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Tutorial: Creating A Sequin Background

Hi friends, Eloise here today with a new project and video for you all. Today I’m going to be focusing on using some of my hoarded sequins for a fun rainbow background. I’ll also be pulling in the Darling Dragonflies stamp set as well as the Storybook 1 Dies for a little added interest.

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To start off I took a piece of white cardstock and cut the Storybook 1 Dies from the top centre of the panel, I set that off to the side then I took another piece of white cardstock and used some 1/8” Scor Tape to create a full adhesive background. I then pulled out various colours of sequins from my stash and started in rainbow order. I like starting my rainbows at yellow and finishing in green, I don’t know why it’s just my preferred method sometimes. I used various sizes for my background and just mixed and matched as I went. To measure how far I needed to go along and down I placed my already die cut panel over top and went from there. In the end I needed 19 rows of sequins. If you don’t have as many colours as that though, either repeat the patterned again or use two rows of the same colour at a time.

Sequins: 4MM Lemon Meringue, 6MM Lemon Drop, 6MM Marigold, 4MM Champagne, 6MM Pumpkin, 4MM Raspberry, 6MM Pink Blush, 4MM Pink Peonies, 4MM Watermelon, 4MM Orchid, 4MM Pansy Purple, 6MM Amethyst, 4MM Aquamarine, 6MM Cornflower, 6MM Navy, 4MM Lime Sorbet, 6MM Fresh Mint, 6MM Shamrock

Now that my background was complete, I added foam tape around the sequin background. Then before adhering my front panel over top, I used the Simple Sayings: Miss You stamp set and stamped the simple ‘Miss You’ in black ink at the bottom. I adhered my panel over top and moved onto my stamping.

I stamped out my Dragonflies onto some white cardstock and coloured them in simply with Copic Markers. I used muted colours so they wouldn’t compete with the background. I added foam tape onto the back and adhered them over my sequin background. To finish off my card, I just adhered the entire panel to a card base and that completed my card.

Copics Used: B0000, B000, 0 / YR20, YR21, Y26 / R20

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you enjoyed the project and video. See you all next time.

Eloise

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Dry Embossing Technique

Hello, it’s Gemma. Today I’m sharing a Darling Dragonflies card with some fun embossing techniques. Dry embossing is a great way of adding texture to a card design. On this card I’ve combined it with the stamped dragonfly images, heat embossed in white. On white card, this adds subtle detail to a background.

I began by stamping the images on white card with Versamark ink, then heat embossing them with white embossing powder. I then used the coordinating dies to add a dry embossed detail around each of the stamped images. I used a tan embossing mat for this, so rather than cutting out the images, the dies just leave an embossed impression.

I cut down the panel with rectangle die from the Stitched Notes die set, then set it aside to work on the other elements. On a white card base, I added a blend of distress oxide inks in salty ocean and tumbled glass, flicking it with water for lots of detail. I adhered the embossed panel on top with liquid glue.

Next, I stamped and coloured the Darling Dragonflies with blue copic markers. I used B000, B00, B02 and B05. I die cut them with the coordinating dies and then used an embossing pen to add sticky ink to the wings. I covered the wings with clear sparkle embossing powder and heat set them. It’s tricky to capture the beautiful effect in a photo but it’s super sparkly in real life.

I stamped a sentiment on white card from the Everyday Greetings stamp set and cut it into a banner. I layered some patterned paper behind, then adhered it to my card base with foam tape. I added the dragonflies to the card with foam tape too, then finished with some metallic silver jewels for extra sparkle.

I hope you’ll give this embossing technique a try. I think it’s a really elegant look, perfect for added interest and subtle enough to add colourful images over the top.
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Birthday Summer Shaker + Video

Hi everyone, Rina here!

Here is a fun summer shaker card for you using my favorite summer themed goodies. I used the Summer Friends, Sea Friends and Birthday Friends stamp sets and the Window Frames die set.

