I started by stamping peonies & leaves on watercolor paper using light colored dye ink. I then watercolored all stamped images, die cut them with the Peonies Coordinating Dies.
I die cut the Spring Frame from white card stock, then mounted it on white card base using double-sided tape – it’s tone-on-tone background base.
For the sentiment, I die cut the Love You Script from white card stock. I then added all watercolored peonies & sentiment die cut on the bottom right side of the card front using foam tape. I embellished with some Valentine Jewels Mix.
Here is another card with the Peonies Stamp Set. It is a so simple watercolor card. I stamped peonies & leaves (from the Peonies Set), sentiment (from the Encouraging Greetings Set) on watercolor paper panel using black pigment ink first. I used Post-It Notes for masking.
I then freely watercolored on stamped images! :D
Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed the floral theme week!
Welcome to Day 6 of Pretty Pink Posh Floral Theme Week! Alix here using my bright and pretty spring colors to inspire you today! We are having a 15% discount on all items in our Floral section during this week!
To build my background, I cut my lattice panel by using Lattice Background Die out of a piece of white card stock paper, then I hand cut the center to create a diamond shaped opening. I layered it over a piece of A2 sized card base as a template so I could mark the area with pencil. I removed the lattice die cut and masked the background with washi tape. I ink blended it the unmasked area with TIm Holtz Distress oxide ink in Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed, and stamped the sentiment I chose form Thoughtful Greeting stamp set. I lined up and glued the lattice panel to the card base.
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The Geraniums along with the Hugs Shaker makes this card perfect for a number of different occasions.
My first step was to create the checked backgrounds. I cut a piece of white card stock to fit the card front and attached the Wide Stripes Stencil to the paper horizontally across the card front. I used a pale green ink and a ink blending tool to stencil the stripes.
Next I used the stencil again changing the direction so that the stripes run vertically. In two steps I have a cute gingham pattern!
To add the sentiment I cut the Hugs Shaker Die twice, once directly into the card front to cut out the circle from the card front, and again from purple cardstock. Then I inlayed the purple die cut into the front of the card. Behind the circle I added vellum and then yellow cardstock.
I arranged the flowers and leaves around the sentiment. The images are colored with Copic Markers and the accented with a white gel pen. I finished off the card with a scattering of Pearl White Jewels.
Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to stop by tomorrow for more floral inspiration.
Hi friends, Eloise here and today I have a card to share with you all. I used the Anemones stamp set along with some alcohol inks to make a simple missing you card.
I started off with stamping out the anemones onto some watercolour paper with black ink and clear heat embossed over it. I then used my Mijello Mission Gold Watercolour palette and coloured them in with shades of purple as well as colouring the leaves green. Once they were coloured, I cut them out using the Anemonescoordinating dies and set them off to the side.
Next, I decided to do my striped alcohol ink background. I pulled several shades of blue alcohol inks out and used them to create a striped background. I used a paint brush along with water to help create the stripes today. I went from lightest to darkest down a piece of Yupo paper to create the background. I then dried it with a heat tool.
Lastly, I adhered all my flowers to the centre of the inked panel and then used the Camping Friends stamp set for the ‘Missing You’ sentiment. I white heat embossed it on a strip of black cardstock and adhered it onto my card as well.
Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you guys enjoyed and I’ll see you next time.
Hi, everyone! Marge here with you for the day 3 of Floral Theme Week featuring the Flourishing Fuchsias stamp set. Today, I’m going to share my Copic coloring of the fuchsias on Distress Oxide ink blended background.
I layered the frame to the bottom panel followed by fuchsias and bees around the frame, then I stamped Thinking of You from Bee Friends stamp set through the frame using my Mini MISTI. I splattered with white and dark pink ink over the panel and let them dry.
Hi everyone, Ardyth here and it’s my turn to highlight one of Pretty Pink Posh’s floral stamp sets for Floral Theme week. Be sure to check back because we will have new inspiration each day this week. All products in the floral section are 15% off May 20-26.
Cherry blossoms are the perfect sign that spring has arrived (finally!) and I wanted to recreate their soft pretty colours.
