Hello! This is Caly and I’m sharing a card using the brand new Elegant Holly stamp set along with the new Ornament Shaker die today. The images from the Elegant Holly set are beautiful by themselves, but I thought I would use them on my project today to adorn on an ornament.

I started by stamping the images on Neenah Solar White 80 lbs cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. Then I colored the images using various Copic markers and die cut them out using the coordinating Elegant Holly dies.  The following Copic combinations were used:  R05 and R29 for the reds, YG07, G03, and G09 for the greens.  I added white gel accents to the images and glossy accents over the berries and set them aside to work on my card front and shaker.

Yana has been making beautiful cards using colored cardstock lately and inspired me to make this one using a blue cardstock.  I started by die-cutting the Ornament Shaker towards the bottom 2/3 of the card front, knowing I would use my holly images towards the top of the ornament to decorate it.  I also cut the ornament cap using some gold glitter cardstock. After die-cutting, I carefully ink-blended some Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide Ink around the ornament, stopping before I reached the ornament. Then I splattered the cardstock with some water droplets to remove ink to give the top panel more interest.

To create the shaker portion, I added a piece of transparent material that I cut from a storage pocket (that’s right, you don’t always have to use acetate).  I cut it down to size to adhere to the back of the shaker frame, then added 3M foam tape to hold the sequins and gems inside. I backed the ornament with some white glitter cardstock and glued down a few jewels from the new Holiday Jewels Mix. Then I filled the area with some Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix along with some sequins from the new Berry Bright Confetti Mix.  To assemble my card, I used a piece of gold thread and treaded it through the gold glitter ornament cap and started adhering the holly images around the ornament top.  I parted the gold thread a bit towards the top so you can see them better and held them in place using simple scotch tape on the backside before adhering the entire card front to a card base.

I hope you have enjoyed today’s project and will join us tomorrow as we do the full reveal!

Hello Pretty Pink Posh fans, Alix here sharing a sneak peak of this wonderful stamp set in our coming November release called Penguin Pals. I am so so in love with it as you could tell I made total of 3 cards to introduce it to you along with other new goodies!

I stamped all images from the Penguin Pals onto Copic friendly cardstock paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and die cut them with the Penguin Pals coordinating dies. Then I cut my background panel from a piece of watercolor paper and colored with watercolor paints in Indigo and Quinacridone Pink blended together. Once the top surface was dried, I flicked white paint over it to create starry night effect. I manually added some bigger dots and stars by drawing them with a white gel pen.

I cut paper pieces from Layered Tree Die and assembled them into my white Christmas tree. I then copic colored the star to decorate the tree top. After I placed the tree onto the background panel, I arranged all colored images from Penguin Pals to selected places.

I started to ink blended  onto an A2 sized watercolor panel with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink in Tumbled Glass. Then I splattered white paint to create snow in the air. I needed to have some platform for penguins to stand on. So I cut the white border using the Scallop Borders 1 Dies. After attaching the border onto the lower part of panel, I glued some Glass glitters to create snow banks.

For the sentiment, I die cut Black and Red cardstock paper 3 times using Happy Holidays Script Die and glued them together to create better dimensions. Once it’s done, I attached it onto upper part of panel. At last, I added my cute penguins that I colored earlier and embellished the background with jewels from the Starry Sky Mix (new color from November release).

Pretty Pink Posh has the best shaker card supplements ever! How can I not make a shaker card?! 

This card came together fairly straight forward. I wanted this shaker window to be the focal point of the card. So I did not do any background color blending but cutting a piece of A2 sized panel from white woodgrain cardstock paper.

To create the shaker window, I used Ornament Shaker die and cut my frame from red cardstock paper. For the top part of this ornament, I went for white glitter cardstock paper instead to make it more interesting. I attached a piece of acetate paper right under the cut out frame and added foam stripe to create dimensions for me pouring some Winter Days Confetti Mix. Then i attached this ornament onto the background to seal the window. I simply added two colored ice-skating penguins to decorate this ornament.

Isn’t this a fun week with all the new Pretty Pink Posh products being revealed? I always love seeing what Paulina has come up with and the best part is getting to work with these products ahead of time to do a post announcing them! Today I get to show you two of the new products: the Decorative Ornaments stamp set and coordinating die set and the Pine Sprigs dies. They are both new favorites of mine as they work so well together. I have two cards to share with you using them today.

