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Watercolor Spring Card

Hi, crafty friends! It’s Marge with you for today and I’m sharing a simple flower card I made using the popular Hummingbird Thanks set with the Crocus Flowers set.

I started by stamping Crocus Flowers (with masking technique) and a Hummingbird on watercolor paper with Antique Linen ink then I watercolored them very lightly. I cut the flowers freehand and hummingbird using Hummingbird Thanks Coordinating Dies and set them aside.

Next, I removed a pair the window pieces from Decorative Tags 2 Dies and ran it through my cutting machine to cut a tag which I really love the shape.

Then, I trimmed a piece of gray gingham paper little bit smaller than 4.25×5.5 inch and adhered it onto white card base. In turn, I foam mounted Decorative Tags 2, Crocus Flowers, and Hummingbird Thanks one by one on it.

Sentiment from Floral Hearts set was heat embossed in white on a piece of red card stock. Finally, I embellished my card with the Valentine Jewel Mix and Ivory Twine which were adhered by using Mini Glue Dots.

That’s it from me for today. Thank you and have a wonderful day !
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Spring Wreath with Pencils on Kraft

Hello everybody, Wanda here guesting on the Pretty Pink Posh blog!

I started by stamping the Spring Wreath in embossing ink and then heat embossing with white embossing powder onto Kraft cardstock. Die cut the wreath image using the matching die cut.

Color in the images with colored pencils. Wrap natural twine around the wreath and tie with a bow for a bit of dimension.

The finished card is a 4.5″ x 4.5″ square. Cut a score a piece of bright pink cardstock to make your card base. Cut a vellum layer to 4.25″ x 4.25″ and heat emboss the spring greetings sentiment onto the vellum.

Using Copic Opaque White, splatter white flecks onto the pink card base and let dry. Affix the vellum to the pink card base underneath where the wreath will be mounted.

Attach the wreath die cut to the card base using foam tape.

That’s it for today! Thanks for stopping by to see me!

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Tutorial: Peek-A-Boo Easter Card

Hello friends, Eloise here and today I have an Easter project to share with you all. I used the Easter Eggs stamp set along with the Bunny Friends stamp set to create a peek-a-boo card.

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I started off with stamping out my eggs onto a white piece of cardstock with black ink. I used four different styles of eggs and arranged them in my Mini MISTI stamping tool. I left a gap between the top and bottom rows for a sentiment, too. Once they were stamped, I cut apart the sentiment ‘Happy Easter’ and stamped them next to each other using my MISTI once again to stamp them between the eggs. Next, I used the Bunny Friends stamp set, stamped out a few of the images with my MISTI as well. I then coloured in everything with Copic Markers.

Copic Markers Used: RV10, RV13, RV25, RV19 / B63, BV02, BV04, BV08 / YR00, YR02, YR12, YR18 / B21, B24, B26, B39 / Y11, Y13, Y15, Y19 / YG01, YG03, YG07, YG09 / BG10, BG11, BG13, BG49 / E41, E42, E43, E44 / W00, W0, W1, W3 / 0

Now to create the ‘peek-a-boo’ element. I took the coordinating die and placed it over top of the egg, just like I normally would. I then placed the piece of cardstock into my die cut machine and covered ¾ of the bottom of the egg, leaving the top bit without a plate covering. I then ran through the piece and removed the die. This allows the egg to be folded upwards and to reveal the inside. I repeated this for the rest of my eggs and set off the piece to the side. I then cut my bunnies out with their dies as well.

I then took a white card base and covered it with a piece of blue patterned paper. I placed my peek a boo panel over top and traced around the inside of the eggs on my card base with a pencil. I adhered my bunnies and flowers on the insides of each of the eggs with foam tape and then erased the pencil lines. I added a double layer of foam to the back of my peek a boo panel and adhered it over the same spot.

That finished up my Easter card for today, I hope you enjoyed and got inspired. See you all next time!

Eloise

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Easter Theme Week- Day 7

Hi there, Nicky here. We’re having an Easter theme week here at Pretty Pink Posh to inspire you all with your own projects.  For my watercolour painted card I have returned to an old favourite stamp set- Bunny Friends.

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

A panel of Bristol Smooth was randomly stamped with the images from Bunny Friends using Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil. All images were watercolour painted using the following:-

Arteza Real Brush Pen in Light Magenta/A184.  Kuretake Zigs in Beige, Gray Brown, Yellow, Orange, Bright Yellow, Light Green and Light Pink.

Points were highlighted with a white gel pen and the panel die cut simply with a faux stitched edge.  This panel was then adhered to a 110lb white cardstock base.