I started by stamping all the Cherry Blossom stamps in the set onto some watercolour cardstock, with embossing ink, before embossing them with Silver Pearl embossing powder. This powder is white, but it also has a beautiful shimmer.
I taped the panel to a board and watercoloured them with some of my ink pads. I used a water brush to fill each flower with water before bringing a small amount of colour to the centre, allowing the water to carry the colour out to the edges, fading out as it travelled. The embossed outlines kept the colour from going too far.
I followed a similar process for the leaves, using a fresh, spring green that I knew would contrast well with the flowers. To add a bit more interest and sophistication, I went back in with a second colour – a more muted lavender for the blossoms and a deeper green for the leaves.
I used the coordinating diesto cut all the flowers and leaves out and then it was time to create my background.
As a cardmaker, I tend to use bold bright colours. Whenever I try to make something soft and pretty, I find myself reaching for something ‘else’ to punch it up a bit. This time I did some ink smooshing on my background, in the same fresh green colour that I had used on the leaves. This increased contrast helped the blossoms pop! I trimmed this panel with the stitched rectangle from Stitched Notes.
For my sentiment, I used the Happy Birthday Script die. I cut it once from white cardstock and then again from the centre of the green ink-smooshed panel. Before inlaying the white sentiment into the panel, I coated it with embossing ink and embossed it with the same Silver Pearl embossing powder that I used for my images, so that everything would tie together. I added the flowers and leaves to the panel, allowing parts to extend over the edge for added interest. I used foam tape to pop up some of the elements, and others were glued directly to the panel.
To finish the card, I glued the panel to an oyster card base. I have some leftover flowers for another card; I will store them in the pocket with the stamp set until I need them.
Thanks for joining us today. Stop by tomorrow for a card using our Flourishing Fuchsias!
Hello, crafty friends! Thi here for a fun blog hop and today I am sharing a BEE-autiful shaker card for World Bee Day and using the adorable Bee Friends stamp set! Pretty Pink Posh is participating today to support bees and raise awareness for the importance of bees. It’s a great cause and we have the perfect stamp set to celebrate these amazing insects!
Let’s start the card making! I first stamped the images from Bee Friends and Spring Wreath with brown ink and colored with Copic markers. I cut these little guys out and set aside to work on my background and shaker elements.
For the front panel, I freehand watercolored some light teal stripes onto watercolor paper and let this dry. After it dried, I die cut a circle and taped acetate to the back of this panel. Next, I used foam tape and built a well for my sequins to go in. For this card, I used Valentine Confetti Mix and filled the entire well. I then backed it with some white card stock. I adhered this panel onto an A2 top-folding card piece and moved on to decorate the front of my card.
I put some foam tape behind the wreath and adhered it over the shaker window. For more dimension, I also put my little bees on with foam tape so it would stand out. Basically, I was trying to make a bee wreath.
For my sentiment, I die cut just “hello” from the Hello Friend Script die three times on white card stock. I glued them together and glued to my card front. I finished this off with two of my little bee images and my card is finished.
Some of the Pretty Pink Posh team have also created inspiration with our Bee Friends set. You don’t want to miss them!
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Hello, Pretty Pink Posh’ fans! This is Yana Smakula. I love to use colored pencils to color my stamped images with, they add a lot of interest and intricate details to all sorts of images, but especially flowers. Today I’m sharing a simple coloring tutorial featuring Magnolia Flowers stamp set and Chameleon Color Tones pencils.
I selected 2 flower images from the Magnolia Flowers stamp set and my plan was to stamp them in black ink onto kraft paper, color with pencils and re-stamp flower outlines with black ink again for a nice crisp black line. To be able to do this I used a MISTI stamping tool. You can skip this step and stamp your images using a clear block and perhaps re-outline the image boundaries with a black pen, or even skip re-applying the black outline altogether, but I think taking that extra step is what makes the finished card look extra nice.
If you do use a stamping tool remember to keep the stamps in the tool and not remove them.
I wanted to use Chameleon Color Tones pencils for my coloring. This is a new to me product, something I came across when visiting the CreativeWorld show in Germany this winter. I was intrigued by these pencils because they are double sided. One pencil has 2 colors built into it, for example, a light pink and dark pink. I have a 25 pencil set, and because the pencils are double sided this gives me 50 colors, plenty to chose from to create beautifully colored images. Pencils come in a nice display case and I’ve found them to be very easy to use.
