I’ll be dry embossing and colour blocking for my technique with these stencils today.
I started off with two pieces of
watercolour cardstock, laid down my stencils over the top and masked off
sections to create my stripes and rectangles. I then used various Distress Ink
colours to ink blend inside each of them.
Once all the stripes were ink blended as
well as the rectangles, I cleaned off the stencils and dry embossed with them.
I used some rubber mats to make this happen. Now on the white areas you have
this raised look and it gives so much more detail to the simple design.
I then white heat embossed the ‘Wishing You A Blessed Holiday Season’ onto some thin black strips of cardstock from the Joy Stamp Set and adhered it onto my card. I added some hemp cord to add a bow to the right hand side of the strips. Lastly I scattered some Celebration Confetti Mix onto the background and adhered them down with glossy accents.
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Hi friends, Eloise here and today I’ll be making some gift tag cards for you all using the new Holiday Signs Stamp Set. I love creating tags around the holiday season, and these little critters holding cute signs I thought would be the perfect size for them.
I started off with stamping out four of the images fromHoliday Signs onto white cardstock. I coloured them in with Copic Markers, added white gel pen details to them and cut them out using the coordinating dies. I also cut out additional die cuts for the backs of my tags.
I then stamped four different sentiments
onto each of the images, since we have so many to choose from. I then scored
the tops of each of the blank die cuts, added 1/8” adhesive to the tops and
adhered the coloured images on the top. This created an area to write a message
on the inside.
I punched small holes into the tops of each of the tags, threaded through some coloured twine and then tied a small bow at the tops of them, with hemp cord.
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That finished up these super simple gift
tag cards for today, I really hope you enjoyed and were inspired. This could
work with any type of image that’s on the larger side to create some cute
shaped tags.
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Hello Pretty Pink Posh blog readers! Lindsay here with you today with a fun way to use smaller images from stamp sets that can sometimes be forgotten. I’m highlighting the Joy Stamp Set from the latest release.
I like to use the Gina K Wreath Builder Stencil for even stamping with smaller images. For this card I used the 4” template and a piece of white cardstock to start. I started stamping my images with Momento Tuxedo Black ink. In order to fit the maximum amount of images I rotated the paper an extra turn each time in order to stamp each image 4 times rather than 8.
After creating my patterned background using all of the cute smaller images from Joy Stamp Set I got to copic coloring. After finishing my coloring I felt that the background needed a bit more excitement, so I took the small stars from the Joy Stamp Set and stamped with various ink colors to match my copic coloring.
Now that my background was complete, I cut a piece of vellum out from the Stitched Diamond Dies as a spot for my sentiment. I gold heat embossed the long sentiment from the Joy Stamp Set onto black cardstock and then cut up the sentiment in order to layer it vertically.
After adhering all of the vellum and sentiment pieces, I added some Nuvo Crystal Drops for a bit of dimension and called it a day!
Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you pull out your wreath builder and get to making some patterned background with your smaller stamps!
Hi friends, Eloise here and today I’m using the Fall Signs Stamp Set to create my fall themed card today. I also pulled in Trick or Treat Friends for some additional images since I thought they matched in well.
I started off with stamping out images on two pieces of cardstock. I stamped the crow and pumpkins from Trick or Treat Friendsand then the scarecrow from Fall Signs onto some white cardstock for Copic colouring. I then took a piece of watercolour cardstock and stamped two scarecrows side by side. I stamped these exactly how I want them to sit, since I won’t be cutting them out. I then coloured them all in with Copic Markers and cut out the ones from the plain white cardstock. I also cut out two masks from masking paper for the background piece.
I set all my die cut images to the side and worked on the background. I applied the masks over the scarecrows and ink blended some grey Distress Inks over the background. I flicked on some water and dried it off with a heat tool. I removed the masks and then adhered on my other images to create my scene.
Lastly, I stamped on the ‘Happy Fall’
sentiment into the sign that the scarecrow is holding. I then added white gel
pen details to all my images and that finished off my card for today.
Thanks so much for stopping by and I’ll see you next time.
Good morning! It’s Ardyth, and I’m excited to be here on the Pretty Pink Posh blog today. In fact, today I’m doubly excited because Paulina agreed to be part of my video hop to celebrate 3000 subscribers on my personal channel, and so Pretty Pink Posh is not only part of the hop, but a very generous sponsor as well, and has contributed 4 $25 Gift Certificates for 4 randomly-chosen comments along the hop. Be sure to head to my personal blog for all the details!
In fact, the starry background panel on my card started as part of another card. I created this background with the inky, sparkly ‘mess’ that was left on the stencil after I blended ink and spritzed sparkle spray onto it to make the card in the video on my personal channel for today’s hop.
