Hello, Gemma here today and we are excited to be part of an exciting event. We have partnered with 13 other stamp and paper craft companies to do a special blog hop and will be giving away 15 prizes to 15 lucky winners!
Today’s card is using the fabulousSummer Surfboards set. This card just makes me want to be by the seaside on a summers day. I began by adding some colour to my card base with distress oxide inks. I masked off areas of the card to create sky, sea and sand. Here are the colours I used:
By using a light hand with the tattered rose distress oxide ink, it adds a lovely warm glow to the sand, reflecting the colour in the sky. For the sea, I added some white gel pen details for surf and waves, smudging with my fingers to soften.
Next, I coloured two of the Summer Surfboardswith copic markers, then die cut them with the coordinating dies. I used foam tape to adhere them to my card base,
Rina here with a card using the fun Aloha Shaker. I absolutely enjoy using these shaker dies from Pretty Pink Posh, they make shaker card making a breeze!
Please watch my video on a step by step tutorial on how I
made this card. I used a different
method this time. I made a standalone
shaker and then adhered it to my card base.
It makes a really big impact because of its dimension.
I used theTropical Toucans stamp set and its one of my favorite stamps sets from this release. I love the small set that makes a big impact with the variety of birds and the awesome floral branch.
For the shaker bits, I’ve used the new Luau Jewels, it is a gorgeous mix of blues, greens and fuchsias. This color combination is the perfect combination for a fun tropical card. I also added gold mini stars and the sparkling clear stars to top off the shaker mix.
I hope you try out this fun shaker card and enjoy your
summer so far!
Hello friends, Eloise here and today I’m continuing on with the Stencils Video that was posted a little while ago. I shared 12 ways to use the newly released stencils using different mediums and techniques and in today’s video I’m using four of my favourite backgrounds that I created to make three cards.
I started off with picking out the four backgrounds. I used the embossing paste and dry embossing backgrounds together using the Graduation Stencil, the water-coloured leaves background using the Leaves Stencil and also the bleached background using the Wide Stripes Stencil. I used various stamps from different releases to help decorate each card. Once I knew what stamp sets I was using, I stamped out my images, coloured them in with Copic Markers and cut them all out.
For my first card I used the embossing paste and dry embossed background. I also used the Congrats Grad Stamp Set for the images and sentiment. I stamped them out, coloured them in and then cut them out. I then cut down the dry embossed background to a thinner strip and adhered it onto my embossing paste background using foam tape. I then stamped the ‘Congrats Grad’ sentiment into the centre and stamped a few yellow stars around it as well. I added foam tape onto the back of the hats and scroll and adhered them into place. I lastly adhered the panel onto a white card base.
For my second card, I used the water-coloured leaves background. I used the Mother’s Day Stamp Set stamped and coloured in a few of the images, I then cut them out. I added foam tape onto the backs and adhered them into place on my card. I then used the Elephant Friends Stamp Set and stamped the ‘Big Hugs’ sentiment into place. I tied a small hemp cord bow onto the vase to give a little extra texture. I added a green strip of cardstock onto the left-hand side and adhered the entire panel onto a card base.
For my last card I used the bleached yellow sunray background. I used some images from Tropical Birds, Summer Friends and Summer Surfboards stamp sets, I stamped out some images and coloured them in. Once they were coloured, I cut them out. For my background as well as the bleached background, I used the Stacked Edges 1 Die and used the scallop one to cut a wave border on a blue piece of cardstock.
I then used the Stitched Borders 1 Die and used the curved one to cut from some brown cardstock. I added adhesive onto the backs of both of the pieces and adhered them down onto the sunray background. I then added foam tape onto the backs of the images and adhered them down into place. For my sentiment I used the ‘Sending You Sunshine’ from Summer Friends and stamped it in black ink on the top of my card.
That finished up all three of my cards today, using four of the stenciled backgrounds I made in a previous video. Thank you so much for stopping by today and I’ll catch you all next time.
To begin, I cut a piece of smooth cardstock to 4” by 5 ½” to fit into the Gina K Wreath Builder 4” template. I watched a video by Jennifer McGuire on how to use the wreath builder template with stencils and I knew ALL of the PPP stencils would be so great for the technique! Check out her video here for even more details and amazing examples.
To set up the wreath builder and stencil, I taped down the wreath builder onto my craft mat. I added the stencil off to the side, taping the top of the stencil down to create a hinge in order to be able to move the cardstock around freely in between rotations. I started with the top part of the cardstock lined up as pictured, that is the edge that will always stay in the stencil as you rotate around to create the pattern. I then rotated the cardstock around in the wreath builder, changing up the ink blending colors as I went between Cracked Pistachio, Lucky Clover, and Twisted Citron.
After I was done, I added in some individual leaves where I felt I needed a bit more color and ended up with this as the background.
With the background complete, I started on my images from the Tropical Toucans Stamp Set and stamped them with a copic friendly ink and got to coloring with my copics. I added white details with a gel pen for a little pop.
