Hi Everyone! It’s Melody here today and I am kicking off the new year with sneak peek at the new Large Floral Hearts Stamp Set being released on January 9th. I have two cards to share with you that I created with the stamp set and the Large Floral Hearts coordinating dies.
I used the two heart stamps and their coordinating dies to to give you some ideas for Valentine’s Day cards. I love that this stamps can be used for so many different occasions throughout the year!
PPP released a similar smaller version of the stamp set last year, the Floral Hearts Stamp Set. Here is how the two stamp sets compare in size. You can see that the new Large Floral Hearts Stamp Set is much larger and will be the centerpiece of your project.
Here’s a closer look at my first card. I stamped the heart and flowers in black ink, colored with Copic Markers, and then die cut with the coordinating dies. Next I cut a piece of white cardstock for the card front, sponged on Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass, and used the heart die to cut a heart directly into the card front. Then I inlayed the flower heart into the card front. Behind the heart I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set in Versamark Ink on red cardstock and embossed with white embossing powder.
At the bottom of the card I stamped the heart border from the new Love Borders Stamp Set in red ink. I added another sentiment from the stamp set. Then I arranged the extra flowers around the heart and finished off the card with a two Lemon Drop Jewels.
On my second card I stamped the other floral heart in the stamp set on white cardstock. I brushed the cardstock lightly with pale pink ink and then colored with Copic Marker. I die cut the heart and layered it on a large heart die cut. I added a few more flowers around the heart. Next I cut a piece of white cardstock with the largest die in the Stitched Notes Dies and stamped another sentiment in the set.
Hi friends, this is Angelica, and I’m sharing sneak peaks of the new Love stamp set, which is in the upcoming January 9th release.
For my first card, I started with my background. I used the new Layered Hearts stencils and the following Distress Oxide Inks: Aged Mahogany, Victorian Velvet, and Tattered Rose. I blended Victorian Velvet and a touch of Aged Mahogany around the edges, then used the stencils to ink-blend on the hearts. Before removing Layer B stencil, I brushed the hearts with Ranger Perfect Pearl powder for shimmer.
I used the new Love coordinating dies to die-cut four different pink/red tone card stock. I stacked and glued the letters together, then attached them to the heart panel. I added the panel to a card base with foam adhesive, and added a stamped sentiment and colored heart from the new Love stamp set. I brushed the letters and colored heart with a shimmer pen for extra sparkle, and added shimmer and added Crystal Glaze to the heart to finish the card.
My second card I am sharing today is a bright shaker card.
I used the small accessory stamps from the stamp set to make my own background. This is one of my favorite card making techniques to do. I stamped all of the images onto white card stock, then trimmed the panel. I used Love Shaker die die-cut a window. (I did this before coloring so I didn’t color more than what was necessary.) Before coloring the images with Copic markers, I added a drop shadow to each image with W3 and W1 markers.
To make the shaker element, I added 1/8″ Scor tape around the backside of the die-cut window. I attached a piece of acetate onto the adhesive to close the window. I turned the panel around and added the Love shaker die cut to the front. I turned the panel back around and added thin foam adhesive strips around the window.. I filled the window with Iridescent Heart Confetti, and closed the window with a another piece of acetate. I added foam adhesive all over the back of the panel, and attached it to a red card base. I used a shimmer pen and Crystal Glaze to add sparkle and shine to finish the card.
Stop by tomorrow for a brand new sneak peek of the new release!
Hello, Gemma here today and I’m excited to share with you a sneak peek of the fabulous Pond Friends stamp set. This set is part of the January 9th release and has the sweetest critters.
The two swans are the stars of my first card. I stamped images from the Pond Friends set and coloured them copic markers. I then die cut them with the coordinating dies.
I added a blend of distress oxide inks in peacock feathers and mermaid lagoon to my card base, fading the colour out to white. Next, I heat embossed a border from the new Love Borders stamp set on a panel of white card, using metallic gold embossing powder. Underneath this, I stamped the sentiment from the Pond Friends stamp set. I added the panel to my card with foam adhesive.
I adhered the reeds to my scene with liquid adhesive, then added the swans, hearts and flowers with foam adhesive. As a finishing touch, I added Nuvo Morning Dew Crystal Drops to the hearts.
For my second card, I used a frog from the Pond Friends stamp set to make a Valentines card. I gave him a crown so he’s a frog prince.
