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Halloween Theme Week- Day 6

Hi! Melody here today for Day 6 of Halloween Theme Week. I have a Halloween card to share with you that I created with the Halloween Pals Stamp Set.

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One of my favorite techniques is creating a fun background for my cards. I started with a piece of white cardstock for the card front. The first step on this background is to add the paw prints at the bottom of the card. I stamped the paws with the stamps in the Halloween Pals Stamp Set in Versamark Ink and embossed with black embossing powder. Then I used Peeled Paint Distress Ink to add the grass.

For the night sky I blended Wild Honey, Seedless Preserves, and Black Soot Distress Ink. I stamped the sentiment from the Trick or Treat Friends Stamp Set in Versamark Ink and embossed with gold embossing powder. Then I splattered watered down gold paint to finish off the night sky.

I die cut the fence with the Spooky Fence Die from black cardstock. The stamped images are colored with Copic Markers and die cut with the Halloween Pals Coordinating Dies. I added a few leaves with the Autumn Wreath Stamp Set and the Autumn Wreath Coordinating Dies.

I finished off the card by framing the scene in a black frame die cut with the Nature Essentials Dies and confetti from the Metallic Gold Confetti Mix.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope we have given you some ideas for Halloween projects.

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Halloween Theme Week- Day 5

Hello Crafty Friends! Sharna here with some Spooky inspiration for you during this Halloween Theme Week! Today’s card is a slimline card featuring a bunch of mix and match of Pretty Pink Posh sets to create this scene.

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For the cloudy background I used distress ink in Dusty Concord & Milled Lavender and a tiny bit of black soot around the top edge and the bottom to ground the card. I then splattered the background with light gold Starry Watercolors by Gansai Tambi. The images and sentiment are from Halloween Pals, Halloween Friends and Fall Borders.

For the coloring I used my go to copic markers that I felt matched the background well. N8, N6 & N4 (Cat and Hat band); W3 & W00 (Pumpkin shading); B0000 (Ghosts); Y000 (Moon); YG63 (pumpkin stems); V28, V25 & V20 (Witch Hat). Lastly I used the same Dusty Concord to stamp the sentiment.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Join us tomorrow for another day of Halloween Theme Week!

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Halloween Theme Week- Day 4

Hello! It’s Lindsey here, and I’m super excited to be joining you for Halloween Theme Week. If you know me, you know that I love stamping (I find joy in the simplicity of it!), and you may also know that I’m often inspired by my kiddos. Today’s cards are a combination of the stamping I love and each of my children’s favorite colors.

The Boo stamp set is so fabulous on it’s own that it takes very little effort to make a card. Love that! I simply inked each individual letter using pink, orange, and chartreuse green. The Misti stamping tool makes quick, precise work of this.

I finished the card off by embossing the sentiment from the Boo stamp set onto black cardstock and popping it up with dimensional foam.

The Boo stamp set also comes with some great larger, individual images, so I grabbed the cute ghost for my next card. I started by stamping 3 rows of ghosts in black ink. Then I flipped the stamp over, inked up the back side, and stamped again over some of the images in pink, orange, and chartreuse. This is one of my favorite techniques. It is such a fun, simple way to add color and these stamps are perfect for it.

Thanks so much for joining me today! If there ever was a year to be creating cards for all the things and mailing them, this is it! And these quick and easy techniques are perfect even for the busiest cardmakers and very mailer friendly, too. Win-win!

PS We’re only half way through Halloween Theme Week, so there is still lots more inspiration to come. Yay! Don’t forget that everything in the Halloween section is 15% off, so fill your cart up with some of these cute stamps and dies and get creating! :)

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Halloween Theme Week- Day 3

Hi Friends, Dana here and I am excited to be sharing a card with you today for Halloween Theme Week. This week the design team will be sharing lots of fun projects and inspiration that use many favorite products from the Pretty Pink Posh Shop.

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For my card today, I started by stamping my images with the adorable Halloween Friends Stamp Set. I colored them with Copic markers and used the Halloween Friends Die Set to cut them out.

For my card layout, I trimmed a white card panel down to 3.75” by 5” and ran it through my die cutting machine with the Storybook 1 Die. I then added Distress Oxide Ink in Carved Pumpkin, Twisted Citron and Wilted Violet to the die cut windows. Next, I splattered a little black paint onto all of the pieces. Once the paint was dry I stamped my sentiment onto the orange window. Lastly, I inlaid the windows back into the panel and attached my images to my card front with foam adhesive. This set has so many fun images, it is a definite must have… but that little “robber” stealing all of the Halloween candy is just too cute!

