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Tutorial: Butterfly Notecards

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends! Heather here to share a couple watercolor Butterfly cards that are not only super easy to make, but perfect for using up pattern paper scraps! I’m using some of the newly released stamps and dies from Pretty Pink Posh – it was such a fabulous one!

I started off by trimming my pattern paper edges. I use a lot of 6×6 paper pads, and when I trim them down to a normal A2 card size (4 1/4 x 5 1/2), I am left with a strip that is 1 3/4 x 6 inches. I used one of the scallop dies from the new Scallop Borders Dies to just barely cut off enough to form a border.

Next, I used my MISTI to stamp my sentiment and little butterfly with it’s trail from Blissful Butterflies Stamp Set. The little “friend” is from the Birdie Friends Stamp Set. My favorite watercolor ink is Versafine, and by using my MISTI I was able to stamp twice to get a nice crisp, dark image. I stamped the sentiment first on all 3 pieces of watercolor paper, then added the butterfly, and finally the tail. This allowed me to place the butterfly as if it landed on the “l” in “hello” – I love that effect!

Next, I used a waterbrush and some watercolors to add a simple watercolor wash, and once that dried a bit, a few splatters in the same colors. Then, once that dried again, I taped on my scallop strips, centering the scallops, and using a paper trimmer to remove the excess on the top and bottom.

Pretty Pink Posh: Butterfly Notecards

And finally – of course there HAD to be some sequins too, right? I love how versatile the Sparkling Clear Sequin Mix is – you can pretty much use them on anything, and you have every size you need! I use Glossy Accents with a fine tip applicator, and reverse action tweezers to adhere my sequins. I usually squirt a little Glossy Accents on a non-stick mat, pick up the sequins with my tweezers, dip them just a bit in the glue, then attach them to my card. Sometimes I dot the Glossy right where I want the sequins and then just set them in place.

Pretty Pink Posh: Butterfly Notecards

Here is a closer look at those little butterflies – seriously, aren’t they so cute sitting on the word “hello”?!?!?

And here is a look at each card – just in case you wanted to see them each up close!

Pretty Pink Posh: Butterfly Notecards

butterflies

Scallop Borders die set
Blissful Butterflies stamp set
Sparkling Clear Sequin Mix
Mini Misti: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
Gansai Tambi Watercolors: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp

Thanks so much for stopping by today – have an absolutely wonderful day!!!

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Happy Birthday Foxes

Hello everyone, Joni here sharing another tutorial on making a happy birthday card using these cute foxes from the recent release Fox Friends stamp set.

To begin, I first distressed a white cardstock using Distress inks pads, then die-cut it with round die-cut from Mini Tags die set and the bows are from Twine & Bows die set. From these I will create some balloons for the foxes.

Next, I distressed the white cardstock to create the background using Distress ink pads. The foxes were colored with Copic markers. I also adhered the bows on the balloons with plain glue.

Next, I added some dots of Copics at the bottom of the foxes to create my ground. The trees from the background are from the Holiday Pals stamp set.

Then, I adhered the balloons with foam tape. I also drew some pencil lines for the balloon strings I did not want the lines too dark so I left it like that. I also added some dots of Copics for the background as well. The sentiment is from the Fox Friends. I also added some Stickles on the balloons for shine. Finally, I finished it off with Sparkling Clear sequins for added interest on the card.

Here’s a closer look at the whole card. Take a look at the fun details!

Fox Friends stamp set
Mini Tags die set
Sparkling Clear Mix
Copic Markers: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Amazon // Ellen Hutson

I hope you enjoyed! Have a great day!

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Creating Felt Flowers + PDF Download

Hello, Pretty Pink Posh fans! This is Yana and today I am stretching my dies and using them to make flowers for an elegant Sending Hugs card.

Dies are such versatile tools and you can do so much using them. In one of my previous blog posts I shared a card where I used one of Pretty Pink Posh dies to die cut canvas, today I’m going to die cut felt and manipulate the die shapes slightly to create florals.

Before we get start I’d like to point out that you can use your thin dies to die cut felt, but not all brands felt will cut equally nicely. I suggest staying away from the cheapest felt and going with something a bit more expensive if you’d like to get a nice clean cut with your dies. I have a few different brands of felt and some die cut okay, some die cut beautifully, others don’t cut at all. My favorites so far are Simon Says Stamp and WPlus9.

So grab your felt and Pretty Pink Posh dies and start die cutting! I’m using a scalloped border die from the Stitched Borders 1 set and also an inner circle die from the Stitched Duo 2 set.

The scalloped border die gives you a nice border which you’ll need to trim with your scissors. I like to trim mine pretty close to the scallops, this way when I roll my flowers they end up being not too dimensional (not too tall). You can also use border die from the Stitched Borders 2 set, Stitched Borders 3 and Stitched Borders 4. If you have all of these sets you can even mix and match your die cuts and have flowers with different size petals. To create the flower simply roll the scalloped strip and secure the end with glue. I used Glossy Accents, however a hot glue gun would probably be a better option.