The Decorative Ornaments stamps are very detailed and thus really fun to color. I used colored pencils on them since the areas are fairly small. I went with a non-traditional color scheme for this card, but it is probably my favorite holiday color scheme.

For the background of this card, I used Tonic Glimmer Paste over a stencil to create the little dots. I felt they were just sparkly enough without being distracting for a background for the ornaments. I stamped the Decorative Ornament stamps on white cardstock with a light color ink and colored them in with colored pencils so they don’t have outlines.

I die-cut the Pine Sprigs dies out of silver cardstock, blue painted watercolor paper, and bright pink glitter paper. I layered several of them in each color to the top of the card and added a silver bow. I attached the ornaments below the bow and used an ornament topper on the one that showed from the Stitched Ornaments dies.  I die-cut the new Happy Holidays Script die from silver cardstock and glued that over the ornaments. I finished the card with some silver, light blue, and white jewels from the new Starry Sky Jewel Mix.

I stamped the Decorative Ornaments on white cardstock with a natural color ink again and colored them with colored pencils. This time I went more traditional with a gold background and red and green details. My gold colored pencil is metallic, so if you look at the card on an angle, it has a really gold sheen to it. My daughter asked me why I colored them brown, so I had to turn the card to show her they were gold!

I used a white gel pen for details on the flowers and leaves and then topped each ornament with a topper from the Stitched Ornaments dies die-cut from gold cardstock. I lightly inked the center of a white card base with red ink and attached the ornaments on top of it.

I die-cut the Pine Sprigs dies from green and gold cardstock and layered them along the top of the card so the ornaments look like they are hanging from a tree.  I embossed the sentiment from the stamp set on the bottom of the card and finished it with some jewels from the new Holidays Jewels Mix.

Thanks for visiting today and don’t forget to come each day this week to see other new products being debuted! I hope you like them all as much as I do! Thanks Paulina for another great release!

Hello Everyone, Joni here sharing another exciting new products coming your way: Caroling Critters stamp set and Happy Holiday Script.

To begin my card, I first stamped the image from Caroling Critters stamp set on a white cardstock then colored them with Copic Markers. Then fussy cut the images and adhered on a black cardstock with foam tape. Then I die-cut the Happy Holiday Script three times on a white cardstock then glue on top of each to give it a good dimension.

I then splattered the black background with white watercolor paint and colored the script with green Copic markers. I also added the new Holiday Mix Jewels that you can coordinate with your holiday projects.

For my second card I simply stamped the image on white cardstock colored the image with Copic Markers.

Next, I then die-cut the Season’s Greetings Script on a white cardstock three times again and glue it on top to give it good dimensions.

For this card I also added some plain glitter on the bottom and for the background.

I also added the new Holiday Mix Jewels to give it more interest on a the card.

I hope I have inspired you with these upcoming products. Join us tomorrow for another sneak peek of the new release!

Hi, everyone!

It’s Caly and I’m so glad you’ve joined me for today’s Pretty Pink Posh sneak peek!  I’ve made a card using the new Poinsettias stamp set and I’m excited to share it!  The stamp set is gorgeous and there are so many possibilities with it!  In fact, I had played with 3 different layouts before I decided to go with this one.  Let’s talk about how it was created!

I started by stamping the images on Arches cold-pressed watercolor paper using Ink On 3 Fade-Out No-Line Coloring Detail Ink (phew!  That’s a mouth-ful!). I used my MISTI tool because this ink is very light – the more times you stamp, the easier it is to see. There’s no way I could color with just one inked impression – so I inked it up at least 3 times. Then I used Daniel Smith watercolors in Quinacridone Red for the poinsettia, Gamboge for the poinsettias’ centers, and Sap Green for the leaves. The poinsettia images don’t have floral veins on them, so I painted them on to give them some extra interest and dimension.  After coloring and allowing the images to dry, I die-cut the images using the Poinsettia coordinating dies and set them aside to work on the card front.

In order to create the frame, I used a die from the Scallop Borders die set and had to cut all 4 sides of an A2-sized card panel.  I had to line them up just right to ensure I still got a rounded corner in all 4 corners but it worked out great!  Then for some extra color, I lightly ink-blended some Bundled Sage Distress Oxide ink in the center of the panel, fading it out to the edges.

