Hello Crafty Friends! Arsenia here, ready to sprinkle some crafty cheer as we kick off the last day of our Instagram Hop! This release is bursting with all the cozy winter vibes — and oh my goodness, do we have the cutest penguins waddling their way into your hearts! 

Today’s project stars the brand new Penguin Shaker Die, and yes friends… it’s shaker time! My color palette? A dreamy trio of plum-perfect purples — simple, elegant, and a little unexpected for the season (but totally fabulous, trust me).

First up, I created a whimsical winter background using the new Snowflake Background Stencil paired with the new Twinkle Stencil. With three shades of plum and a flurry of white paint splatters, the background came alive with frosty dimension. To add a little woodland wonder, I tucked in some delicate new Birch Tree Dies, and for that polished, finished edge — my trusty Fancy Cake Dies made an appearance (it’s one of my most-loved crafty tools!).

Now for the star of the show — the Penguin Shaker! I die-cut all the pieces, gave the beak and feet a soft touch of ink blending, and filled the shaker belly with the new Black Tie Shaker Beads (snow much fun!). Once assembled, my dapper little penguin got dressed up with googly eyes and a cozy scarf from the new Penguin Mugs Dies set — complete with white gel pen polka dots and a sweet plum heart.

For the sentiment, I reached for the new Let It Snow stamp Set with coordinating dies!  To finish everything off, I added crystal accents to the birch trees and a single stitched snowflake floating above our penguin friend.

And just like that — ta-da! — card complete! It’s a touch unexpected for the holidays, but I absolutely adore how the purples make this chilly scene feel warm and whimsical.

Thank you snow much for stopping by!  I hope you’re loving this release as much as I am. Be sure to hop over to Instagram to join in the fun, see all the amazing inspiration, and celebrate with us! 

Hi crafty friends! I’m Michelle Woerner and I am super excited to be a guest designer with Pretty Pink Posh and help celebrate the November Winter Release! Today I’m sharing a serene layered winter trees card using several of the new release sets- the Snowy Hills Borders, Winter Trees and Twinkle stencil.

To start my card, I die cut two shades of blue, pale gray and white cardstock with the Snowy Hills Border die set. Once I had my cut pieces, I laid them out and arranged them into a snowy hills layout that I liked. I then used the Twinkle stencil with white paste on the blue pieces adding pretty texture. And for some extra sparkle, I used Stardust Stickles on the top of the white snowy hills.

Designer tip: Designers often follow the Rule of Threes, but card designs look equally as good with any odd number. For my card, I used 4 trees and a sentiment, making a cluster of 5 elements.

To make the trees, I used the Winter Trees die set and cut them from the darker blue cardstock. I arranged the trees in the snowy hills, some of the trunks tucked behind the snowy hills and some in front to add dimension. To add a small pop of color, I added berry color gems to the trees and by the sentiment. The sentiment is from the Let It Snow stamp set and cut with the coordinating die set.

Thank you for stopping by and be sure to check back for more Winter Release inspiration!

Hi crafty friends! It’s Dana here today and I am back with a card that uses the adorable Penguin Mugs die set. This die set creates the sweetest mug that can be used for the holidays and throughout winter. 

I started by using the Snowflake Background stencil to create my card panel. I ink blended the panel with aqua ink and added a few splatters with a coordinating reinker. I then used the Snowy Hills Borders die set to create the snowy hills. I used a blending brush and aqua ink to add a touch of color to the top of the hills, and then attached them to the card panel with foam adhesive. 

Next, I used the Penguin Mugs die set to create my mug. I added a fun pink scarf and, of course, a little whipped cream to the top too! I attached the mug to the panel and then added some coordinating presents to my scene. I used the Penguin Holder die set for the presents. I also added a few snowflakes that I die cut with the Stitched Snowflakes dies for a little added detail. Lastly, I used the Christmas Banner Greetings and Banner Greetings 1 dies for my sentiment. 

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you enjoyed my card. I hope I inspired you to create a sweet Penguin Mug of your own. 

Enjoy your day, Dana

Hi, crafters! Amanda here, and I’m so excited to kick off my first blog post with Pretty Pink Posh! Today’s card is a little bit die cut heavy, but if you die cut all these elements in multiple colors, then you could have a pretty fun mass production party on your hands.

This card features a couple new items, like the Notched Rectangles dies and the Winter Greetings Shadow dies, but also features a few previously released products such as the Holiday Sentiments stamp set, and the Christmas Holder Additions die set. So, needless to say, shop your stash, and I’m sure you’ll find something great to use!

Now onto the details! For this card I chose the color palette of Poppy, Carnation, Nectar, Eucalyptus, and Juniper cardstocks from Concord & 9th, but this card would be fun with a variety of color palettes! I started off by die cutting the second smallest of the Notched Rectangles dies out of Poppy, Carnation, and Nectar.

With those ready to go, I grabbed an A2 card front and divided it into thirds with a ruler. This just helps me to try to make things even with a guideline, but if you’re a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants crafter, you can just eyeball it! When I stuck the rectangles down, I made sure the Nectar rectangle in the center of the card was as straight and centered as possible since I was trying to make the rectangles that would go above and below it equal in size since they would be hanging off my card front a little bit. When it came to gluing down the other rectangles, I kept them in the same order (Poppy, Carnation, Nectar), but shifted the colors over one each row so that the same colors weren’t in the same place, then trimmed off the excess.

