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Christmas Theme & Giveaway Week- Day 3

Christmas Theme & Giveaway Week- Day 3

Hi friends! Lisa here today with a frosty card made with Winter Wonderland Stamps and Dies. This card came together quickly and would be easy to mass produce!

Christmas Theme & Giveaway Week- Day 3I began by die cutting My Mind’s Eye Sugar Plum paper with the wavy die from the Scallop Borders set. Next it was adhered to my card base with the coordinating stripe paper.

Now comes the fun! I stamped and die cut the Eskimo girl, igloo and a trio of snowflakes. She’s colored with Copics and a slight bit of gray shading was done on the igloo. An extra igloo door was stamped and fussy cut then added to the igloo with foam tape.

Christmas Theme & Giveaway Week- Day 3

Winter Wonderland stamp setWinter Wonderland coordinating dies
Scallop Borders DiesSticklesCopic Markers
To bring in more sparkle, I used Frosted Lace Stickles on the hood. The Iridescent Mini Circle Confetti worked perfectly for snowy accents!

We’re continuing on with our week of giveaways and today we are giving away a $50 Ellen Hutson gift certificate. It’s super easy all you have to do is leave a comment sharing which craft item(s) are on your wish list!

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Thanks for stopping by today. Be sure to join us again tomorrow for new inspiration and another giveaway~ Happy stamping!

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Christmas Theme & Giveaway Week- Day 2

Christmas Theme & Giveaway Week- Day 2

Hello friends!! Amy L. here today with a special project. I have made a set of Christmas ornaments. They are so adorable and so easy to create. Let’s get started right away!

Christmas Theme & Giveaway Week- Day 2

More details on my ornaments:

  1. Die cut the frames with Window Frames Dies from different card stocks
  2. For the background, I blended Altenew inks in Frosty Pink, Sea Glass, Mango Smoothie and Frayed Leaf to match the frames
  3. Assemble the shaker tags with the frames, acetate sheets, foam tape and 6mm Sparkling Clear sequins and 3mm Sparkling Clear sequins
  4. Stamp images from STAMPtember Winter Bird Stamp Set, Birdie Friends Stamp Set, Fox Friends Stamp Set and Winter Wonderland Stamp Set. Color with Copic markers. Add highlights with white gel pen. Die cut out with the coordinating dies
  5. Mount everything in place with foam tape. Embellish with ribbon, twine and jingle bells to finish

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Now it’s time for our second giveaway of the week. We are giving away the two exclusive STAMPtember sets we designed for Simon Says Stamp that are sold out and no longer available!

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Thank you so much for stopping by! Be sure to join us again tomorrow for new inspiration and another giveaway!

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Christmas Theme & Giveaway Week- Day 1

Christmas Theme & Giveaway Week- Day 1

Hello, Pretty Pink Posh fans! This is Yana and I have an interactive Christmas card to share featuring the Winter Wonderland stamp set and wobble springs. Plus, this post kicks off our Christmas Theme and Giveaway Week!

Christmas Theme & Giveaway Week- Day 1

Wobble springs are something new and very exciting you can now find in Pretty Pink Posh store. And just in time for the Holidays, too! I was very excited to get my hands on these and I can’t wait to share a card I made using them.

In case you don’t know what wobble spring is, it’s a little plastic spring that attaches with one end to the card base (or anything else; thank tags, gift bags etc) and with another end to an object and provides that object with movement when touched. It is super fun to play with, even for adults – it’s mesmerizing in a way and addictive I’d say.

Christmas Theme & Giveaway Week- Day 1

The element that wobbles on my card today is the igloo and a little penguin. The spring is hidden behind both of these and adds movement to both objects. To embellish the card, I added 4mm Clear Droplets and 6mm Clear Droplets, which are one of my favorite finishing touches.

Christmas Theme & Giveaway Week- Day 1

Winter Wonderland stamp setAction Wobblers
Mini Misti4mm Clear Droplets6mm Clear Droplets
Watch my video tutorial below to learn how to make this card and how to use wobble springs to create addictive interactive cards.

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Now it’s time for our first giveaway of the week. Today we are giving away a MISTI stamping tool!

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Happy cardmaking! Be sure to join us the rest of the week for more holiday inspiration and giveaways!

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Tutorial: 12 Tags of Christmas (with a Feminine Twist)

Hello everyone, Joni here sharing a tag project in collaboration with Pretty Pink Posh and Ellen Hutson using foil. Foil is a trendy product these days and you can use it in a lot of different ways. I’ll show you a way to use it that’s easy, but you still get beautiful results.

Pretty Pink Posh: 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist

First, I distressed the white cardstock with Tim Holtz Distress Ink pad in Tattered Rose. Then die-cut it with the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Duo 1 dies.

Pretty Pink Posh: 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist

Next, I distressed another white cardstock and distressed it with Tim Holtz Distress ink pad in Evergreen Bough. Then die-cut it with the small oval scallop die from the Decorative Tag 1.

Pretty Pink Posh: 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist

Next, I die-cut more white small oval scallop (x3), I only used the oval frame stacked with glue, below the distressed small oval scallop die-cut.

