Hello crafty friends, Marine here with you today, I’m glad to be back on the blog to offer you a duo of refreshing fruity summer cards showcasing several products that were released last summer. I love those images very much, and thought it was the perfect timing to use them on cards.

I started off with the Citrus background, and cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches panel out of kraft cardstock. To make the colors pop on the kraft paper, I first applied a coat of white pigment ink using the three Layered Citrus stencils. Next I layered the stencil #A, and applied squeezed lemonade, twisted citron and dried marigold oxide inks to create the middle of each citrus image. I layered the stencil #B, and applied mustard seed, mowed lawn and carved pumpkin oxide inks to make the peel, and with those same oxide inks and the stencil #C, I created the juicy droplets. To finish my Citrus background, I mixed some copic opaque white ink with water, and used a small brush to make splatters on my panel.

Next I created the Watermelon background, and cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches kraft panel that I first colored using the three Layered Watermelon stencils along with white pigment to make a base. Next I layered the stencil #A, and applied candied apple oxide ink to make the inside of the fruit. I layered the stencil #B, and applied mowed lawn oxide ink to make the peel, and then layered the stencil #C and applied hickory smoke oxide ink to make the seeds. And to finish my Watermelon background, I mixed some copic opaque white ink with water, and used my small brush again to make splatters all over the panel.

I stamped all my images on the same kraft cardstock as the one I used to make the backgrounds using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, cut them using the matching dies and colored everything using my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers and my Graph’it brush markers. I used all the stamps from Citrus, all the stamps from Watermelon, and two Fruit Borders.

I stuck my images on the panels using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, added highlights and details using a white gel pen, and then created my greetings. I made them identical, but used different colored cardstock to coordinate with each card: “Hi sweet friend” is from Watermelon, “Summer” is from Summer Drinks, and “Happy” is from Sentiment Strips: Birthday, I just cut one of my stamps to only stamp “Happy”. I used the matching dies and Sentiment Strips die to cut those different pieces, and attached them all on my panels using foam squares. And finally I stuck each panel to a matching A2 kraft card base.

And that’s it! Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time!

Hello, Gemma here today with a birthday card featuring the Football Shaker die set. This set can be used both as a shaker or as a simple die cut image, which I’ve done on my card.

I began by die cutting the larger of the two football shaped dies from the set, using two different shades of orange card. I also cut the stitching pieces from white card.

Taking the darker orange football die cut, I trimmed it down to create a smaller shape, which I then adhered to the lighter orange piece. This gives some dimension to the football. I then adhered the white details on top.

Next, I die cut a piece of green card using the Wonky Stitched Squares die set. To add some texture, I flicked the panel with white acrylic paint and left it to dry.

On a 6” square card base, I stamped a greeting from the Sentiment Strips: Birthday stamp set, rotating the card in my stamp positioner and repeat stamping until I had 4 greetings. I then adhered the green wonky stitched square in the center.

Finally, I adhered the football die cut with foam tape to finish my card.

I hope you enjoyed this birthday card idea for a football fan. Thanks for stopping by!

Hi friends, Christina here. I’m so excited to share these sweet, market-fresh citrus cards with you today. I just love how these mini 4×4 cards turned out, especially the chalkboard-feel of the patterned paper background I made. These came together so quickly that I ended up making two so I could take advantage of all the elements in the super cute Citrus Stamp Set. Let’s get started!

My first step was to stamp the images on white cardstock with black ink and then color them with alcohol ink markers. I then die cut them with the coordinating dies before adding white gel pen highlights. 

Next, I created the backgrounds. I started with black cardstock and die cut the medium Eyelet Square twice, one for each background. I masked the eyelet edges with low-tack tape and then stamped the flower and the citrus slices with white pigment ink all across the panels, leaving space for the sentiments in the bottom right corners. Then, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiments with white embossing powder.

To assemble the cards, I attached the background panels to the centers of white cardstock pieces trimmed to 4 x 4 inches. Then, I added small Scallop Squares that I die cut from kraft cardstock to frame up the backgrounds. Lastly, I attached the colored and die cut citrus images with a combination of liquid adhesive and foam squares, overlapping and tucking them here and there for a little dimension. The final detail was to add a few clay confetti pieces from the Bright Rainbow Mix in coordinating colors to each design.

And that’s all there is to this sweet, citrus duo! I hope you’re inspired to make your own mini-fruit cards. By the way, if citrus isn’t your thing, you could easily use any of the fruit stamps in the Pretty Pink Posh Shop. How cute would the cherries be?!?

Happy crafting! See you soon!

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Welcome to Animal Theme Week!! Hey friends! This is Mindy Eggen with you today to share these adorable toucans with you from the Tropical Toucans stamp set. 

To create my card, I stamped the images in an alcohol marker friendly ink and then colored with my copic markers. I used the coordinating die to cut them out.

