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Altenew 5th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 2 + Giveaway

Hello and welcome! This is Caly and today, Pretty Pink Posh is helping Altenew celebrate their 5th Anniversary! It’s so wonderful to help other companies in the crafting community celebrate their success. There are lots of fun prizes, so be sure to hop along!

I’ve combined some Altenew 3D paper-layering dies with a Pretty Pink Posh sentiment.  The Garden Picks 3D dies and Wild Rose 3D dies are used on today’s card to create a floral spray with flowers in multiple sizes and colors.

3D dies can be difficult to work with when there are lots of layers – so it’s really important to stay organized!  I die-cut each of the pieces in the colors of cardstocks that I wanted to layer and carefully glued them together.

Once all the pieces were adhered together, I decided I would have to create a slimline card to use all the images.  The card is 4.25” x 8.5” and fits into a #10 sized envelope. I trimmed a card front to 4” x *8.25” and ink-blended it with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Ink before laying out the pieces to adhere to this layer.

Some of the flowers are adhered directly to the card front, while others are adhered with foam adhesive for some dimension.

After arranging and adhering my flowers, I used a sentiment from the Pretty Pink Posh Thoughtful Greetings stamp set to stamp in the upper right hand corner with black ink.  The card panel is then adhered to a card base and adorned with some Tonic Studios White Blizzard Glitter Drops.

Prizes:

Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 5 lucky winners and one Altenew Academy class to 10 lucky winners. There are also 14 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:

Be sure to leave comments by 4/12/2019 for a chance to win! 33 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew Blog on 4/20/2019.

This post is part of the Altenew 5th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 1! If you’ve been hopping along with us, you would have arrived here from Therese Calvird’s blog and your next stop is Nicole Picadura! You can find the full blog hop list or start at the beginning from the Altenew Card Blog.

Have a fabulous day and Happy Anniversary to Altenew!

Caly

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Easter Theme Week- Day 3

Hello crafty friends! It’s Yoonsun here today for my Easter shaker card using the Happy Easter Shaker die & the Hummingbird Thanks stamp set.

I started by die cutting 3.5″ x 4.75″ stitched rectangle panel from thick white card stock using the Stitched Notes die set. I then die cut scalloped Easter egg from the centre of the panel using the Happy Easter Shaker die– it’s a shaker window. I adhered the acetate behind the panel.

I die cut Easter egg from watercolor paper using the Happy Easter Shaker Die again, then inked up the floral Easter egg die cut with Fossilized Amber & Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Inks. I stamped hummingbirds from the Hummingbird Thanks set onto the watercolor paper in pigment black, watercolored them, and then die cut with coordinating dies.

I added Gold Shimmer, Blush, Rose Pink Seed Beads & Gold Stars, Sparkling Clear Stars to the center of the kraft card base, and then covered the Easter egg panel using foam tape. I also added watercolored hummingbirds & Sparkling Clear jewels as well. To stand out the sentiment, I die cut the Happy Easter Shaker from white card stock, only leave the “Happy Easter” sentiment part, and then adhered it in place using fine tip glue pen.

I hope you enjoyed this Easter card! Join us tomorrow for another day of inspiration!


Hugs, Yoonsun

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Easter Theme Week- Day 2

Hello, Gemma here with a pretty Spring floral shaker card for Easter Theme Week. I’ve combined some new and older sets from Pretty Pink Posh on my card today.

I began by cutting a piece of white card, cut to 5 1/2 inches square. I then partially stamped a greeting from the Easter Eggs stamp set, to get the word ‘happy’. Next, I die cut the Easter egg die, from the Decorative Eggs die set, three times to create shaker windows. I then added some acetate behind the panel.

To build three separate shaker areas on the reverse of the panel, I added a layer of foam tape around each of the windows. I then added more foam tape over the rest of the panel to give an even layer when adding to my card base.

