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Hello crafty friends, Lisa Mears here. It’s graduation season so today I’m sharing a quick graduation card using some products from the May 2023 release.

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For the background of my card, I used the Layered Graduation three layer stencil. The great thing about this stencil is that you can use it with ink colors that match the colors of your graduate’s school colors. My daughter is graduating high school this year so I knew immediately that I wanted the graduation caps to be the same color as her cap and gown. Therefore, for the Layer A stencil, which is the graduation caps, I used Fired Brick Distress Oxide ink since her graduation apparel matches this ink color the best.

For the Layer B stencil, which is the diploma, I used Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink. For the Layer C stencil, which is the tassel and the ribbon for the diploma, I used Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink. I also added some Brutus Monroe Alabaster Glitter Glaze over the tassel and ribbon to add a bit of sparkle.

I die cut a label from the Easter Circles die set and added a koala bear from the Koala Friends stamp set. I thought it would be cute to add a graduation cap and diploma to the koala bear so I fussy cut them from the stenciled background. For the sentiment, I used the Congrats Shadow die.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day!
Lisa Mears

Hi, friends, it’s Lauren. Can you believe the school year is coming to an end and we’re approaching graduation season? Pretty Pink Posh just released some new products to help with your congratulations projects and I’m sharing how to incorporate the new Graduation Mug Additions Dies with the Winter Mug Dies to make a shaker card!

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To prepare for my video, I did some hot foiling and die cutting before recording. Using some pastel satin foil, I hot foiled the Congrats Script Hot Foil Plate and cut it out with the Congrats Shadow Die Set. I used different types of cardstock (solid, vellum, glitter) in coordinating colors (white, yellow, blues) with the Winter Mug Dies, Graduation Mug Additions Dies, and the largest square from the Wonky Stitched Squares Dies. 

Next I stenciled my background on the Wonky Stitched Square with the Layered Graduation Stencils. I used Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide with the A stencil, Scattered Straw with the B stencil, and gold stencil paste with the C stencil. While it dried, I assembled my mug together as a shaker. I cut confetti from the Graduation Mug Additions Dies, but also included the new Aqua Shimmer Confetti inside the shaker.

I adhered my card together on a 4-1/4 x 4-1/4″ card base and layered some blue vellum trimmed to 4-1/8 x 4-1/8″ as well as the stenciled background. The shaker mug was then glued onto the card as well as the other graduation die cut details. My sentiment was added to the top of the mug and the card is complete! I hope you’re inspired to use your Graduation Mug Additions Dies, too.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day!

Hello crafty friends. It’s Lisa Mears here. Today I’m sharing a slimline birdhouse card. These birdhouses can be used on cards for just about any occasion. 

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I used the Spring Birdhouses stamp set which includes three birdhouses, a branch, and several sentiments. The A Little Birdie stamp set includes five birds that coordinate perfectly with the birdhouses.  I also used a flower stamp from the Spring Flower stamp set to add to the branches.

I colored my images using Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens in the following colors — Peach Pink, Turquoise Green, May Green, Orange, Light Blue, Lemon Yellow, Mid Brown, and the Blender. After I colored them, I die cut them with the coordinating dies.

For the card background, I used the Layered Clouds Stencil along with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink. I cut the background to 3 1/4” x 8 1/4”. 

I added the largest Slimline Scallop Frame dies to the stenciled background and then added my stamped images and sentiment. Finally, I added the card layer to a slimline card base which measures 3 1/2” x 8 1/2”.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  Have a wonderful day!
Lisa Mears

Hello friends. It’s Lisa Mears on the blog today sharing a get well soon card that I made with the Get Well Soon stamp set.

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The Get Well Soon stamp set has a lot of cute images such as a tissue box, tea cup, soup bowl, thermometer, bandaid, bouquet of flowers, and several sentiments. I wanted to use several of the images on my card so I decided to stamp many of them in a random pattern on the cardstock to create my own pattern paper. 

I stamped the images onto Bristol Smooth cardstock that I cut to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” and colored them with Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens in the following colors —  Turquoise Green, Sugar Almond Pink, Flesh Colour, Lemon Yellow, Pale Gray, Mid Brown, and the Blender. After I colored them, I die cut them with the coordinating dies.

