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Sequin Shaker Tutorial

Hello and Happy Tuesday!

I don’t know about you, but the weeks are flying by for me. I just looked at the calendar and realized that Easter is a mere five days away!

For today’s card, I used some the Teeny Heart Background and Happy Easter sentiment from DeNami, along with the Happy Easter set from Lawn Fawn. Oh yes and some Pretty Pink Posh sequins…but that’s pretty much a give in nowadays, right? *wink*

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When you think of Easter, do you tend to think of pastel or bright colors? My initial thought is always pastel, but I have such a hard time using them and usually opt for brighter colors with a little pastel mixed in.

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We all know I have sequin shakers on the brain lately. With a mere 11 days until the BIG Sequin Shaker Blog Hop, I thought it was time to bring a revamped video tutorial. Now if you’re anything like me, you might initially be intimidated or overwhelmed with the idea of a shaker. I promise, it really isn’t that hard! Take a look at the video and you can see for yourself….

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In case you’re wondering what kind of sequin shaker you can create, here’s a few that I’ve made in the past. Honestly, you can create them for just about any occasion! Just type in “sequin shaker” into the search bar on my blog and you can see all of the ones I’ve done so far.

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I hope that you ALL can participate in the blog hop on April 26th. If you missed the announcement, or want to look at the details again, CLICK HERE. Don’t forget, there are exclusive savings coupons in that post, too!


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Buttons, Sequins & Ducks?!

It’s time for the monthly DeNami Design blog hop and the theme this month is Buttons & Bows! A couple years back, buttons were SUPER trendy in card making. Nowadays, we don’t see them too often, but I still love to bring them out occasionally. Today I decided to bring them out in a different way….in stamp form!

I absolutely love the Small Solid Button and was excited to pull it out for the hop. It had been far too long since this poor stamp saw the light and now I’m wondering why I took it off my craft desk. It’s such a great image!

If you started the hop from the beginning, you should be arriving from Linda Carpenter’s blog. If you get lost along the way, head on over to the DeNami blog for the complete list of participants.

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It had been a while since I had made a baby card and for some reason, I felt like making one in my recent crafting session. Now I have sequin shakers on my mind a lot lately (did you see my BLOG HOP announcement?!) and I thought this little ducks would look cute as a shaker. Does the sequins remind  anyone else of bubbles?

*Pssst…..if you’re looking for an exclusive coupon code to DeNami, it’s in the announcement post. It’s a post packed full of info; you won’t want to miss it!

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There are still several stops left in the hop….your next stop is my sweet friend, Stacey Schafer! She always has such fun ideas and I can’t wait to see what DeNami creation she has made for the hop today!

In closing, I want to let you all know that I have a new sequin shaker tutorial coming up in a day or two. If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to the Pretty Pink Posh YouTube channel so you don’t miss it. See you back here on the blog soon!

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Hello Butterfly + VIDEO

It’s a happy day here at Pretty Pink Posh….not only am I planning some upcoming projects, but it’s also SUNNY and beautiful here in Seattle. There’s just something about the sunny weather that makes everything happier and makes me feel more productive. I really hope this weather sticks around for several weeks.

Today I have a sweet little spring card to share, along with a start to finish card video. After reading the responses on a recent video, I’m determined to bring more videos to the Pretty Pink Posh YouTube channel. I hope y’all are up for this change. If you have requests for specific videos, leave a comment in this post!

I love butterfly stamps (and dies) and with spring here, you can be sure I’ll be bringing lots of them to the blog. One of my favorite butterfly stamps is from the Fancy Flutters set by DeNami. Seriously, isn’t this image adorable?!

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We all know I love my Femme Frames dies and recently I’ve become OBSESSED with making scalloped card bases. It adds a touch more interest to cards and really dresses them up.

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If you’re curious on how to make this card from start-to-finish, enjoy this video. I tried to make it as short as possible (so I cut out the coloring part). If you would like to see my coloring in future videos, let me know and I won’t cut it out.

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I hope you enjoyed today’s card and video. Be sure to leave a comment if you have requests for future videos, or you can let me know if you liked this one. Thanks for stopping in!



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Happy Monsters + Winner

Hello and Happy Monday!

Did you see my announcement last week? I’m so excited to be hosting the very first Pretty Pink Posh blog hop in 19 days and each day that passes, I’m getting more and more excited for the big day. There’s TONS of sponsors lined up to provide prizes and many of the companies have designers who will be sharing inspiration the week of. If you haven’t already, head on over to the original post for all the info and some exclusive COUPON codes!