Pretty Pink Posh: 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist

Next, I put a hole on top of the tag using the hole reinforce from Decorative Tag 1. Then, I added some dot background using Copic markers in E02 and R000.

Pretty Pink Posh: 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist

To add foil on the deer, I splatter the MINC Reactive Mist on a cardstock and let it dry.

Pretty Pink Posh: 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist

Next, I put over the Rose Gold Foil on top of the splattered cardstock then run it to the MINC machine.

Pretty Pink Posh: 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist

Once you removed the foil, it gives you a foiled splattered effect. Then I die-cut the Leaping Deer on the splattered foil.

Pretty Pink Posh: 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist

Then, I adhered the deer with foam tape. The Believe die-cut was adhered with glue on top of the deer.

Pretty Pink Posh: 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist

Finally, I added some sequins in Sparkling Clear and Lemon Meringue sequins.

Pretty Pink Posh: 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist

We hope you were inspired by today’s feminine tag.

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Clarity Brushes for Distressing

Pretty Pink Posh: Clarity Brushes for Distressing

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends! Heather here to share a couple cards using the Clarity Stencil Brushes – along with a video review of them. I was super excited to recently get my hands on a set of them – I have been seeing them used so much, that I was really curious how they worked.

Clarity Stencil BrushesFox Friends stamp set

If you aren’t familiar with them, they are brushes that can be used as an alternative to foam ink blenders with beautiful results! I paired them up with the adorable Fox Friends Stamp Set and coordinating Fox Friends Dies to create one layer stenciled panels. I was originally going to just make one layer cards, but they kind of grew into this by the time I finished!

Pretty Pink Posh: Clarity Brushes for Distressing
Here is the video sharing how I used the stencils – and with my first voice over of my video (I was a bit nervous – please forgive the soft voice and occasional humming or losing my place!)

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After the video I colored all the foxes in with some Copic Markers – I used Warm Grays – W00, W1, W3, and W5, and Blush R20, added my frames, and stitched with my sewing machine around the outside edges to finish them off a little. Added some jute twine, then attached with foam adhesive to colored card bases to finish off.

Here is a close up look at each one – on this first one I also used the Scallop Circles Dies to frame my fox.

Pretty Pink Posh: Clarity Brushes for Distressing

For this next one, I used the two largest Stitched Hexagon Dies to create a frame.

Pretty Pink Posh: Clarity Brushes for Distressing

And on this last one, after my stenciling, I cut a fresh Scallop Ovals die to frame the fox.

Pretty Pink Posh: Clarity Brushes for Distressing

And here they are all together – aren’t those colors so pretty together? They remind me of a rainbow of sherbet!

Pretty Pink Posh: Clarity Brushes for Distressing
Thanks so much for stopping by today – have an absolutely wonderful day!!!

Important Update and More…

lastdayHello, friends.

As some of you may know, I have been dealing with health issues for quite some time (due to a car accident before I opened PPP). This was actually the driving force to start something on my own, since I was no longer able to work. Over the three years I’ve been in business, I’ve been able to maintain orders and grow my small business, while also dealing with my ongoing health complications. It hasn’t been easy, but I have always made it a goal to put the needs of my customers ahead of my own. Sadly, this has taken a toll…

Recently, I’ve had new health complications come up, which have prevented me from working for almost two weeks. It’s been frustrating knowing that I wanted to do something special for the holidays and also plan ahead towards my big birthday celebration release that was schedule for January, but physically unable to. I had to make the difficult decision to postpone my January release and while doing this, also put myself on a month long hiatus.

Starting December 5th, I will be closed and will not be fulfilling any new orders until sometime in January (an exact date will be determined later). My hope is that the break will allow me to focus solely on my health. I will be checking into my emails periodically, but please note there will be delays in replies.

Again, this decision was a very difficult one for me to make. I am nervous about this hiatus and what it’ll do for my business, but as my family and friends have been reminding me for quite some time, I need to take care of myself or I’ll be unable to work permanently.

I have amazing new products, sets and dies already designed for 2017 and cannot wait to get better so I can share them with you.

Thank you for your continued support, understanding, and love. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season.

P.S. I am hoping to hop on here and social media during my down time… I know I’ll miss interacting with you all!

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Christmas Tag Inspiration

25Days2015Hello everyone, Joni here sharing an idea of incorporating your non-tag die and make it into a tag as part of the 25 Days of Christmas Tags event!

For this project, I used the Stitched Pieces die and for the image and sentiments, I used the Winter Wonderland Stamp set.

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Tag Inspiration

To begin, I first distressed an A2 white card panel with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Peacock Feather and Shabby Shutters, then die-cut the panel with Stitched Pieces die. The images from Winter Wonderland Stamp set were colored with Copic markers.

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Tag Inspiration

Next, I die cut another on a white panel. This will serve as the backing of the tag. I simply secure the back side with a sticker sheet and cut to size, this will help hide the die-cut at the back as well.

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Tag Inspiration

Next, I cut the tag to size and rounded the corners.

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Tag Inspiration

Then, I adhered some foam tape the front panel and adhered the stitched piece on the white die-cut panel and stamped the sentiment.