I filled the shaker areas with the new Easter Confetti Mix, then adhered another piece of acetate to seal them. I like to use acetate as it means I can adhere the panel to my card base from the front, which makes aligning everything easier. If you then decide to add colour or patterned paper behind the shakers, it’ll still be visible through the acetate at the back.

I created a 5 3/4 inch square card base and adhered the shaker panel, leaving a thin border around the edge. Next, I die cut the other Decorative Eggs die set from coloured card stock, then adhered them on top of the shaker windows. I love this mix of colours together.

To complete my sentiment, I die cut the Happy Easter Script die, twice from white card and once from pink card, then stacked them together to create a dimensional greeting.

To add some pretty florals, I stamped the individual flower and leaf images from the Spring Wreath stamp set. I coloured them with copic markers, choosing colours to match the Easter eggs. I die cut them with the coordinating dies, then arranged them on the card. They are mostly adhered with liquid glue, but I used some foam tape behind the pink flowers for more dimension.

To finish, I added some Pearl White jewels to the centre of the pink flowers and scattered around the card for extra sparkle.

Stop by the Pretty Pink Posh Store this week and you will receive a 15% discount on all items in the Easter section!

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Easter Theme Week- Day 1

Hi, everyone! It’s Marge here for you today for the first day of Easter Theme Week and I’m sharing a shaker card with you.

Save 15% off items in the Easter section during our Easter Theme Week!

I started by stamping and coloring of a cross from Easter Blessings set and die cut it using Easter Blessings coordinating dies. Then, I ink-blended watercolor card stock with Distress Oxide Inks: Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade, and Tattered Rose.

Next, I pulled out another piece of watercolor card stock and die cut it using Spring Frame Die. I adhered a sheet of acetate film on the back of Spring Frame die cut and made a big shaker. For this, I adhered Double Sided Foam Sticky Strips on the edges of the frame, and I also adhered Square Foam Adhesives on the back of blossoms and leaves so that they would hold the shaker up tightly.

I chose various sequins and seed beads to express my own color palette of gold, orange, and green for this card. Here are what I put into the shaker: 4mm Lime Sorbet, 6mm Lime Sorbet, Evergreen Mix, 4mm Sunshine Glow, 6mm Sunshine Glow, 4mm Lemon Meringue, 6mm Lemon Meringue, 4mm Marigold, 6mm Marigold, 4mm Champagne, 6mm Champagne, Sparkling Clear Seed Beads, Daffodil Seed Beads, Gold Shimmer Seed Beads, and Spring Green Seed Beads.

After I assembled my shaker, I foam mounted Easter Blessings Cross on the acetate window. I die cut Happy Easter Script Die out of gold mirror card stock and white card stock then I adhered them using Multi Medium Matte and put the sentiments under the cross.

Finally, I adhered my shaker onto a card base and finished it off. The Copic markers I used for the cross were E49-E47-E44-E43-E42-E41 and G29-G24-YG03-G20.

Thank you so much for reading this post. Join us tomorrow for a new day of Easter inspiration!
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Watercolor Flowers

Hi, friends! It’s Marge here with you sharing a watercolor Crocus Flowers card. The Crocus Flowers stamp set is so elegant and beautiful that I had so much fun coloring them .

To begin, I stamped Crocus Flowers on Watercolor paper using Distress ink Antique Linen, then I watercolored them. I used various watercolor media including Rose of Ultramarine and New Gamboge from Daniel Smith, and Spring Garden Watercolor Brush Markers. I added more shades using my polychromo pencils too. After I finished coloring, I cut them all using Crocus Flowers Coordinating Dies.

Next, I trimmed a piece of Bristol paper into A2 size, and ink blended it using Distress Oxide inks (Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Tumbled Glass, and Mermaid Lagoon). To do this, I masked off upper part of panel using my post- it sticky notes and sponged the bottom part using green inks. Then I masked off the green bottom and then sponged the sky part using blue inks.