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For a light and airy look I used Zig Real Clean Color Brush Markers to color in the images.  I stamped the images using Versafine Onyx Black Ink on Bristol Smooth paper.  Here are the colors I used:

  • Flesh Color
  • Beige
  • Lilac
  • Orange
  • Cornflower Blue
  • Light Green
  • Blush
  • Light Carmine
  • Lemon Yellow

To create the shaker mechanism I used the smallest of the Window Frames dies.  I marked my 4 ¼ x 5 ½ colored cardstock with a pencil to find the center and die cut twice to create a beach scene on top and an ocean scene at the bottom.  This will create the card front.

I then created the backer by inking the top half with Distress Oxides in Faded Jeans and Peacock Feathers.  Spray with water to create a distressed look.

Line the card front with acetate and then put one layer of double foam tape around to create the shaker well.  I used the Silver Mini Star Confetti, Sparkling Clear Stars and Metallic Silver Confetti Mix and placed the backer on top of the double foam tape to seal the shaker mechanism.

Take the images and place the beach scene images on top and the ocean themed images on the bottom.  Use foam tape to pop some images up and adhere some images directly to create dimension on your card.

For the sentiment cut out a banner and stamp the Birthday Wishes sentiment from the Birthday Friends stamp set (or any sentiment you would like). Adhere this to the card, I adhered mine on top.

This step is optional but since I used a colored cardbase I made a liner for the card, stamping out small images from the stamp sets.  Adhere this liner to the inside of the card base. Also, adhere the shaker mechanism to the front.

Finally add extra bling by adding these sequins all around the front of the card, I used glossy accents to adhere the 4mm Clear Droplets, Silver Mini Star Confetti and the 3mm Sparkling Clear sequins.

AND….If you want more sparkle, color parts of the images with your Wink of Stella Clear glitter pen!

Hope you enjoyed the tutorial and enjoy the rest of your summer! Thank you for stopping by!

Rina

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Watercolor Geraniums + Video

Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I have a card to share with you using the Geraniums stamp set. To colour these flowers, I also decided to pull in the Pearl Colors Watercolor Set from Gansai Tambi for my colouring today, since I haven’t used them much and thought it would be super pretty for my bouquet of Geraniums today.

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To begin my card today, I started off with stamping out my Geraniums, I used Versafine Onyx Black Ink and clear heat embossed over them so it would contain my watercolour easier. I then used the Pearl Colors Watercolor Set, to colour them in. I used the same technique I do for colouring, start off with the darkest areas first and then blend them out to create a gradient. Watercolours are super easy like this, since generally you only need to use water to create several shades. I used the pink, red and then made my own purple to colour the flowers in. I then used the green for the leaves, and then I’ll use the blue on its own for a simple background. I dried all my pieces with a heat tool and cut out the Geraniums with their coordinating dies.

Now all my pieces were cut I used the rectangle from the Stitched Notes Die Set and cut it from some watercolour cardstock. I then used the blue from the Pearl Watercolor Set and did a simple wash over the background. I dried that off with a heat tool as well and moved onto assembling. I grouped together my flowers and added foam tape onto the backs. I adhered them down over lapping each other to create sort of like a bouquet.

For my sentiment, I wanted to use the ‘Love You’ dies, but it didn’t really fit well and I couldn’t find a colour that matched well enough but also stood out. So I used the Bear Hugs stamp set and white heat embossed the ‘Hello Friend’ sentiment onto a thin strip of black cardstock, like I always do and adhered it onto the card with more foam tape. For a last finishing touch I pulled a piece of patterned paper from my stash, this one is from an old Dear Lizzy pack and I mounted my panel over top and then onto a card base.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you enjoyed and got inspired. See you all next time.

Eloise

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Masking & Layering Techniques + Gemini Junior Giveaway

Hey everyone! It’s Justine here showing off a fun die cutting technique that involved the Gemini Jr Die Cutting Machine that is super trendy right now! Pretty Pink Posh is also generously donating a Gemini Jr machine as a giveaway right now over on the Pretty Pink Posh YouTube Channel. Just leave a comment ON THE VIDEO for a chance to win.

