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Thanksgiving Theme Week- Day 1

Welcome everyone! It’s Mindy here today and it’s Thanksgiving Theme Week. I’m kicking it off with two cards featuring some new and old sets!

If you don’t own any of these sets yet you’re in luck!  Pretty Pink Posh has 15% off items in the Thanksgiving section!

My first card is starting off combining Happy Turkey, Autumn Wreath and Giving Thanks stamp sets. My images are stamped on Neenah White cardstock with copic friendly and colored in with copic markers. I thought it would be fun to color some of the foliage with non-traditional colors. Then, I die cut them all out with the coordinating dies.

I die cut a window using the Window Frames die and layered all of my die cut images. This is then attached to an A2 card front that I created using some pattern paper from the Knit Picky Fall paper pack. I finished off the card with some gorgeous Espresso Jewels to tie in the browns from the card.

For my second card, I created my own background with the Stitched Foliage die set and opted for some non-traditional Fall colors as well. I used Apple Mint, Sea Glass, Peach Bellini and Sticky Note cardstock colors.

Keeping the card clean and simple, I stamped a sentiment onto white cardstock using the Giving Thanks stamp set and added some Sparkling Clear Jewels between the leaves.

I couldn’t resist adding a little sparkle to the leaves with my Nuvo Shimmer Pen. I hoped you enjoyed today’s cards and inspires you to combine some of your previous stamp sets with new ones!

Thank you for stopping by! Join us tomorrow for another day of Thanksgiving Theme Week!

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Creating A Fall Jewel Background

Hi crafty friends, Eloise here and today I have a simple window card to share with you all using the Small Stitched Foliage Die Set as well as some jewels.

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To begin I die cut the Small Stitched Foliage from a square piece of white cardstock. I then used that piece as a mask to trace out the leaves on a card base, so I knew where to adhere the jewels. I picked four colours of jewels that I thought were the most fall like and used those to “colour” my leaves.

I laid down strips of thin adhesive and adhered down my jewels over each of the leaf shapes. I used all random sizes to get them to fit the best. I then added foam tape around the jewels and onto the back of my window die cut and adhered them down onto the card base.

Jewels Used: Shamrock, Marigold, Raspberry and Espresso

Lastly, I die cut the ‘Thankful For You’ die from black cardstock and adhered the ‘Thankful’ word over the centre of my panel.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you were inspired and I’ll see you soon.

Eloise

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Pretty Pink Posh + Glue Dots Collaboration Hop Day 2

Hello Pretty Pink Posh friends! Angelica here today with an adorable Halloween card featuring a combination of Pretty Pink Posh products and Glue Dots for Day 2 of our collaboration blog hop.

To create this card, I used Halloween Pals stamps and coordinating dies, as well as Halloween Friends stamps and dies. I also used several different sizes of Glue Dots to adhere everything together.

To begin, I made a background by ink-blending Distress and Distress Oxide inks. For the night sky, I used Black Soot and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks, and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink. For the moon, I used Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide inks. I die cut the moon using the large Window Frames Dies. Next, I stamped out several characters from the Halloween sets, as well as grass from Darling Dragonflies stamp set, and used Copic Markers to color them. After Die-cutting them out, I used Glue Dots to put the night scene together. I used the ½-inch size for the moon, 1-inch glue lines for the grass, and 3/8-inch size for the characters.

I stamped the sentiment, then attached the card front to an A2 size card base. My final touch was adding small stars with a white gel pen.

Prizes: Each company has a prize pack to give away!

  • Glue Dots Prize Pack- An assortment of adhesives valued at $100!
  • Pretty Pink Posh Prize Pack- An assortment of goodies up to the value of $75!

The only thing you need to do for a chance to win is leave a comment on each of the design team members blogs! Winners will be chosen at random from comments left on all blogs on the blog hop by 6:00 AM PST on October 23rd. Winners will be announced on the Pretty Pink Posh and Glue Dots blog.

