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Beach Vacation Blog Hop

beachvacationGood morning, sweet friends!

Today I am participating in a super fun blog hop… it’s the StampNation Summer Beach Vacation event! I personally don’t get to take real vacations often, so I welcome any excuse to break out my beach stamps and imagine I’m taking a vacation. That’s right, it’s time to break out the sunglasses, grab a cool drink and drift off to a desert island (er, blog stops) for lots of paper craft inspiration.

I don’t know about you, but when I think of Summer, I think of BRIGHT colors and my card definitely has bright colors featured. I went all out for this card- I created a scene packed full of Summer stamps (all by DeNami Design).

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It’s no secret that when I participate in a blog hop, I always have the hardest time choosing what stamps to use. Basically, I pull out dozens of stamps that fit into the theme, play around with different options and then start putting my card together. It makes for a messy desk, but I’ve found this to be a helpful way for me to kick start inspiration. One of these days, I’ll be brave enough to post a picture of what my desk looks like AFTER I finish a blog hop card.

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It’s time to hop along now.  Make sure you leave comments at each of the blogs listed below to be eligible to win…prizes

  • One of THREE one month StampNation memberships.
  • $25 Pretty Pink Posh Gift Certificate
  • $25 Ellen Hutson Gift Certificate
  • Lawn Fawn Stamp Set of Choice & Let’s Polka 6×6 pad

For each of these prizes, one winner will be randomly drawn from all the blog hop comments. A second winner will be chosen from all the challenge entries at StampNation!

You will have have until 11:59 pm EST on July 27th to leave a comment.  Winners will be chosen randomly and will be announced on Monday, July 28th on Catherine‘s blog.

Catherine Pooler
Maureen Merritt
Kristie Goulet
Heather North
Allison Cope
Virginia Lu
Iwona Palamountain
Paulina Nakamura <—– you are here
Jean Manis
Suzanne Dahlberg
Sandy Allnock
Amy Sheffer
Tracey McNeely

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I hope you were inspired by my beach card today. I’ll catch many of you later today on Instagram and Facebook…. thanks for stopping in!
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Watercolors & Layering Sequins

Wow, you all know how to make a birthday girl feel special. Thank you for the outpouring of comments and love! The last few days I’ve received some birthday cards and presents in the mail- thank you to those who took the time to send me something. YOU all are why I do what I do and why I keep blogging. Here’s to hoping that this upcoming year is a great one!

Today I have a card featuring watercolors and layering sequins. If you watched the latest product video (HERE), you can see that the new 8mm Sparkling Clear sequins layer SO well with the 4mm sequins. This is a great way to add a little more color and bling all at once. It’s a tad bit hard to see in the photo, but I also add some “splatters” of watercolors to add even more color and fill in the white space. Pretty Pink Posh I Watercolor Balloon Animal

I’m all about fun and unique sentiments and I love the ones in the Mama Elephant Party Kit set. These are not only unique, but so versatile! You can use them by themselves, or you can use them with the balloons. Truth be told, I haven’t use the balloons stamps yet, but I couldn’t resist using this fun sentiment!

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I wanted to let you all know about a coupon I just spotted at Ellen Hutson. She has a 20% off coupon on all embellishment, which includes all the Pretty Pink Posh sequins and embellies! That’s a mighty hefty discount and Ellen has a HUGE selection of my sequins, so be sure to take advantage of this great savings!

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Thanks for stopping in and spending some time with me today. I hope you enjoyed the card and take advantage of the coupon from Ellen Hutson! If you buy anything with the coupon, let me know what you pick up! :)

XO


BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAYS

giveaways_smallI know it’s tradition for the birthday person to receive gifts on their birthday, but I wanted to give YOU some gifts instead. I have been so very blessed by my amazing blog readers and those who follow me on social media, that I wanted to “share the love” and gift some of my favorite items to three lucky people.

I know that many, if not most, of you are visual (like I am), so I filmed a quick video showcasing what’s included in each prize….

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I’m going to make it SUPER easy for you to enter. I personally dislike when I have to post about something on my blog, jump through hoops and do a little dance to enter giveaways, so I won’t make you do any of those things.

1) Leave a comment on THIS blog post (one comment per person)

2) For additional entries, follow my social media pages:

3) Giveaways end on July 20, 2014 and I will pick winners later on that week and announce in on the blog.

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See, I told you it was going to be easy! I know I said it in the video, but I truly am grateful for my faithful blog readers and all of the friends I have made through the various social media sites I have. Getting to know and befriend people from all across the world has been so neat and I hope these giveaways give you a little taste of how much I love you all.

Lastly, I know that many have asked for a coupon code for the Pretty Pink Posh Shop and since today’s a special day, I have one! I don’t have sales or coupons often, so this is a great time to stock up and SAVE! :)

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Well, I’m going to start celebrating now, so I’ll wrap this up. Be sure to let your friends know about my giveaways; the more, the merrier!