This video is so full of techniques – Copic Colouring and how to add shadows, precise stamping, die cutting two panels, masking leaves and more! For this card I used the Cherry Blossoms stamp set. There are so many great elements in this set and it’s perfect for this technique.

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For this technique, it involved some precise stamping and die cutting so it’s best to use a stamping tool like the MISTI. I stamped the exact same formation of flowers onto two different card panels. I coloured one of those panels only.

I then stacked both of the card panels onto each other and used the Hello Friend Script die to die cut through BOTH sheets of paper. This would be difficult to do with a manual die cutting machine (not necessarily impossible) due to the intricacy of the die and cutting through that thick of a layer.

TIP: If you don’t have the machine and want to do this technique, it is possible. Cut one panel, layer that panel onto the second one, use the die cut area to line up the die, then die cut again.

Giveaway details: Leave a comment on THIS video for your chance to win this giveaway. One comment per person, please. Comments must be left by August 17, 2018 to qualify for the giveaway. Winner will be notified via a comment reply and sent a message on YouTube.

I then went ahead and glued both panels onto card bases. I placed the coloured sentiment into the black and white panel and the black and white sentiment into the coloured panel. I added in all the little pieces to give it a more cohesive look.


I hope you enjoyed today’s video and technique. If you haven’t already, be sure to visit the Pretty Pink Posh YouTube channel. There are a lot of different technique videos there and we also share videos when we have a new release (our next one is in September). Thanks for stopping by and joining us today!

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Best Friends Forever

Hi, everyone! It’s Marge here with you sharing two cards featuring the adorable Playful Puppies stamp set.

I have two cards to share with you featuring Playful Puppies stamp set from the new release. They are of the same design, but I decided to go with two different color schemes simply because I couldn’t choose one over another and I did bunch of coloring for the little characters.

I started by stamping and coloring of Playful Puppies set on copic friendly paper using copic markers, then I cut the images using Playful Puppies Coordinating Dies.

To make white woody walls, I trimmed a piece of white card stock with 2 x 4.25 inch, then I scored it with 0.5 inch interval along the 4.25″ side. I also trimmed thin strips for the bottom and top of the wall and I colored them slightly using copic markers : W3-W1-W0.

I trimmed pastel tone stripe pattern paper at 4.25″ x 5.5 “, then I adhered white wall on it using thin double sided foam tapes.

I cut a piece of black card stock using Square Scallop Tag Die, then I stamped sentiment from Playful Puppies on it and heat set it using white embossing powder. I put a twine ribbon on the tag, too.

Next, I adhered puppies and other small images onto the panel using foam tapes, then I put the panel onto an A2 sized card base.Finally, I added Sparkling Clear and Metallic Rose Gold Jewels to embellish the card.

Overall making process of the second card is very similar with that of the first card.

Here I used Sparkling Clear Jewels and Pink Blush Jewels as the finishing touch.

Thanks for reading this post. I hope you enjoyed it. Happy Crafting!
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Sparkly Koala Shakers

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends! Heather here this morning with a couple cute shaker cards featuring a combination of Pretty Pink Posh products, and WOW Embossing Powders. If you joined along in the fun collaboration blog hop we did HERE we have a lucky winner. Congratulations to Anne Sturgeon!

I used beautiful Clear Sparkle Embossing Powder and Bridal Sparkles Premium Glitter from WOW to add shimmer and shine to Pretty Pink Posh’s Hello Shaker Die for my cards. I used the same pink cardstock, but got a different effect on each one which was kind of fun!

I thought they paired PERFECTLY with all the darling koalas from Koala Friends Stamp Set – these soft colors and sparkle makes me SOOO happy!

So…first up, this is the card I created using Clear Sparkle Embossing Powder. For this card, I die cut the Hello Shaker Die from pink cardstock, then rubbed my embossing ink pad over the entire surface, holding the edges carefully with my fingers. I then sprinkled the Clear Sparkle Embossing Powder over the entire die cut, and set with my heat gun.

