Hi there! Laura here and today I have a colorful project to share featuring the adorable, new Construction Trucks products. Never thought in a million years that I’d be gushing over construction truck, but here I am, gushing at them in rainbow goodness!
For the background I used the Layered Construction Trucks Stencil Set. This set has three stencils that allow you to build your construction trucks in tons of colors. Get it? Tons. See what I did there?
This colorful, dimensional background idea can be easily adapted using the Across the Miles images as well as the Dinosaur Additions products. Thank you so much for joining me today!
One of my favorite techniques is to do background stamping on a card front, but instead of using a background stamp, I used smaller individual stamps to create the background. I used the Spring Flowers stamp set and randomly stamped the flowers and leaves on a card panel that measures 5 3/8” x 4 1/8”. I like to think of this as creating my own pattern paper. After I stamped the images, I colored them with Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens. The colors I used are as follows: Deep Violet, Lilac, English Lavender, Bright Yellow, Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Brown, Olive Green, Light Green, Deep Red, Pale Rose, Sugar Almond Pink, and the Blender.
For the sentiment, I used the Celebration Scripts stamp set. I stamped out Happy Anniversary onto white cardstock and then used the coordinating dies to die cut the word “Anniversary.” I felt like the white cardstock from the sentiment blended into the background too much, so I decided to color the sentiment with the Yellow and Lemon Yellow Zig pens.
Next, I cut a piece of white cardstock to 5 ½” x 4 ¼” to be used for the bottom layer of the card. Because I wanted to bring out more of the yellow from the sentiment, I used my Yellow Zig pen to color the outside edges of the cardstock to match the sentiment. Finally, I added the panel to an A2 card base and added some of the Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix for some sparkle.
Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day!
There are so many ways to color up this stencil. So many in fact, that it was overwhelming me so I googled clipart mail to narrow down a color combination I liked best. I often do this when I just can’t seem to get a start.
I liked the brown letter look as it reminded me of packages and getting packages in the mail is fun!
TheLayered Letters stencil is a 3-piece stencil. I started with the most open area stencil and ink blended on a light brown which in my case is Sandy Beach from Gina K Designs.
The next layer of the stencil that I’m going to use has the details of the letters and a little postage mark. I masked off the postage mark with post it tape and ink blended a darker shade of brown, Kraft ink, using a blending brush.
I’ll wipe off the excess ink, remove the post it tape and using a small blending brush, ink up the postage areas with Blue Lagoon ink. Those small blending brushes really help get in those small areas without having to mask everything else off.
Since this background is pretty much my focal point, I’m going to keep the sentiment small.
I’ll be using theSimple Sentiments stamp set. I picked three that I thought went together well and heat embossed them in white embossing powder onto Blue Lagoon cardstock.
After trimming the sentiments down to a thin strip, I can add them to the front of the card using liquid glue which holds up nicely against a textured background.
Hope you enjoyed today’s card and it has inspired you to create! Have a great day!
Hello crafty friends. It’s Lisa Mears here. Today I’m sharing a clean and simple card design featuring the Floral Arch die set.
For my card, I started by using Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens to make a watercolor background. I love how easily these pens blend together while adding a touch of glitter and shine to the background! Next, I cut the panel to 3” x 4”. I die cut the Floral Arch twice from white cardstock and added the die cut to the top right corner and the bottom left corner of the watercolored background. I die cut a Scallop Frame die from white card stock and added it to the top of the watercolored background. Using the white die cuts on the blue watercolored background really makes the card pop!
Hello crafty friends. It’s Lisa Mears here. Today I’m sharing two cards that I made using some products from the Pretty Pink Posh March Spring/Easter release.
If you would like to watch how I made my cards, then watch my video.
I die cut a Scallop Circle die from white cardstock and adhered the circle frame and center of the circle to the card layer. I die cut the Butterfly Shaker die set two times using teal cardstock. I added both layers of the butterfly die cut to the center of the scallop circle, only gluing the center of the butterfly. I did not adhere the wings to the card front which gives a beautiful dimensional look. I added the Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix to the center of the butterfly. I added the sentiment from the Hugs stamp set to the card.
Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day!
For the first layer of the butterflies, I will be ink blending using regular distress inks in Picked Raspberry, Dried Marigold, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Salvaged Patina, and Wilted Violet. I forget how vibrant and beautiful the regular distress inks are!
For the second layer, which adds detail to the wings, I went over the same areas with the same colors. Looking back, I wish I would have gone over it with a darker color because as the ink dried, it faded back a lot and the details didn’t show up as well.
The third layer of the stencil adds the body of the butterfly in which I used a dark grey dye ink from my stash.
I needed to break up the background a little so I added small strips of cardstock in colors that matched my background.
