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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!!

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Tutorial: Multi Window Shaker Card

Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I have a card for you all using the brand new Happy Turkey coordinating die set. I love using coordinating die sets without the stamp, since it stretches your supplies and opens whole new doors for using coordinating dies. I’ll be making mini shaker pockets with this die set today using a bunch of different colours of sequins!

To begin my card today I went ahead and cut down a piece of white cardstock and started cutting my leaves out. The leaves in this coordinating die set work well on their own and you can tell that they are leaves, they don’t loose much detail. I cut out the three in the centre of the cardstock and then I went ahead and die cut them from the top and bottom, so I had nine cut altogether in a grid pattern. Once they were all cut, I flipped over my panel, added a sheet of acetate and then added two foam layers around all my leaves to make them have individual sections.

Embellishments used: 4mm Lime Sorbet, 4mm Lemon Meringue, 4mm Tangerine, 6mm Champagne, 6mm Marigold, 6mm Lemon Drop, 6mm Sand, 6mm Raspberry, 6mm Pumpkin and Metallic Gold Confetti Mix

I then filled each section with a different colour of sequin using various sizes also. I tried to use as many fall themed colours as possible too. Once I filled all my leaves with sequins I used another piece of white cardstock, removed the backers of the foam tape and adhered it down. Now for the sentiment, I used the Angel Friends stamp set and stamped out the banner and then used the Birdie Friends stamp set to stamp out the ‘You’re the Best’ sentiment.

To finish up my card I adhered a piece of patterned paper from Lawn Fawn to my card base and then adhered my sequin shaker panel on top. I used foam tape to adhere the sentiment and also sprinkled some of the new gold confetti mix around my card and adhered it down also.

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Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed my card and are loving all the new products for this release!

Eloise

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Tutorial: Watercolors on Die Cuts

Hello everyone, Joni here sharing the new Stitched Foliage Dies. These dies set are not only perfect for fall but it can work for everyday use as well.

To begin, I first die-cut the pieces on a watercolor paper.

Then, I watercolored some of the pieces with Prima Marketing Metallic Semi-Watercolor Cake.

Next, I cut an A2 watercolor panel and watercolored using golden yellow and black as my background. Let it dry, then I added some watercolor splatter using the same golden yellow color and let it dry.

I also watercolor another A2 card with a light aqua color, let it dry and then die-cut using the Scallop Oval Dies (large oval). I then die-cut 3 more oval so I can adhere one on top of the other to make a sturdy die-cut piece. I also used the leaf from Happy Turkey Stamp set, watercolored and die-cut using the Happy Turkey Coordinating Dies.

Next, I stamped the sentiment from Thoughtful Greetings on a center of my panel. Then die-cut a gold star from the new Angel Friends Coordinating Dies and adhered on the card. I also added the new Marshmallow Confetti Mix to finish the card.

Be sure to mark your calendar for later this week. We are having our two day blog hop with lots of special guests using our new release.

I hope you guys enjoyed today’s tutorial! Until next time. Have an amazing day!

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Tutorial: Maximizing Tiny Stamps

Hello Everyone, Joni here sharing another tutorial on maximizing your tiny stamps.

To begin I used the small stamp star cluster and an individual small star image from the Fly Away Friends for the background. I also stamped the plane and hedgehog colored them with watercolor, let it dry. Then used the Fly Away Friends Coordinating Dies to die-cut the images.

Then die-cut the background panel with Stitched Notes Dies. I also used the Scallop Diamond Tags Dies to create a tag for the card.

After cutting the background panel I then die-cut the center with Stitched Border Die 1, this will help show the distressed white cardstock panel I created.

I then die-cut the bow from the Fly a Kite coordinating dies using gold cardstock.

I put everything on a foam tape for dimension.

I hope I have inspired you to use your tiny stamps in new, creative ways. Thank you so much for stopping by.

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Creating Sentiment Backgrounds + Video

Hello, Pretty Pink Posh fans! This is Yana and today I am sharing a video tutorial showing how to stamp a background using sentiment stamps.

Colored inks used:  Sunshine // Doll Pink // Green Apple // Twirling Tutu

The Thoughtful Greetings stamp set I am using for my card today contains messages for a variety of different occasions. I picked just one of them, Sending Happy Thoughts Your Way, to stamp a background pattern for my card.

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

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I used a light pink ink color for my stamping, but you can go with any color you like. I was going for a soft and feminine card. I started stamping in the center of my panel, first stamped the middle row and later added rows on the left and right hand side to make sure my stamping was centered.

You can combine multiple messages to create a background like this, but I always like to use just one. If you feel your pattern is lacking you can always add additional elements such as hearts or stars. I used a large and small heart images and stamped them in between my messages. You can also take your background even further – use several colors of ink for stamping and/or incorporate heat embossing. After stamping large hearts I heat embossed them in Antique Gold embossing powder.

To highlight one of the messages and create the main sentiment for this card I stamped same message over the already stamped area in black ink. Here’s a close up of that – I love the pop of pink behind black.

Finally I embellished my card with a number of Sparkling Clear sequins and later used a black pigment pen and added tiny black dots here and there to ground the black stamped sentiment

Happy cardmaking!

 

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Tutorial: Stretching Your Dies

Hello everyone, Joni here sharing another tip of looking at your dies on a different way.

For the main focal of this project are the clouds from the new July released Fly a Kite Coordinating dies.

To begin, I first die-cut the clouds on a white cardstock using the Neenah white 80lb. Then distressed each one, using Tim Holtz Tattered Rose Distress Ink pad. I also scored each cloud for dimension.

Next, I cut a 1 ½   circle for the center where I adhered the petals on top. For the first layer, I did 9 clouds and for the top I adhered 5. To adhered each petals, I used Multi Medium Matte.

Next, I needed a stem and leaves for my flower. The scallop die from Stitched Borders 2 Dies is perfect for making the leaves, the leaves were also scored. For the stem, the stitched curved die from Stitched Borders 1 Dies worked perfectly.

For the card base the measurement I used 121/2   X 14 centimeters, almost a square card. But, for the top panel is just regular A2 size. I also distressed splattered it with gold watercolor paint from Gansai Tambi Starry Colors. The sentiment I used was from Thoughtful Greetings stamp set.

For this project I adhered every piece of for the flower (petals, leaves, stem) using Multi Medium Matte. For the sequins I used the Metallic Rose Gold in all 3 sizes.

I hope I have inspired you. Until next time. Have a wonderful day!