See that nice deep glossy shine? It also gives a layer of stability to this die cut, and makes it feel so dimensional and fun! I filled this one with Iridescent Mini Circle Confetti.

The second card is a super fun glittery effect, but a softer pink color was achieved with the Bridal Sparkles Premium Glitter. For this card, I used a super strong Scor Tape Adhesive Sheet to adhere the glitter. I adhered one side of the adhesive on my piece of pink cardstock, then die cut – placing the die cut on the side with the adhesive. Using a metal shim helped for this part, since it ends up being a fairly thick sandwich at this point. Once I had die cut it, I peeled the front of the adhesive sheet off to expose the tape, and sprinkled heavily with the glitter, shaking off the excess and rubbing any loose bits off. This does a fabulous job of adhering the glitter! You could also apply Glossy Accents or another liquid adhesive, but I liked that this was quick and didn’t need any additional drying time.

I filled this shaker with Mini Sparkling Clear Flower Sequins. Look at the softer pink you achieve with this method:

I stamped each and every koala from Koala Friends Stamp Set and colored up nice and soft with Copic markers, die cutting with the Coordinating Dies before adhering around my shaker. I also added some greenery from Bold Blooms Stamp Set, also die cut with their Coordinating Dies.

As a final embellishment, I added some sparkly Pretty Pink Posh Jewels in Spring Green and Pink Blush sprinkled around the cards!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!

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Tutorial: Creating A Double Shaker

Hi everyone, Rina here!

For today’s tutorial I thought it would be super fun to make a double shaker card where there are two distinct wells to put sequins in.  This way you can have two separate colors of sequins without having them mix together.

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The video tutorial will show you how to cut all the white pieces from one piece of cardstock. You will need to cut out 5 pieces of the largest Scallop Frames Dies: One in a colored cardstock (I used gray) and 4 in white cardstock. Next you will need to cut out 5 pieces of the Hello Shaker Die: One in a colored cardstock (I used blue) and 4 in white cardstock.

You will also need:

  • Acetate 4×5 inches
  • White Cardstock 4×5 inches
  • 4 ¼ x 5 ½ inch standard size card base
  • Largest Panel in White Cardstock from Stitched Notes Dies

To create the double shaker wells

  • Adhere all 4 white Scallop Frames one on top of the other
  • Adhere all 4 white Hello Shaker Die one on top of the other
  • Adhere the attached Scallop Frames and Hello Shaker Die pieces onto a piece of acetate, these will create your 2 shaker wells. Make sure to put the glue on the front side of the Hello die and then adhere it to the back of the acetate.  The adhesive that shows through will be hidden later.
  • Fill the inside of the Hello Shaker Die with Aquamarine Seed Beads and Iridescent Mini Star Confetti and fill the outside of the Hello Shaker Die with Pewter Seed Beads and Silver Mini Star Confetti.
  • Make sure to not overfill. Use the 4×5 White cardstock to cover the back of the shaker mechanism.
  • Turn the shaker mechanism over and you will see the front, use the remaining die cuts that were cut out with colored cardstock and place them on top to cover the adhesive

I will be using some images from the Koala Friends stamp set to embellish the card. Here are the copic markers I used:

Gray –   C00, C1, C3, C5

Green – YG01, YG03

Pink – RV10

Brown – E70, E71, E74

To finish the inside of the card, take the panel die cut from the Stitched Notes Dies and stamp the sentiment “A Happy Hello” and adhere the small koala at the bottom.  Adhere your shaker mechanism to the front of the card.  Finally adhere the remaining koala images to the front of the card.

I hope you try this technique out! Thanks for stopping by!

Rina

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Pretty Pink Posh + Wow Embossing Collaboration Blog Hop

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends! Heather here this morning with a couple cute cards featuring a combination of Pretty Pink Posh products and WOW Embossing Powders and glitter!

For my cards today I used two different WOW gold embossing powders – Metallic Gold Sparkle Embossing Glitter, and Metallic Gold Rich Embossing Powder – as well as a white embossing powder to watercolor my florals.

