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January Product Release Blog Hop

Today the new January release went live and I’m doing something different. Instead of waiting a week for the design team to share their inspiration, they’re sharing it today. I have another big event happening next week, so I thought it would be a good time to try this new blog hop date.

I am so very excited to be sharing these new products with you. This month, I have three super versatile die sets, along with new sequin mixes, mini star confetti and a brand new sequin color that you’ll love.

I thought we’d change things up and have Nina-Marie share a card in today’s post. Her card has the new Storybook 3 die set, Share Kindness Mix and a sprinkling of the Mini Silver Stars.

Card details by Nina-Marie

To start off, pulled out my Tim Holtz distress inks to do a bit of watercoloring. I used a slightly damp sponge brush to dab the ink all over my background; the colors I used were Mermaid Lagoon and Peacock Feathers. Using just a slightly damp brush allowed me to achieve a “dry brush” type of effect, which I really loved.

Once my watercolored panel was dry, I die cut it using the new Pretty Pink Posh Storybook 3 die, as well as a stitched rectangle die from Simon Says Stamp. I then layered the pieces onto my white card base; the “frame” is attached with regular adhesive and the Storybook 3 rectangles are adhered down with foam tape.

Of course, this card then needed a sentiment; so I foiled a “friend” die cut from Winnie and Walter with silver Deco Foil by Thermo Web.

Finally, I finished the card off by sprinkling the Share Kindness sequins and the silver Mini Star confetti (also new this month for Pretty Pink Posh!) around the card.

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

PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop on each day. I’m giving away 2 $25 gift certificates to two random comments left before January 10, 2016 at 11:59 PM PDT. 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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Carissa Wiley
Joni Andaya
Liz Sarkisyan
Heather Hoffman
Amy Kolling
Nichol Magouirk
Lisa Elton
Julia Altermann
Yuki Yoshioka
Gayatri Murali

Thank you all for your enthusiasm about the new products. Even though I’ve been in business for two years, I still get so nervous sharing the new products. I truly hope you enjoy these items and I can’t wait to fill your orders and see your creations in blog and social media land.

Happy shopping!

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New Designers + Matching Game

Hello and Happy New Year!

Today I wanted to announce two brand new Pretty Pink Posh designers to the team. Both of these gals have used my products on their creations for quite a long time and I’ve been fans of theirs for a long time. With two designers stepping down in roles, I knew exactly who I wanted to invite to the team. I was so thrilled that they both ecstatically accepted when I extended the invitation. Please join me in welcoming Heather and Liz to the Pretty Pink Posh team!

As I mentioned above, we have two designers stepping down from design team members BUT they’re still part of the Pretty Pink Posh family. Yoonsun and Nina-Marie are so very talented and I just couldn’t part with their talent. I decided to create a new position and they’ll be contributing designers, which means you’ll still see their work on a semi- regular basis.

In honor of this special day, and the fact that I love hosting giveaways, I’m offering up a $100 Pretty Pink Posh gift certificate! How can you win? Guess which designer made which card below. These cards can be found on their blog, so it won’t be too terribly hard to match them up.

From those who guess correctly, I’ll put them into a drawing and one lucky person will get a $100 shopping spree to the Pretty Pink Posh Shop. Whether you want to catch up on previous releases, or want to get the new products that release this month, this will come in handy!

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Comments must be left by January 9th to be qualified for the gift certificate. Winner will be announced next week.

I hope that you all have a great start to your new year and give the new and old designers a warm welcome! We’ll see you tomorrow for the new release!

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Tutorial: Watercolor “Flowers” + Giveaway

Hello, Joni here!

I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday. I am back with more inspiration using Pretty Pink Posh products. It is still cold here in California and I’m already wishing for spring. With that in mind, I created a project that you can design a watercolor flower card using Rainy Days Coordinating die set.

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To begin, I die-cut some of the clouds (flowers) and hearts (flower center) from the using Rainy Days Coordinating die set. I used the Matte Multi Medium to adhered the flower petals then watercolored them using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush set.

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For the leaves for the flowers, I simply drew a leaves image on a watercolor paper then fussy cut each one and watercolored.

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Here’s the finished look after the die-cuts have been watercolored. I also added a 6mm Espresso sequin to the center of the flowers for a little dimension and contrast.

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Next, I assembled the flowers on the white cardstock then adhered with foam tape, the leaves were adhered with Matte Multi Medium.

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Then, I added a strip of an old white and black patterned paper at the bottom of the card and stamped the sentiment “sorry you’re under the weather” from Rainy Days stamp set to finish off the card.

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Here’s another look of the finished card.

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Paulina wants to give you the opportunity to win some of her favorite watercolor markers and brushes. All you have to do is enter below leaving a comment with your favorite color combination to use on your crafts!