You can also create flowers out of circles. Here I’ve die cut a few using the inner die from the Stitched Duo 2 set and used white thread to pinch the middle of the circle to create tiny blooms. If you’d like to have bigger flowers, use a circle die from the Stitched Essentials 1 set or even from the Stitched Banners Duo 2.

No flowers look complete without a few leaves, so I used a branch from the Holiday Pals die set to die a few leaves for my floral clusters.

To put this card together I also created a mini see-through shaker by using a die from the Stitched Essentials 1 set along with tiny silver confetti stars and smallest clear sequins from my Sparkling Clear Sequin Mix. I die cut one more tag out of dark gray cardstock by using a die from the Mini Tag die set. The sentiment, Sending Hugs, was heat embossed in white embossing powder onto vellum and the vellum strip was wrapped around the card.

I also added one tiny banner die cut out of felt to continue the overall felt theme and embellished my card with a number of clear sequins.

Assortment of Felt: Simon Says Stamp
Versmark: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
Heat Tool: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
Wow Bright White Embossing Powder: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp

Have fun cardmaking!

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Tutorial: Creating Colored Droplets

Welcome back everyone! It’s Nina-Marie here with you today featuring a fun technique on coloring your Pretty Pink Posh Clear Droplets to create gorgeous embellishments for your cards!

I love using Clear Droplets on my cards; because they are clear, this makes them perfect for using with just about any style of project! However, sometimes you might find you want them to be a specific color to coordinate better with your card, or to create a certain effect. Well, by using some Copic refill ink, you can do just that!

I used refills for this technique today, but bear in mind you can color over the Clear Droplets with markers instead. Since I was creating a lot of the same color of droplets, I ended up using the Copic refills because it was faster than coloring with an individual marker.

For those of you looking for other alternatives to recreate this technique: Copic ink is alcohol based; and while I haven’t tried it personally, I would imagine that other alcohol inks like Ranger Adirondacks, Nuvo/Tonic Creative Pens, Chameleon Pens, Touch Twin Markers and others would also work. Just do some testing before trying it on a specific project!

In today’s video, I’ll be sharing the steps I took to create the colored Clear Droplets, including a few tips and tricks! I’ll then walk you through how I used those droplets to create the sweet scene card you see in the photos, using Pretty Pink Posh dies and stamps from My Favorite Things!

Watch the video above I Watch the video in HD on YouTube Thanks for stopping by and spending some time with me!

xoxo, Nina-Marie

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Distressed Watercolor Scene + Giveaway

Hello everyone, Joni here with another tutorial sharing how to do a splattered background with distress inks. On this project I used the new Rainy Days Additions and Fox Friends stamp sets and Fox Friends Coordinating die set.

To begin I first stamped the sentiment from Rainy Days Additions stamp set “joy and sunshine” with Versamark ink and then white heat embossed with white embossing powder. Next, I distressed it with Wild Honey, Worn Lipstick, and Evergreen Bough.

Next, I smooshed some of the distress ink on the acrylic block, I added some water and used my brushed to gather the colored water and splattered it on the white panel. I did used all of the three distress inks for splattering.

Next, I colored the fox with Copic markers. I stamped the puddle of water, clouds and umbrella from the Rainy Days Additions stamp set. The umbrella handle is from the original Rainy Days stamp set.

This image below is showing you the water puddle. Such a simple image but it adds so much to the card!

The die-cut images for this project were adhered with foam tape for dimensions. I also added the new Pewter sequins which I think is my new favorite now. The sentiment “sending you” is also from the Rainy Days Additions as well.

Here is a detailed look at the card.

Fox Friends stamp set
Rainy Days Additions stamp set
Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Amazon // Ellen Hutson
Mini Ink Blending Tools: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
Mini Ink Foam Refills: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp

We also wanted to have a giveaway in this post for a chance to win the brand new sets featured, along with the Pewter sequins! Enter the giveaway below…

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I hope you guys enjoyed! Have a wonderful week ahead!

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Tutorial: Butterfly Shakers

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends! Heather here to share a couple Butterfly theme shaker cards again using some of the NEW release from Pretty Pink Posh – SOOOO much to love!

For these cards I combined the large butterfly die from Blissful Butterflies Coordinating Dies with some of the smaller images from the Blissful Butterflies Stamp Set – and some distress inking, one of my favorite techniques lately!

To begin with, I cut my card front using the fabulous new Storybook 5 die from white cardstock, then cut it again out of kraft cardstock to get the center windows. I then used the large butterfly die to make a window for my shaker.