*Disclaimer: I wish I could give gifts to every one of my readers, but this girl is also on a budget. Each product I have purchased myself and I will be using my own funds to ship. If you are one of my International readers, you CAN enter. :)

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Bright Butterfly + VIDEO

Hello and good morning!

Oh goodness, has it really been a whole week since I last posted? I fully intended to post something earlier this week, but getting orders out took precedence and then I had a mishap while filming this video. If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you know what I’m talking about. *wink*

Lately I have been all about the BRIGHT colors; in fact, I’m wearing a neon shirt right now. For some reason, I associate the sunshine and warm weather with bright colors and it’s evident in many of my cards. Funny how that happens…

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Today’s card only features two stamps, but I also added in a new (to me) product- watercolors! I finally opened up my new pack and they appeared in an artsy form on this card. It’s a little outside my “normal” style, but it’s fun to change it up a bit every now and then!

In the picture below, you can see the fun addition the watercolor splashes made to the white space on the card. Granted, this won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but it was fun to give it a whirl.

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In my most recent video, I showed today’s card and got quite a few requests to do a video on it. Despite it being a mini sauna up here in the studio right now (who knew that Seattle could get up to 90* in July?!), I was able to squeeze in some time to film this video. After I filmed, I realized a few scenes were off camera and the light on my camcorder was on, but hopefully you can still enjoy the video. :)

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Some of you may have seen the sneak peek I posted on my social media sites…. on Sunday it’s my birthday and I’m going to be hosting a BIG giveaway. Okay, truth be told, I’m still deciding on the quantity of giveaways, but let me just say they will be BIG. It’s been a while since I hosted a bigger giveaway and I thought my birthday was the perfect day to share a gift with YOU. Stay tuned!

That’s going to be all for today’s post. I hope you have a great day and I’ll talk with you very soon.


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A Cheery Get Well

It’s never pleasant when a friend or loved one is in need of a get well card… Sadly, this week I need to send one out. However, I’m hoping that this card will cheer up my dear friend who had to undergo an unexpected surgery. I personally tend to like happy, brighter colored cards when I’m feeling unwell, so I hope this will be the ray of sunshine my friend needs.

As you can probably tell by now, I’m pretty much addicted to creating “window” cards. There’s something so fun about getting to fill each window with something different and honestly, the possibilities are endless. I decided to fill these windows up with the Lawn Fawn Get Well Soon stamps, along with some bright colored PPP sequins. Quick and easy, but so very happy!

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Quick note: I’m almost sold out (again) of the Stitched Duo 1 dies, so if you’re wanting one from my shop, be sure to get it soon! In the near future, I’m going to start a Pinterest board for each of the die sets….I can’t wait to start pinning ideas! The design team has been creating all sorts of great cards with the dies and I heard a little rumor that new dies are coming very soon!

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For those who were wanting to see a closer peek at the new products for July, I finally got to film the video. Please excuse my lack of a voice- it’s almost completely better, but you may be able to tell it’s slightly strained in this video. (So sorry!)


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 I hope you all have a super great Thursday. I hope you enjoyed today’s card- thanks for stopping in!


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Sending Smiles + New Products

Good morning and Happy July 1st!

Unfortunately, today isn’t a normal release kind of day. I had fully intended to do my normal new release video/ post, but alas, my voice is almost completely gone and I’m battling dizziness, nausea and a slight fever. As soon as I’m feeling well again, I plan on filming the video and showcasing the new products to you!

In the meantime, I wanted to share a card that I made recently with some of my recent purchases, along with some sequins from the BRAND NEW Summer Mix. I love the bright colors in this mix, but it also comes with the adorable yellow flowers that are on this card. Aren’t they fun?!

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Lately I have been into creating grassy “hills” with the curved die from the Stitched Borders 1 set. Not only are they super easy to do, they add so much to your cards and projects! For this card I used the ducks from the Lawn Fawn Hello Baby set, along with a bird from Critters in the Forest.

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Just in case you want to order the new products (before I get a chance to film the video), here are the different links:

Summer Sequins Mix

Summer Embellishment Kit

8mm Sparkling Clear Sequins

Sunshine, Lagoon, Coral and Lime twine

That’s going to wrap up this post for today. I apologize for the lack of video and the slight delay in orders. Just as soon as I feel better, I’ll be back at work and ship everything out as quickly as I can.

XO

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A Little Hello….

Hello, hello!

I wanted to stop in today and share a little “behind the scenes” look as to what I’ve been up to the last few days. I was half tempted to post a picture of my craft studio right now, but I quickly dismissed the idea. It looks like a tornado hit; one table has craft products strewn about (since I’m working on samples for the new release), another table has new products laid out, another table has sequin orders and the last one has a stack of cards that need to be photographed. I already cannot wait to finish my projects so I can clean up a bit!

