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Easter Theme Week- Day 7

Hello, there! It’s Marge here. Today I have two Easter themed cards to share with you featuring the brand new Bunny Friends Stamp Set.

To begin,  I stamped images of the Bunny Friends Stamp Set, colored them using copic makers, then cut them all using Bunny Friends Coordinating Dies. ​

Next, I prepared an A2 sized Bristol paper and ink blended it using Distress Inks: Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron, Tumbled Glass, and Mermaid Lagoon.

Next, I cut white cardstock using the Happy Easter Shaker, then I cut the inner scripts out of it to make an egg shaped floral frame for bunnies. The frame was colored lightly with Tattered Rose and Twisted Citron.

I stamped a sentiment from the Easter Friends set on the upper left corner of the panel, foam mounted egg frame on the center using double sided square foam adhesives, then adhered cute images inside and around the frame.

As embellishment, I adhered ​Spring Green Jewels, Shamrock Jewels, Buttercream Jewels, and Sea Glass Jewels. I really love how the jewels sparkle on the card.

For my second card, I ink blended an A2 sized Bristol paper using distress inks : Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron, Tattered Rose, Dried Marigold, and Worn Lipstick.

I then made a Happy Easter Script Die cut and colored with copic markers * E47-E44-E43-E42 and adhered on the panel. Next, I put the Scallop Frames cut, then adhered images of Easter Friends Stamp Set and Bunny Friends Stamp Set.

I finished off the card by putting Jewels (Watermelon Jewels, Pink Blush Jewels, Buttercream Jewels, Spring Green Jewels, and Pansy Purple Jewels)

Now the two cards are finished. Thanks for reading this post. Did you enjoy it? Hope to see you again in a future post.

Marge

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Easter Theme Week- Day 6

Hi there, Liz here! Spring is here and with Easter around the corner, I’m still having fun using the new Bunny Friends stamp set from Pretty Pink Posh. I love it and it’s so much fun to play with it and create different scenes.

For this card, I started off by first creating the grass using the Scallop Borders 1 dies and used ink to color them (Jellybean – SSS and Mowed Lawn – distress) and put it aside as I wanted to create some clouds in the background.

I used the Stitched Borders 2 (still one of my favorites) to create scallop clouds in the background. To get the blue shadow outline underneath the clouds, I basically die cut two borders and added Salty Ocean Distress Oxide to color them before putting them together. Repeated this again for the upper cloud and sky.

To give this card some dimension, I added foam mount underneath the top cloud panel before adding my scene. From there, I added the Picket Fence using white card stock along with the grass that I had put aside earlier. Next, I added these cute bunnies and flowers which I colored using my copic markers and decided to add a couple more little easter eggs from the Easter Friends set.

I used both coordinating dies, the Bunny Friends and Easter Friends to help me cut out all of the images.

As the final touch, I decided to add some kites to the scene using the Fly A Kite set before adding some jewels in: Pink Blush, Aquamarine, and Pansy Purple to add some sparkles.

I hope you enjoyed this fun Easter card. Stop by tomorrow for the last day of the Easter Theme Week!

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Easter Theme Week- Day 5

Hi Pretty Pink Posh Friends! Shannon joining you today with another creation for Easter theme week! For my card today I used the adorable new Bunny Friends stamp set.  I’m seriously in love with the different little bunnies in this set! I also used some of the new dies!

 

I started with an A2 size piece of white cardstock and used one of the dies from the Decorative Eggs die set to create egg shaped openings for my bunnies to hang out in. I ran it through my die cutting machine 3 separate times but you could easily use 3 of the dies at the same time to achieve this as your just using the negative area.

I then used this panel as a guide on a white card base to figure out where to put my color. I laid it on top and made light pencil marks to give me a rough idea where to ink blend my colors so it would be behind my eggs. I then adhered this panel on top.

 

I stamped my sweet little bunnies and smaller images on separate white card stock, colored in using Copic markers and cut out using the coordinating dies, and adhered them over my colorful eggs.

For my sentiment, I wanted something a little bit colorful so I decided to cut off  the easter sentiment from the Easter Egg Shaker die that I die cut from water color paper and used Zig real brush markers to lay a bunch of colors down and then used my water brush to blend the colors in a bit better.

To finish my card off I added some Pink Blush, Pansy Purple and Spring Green Jewels!

I loved joining you today for Easter theme week! Stop by tomorrow for another fun day of Easter inspiration!

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Easter Theme Week- Day 4

Hello friends, Thi here! I’m so excited to share with you my card for Pretty Pink Posh’s Easter theme week. I had a lot of fun mixing two of my favorite Easter stamp sets, Easter Friends and the new Bunny Friends from the March release.

