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How to Make Galaxy Backgrounds (3 Ways)

HI everyone! Rebecca here and I have three easy ways to make galaxy backgrounds today!

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For the first background, try Nuvo Shimmer Powder on Distress Watercolor Cardstock. Simply tap the powder onto cardstock and sprtiz with water. Add some stars with the Spellbinders Splatter White by tapping it from a paint brush. This background is perfect for the Planet Shaker Dies filled with Starry Galaxy Confetti. Grab a sentiment and some stamped stars from the Outer Space Stamp Set.

For another simple to make galaxy background, start with a whole bunch of ink spots on white cardstock. Use some Black Soot Distress Oxide with water and add it with a large paint brush right on top of the colorful ink splotches. Spritz with a water bottle and place a dry towel on top to pick up some of the black revealing some of the swirling color underneath. Add some stamped, colored and die cut images from the Outer Space Stamp Set and Outer Space Coordinating Dies. The sentiment can be stamped and heat embossed in the center of the planets!

For a third way to create a galaxy background, try adding Distress Oxide inks over the Layered Shooting Stars Stencils on dark cardstock. The Distress Oxide inks will sit slightly above the paper rather than completely sinking in. Add the Rocket Ship Shaker Dies to create a rocket shaped shaker with Beach Day Shaker Beads inside. And finish it off by embellishing with some glow in the dark stars from the Starry Galaxy Confetti and a stamped and heat embossed sentiment from the Outer Space Stamp Set.

I hope you’ll try some of these easy techniques to create galaxy backgrounds for some of the fun space themed stamps, dies and embellishments from this month’s Pretty Pink Posh release!

Thanks for stopping by!
Rebecca :)

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Day 3: June Blog Hop + Giveaway Post

If you missed Day 1 CLICK HERE //  If you missed Day 2 CLICK HERE

Hi friends. It’s Lisa Mears on the blog today sharing a rocket ship shaker card I made using some products from Pretty Pink Posh’s newest release. 

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For the focal point of my card, I used the Rocket Ship Shaker die and added the Stargazing Clay Confetti inside. If you would like to see a video showing how I made the rocket ship shaker, watch the video below.

For the background of my card, I used the Layered Shooting Stars Stencil. I used Distress Oxide inks in the following colors: Ripe Persimmon, Cracked Pistachio, Salty Ocean, Prize Ribbon, and Squeezed Lemonade.

Using the Stitched Stars dies, I die cut three stars from white cardstock and added the Distress Oxide Squeezed Lemonade ink to the top. I added the Distress Oxide Mustard Seed ink to the edges of the stars to add some depth. I added the stars to the stenciled background and added the rocket ship on top. 

For the sentiment, I stamped one from the Outer Space stamp set and die cut with a Stitched Torn Rectangle die.

PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. We are giving away 3 $30 gift certificates to three random comments (1 winner each day) left before June 17, 2024 at 11:59 PM PST. I’ll be announcing the winners next week, so be sure to return and see if you are one of the winners.

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Lindsey Larsen
Zsofia Molnar
Rachel Kleinman
Dana Kirby
Kristie Marcotte
Annette Allen
Laura Evangeline

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!
Lisa Mears 

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Day 2: June Blog Hop + Giveaway Post

Day 2: June Blog Hop + Giveaway Post

If you missed Day 1 CLICK HERE 

Welcome Pretty Pink Posh friends… Annette Allen here with you today and we are about to shake it up with the newly released Football Shaker and Layered Sports Balls stencils, so let’s get started.  

Day 2: June Blog Hop + Giveaway Post

Create card from white cardstock A2 size. Cut a panel on kraft cardstock A2 size and adhere to the card.  

Cut a white panel measuring 4 x 5 1/2 and stencil this cool new Layered Sports Balls with yellow, teal, orange, grey and brown inks. You can blend with traditional colors or go wild with  color. Add some foam tape to the back and adhere to your card base in the center.  

Die cut all the new Football Shaker dies on white cardstock. Ink blend on the front football frame with brown and red ink. Use a light hand so it is not to dark in color. Die cut the football  shape die on a piece of acetate and adhere to the back of your football frame. I adhere mine using tear tape, it is cleaner then liquid glue.  

Day 2: June Blog Hop + Giveaway Post

Turn your football to the back and adhere foam tape to the back of the acetate but only along  the frame of the football. We do not want to see any foam tape from the front. For the back of the football I ink blended the white cardstock using brown ink.  