Next, I used some Versamark ink to stamp the solid tiny butterfly from the stamp set randomly over the white background, sprinkled with clear embossing powder, and heat set – at this point, the butterflies are invisible…

THEN – I blended distress inks over the background – see how the white butterflies magically appeared? Then I took the tiny outline butterfly stamp set, and stamped it around the outside as well, but in the same distress ink color as was blended on each area – in this next photo, you can see how the right hand card front was already done this way – doesn’t it add so much to the background?

Finally, I added the butterfly trail to the shaker part, and stamped a sentiment from Camping Friends Stamp set, and heat embossed them both in white, then added the acetate and foam adhesive to these pieces to form the shaker element – which is filled with the new size 3mm Sparkling Clear Sequins – such a PERFECT size for shaker cards, and I’m pretty sure they are extra sparkly!!!

Here is a close up look at the finished cards:

See what I mean? Don’t you think those sequins are especially sparkly?

I love how just changing the distress ink colors helps change the entire feel of the card:

That small size sequin moves especially well in the shaker cards too – small enough that I only had to use one layer of foam adhesive, and it still moves freely.

Pretty Pink Posh: Die Cut Rainbow Background

3mm Sparkling Clear Sequins
Storybook 5
Tim Holtz Distress Cubes: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
Mini Ink Blending Tools: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
Mini Ink Foam Refills: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp

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Camping Shaker + PDF Download

Hello, Pretty Pink Posh fans! This is Yana and I have a video tutorial to share today featuring one of the new stamps & dies- Camping Friends.

To create the shaker area for this project I used a coordinating die, not a stand alone die, and die cut a tent window in a rectangle panel. I often like to use my coordinating dies on their own without the stamps and using the die like this is a great example of how you can stretch the use of dies beyond just using them with their matching stamps.

I also filmed a video tutorial to walk you through the cardmaking process from start to finish.

Watch the video above I Watch the video in HD on YouTube Instead of using acetate for my shaker window, I once again used vellum. If you missed my earlier post, click here. The reason I went with vellum here is because when using vellum, unlike acetate, I’m able to emboss it. I embossed a tent image in Gold Embossing powder (I made two identical cards and for the other card I used Simon’s Antique Gold embossing powder) and adhered vellum screen onto the die cut rectangle from behind.

Tip: when using acetate you won’t be able to heat emboss it unless the acetate is heat resistant, but you can stamp on acetate with special kind of ink like StazOn. You can also stamp on vellum and there are a lot of different kinds of ink what will dry on vellum surface.

Instead of using regular white and brown cardstock, I used woodgrain textured card as I feel is was a perfect match for this nature-themed project. I also added a bit of natural twine to the mix.

To finish this card I heat embossed, watercolored and die cut several additional images from the Camping Friends stamp set, foam mounted them onto the shaker panel and embellished my card with 4mm and 10mm Rose Gold sequins as well as 4mm and 6mm clear droplets.

Camping Friends stamp set
Daniel Smith Watercolors: Amazon // Ellen Hutson
Versamark: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
Heat Tool: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp

Happy cardmaking! Thanks for joining us today!

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Tutorial: Creating Garden Scenes

Hello everyone, Joni here sharing these new cute fox critters from the Fox Friends stamp set and the Fox Friends Coordinating die set. I also used the new Stitched Hexagons dies. Today I want to share with you how to ground images using your Copic markers.

To begin, I first distressed an A2 white card panel then die-cut on the upper right using the medium sized Stitched Hexagons dies. At the bottom of the panel I drew 2 lines using a pencil mark (see: arrows). This will serve as a guide on where to put some grass and dot images using Copic markers.

Next, I using YG95 and G99 to draw my grass and dots for my ground.

I added more color of Copics to make it more realistic look. I used E31 and E57 for the add on.

Next, I removed the pencil marks. For the back of the hexagon, I distressed some piece of white cardstock using Distress Ink in Wild Honey. Next, I adhered the piece of cardstock with foam tape for dimensions even though it’s a background.

Then, I added some water splatter and gold splatter using the Gansai Tambi Starry Colors.

I adhered the die-cut images with foam tape for added dimensions. I also added some of the new Tropical Flowers sequins (orange color). I also include some of the Sparkling Clear sequins to finish off the card.

Here’s another look.

Pretty Pink Posh: Creating Garden Scenes

Fox Friends stamp set
Stitched Hexagons die set
Starry Colors: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Pretty Pink Posh Shop
Foam Tape (extra large roll): Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
Copic Markers: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp

I hope you guys enjoyed! Thank you for stopping by.

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Happy Foxes (New Products!)

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends! Heather here with a couple cards using some of the brand new Pretty Pink Posh products releasing in just a few days!!! So excited for all the new goodies!