I stamped one of the sentiments from Simple Sayings: Courage on top of the panel, and then I adhered Crocus Flowers using Glue Dots and Foam Adhesives.  After I foam mounted my panel to a card base, I added double stranded twine ribbon , Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix, 6mm LimeSorbet and 4mm Lime Sorbet sequins.

Thank you for reading this post, I hope you enjoyed it.  Have a wonderful day!

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Spring Frame with Watercolors & Vellum

Hello there everybody, Wanda here guesting on the Pretty Pink Posh blog! I’m sharing a card today using products from the March release.

Start by die cutting the Spring Frame out of watercolor paper. Using your favorite water colors, color in the flowers and leaves on the frame in soft Spring colors. After the water colors are dry, fleck gold paint onto the panel.

Die cut an Easter Egg and water color in pink to match the frame colors. Fleck gold paint onto the egg also.

Attach a panel of aqua cardstock onto the entire front of an A2 card base. Cut a sheet of vellum to fit behind the open portion of the Spring Frame. Heat emboss in gold the “Happy Easter” sentiment from the Easter Eggs stamp set onto the vellum in the top/center.

Attach the embossed vellum directly to the back of the frame by using clear glue around the edges. Once that is dry, attach the frame and vellum over the aqua paper on the card base using foam tape.

Tuck the Easter egg into the bottom corner of the frame and attach it with foam tape.

I wish you a beautiful, creative and happy day!

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Spring Frame w/ Magnolias

Hi, everyone! It’s Marge here for you today sharing a card that features Magnolia Flowers set and Spring Frame Die from the Pretty Pink Posh Release.

I started by stamping Magnolia Flowers on 80lb Neenah White paper using a very light colored dye ink, then I colored flowers and leaves using my Copic Markers. I added more shades to the images using Polychromo pencils and then I cut them all using Magnolia Flowers Coordinating Dies.

Next, I sponged A2 sized heavy-weight watercolor paper using some dye inks with deep blue, teal, light blue, pale pink and coral colors, then I die cut it with Spring Frame Die. I die cut another watercolor paper and glued the two layers together to give dimension to the frame. One more watercolor panel was blended with light blue and coral dye inks to be used as a background.

Before I glued the frame to the background, I stamped a sentiment from Thoughtful Greetings set with the guidance of Spring Frame die cut. In turn, I added splatters of deep blue ink and let them dry.

Now, it’s time for placing Magnolias on this framed background. For this, I used Mini Glue Dots and Foam Tapes. Finally, I adhered the panel onto a card base and finished off my card by adding some Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix and 3mm Sparkling Clear Sequins.

For those who are interested in my coloring, Copic markers I used for Magnolias are YR14-YR01-YR000 and the Prismacolor pencils 757, PC939, PC1001, PC118, PC938 (blanc) and Noir.

Thank you so much and I hope you enjoyed it!
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Tutorial: Copic Rainbow Butterfly Card

Hi everyone, it’s Ardyth and I’m here with a colourful, happy hello card today!

Watch the video above  I  Watch the video in HD on YouTube
 

I started by creating my background, using my Mini MISTI and the Spring Wreath set. I stamped the wreath off the edges of my square panel, and then turned the panel before stamping again. Then I filled in any empty spaces with some of the single flowers in the set. This is a quick and easy way to create an all-over flower background. I trimmed the panel using a circle die and also stamped and die cut one of the butterflies from Beautiful Butterflies.

I coloured the butterfly with a rainbow of Copic markers and then started working on the background. Using another circle die, I lightly drew ‘trail’ lines from the butterfly, creating an area for some colouring. I coloured it in with the same Copic markers to create unity between the butterfly and the background.

I found that the contrast between the black ink and white cardstock on the rest of the circle panel was a bit distracting, so I coloured that area with a gray marker to tone it down and allow the focus to be on the colourful, magical butterfly trail!