I die cut the Picket Fence from white cardstock and backed it with slim strips of dimensional foam tape and applied it to the bottom of the card.  I stamped the sentiment in the Potting Soil Ink again and applied this also with foam tape. I embellished the panel with Clear Droplets which seemed appropriate for a Spring garden themed card.

The final step was to stamp all the floral images on more Bristol Smooth cardstock and watercolour paint them using the same colour scheme listed above. Since I don’t have the coordinating dies for this stamp set I spent a long time fussy cutting the flowers but it was worth it to my mind.  I layered them behind the picket fence using little pieces of foam tape and they just seem to be bursting out and reaching for the sun!

Thank you so much for coming by to read how to make this card, have a wonderful, creative day!

Nicky

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Easter Theme Week- Day 6

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh fans! Heather here this morning to join in the Easter Theme week fun here on the Pretty Pink Posh blog with these two soft and sweet Easter shaker cards!

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

I created these with the fun Easter Egg Shaker die, paired up with the stitched rectangle from Stitched Notes Dies. I die cut the shaker die, punched out the details in the image, then inset it back in the window created and added acetate behind it to create my shaker.

The backgrounds behind are Distress Oxide ink blended backgrounds. For this first card I used a combo of Shabby Shutters, Dried Marigold, and Abandoned Coral. I also added some Pink Blush Jewels to accent this one.

For this second one, my ink blended background was created with Mermaid Lagoon, Cracked Pistachio, and Wild Honey. This one has a few Sea Glass jewels on it as accents.

I added some solid color cardstock in a coordinating color to tuck behind that panel and help it pop against my white cardbases.

The shakers are filled with one of my favorite shaker fillings- Iridescent Mini Circles. LOVE how sparkly and fun it is – and it moves so easily in the shaker which is fabulous as well!

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

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Easter Theme Week- Day 5

Hello, friends! Thi here to share with you a card I made for Pretty Pink Posh Easter Theme week. I love to mix old and new products, so today’s card features the new Spring Frame paired with Easter Friends. I love these cute images – especially the little guy in the bunny outfit! He just cracks me up!

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

Let’s get started! First, I colored all the images in Copic markers and die cut with their coordinating dies.

Next, I inked up some Bristol Smooth card stock with Distress Oxide in Worn Lipstick, Spun Sugar and Cracked Pistachio. After I got the blend I wanted, I die cut with the Spring Frame die.

I inked up a second piece of Bristol Smooth card stock with Distress Oxide in Spun Sugar on top and Cracked Pistachio on the bottom for my background. I then stamped a sentiment from Easter Eggs with a Bubblegum Pink pigment ink.

Now I popped the Spring Frame onto the background with foam tape for dimension. Lastly, I adhered my Easter Friends onto the card with strong liquid glue. I made sure any part of my friends that are not on the frame, I backed with a little foam tape just for stability – for example, the back of the bunny’s head has foam tape behind it.

That’s it and my Easter card is finished! I hope you liked my card and that you are inspired to make an Easter card today! Thank you for stopping by and have an amazing day!

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Easter Theme Week- Day 4

 

Welcome to Day 4 of Pretty Pink Posh Easter Theme Week! Alix here would like to play Bunny Tic Tac Toe game with you! Our family likes to play games after our traditional egg hunting event on Easter Day. Do you have your special way to celebrate Easter Day?

To make this fun card, I first stamped the images from Bunny Friends Stamp set with Memento Rich Cocoa dye ink and colored them with Copic markers. Then I die cut them with Bunny Friends Coordinating Dies and set aside.

I cut a piece of watercolor paper slightly smaller than A2 size and ink blended the surface with Tim Holtz Distress oxide ink in Worn Lipstick.. I adhered it onto a piece of A2 sized cardstock paper in pastel blue to create my main background. I then cut from a piece of purple cardstock paper using Tic Tac Toe Die and adhere it to the background with Foam Strips. 

I arranged my colored images onto my prepped background using Multi Medium Matte and Foam Squares. I stamped the sentiment “Happy Spring” that comes in the same stamp set on to the bottom of my background. Please noted, I actually hand cut to separate my sentiment so I could arrange them however I want. If you are “brave enough” to do it, you will find more use out of your stamp set! In the end, I embellished my card using Pretty Pink Posh Jewels in Lemon Drop and Aquamarine.
I hope this card will bring you some inspirations for your Easter eelebration! Don’t forget that we are having a 15% discount on all items in our Easter section during this theme week!
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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!