My toucans needed a tropical background so I used the leaf layer stencil from the Layered Leaves and Flowers stencil set. I used the colors Key Lime and Lucky Clover from Gina K Designs to color in my leaves using a blending brush. Then after removing the stencil I went over the background again so the background wasn’t so stark white. 

I trimmed the panel down to 3″ x 4 1/4″  and stamped a sentiment from the Just A Note stamp set. I masked off the sentiment and flicked on some Twisted Citron Distress Spritz. I added my branches with a tape runner and popped up the toucans with foam squares. 

To finish off the card, I added foam tape behind my blended panel and added to a side folding card base. 

Such a cute and fun project! Hope you enjoyed it! 

Mindy

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Hi Crafty Friends! Carly here and I love coloring adorable animals but coloring takes me ages so today I have two card designs to share with you…one with no coloring that you can whip up in ten minutes and one with lots of coloring for when you have all the time!

When I’m short on time, I go for black & white!

Here’s the process…

• die cut Birthday Wishes Script from a card panel and save the words & letter middles
• stamp “enjoy your day” from Sentiment Strips: Birthday
• then stamp the Playful Puppies along the bottom and add a tiny pop of color (the collars)
• ink blend on front of folded card
• adhere wishes panel to folded card
• adhere letter middles (TIP: you can lay the die cut word back in the negative space to use as a guide)

I think the black & white pups look so cute with the colorful sentiment!

Now when I have bunches of time to craft, I love to make what I call a “pile ‘o card”…

Here’s the process for this one…

• stamp puppy on a card panel/card front and color
• stamp, die cut and color bunches of little images (TIP: when doing a bunch of small images, I like to die cut first and then make a “jig” to put into my MISTI. I die cut the shapes again from a piece of cardstock, put a little low tack tape on the back and put it in my MISTI. Then I position the stamps in my MISTI to stamp in the die cut spots and I can quickly load the blank die cuts into the jig, stamp, remove and load more)
• arrange the small images around the puppy in a pile
• adhere some images flat & some with foam adhesive
• stamp sentiment from Hedgehog Friends under the “pile”

Thanks so much for stopping by! Join us tomorrow for the last day of Animal Theme Week!

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Hello Everyone! It is Zsofi here today on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog showcasing the adorable Elephant Friends stamp and coordinating die set. I love critter sets so much because of their versatility and I love colouring.

Today I want to show you how easy it is to get 4 different cards with one critter stamp set. I paired it with the Balloon Alphabet stamp set and coordinating die set, which is perfect for creating custom sentiments. And I used a bunch of other dies to make all the cards different. Let me guide you through the process.

First I stamped and coloured all the images from the Elephant Friends and the necessary letters from the Balloon Alphabet stamp set. I used Copic markers, but kept the colouring simple: 3 shades of each colour family. Then I cut everything out with the coordinating dies.

While I was die cutting, I prepared a couple of backgrounds with the Pierced Leafy Vines Plate, the Pierced Hearts and the Pierced Stars Plates. These dies are unique as they add a beautiful pierced pattern to the cardstock. They look beautiful on both white and coloured cardstock too. 

Then I started assembling the cards. For the STAR card I used the biggest Wonky Stitched Rectangle die to cut a pierced background down, matted it with dark blue cardstock and popped up one of the elephants with the “star” balloon letters using 3D foam squares. I added an extra sentiment on a thin strip of yellow cardstock from the Simple Sentiments stamp set. I embellished it with a few confett stars from the Stargazing Mix.

For the FRIEND card, I used the Stitched Torn Rectangles die set to cut a pierced background and stamped a sentiment on the top of it from the Thoughtful Greetings stamp set. I had to mask off the middle part but it was easy with washi tape. I popped up the elephants and balloons with 3D foam squares. I made sure that the strings I wrapped around the trunks of the critters, so it really looks like they are holding the balloons. Again a few clay stars embellish the card.

For the HUGS card I used a colorful pierced background and die cut it with a Wonky Stitched Rectangle die. I also added a vellum banner which I cut with the Stitched Banner Duo 1 set. After popping up the balloons and critters with 3D foam squares, I used the back of these elements to hide another layer of 3D adhesive to ensure extra dimension. I used twine and a few clay hearts from the Colorful Heart Confetti Mix to add some extra touch to the card.

And finally for my last card, I used an Eyelet Circle to be the focal point, stamped the sentiment from the Elephant Friends stamp set and adhered all the tulips following the stitching detail of the circle. I added a darker yellow mat to a Pierced Leafy Vines background and popped up the circle with 3D foam squares. I also added a small bow which I cut with the Beautiful Bows die set and adhered a Creamsicle Pearl in the middle.

As a finishing touch I used glossy accents on all of the balloon sentiments to make them shiny. I also used a black glaze pen on the eyes of the elephants, I love to add these little extra touches.

I wish you liked my cards today and got inspired to get the most use out of your critter stamps. These cards can be used for many occasions. 

