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Merry Holiday Ornaments

Hi there! Leanne here and I’m excited to be back on the Pretty Pink Posh blog. I’m sharing an ornament filled mini slimline card. I used the Build An Ornament die set to create my ornaments in four different styles. I’ll share a fun way to color and add lots of interest to them. 

For this card I started with a mini slimline card base (6.25″ long x 3.5″ wide). I blended on minty green ink to the card front. I applied it heavier towards the top and lighter towards the bottom to where it fades to white. I then splatted with gold water color paint. I created a pine garland to add to the top of the card. I used a pine sprig die included in the Winter Foliage die set. I die cut 5 pine sprigs to cover the length of the card. Before I adhered them, I splattered with white paint. 

I used all four ornament shapes included in the Build An Ornament set and die cut them from heavy weight white card stock. To color I sprayed them with Distress Mica Stains in the following colors: Cocktail Party, Wicked Elixir, Sugary Gumdrop, and Frosty Mint. The Mica Stain gives them a speckled look and lots of shimmer. Unfortunately the photo does not do justice to the shimmer from the Mica Stain application. It’s so pretty in person. After the Mica Stain was dry, I splattered the ornaments with white paint to add to their speckled look. 

There are dies included with the Build An Ornament set to embellish the ornaments even further. I die cut these pieces from silver glitter card stock. I also added ornament toppers, die cut from metallic silver card stock. I tied on some bows and then arranged the ornaments to cover the length of the card. 

To complete this card design, I added a greeting with a stamp included in the Winter Greetings set which also has coordinating dies. Lastly I added my go to embellishment, Sparkling Clear Sequins. 

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and it inspired you. Thanks for stopping by!

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Christmas Ornament Spinner Card

Hi crafty friends, Rebecca here. It turns out that spinner cards are REALLY easy to make even though they have such a fun interactive element! All you need to do is stamp a Christmas Ornament from the Holiday Ornaments Stamp Set twice and color both in exactly the same way. Then use the Holiday Ornaments Coordinating Dies to cut both ornaments out.

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Now create a background panel with the Cascading Snowflakes Stencils. I love non traditional pinks, blues and purples for the holidays, but you can use any color combination you love! I tried to match the colors to those on my ornaments.

Next die cut a circle slightly larger than the ornament. I used the Eyelet Circles Dies to cut out my window, but you could use an oval shape if you chose a different ornament shape. Cut the same circle out of the front of a card base in the same spot as it is on the panel. Use pencil marks to create a guide of where to cut.

Grab some clear string (or any color you like!) and make sure the string is longer than the card panel from top to bottom. Flip over one of the ornaments and tape the center of the string on the back of the ornament. Then add liquid adhesive and place the other ornament on top. Next tape the top of the string to the card base and the bottom of the string to the bottom of the card base and fortify with more adhesive.

Now all you have to do is adhere the stenciled panel on top and add a sentiment from the Winter Greetings Stamps and Dies. Then wind up your ornament by turning it in one direction over and over and close the card. When you open the card, the ornament will spin!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Rebecca

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Snowflake Shaker Card & Tag

Hi friends! It’s Christina, and today I’m sharing a sparkling, winter papercrafting duo with you featuring some of the beautiful new products from the holiday release. I made a shaker card and a matching shaker tag that are perfect for the snowy season ahead. Let’s get started!

For the shaker card, my first step was to create the background panel. I die cut the Largest Wonky Stitched Rectangle from aqua cardstock and then used the smaller Snowflake Shaker dies to die cut the shaker window from the lower right corner. Next, I stenciled the Cascading Snowflake Stencil with a white glittery stencil paste and let it dry. 

Next, I die cut the Snowflake Shaker Dies from glitter cardstock and attached the frame piece to the front of the background panel and the inside shaker piece to a teal cardstock panel measuring 4 x 5 ¼”. I attached thin foam strips around the inside shaker piece, creating a well for the Snow Days Shaker Beads, and foam tape across the rest of the panel. Then, I attached a piece of acetate over the shaker window on the reverse side of the background panel with double-sided tape before placing the panel onto the teal cardstock panel. Finally, I mounted the shaker panel onto an A2 aqua cardstock panel. 

To finish things up, I die cut additional Stitched Snowflakes from glitter cardstock and attached them to my card front. For the sentiment, I die cut the Winter Script Die from matte silver cardstock and stacked it with a plain white die cut before attaching it along with a couple of white heat embossed words from the Holiday Scripts Stamp Set that I die cut with the Sentiment Strips Dies.

To make the matching shaker tag, I die cut the Snowflake Shaker two times, once from glitter cardstock with the center die cut for the window and once from plain white cardstock without the center portion die cut to be the base. I attached thin foam strips to the base snowflake and created a well in the center for more of the Snow Days Shaker Beads. Then I attached a piece of acetate to the reverse side of the glitter die cut before placing it on the snowflake base. I added a tag topper die cut from glitter cardstock so I could attach some twine and a sentiment from the Upright Greetings: Christmas Stamp Set that I finished with a Metallic Silver Pearl.

And that completes this sparkling winter duo featuring many of the new Christmas and winter-themed products from the Holiday Release. Thanks for following along, and happy holiday crafting, friends!

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Happy Autumn Mushroom Shaker

Hello crafty friends! It’s Lisa Mears on the blog today and I’m super excited to share a cozy and whimsical fall-themed card that I made using the fall release!

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My card features a Mushroom Shaker element that adds a fun touch to the design. I also incorporated a mushroom-stenciled background and some beautiful fall foliage to really capture that autumn vibe.

I started off by creating my card background. I used the Layered Mushrooms Stencils with the following Distress Oxide inks: Abandoned Coral, Dried Marigold, and Antique Linen.

For the white dots on the mushroom caps, I used Scrapbook.com Cloud Whip along with a palette knife to spread the Cloud Whip into the holes on the stencil. The Cloud Whip is a bright white paste which not only gives dimension to the card, but also allows for a nice white color over the colored ink. Using Cloud Whip is so much easier than trying to add white ink over top of the red and orange mushroom caps.

The mushroom shaker is the centerpiece of my card. I die cut the mushroom die with white cardstock and inked the cardstock with Abandoned Coral and Antique Linen Distress Oxide inks. I added the Fall Mushroom Clay Confetti Mix to the inside of the shaker. Be sure to watch my video to see how I made the mushroom shaker.

For the foliage, I used the Solid Fall Foliage stencils along with the following Distress Oxide inks: Rustic Wilderness, Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade, Scattered Straw, Walnut Stain, and Ground Espresso. After inking the foliage on the stencil, I used the Solid Fall Foliage coordinating dies to cut the foliage out. I added the foliage around the mushroom and I used the Happy Autumn sentiment from the Solid Fall Foliage stamp set.

Happy Crafting!
Lisa Mears

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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

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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

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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.