Tutorials

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends! Heather here with a couple shaker cards using both the positive and negative die cuts from the Window Frames Die Cuts and some ink blending to create an ombre color fade on the inside of the shaker to compliment the sequins and confetti!

Look how the soft ink blending on the inside of the shaker sets off the filling so well – and the Iridescent Mini Star and Heart Confetti pick up the color of the ink that is underneath them – helping make it more versatile than ever!

I started off by choosing my pattern paper, and trimming a piece of white cardstock to fit the front of my card, leaving the pattern paper showing at the top and bottom – in this case I did 4 1/4″ by 4″ – almost a square. Use some removable tape (washi tape or Post It tape which is what I used here) to hold the die in place and run through your die cut machine, saving both pieces.

I chose some inks that coordinated with the dominate color of my pattern paper and used a foam ink blender to add a soft color on the bottom of the inside piece. I used a light touch – I didn’t want the color too deep, and let it fade out to white at the top.

Add the acetate windows to the outer portion of the frame, and then a little trick I like to use to line up the inner portion perfectly – use a tiny bit of easily removable tape (again, I used Post It tape) to hold the back piece to the acetate window, apply adhesive to the back of just the inner portion of the window, place panel where you would like it on the card front, press firmly to attach adhesive, then easily pull off the outer portion that is only attached with that tiny piece of tape.

I used a mix of the Iridescent Mini Star and Heart Confetti, and some smaller 4mm Strawberry Burst and Peridot Mist sequins – I only used one layer of ordinary foam adhesive, so I didn’t want my shaker to have bulky items in it. I also spaced out the colored sequins, that way if things didn’t shake around a lot, I knew everything would be evenly spaced out to begin with with. Aren’t those sequins so pretty and sparkly together?

Add foam adhesive to the front of the shaker windows and attach over the sequins – see how perfectly they line up? To finish off, I wrapped some twine around the entire card front, tied in a bow, then mounted my little birdies with foam adhesive over the bows.

And the green version:

Maybe even MORE sparkly!

• Birdie Friends stamp set
• Window Frames die set
• Foam Tape (extra large roll): Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
• Post-It tape: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
• Plaid paper pad: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp

Would love to hear what your favorite color combo of these is! I don’t think I can choose between the two – and I can’t get enough plaid paper these days! LOVE it!

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

Hello, Pretty Pink Posh fans! This is Yana and I’m excited to share a simple see-through shaker card tutorial today. I’m usually not a big fan of shakers, but with the right tools (and by tools I mean dies designed specifically for shakers) I’m starting to enjoy this type of cards more and more.

My today’s shaker is a see-through one, I’m using a card base with some printed texture/design and you can actually see that print through the window and through the sequins. Typically I close my shakers with white cardstock, but for this card I used clear acetate on both front and back of the shaker piece.

To create this card you’ll first need to create a few elements, I’m using the Rainy Days stamp set and matching dies along with Versafine Onyx Black ink, watercolor paper and watercolors to create mine. I stamped the umbrella and a cloud in black ink, heat set with my heat tool, did some very quick watercolor in blue and cut the shapes out using matching dies.

For my watercolors I used Daniel Smith watercolor sampler sheet (simply because there’s a huge number of blues to choose from), but these can be colored using any colors or any mediums really.

After you’ve stamped, colored and die cut the umbrella use glue and adhere the pieces together. I used Multi Medium adhesive in Matte.

While glue on the umbrella is drying go ahead and die cut the shaker front panel – I’m using Stitched Duo 2 dies and white cardstock. I’ve cut my dies apart as I recently used the inner die to create a continuous pattern for my card, you can see it here so I used washi tape to hold them together and I also used the connector pieces (what’s left of them) to alight the two dies perfectly. I also used a die from the Stitched Essentials 1 set and die cut just a little tail to go under my shaker. I didn’t need to cut the entire shape out as it would have been hidden anyways and I was making a see-through shaker so I needed it to actually not be there to look pretty.

Next go ahead and slide the umbrella through the Stitched Duo 2 dies and secure in place. You can skip this and just adhere the umbrella on top, but I thought it looked extra fun this way. I also die cut two rectangles out of clear acetate using the outer die from the Stitched Duo 2 set. This can be done using scissors, but if there is a die for that, why not use it, right? I adhered one from the back of my die cut cardstock piece.

Use foam adhesive to build the walls of your shaker. I usually use various types and brands of foam adhesive for that, but recently I came across this super thick foam dot adhesive from Studio G (you can find it at Michaels and similar stores). I rarely use adhesive that is this thick for my usual cardmaking as I find it to be just too dimensional, but it works perfectly for shakers and it’s very inexpensive too.

So build your shaker walls, use an anti static powder tool to eliminate the stick on the sides of the foam adhesive and add the sequins of your choice. For this project I went with the Gold Mini Star Confetti. I love these tiny confetti sequins and I’ve actually used a few packs to make an oversized layout shaker, you can see it here. Close up the shaker with another piece of clear acetate and continue making your card.

To finish this project I adhered my shaker onto an A2 top folding card base, foam mounted the watercolor cloud and added a sentiment. I stamped Get Well Soon onto the shaker itself and also heat embossed Sorry You’re Under The Weather in white onto black cardstock.

