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.
I started by die cutting several stitched poinsettias from kraft, red and white cardstock. And I also die cut the stitched leaves from pale green cardstock. I simply adhered poinsettias onto the top-left corner & bottom-right corner of the kraft panel using foam tape, and then lightly inked the centre of each poinsettia with Festive Berries Distress ink.
For the sentiment, I die cut the Happy Holidays from white cardstock, then added it to the centre of the card (as shown in the picture) using fine tip glue pen.
Christmas is just around the corner! I hope this card inspired you. If you haven’t already, be sure to visit the previous posts for those cards and giveaways!
I wanted to create a holiday scene using lots of images, so I made this card a slim-line, which measures 7” x 3.5”. I started by using Distress Inks on the background and cut some white glitter paper into a snow bank.
I stamped images from the 3 stamp sets on white cardstock with a light color of ink. I colored in all of these with colored pencils. I like how they leave such a soft look and let you add texture and shading. I colored 6 trees from the Holiday Pals stamp set to use on the background of the card. I stamped the four cute little friends from the Christmas Friends stamp set and arranged them in front of the trees.
I added some of the little birds from the Christmas Friends stamp set and then gifts from all three of these stamp sets. I arranged all of these into a little Christmas scene. I used the Happy Holidays Script Die for the sentiment. I die-cut it out of white cardstock and then applied clear glitter glue to the top of it for texture. I finished the card with some glitter drops and white glossy drops around the elements for snow. I also added a couple of the snowflake stamps from the Holiday Pals stamp set.
GIVEAWAY
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Thanks so much for visiting today and being part of the Pretty Pink Posh’s 5 Days of Christmas Giveaway Week celebration! Have a great holiday season friends!
I started off with cutting out the Stitched Poinsettias Dies from some coloured cardstocks. I added some Copic Marker shading onto each of the pieces and finished them off with some white gel pen accents. I then adhered them together using foam tape.
Next I die cut out two Decorative Tag 2 Dies from white cardstock and two from textured blue cardstock. I cut the blue tags at an angle and adhered them down onto the white tags. I used the Holiday Greetings Stamp Setand stamped down the ‘Joy’ sentiment directly onto the tag with black ink. I then adhered my poinsettias down onto my tags as well.
I white heat embossed the ‘To The World’
onto black strips of cardstock and adhered them down next to the stamped ‘Joy’
word. To finish up my tags today, I punched a hole at the top of my tags and threaded
through some hemp cord.
Hello, Gemma here to share some Christmas inspiration. I love combining new and older release sets from Pretty Pink Posh to create scenes. The Bear Friends are getting ready for Christmas on my card today.
On a white card panel, I masked an area for the hill and blended distress oxides above for a wintry sky. Flicking with water adds droplets for a snow effect.
From the centre of the panel, I used a Window Frame die. I adhered the die cut piece directly on my card base, then added the rest of the panel to the card with foam tape. This creates a nice focal point in the centre.
I stamped one of the sentiments from Holiday Signs on the post, then adhered the images to the card. I finished by adding some Pearl White jewels to the centre area for Christmas sparkle.