I recently carved out some crafty time and made a few shaker cards. There’s just something about these cards that make me happy….honestly, I don’t think it’s possible to look at a shaker card and not smile. Today’s shaker card features the adorable Happy Monsters in Car stamp from DeNami Design. Seriously, how cute is this design?! It’s a happy design in itself, but pair it with a shaker card and we have a winning combo.

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Isn’t the striped and the polka dot papers darling? It’s from the Let’s Polka paper pack that I featured in my latest video, March 2014 Crafty Favorites. This definitely is my favorite paper pack at the moment.

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It’s time for me to announce the lucky winner of the Nature Embellishment Kit from THIS POST. I’m sorry I didn’t do it on Saturday…I was feeling really sick that day and spent most of the day in bed. Without further ado, here’s the lucky winner!

winner3Karen, please use the contact me form and send over your mailing address and I’ll get this kit mailed off to you soon!

I better wrap up this post. Today I’m planning on getting some orders shipped out and maybe even film a start-to-finish video. Many of you know that I deal with quite a bit of health issues, so each day I’ll never know how I feel until the time comes. Let’s cross our fingers I have strength and energy to film today- I love hearing that you’ve been enjoying the videos recently.

Have a super amazing Monday!


YouTube Giveaway Winners!

Hello, sweet friends!

As promised, I have the lucky winners of my 1000 Subscriber Giveaway that I hosted on the Pretty Pink Posh YouTube channel. Since I reached over 100 likes on that video, I decided to offer up a second prize, hence the two names mentioned below.

Thank you all SO much for leaving such sweet comments and your encouragement for me to do more videos. I actually have another video coming VERY soon, so stay tuned! winner1

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If you were one of the lucky winners, please use the contact form and leave your email address, name and also where you would like your $25 gift certificate to: Simon Says Stamp, Ellen Hutson or the Pretty Pink Posh Shop.

In case you missed the news, I’m also hosting a giveaway for the Nature Embellishment Kit. This kit has been FLYING off the shelves and I’m almost sold out with this first batch. If you don’t want to miss out on it, be sure to purchase yours soon!

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Well, I better get back to packing up some orders. Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday!

Blog Hop Announcement!

It’s hard to believe that it’s been five months since I opened the Pretty Pink Posh Shop. It’s been a roller coaster of a ride thus far and I have a feeling even more things are in store for us soon.

Ever since I opened, I wanted to host a blog hop and now that things have settled in a bit, it’s time to announce the very first Pretty Pink Posh blog hop. But wait….this isn’t just any sort of blog hop….this one has TONS of amazing sponsors involved and they’ll be sharing inspiration leading up to the big event. I’m proud to announce the first blog hop theme is: SEQUIN SHAKERS!

Whether you’re new to sequin shakers, or you’re a pro at them, we want you to be a part of this event. You can make sequin shaker cards, tags, or maybe you have another sequin shaker idea…whatever the case may be, you are welcome to be a part of it! bloghop Date: The blog hop will start on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at 6AM, PST and will run until Monday, April 28, 2014 at 11:55 PM, PST.

Where: It’s taking place HERE on the Pretty Pink Posh blog. We will have a link-up widget where you can link up your project and then hop along and see what others have created.

Who: We want EVERYONE to be involved. If you love sequins and have a blog, you are welcome to join along. Don’t have a blog yet? This is a great time to start one!

Now it wouldn’t be a blog hop without sponsors and boy, do I have lots of amazing ones for this first hop. I love these companies and am so grateful to not only have them sponsor, but many of them will also have designers bringing us sequin shaker inspiration the week before the event! bloghopsponsorsNow this is BIG news, right? Well, my sweet friends, I have something even sweeter to share! I have four coupons EXCLUSIVE to my readers/ the participants of the upcoming blog hop. How about a little shopping before you start to plan on your blog hop entry?

SSSFree shipping on USA & Canada orders over $75 or $7.99 off international orders!

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CLICK HERE to start shopping!

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One-time use for 10% off anything in the Ellen Hutson store!

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CLICK HERE to start shopping!

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Save 10% off all wood mounted or cling rubber stamps!

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  CLICK HERE to start shopping!

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One-time use for 10% off anything in the Pretty Pink Posh Shop!

coupon code: BLOGHOP   expires 4-26-2014

CLICK HERE to start shopping!

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Whew, that’s a ton of info for one post! I’ll wrap this up in just a bit, but before I do, I also wanted to share a graphic you can post on YOUR blog if you plan on participating.  Just add the code below to your blog sidebar and help spread the word about the blog hop!