Despite the craziness, I had to put aside the mess for a bit and get back to what I love…. blogging. It’s this wonderful blog that has provided a gateway for me to start my small business. It’s my AMAZING readers that make all of this possible and have me dreaming bigger. It’s this blog that has allowed me to combine two passions of mine- crafting and writing. Sometimes it’s necessary to put aside the to-do lists and do something you enjoy.

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For this card, I pulled out two of the smaller Lawn Fawn sets- Make Lemonade and Happy Summer. While I am far from a fan of ants in real life, I thought they looked pretty cute with these lemons. Doesn’t this card make you want a fresh batch of lemonade?  excitingnewsMany have been waiting and I’m excited to let you know that a restock shipment of the sold out dies are scheduled to arrive tomorrow. I have entered the stock into my inventory and you can now purchase the dies again. If you’ve been eying them, be sure to get yours soon- these are most likely going to sell out!

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Also, I want to let you know that Simon Says Stamp, Ellen Hutson and MarkerPop will be receiving these dies in very soon, in case you would prefer to order from them.

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In closing I want to let you know that ALL of my products have been restocked-dies, ribbons, sequins, twines- so if you’ve been waiting to place an order, now is the perfect time. I can’t wait to settle down and start putting together your orders. I know I say it often, but I  am thankful for you all. Truly.

Until next time… sending you all big, big hugs!


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Guest Designer Call!

Hello and Happy Saturday!

Are you a fan of Pretty Pink Posh? Would you like to be a guest designer and want the spotlight? Well, now is YOUR time to shine!

I’m hosting my very first guest designer call and in normal Pretty Pink Posh style, I wanted to change things up from the norm and do a unique and creative call that is a WIN-WIN-WIN all the way around. (You’ll see what I mean after watching the short video in this post)

Submit up to FIVE (blank) cards and send them before 7/20/2014 to:

Pretty Pink Posh
PO Box 766
Maple Valley, WA 98038

Mail your blank card(s), along with a note stating your name, how many cards you sent and your email address. On the BACK of your cards please write your name, city/ state/ country and your BLOG address.

Reminder: all cards must be received before 7/20/2014 to qualify for this call.

I am so excited to receive your cards, mail them to my team, stores and distributors and showcase them in a future video.

If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment and I’ll respond there, or if you would rather send an email, you can do that as well (please note that I do get a lot of emails, so replies may not be as quick if done this route).

Ready, set, CREATE!

June Haul + Coupon Code

Hello, sweet friends!

I have a new video to share with you….it’s my June 2014 Craft Haul! Before I share my video, I want to say a GIANT thank you to every single person who subscribes to the Pretty Pink Posh YouTube channel. I have surpassed 2000 subscribers and I’m on my way to the next milestone number- 2,500! Once I hit that number, I think it’ll be time for some sort of giveaway. I’ll have to think of something fun and unique….

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In case any of the items in my haul are things you might like to add to your shopping list, I have the items linked below (and also in the description box in the video). I think I got everything listed- if I missed anything, or you have questions, always feel free to leave me a comment!

For my fellow Ellen Hutson customers, there’s a 15% off coupon valid until tonight. Stock up on your necessities and cross some items off your wish list.

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That’s a wrap for this Monday post. Thanks for visiting me- I hope you have a great start to your week!

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Gnome Kids

Can I get gushy for a moment? I want to send giant hugs to each one of you. Truly, I wouldn’t be the person I am (or be in the place I am with my business) if it weren’t for the faithful prayers of my readers, the wonderful emails/ comments and those special gifts and cards you send my way. I am so very blessed to have you all in my life!

*Okay, now back to our regularly scheduled post…..*

Oh my goodness, did Father’s Day creep up on anyone else? As I was making a run to the post office, I came to the realization that Father’s Day was on Sunday and I needed to make my dad a card. STAT. Every year I make my dad a card and each time I make “us kids” into stamped creations. One year we were dogs, the other cats, owls… yeah, we’ve been pretty much animal you can think of. This year, I decided to make us gnomes, courtesy of this Woodland Chickie.

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For those new to my blog, there are five kids in our family (I’m the oldest) and we each have unique personalities. I tried my best to showcase that in this card, without adding extra fuss. Thanks to the Stitched Duo 1 dies, this card was a piece of cake!

It makes me so happy to hear that many of you have purchased the other dies that I’ve been using in my recent cards. Lately, in addition to the PPP dies, my go-to ones is this Mama Elephant combo set and the Lawn Fawn Grassy Border.  These dies are definitely “must haves” in my book!

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In the last few days, I’ve been getting emails from customers sharing their creations using the dies. There are no words for how happy it makes me to see  you enjoying my products and the encouragement you bring to me for future endeavors. I can’t reveal much, but stay tuned for some announcements coming in August….. you won’t want to miss it….BIG things are in store!