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Holly Jolly Winter Hat

Hello crafty friends, it’s June here. Now Halloween is over, it’s finally officially time for Christmas cards! As if I haven’t been making them since July… Anyway, let’s talk about how this fun shaker card came together!

I used a lot of new products for this card, like the Winter Hat Shaker Dies. I made a two-toned hat by cutting apart the die cut and piecing it back together after blending. I went with a soft pink for the hat and left the pompom and ribbing white with a soft touch of grey. I love how you can decide to keep the pompom solid or make another shaker depending on if you use the inside die or not. I wanted to make 2 separate shaker compartments that have their own shaker bits inside because I thought it would look fun! I added the Berry Bright Shaker Beads inside of the hat and Snow Days Shaker Beads inside of the pompom. I finished off the hat by putting one of the Stitched Snowflakes on it. 

I couldn’t quite find a color that I wanted to use for the background, so I decided to do something I don’t usually do, which is using kraft paper as my background. I cut out an Eyelet Rectangle and masked off the decorative border so I could add a stenciled pattern on just the inside part.

I wanted to go for a brown tone-on-tone look, so I used the Cascading Snowflakes Stencil and brown Distress Oxide to get that effect. I also splattered the same brown ink and some thinned out white acrylic paint onto my panel. 

I heat embossed some of the new Snowflakes onto vellum so I could tuck them behind the hat. There’s never enough snowflakes on a Christmas card right? I still felt like they didn’t fill up the space enough, so I stamped 2 of the sentiments from Upright Greetings: Christmas in the right top cornerusing brown ink. I also wanted a normal sentiment on there, so I cut the new Winter Script out of brown cardstock to finish off my card. 

I feel like this was quite a short blog post, but I hope you still enjoyed reading it. See you again soon!

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Autumn Theme Week: Day 7

**All items in the Fall section are 15% off during theme week**

Hello crafty friends! It’s Lisa Mears on the blog today and I’m excited to share my latest cards with you! I made two grid cards that feature the beautiful Fall Icons stamp and dies from Pretty Pink Posh!

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Grid cards are all about structured elegance. By arranging your elements in a grid pattern, you create a clean, organized look that draws the eye to each individual piece. This layout is perfect for showcasing a variety of stamps, dies, or embellishments, and it makes for a cohesive, balanced design.

The grid design has a lot of versatility. You can use stamps, dies, or a mix of both to feature multiple elements without overwhelming the card. It’s a great way to highlight different designs or colors in a unified way.

When designing a grid, first decide on the type of layout you want. I went with a 3 x 3 layout for a balanced look. This simply means that my card has 3 rows and 3 columns.

Next, select your stamps or dies. For my cards, I used the Fall Icons stamp and coordinating dies. This stamp set has 12 different fall-themed icons such as a pumpkin, scarecrow, fall leaf, acorn, and more.

I colored my stamps with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. The markers I used were: Mustard, Mid Brown, Pale Orange, Marigold, Beige, True Blue, Mimosa, Evergreen, Carmine Red, and the Blender. After coloring, I die cut the stamped images with the coordinating dies.

I also used the coordinating dies and die cut the scalloped circle dies from white cardstock and I die cut the circle dies from colored cardstock. I adhered the circles to the scallop circles. Next, I added the fall icons to the top.

I adhered the circles to a piece of colored cardstock that measures 4″ x 5 1/4″. I started with the center circle and then adhered the remaining circles in the middle row. Then I adhered the top and bottom rows until all of the circles were glued to the cardstock.

Next, I stamped two sentiments from the Sentiment Strips: Fall stamp set. I die cut the sentiments with the coordinating dies and added them between the rows. I adhered the panel to an A2 size card base.

Using this grid technique is a great way to create a card that’s both organized and visually appealing. It’s perfect for showcasing a variety of elements while maintaining a clean, structured look. I hope you enjoyed this step-by-step tutorial and that you’re inspired to try this technique with your own stamps and dies.

Happy crafting!
Lisa Mears

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Autumn Theme Week: Day 6

**All items in the Fall section are 15% off during theme week**

Hello, Gemma here today to share a card with the Stitched Turkey die set. This die set is so fun and easy to use!

I cut out the Stitched Turkey elements from coloured cardstock, then adhered them together. The set does comes with a piece to die cut some eyes, but I think he looks so funny with googly eyes!

