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Tutorial: Using Coordinating Dies Without Stamps

Hello everyone, Joni here sharing a tutorial using your Build a Bloom dies without using the stamp set.

To begin, I first die-cut all the pieces I want to use from the Build a Bloom coordinating dies.

Next, I used different colored Distress inks to color my die-cut pieces.

Here is the finish die-cut pieces that’s been colored.

Next, distressed my background with Distress inks.

Next, I splatted it with the new Gansai Tambi Pearl Colors in Pearl Lemon Yellow and Pearl May Green. Then, I die-cut the large Scallop Hexagons die for my frame.

Next, I added the cute owls from the Happy Owls set. Then added some Champagne sequins, Hydrangea Flower sequins, and some Sparkling Clear sequins to finish off the card. The sentiment congrats was from the Everyday Greeting stamp set.

I hope you enjoyed! Thank you so much for stopping by!

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Blog Hop Winners

I have a quick post announcing the winners from the Product Release Blog Hop Day 1 and Day 2. Here are the four winners of the $25 gift certificates!

Ladies, email me within 7 days and I’ll send over the gift certificates so you can shop!

Again, thank you to everyone who left comments on the blog hop and for the special guests and designers who shared their beautiful inspiration.

We’ll be back on Monday with new inspiration. Have a super weekend!

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Adding Details to Images + Video

Hello, Pretty Pink Posh fans! This is Yana and today I wanted to share a quick technique video to show you how easy it is to add details to colored images.

I started working on my card by stamping and coloring 3 images from the Friends Forever stamp set. I used Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink for stamping and double stamped images using MISTI stamp positioner to have the blackest black outline possible.

There are coordinating dies available for this set so I cut my images out and quickly colored them using Copics. I used E79, E37 and E33 to color hair; E00 and E000 to color skin; R20 to add blush. To color outfits I used RV14, RV13 and RV10 for pinks; B05, B02 and B000 for blues; YG67, YG17 and YG03 for greens.

While my images looked great as is I decided to add little details to make them unique and a bit more personal. Think about it this way – in real life we all wear fabrics with different patterns. So I wanted to translate some of those patterns onto these images. There are a number of ways this can be done, some are simple, some not so much, I used the most simple and easy way – a white gel pen.

If you don’t have a white gel pen – you can also use a black pen or you can even use a Copic colorless blender to add detail. If you have a colorless blender in a bottle you can look for a piece of fabric with some texture, say burlap, wet that fabric with colorless blender and use it to stamp over the outfits of these images – that will transfer the texture of the fabric onto the image and will create same looking texture on your images.

I used a white gel pen and added little dots, vertical and horizontal stripes. You want to make sure to wait for your Copic coloring to dry, especially if you have really saturated paper with the marker as it (the marker) might eat up your white pen, I’ve had that happen in the past, so before adding the white detail – make sure image is dry.

I ink blended a hill to create a scene and foam mounted my friends on top. I also added little bees from the Bee Friends stamp set I adhered several sequins from the Sparkling Clear Mix and I also added clear droplets on top. I love to combine the two together as this way I feel my droplets look even more dimensional.

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Watch my video tutorial below to learn how I made this card.

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Happy cardmaking! I hope you enjoyed today’s video and post.

Distress Oxide Inks Winner

I have a quick little post to share the randomly picked winner of the set of Distress Oxide Inks from THIS post.  A giant congratulations to Nancy Lee!

Nancy, please email me your mailing information and I’ll get these sent off to you! 

Thank you to everyone who has watched our Creating with Oxide Inks video. We are so happy that you have enjoyed it!

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Product Release Blog Hop- Day 2

If you missed yesterday’s blog hop post, click here.

I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s amazing hop and are ready for day 2. Suzy here with you today and we have more talented designers and special guests for you, along with tons of inspiration.

I have a card using some of my favorite items from the new May product release. My very favorite set is Woodland Critters, but I love combining it with some of the other new sets as I have on this card.

To start this card, I die-cut a Window Frames Die from the center of a white card base. I rubbed light blue ink on the inside piece of the die before attaching it on the card front. This formed a sky or base for my little scene.

Next, I stamped all of the cute animal and flower images from Woodland Critters with a light color ink and colored them in with Copic markers for a no-line stamping look. I also used some of the leaves and flower pieces from the Bold Blooms and Build A Bloom stamp set to finish the scene. I stamped the sentiment from the Woodland Critters set with bright pink ink.  I used some sequins from the Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix to finish it.

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PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. I’m giving away 4 $25 gift certificates to four random comments (2 winners each day) left before May 17, 2017 at 11:59 PM PST. 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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Thanks for visiting the Pretty Pink Posh blog today and I hope you enjoyed this spring time card!

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Product Release Blog Hop- Day 1

Hello, Pretty Pink Posh sweet friends!

It’s time to start our two day Product Release Blog Hop for the May 2017 release. Many of you have already placed orders, but for those who were waiting for more inspiration, today and tomorrow the design team and special guests have all sorts of inspiration to share. Today we have Vera sharing two sweet cards, along with a video!