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you soon, Zsofi

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Hi friends! Christina here, sharing some inspiration for Animal Theme week, featuring the super cute Bee Friends stamp set and coordinating dies. I created mini-scenes with these cuties and then layered them on an Eyelet Rectangle background for a sweet, whimsical design. Let’s get started!

First, I stamped the small flower from the Baby Animals stamp set multiple times and the images from the Bee Friends stamp set in black ink on white cardstock. Then I colored the images with alcohol ink markers before die cutting them with the coordinating dies. After die cutting, I added a little sparkle to the bee wings with a Wink of Stella glitter brush marker, and for their eyes, a glossy black gel pen.

Next, I die cut the largest Eyelet Rectangle from white cardstock and trimmed a piece of yellow cardstock to fit the center portion of the background panel. For added interest, I layered this on not only a white cardstock panel but also a striped patterned paper panel.

Then, after die cutting the smallest Eyelet Rectangle and two small Eyelet Squares from white cardstock, I masked the edges with low-tack tape and very lightly applied whatever ink was leftover from my last project on my blue blending brush to create a soft blue sky. I layered these on the yellow background panel and added the colored die cut images to create mini bee scenes. I used an acrylic block to stamp the dotted heart detail to one of the mini scenes.

Lastly, I stamped a small Hello greeting from the Baby Animals stamp set and die cut it using a partial die cutting technique with one of the scalloped sentiment strips from the Sentiment Strips Dies Set before attaching it to my card front. The finishing detail was to embellish my design with little White Clay Hearts. 

That completes my Animal Theme card inspiration featuring the Bee Friends set and coordinating dies.

Be sure to check out all the inspiration on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog this week and then head over to the shop for 15% off all items in the Animal Section! See you again soon!

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Hello crafty friends, it’s June. Thanks for joining me for Animal Theme Week here at Pretty Pink Posh. I hope you enjoyed the projects Marine and Debby shared the past 2 days, and I hope you’ll stay with us this week to take a look at all of the projects the Design Team has prepared!

Today I’ll be showcasing the Monkey Friends stamp set. It’s gonna be quite a simple card, but that’s actually my favorite thing about critter stamp sets. They allow you to create cards without too much thought. Just a simple scene with a colorful background can be so pretty, so that’s basically what I did!

I stamped a few of the monkeys and bananas along with the branches from the Spring Birdhouses stamp set. I thought the scene would look good against a green jungle-ish background, so I blended an ombre using Shabby Shutters and Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide.

I couldn’t find a stencil that added enough detail without distracting from the scene, so I took the Layered Butterfly Floral Stencils and used a small brush to only ink the flower parts. I thought it looked just a tad too empty without the butterflies, so I also splattered some thinned out white acrylic paint and Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide to fill up the empty spaces. I cut out my panel with the largest of the Stitched Torn Rectangle Dies.

My scene left a gap that was perfect for a sentiment, so I embossed the ‘Party’ from the Birthday Scripts stamp set onto some black cardstock and finished the sentiment to say ‘let’s party’, which I thought was very fitting for the vibes these monkeys give off!

And that’s it! I hope you’ll join us tomorrow and up until the 21st for more inspiration. If you already feel inspired to start creating, you can visit the Pretty Pink Posh shop and get 15% off all products in the Animal Section this week only. See you again soon!

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Hi friends, this is Debbie! Today I am sharing the adorable Flamingos from Tropical Birds stamp set. Knowing that I was going with pinks, I just had to also use teals just such a magical color palette.

1. Starting off with Layered Leaves and Flowers Stencil. Add Layer A over a panel measuring 4.25 X 5. 5 inches vertical onto a grip mat. Ink blend on Simon Says Pawsitively ink- Tidepool and Tropic into the centers for some depth.

2. Align up Layer B the flowers and ink blend on SSS Bubblegum. Remove and then line up Layer C. Blend on SSS Sweets to the flower centers and Taffy to the remaining dots.

3. Stamp out your images onto X-Press It smooth white Card stock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink in a Misti.

COPICS
Flamingo: RV66, RV55, RV63, RV52
Beak: N5,N3,C0,RV11
Palm: BG49,BG13, BG34, BG32
Trunk: E47,E44,E43, E42

4. Cut out the images with the Tropical Birds Coordinating Dies and attach to the Eyelet Oval Dies cut out the largest from white card stock. 

5. Also die cut the previously released Stitched Leafy Borders die from teal card stock.

6. Trim your floral panel trim it down to 2 inches, vertical. Then align the Stitched Leafy Border die over by about 1/2 inch. This will give a nice well for the Leafy border to snug right it there, keeping the layers flush.

7. Adhere the panel to a Standard A2 Portrait side fold card base. Add the Stitched Leafy Border die cut, next the oval die cut and the palm tree with liquid glue. Add 3D foam squares to the back of the images and attach.

8. Final touches are adding white highlights and Valentine Confetti Mix for embellishments.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed the card. Join us tomorrow for another day of inspiration!