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Merry Stocking Shaker

Hello friends! It’s Leica, and today I’ve got a delightful Christmas shaker card featuring the Stocking Shaker Die as the star of the show. This card is a breeze to recreate, so let’s dive right in!

First things first, I took some pink cardstock and cut it into a large rectangle using the Eyelet Rectangles Dies. Then, I used the Stocking Shaker to cut out the center area of the stocking. I taped the edges of the stocking onto the pink card panel and added a piece of clear acetate to the back of the stocking shape. To create the shaker part, I attached foam tape to the back of the card panel and filled it up with the Christmas Tree Mix. For the back of the shaker stocking, I used a piece of red cardstock that I decorated with dots using the Mini Polka Dots stencil.

For the sentiment, I cut out “Merry” in silver glitter foam and stamped “Christmas” in black ink on the top part of the stocking. Next, I cut out a cute Christmas tree from green cardstock, glued it onto the acetate of the shaker, and added some dots using Liquid Pearl in White Opal.

I then cut a piece of patterned paper to fit an A2-sized card and elevated the eyelet rectangle on the card panel using foam. Finally, I glued the panel onto a standard A2-sized card base.

That’s the lowdown on my shaker card! Thanks a million for hanging out with me, and I hope you’re smitten with today’s card share. Have an absolutely wonderful day!

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Festive Holiday Mug

Hi friends! It’s Dana here today and I am excited to be back to share a holiday card that uses the new Holiday Mug Additions die set. I love that this set can be combined with the original Winter Mug dies to give you so many possibilities!

I started my card by using the Layered Candy Canes stencil set (2 layers) to create my card panel. I ink blended white pigment ink and Distress Oxide ink in Candied Apple onto a pink cardstock panel to create my background.

Next, I used the Winter Mug dies along with the Holiday Mug Additions dies to create my mug and accessories. I die cut the pieces from white cardstock and used finger dabblers to add ink to each of the individual pieces before assembling. I then used the Eyelet Rectangle die to die cut a vellum rectangle for the center of my card. I attached my mug and accessories to my panel with foam adhesive. For my sentiment I used the Sentiment Strips: Christmas stamp set along with the Sentiment Strips dies. Lastly, I added a few white paint splatters to my card to finish it off.

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you enjoyed my card. I can’t wait to see what you create with these fun new products!!

Enjoy your day, Dana

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Tree Cover Plate w/ Distress Mica Sprays

Hi, friends! It’s Lauren and I am back with a new video today making a Christmas shaker card! I love how easy shaker cards can be with the new Tree Cover Plate Die and we’re going to make one together today.

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I am starting with some watercolor cardstock and adding different Distress products to create my own colorful paper. Using Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide, I ink squished the color on my glass mat and added water. I dabbed my paper into the ink and used my heat gun to dry the paper in between layers. Once I was happy with the lighter green, I also added some Lucky Clover Distress Oxide.

The green was looking so pretty, but I wanted to tie in some pink to match the Christmas Tree Mix, so I sprayed on some Distress Mica Spray in Sugary Gumdrop. Once the watercolor cardstock is dry, I used the Tree Cover Plate Die to cut out my panel for the front of my shaker.

You can watch the video below to see each step of the shaker assembly, but I layered the Tree Cover Plate with acetate, foam adhesive and a white and gray speckled background paper. This panel will be attached to an A2 card base.

For my sentiment on the card, I am mixing dies and stamps – I used the Merry Script to die cut out of a dark and light pink cardstock and glued them together to create a drop shadow look. I also stamped a sentiment from the Sentiment Strips: Christmas Stamp Set in green on die cuts from the Sentiment Strips Dies. I layered the stamped sentiment on white with yellow and pink cardstock.

Since my card already has plenty of dimension being a shaker card, I adhered my die cut and stamped sentiments to the card with liquid adhesive.

I hope you like this interactive Christmas card inspired by the colors of the Christmas Tree Mix and that you have lots of fun making cute Christmas cards with this latest release!

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Day 4: October Blog Hop + New Release Now Available

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Hello friends! It’s Leica, and I’m excited to share a holiday card featuring the fantastic Love From Afar Dies. This set is absolutely stunning, and I’ve got to say, my favorites are the banner and the word dies that fit perfectly inside it.

To get started, I cut an A2-sized piece of white cardstock and gave it some color with Distress Oxide Inks in Chipped Sapphire and Faded Jeans. To add a little extra flair, I splashed some gold and white ink on there for a touch of pizzazz.