For the sentiment I heat embossed the sentiment on matching green paper and paired it with a black die cut Aloha Shaker Die. I then arranged all of my die cuts around the white aspect of my background to finish up the card.
I hope you enjoyed this card and got some more ideas for how to use all the amazing stencils that PPP has to offer!
I wanted to announce the new team for this upcoming design term. I have been so blessed by amazing designers and as seasons change, sometimes people need to move on. We are saying a very fond farewell to Mayra, NickyandRina(though we do have a couple more videos from her that you’ll see soon).
We are welcoming two new Pretty Pink Posh designers to the team. These gals are extremely talented and have a unique style that I know you will love. Please join me in welcoming Adelleand Sharnato the Pretty Pink Posh team! We are so excited to have them joining us!
In honor of the new team, let’s have a big $100 gift certificate giveaway! Leave a comment on THIS post sharing your requests for stamps or dies you would like to see from Pretty Pink Posh in 2019/ 2020! One lucky comment left by July 7th will win a shopping spree.Congratulations to Kathleen Dumpert! You’re the lucky winner. Please email me your information and I’ll get your gift certificate sent off to you!
Thanks for joining us today. Be sure to give lots of love to the designers!
Hi everyone, Rina here with a congratulations card using the Animal Signs stamp set. I really enjoyed tailoring the signs to exactly what I wanted. Since it is graduation season, I also used the Congrats Grad stamp set to pair with the koala. The Pretty Pink Posh script dies are always a favorite of mine so I used theCongrats Script die.
I also wanted to take this opportunity to play with the new stencils. I created a fun landscape using theScallop Borders 2 dies and Distress Oxide ink in Cracked Pistachio and Lucky Clover. I used theLeaves Stencilto create texture on my landscape. I cannot wait to use the other stencils!
I colored my images in copic markers using the following
colors:
Y13, YR24, YR04, YR27
W1, W3
E51, E50, E55
C00, C1, C3, C5, C7
R20, R27
I finished off the card with the Buttercream Jewels, which added the right amount of sparkle!
I hope you enjoyed my card, have a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping by!
Hello, everyone! Marge here for you today and I’m so excited to share a card with you for the June Release from Pretty Pink Posh.
I started by die cutting Tropical Frame Die from watercolor cardstock and then I water-colored the frame in tropical moods. I cut another Tropical Frame Die, removed the inner pieces using a knife, then I adhered the rectangle to my colored frame.
To start, I began with a smooth cardstock and masked off an area for distress oxide ink blending. I first blended Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, and Peacock Feathers within the masked area. I then applied the Triangles Stencil over the ink blended area and blended another layer of Picked Raspberry on top of the ink blended area.
I then got to coloring the lovely Toucan images! I stamped all the images with a copic friendly ink and then proceeded to color all the images using my copic markers. I love adding details with a white gel pen to the critters as a final touch.
To stamp the sentiment, I got out my MISTI(I didn’t want to mess up my ink blended background!) and arranged the images and sentiment to where I wanted it and then stamped the sentiment with black ink. I adhered the images with foam tape for a little pop.
To start, I created a stenciled background with the new Waves stencil. I blended yellow ink through it onto a white card base and then lifted the stencil and turned it so that the waves were upside down.
I lined up the downward wave points on the stencil with the upward wave points on the cardstock and then blended ink through that. When I was finished, I had a fun, chain-like pattern.
I cut the Aloha Shaker die from the panel and trimmed it with the stitched rectangle die from Stitched Notes. I used scissors to remove the Aloha word from the sun frame, and then blended more yellow ink on it, so that the stenciled pattern was no longer visible.
I cut the new Sunshine Script die from white cardstock and coloured it with a dark gray Copic marker. I also cut a banner from one of the dies in the Stacked Edges 1 set, and blended blue ink along the edges for dimension and a pop of colour.
Because the Sunshine die cut is so narrow, it’s quite flexible and I was able to curve it to match the curve of the banner. I adhered the stenciled panel to a white cardbase then stamped a partial ‘Sending You’ sentiment from Tropical Birds inside the cut out sun, directly on the card base.
I put foam tape on some of the sun rays, and placed it onto the card, offsetting the rays, so that there was a doubled-up effect. Then I glued the sentiment banner on top – I used liquid glue on the edges and foam tape in the centre for support.
Finally, I chose some yellow jewels from the Citrus Mix and glued them above and below the sentiment strip.
I love how bright and sunny this card is, I hope you do too! There are so many possibilities with stencils and dies!
Hello and Happy Saturday! I wanted to pop in quickly to announce the four lucky winners of the Product Release Blog Hop posts HERE and HERE. Here are the lucky winners…
Ladies, email me within 7 days and I’ll send over the gift certificates so you can shop!
Thank you to everyone who left comments on the blog hop and for the special guests and designers who shared their beautiful inspiration using our new release!
I wanted to let you know that the new release stamps and dies have been restocked and we’ll be getting more. In addition to this, we’ll be getting a shipment of stencils and adding more release bundles next week. I’m so happy you all loved this release!
We’ll be sharing a new video and posts soon. Stay tuned!