I picked a few pencils for my card: 2101 Pear and 2102 Basic colors for the green pencil; 101 Soft White (there’s also cream, but I am only used white), 801 Lychee and 802 Strawberry, and finally 901 Warm Pink along with 902 Plum.
I prefer to color with colored pencils on non white paper as when I’m coloring on white I can always use my translucent coloring mediums, such as Copic markers, for example, these pencils are opaque or semi-opaque and that means I can color with their help over not just white surfaces, but dark surfaces too and still have beautiful vibrant results. The paper I colored my image on is Neenah Desert Storm 80lb Cardstock.
Even though each pencil has 2 shades, it doesn’t mean you have to use only those shades for your coloring. I used a white pencil, and light shades from 2 different pencils to color the petals. I went back to the darker shades of my pencils to add deeper shadows and a beautiful dimension to the flower petals.
I love using colored pencils for images like these as I can sharpen my pencils to a very fine point and have the smallest, finest stroke details on my petals. This is something I can’t really achieve with Copic markers, the tip of the markers is just never that fine.
Once my coloring was done I placed the image back inside my MISTI tool, made sure nothing shifted, inked up the stamps and re-stamped the black outlines to make them crisper. There are coordinating dies available so I used mine to cut these gorgeous flowers out.
Next, I positioned the flowers on the background panel and having figured out the placement I stamped a simple “with love” sentiment in black ink. This message comes from the Floral Hearts stamp set. To spice my background up a bit, I added some splatter. For this, I used a shimmer spray from my stash and just pattered some of it into the background. Next, I used foam adhesive and adhered the flowers in place.
At this point, the background still looked a bit blank, so I decided to trim it down to a smaller size to make this card into a 4Bar instead of A2 and also to stamp some additional flowers using tone on tone stamping technique.
I pulled out my watermark embossing ink and some additional magnolias from this stamp set and stamped several flowers around the edges of the panel framing my focal point. Using the watermark ink gave me beautiful soft impressions on the paper that blended well with the rest of the background.
Finally, I used some sequins and jewels to embellish this card. I went with pretty Easter confetti mix using just some pale pink sequins and Valentine Jewel mix using white and light pink jewels. As always, I adhered these in place using my trusty Crystal Katana tool.
We will be having new inspiration every day using a different floral set to coordinate with our floral sale. Hope you’ll join us again tomorrow!
Good morning! Heather here and I’m sharing a fun set of cards created with the gorgeous Spring Frame Die – I love how they pop against bold colored cardstock, and make a perfect simple canvas for some lovely sentiments. This would be an easy way to create a set for gift giving, or to have on hand for lots of different occasions!
There is almost a graphic feel to these cards – and the vellum adds just the right touch of softness. Keep reading to see how these came together, step by step!
First up, you are going to need to die cut several of the Spring Frame from white cardstock. This die cuts like butter! And while there is lots of detail to make it gorgeous, there aren’t a ton of super tiny pieces to punch out, which I love!
Next, I chose some fun solid cardstock colors – there are all by Gina K Designs. The colors even look gorgeous together! I trimmed these down to fit behind the windows – so 4 1/4″ by 5 1/2″.
Next up – it was time to choose some sentiments! I heat embossed some sentiments from Thoughtful Greetings Stamp Set – a previous release – in gold on vellum, then trimmed them down into long strips, wider than the width of my card.
Next, I lined them up on my colored cardstock panels, folded the edges around to the back, and adhered them from behind. This way there is no need to hide the adhesive!
I used the handy Double Sided Foam Sticky Strips to adhere all of the Spring Frames over my cardstock panels – they are the perfect size to fit around the edges of this die, and it pops them up the perfect bit to add a bit of dimension.
The final finishing touch was a few Sparkling Clear Sequins adhered around for a bit of sparkle and shine!
And there you have it – a complete set, and super easy to put together!
Which color combo is your favorite? Or do you have a favorite sentiment?
Thanks so much for stopping by today – have an absolutely wonderful day!