Congratulations to Teresa Doyle on being the lucky PPP winner! I have sent you an email to get in contact, Teresa. 

Hop along: If you’re just getting started, grab a cup of coffee or tea and join us for 10 creative stops. I know you’ll find some new blogs to follow and be greatly inspired by the stunning samples showcasing our two brands together!

Glue Dots blog
Danielle
Caly
Samantha
Alix
Robyn
Melody
Suzy
Heather
Pretty Pink Posh blog << you are here

I am really happy with how this card turned out, and how mess-free the Glue dots are. (I tend to get liquid glue everywhere when I use it!) Thanks for stopping by!

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Pretty Pink Posh + Glue Dots Collaboration Hop Day 1

A very big crafty hello and welcome to our very special blog hop collaboration with Pretty Pink Posh & Glue Dots! Marge here and I’m so happy to share my card with you for our fun and creative collaboration blog hop by Pretty Pink Posh and Glue Dots.

I started my card by stamping Autumn Wreath on a piece of kraft card stock using a pale gray colored dye ink to do no-line coloring. I then colored the images using copic markers and polychromo pencils. I stamped a turkey from Happy Turkey stamp set on another piece of kraft card stock and did the same no-line coloring.  After I had done my coloring, I added white gel pen details, and then I cut the turkey using Happy Turkey coordinating dies.

For sentiment tag, I stamped ‘autumn greetings’ from Pumpkin Patch Critters on dark brown card stock using Versamark Embossing Ink and heat embossed it with Wow Gold Rich Pale Embossing Powder, then I diecut it using one of Mini Tag Dies. I rounded brown colored baker’s twine around the lower part of the panel, let the thread come out through a tiny hole of the tag, then made a bow. The turkey and sentiment tag were adhered on the panel using foam adhesive for dimensional look as shown in the pictures.

Next, I used Glue Dots Tape Runner to adhere the panel onto a card base. I then adhered  Metallic Gold Jewels and Ivory Jewels as a final embellishments using 3mm Glue Dots Micro Adhesive which is very useful in adhering small sized jewels and sequins. I also found that Glue Dots Dispenser is very useful to keep Glue Dots Adhesive Rolls from sticking to other materials so the rolls can be stored neat and clean. It also helps you cut the roll piece  easily.

Prizes: Each company has a prize pack to give away!

  • Glue Dots Prize Pack- An assortment of adhesives valued at $100!
  • Pretty Pink Posh Prize Pack- An assortment of goodies up to the value of $75!

The only thing you need to do for a chance to win is leave a comment on each of the design team members blogs! Winners will be chosen at random from comments left on all blogs on the blog hop by 6:00 AM PST on October 23rd. Winners will be announced on the Pretty Pink Posh and Glue Dots blog.

Congratulations to Teresa Doyle on being the lucky PPP winner! I have sent you an email to get in contact, Teresa. 

Hop along: If you’re just getting started, grab a cup of coffee or tea and join us for 9 creative stops. I know you’ll find some new blogs to follow and be greatly inspired by the stunning samples showcasing our two brands together!

 

There is so much amazing inspiration today, I hope you enjoy it all! Be sure to leave comments on all the stops. See you tomorrow!

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Seasonal Happy Mail Cards + Video

Hello Pretty Pink Posh fans! This is Yana and today I have several seasonal cards to share featuring the Happy Mail stamp set. This is a smaller set that features an adorable mail box, a little bird carrying a letter, one additional letter image and two sentiment – Sending You Happy Mail and You’ve Got Mail. There are also coordinating dies available that will cut all of the images in this set out.

It’s a fun and playful set that can be used to create everyday cards. This set has also impressed me as an all year round set as I feel it works well for every season and can be adapted to just about any holiday. In this video I’ll show you how I used it along with other set from Pretty Pink Posh to create 4 cards for different seasons.

Watch my video tutorial below to learn how I made this card.