I placed the images where I wanted them, adhering them down with some double-sided tape.  For the sentiment, I die-cut the Happy Holidays Script die 3 times in black and once in gold glitter cardstock.  I glued the black sentiments together, then glued the gold glitter sentiment on top, off-setting it slightly so the black can be a drop shadow for the gold glitter cardstock because I was afraid it wouldn’t stand out enough over the watercolored images.  I glued the sentiment words right over the poinsettia images and finished my card off using some red jewels from the Holiday Jewel Mix.  I feel like I could’ve done so much more to embellish this card – glossy accents or jewels over the poinsettias’ centers, shimmer over the petals, white gel highlights – but I refrained and I’m glad I did because I think it’s great just the way it is.  I really hope you enjoyed this card! I can’t wait to color it using Copic markers!

Be sure to stop by tomorrow for another sneak peek of our November 5th release!

Hi Pretty Pink Posh friends, Angelica here excited to share a sneak peek of the upcoming November release, which is everything Christmas! My favorite time of the year to make cards. Today we are going to focus on the stand-alone dies. There’s 7 in total (including two script words and two shaker dies!). I have used a few today in my pair of cards. Lets get started.

My First card I used the Pine Sprigs dies and the Stitched Ornaments dies. I die cut all the sprigs out with green cardstock, then used finger daubers and Distress Oxides Mowed Lawn and Ground Espresso to add color and texture.

Next I worked on the stitched ornament. I decided to use a stamp from the Poinsettias stamp set to decorate the bulb. I heat embossed the stamped image with embossing ink and Brutus Monroe Gilded embossing powder onto Canson Watercolor paper. I taped the paper down to a clipboard with purple tape, then scribbled on the petals with my Zig markers.

I heavily misted water on the flower and used my Wagner heat gun to start the drying process. When the paper was almost dry, I added a few shakes of Solar Flare and Cherry Bomb NUVO shimmer powders and resprayed again.  I then finished the drying process. The result was a beautiful shimmery poinsettia. I taped the stitched ornament die over it and cut it out. I also used the topper die to cut out gold glitter paper.

For the background, I used Distress Oxides Peacock Feathers, Evergreen Bough, and Cracked Pistachio. I did an ink smooshing technique on my craft mat with anther piece of Canson watercolor paper. Once dried, I splatter white paint, dried the paper, sprayed a generous amount of shimmer spray, then dried the paper again. I trimmed the paper down to be my card front. I added a sprig at the top, tied a piece of silver embroidery thread around it and connected it to the back of the ornament. I attached the ornament towards the bottom of the card front with thin Scrapbook Adhesive 3D squares. I die cut a small bow from Twine and Bows die set out of pink paper, added shimmer with Wink Of Stella, and topped the bow off with a layer of Nuvo Crystal Glaze. I die cut the Season’s Greetings Script out of shimmer white paper and glued to the card front with Ranger Multi Media Matte. I attached the card front to an A2 size card base and added the bow once dried. My final touch was adding a single jewel to the bow from the new Holiday Mix.

Card 2:

My second card has a lot less steps. I die cut the Layered Tree dies out of green paper. I used Distress inks Mowed Lawn and Forest Moss to shade them with finger daubers.

Once shaded, I glued them to a strip of paper I cut from the same green paper. Next, I die cut the Happy Holidays Script and glued the words to the tree. I picked out a rainbow of pink and red cardstock, and die cut them with the diamond edge die from the Stacked Edges 2 die set. I then attached them to computer paper that I had ran through my Xyron Creative Station to add adhesive to the paper. Once the strips were stacked, I trimmed the the paper down for the card front and attached the tree using Glue Dots. My final touch was adding Holiday Mix jewels on the tree as ornaments.

I’m looking forward to diving deeper into this new release. There’s so many fun stamps to color and match up with these new dies! Join us tomorrow for more sneak peeks!

Hello everyone! Lexa here today with a last card for Thanksgiving Theme Week. I bet you are all feel so inspired by the talented ladies from the last few days. We have a 15% discount on all items in our Thanksgiving section during this theme week and items are going fast!

First I stamped all the images from Pumpkin Patch Critter Stamps with Versafine black ink then watercolor them with Distress Markers and Kuretake Gansai Tambi. I can’t resist all the adorable critters that peek behind the pumpkins. I use Distress Inks for the background, I blended Tea Dye and Vintage Photo for the ground,as for the sky I use Squeezed Lemonade and Candy Apple. I think it’s better to keep on the color combinations coordinate with each others to keep the balance. For this card, I stuck with fall hues and warm tones.

I used the super pretty jewels in Marigold color on the sky to create some dimensions and sparkle. And this jewel is also in the Thanksgiving section which in on sale! Yay!

