used green, blue and aqua/teal and also a feminine colour scheme for which I used orange, pink and yellow and then I could stamp out the diamonds.

I inked up the foam like I normally would any stamp and then stamped down onto the card panel. It doesn’t give a perfect impression, but I really love the way it looks. Because of the stitching around the diamond, sometimes it doesn’t stamp all the way, but in the end – I still like how it turns out. When stamping, I just made sure I didn’t stamp the same colour next to each other, for it to appear more random.

Then, to clean off the foam and move onto the next colour, I just used a stamp shammy that was damp, and wiped the surface of the foam and I could easily re-use it. This is such a great way to get more from your dies, especially with simple shapes like this, but also even sentiments, I think that would be super fun to try!

Once I finished stamping down both panels with the diamonds, I finished them off the same way I did for my other cards.

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I hope you enjoyed my rainbow cards today, they turned out super fun and colourful! I love rainbow cards like this and with these shape dies, the possibilities are endless for card designs.

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Thanks so much for stopping by and I’ll catch you all next time.

Eloise

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Step by Step Copic Tutorial

Hello friends! It’s Mindy from My Creative Scoop! I’m really excited to share a Copic Tutorial with you today. I’m using the stamp set Holiday Pals Stamp Set and we are going to be creating a winter scene with some snowy trees.

I stamped my images on Copic Xpress it Blending Card using Memento ink.

I used the masking technique to layer my trees. Here’s a little tutorial on how to create this look.

*If you want a closer look at any of these photos, click on the photo to enlarge it.

I always keep my masks in an envelope so I can re-use them over and over.

Let’s start coloring! I’m using G20, G82, G85, W00, W1, W3, W5. You can use whatever greens and grays you have.

Now, for the lightest parts of the tree we want to really make it look like snow. So I’ve taken my uni-ball Signo broad gel pen and colored the tips white and also created different size snow balls falling. Make sure when you do this you make some white dots on the outline of the stamp it really makes a difference with the scene.

I hope you are super inspired to create some Christmas scenes using your Pretty Pink Posh stamps!

For more Copic Marker Tutorials please visit my site!

Mindy // www.MyCreativeScoop.com

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Tutorial: Stamping with Watercolor Markers

Hi Pretty Pink Posh friends, Shannon here today! So happy to join you today to share a card I created using the Build a Bloom stamp set and coordinating dies.

I did some watercolor stamping here, where I used my Zig Real Brush Markers directly on the stamp and stamped it on watercolor paper for a messy watercolor look. I started by stamping the branches several times and using my water brush to move the color around a little more once stamped. I did the same process with the flowers as well and cut all the pieces out with the coordinating dies.

I then adhered my branches in a wreath shape on top of my card base that I die cut using the Stitched Notes die set, and then added my flowers on top. To finish the flowers off I added clear droplets in the middle. I found they gave the perfect touch!

I stamped my sentiment from the Thoughtful Greetings stamp set in the center of the wreath and that’s it for my card!

It was my first time using my watercolor markers directly on my stamp and I really like the way it turned out! Thank you so very much for joining me today!!