Let’s get to it! To start, I ink blended my background with Distress Ink in Abandon Coral and Antique Linen onto an A2 size piece of Bristol smooth cardstock. I splashed some water and lifted it up to get those water droplets then I took more Abandon Coral and mixed it with some water and splattered the ink with a paintbrush. I left this to dry and moved on some coloring and die cutting.

I colored images from both stamp sets, particularly a lot of eggs from the Easter Friends stamp set. My plan was to make an Easter egg hunt scene. After I colored all my images, I started die cutting them all as well as other pieces I needed for my scene.

First, I die cut a white picket fence using the Picket Fence Die. I decided I need two pieces of grass to create a fun dimensional Easter egg lawn. I die cut a taller piece of grass out of green cardstock using a die from the Scallop Border 1 Dies. I then cut a shorter piece using the Stitched Borders 2 die. The idea was to create a lawn where eggs may be laying out during an Easter egg hunt!

Once the background that I created earlier was completely dry, I heat embossed the Happy Easter sentiment with white embossing powder.

Tip: Make sure it’s completely dry before doing this otherwise you will have embossing powder stuck everywhere!

Finally! My favorite part: assembly time. I glued my white picket fence on with Ranger Multi Media Matte glue. I then adhered the bigger green grass piece on top of it. I popped up the shorter grass piece with foam tape. Then I decided to put foam tape on my three little friends so they stood out in the scene. Then I took a tape runner and stuck eggs everywhere! The entire piece was adhered to an A2 card base.

I love this card and I hope you do too! Thanks for stopping by!

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Easter Theme Week- Day 3

Hello everyone! Lexa here and this week, Pretty Pink Posh is having an Easter theme week. I think it will be a perfect opportunity for you to find some inspiration for the upcoming holiday. Since PPP has many choices of Easter theme products, you’ll find many items you need! *wink*

Let’s get started with my Easter card. I use Easter Egg Shaker Dies as the vocal point of my card, I placed it in the center. I use watercolor paper to die cut the Easter egg and then color it with Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolor palete. After the paints dried out, I adhere it on top of thick transparent plastic for the window. Some small size Buttercream Jewels are also adhered with glossy accent to embellish the red flowers. I love how contrast the colors are. You must agree that these brand new jewels are to die for! They are super pretty.

As for the background of my card, I blended Mowed Lawn and Tumbled Glass Distress Inks for the grass and the sky. Those adorable bunnies (my ultimate favorite of the new release!) from Bunny Friends Stamp Set are stamped with Versafine black ink and I watercolor them with Distress Inks. What’s an easter card without those bunnies, right?! I used the cheerful Tutti Fruitti Sequins Mix inside the shaker Easter egg. I just love love love how it turned out. The happy colors are so cute!

Thank you so much for stopping by today, don’t forget to leave me some love if you like this card as much as I do. And also wait for tomorrow, we have more inspiration and wonderful ideas… stay tuned to the PPP blog.

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Easter Theme Week- Day 2

Hello everyone, Joni here and welcome to Day 2 of Easter Theme Week. For my project I used the new Happy Easter Shaker Die and Lemon Drop Jewels. I also used the fun Bunny Friends stamp set and Bunny Friends Coordinating Dies.

To begin, I first cut my card base and background paper from Lawn Fawn Gingham in 6×6. Then die-cu the Happy Easter Shaker on a white card stock.

Next, I cut the top of my card base to create a pop-up images inside.

Next, I distressed my pink panel and colored the Happy Easter Shaker die with Copic makers to give it more interest.

As for the inside of the card I added the cute bunnies from Bunny Friends stamp set and Bunny Friend Coordinating Dies. I also added the same patterned paper from the same 6×6. Aren’t those bunnies super cute?

For the outside of the card I also added some dots using Copic Marker and Lemon Drop Jewels to finish off the card.

I hope you guys enjoyed! Join us tomorrow for another day of cute Easter inspiration! 😊

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Easter Theme Week- Day 1

Hello, Gemma here and welcome to the first day of our Easter Theme Week here on the Pretty Pink Posh blog. My card today features three cute bunny friends popping out from behind some Easter eggs.

I began by blending some different colours of distress oxide inks on to white card. I chose lots of bright spring colours. I die cut the Decorative Eggs from the ink blended card, plus some extras of the solid egg in the set from white card. I’ll use these as backing pieces to build my Easter eggs.

I added some tape adhesive to the white eggs, then layered the coloured eggs on top, mixing them up so the stripes are different colours to the frames. Next, I die cut the large Scallop Frame from white card and added some colour to it with shaded lilac distress oxide ink. I adhered the frame onto a white card base.