I couldn’t resist adding a few more sequins, so I adhered several 4mm Metallic Gold sequins to complete this card.

• Stitched Duo 2
• Rainy Days stamp set
• Gold Mini Star confetti
• Foam Squares: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
• Daniel Smith Watercolors: Amazon // Ellen Hutson

Happy cardmaking! Thanks for joining us today!

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends! Heather here to share a couple of fun cards I made by dressing up some papers from a 6×6 paper pad with PPP dies and sequins – these cards are amazingly simple to make, and yet with a few simple steps they look like you spent lots of time on them!

Am I the only one who hoards (I mean, COLLECTS!) pattern papers? I’ve gotten pretty good at using them, since I’ve learned that I will definitely be adding more all the time, and will constantly have a new favorite, so I may as well enjoy the current favorite by actually using it! However, some of those pattern paper pads have the extra pre-decorated patterns that are almost a stand alone on as a card, but when I use them, I like to dress them up a little to make them a bit more unique! PPP sequins and border dies are the perfect way to do that!

Here is the paper pad I used, as well as the pattern papers I chose. The top right pattern papers I trimmed to fit an A2 card front, 4 1/4 x 5 1/2, and the bottom images are from two sides of one piece of paper that I cut apart.

I selected two different borders from Stitched Borders 1 Dies, starting with the scallop, and cut it to fit on each side of my pre-designed portion of the paper.

On this photo you can see how I first trimmed one side with the zig-zag, layed the pre-designed portion over the top, then used Post-it tape to attach the die on the other side for perfect placement before running through my Big Shot die cut machine.

Here they are die cut and layered together:

Next, I used kids fun foam and my tape runner to attach them to the card front for some sturdy dimension.

Finally, I added a sprinkling of 4 mm iridescent sequins in Sunshine Glow, Peridot Mist, and Strawberry Burst – attaching them with a dot of Glossy Accents.

Here are close ups of the two finished cards – I absolutely adore the bright happy colors of this paper pad!!!

• Simple Stories paper pad: Amazon // Simon Says Stamp
• Stitched Borders 1
• Post-It tape: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
• Glossy Accents Mini: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
• ATG set (BEST TAPE ever!): Amazon

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

Hi Jeanne here today with a fun project to share! This “Just a Little Note” card is bright and sunny and sure to brighten your day!

I started by debossing the Stitched Banner Duo 2 die on a panel of white card stock.  Debossing is easy – instead of cutting the die with your cutting place, you simply put a rubber embossing matt and special plate through your machine so it presses the design into the paper instead of cutting it out.  Be sure to follow the directions provided by your machine manufacturer.

I wanted to add more definition to the debossed image so I cut the Stitched Banner Duo 2 a second time from a piece of scrap paper.    Holding the die cut banner over the debossed one I distressed along the edges of the die cut to create a soft yellow glow.

Then I got to work on my layout.  I knew I wanted to place the little chickie from Birdie Notes inside the banner.  I stamped a sentiment just under where she would be, and some musical notes that would be around her head.

I stamped and die cut the birdie (the coordinating die cuts make this a breeze) and attached a wobbler to the back.  I had to trim the wobbler to size to fit the back of the die cut shape.  This doesn’t affect the spring action unless you cut the coiled plastic.

What a surprise when you touch the little chickie!! This is so fun to see the little chickie “wiggle it”!

You know I can’t resist my bling – I attached a few Sunshine Glow sequins to make me happy!

• Hampton Art Wobblers: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
• Mini Ink Blending Tools: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
• Stitched Banner Duo 2
• Birdie Notes set
• Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp

Did you see that we have a Rainbow challenge happening on the blog? There’s only ONE more day to get your entries in!

Have a wonderful weekend. Thank you for stopping by the blog!

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends! Heather here to share a couple of fun cards – something fun that I recently tried on a whim – sort of an optical illusion that makes it look like the shaker cards are overflowing with gold and silver Mini Star Confetti!

I started off by choosing a couple different pattern papers – I love to choose papers from a single paper pad, since they usually coordinate very well together! I die cut them using the two large layers of Decorative Tag 1 Dies – cutting the scallop portion also out of white cardstock, then piecing them together by alternating the center and outer portions – this way I can use both the negative and positive cuts! I saved the pattern scallops to use another time.

I used some simple Scotch single sided tape to tape the white scallop to the outer frame from the back, then some sturdy Score Tape to attach the acetate for the shaker window.

Before attaching the acetate, I used the outer portion to position and center the inner part by applying adhesive tape, setting the outer frame where I wanted it placed, then fitting the center oval in place…

…then lifting the outer frame to be able to add the acetate and foam for the shaker.

I added a cute sentiment to each one using Birdie Friends Stamp Set – I actually mixed these up, and was going to stamp the sentiments in reverse! Didn’t notice until it was too late! :)

Here is a side view of them – isn’t it a fun effect?

 And finally, a close up of each one on it’s own.

I love the effect this gives – shakers are such happy cards anyway – and this feels like it just couldn’t hold in all the happy!

Thanks so much for stopping by today – hope your day is overflowing with happy too!!!