Pretty Pink Posh: Happy Foxes

My kids both know how much I love foxes, so whenever there is something with a cute fox, they always point it out to me. So as soon as I saw this cute new Fox Friends set, I knew it would be the first thing I would want to play with! I mean, look at those cute fox faces!!!

Pretty Pink Posh: Happy Foxes

I also used a brand new border die that is releasing – Scallop Border Dies. I love the combination of the scallops and stitching in these! I used two different color combos – so I cut the bottom edge off of a gray and kraft piece of cardstock so the bottom third of the white card base is showing.

Then I stamped and die cut the foxes with their coordinating dies, and some speech bubbles for the sentiments using Stitched Speech Bubbles Dies – the perfect size to coordinate with these.

Pretty Pink Posh: Happy Foxes

I wanted to add some inking to the bottom of my card bases, so I taped off a line so I knew where the inking needed to go – that way I made sure to have coverage where I wanted, but didn’t have to waste any more ink than necessary. I also added some splatters of white paint by mixing some white paint with water in a Mini Mister, then removing the sprayer and flicking a bit on.

I colored up the foxes, stamped my sentiments, and then used the tiny heart in the set to stamp a random background with the same color ink I used on the white card bases. To make them pop a little extra, I filled them in with a white gel pen.

Mounted the front panel on the card bases, and the foxes and speech bubbles with foam adhesive, and added a few Sparkling Clear Sequins. Here is a closer look at both of them:

For this one I went with a brighter and cooler color palette – the fox is almost a coral color.

The second one felt more like fall colors to me – the red is deep and rich.

Seriously – aren’t those foxes ADORABLE?!?!?

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Thanks so much for stopping by today – have an absolutely wonderful day!!!

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Butterfly Hexagon Shaker + PDF Download

Hello, Pretty Pink Posh fans! This is Yana and I’m excited to share a vellum shaker card today using some of the brand new products coming on August 5th.

I recently discovered that vellum is a great screen to use for shaker cards. It mutes the background a little bit, helps to draw the eye to the focal point (not the shaker itself) and still has that “shaker” element of surprise.

Before I get to the tutorial part of this post, I want to share a bit about about my process. In the past I used to love to use sketches for my projects, I would also make sketches of cards I planned to make on paper (I had a dedicated sketch notebook) and would always use them in my craftroom.

These days my approach is a bit different. I like to create a sketch by using the products themselves. Photo below shows how I used hexagon dies and stamps to lay out my future card design on paper. I don’t always follow my initial design, but I do enjoy and do find it helpful to lay my supplies out like this. It helps me to visualize and better plan my card.

I decided to use the new Stitched Hexagons dies and create several windows in my front panel. To re-create this panel you’ll need to die cut the second largest and also third largest hexagons out of white cardstock that is cut to 4 by 5 ½”.

Next go ahead and stamp and heat emboss several images from the Blissful Butterflies set in gold embossing powder onto watercolor paper, cut the images out with the help of matching dies.

To help me decide on the colors to color my images I used a pack of sequins, Wildflowers Mix, as my inspiration and watercolored in purple and blue. This is a great trick and it really saves a lot of time when it comes to embellishing a card. Instead of trying to match the color of sequins to your project you can actually use the sequin mix as a color palette.

To watercolor these I used Daniel Smith sampler watercolor sheets and a water brush. However any other watercolor medium can be used.

The reason I decided to use vellum for the shaker on this card and not acetate, is because I wanted to add additional heat embossing and you can’t heat emboss acetate unless it’s a heat resistant one.

Prep the vellum for heat embossing as you would paper, stamp the image, cover with embossing powder and heat set it. The trick to embossing vellum is getting your heat tool nice & hot and applying heat in short bursts.

After embossing go ahead and adher vellum from the back of your die cut panel, build the shaker walls with the help of foam adhesive, add the Wildflowers Mix sequins (I used both 4mm and 6mm) and closed the shaker with another layer of vellum, you can also use acetate here.

The base panel for this project is done at this point and you can go ahead and adhered it onto a tan top folding A2 card base and add a strip of gold glitter paper to spice things up.

Foam mount the butterflies as well as the sentiments (I also heat embossed “You are the best” from the Birdie Friends stamp set and embellished this card card with a number of Rose Gold Sequins in all 3 sizes.

Pretty Pink Posh: Butterfly Hexagon Shaker

Daniel Smith Watercolors: Amazon // Ellen Hutson
Zig Watercolor Details Brush
Foam Squares: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
Versmark: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp

Be sure to mark your calendars for August 11 & 12. We have a super fun blog hop that will showcase the new stamps, dies, sequins and I’m bringing along the design team and some amazing special guests. If you’re on Facebook, be sure to visit the blog hop event page HERE.

We hope you enjoyed today’s tutorial and look at the upcoming release. Stay tuned- we’ll have new posts every day this week leading up to the release on Friday, August 5th!