Add your fun shaker bits from the new Beach Day Shaker Beads, peel protectant on the foam  tape and close up that shaker with the ink blending solid football. Flip over and let’s add the decor on the football. I left them white. Adhere the stitching with tear tape, don’t put liquid glue  on the acetate it could smear and leave a residue.  

Day 2: June Blog Hop + Giveaway Post

Add some foam tape to the back of your football shaker and adhere to your card at an angle.  

Stamp the sentiment from the Sports stamp set on white cardstock using black ink and die cut  using the small strip from the Sentiment Strips dies. Add foam tape to the back and adhere to  the card.  

PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. We are giving away 3 $30 gift certificates to three random comments (1 winner each day) left before June 17, 2024 at 11:59 PM PST. I’ll be announcing the winners next week, so be sure to return and see if you are one of the winners.

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Amy Rysavy
Marine Simon
Sindhu Prajay
Jeanne Jachna
Debbie Frank
Lauren Taylor
Carly Minner
Jeannie Lieu

We hope you were inspired by today’s projects. Thanks for stopping by, we’ll see you again tomorrow!

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Day 1: June Blog Hop + Giveaway Post

Day 1: June Blog Hop + Giveaway Post

The June 2024 Release is now available in the Pretty Pink Posh Shop and select retailers that carry our products. If you missed our post yesterday, we revealed all of the products in picture form, but if you would like to see them in a video, Mindy has that for you today!

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Hi everyone, June here and today I’m sharing a fun interactive card using the newest release with you all.

When I opened my DT package, I instantly gravitated towards the new interactive die set that was included, the Fancy Card dies. I always love interactive elements in a card, and especially ones that don’t require a ton of work. So when I realized just how easy it was to put together, I knew exactly what I was gonna use first!

I immediately imagined the slopes on the dies to be hills with a nice skyline in the background. Out of all the vehicle sets that are in this release, I chose the Construction Additions for my scene. I went a bit out of my comfort zone here and chose some bright flashy colors for the vehicles. No pastels and no pinks this time. I used a lot of the small images to fill my scene, mostly from the same set, but I also pulled in some from the Utility Vehicles set.

I cut out 2 of the Fancy Card panels so I could still have some space at the top for my skyline and sentiment. I used Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide to create a muddy ground on both of my interactive panels and my main card panel. I used a piece of cream colored cardstock as my sky to match the brown tones, and I splattered some more of the Vintage Photo Distress Oxide on it for some added interest.

I used the new City Buildings as my skyline. I cut both of the building dies out of white cardstock and used my Copic Markers to add some color to the backing panel. I placed it right above the hills onto my card base. Then I adhered both of my Fancy Card panels, creating an accordion-like shape.

Now the fun part: making the scene! I started out with the scene in the front, and used the remaining stamped images to fill up the empty space in my ‘second’ scene, when the first flap is opened. I made sure that the front flap covered the images when it was closed so it didn’t interfere with my first scene. There was a small gap in my second scene where a sentiment could fit, so I stamped one from the Construction Additions in that space. 

I left the third scene empty on purpose so there was space to write a personal message to the recipient. To finish my card, I cut the For You Shadow out of brown cardstock and adhered it to the empty space I left just above the skyline. The descenders of the script fit so perfectly between the buildings, I always love it when things work out like that!

And that was my card! I hope you enjoyed reading about it, and I hope you enjoy looking at all the fun new products in this release!

PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. We are giving away 3 $30 gift certificates to three random comments (1 winner each day) left before June 17, 2024 at 11:59 PM PST. I’ll be announcing the winners next week, so be sure to return and see if you are one of the winners.

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Nichol Spohr
Laura Bassen
Christina Rannow
Mindy Eggen
Barbara Tarayao
Lisa Mears
Rebecca Keppel
Gemma Campbell

Day 1: June Blog Hop + Giveaway Post

Be sure to leave comments on all the stops- we’ll be randomly picking comments to win gift certificates. Thanks for joining us!

June 2024 Product Reveal + Bundles

Hello friends! It’s time to reveal all of the products that are part of the June 10th release.

Here’s a look at the five new stamp sets that will be available for purchase: Construction Additions, Helper Vehicles, Outer Space, Sports and Utility Vehicles.

Here are the individual die sets that will be available: Big Dump Truck, Big Excavator, Eyelet Ovals, Football Shaker, For You Shadow, Planet Shaker, Rocketship Shaker, Stitched Stars, City Buildings and Fancy Card.

This month we have four new stencils: Brick BackgroundLayered Shooting Stars (2 layer)Layered Sports Balls (2 layer) and Layered Street Signs (2 layer).