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Tag Inspiration

For Final touches, I added some white dots using my Uni-ball white gel pen and added some Crystal Stickles on the images.

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Tag Inspiration

Here’s another look.

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Tag Inspiration

Plus, more inspiration from these designers! Click photos to visit their blog posts.

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Be sure to hop along and leave comments on the other designer’s blog. Each of them did such a great job with their holiday tags!

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Tutorial: Easy Holiday Cards

Hello Everyone, Joni here sharing easy to make holiday cards.

Pretty Pink Posh: Easy Holiday Cards

To begin, I cut the black cardstock to size 4 ¼ X 5 ½. I stamped the “season’s greetings” sentiment from Christmas Friends stamp set using a Citron embossing powder by Recollections. The cute snowman is from the Happy Snowman stamp set, the bird and gift are from the Christmas Friends stamp set. I also used the Happy Snowman Coordinating dies to cute this cutie.

For the snow background of the card I used the Uniball white broad pen and drew some different sizes of dots to make some snowy background, this part is relaxing.

Pretty Pink Posh: Easy Holiday Cards

Next I die-cut the black panel using an all time favorite, the Scallop Frame Dies (large one). I did this to get the size of the card. This card is originally the size of the large scallop die.

Pretty Pink Posh: Easy Holiday Cards

I then, I die-cut it again with antique gold cardstock from Paper Source.

Pretty Pink Posh: Easy Holiday Cards

I colored the images with copic markers. The beanie hat for the snowman is the same from the boy, I just fussy cut it and colored it red. The boy images are also from the Christmas Friends stamp set.

Pretty Pink Posh: Easy Holiday Cards

I couldn’t help but add some Diamond Stickles to the beanie, gift, scarf, and bird.

Pretty Pink Posh: Easy Holiday Cards

On this card, I used the boy image. I also added some Sparkling Clear sequins to finish off both cards.

Pretty Pink Posh: Easy Holiday Cards

Pretty Pink Posh: Easy Holiday Cards

Christmas Friends stamp setHappy Snowman stamp set

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I hope you enjoyed these easy to make cards for the holidays. Until next time, have a fantastic day!

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Giving Thanks (with Zig Markers)

Pretty Pink Posh: Giving Thanks (with Zig Markers)

Hello, friends! This is Vera and I have a Thanks Giving card with video tutorial to share today featuring Giving Thanks stamp set and Scallop Borders Dies.
Pretty Pink Posh: Giving Thanks (with Zig Markers)

I began by stamping the images on Canson Illustration paper with Versafine Ink and then colored with watercolor medium Gansai Tambi and Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pen. I then die cut it with the Giving Thanks coordinating dies.

Pretty Pink Posh: Giving Thanks (with Zig Markers)

I die cut the header of my card using Scallop Border dies on white cardstock with size 5.5″ x 1.5″ (my card size is 5.5″ x 4.25″) and then I heat embossed the sentiment with Liquid Platinum embossing powder. To finished my card, I added here and there with my favorite Sparkling Clear Sequins.

Here’s a video to show how I created my card from the start to finish.

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Layered Fall Card + Video

Hello, Pretty Pink Posh fans! This is Yana and I have a video tutorial to share today showing you how to create one of my favorite type of cards – layered & dimensional!

Pretty Pink Posh: Layered Fall Card + Video

My “secret ingredient” for these kind of projects is the use of special patterned paper and also stitching and I talk about both of these in detail on my video.

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Often when I start working on cards that involve a lot of layers I like to build my future card design on my desk by using dies and stamps themselves, I find this to be very helpful especially when I want to visualize my card design and check if the size and shape of the dies I selected work well together.

Pretty Pink Posh: Layered Fall Card + Video

From there I move onto picking out the right patterned paper. I have a favorite brand that I love to use whenever I use dies. The brand is called Trimcraft First Edition and they are from UK, but their papers are available on Amazon. The reason I adore them is for their “special effects” as I like to call them, their papers often have special coatings and finishes are are fantastic for such projects.

If you don’t have this type of paper you can always use other patterned paper or even stamp your own using paper design using stamps.

Pretty Pink Posh: Layered Fall Card + Video

To create this card I selected several die sets including Scallop Borders Dies, Scallop Circles Dies and Stitched Essentials 1 Dies.

Each layer was cut out of patterned paper, the background layer pieces were all adhered together so that I could add machine zig zag stitching around the edges. I love adding stitching to my cards as it adds a lot to the handmade look and feel of my projects.

Pretty Pink Posh: Layered Fall Card + Video

The scalloped circle layer and also the tag were both foam mounted for a pop of dimension and so was the little watercolored Fox Friend.

Pretty Pink Posh: Layered Fall Card + Video

To embellish this card I used Metallic Rose Gold sequins in 4 mm and 10 mm sized and brown sequins from the 6mm Wildflower sequin mix, along with some 4mm Clear Droplets.

Fox Friends stamp setDaniel Smith Watercolor Sheet
Scallop Circles die setStitched Essentials 1 die setDetailed Waterbrush
I hope this post & video will inspire you to pull out your Pretty Pink Posh stamps and dies and try your hand at creating layered dimensional cards!

Happy cardmaking!