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Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope I have inspired you to look at your dies in a different way. Have a wonderful week and good luck on the giveaway!

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Merry Reindeer + Giveaway Winners

Hello, friends!

We’re just a couple days away from Christmas and I wanted to share a card I made this year. I didn’t get to send Christmas cards this year, but thanks to a couple guest spots, I did create a couple cards that I’ll be giving to some family members. I was so bummed that I didn’t have time to create cards for crafty friends and my designers this year, but it’s also a blessing, because I was so busy with orders.

This year there were several amazing Christmas sets that came out and while I didn’t get to create with many of them, I’m happy for the time I did get to play with some! This adorable one called Reindeer Games by Mama Elephant was such a fun one.

On this card, I used the Decorative Tag 1 die set for my focal point and the Mama Elephant stamps went along with it perfectly. I added just a few sequins- one for the nose and three for the “snowballs”.

As promised, I have the winners from the Christmas Gift Guide giveaways. It made me so very happy to read that the guides were helpful and some of you purchased items from them! While they were a lot of work, reading how much you appreciated them made it so worth it. I just may have to do this again next year!

Without further ado, here are the winners. I have emailed the winners (using the email addresses given) so I can be sure to send the gift certificates to the right email addresses! Thanks for spending some time with me today!

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Christmas Gift Guides + Four Giveaways

Hello, friends!

We are a week away from Christmas and if you’re like me, you’re still running a little bit behind. Thankfully, I’ve been able to get quite a few gifts online and I’ll be doing the rest later today. I thought this year, I’d do something new and create some gift guides to share on the blog. These are handy in case you need some new ideas on what to give your family and friends this year.

In the spirit of this holiday season, I’m going to be doing four giveaways- one in this post and three more on specific Gift Guide pages. How will you find them? Visit each gift guide and you’ll see where the giveaways are. No need to follow the blog or social media- I’m making these giveaways super easy and you just need to leave comments!

Want to win a $50 Amazon gift card? Take a look at the gift guides that I put together and list the 3 (or more) things that I listed that you now want! I spent a lot of time curating these lists, so I’d love to see which items caught your eye!

I’m giving away over $100 in giveaways, so be sure to share these gift guides with your friends! I hope you have fun browsing through these items. Wishing you a great rest of the Christmas season!

Like these lists? Share them on Pinterest, Facebook or Instagram!

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Rainbow Umbrellas

Hello Pretty Pink Posh fans……so excited to bring you a post here on the Pretty Pink Posh blog today!

I may also *wink* have a post over on the Simon Says Stamp Blog as well! You will have to go check it out too!

I thought I would change gears from holiday creating to one for any occasion. I’m not sure about you but I don’t know one person that doesn’t like bright colors of the rainbow. Here I’ve used the Rainy Days stamps and coordinating dies for a card that would cheer anyone up! I began by white heat embossing the raindrops from the set randomly over a panel of watercolor paper. Then with the technique of emboss resist, I watercolored with Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean Distress Inks. The embossing just resists the inks……love! At the bottom, I’ve stamped my sentiment in Onyx Black Versafine ink. See my tip below on how I added stitching to this panel!

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I had fun stamping my umbrellas in various bright pigment ink colors. I choose these for their vibrancy and coverage. After assembling, I began laying out my card and adhering. As a last accent, I’ve added my favorite 4mm Sparkling Clear Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

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Tip: Ever want stitching on a panel you’ve trimmed down to size? On my watercolor panel, I trimmed it down and then added stitching to the edges using the straight stitching die from Stitched Borders 2. Use the straight “cutting” edge of the die as a guide to line it up on the edge of your paper and use Post It tape. By doing this, it gives you perfectly straight “stitched” edges every time!

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Big thank you to Amy for sharing this great post today!

Don’t forget that tomorrow is the last day to save on ALL stamp sets and coordinating dies in the Pretty Pink Posh Shop. I’ll be closing the shop for the holidays, so be sure to get your items soon so they ship before the new year!

Thanks for stopping by the blog. See you soon for the first part of the Christmas guide!

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Tutorial: Handmade Ornament

Hello everyone, Joni here!

I am back for another tutorial using Pretty Pink Posh stamps and die sets. For this project I used the recent released Winter Friends stamp set, Winter Friends coordinating die set, and Decorative Tag 1 die set. This tag is really awesome to use to create your own ornament for your tree, along with the countless ideas for cards!

Pretty Pink Posh II Handmade Paper Ornament To begin I die-cut the tag die 6 times and removed scallop die-cut but left the middle part of the tag like the picture below, you just need 2. I also stamped the critters from Winter Friends stamp set on a watercolor paper and used the Zig Clean Color Real Brush, 60 set to color the images in.