Now comes the fun part! I pulled out the Christmas Holder Additions die set, and die cut the Santa hat, one of the presents, the candy cane details, and the small bow out of Poppy cardstock. I die cut the Santa hat trim and the candy canes out of white cardstock, the pointy ornament out of Nectar, and one the presents out of Carnation. The Christmas tree, wreath, and pointy bow were die cut out of Juniper cardstock, and the round ornament, snowflake and long bow were die cut out of Eucalyptus cardstock. For the ornament toppers, I chose silver metallic cardstock since the tones of it worked really well with these colors. I assembled all of the cute little icons, then adhered them to the rectangles. I didn’t have any rhyme or reason with where I glued them down, except that I wanted the colors to pop.

All that was left to do on this card was the sentiment! I die cut the ‘greetings’ from the Winter Greetings Shadow die set out of matte silver cardstock and a layer of white cardstock, plus the shadow layer out of white cardstock as well. I grabbed the Holiday Sentiments stamp set and pulled out the ‘season’s greetings’ stamp, masked off the ‘greetings’ portion of it, and white heat embossed on black cardstock. Then I used the small simple strip from the Sentiment Strips die set to die cut my sentiment. I popped the ‘greetings’ up on some 2mm foam squares and stuck it down right where the first two rows of rectangles meet. This does cover up the fun circles that the Notched Rectangles make when they meet up at the corners, but if those circles bother you, you can totally use any rectangle die as well! To finish this card off, I stuck the ‘season’s’ on some 1mm foam squares and nestled it just above the ‘greetings’. 

I really love how this card turned out! The pops of color are so fun and so are all those cute icons! If this inspires you to create, please tag me on Instagram! I would love to see what you made!

Hello, everyone! It’s Samantha here happy to be guest designing for the November Pretty Pink Posh release.  I’m excited to share a fun shaker card featuring new Penguin Shaker Die. 

To start off my card, I first made my penguin. I die-cut him from black, white, and orange card stock, and I cut several additional outline layers from white cardstock to stack for my shaker. After adhering acetate to the top of my shaker panel, I filled my shaker penguin with the new Black Tie Shaker Beads before sealing him up and moving onto my background. 

Since my penguin was on the larger size, I decided he would be perfect for a 5.5” square card. To start my background, I cut a 5” x 5” panel from white cardstock and did an hombre background in shades of plum. Next, I die-cut a 5” long strip of white cardstock, ink-blended in the lightest of lavenders, using the new Snowy Hills Border Dies. After adding white splatter to my plum background panel, I adhered my snowy hills die-cut with foam tape and attached the entire panel to a 5.5” white folding card-base. 

To finish off my scene, I attached my Shaker Penguin and gave him a little Santa hat cut from dark green and white cardstock using dies from the Christmas Holder Additions die set. I also cut several presents to decorate the ground around my penguin using gift box dies found in both the Christmas Holder Additions Die Set and the new Penguin Holder die set. All that was left was to add a sentiment stamped with the new Let it Snow stamps and Let it Snow coordinating dies and my cute card was complete. I can’t wait to give it to one of my nieces for Christmas!

Thanks for reading!

Hello, friends! It’s Christina, and I have a frosty fun card to share with you showcasing products from the latest release. I combined new stamps, dies, and stencils to create a winter wonderland perfect for these little Penguin Friends.

Penguin Friends Stamp Set
Penguin Friends Coordinating Dies
Let it Snow Stamp Set
Let it Snow Coordinating Dies
Banner Greetings 1 Dies
Notched Rectangles Dies
Winter Trees Dies
Snowy Hills Borders Dies
Big Christmas Cupcake Dies – snowflake diecuts
Snowflake Background Stencil
Winter Wonderland Clay Confetti

I started by creating the stenciled background. I used aqua blue ink to stencil the Snowflake Background on a white cardstock panel and then used a partial die-cutting technique to die-cut an elongated Notched Rectangle from the center of the panel. I kept both the positive and negative pieces from die-cutting and layered a piece of acetate over just the center rectangle portion. Next I die-cut some Winter Trees and a Snowy Hill from white cardstock. I lightly inked the edges of the snowy hill with aqua ink and tucked it into my background along with the trees. 

With the background finished, I moved on to the other elements of my card design. First I stamped two Penguin Friends with black ink and then colored the images with Copic markers.

Here’s a Copic coloring guide:
hat & scarves BG53, BG45, BG57, C1
penguin bodies W1, W3, N5
cheeks R00
feet Y17, YR15, YR24

After coloring the images, I die-cut them with the coordinating dies and then used a glitter pen and a white gel pen to add highlights and decorative details to the scarves. With these cuties colored and die-cut, I added them to my scene along with a flurry of die-cut snowflakes that I first ink blended with a trio of aqua inks. 

Next, I created the sentiment. I used stamps from the new Let it Snow set with an emboss-resist technique by heat-embossing the text with white embossing powder and then inking over it with aqua ink. I heat-embossed part of the sentiment on a Banner Greeting 1 die cut, using my MistI to help curve the sentiment to fit. After heat-embossing the word “Snow”, I die-cut it with the coordinating die. And the finishing touch was to add a few white clay snowflakes.

Thank you so much for checking out this frosty fun card featuring products from the new winter release.