I finished the card off with a sentiment from Easter Signs stamp set heat embossed in white onto black cardstock.
Although I turned this into a Spring card, I think it would make a great encouragement or birthday card because of its vibrancy.
Hope you enjoyed today’s project and it brightened your day!
Hello crafty friends. It’s Lisa Mears here. Today I’m sharing some Easter treat bags that I made using the Easter Circles stamp and coordinating dies. These treat bags were so much fun to make. They can be used as gifts for children, friends, family, and co-workers during Easter or the spring season.
The Easter Circles stamp set comes with six circles with Easter and spring-themed images inside of them such as an Easter bunny, Easter basket, flower bouquet, Easter eggs, a flower, and a spring chick. I started by stamping my images onto Bristol Smooth cardstock using a black archival ink. I colored the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens. The colors I used are listed below.
Bunny: Gray, Pale Gray, Orange, Light Green, Light Blue, Blender
I die cut the images with the Easter Circles coordinating dies. Using the stitched circle die, I die cut a piece of solid colored cardstock that matched the colored stamp. Using the label die in the set, I die cut another piece of matching colored cardstock.
To create the bag toppers, I cut a piece of solid colored cardstock to 4 1/2” x 3 1/8”. I used white pigment ink and the Mini Polka Dot stencilto ink a polka dot pattern on the cardstock. Next, I scored the cardstock at 2 1/4” (along the 4 1/2” side) and folded it in half.
I added some Easter grass and chocolate eggs to the inside of a 3 inch bag. I used double-sided adhesive tape along the inside bottom and inside top of the bag topper and adhered it to the bag. I added the labels to the top.
Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day!
Hello crafty friends. It’s Lisa Mears here. Today I’m sharing an easy birthday card I made using the Build A Gift Die Set from Pretty Pink Posh. If you like die cutting, then this set is definitely for YOU!
This die set comes with 12 dies to make gifts with ribbon and bows.
I die cut the rectangle and square gift dies using pink, teal, and orange cardstock. I die cut the ribbon dies and the bow dies as well. After die cutting all of my pieces, I glued them together. After all of my gifts were put together, I stamped the sentiment onto the front of an A2 white card base. The sentiment is from the Birthday Scripts Stamp Set.
I used aScallop Frames Die from pink cardstock and adhered to the front of an A2 white card base. Next, I arranged my three gifts on the front of the card and added Flamingo Pearls and Sunshine Pearls to the card.
Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day!
Hi there! Laura here and today I have a couple of projects to share featuring the fun, new 3D Pinwheel Die. There are so many fun ways to use these pinwheels from topping straws, pencils, gifts & cupcake toppers and of course to put on cards.
For this first card I die cut the pinwheel with white cardstock and added color by blending ink and using theMini Polka Dots Stencil. I adhered the pinwheel onto a rotating glider that allows the pinwheel to spin for a fun, interactive element. I used the Smile Script Die for the sentiment with silver glitter cardstock.
This next card uses both the large and the smaller 3D Pinwheel dies with double-sided pattern paper.
If you haven’t stopped by the PPP Instagram recently, we have a three day Instagram happening now. It’s packed full of more inspiration with this brand new release.
The March 2022 Release is now available in the Pretty Pink Posh Shop and select retailers that carry our products. If you missed our post yesterday, we revealed all of the products in picture form, but if you would like to see them in a video, Heather has that for you today!
Hi friends! It’s Dana here today sharing a fun Easter card and gift tag. For my projects, I am using the Easter Circles stamp set. I just love the images in this set. They are so adorable and perfect for all of your spring and Easter crafting.
I started my projects by stamping my images with the Easter Circles stamp setand the Easter Signs set(pinwheel). I colored the images with Copic markers (RV13/11/10 C17/15/13, YG13/03, BG 23/11, YR14/12 W22/1/0) and used the Easter Circles dies and Easter Sign dies to cut them out. Next, I added dye ink to the Easter Circles diesin coordinating colors. I love how these dies include the stitching detail, so sweet!
For my card panel, I used the Wide Stripe stencil. I placed the stencil on my panel vertically and added aqua ink. I then turned the stencil horizontal and added yellow ink to create a plaid design.
To finish my card I used the Hoppy Easter Script die to die cut my sentiment. I then used the Birthday Scripts stamp set to stamp the word Happy onto a white banner. Lastly, I attached all of my images to the card panel with liquid glue and foam adhesive.
For my tag, I used the bunny from the Easter Circles stamp set. I mounted the circle onto a tag that was created with theBirthday Circles tag die. I love how all of the circle sets and dies can be mixed and matched. It gives you so many possibilities. I can’t wait to tie this tag onto some Easter treats!
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