From the Bunny Friends stamp set, I chose the bunny that looks like it’s jumping. I stamped the image three times, colouring them with copics and die cutting with the coordinating die. I added some foam tape behind two of the Easter eggs, and tape runner adhesive behind the other two. This gives some nice dimension and makes it easier to overlap them. Before I adhered the eggs to the card, I added the bunnies with tape runner flat to the card base. Once the eggs are added on top, they look like they are jumping out.

For the sentiment, I die cut the Happy Easter Shaker die three times – twice from white card and once from some ink blended card to match the pink in the eggs. I cut out the words from the Shaker die cuts, then layered them together to get a dimensional sentiment. I adhered the words at the top of the card, in a line. I just love that the sentiment fits together so well in this layout.

I finished with some watermelon jewels around the bunnies for a touch of sparkle.

Thanks for joining me today. Join us here tomorrow for more Easter themed inspiration.

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March Product Release Blog Hop- Day 2

If you missed yesterday’s blog hop post, click here.

Hello, there! Marge here with you today for day 2 of our blog hop. Today I’m sharing a card the Cherry Blossoms Stamp Set from the new Pretty Pink Posh March Release. I did no-line watercoloring for my card.

To begin, I stamped blossoms and leaves on an A2 sized heavy-weight watercolor paper using Distress ink Antique Linen, then watercolored them using Daniel Smith Watercolor Paints.

Although we call this no-line coloring, it actually isn’t no-line coloring because we can see lines stamped with a light colored ink. Since the Cherry Blossoms images have simple yet beautiful outlines, no line coloring is not too difficult. Coloring these small to moderate sized blossoms was really fun!
 

There are so many color options in Daniel Smith Paints that you may feel difficult what to choose, but, I  found that I need only several of those colors  to make watercolor flower cards. Here, I used my favorite colors which are Quinacridone Coral, Quinacridone Violet, Permanent Alizarin Crimson for blossoms, Prussian Green and Sap Green for leaves, Burnt Umberfor background. After I finished watercoloring, I trimmed the four edges a little to make the panel look clean.

To add a sentiment, I made a round stitched rectangle tag from a deep green card stock using the Stitched Pieces Die, then a sentiment from Encouraging Greetings Stamp Set was chosen and heat-embossed on the tag with white embossing powder. Then I punched two small holes on both sides of the tag, put natural twines through the holes,  and tide a bow. The tag was also adhered onto the panel using foam tape.

Next, I foam mounted the panel onto an A2 sized side-folded card base. As a final touch, I added Buttercream Jewels onto the empty spaces between blossoms and leaves. Look how the jewels sparkle beautifully on the card! The Jewels Collection is now my favorite among the new release!

Here’s another look at the finished card.

Ready to hop along and see more inspiration with this new release?

PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. I’m giving away 4 $25 gift certificates to four random comments (2 winners each day) left before March 12, 2018 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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Liz Sarkisyan
Heather Hoffman
Carissa Wiley
Suzy Plantamura
Melody Rupple
Dana Gong
Crystal Thompson
Teri Anderson
Joni Andaya
Thi Lam
Alix Davis
 Yoonsun Hur

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We hope that you enjoyed the blog hop these last two days. Be sure to leave comments on all the stops- we’ll be randomly picking comments to win gift certificates. Also, join us next week as we have our Easter Theme Week here on the blog!

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March Product Release Blog Hop- Day 1

Hello, Gemma here today to share a card featuring the beautiful new Happy Easter Shaker die along with the cute Bunny Friends stamp set. I wanted to create a layered look with the Happy Easter Shaker die, with different colours of cardstock and some jewels too.

To begin, I die cut the Happy Easter Shaker die from four colours of card stock – green, light pink, dark pink and lilac. I chose the green die cut as my base layer, so the leaves are set back the most when all the layers are put together.

Next, I fussy cut the flowers from both of the pink die cuts and adhered them over the green layer. Although these flowers will eventually be covered by jewels, where any of the card does show underneath, I want it to be the same colour as the jewels. I then trimmed away the leaves and flowers from the lilac die cut, leaving just the frame and the sentiment. I added this onto the green die cut.

Once all the layers of card are put together, I picked out some Pink Blush jewels and Watermelon jewels and adhered them over the top of the flowers with liquid glue. The jewels look so pretty as an accent on the card. I put the Happy Easter Shaker aside to work on the rest of the card. I die cut the largest of the Scallop Frame dies from white card, then blended on an ombré of lilac ink, to closely match the colour of the shaker frame.

I just had to add two of the cute bunnies from the Bunny Friends stamp set to my card. I stamped them out and coloured them with copic markers, then die cut them with the coordinating dies. I tucked one of the bunnies under the scallop frame at the bottom. I tucked the other bunny at the top of the Happy Easter Shaker die cut, trimming him a little to fit, then adhered everything to the card.

To finish, I added some foam squares just under the heads and ears of the bunnies, so they have some dimension.