It was so pretty, that I just couldn’t waste it, so I pressed it down onto a clean panel of white cardstock and the result was a shimmery, peachy background!
I created my shaker window with a tag die from Stitched Essentials 1 but I altered the shape and size a bit by covering the fish-tail bottom with my sentiment panel.
The sentiment was created with the Congrats Script die. This script font means that even after I stacked 3 of them together, the die cut was still flexible enough to be made to perfectly fit the curve of the banner. I filled the shaker with Pink Blush jewels – the perfect shade of pink, plus the iridescence picked up some of the yellow and peach tones from the background.
Finally, I added the baby bear and a butterfly to the front of the card. I did some mirror stamping to create a second butterfly facing the first.
From its humble beginnings as ‘leftovers’ from another card, I would say this starry background has become a main player in this adorable baby card. I hope you agree!
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Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I have a shaker card to share with you all using the Boo stamp set. I’m pairing it with the Spider Web Stencil for my background.
I started off with stamping out my images and colouring them in with Copic Markers. Once they were coloured, I cut them out with the Boo coordinating dies. I also added white detail lines to each of the images as well.
I set the images to the side and worked on the background. I adhered down a piece of watercolour paper with washi tape and laid the stencil over the top. I then mixed up my own texture paste using Distress Inks, Glitter and Translucent Embossing Paste. I mixed up three colours and spread it over the stencil. I then sprinkled more glitter, dried it a little with a heat tool, peeled off the stencil and then let the piece dry.
Once the piece was dry, I cut the ‘Boo’
Word from the centre. I adhered acetate on the back and added foam tape around
the letters. I added in my sequins and star confetti and then added a black
piece of cardstock on the back. I flipped it over and adhered the middle of the
letters back in, too.
I adhered the images around the shaker
using foam tape. I also white heat embossed the ‘Happy Halloween To You’
sentiment onto a think black strip and adhered it down over the shaker. To
finish up I added a hemp cord bow to the right-hand side of my project.
That finished up my card for today, I hope you all enjoyed, and I’ll see you next time.
Hello friends, Eloise here and today I have three Halloween cards to share with you all using the Brush Strokes Stencil. I paired it with a few of the Halloween themed stamps in the most current release.
To start off my first card, I took a piece of watercolour cardstock and masked off individual “ghosts” from the Brush Strokes Stencil to ink blend onto the background. I used Pumice Stone Distress Ink and a little white pigment ink to blend them. Once they were all done, I made masks for them all using masking paper and adhered them over the top. I then used Washi Tape and the Wide Stripes Stencil to ink blend stripes over the background diagonally. I flicked on some water and dried it off with a heat tool.
I decided that the ghosts blended into the background too much, so I re-applied the masks and laid over the stencil and used some Black Soot Distress Ink to create a drop shadow on the each of them. Lastly, I adhered Silly Eyes to each of them using some glossy accents and white heat embossed the sentiment ‘Happy Halloween To You’ from the Boo Stamp Set onto a thin strip of black cardstock and adhered it straight across the card.
For the second card, I decided to turn the Brush Strokes Stencil into stamped images. I first took a piece of white cardstock and cut it down with the rectangle inStitched Notes Dies. I then used a stamping tool to stamp the pumpkin border from Fall Borders Stamp Set. I traced around the heads of the “ghosts” and then used the hat stamp from the Boo Stamp Set to stamp on the top of each of them. I erased the pencil lines, took the stencil and traced around each of the ghosts with a black marker. I then coloured everything in with Copic Markers.
After they were coloured, I drew faces on each of the ghosts using the same black marker. I then created masks for everything, adhered them on top and ink blended some Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn onto the bottom and Blueprint Sketch for the top. I removed the masks and then white heat embossed the same ‘Happy Halloween’ sentiment from the Boo Stamp Set onto a thin strip of black cardstock. I adhered it to the card and then adhered the entire panel onto a piece of patterned paper.
For my final card I wanted to create a mini shaker card. I started off with die cutting the Decorative Tag 2 three times, once from watercolour paper and twice from normal white cardstock. I used the Brush Strokes Stencil to ink blend some Wilted Violet, Carved Pumpkin and Twisted Citron Distress Inks over the top onto the watercolour cardstock tag. I flicked on some water and dried it off with a heat tool. I took a circle die and cut it from the centre and added acetate onto the back. I then took the one of the other white tags and adhered a piece of blue cardstock onto it. I added foam tape around the entire perimeter of the piece and added the star confetti’s inside. I then adhered my ink blended tag on top.