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Okay, that’s going to wrap up this announcement. I hope you’re just as excited about this blog hop as I am! Depending on the response of this one, who knows, maybe we can make this a quarterly event (and make it even BIGGER)!

I’ll be bringing a new shaker card tutorial very soon and also sharing some inspiration before the hop. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below and I’ll answer them.

I hope you all are ready to SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE!

New Products + Giveaway

Hello, sweet blog friends!

Today in the Pretty Pink Posh Shop, there are several new products available and one of them is a new embellishment kit. After considering several options, I decided to put together a guy themed kit filled with lots of items that can be used for guy cards. I don’t know about you, but I always have a hard time with these, so this kit takes the guess work out of it.

Do you recognize the layout of this card? I used it HERE last month and just changed out the colors and used products from the new kit. Isn’t it neat how the same layout can look different?

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For this card I used the DeNami Design Little Fawn and Woodland Logs set, along with the Grass Border die and trees from the Happy Trails die set (see, you don’t need to use the stamps with it!).

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I have filmed a video showcasing the new products and you also get to see exactly what’s included in the Nature Embellishment Kit. The more I play with the kit, the more I’m falling in LOVE!

Due to the popularity of the last few kits, I have made a larger batch this time around. I’m hoping you all will love it enough to where it will sell out. If so, I’ll restock! Each kit is only $14 and make GREAT gifts!

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Who is ready to do some shopping? I cannot wait to pick your orders and see what items caught your eye. Thank you to everyone who has shown your love, support and encouragement. Happy shopping!

YouTube Giveaway

Quick post…. I wanted to let my wonderful blog readers know I’m hosting a giveaway on the Pretty Pink Posh YouTube channel. I hit 1000 subscribers and I wanted to host a giveaway as a thank you to my subscribers. What does the lucky winner win? You’ll have to watch the video to see!

Also, I just made the stakes higher- I’ll give away a second prize to another lucky winner if I can get 100 thumbs up/ likes on this video. Think we can make it?

1000smallJudging from the comments, I need to make more videos in the future. I’m already thinking of more videos and hopefully I can add some new videos to my channel soon.

Have a great rest of your weekend!

March Craft Haul

Hello, sweet blog friends! Over the weekend I got lots of think accomplished and one of them was filming my March haul video. Words can’t describe how happy I am to hear and see how much you all love my videos. I’m absolutely blown away that I’m almost to 1-0-0-0 subscribers on the Pretty Pink Posh YouTube channel. You can bet that once I get to the big number, I’ll be doing a giveaway! I know you all really just want to see the video and the list of products, so let’s just jump right into it….

Now that I’m a sponsor for both Ellen Hutson and Simon Says Stamp, I wanted to make sure that I had links to either shop for the products (when applicable).  Speaking of these two shops….on April 1st, I’ll have some big news coming and these two places will be a part of it. Oh, but wait, there’s even more news…. I’ll have eight other companies involved too! Question: can you guess what I’m announcing on April 1st? It’s going to be BIG and it’s a huge deal for Pretty Pink Posh. Can’t wait to read your guesses! I hope you enjoyed my haul video. Thanks for stopping by!

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Easter Chicks + More Kits!

Is anyone else looking forward to Spring and Easter? I love everything about this time of year (well, not the rain… we get a lot of it here in Seattle!), but I DO love the flowers that bloom because of the rain. Flowers and I go hand-in-hand; I’m a sucker for fresh cut flowers and how they brighten up my studio.

For those who watched my March New Products video, you’ll recognize this card. I used the Springtime Sequin Mix for this card and love how the colors and those mini flower sequins complements the card. I think the Easter eggs with the sequins added in look adorable, don’t you?

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I get a lot of questions asking how I adhere my sequins and I personally like Crystal Lacquer or Medium Matte. These both hold the sequins well and with the small application holes, it doesn’t get too messy.

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excitingnewsOkay, now onto how you can purchase one of the SOLD OUT Springtime Embellishment Kits. I have 8 kits available and if you would like to purchase one, leave a comment with your name, state/country and quantity you would like. I’ll send Paypal invoices to those who leave a comment before they sell out. Then once these are gone I have no more.

NOTE: I’m sold out of the Springtime Mix of the cupped option and don’t know when I’ll be able to make more since my supplier is sold out of one of the colors….. Once I have them back in stock, I’ll definitely be posting it on the Pretty Pink Posh Facebook page. In the meantime, I do have the flat version available.

That’s going to wrap up this post. If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to the blog posts via email so you don’t miss anything. Coming April 1st, I’ll have a post packed full of news, new products and more- only 15 days away!

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