Thanks for joining me today. I hope you enjoyed my card and remember to stop back by tomorrow for some more Halloween fun!

Enjoy your day,

Dana

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Halloween Theme Week- Day 2

Hi Friends! It’s Jane here today and I’m sharing this fun pretty pink Halloween shaker card. Breaking from tradition, I thought it would be fun to create a pink and black Halloween card (rather than the traditional orange and black).

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To start, I created a background using an A2 piece of Bristol smooth cardstock and masked a cresent moon from the Halloween friends stamp set. Next, I ink blended the following distress inks (bottom to top): tattered rose, spun sugar and worn lipstick and splatted the background with water to create some interest.

Next, I heat embossed the pumpkins from Pumpkin Patch Critters stamp set using versamark ink and white embossing powder. Then using distress inks in the same colors as the background plus picked raspberry and festive berries, I ink blended the pumpkins in an ombre pink pattern. The ghosts are from the Halloween Friends stamp set. All the images were cut using the coordinating dies. Black cardstock was used to cut the grass, frame and trees using the Nature Essentials die.

To create a shaker, I glued down all the elements to a clear acetate sheet and stamped the sentiment from the Halloween Friends stamp set using black StazOn ink. Here are the Pretty Pink Posh sequins used to fill the shaker: 3mm sparkling clear sequins, 6mm sparkling clear sequins, 4mm ballerina pink sequins, silver star confetti, iridescent stars and a few tiny iridescent stars. Double foam tape was adhered to the frame and the front of the card was adhered to the ink blended base.

Finally, the card front was mounted to an A2 card base. I added a few details with a white gel pen, and that completes the card!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to check out the blog this whole week for amazing creations from the design team!

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Halloween Theme Week- Day 1

Hi there, it’s Gemma here. Today I have a fun Halloween project to share. I’ve made some Halloween treat bags and decorated them with Pretty Pink Posh stamps and dies. These were really easy and fun to put together.

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I’m using some 5 x 7 inch cellophane bags. I die cut the Spooky Fence die from navy card with stick-it adhesive on the back. The adhesive backing makes it very easy to add the spooky fence to the treat bags, which I did whilst the bag was empty.

I added some different sweets and chocolate to the bags, then used black ties to close the bags.

Next, I stamped and copic coloured images from the Trick or Treat Friends and Halloween Pals stamp sets. I chose green, orange and purple for my colour scheme, to match the curling ribbons that I plan to use.

I die cut the images with the coordinating dies, then used sticky dots to adhere them on the treat bags. They stick well but would also be easy for the recipient to gently remove and reuse on their own projects.

For the tags, I die cut the pumpkin from the Fall Tags die set. I cut two pumpkins for each treat bag – one from pearlescent black card and another from orange glitter card. From the orange layer, I also die cut the pumpkin face that’s included in the set, then layered them together so the black shows through underneath.

I added some curling ribbons to the bags, then attached the tags with black craft cord to finish.

I hope you were inspired by today’s blog post. Join us each day this week for new Halloween inspiration plus save 15% on all products in the Halloween section.

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Create A Scene: Pumpkin Patch

I have an autumnal card to share today. I enjoyed combining images from different sets to create my scene.

I began with the background of my card. I temporarily taped the Pumpkin Background stencil over a panel of white card, then inked through it with clear embossing ink.

I removed the stencil, then sprinkled embossing powders in red, orange and green over different areas of the panel. I melted the powders with my heat tool, then adhered the panel to my card base. The embossing gives the background lots of colour and texture.

Next, I die cut the Spooky Fence from navy card. The navy gives a softer look than black and complements the other colours on the card. I adhered the fence to my card base over the embossed panel.

I wanted to add a stamped greeting so cut a piece of vellum using the Decorative Tag 2 die. The vellum will help soften the colourful embossed background so the sentiment shows up over the top.

I heat embossed a sentiment on the vellum from the Pumpkin Patch Critters stamp set with gold embossing powder. To adhere the vellum panel to my card, I used drops of liquid glue where I knew other elements of my scene would hide the adhesive.

To build the rest of my scene, I stamped some images from the Pumpkin Patch Critters and Fall Signs stamp sets. I coloured the images with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. On the scarecrow’s sign, I also stamped a sentiment from the Fall Signs stamp set.

I arranged the images on my scene, using foam tape to add dimension to some of the images.