Next, I used the Love From Afar dies to cut out the various elements. I added a strip of gold cardstock and tied a bow to make the globe look like an ornament. Then, I placed a pink banner on there with the words, “Joy to the world.” I also cut out a couple of birds from cream cardstock and popped them up on the card panel with foam.

Finally, I glued the card panel onto an A2-sized card base, and that wraps up my Christmas card using the Love From Afar dies.

I truly believe this die set will bring you a lot of joy. It’s large and creates a beautiful focal point on your card. I hope you give it a try and have a blast with your crafting!

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Day 3: October Blog Hop + New Release Now Available

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Hello, Gemma here today sharing a merry & bright Christmas tree card, using the new Tree Cover Plate.

I began by die cutting the Tree Cover Plate from pearl white sparkle card. I also die cut it from four bright colours of card for the decorated trees, along with satin gold mirror card to get nine of the solid trees.

I adhered the pearl white sparkle card background to an A2 card base, followed by the gold trees. Not all of these will be seen, but it means that they all have the same dimension.

Next, I added the brightly coloured trees on top, alternating the colours. The gold underneath will show through the holes in three of the trees.

For the sentiment, I white heat embossed a greeting from the Sentiment Strips: Christmas stamp set on pink card. I die cut this using one of the dies in the Sentiment Strips set, then popped it up on the card with foam tape.

To finish, I added some little stars to the tops of some of the trees. This star die is one of the small decoration pieces included in the Tree Cover Plate.

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Day 2: October Blog Hop + New Release Now Available

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Hi friends, it’s Lindsey here. My favorite crafty thing to make during the holidays is actually not cards. It’s tags! I try to make special tags for my family every year, and my children and nieces have started using them as tree decorations.

I pulled out my much-loved Winter Mug and used the Holiday Mug Additions to dress it up. Inside the mug I tucked in the little tree stick and peppermint from the new dies and a candy cane from the Winter Mug dies.

I also sprinkled on some snowflakes from the new Candy Cane Lane Mix. Oh, and that wonderful puff of whipped cream is actually Santa’s beard (a die in the Holiday Mug Additions) that I adhered upside down.

My final project is a large tag made from the new Stocking Shaker die. I filled it with Candy Cane Lane Clay Confetti Mix. Then, I tucked in some candy canes (Winter Mug dies) and a gift (Build A Gift Dies).

The final touch was a little tag made using the Holiday Mug Additions and Stocking Shaker Die.

To give you some perspective of size and scale, here is everything I made recently all together…happy sigh. :)

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Day 1: October Blog Hop + New Release Now Available

The October 2023 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 in a video, Mindy has that for you today!

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Hello crafty friends! Leica here, and I’ve got a joyful holiday shaker card to share with you to kick off the blog hop.

To get things rolling, I took an A2-sized piece of pink cardstock and gave it a candy cane print background using the Layered Candy Canes Stencils. For Layer A, I used Festive Berries Distress Oxide Ink, and for Layer B, I applied Finnabair Snowflake Paste.

I created a frame from white cardstock using the Fancy Cake Dies and glued a piece of acetate on the back of the frame. Then, I surrounded the frame with foam tape, and for the shaker fun, I filled it up with the Candy Cane Lane Mix.

For the main attraction of my card, I added a stocking using the Build A Stocking die set. I incorporated some greenery from the Winter Foliage Dies and adorned it with a gold ribbon from the Holiday Mug Additions, topped with a Metallic Gold Pearl.

To make the sentiment pop, I hot foiled the “Holidays” in gold and cut it with the Happy Holidays Shadow die. I then heat embossed “happy” on a strip of blue cardstock in gold and placed it just above the “Holiday Shadow.”

Finally, I glued the card panel onto an A2-sized card base. And there you have it, my lovely shaker card. I hope you’ll give shaker cards a whirl for your loved ones this holiday season.

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October 2023 Product Reveal + Bundle

Hello friends! It’s time to reveal all of the products that are part of the October 11th release.

Here’s a look at the six new stamp sets that will be available for purchase: Christmas Cupcakes, Christmas Dinosaurs, Holiday Stockings, Holiday Trees, Sentiment Strips: Christmas and Winter Birds.

Here are the individual die sets that will be available: Build A Stocking, Eyelet Rectangles, Happy Holiday Shadow, Merry Christmas Shadow, Holiday Mug Additions (designed to be used with the popular Winter Mug dies), Love From Afar, Pierced Snowflakes Plate, Tree Cover Plate, Hot Foil- Happy Holidays* and Hot Foil- Merry Christmas*, Merry Script, Holiday Birds and Stocking Shaker.