To create a window scene on my card, I die cut the previously released Scallop Hearts die from a white card panel. I die cut the scallop heart a couple more times and layered them together for dimension. On the top layer, I used a white pearl embossing powder.
On my card base, I added a blend of colour using distress oxide inks in squeezed lemonade and spun sugar. I stamped the flying trail image directly on the card.
Next, I adhered the panel to my card base. I used a stamp positioner to help me curve the sentiment stamp, from the new Large Floral Hearts stamp set, around the window. I then added the stacked scallop heart to my card.
I used foam tape to add the frog prince and lily pad, and adhered the fly to the frame with liquid adhesive. Finally, I added a few Pearl White jewels for sparkle.
Thank you so much for stopping by. Be sure to visit tomorrow for another sneak peek of the January 9th release!
I wanted to announce the new team for this upcoming design term. Change is hard but as the years go by, new opportunities arise and goodbyes happen. We are saying a very fond farewell to Alix, Marge, Thi and Eloise(though we do have several more videos from her that you’ll see in the future). Each of these gals will be greatly missed on the team!
We do have a new face on the team and she is someone I’ve been admiring on Instagram for some time. Please welcome Leica to the Pretty Pink Posh team! She is a fantastic crafter and photographer and we are excited to introduce her to the crafting world!
In honor of the new team, let’s have a big $100 gift certificate giveaway! Leave a comment on THIS post sharing your top 5 favorite products from Pretty Pink Posh. One lucky comment left by January 7th will win a shopping spree.Congratulations to Cyndi Morris!You’re the lucky winner. I will email you with the prize information!
Thanks for joining us today. Be sure to give lots of love to the designers!
Hi everyone! It’s Ardyth here today and I’m making the same card twice, so that I can compare two methods of adding shine to a card using a stencil.
I started by blending two panels with blue and black inks to create a night sky. I trimmed the panels with the stitched rectangle die from Stitched Notes.
Here’s a video with lots of tips for inlaying die cuts and a comparison of the two ‘foiling’ methods!
I used the Happy New Year Script die and cut it out from the 2 blue panels, as well as twice from white cardstock, so I could inlay the white die cuts into the blue panels.
The results of both cards were really pretty, but you may prefer one or the other. Glacier paste gives a beautiful shine in one step, with no machine involved. The foil leaves more of a mirror shine and it’s a slightly warmer tone of gold.
I hope you have a great 2020. Thanks for stopping by!
Hi friends! Jeanne here and today I’m sharing a card made completely from die cuts! They’re my favorite paper crafting product to play with. I love the crisp clean lines and bold graphic designs! I especially love the stitched detail you’ll find on Pretty Pink Posh dies that gives a unified appearance when you use several together.
I started this card by cutting a slightly smaller panel of aqua card stock to layer over my card base. I cut several of the Stacked Edges 1 curved border die from ombre shades of green card stock. To save time I always cut several of the border dies at the same time and reserve the extra pieces for future projects. I love that they stack together edge to edge so the finished design is smooth and flat.
The Winter Scene craft die couldn’t be easier to work with. All of the pieces are cut completely so you can cut the sky, trees, and snowy hills and piece them together. I taped the pieces together in place on their reverse side. I adhered the completed scene to my card with adhesive foam tape.
I tucked Festive Holly die cuts under the raised Winter Scene to add dimension. I adhered the “Merry” sentiment along the stitched lines to capture the motion created by the curved border dies.
To add the frosted edges to the petals, I swiped embossing ink along the edges and then used sparkly platinum embossing powder. The flower centres are completely covered in the same embossing powder.
My background is two colours of aqua/teal ink blended onto a white panel of cardstock, fading out toward the centre to create a bit of a glow around the poinsettia. I trimmed it with the stitched rectangle from Stitched Notes.
I created a slightly larger mat to back the focal panel and embossed the edges with the same powder to create a sparkly frame that matches perfectly.
My sentiment from the Decorative Ornaments stamp set was embossed in white powder to keep the letters really crisp and easy to read.
I hope you enjoyed the card and video. Have a great weekend!
It’s time to announce the winners from the 5 Days of Christmas Giveaways. It was so fun to read all of your comments sharing your favorites of the season, along with what you would like to see in 2020. One of my favorite things is getting to interact with each of you and this was a small way of me being able to give some fun crafty items to the wonderful readers of the blog. Ready to see the winners? Let’s take a look!
Ladies, email me within 7 days with your name and address and I’ll get these items purchased and sent off to you directly!