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I stamped images I picked for my cards in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Neenah 80lb cardstock and colored them using Copic markers. I used the following colors:

  • Reds: R39, RV29, R24, R22
  • White: C1
  • Greens: YG67, YG63 (I usually add a YG03 to this combo, but I need to refill it)
  • Teals: BG18, BG15, BG32
  • Orange: YR07, YR04, Y17

I cut all of my stamped images out in my Platinum die cutting machine and used to create 4 cards. See details for each below.

Everyday Floral Mailbox Card

I blended Maliblue ink from Simon Says Stamp to create a background and added splatter using Hero Arts White Iridescent Shimmer ink. Stamped “Sending You Happy Mail Sentiment” in black ink along with two branches from the Holiday Greetings set.

I foam mounted the mailbox and bird, embellished card using flowers and leaves from the Bold Blooms stamp set. Dressed the card up with the help of Sparkling Clear Jewels.

Fall Mailbox Card

I blended Orange Slush ink from Simon Says Stamp to create a background and added splatter using Hero Arts White Iridescent Shimmer ink. Stamped “Sending You Happy Mail Sentiment” in black ink along with two branches from the Holiday Greetings set.

Foam mounted the mailbox. I stamped, colored and cut out additional images – mushrooms from the Woodland Critters set, leaves from the Autumn Blooms set and used them to set a Fall scene. Dressed the card up with the help of Sparkling Clear Jewels.

Holiday Mailbox Card

Again, I blended the same Maliblue ink from Simon Says Stamp to create a background and added splatter using Hero Arts White Iridescent Shimmer ink. Stamped “Sending You Warm Winter Greetings”, I made sure to use sentiment that had a word “SENDING” in it as I think it associates well with the mailbox and letters.

I also used holly leaves instead of flowers and mushrooms I colored my bird as a Robin bird and colored some of the letters green to to with the Red, White and Green color combo. All of the additional images I used here came from the Holiday Greetings stamp set. Dressed the card up with the help of Sparkling Clear Jewels.

Valentine’s Day Mailbox Card

And last but not least I have a card for Valentine’s Day! Here I once again used lots of flowers (these are from the Bold Blooms set), but I also added two little cupids above the mailbox. They are shooting their arrows and sprinkling lots of hearts around. These images came from the Cupid Friends stamp set.

Conclusion

The Happy Mail stamp set can be easily incorporated into other seasons and occasions. If you swap flowers for easter eggs and add an easter bunny you can use it for an Easter card, Add more flowers and a Mother’s Day sentiment and you’ve got a card for mom and so on.

Have fun stamping, friends!

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Creating A Happy Mail Scene

Hello, Gemma here today and I have a fun card featuring the Cuddly Cats stamp set, along with the Happy Mail stamp set.

I coloured all the images with copics, with the cats coloured like my own. The bird and mailbox images are from the Happy Mail stamp set. I cut out all the images with the coordinating dies.

Next, I worked on the background. I cut a piece of patterned paper, layering it on a white card base. I then die cut the Storybook 6 die from white card. I layered the frame onto the card, then used distress oxide inks in tumbled glass and mowed lawn to add colour to the Storybook pieces.

I stamped a greeting from the Everyday Greetings stamp set onto one of the panels, then adhered them onto the card.

I then added my images to the card with foam tape. I thought it would be cute to add one of the cats on top of the mailbox. It does make me giggle that it looks like she’s licking her lips, waiting for the bird to fly down!

 
I finished the card with some Pretty Pink Posh jewels in Pink Blush and Watermelon. They are always the perfect final touch.

I hope you enjoyed this card. There are lots of possibilities with these stamp sets!

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Emboss Resisting with Distress Oxides

Today I am excited to announce we have Mindy Eggen joining us as a designer! Here is her first post + she has a video to go along with it!

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My card today is doing a little ink blending to color in the beautiful Anemones stamp set. I start my card by stamping out the entire Anemones stamp set onto Bristol Smooth cardstock and heat embossing with Rose Gold Embossing Powder.