*The shadow dies work individually, or you can use them in conjunction with the hot foil plates!

This month we have five new stencils: Layered Candy Canes (2 layer), Layered Christmas Trees (3 layer), Layered Stockings (3 layer), Layered Winter Wreath (3 layer) and Winter Words.

There are five new embellishments this month: Candy Cane Lane, Christmas Tree, Jolly Santa, Christmas Magic shaker beads and Christmas Cookie shaker beads.

We have a limited amount of bundles available where you can buy this release in one easy click. Plus, you’ll save 15% off when you buy it all together.

Due to not everyone owning a hot foil machine, we did NOT include the hot foil plates in this bundle.

We will see you tomorrow as we show you the new products in a video and the products go live individually. Plus, we will be kicking off our FOUR day blog hop!

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Sneak Peek: October 2023 Dies

Hello! It’s Lindsey today and I’m super excited to be giving you a sneak peek of the amazing new dies releasing this month. They have absolutely put me in the mood for Christmas, and I think you are going to love them!

New release will be available October 11th

Today’s projects are extra special for me because these are the colors you will find in my home at Christmastime. The fabric, embellishments and overall design of my family’s stockings inspired my first card. Because I wanted everyone’s stocking to fit, this card is a large, non-traditional size (8.5×4.25).

The new Build a Stocking dies are a must have in my opinion. They are so much fun! I had a blast mixing and matching all the little pieces. The creative possibilities are endless! There are two stocking sizes that have multiple solid, stitched, and polka dot overlay options. There are lots of cuff options, too, and even more if you layer them.

The solid outline stocking shapes also make it easy to design your own stocking. I made my floral stocking with berries and leaves from the new Holiday Mug Additions. I also added a little flower embellishment from the Winter Foliage dies onto the red polka dot stocking, but otherwise all the stockings were made using the Build a Stocking dies.

The sentiment on my card is soon-to-be-released Merry Christmas Shadow Die. And just FYI, there are two other sentiment dies releasing this month. Yay!

Oh, and if you look closely you will see the pierced snowflake design on my card base. That is the fabulous new Pierced Snowflakes Plate. Love, love, love!!! Here’s one last shot of some of the stockings I used in the photos just so you can see more design options. Once you start making these, you aren’t going to want to stop!

Okay, on to my second card! I’m especially fond of the new Tree Cover Plate and was eager to use it. There are so many cute patterns on these trees, and the card practically makes itself.

After arranging my trees, I simply created a frame with the new Eyelet Rectangles and finished off the card with the previously released Merry & Bright Script Dies.

This is a huge release, and there are several more dies releasing, so make sure you come back tomorrow to see everything in picture form. Thanks so much for joining me today!

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Sneak Peek: October 2023 Stencils

Hi friends! It’s Dana here today and I am excited to be back to share a sneak peek of two of the stencils sets coming to the holiday release. The new release is packed full of amazing new products for all of your holiday crafting and includes five new stencil sets! Today I will be using the Layered Christmas Trees set along with the Layered Stocking set.

New release will be available October 11th

My first card uses the Layered Christmas Tree stencil set. This is a three pack of stencils that layer together to create a fun Christmas tree pattern. I decided to use “nontraditional” colors and create my trees in a soft rainbow color palette. I used finger daubers and dye ink for my blending. Once my panel was finished I added a few white splatters with acrylic paint.

Next, I used the new Eyelet Rectangles die to create my base for my trees and sentiment. I ink blended the rectangle with aqua ink and added three rainbow blended trees that I created with the new Tree Cover Plate. Lastly, I used the Sentiment Strips: Christmas stamp set for my sentiment.

For my next card, I used the Layered Stockings stencil set.

I started my card by using the Layered Stocking stencil set to create my card panel. This is a set of three stencils that layer together to create an adorable stocking pattern. I once again used dye ink and finger daubers for my blending. On my third (final) layer I added Ranger Texture Paste in Transparent Gloss over the blended ink to give the cuffs of the stockings a little extra “shine”.

Next, I used the Scallop Frame die to create my frame for the center of my card. I then used the new Build A Stocking die set to create my two stockings for my card. I ink blended the pieces using the same ink as my panel and assembled them with liquid glue. I used a piece of a white flocking transfer sheet to die cut the cuffs to give them a fuzzy texture. I backed my frame with vellum and then attached my two stockings with foam adhesive. Lastly, I used the Sentiment Strips: Christmas stamp set for my sentiment.

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you enjoyed my cards. I know you will love these amazing new stencils and I can’t wait to see what you create with them!

Enjoy your day,
Dana