There are four new shaker beads and three new clay confetti mixes in this release .

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We have a limited amount of bundles available where you can buy this release in one easy click. Plus, you’ll save 15% off when you buy it all together.

We will see you tomorrow as we show you the new products in a video and the products go live individually. Plus, we’ll kick off our three day blog hop!

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Sneak Peek: June 2024 Dies

Good morning! It’s Lindsey here, and I’m giving you a sneak peek of some of the fantastic new dies releasing this month.  This month is heavily boy-themed and will hopefully help boost your stash in that area, but there is definitely something for everybody to love, so let’s get started. 

New release will be available June 10th

First up is the new Football Shaker Die. I love the large size of this die and filled it full of Espresso and Sand Sequins. I knew right away that I would be making this card for my son, so I used his team colors as my inspiration. 

With my focal point ready to go, I finished the card by adding detail to the card base with the Pierced Stars Plate, added some stripes, and then framed out the football with the largest Wonky Stitched Rectangle. I adorned the rectangle with some of the new Stitched Stars Dies and added a little embossed sentiment from the new Sports stamp set.

There are several shaker dies releasing this month, and I used two more on my next card. I had so much fun creating this galactic scene! I started by using some distress and pigment inks, shimmer sprays, and paint flecks on black cardstock to create a simple galaxy background.   

Then I used the new Planet Shaker Die to create the large planet with the ring around it and the medium planet at the bottom of the card.  The smallest pink planet was cut with the circle from the older Winter Circles Dies.

I blended several inks and added shimmer sprays and a smidgen of glitter to my planets as well.

You also get a little peek of the Rocketship Shaker die on this card as it flies through space.

I love the sense of movement this adds to the card.  I thought it would be fun to have the sentiment from the previously released Love From Afar Dies trail after the rocket ship. 

Thanks so much for joining me today! My cards just barely scratch the surface of the MANY new dies releasing this month.  There are space, stars, sports, construction, city, and even a fun new Fancy Card Die, so make sure you come back tomorrow for a look at all of the new products!

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Sneak Peek: June 2024 Stencils

Hi, friends! It’s Lauren and I am so excited to be sharing a sneak peek at two of the new stencils that will be released!

New release will be available June 10th

For my first card, we’re going into space with the Layered Shooting Stars Stencils – I used them with Interference Metallic Inks on black cardstock to create a shimmery, galaxy design. I also added some white paint splatter to add more of a space look. Using the Pierced Stars Die, I trimmed the stenciled background and adhered it to an A2 card base.

I stamped and colored images from the Outer Space Stamp Set and cut them out with the coordinating dies. I also cut different pieces from the Rocketship Shaker Dies and added my sentiment before adhering the rocketship and space images to the card base with a mixture of liquid glue and foam adhesive.

For the second card, we’re heading into a construction zone with the Layered Street Signs Stencils. I used masking tape to include lots of color detail with this stencil set using Distress Inks and Distress Oxide Inks to create the street signs in different colors. I added a little bit of black splatter and trimmed the panel to A2 in size and attached it to the card base.

To finish the card, I cut a black strip of cardstock with the Stitched Borders I Dies and embossed my sentiment in white before adhering to the center of the card. I stamped and colored images from the Construction Additions stamp set and cut them out with the Coordinating Dies. I layered the images onto the card base with different foam adhesive thicknesses so they really pop off the card.

I hope you enjoyed this peek into some of the new stencils. I’m so excited for you to see the rest of the release!

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Sneak Peek: Sports

Hello, Gemma here today and I’m excited to share a sneak peek at the new Sports stamp set from the upcoming June release. There’s a fantastic variety of different sports in this set. On my first card, I featured lots of these together.

New release will be available June 10th

I stamped out all the images and coloured them with copic markers. I’ve listed the colours used later in the post. I also used a red fineliner pen to add detail to the baseball.

For my background, I used the previously released Storybook 6 die. I layered this for dimension, adhered it on an A2 card base, then added some pattern papers in each of the window spaces.

Underneath the Storybook 6 die, I stamped one of the sentiments from the Sports stamp set. I then added the images to the card with foam tape

Copic colours

  • American Football E95-99, W0-1
  • Baseball N0-1, red fineliner pen
  • Baseball Bat E30-33, W0-1
  • Basketball E95-99
  • Football / Soccer N0-7
  • Rosette Y00 Y13-15
  • Stars R24-27, Y13-15, B63-66
  • Tennis Racket R24-27, N0-5
  • Tennis Ball YG01-03
  • Trophy Y00 Y11 Y15 YR23

For my second card, I focused on one sport. I stamped out the basketball, trophy and stars from the Sports stamp set. I coloured them with copic markers and die cut them with the coordinating dies.