To create my background, I used the previously released Layered Fall Wreath stencils. There are two layers in this set, and I used Scattered Straw distress oxide ink for both layers, over a panel of cream textured cardstock. I love the tone on tone look.

I created a sentiment using the Sentiment Strips: Fall stamp set and the Sentiment Strips die set. I layered two of the banners together to get a different look.

Before adhering the stenciled background to my 6″ card base, I trimmed it down so I’d have a white border around the edge of the card. I then adhered the sentiment banner and turkey to finish.

I hope you were inspired by this Thanksgiving card. Thanks for stopping by!

Autumn Theme Week: Day 5

**All items in the Fall section are 15% off during theme week**

Hi crafty friends! Rebecca here with a quick and easy, clean and simple, fall bouquet card!

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Start with the Solid Fall Foliage Stamp Set and choose a fun fall color combination. You can choose traditional fall colors like brown, orange and yellow, but I love unique color combinations. For this card I chose jewel tones like dark blues and purples.

Use the Solid Fall Foliage Coordinating Dies to cut out the leaves and stems.

Then die cut the Mushroom Shaker Dies main mushroom image out of two colors of cardstock. Cut the cap off of one of the mushrooms and adhere it on top of the other one creating a two color mushroom.

White heat emboss the Happy Fall sentiment from the Solid Fall Foliage Stamp Set on the mushroom cap.

Pop up the bottom of the mushroom die cut leaving the top without adhesive so that it is easy to tuck some of the stamped die cut leaves behind it. It’s easy to create a balanced bouquet because you are working around the shape of the top of the mushroom. Add a couple of the small mushroom stamps from the Solid Fall Foliage Stamp Set to finish off the card!

I love a super quick and easy clean and simple card, but I mostly love a stamp set like the Solid Fall Foliage Stamp Set that allows you to play with color and change the look and feel every time you use it by changing the color combination.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Rebecca

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Autumn Theme Week: Day 4

**All items in the Fall section are 15% off during theme week**

Hello friends, Arsenia here to share a lovely fall big cupcake with you. Fall is most definitely in the air and I’m here for it.  The leaves are changing and falling, oh so beautiful. Let’s do some fall crafting, 

I adore all the big cupcake die sets  and the Big Fall Cupcake Dies does not disappoint!  It’s jammed packed with some incredible dies, the possibilities are endless.  We have a turkey, pie, leaves, sunflowers, acorns, mushrooms and more!  First, I did some ink smooshing with aqua/teals dye inks onto heavy weight white card-stock.  After my card panel was dry I did some partial stenciling with the same die inks using the new beautiful Solid Leaf Foliage stencil set.  Next, I wanted to incorporate my sentiment onto the background.  I used the Sentiment Strips: Fall stamps and did random stamping applying first and second generation stamping.  This is best done with an acrylic block.  Background is done and I love it, it’s dreamy! I did cut it down to 3 3/4 – 5 inches.  

Next,  I cut out serval pieces from the Big Fall Cupcakes dies and the Fall Tree dies.  I used teal, aqua, yellows, oranges, mustard yellows, brown, and yellow green card-stock from my crafty realm.  I took several adornments for the cupcake and added a combination of glitter and rock candy to them.  I find using Rangers Multi Medium Matte works the best to adhere the glitter combination.  I wanted them to have a sugary sparkle appearance.  I used the negative pieces from the pie die to decorate the cupcake liner.  I think the teal diamonds pop off the orange cupcake liner!

To finish the card I die cut the large oval from the Eyelet Ovals Dies. I adhered everything and ta-da card is done.  It’s so lovely, I wish I could capture all the sparkle with a photo but trust me it’s sparkly!  

Thank you so much friends for stopping by, I hope you have a great day!  Happy crafting!

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Autumn Theme Week: Day 3

**All items in the Fall section are 15% off during theme week**

Hi, friends! It’s Lauren and I am back with a new video today. I’m sharing my next box card – this time for Fall and Thanksgiving!

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I started with die cutting all of the pieces I needed with patterned paper in Fall themed colors. I cut the Stitched Turkey Dies, leaves and flowers from the Big Fall Cupcake Dies, layered strips from the Sentiment Strips Dies, and my base from the Scallop Box Card Dies. My thinnest sentiment strip and base of the box card were die cut from a beige cardstock.