Ready to hop along and see LOTS more fabulous inspiration with this new release?

PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. I’m giving away 4 $25 gift certificates to four random comments (2 winners each day) left before March 12, 2018 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!

Pretty Pink Posh blog << you are here
Yana Smakula
Gemma C.
Heather Meeson
Jeanne Jachna
Justine Hovey
Kathy Racoosin
Lexa Levana
Mindy Baxter
Rubeena Ianigro
Eloise Blue
Shannon McComb
Jeannie Lieu
Amy Yang

 

I hope you enjoyed today’s super fun post by Gemma. Be sure to stop by tomorrow for a whole new batch of inspiration and designers!

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Tutorial: DIY Candy Treat Boxes

Hi friends, Eloise here and today I have some St Patrick’s Day little gift boxes to share with you all. These would be perfect for little gifts for co-workers or even children, just a little gift to give someone to give them a little luck and a sweet treat, or whatever you decide to put in them. I’ll be using the Best of Luck stamp set to help theme these DIY gift boxes.

Watch the video above  I  Watch the video in HD on YouTube
To begin my boxes today, I first cut down two pieces of green cardstock to 5 ½” wide by 8 ½” tall. This means you can get two boxes from one sheet of 8 ½” x 11 cardstock, which is great. Once they were cut down in half, it’s time to score. I pulled my large scoring board out, you can use a small one but you’ll need to turn the cardstock around every time to get the full length. My first score line is going to be on the short side at ¼”, then at 1 ¼”, then at 4 ¼” and lastly at 5 ¼”, then turn your cardstock 90 degrees and then on the long side, you’re going to score at 3”, then at 4”, again at 7” and again at 8”. This will be the base for your box.

Next take your box base over to your trimmer and you’re going to cut out a few rectangles. On the short side, you’re going to cut down vertically the 1 ¼” score line, all the way down to the 3” horizontal score line. Then, do the same for the 4 ¼” score line. At the bottom of your box, still on the short side. Cut up from the 1 ¼” score line again, to the 8” score line and repeat for the 4 ¼” score line. Then rotate your box 90 degrees, making sure you have the longer cut lines to the left of your trimmer and at the 3” score line, cut down to the cut you made earlier. Then, move your cardstock down, and do the same at the 8” score line. Then, flip your cardstock 180 degrees, and repeat. For the last cut, move your cardstock long ways and cut at the 4” score line, to the score line of the long cut you made earlier, flip the cardstock around 180 degrees again and repeat. This will be the base for your box all ready to go. If it’s easier for you, you can use scissors – but I personally liked using the trimmer, especially with a wire guide. Also – this will be explained and shown in the video so if you’re a visual learner, check that out above!

Now that my boxes were all ready before I moved onto anything else, I flipped it over to the front of the box, and ink blended some Lucky Clover Distress Ink at the bottom of which will be the top of the box, just to give my box a little gradient of colour. I repeated this for all four boxes, then turned over my box so it’s the inside and then stamped ‘Happy St. Patricks Day’ on the inside at the top with black ink on all four boxes as well. Then, I used my bone folder and scored along all the edges. I then set my boxes off to the side and worked on the decorations. I stamped out all my images from Best of Luck onto some white cardstock and used my Copic Markers to colour them all in. I then used the coordinating dies and cut them all out. While I was die cutting, I used the Smile Shaker Die and cut that out four times of white cardstock also. Since I just wanted the frames I used an exacto knife and cut away the ‘Smile’ word. Now I have all my frames, I can decorate my boxes.

Copic Colours Used: R14, R24, R29 / Y21, YR12, YR18 / Y11, Y15, Y38 / YG21, YG23, YG17 / B000, B41, B34 / Y21, YR21, YR24 / YR24, E99, E07 / RV10 / C3, C5, C7 / E000, E00, E21

To finish up my boxes, I first punched a hole at the top flap, and punched two smaller holes on the ½” flap. This will be for the string. Then, I used foam squares around the circle frames and adhered them to the front flaps of my boxes. I also added foam tape to my images and adhered them in place also. I then opened the box and adhered the four leaf lover images around the sentiment. For the little gift inside the boxes, I adhered four green foiled heart chocolates on the inside to create a four leaf clover, it’s super cute! To finish up the boxes, I folded in all the sides, added green twine into the punched holes and tied a bow to hold the top and bottom of the box together. Then for the sides, I added small strips of adhesive on each of the ¼” flaps and adhered them to the top of the box.

So that finished up my DIY gift boxes project today. I hope you enjoyed! These little boxes are super cute and easy to make with a half sheet of cardstock and can be decorated with any occasioned stamps. These would be perfect for small gifts as well.


Thank you so much for stopping by today and I’ll catch you all next time.

Eloise