To begin, I created an embossed background for each card by swiping an embossing ink pad across a panel of black cardstock. This first card I used the Gold Embossing Glitter to create the background:

This second card features the Metallic Gold Embossing Powder – I love the effect of both of them! The glittery one definitely has more sparkle, but the other is a nice rich metallic gold as well!

Next, I created a floral cluster using Geranium Stamp Set and WOW Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder. I stamped and heat embossed the flowers and leaves on the smooth side of Ranger Distress Watercolor Paper, then watercolored the images with liquid watercolors before die cutting them with the Coordinating Dies.

I arranged them over the gold embossed area with foam adhesive, then heat embossed a tiny sentiment from Camping Friends Stamp set using the same WOW Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder, and mounted that with foam adhesive over the flowers.

Final finishing touch was to add a few GORGEOUS Metallic Gold Jewels around the flowers. These are definitely rich and elegant cards with the gold and bright bold colors combinations!

Prizes: Each company has a prize pack to give away! WOW Embossing Powder- Any 6 powders from your choosing along with a WOW carry case to store your powders safely in.

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 Sunday, July 29th. Winners will be announced on the Pretty Pink Posh and Wow Embossing blog.

Hop along: If you started from the beginning, this is your last stop on the hop. If you’re just getting started, grab a cup of coffee or tea and join us for 16 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!

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Did you have a favorite project on the hop? I’d love to hear what caught your eye! 
In closing, I want to thank the team at Wow Embossing for being so sweet and fun to work with. I hope that you loved today’s blog hop and were inspired by the variety of projects.
Thanks so much for stopping by today!
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Creating with Zig Clean Color Markers + Video

Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I have a friendship card to share with you all. I’ll be creating an alcohol inked background and using the Flourishing Fuchsias stamp set as my main focus. I’ll also be pulling in the Encouraging Greetings stamp set and Scallop Ovals Dies to help complete my card.

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To begin my card today, I started off with my background. I pulled a few colours of Alcohol Inks out and some Yupo paper. I sprayed the background with alcohol solution that I popped into a small spray bottle. Once the background was coated, I took the alcohol inks and drew lines onto the background. Then taking a paint brush and more alcohol solution, I added it around the edges of the lines to soften them. I repeated the same process for all four colours I used. Once I was happy, I dried it off a little with my heat tool, but also dabbing up any excess with a paper towel so the paper didn’t warp too much. I set that off to the side and worked on my images.

For my images, I stamped all the flowers and leaves I thought I would use from Flourishing Fuchsias onto some watercolour paper with Versafine Onyx Black Ink. Then, I clear heat embossed over the top so it would contain my watercolour easier. I used my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers to colour today. These markers are super handy for when you want a quick colouring job and don’t feel like using a ton of shades of different colours. I used three colours for all my flowers today and they came out looking so gorgeous and with lots of shading, too. I also used a water brush to help spread the colour. I dried off my flowers and leaves with my heat tool and cut them out with the Flourishing Fuchsias coordinating dies.

Zigs Used: No. 25 – Pink, No. 81 – Light Violet, No. 47 – May Green

Now, it was time to finish up my card. I cut down my alcohol inked panel down to the size of my card base, then I used the Scallop Ovals dies and cut out the largest one from white cardstock. I added foam tape at the back and adhered it off to the right hand side of my panel and cut off the excess. I then added foam tape onto the back of my flowers and leaves and adhered them into place as well. I didn’t end up using all I coloured, but I can save those for another card later on. Once my card was looking pretty complete, I white heat embossed the ‘Life Is Better With You’ sentiment from Encouraging Greetings onto a strip of black cardstock. I adhered that down with foam tape as well underneath the frame a little. To finish off my card completely, I adhered my panel onto a white card base and scattered some of the Sparkling Clear Jewels around as well.

Thanks so much for stopping by and watching the video today, I hope you enjoyed and got inspired. I can’t wait to share more with you and I’ll catch you all next time.

Eloise