For the sentiment, I cut the Fall Script Die out of a dark pink cardstock and stamped “happy” in a matching ink from the Holiday Sentiments stamp set to create the “Happy Fall” sentiment for the box card.

I assembled the turkey together and adhered it to the back of the two middle shelves in the middle of the box card. On the front of the two middle shelves, I adhered the sunflowers and green leaves. The sides of the box card, I added different colored leaves and a couple more on the front of the box card with the sentiment strips.

I hope this gives you some inspiration to use your patterned paper to create a fun turkey for the upcoming season.

October Blog Hop Winners

It’s time to announce the three winners of the October blog hop posts HERE, HERE, and HERE. The lucky winners of the $50 gift certificates are…

Winners, email me within 7 days to claim your prize! 

If you would like even more inspiration with the new release and are on Instagram, we also have a FIVE day Instagram hop with more chances to win a $30 gift certificate if you leave a comment before October 30th!

We hope you were inspired by all the inspiration from the hops!

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Autumn Theme Week: Day 2

**All items in the Fall section are 15% off during theme week**

Hello Everyone! It is Zsofi here today showcasing the super versatile Fall Icons stamp and coordinating die set. I love sets with small images, but sometimes it can be challenging to build a card front design with many different ones. Here is an easy example which is easy to adapt to any other stamp set with small images. Let me show you how I made this card.

First I stamped all the images on alcohol marker friendly cardstock and coloured them all with Copic markers. The good thing about small images is that you can colour a bunch in no time. Then I die cut them all with their coordinating dies.

While I was die cutting, I also cut a few grids with the Tic Tac Toe die from cream and brown cardstock. I adhered them on top of each other for instant dimension, letting the brown one be the top layer. 

I also cut a piece of kraft cardstock with the Wonky Stitched Rectangle die and used the Fall Word stencil with Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide ink to have a bit of pattern in the background. It is very subtle as I used a very light hand. I also added a bit of shading to the edges of the die cut panel with a blending brush.

Then I adhered the grid to the background, popped up the images with 3D foam squares and stamped 2 sentiments from the Fall Harvest stamp set in the middle of the grid. As a finishing touch I used a candy corn twine on the top of the card and glossy accents to emphasize some details.

I wish you liked this card idea and got inspired. Don’t forget to share your lovely creations in our FB Group: Pretty Pink Posh Friends.

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you soon, Zsofi

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Autumn Theme Week: Day 1

**All items in the Fall section are 15% off during theme week**

Hi friends, Debbie here! Today, I am featuring the Stitched Turkey dies! How cute is this guy? I can totally see him used as Thanksgiving Dinner placement cards!

I started off with a panel on a grip map in horizontal position. Place the Fall Words Stencil over the top, ink blended on SSS Clay ink. Then with the largest Stitched Torn Rectangle Die I cut it out and attached to a panel of C9 Spiced Cider cardstock.

With the Stitched Turkey Dies, the back feathers were from two shades of Concord & 9th Spiced Cider and Cayenne. Then the front was with Gina K Honey Mustard and C9 Sunflower. Once I glued the back panel of feather together I had to add 3D foam around the center, so once I adhere the top feathers on it would be level with  all the cardstock. The body was just Desert Storm, for the eyes I used Espresso Pearls.

Afterwards I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from Fall Harvest stamp set with white embossing powder. Then with the Coordinating Dies I cut it out, and using the die cut two mores times to stack up and off set with one being one of the darker colors for dimension.

Thanks for stopping by and stay crafty my friends!

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Whimsical Snowmen

Hi friends! It’s Dana here today with a holiday card that uses the Layered Snowmen Stencil Set. 

I started my card by using the Layered Snowmen Stencil Set to create my card panel. This is a set of three stencils that layer together to create a fun holiday card panel. I love that these stencils can also be used throughout the winter! I used dye ink and finger daubers for my blending. Once my panel was finished I used light aqua ink to add a few splatters to my panel.

Next, I used the Large Joy Shadow die set for my sentiment. I love the size and font of this sentiment! I ink blended the script Joy die with purple ink and attached it to a white backer (shadow) die cut before attaching it to my card panel. Such a fun and easy card to create and perfect for mailing too!

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you enjoyed my card. I hope to be back soon to share another project with you all.

Enjoy your day, Dana