Using Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide inks, I ink blend my flowers to give them color. Then sprinkle on some Perfect Pearls to add a little shimmer. Using the coordinating dies, I die cut my flowers.

For my background, I also use a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock and lightly ink blend Twisted Citron Distress Oxide in the middle making my way out towards the outer edges of the card panel.

My sentiment is from the Woodland Critters stamp set and stamped in Versafine ink. Then I can add my floral images, trim off any that overhang and add to an A2 size card panel. I finish off by adding some Sea Glass Jewels.

This is such a fun and easy way to color in your images! Thank you for joining me today!

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Autumn Greetings

Hi everyone it’s Mindy from My Creative Scoop. I have a step by step Copic tutorial to share using this adorable stamp set called Pumpkin Patch Critters. I stamped my image in Black memento ink and onto my Copic Xpress it Blending card.


I’ve also used the Small Stitched Foliage Dies to created my background. These are really versafile for cards and I have been enjoying creating them as backgrounds lately!

Here’s a list of Copic’s I’ve used in this tutorial: W5, W3, W1, R32, E99, E79, YR09, YR04, E25

I hope you enjoy the tutorial. Happy Creating!

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Halloween Theme Week- Day 7

Hi everyone, Rina here! I wanted to create some treats for friends.  I decided to do make some Halloween and Fall tags to add to some delicious chocolate goodies.

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Since I was making more than one, I decided to use my Zig Real Clean Color Brush markers to color with a water brush.  I used Versafine Onyx Black ink on Bristol smooth cardstock.  I like the easy watercolor feel these markers leave behind.  I used traditional fall colors:

  • Yellow
  • Bright Yellow
  • Light Carmine
  • Orange
  • Black
  • Violet
  • Light Gray

I used Distress Oxide inks to create orange paper where I can cut out some of the Fall Tags, I used the pumpkin and one of the leaf dies.  I will use these to embellish my project.  For the orange blend, I used Antique Linen, Spiced Marmalade and Fossilized Amber.  I used the Stitched Banner Duo 2 Dies to create the base for the tag and used Wilted Violet and Dusty Concord.  After blending the ink, I spray with water using the Distress Sprayer and create speckles with the Kuretake Gansai Tambi black watercolor.

I cut out all my images and put my tags together.  To create the treat bags, I used clear bags that you can get anywhere, I get mine at Target and Walmart.  I also like to add paper shred, I get mine from the dollar store.  I really like being super themed during the fall and holiday season so I had a lot of fun coordinating everything.

Hope you give these a try people love receiving them!

Rina

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Halloween Theme Week- Day 6

Hi everyone! Pretty Pink Posh is having a themed week which is Halloween. Yeap, it’s already October you guys.. time flies really fast. I actually don’t celebrate Halloween here in Indonesia but I do really enjoy making Halloween projects since I find it’s an interesting holiday. Everyone is decoated and dressed up, I mean, come on, it must be super fun!

I used the brand new stamp set called Halloween Pals which is a 3″x4″ stamp set that include these adorable dressed up puppy and kitty with their own jack-o-laterns. Super cute! I fall in love with this set as soon as I saw them on the preview. They are stamped with Versafine black ink which is a perfect choice if you are crazy about watercoloring just like I do. After I finished with the coloring I use the coordinating dies to cut all the pieces.

I use the stitched pumpkins from Fall Tags Dies, I cut them three times on deep orange cardstock. As for the background, I blended Chipped Sapphire in the center part and Bundled Sage Distress Inks at the outer part. Dark background to me really adds that spooky vibes to a Halloween card. I also stamped some bats from the older stamp set called Halloween Friends with black dye ink. After I finished preparing all the elements I want, I start to arrange them all together. And last but not least are the jewels, I’m obssesed with them a little bit too much that I feel to add them on every single cards I made. Today I used the pretty Blue Lagoon Jewels that perfectly match today’s card color combo.

As an early Halloween treat during theme week, we’re having a 15% sale on all items in the Halloween category. No coupon necessary. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you all have a wonderful day!