I glued the body of the butterfly directly to the circle panel, and popped up the edge of the wings with some foam tape for dimension.

Enjoy browsing the Pretty Pink Posh Shop full of the new products. I hope you enjoyed the card and video.

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Rainbow Flowers

Hi friends! It is Dana here today sharing a card using the Spring Wreath Stamp Set. While this stamp set has the most gorgeous Spring Wreath, it also has the most adorable “little extras.” For my card today, I am using the little flowers (extras) that are included with the stamp set.

I started my card my stamping my flowers in a single row onto a 1.5 inch piece of white cardstock. I used a random pattern and stamped my flowers with a Copic friendly ink in my Mini MISTI. Then, I colored my flowers with my Copic markers.

Next, I stamped my sentiment and mounted my white cardstock strip onto a piece of black cardstock with foam adhesive. For my card front, I used a piece of rainbow patterned paper cut down a little smaller than my A2 card base.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed my card! Make sure you stop by the Pretty Pink Posh Shop and see all the new release products.

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Tutorial: Magnolia Butterfly Scene

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh fans! Heather here this morning to share a card using a couple of the beautiful new releases from PPP to make this soft and dreamy card! The gorgeous Magnolia Flowers and Beautiful Butterflies stamp sets were just made for each other – don’t you think?

I’ve combined some simple Copic coloring, ink blending, and a bit of sparkle to put this together – keep reading for a photo tutorial of how it came together!

One thing I like to do when building a scene, is lay out the stamp sets to get a visual of how I want them to all come together. Obviously you can’t stamp them like this, but when I like an idea, I often snap a quick photo with my phone so I don’t forget what I had in mind. Sometimes the plan changes a bit, but this really helps me to picture the finished card a bit!

Next, I stamped all the images out, and colored them with Copic markers. I wanted the colors to be nice and soft for this card, so I used my colorless blender a lot! I lot of the areas I added a bit of color, starting with the darkest, blending out with a lighter shade of the same color, then blending that edge out with the colorless blender. This next photo shows the colors I used for these:

Next, I die cut the images with their coordinating dies- Beautiful Butterflies and Magnolia Flowers – and arranged them on a white card base. I ended up sticking pretty close to my planned layout and was really happy with it! I used a piece of Press-and-Seal (a Jennifer McGuire trick!) and picked up all the images to set aside while I did some ink blending on my card base.

I added the ink in diagonal corners so it would add depth behind each side of the images when I put them back in place. I’ve been enjoying using make-up brushes as ink blenders – they work SOOO easily and fun! And they are fairly inexpensive as well!

Next, I just had to add a touch more sparkle – so I added some gold splatters using my Starry Colors Palette, and gave it a bit of time to dry.

I added foam adhesive to the back of all my images, pressed them into place on my card front, and then peeled away the Press-and-Seal. Perfect placement! Now to add some more sparkle, I pulled out my Sparkling Clear Jewels. Kind of on accident, I discovered that I liked them even better if I glued them in place upside down! Instead of adhering the flat back, adhere the smaller flat portion of the front of them – I felt like it showed off the design of the jewel even better, and made it more sparkly! I like to use Glossy Accents to adhere them on, and my Crystal Katana is also super helpful.

Here on the finished card you can see how those jewels are set in place upside down a little better – do you notice how they are more sparkly that way?

I used my MISTI to stamp a sentiment from Encouraging Greetings– a previously released stamp set, and pretty much a must have! It was the perfect size to fit in the little space I had on the bottom corner there.

And, because you can never have too much sparkle, I added some sparkly clear Blizzard Nuvo Glitter Drops on the butterflies, blending it out from the centers and adding it around the outer edges.

Here is what it looked like when it finished drying.

I love the soft and subtle colors on this – so fun to play with different color combinations!

What is your favorite style of color combination? Soft and subtle, or bold and bright? Or are you like me and love to do both?

Thanks so much for stopping by today – hope you have a wonderful day!