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Creating A Snowy Scene + Video

Hi friends! It’s Nina-Marie back with you today and I am sharing some inspiration for using the new Pretty Pink Posh STAMPtember exclusive set that was designed for Simon Says Stamp!

Pretty Pink Posh: Creating A Snowy Scene

This set called Winter Bird Friend is SUPER cute, and features some fun accessories that can be used to dress up the bird that is also included in the stamp set. I wanted to use the set however to show you that you can use the accessories with some of your other favorite Pretty Pink Posh sets!

I’ve paired the Winter Bird Friend set with the Fox Friends stamp set, also by Pretty Pink Posh, to create a cute snowy scene! I love how adorable the foxes look with their winter attire on… ready for a fun day in the snow!

In today’s video, I’ll be sharing how I created this fun scene, along with tips and tricks on a few techniques I used during the card process!

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I hope this was inspiring to you and showed you how you can get even more use out of the fun images included in the Winter Bird Friend stamp set! Thanks for spending some time with me today… I’ll see you again very soon!

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DIY Halloween Clouds Card

Hello everyone, Joni here with another cute tutorial using the open cloud image from the Rainy Days stamp set. Really versatile and creative use for Halloween cards!

To begin, I stamped the clouds multiple times onto white cardstock.

Next, I drew some faces on the clouds using the pencil first, then I added the Micro Pen on the top of the pencil marks and erased the leftover.

Then I distressed the black cardstock with white pigment ink to create that chalk finished. Next, I colored the clouds with Copic markers and die-cut it with Rainy Days coordinating die.

I then adhered the clouds with foam tape. The die-cut “booyah!” were from the Papertrey Ink Headline Alphabet dies. I also added some Pewter sequins for added interest.

Here’s a closer look at the card. You can create so many fun designs, even for Thanksgiving or Christmas!

Thank you so much for joining me today, I hope you liked it! Have a wonderful day!

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Tutorial: Magnetic Bookmarks + Video

Pretty Pink Posh: Magnetic Bookmarks + Video

Hi everyone! This is Vera and today I have Hexagon Magnetic Bookmark to share with you featuring the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Hexagons Dies.

Magnetic bookmarks are popular lately and they’re so easy to make! When I saw the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Hexagons Dies I knew that there were so many options for both cards and other projects.

To create these magnetic bookmarks, I used white cardstock and flexible magnet sheet (you can use flexible magnet tape too). The images are Pretty Pink Posh clear stamps : Camping Friends | Holiday Pals | Rainy Days and the sentiments are from the Birdie Friends Stamp Set. I blended the hexagon die cut with dye ink pad and colored the images using Zig Clean Color Real Brush. On the back side, you can write the words as desired using a black marker and white gel pen.

Here’s a video to show how I created these bookmarks from the start to finish.

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Thanks so much for joining me today! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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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!

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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.