Thank you to everyone who left comments and participated in the 5 Days of Christmas Giveaways posts. I hope you were inspired by the projects!
I started off with stamping out all my images from both Angel Friends and Joy and coloured them in with Copic Markers. I added white gel pen details to them all and cut them out using the Angel Friends coordinating dies and Joy coordinating dies.
I took a piece of watercolour cardstock and
ink blended some aqua Distress Inks onto the bottom portion fading up to white.
I flicked on some water and dried it off with a heat tool. I then die cut them
large ‘Joy’ from the coordinating die set at an angle across the panel. I added
foam tape onto the back and adhered it onto a grey card base.
I then added foam tape and liquid adhesive
onto the backs of the images and adhered them into place. I white heat embossed
the ‘To The World’ sentiment onto a thin black strip of cardstock and adhered
it down with foam tape at the same angle as the Joy Sentiment.
Let’s jump right in! I have several cards to share in today’s video and the first 2 use a Fireworks stencilto create a background. I love to use stencils for quick yet impressive backgrounds for my cards.
I’ve started with a piece of black cardstock cut to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2”. I taped the panel to the stencil using low tack tape to make sure it is going to stay in place. Next, I used Tonic Studios Nuvo Glimmer Paste in color Plum. It is a beautiful purple and makes a great background for a New Year Card. I’ve applied it evenly onto the paper using a palette knife. Once the paste is applied I removed the stencil. The paste is going to take it some time to dry, so I set it aside. Be sure to wash your stencil and palette knife as once the paste dries it will turn hard and it will ruin your tools.
For my next background, I didn’t have the color paste I wanted, so I made it using supplies I had from my stash. I used white texture paste and gold glitter embossing powder.
Next, I did some stamping. I used several images from the Happy New Year stamp setand stamped them in Copic-marker friendly ink on white cardstock. I stamped a champagne bottle, wine glasses as well as 2 party hats – a smaller and a bigger one.
I did very simple coloring to bring these images to life. I used G99, G94 and G21 markers to color the wine bottle. I was having trouble picking the right colors to have that true bottle green color, but I figured these colors will do. I also used E33 and E31 to color the labels and the cork. I also used the Y15 marker to color the splashes.
For the wine glasses, I used V12 marker. I knew I’d be placing these on the purple background so I wanted the glasses to match in color. I wasn’t too careful coloring them as I’d add a gold mirror piece on the inside to look like liquid and also color outside the lines black, but we will get to that in a minute.
As for the hats I used C10, C9, C7 and C5 markers to color the hats black. I also used R39, R27, and R24 to color the ribbon on the hats. Pretty easy and simple coloring, nothing fancy.
Next came the most fun part! I knew I’d be adding these images to pretty dark backgrounds, black backgrounds really, so I wanted to color the image outlines in black to match. It is a simple trick, yet it makes all the difference in the world. I do encourage you to give it a try if you haven’t already. You can use a black Copic marker or a black pen – anything black really to color the outline black.
Next, I stamped the same image of champagne glasses onto gold mirror cardstock. It doesn’t matter what ink you use unless it is StazOn ink it will not stay on the paper, it will smear or wipe off and that is exactly what we want. I used my detail scissors to cut the liquid part out, wiped the ink off and that created the liquid part for the glasses. There are coordinating dies available and I used mine to cut these images out.
Next, I created sentiments for the cards. I gold heat embossed “Pop Fizz Clink”, cut them out and mounted on mirror gold cardstock.
With the sentiments created, the embellishments made and the backgrounds dry it was time to assemble the cards. I used foam tape to foam mount the sentiment panel onto the background and then used the same foam adhesive to adhere the glasses to the card. I trimmed off the baubles that were stamped with the glasses. I adhered the liquid pieces made from that gold mirror cardstock and added the little bubbles using gems. I used Metallic Gold jewels for this card, they blended perfectly well with the background.
For the next card, a bit more work was needed to complete the background – I used my heat tool to melt that powder that was covering the texture paste. Next, I brushed away any stay glitter particles from the background using a dry paintbrush.
With that done, I foam mounted the sentiment, that same one – Pop Fizz, Clink and also added a champagne bottle on top. I also added a little gem on top of the label of the bottle. And this card is done!
I also have another card to share – also created with the same stamp set. Here I stamped several glasses in a row, colored them using Gold Glitter pen, added Happy New Year sentiment and foam mounted the two black party hats on top. I also used my white Sakura pen to add some white shading to the sentiment and to color the baubles above the glasses.