Taking inspiration from the sentiment in the Sports stamp set‘You’re an all star’, I teamed the images with a holographic star, using a die from the new Stitched Stars set.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed these cards. Come back tomorrow for more sneak peeks!

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Sneak Peek: Helper Vehicles + Utility Vehicles

Hello crafty friends, Arsenia here to share some Sneak Peeks!  I’m super excited to be sharing these sneak peeks using Helper Vehicles stamps with coordinating Dies and Utility Vehicles stamps with coordinating Dies.  My sneak peeks are just a small glimpse into these fabulous sets because I did specific themes for each of my cards.  These sets are adorable and have you covered to make lots of celebration goodness! 

New release will be available June 10th

For my first card I’m using the super cute Helper Vehicles stamps with coordinating dies.  I stamped the images and colored them with an array of Olo markers.  For my background I did some partial stenciling with the new Layered Shooting Stars Stencils. I decided to make a shaker, so I cut a smaller panel to fit onto the A2 panel and die cut a circle from the smaller panel.  For the backdrop in the shaker, I used a fun new die set called City Buildings. I inked up the buildings with colors that matched the colored images from Helper Vehicles Stamps with coordinating dies.   I did a mixture for the shaker bits, I used Sparkling Clear MixIridescent Mini Star Confetti, and the new Stargazing Mix!

I arranged and adhered all the images to the card panel, but I needed a resting place for the adorable police cars and decided to use the road from the new City Buildings Dies.  I added lots of stars from the Big Celebration Cupcake Die set and the cute sentiment is from the Helper Vehicles stamp set, viola card done!  I think it turned out super cute.

For my second card I’m using the Utility Vehicles Stamps with coordination dies and I decided to focus on the adorable Postal vehicle.  I stamped and colored the images with an array of Olo markers.  For my background on the card base I used the new Layered Street Signs stencils.  My idea for the background is to resemble postal tape. And yes, friends it’s shaker time, I decided to make another shaker using the new Stitched Stars Dies!  I added the cutest new shaker beads called Patriotic Shaker Beads!  

I arranged the cute images from the Utility Vehicles Stamps regarding postal service onto my card and added lots of stars from the Big Celebration Cupcake Dies. The adorable sentiments are from the Utility Vehicles stamp set and so are the cute smiley faces!

Thank you for stopping by friends! Come back tomorrow for more sneak peeks! This release is chock full of CUTENESS for lots of occasions and super FUN!

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Sneak Peek: Outer Space

Hello crafty friends! Davina here with some “out of this world”, sneak peeks, featuring the June Pretty Pink Posh release. This playful release is full of imaginative play themed sets like construction, first responders, and space. I made a pair of cards that feature some of the space theme products and hope that you are as excited as I was. 

New release will be available June 10th

Both cards were created using the Outer Space stamp sets with the coordinating dies, and they are both shaker cards, using the new Beach Day Shaker Beads. I felt like this color combo would be perfect for my space scenes and love the fiery gold and orange with the shades of blue.

For the first card, I started by die cutting my background using the Pierced Star Plate from Bristol Smooth Cardstock. I ink blended my panel with a blue gradient starting with a light aqua and finishing with a dark teal around the edges. After splattering with several inks, including gold, I put it aside to dry while i worked on the other components. 

I made the shaker element using the new Planet Shaker Die Set. I ink blended the center using the warm colors, and cut the ring from holographic cardstock. I filled the shaker about 1/3 of the way full for maximum effect. Next, I stamped and colored my images using copic markers and added white highlights and some glittery Wink of Stella accents. I backed my star panel with some starry patterned papers I had in my craft stash, and assembled the cards with the shaker in the center. I finished the card off with a sentiment from the stamps set, on a bold white banner. 

I loved the results so much I decided to make a second version of the card but with the new Rocketship Shaker die set, and the other images from the Outer Space stamp set. I backed this card in a dark navy blue version of the same patterned paper and used the larger more decorative sentiment from the set. I think the reflective holographic paper was absolutely the way to go with these shaker die sets, as the colors pick up so much from the copic colored images, and really bring the scenes to life. 

I hope you like this pair of cards as much as I do, and are inspired to stock up on the new release for these “out of this world” collection of products!

Thank you for stopping by, Davina