I then ink blended one of the “ghosts” from the Brush Strokes Stencil onto some more cardstock using Pumice Stone and white pigment ink, cut around it with scissors and adhered Silly Eyeson top. I then adhered it onto the front of my tag. I white heat embossed the same sentiment from the Boo Stamp Setonto a strip of black cardstock and adhered it into place. I then adhered the last tag I cut onto the back using a little bit of tape at the top and that finished off my third card.
I started by stamping my pumpkin patch, using the row of pumpkins from Fall Borders, and my original sized MISTI, and some masking.
To quickly colour the card, I used the same mask and ink blended the sky and pumpkins. Then I added some optional, extra colouring to add more depth and shadows, but you can stop anywhere along the way, depending on how much time you’ve got.
I finished the card with a sentiment and the bat image from the Boo stamp set and then put the panel onto a black card base. I made another card, with a white base – see how different the cards feel, with that one small change?
I hope you enjoyed watching how I made these two cards!
Hi everyone, Rina here with a fun floral shaker card. I have made this card a Mother’s Day theme, but you can make it for any occasion you want using a sentiment stamped on the inside of the card.
I used Bristol Smooth Surface cardstock stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink to watercolor the images. I used the Peonies stamp set along with the Mother’s Day stamp set (for the inside of the card). I used two Zig Real Clean Color Brush Markers in Turquoise Green and Light Green. I adore these colors together.
I created the card front using the new A2 sized Lattice Background Die and lightly ink blended it with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.
I created my shaker card by adhering the acetate to the back of the Lattice Background die cut. And then applying double sided foam tape around the edges. I created a custom shaker mix to match with the images:
Hello, Pretty Pink Posh’ fans! This is Yana Smakula. In this video, I’m sharing a very easy method to create money holder greeting cards. You won’t need any specialty dies or supplies for this type of card and you should be able to create a card design like this using most of your Pretty Pink posh stamps and coordinating dies.
I started by stamping some images in black Copic marker friendly ink onto white paper. The size of the images you pick is the only thing that matters as you’ll want to use something that’s big enough to hide a folded bill behind it. So a small critter stamp, for example, is not going to work. But a cute giraffe, like the one I’m using here and also a gorgeous floral arrangement will. Both of these images are from Pretty Pink Posh and come from the Animal Signs and Mother’s Day stamp sets respectively.
Watch my video tutorial below to learn how I made this card.
Next, I quickly colored these using Copic markers. Nothing fancy, just some quick strokes of color to bring these images to life. I used YG03, YG17, RV34, RV11, RV10, Y11, Y35, Y17, BV11, BV00, and BV000 markers. To color the giraffe I used E37, E33, E31, R0, and E51.
I wanted to combine these two images and have my critter holding a floral bouquet and not the frame. I did some fussy cutting to eliminate the image parts I didn’t need and using foam adhesive squares I foam mounted the flowers onto my critter, added front legs and the tail. Super cute! and it wasn’t hard to do at all.
Next, I’ve done some partial die cutting using a coordinating die. To make the partial cut I only covered the part of the die that I wanted to cut into the paper and left the other part of the die free. This allowed me to do partial die cutting and only die cut the top part of my giraffe.
I also wanted to add some dry embossing to the background. I used a new Wide Stripes stencil and dry embossed on the background. I love the result! It looks very clear and simple, yet there’s pretty linear texture in the background!
I trimmed this panel down to 4” x 5 1/4”, I also made an A2 card base using hot pink cardstock. I folded the money bill and inserted it into the partially die cut panel. Next, I added foam adhesive around it making sure not to touch it. I wanted to block the bottom part of the panel so that I didn’t have stuff falling down into the card and making it impossible to get it out.
I also used my anti-static powder tool to eliminate any of the residual stickiness on the foam tape so that nothing would stick to it. Once done, I adhered the panel onto a card base, foam mounted the critter, added the bill and dressed up this card using pink stamped stars and Pearlwhite jewels.
I also made one more card to share, this one is for Graduation and it uses the same concept and almost same supplies.
I used a different stencil for the background, Graduation, and blended some pastels over it to give it some color and help highlight the embossed areas.
Next, I stamped, colored and cut out an adorable elephant from the Animal Signs stamp set. I used W5, W3, W1 and R20 markers. I also stamped a graduation cap and a scroll from the Congrats Grad stamp set and colored those images using Copic markers as well. I used RV34, RV11 and RV10 colors along with C9, C7, and C5 markers.
I foam mounted this darling baby elephant onto the background matching him with the partial cut already made. Next, I added his graduation cap and a scroll using foam adhesive. I foam mounted the entire panel onto a light pink card base and also embellished it with a few stamped & die cut stars and pretty white jewels.
While the slits in these cards are relatively small you should be able to tuck any folded currency bill inside or tuck a little handwritten note if you like.
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