Here is a closer look at the adorable critters on my card. I’m so in love with each of them! I add rosy cheeks just because it looks so cute on them.

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope you all like what I made today and have a wonderful day. Don’t forget to check the items in our Thanksgiving section!

Hello Everyone! Angelica here, and I am so glad you’re joining me on the Pretty Pink Posh today for Thanksgiving theme week. I have two cards to share with you using different fall and Thanksgiving themed stamps.

My first card is all about background stamping. I love making my own backgrounds. Its nice to pick out stamps from a few sets that coordinate nicely together. For this background, I used Autumn Wreath and Happy Turkey stamp sets. In random order, starting in the middle, I placed stamps close  together on Copic-friendly paper and stamped with Memento Tuxedo black ink. I found it helpful to do this in my MISTI. When I finished, I colored the images with Copic markers.

I used The small scallop circle from the Scallop Circle Die set to cut the window out. I also cut the same scallop circle out of purple pearl paper. I taped the circle to the backside of the card-front using washi tape, then added foam adhesive strips. before attaching the card front to an A2 card base, I stamped a sentiment from Giving Thanks stamp set. I then assembled the card, used a white gel pen and Raspberry Jewels to add accents.

For the second card, I kept the front clean and simple.

I stamped out the adorable pilgrims from Giving Thanks stamp set, pumpkins from Pumpkin Patch Critters, and leaves from Autumn Wreath (leaves were stamped on the card base). After coloring the images, I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

I stamped the sentiment from Giving thanks stamp set, and added the pilgrims with adhesive squares. I glued the pumpkins behind them, and colored small shadows with warm gray Copic markers. I added the card front to an A2 Size card base, then glued on Espresso Jewels using Ranger Multi Media Matte.

There has been so much Thanksgiving Inspiration this week, and there’s still one day to go! I hope you have been enjoying it all. Be sure to stop by tomorrow!

And remember- Save 15% on Thanksgiving items in the Pretty Pink Posh Shop!

Hi, friends! Welcome to another day of our Thanksgiving Theme Week. It’s Marge here sharing a Thanksgiving Bridge Card with you today.

Pretty Pink Posh has 15% off items in the Thanksgiving section!

To begin my card, I stamped Pumpkin Patch Critters, Autumn Wreath, Giving Thanks, and Happy Turkey set on 80lb Neenah White paper using Memento Black, then I colored them using my copic markers. After I finished coloring I cut the images using Pumpkin Patch Critters Coordinating Dies, Autumn Wreath Coordinating Dies, Giving Thanks Dies, and Happy Turkey Dies.

Next, I made a bridge fold card as show below where I’m sharing a brief instruction with pictures.

Instruction for bridge fold card

1. Cut a brown card stock into 5.5 x 9 inch. Score along the long end at 3″ and 6″. Fold in Z shape.

2. Place Stitched Borders 2 Die on top of the Z paper, run it through a cutting machine back and forth several times. If the papers are not cut perfectly due to thickness, use scissors to trim off.

3. Score down mid-line pf both outer panels, refold the paper into a standing gate shape.

4. Prepare three pieces of 2.75 x 5.25 inch of Gingham paper, diecut the top portion using the same Stitched Borders 2 Die, score down at center of two pieces, then adhere them onto the brown panel. By doing so, you can create a nested look without using nesting dies set.

5. Make a front panel that would be a bridge, using brown card stock,  Stitched Borders 2 Dies, and Plaid paper and then adhere the bridge to the standing gate. It is easier to adhere one side of bridge and gate when the gate is folded down. Before assembling, I distressed all the edges using Distress Ink Tea Dye to give an autumn mood.

Once I finished assembling Bridge Fold Card, I adhered my colored images here and there using Glue Dots. Sentiment from Giving Thanks was heat embossed in gold and cut by free hand. I also added a piece of Picket Fence on the wall behind.

Here are some more views from different angles.

When I adhered images, I intended that my scene would look good even when it is folded down.

As a final touch, I added Metallic Gold Jewels. Since the card size was about 5.25 x 6 inch when folded down, I also made an envelope with size 5.5×6 inch using a piece of paper of 9.25 x 9.25 inch.

It is very easy to create a fun Bridge Fold Card by just using a scoring board and any kinds of symmetric shape border dies. This type of card can be placed straight up as a part of Thanksgiving decoration, or it can be sent to your friends flat down in an envelope.

I hope you will like it as much as I do. Thanks for your visiting and reading this. Have a wonderful day!