I die cut the label for the sentiment using the Get Well Soon coordinating die set and stamped a sentiment on it. I added the label to the card with foam to give it some dimension and then added a few more stamps around the sentiment. 

Finally, I added the stamped card layer to a piece of teal cardstock that measures 4 1/4” x 5 1/2” and then added it to an A2 card base. 

Thank you for stopping by today.  Have a great day!
Lisa Mears

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Hi, friends! It’s Lauren and I am so excited to be back on the Pretty Pink Posh blog! Today I’m sharing two Mother’s Day card ideas using stenciled backgrounds for Pretty Pink Posh’s Stencil Week – of course you can change the sentiments to use for any occasion.

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I started with stenciling my backgrounds so they have plenty of time to dry. Using the Layered Sunflowers Stencils, I used Distress Oxides in Mustard Seed, Vintage Photo and Mowed Lawn to add color through the B, C and D stencils. Then using the A stencil, I added yellow stencil paste to add shine and dimension to the background. The second background was with the Layered Butterflies Stencils and I used the A and C stencils with more Distress Oxides in Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry and Wilted Violet. Then I added some clear sparkle stencil paste through the B stencil to add the details to the butterflies.

Then I worked on the sentiments for my card by hot foiling the Large Mom/Mother Foil Plates with Blush and Bright Pink foils. I used the Mom/Mother Shadow Dies to cut them out as they coordinate perfectly. After die cutting a label from Easter Sentiments Coordinating Dies out of green cardstock, I embossed the “Thanks for all you do” sentiment from the Mom Stamp Set in gold embossing powder. I also embossed the same sentiment on purple cardstock with white embossing powder and trimmed around the sentiment to make a strip.

For the images on the card, I die cut the Butterfly Shaker Die out of pink cardstock and added Picked Raspberry and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink to add color. I also stamped and die cut butterflies from the Mom Stamp Set and Coordinating Dies, and flowers from the Potted Sunflowers Stamp Set and Coordinating Dies. Using Ohuhu Art Markers, I colored in the images to match the colors of the stenciled backgrounds.

I assembled the cards by adding my stenciled backgrounds that were trimmed to 4×5-1/4″ on A2 card bases with tape runner, the label and butterfly die cut were adhered with foam adhesive, and finally glued the sentiments and images with adhesive.

I hope you’re inspired with these stenciled Mother’s Day cards and you make some for yourself!

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Hello friends! Welcome to Stencil Week, my favorite week of all! This is Mindy and I’m excited to share my project with you today featuring white pigment ink and kraft cardstock (and stencils of course!)

I have a video sharing this process that you can view down below or HERE on the Pretty Pink Posh YouTube channel.

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White pigment ink on kraft cardstock is such a fun and unique look. I’m starting with the Falling Branches stencil and applying White pigment ink using a dome blending tool. I want to make sure I’m getting really good coverage with the white ink.

After I remove the stencil, I’m going to clean it and then position back over the card front, lining up the images.

I’m going to apply a light green ink over the stencil with a blending brush. Be sure to watch the video for all the tips I share when applying ink over white pigment ink.

Before removing the stencil, I’m going to apply a darker green to give the branches some shading and highlight areas.

For a little interest and fun, I’m adding splatters with white paint and also a mix of water and dark green ink.

After the panel is dry, I’m going to frame the design with a white Scallop Frame popped up with foam strips.

My sentiment comes from the Simple Sentiments stamp set and is heat embossed in white embossing powder with a coordinating color of green cardstock to match my background. After trimming this down to a thin strip, I can add it to my card front by slightly overlapping the white frame.

For an embellishment, I’m adding three white flowers die cut from the Spring Foliage set and dropping in Lemon Drop Jewels in the center.

A very simple card with a fun technique and delicate look. Hope you give this a try! Thanks for joining me today and enjoy all the inspiration this week!

Mindy

Hey friends! This is Mindy and I’m here today to share with you inspiration using the Leafy Spring Wreath two different ways.

I have a video sharing this process that you can view down below or HERE on the Pretty Pink Posh YouTube channel.

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I’ll start by stamping the wreath from the Leafy Spring Wreath stamp set and images from the Mom stamp set two times in an alcohol friendly ink. One of the wreaths I’m going to color with shades of green from the Triblend Markers and the other wreath I’m only going to add a light gray to one edge of each leaf.