For today’s post I have projects to share with you featuring the Build A Bloom stamp set along with the coordinating dies. This beautiful stamp set caught my eye and I really want to create a post with it.

There are so many ways you can use with this flowers stamp set. Here, I combined it with the bear from Woodland Critters and the sentiment from the Thoughtful Greetings set. I colored with soft pastel colors with alcohol markers.

Watch my video tutorial below to learn how I made my cards.

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

PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. I’m giving away 4 $25 gift certificates to four random comments (2 winners each day) left before May 17, 2017 at 11:59 PM PST. 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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I truly hope you enjoyed today’s blog hop. Stop by tomorrow for a whole new batch of inspiration and designers!

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Spring Flower Garden

Hello! Shannon here today! I have a fun card to share with you today featuring the new Build a Bloom stamp set and coordinating dies.

I started off with an A2 size of watercolor card stock and used a light blue Zig real brush water color marker and a water brush to make my sky background. I stamped my images from the Build a Bloom stamp set on a separate piece of white card stock , colored in with Copic markers and cut out using the coordinating dies.

I decided I wanted to create a little scene with these pretty flowers so I thought the Picket Fence die was the perfect set up for that. I cut the fence out of  Neenah desert storm card stock and adhered to the bottom of my card panel. I didn’t put any adhesive closer to the top of the fence so that I could slide my flowers under.

I adhered my flowers on my scene sliding the stems under the fence. I added some interest on the flowers with a white gel pen and to finish off my card I stamped my sentiment from the new Thoughtful Greetings stamp set.

That’s it for me today! Hope you enjoyed and are enjoying the new release as much as I am. Have a lovely day!!

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Distress Oxide Inks + Giveaway

Hi there! Laura Bassen here and today I have a couple of fun projects to share using the Distress Oxide Inks along with some Pretty Pink Posh products.

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I had so much fun experimenting with the Distress Oxide inks using some of my favorite techniques. Below is a few backgrounds comparing the regular Distress Inks to the Oxide Inks. The top two were simple ink blended backgrounds with flicks of water using Wilted Violet, Broken China, Cracked Pistachio & Fossilized Amber. The Oxide Ink panels are on the right and the regular Distress Inked panels are on the left. The bottom two panels were created using one of my favorite techniques “ink smooshing”. I used Worn Lipstick, Spiced Marmalade & Fossilized Amber. You can see that the results are slightly different. Not a huge difference, but there is a difference.

Then I used the Oxide Ink backgrounds to create a couple of projects. This first card features the Bee Friends stamp set along with the coordinating dies.

I used the arch die from the Stitched Duo 3 dies & the rectangle die from the Stitched Notes dies to create a shaker card. I filled the shaker with Sparkling Clear, Bermuda Blue, Peridot Mist, Blue Lagoon, and Ocean Spray sequins.

This next card features the adorable Friends Forever stamp set with coordinating dies.

I simply colored the images with Copics and popped them up over the “ink smooshed” background and added a few Sparkling Clear sequins to finish it off.

GIVEAWAY: Want to win your own set of 12 Distress Oxide Inks? Paulina is giving one away to one lucky person! Leave a comment on this post sharing your top 3 current favorite crafting products. Comments must be left by May 9th at 11:59pm, PST. Winner will be announced later that week.

Thank you so much to Pretty Pink Posh for having me. I always enjoy playing with their adorable images. Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Happy Bee Friends

Hello Pretty Pink Posh friends! Shannon here, so happy to join you today!

I have a fun shaker card to share with you today featuring some lovely sequins, confetti and seed beads along with the Bee Friends stamp set and coordinating dies.

Okay, so I promise creating the card was not nearly as complicated as I make it sound with my explanation! I started with an A2 size piece of white card stock and die cut the panel with the wavy scallop die from the Scallop Border Dies and die cut a thin piece of white card stock with the straight scallop border from the same die set.

Now I want to adhere these pieces together to make it my shaker window. I did this by laying both pieces over an A2 card base so that I knew exactly the spacing needed before I added strips of card stock to connect the 2 pieces together. I cut two thin strips of paper and adhered one on the top and one on the bottom to create my shaker window area.

I then added acetate and fun foam to the back and filled it up with all my shaker pieces. I used Daffodil seed beads, Hydrangea seed beads, Lilac seed beads, Petunia seed beads, Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix and Gold Mini Circle Confetti.

Onto creating my scene, I die cut some green card stock with the Scallop Border die to create my grass. I then stamped all my images on a separate piece of white cardstock, colored with Copic markers and cut out with the coordinating dies.

I hope you enjoyed, I had fun creating it and love those bees flying over those pretty flowers. Thank you so much for joining me today!

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May 2017 Release Now Available

Hi Pretty Pink Posh friends!

Our May 2017 Release is now available in the Pretty Pink Posh Shop and select retailers that carry our products. If you missed our post yesterday, we revealed all of the products in picture form, but if you would like to see them also in a video, we have you covered!

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We’ll have lots of great posts and videos coming soon with our new products (and our old ones). In addition, I had a special guest film a special video with a trendy new product and that’ll be released very soon.

If you aren’t subscribed to our blog already, click here to get an email every time we have a new post! Thanks for all your excitement about the new release!