As a finishing touch, I adhered some Espresso jewels on the vellum panel. This is another way of hiding the adhesive used to secure the vellum, plus it adds some sparkle to the scene.

Thanks for visiting today!

Gemma

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Baby Lamb Shaker

Hi, friends. Today we have a fun card by Caly that was featured in a magazine earlier this year. This is the perfect card for anyone having a little one. You could easily switch the colors for the recipient or season!

Today I’m making a shaker card using the Little One stamp set. It’s a simple, but adorable set that I’ve used to decorate my shaker today.

To make my card, I simply stamped and colored the two images from the Little One stamp set with Copic markers (W00, W1, W3, E0000, E00, E02, R20, BG11, BG13). After coloring, I die-cut the images and added some white gel highlights before setting them aside to work on my shaker panel.

On a blank panel, I ink-blended with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink – concentrating the color in the upper 1/3s of the panel where my shaker frame will be and blending the color out towards the edges. After ink-blending, I splattered it with water as well as some white ink. While that is drying, I worked on my shaker frame.

My shaker frame is simply die-cut using white cardstock using a Scallop Circle Frame. I trimmed a piece of acetate to create my window. After adhering my acetate to my circle frame, I also attached a thin strip of foam adhesive to create my shaker window. I placed a mixture of confetti from the Easter Confetti Mix along with the Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix where I wanted my shaker frame and adhered my shaker frame over it. To finish, I stamped my sentiment below the shaker frame and attached my two images.

I hope you enjoyed this card! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Caly

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Autumn Scarecrow Scene + Video

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends! Heather here to share a fun little scene card I created using several different Pretty Pink Posh sets, some pastel colors, and a bit of stenciling and bling to finish it off!

Here is a video showing how I created this card so you can see all the details.

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The stamp sets I combined together for this card were Fall Signs, Pumpkin Patch Critters, and Autumn Wreath. I’ve been having fun lately with simple Copic coloring – so for these, I used soft colors, colored just along the shadow areas, then blended out with a Colorless Blender. Love the pastel effect it gives!

Once I had all my images colored, I cut them out with the coordinating dies, and got ready to assemble my card. I decided to use a Coral cardbase – the perfect pastel orange for fall! I added a bit of interest and texture to the background by using Pumpkin Background and some similar toned Distress Oxide ink in Dried Marigold for a tone on tone look.

I then assembled the scene, mounting the scarecrow and pumpkins and kitty with foam adhesive, and tucking the leaves behind with a bit of liquid glue to add some layering and depth. Finished off with some Cornflower Jewels to bring out the blue on the scarecrow and add a bit of sparkle!

Thanks so much for stopping by today – have an absolutely wonderful day!

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Create A Scene: Spooky Halloween

As the weather turns more autumnal, I’m reaching for the fun Halloween sets from Pretty Pink Posh and have a spooky cute scene card to share today.

The Stitched Duo tags are great for creating window scenes. I used the Stitched Duo 1 and Stitched Duo 3 dies on my card and enjoyed creating both the inside and the outside parts of my scene.

I began by cutting a piece of patterned paper for the wallpaper. I chose a black and white print for a strong contrast. From the patterned paper, I die cut the Stitched Duo 3 tag (without the window frame portion of the die).

I temporarily layered the patterned paper over my card base, to help me position a circle mask for the moon. I then removed the patterned paper and blended distress oxide inks to create a spooky sky. I used squeezed lemonade, carved pumpkin and abandoned coral, blending out in a circles around the mask. Removing the mask leaves a bright white moon in the sky.

I adhered the patterned paper to my card base. Next, I die cut the Stitched Duo 3 die from white card for the tag and window frames from Stitched Duo 1. At the top of the tag, I stamped the sentiment from the Trick or Treat Friends stamp set with black pigment ink and heat embossed it with a sparkling clear embossing powder.

The Nature Essentials die has some great elements for my Halloween scene. I die cut it from black card, then adhered the tree and grassy border behind the white tag.

Next, I stamped images from the Trick or Treat Friends stamp set and coloured them with copic markers. I adhered the bird behind the white tag and then added the tag to the card. I love the bird looking in at the window.

I thought the witch and pumpkins needed something to help ground them on the card, so I cut a piece of white woodgrain patterned paper for the floor and adhered it to my scene. I then added the images to my card with foam tape to complete my spooky cute Halloween scene.

Thanks for visiting! I hope you were inspired by this Halloween card.

Gemma