I’m also going to color in all the flowers I stamped out using some light pinks from my Triblend Markers. I’ll use the coordinating dies from both the Leafy Spring Wreath & Mom Stamp Set to cut out all the images so I can pop them up with foam squares later on.

For the first card, I created a striped background using various colors of cardstock from my scraps. I’ll trim this panel down to add to an A2 size card front and I’m going to use the wreath that has the light gray coloring on it. I like keeping the color soft and light on this one when adding to a colorful background. This way I don’t feel like the card is too busy.

For the second card, I’m lightly ink blending on Lost Shadow Distress Ink using the Pretty Petals Stencil. I start in the center of the card and have the stencil fade out as it gets towards the edges.

I will add my green wreath over the top with foam squares and decorate with the flowers.

Both cards are using the Mom Word & Shadow die. One is cut from white glitter cardstock and the other from Matte Gold cardstock and placed over the center of the wreaths.

The smaller sentiment also comes from the Mom Stamp set in which one is stamped in Black ink onto White cardstock and the other heat embossed in Gold to match the Matte Gold cardstock.

Such a fun look for both of these cards! Hope you enjoyed today’s inspiration! Thanks for stopping by!

Mindy

Hi crafty friends! Rebecca here with two quick and easy colorful cards! Have you tried the Pretty Pink Posh Layering Stencils? Using them is truly the easiest way to achieve the cutest multicolor image backgrounds!

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With just some ink pads and mini blending brushes you can ink blend over the Layered Easter Floral Stencils and Layered Umbrella Stencils with a variety of colors and create adorable Easter and Spring themed, colorful backgrounds for cards.

Once you have all your stenciling done, you don’t need to add much to your card so you can let those backgrounds shine. Choose a pretty sentiment from the Easter Sentiments Stamp Set and cut it out with the Easter Sentiments Dies.

You can trim the stenciled panel down to 4 x 5.25” to matte it on some colorful cardstock, or cut the stenciled panel out using the Wonky Stitched Rectangle dies.

Add a bit of trim under the Easter Sentiments label or cut out a few of the Stitched Strips Dies to place under the label. The multicolor panels are so fun, you don’t need much more than that, but if you do want to include some embellishments, you can die cut some images like Easter eggs from the Easter Mug Additions Dies!

The Pretty Pink Posh layering stencils come in a big variety of themes and images, so next time you need a colorful and adorable background try them for an easy way to add multicolor images to your cards!

Thanks for stopping by!
Rebecca

Hi, friends! It’s Lauren and I am so excited to be back on the Pretty Pink Posh YouTube channel! Were you patiently waiting like I was for the Scallop Box Card Dies to be released? It’s perfect timing with all of the adorable Spring products recently released and I wanted to use them to create a rainy day scene with the Spring Chicks Stamp Set.

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I started with die cutting all of the pieces I needed from the Scallop Box Card Dies, Umbrella Shaker Dies, and Nature Essentials Dies in colored and glitter cardstock. Next, I stamped and colored the images from the Spring Chicks Stamp Set and Spring Jar Stamp Set. I used the Spring Chicks Coordinating Dies and Spring Jar Coordinating Dies to cut the images out.

To add a little more fun to the card, I also stenciled some rain drops onto the scalloped arch using just the rain drops from Layered Umbrellas Stencils with some blue stencil paste. I set that aside to dry while I stamped my sentiment onto the scalloped rectangle that will be adhered to the front of the box card.

You can follow along in the video as I show how to assemble the Scallop Box Card Dies and any tips I have to help add in the “shelf” pieces and how to close the box card so that it folds flat nicely. Once the box is assembled, you can add in the grassy die cut pieces, stenciled scallop arch and sentiment to the box card. I also glued together my umbrella from the Umbrella Shaker Dies and added it to the back of my box card.

Using my reversible tweezers and a jewel picker tool, I adhered my stamped images to create a scene of Spring Chicks playing in the rain puddles. My butterfly is attached to the scene using acetate so it looks like it’s flying in the background above the playful chicks. I hope you enjoy today’s video and that it brings you inspiration for using your Scallop Box Card Dies to create fun scenes for Spring!

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day!