Hi friends, Debbie here with the super adorable Stitched Birds Dies and Decorative Birdhouse Dies!  I absolutely love this card! I took my color inspiration from the super talented Arsenia!

When I started I used a white A6 panel, 41/2 X 61/2 inches. Placing it on a grip mat and the Layered Blooming Vines Stencils. One of my all time favorites! After I did all the ink blending on with both layers. I added more ink to the edges and splattered with the teal and white. 

Then with the Tranquil Teal and Lemon Lolly card stocks, I die cut out the Decorative Birdhouses and the Stitched Birds. On all the die cuts I did some ink blending on the edges to give some depth to the cuts. Splattering on white Dr. ph Martin’s Bleed Proof and set to the side to dry. Later, I will add Onyx Pearls for the eyes on the birds. 

I wanted some to make it look as though the birdhouses were hanging. So with the Stitched Strips Dies I die cut out the very thinnest die from white card stock. 

Next, with the Florals Wreath Builder Dies with three different sizes of flowers. I die cut out enough to double layer them, adding white splatter to them as well. 

For the sentiment I used the recently released Summer Script Die. Die cutting it out several times from white to stack up for dimension and the red for the top. Then I stamped out the rest of the sentiment from the Sentiment Strips: Summer stamp and die cut it out with the Sentiment Strips Dies. 

As I’m starting to adhere it all together, I used my trimmer to die cut a mat with the Teal card stock 1/8 inch bigger then the Layered Blooming Vines panel.  Then with the largest Eyelet Rectangle Dies, I did some creative cutting. With the die at a Horizonal position and the cutting plate off set I ran it through my cutting machine. So only cutting on the three sides, then slide the die down to lock it in and do another partial cut. So once I was finished I had a 5X7 card, attaching it to a card base. 

Now with all the die cuts dry, I started attaching it all together with the birds and some of the flowers popped up with foam squares.

Thanks for stopping by and stay crafty my friends!

Hey crafty friends, Marine here with you today! I’m thrilled to be back with another Shadow Box cardshowcasing beautiful seashells, corals, and cute fish. Those boxes are so quick and easy to put together, it is super fun to make them!

As very often, I started off by stamping the images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I cut them all using the matching dies, colored everything with my Ohuhu markers, and when the coloring was done, I added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen. Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Seashells – seashells, large starfish, large coral • Seashell Wreath – small starfish, small coral, small seashells • Baby Animals + Birthday Dogs & Cats – fish.

Next I worked on my Shadow Box and cut two panels out of aqua cardstock. I kept one of them, and cut an opening out of it using the rectangle die from the set. I added peacock feathers distress ink to the edges of both panels, and then created a coral pattern on both of them using the Layered Coral stencils along with the same distress ink. I mixed that ink with water, used a slim brush to add splatters to my panels, and then did the same with copic opaque white ink.

For the background, I cut a 4 x 3 inches panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock. I started by covering it with peacock feathers oxide ink, and then I added a wavy pattern using the Wave Edges stencils along with blueprint sketch oxide ink. I splattered water on my panel and dried it with a paper towel, mixed some chipped sapphire oxide ink with water, and added dark blue splatters to my panel using my slim brush, as well as white splatters.

To ground all my Seashells and underwater themed items, I cut three basic insert pieces out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock using a Shadow Box die, and used the wavy border die from the set to turn my three basic inserts into sand inserts. I first covered them with antique linen oxide ink, added a little bit of vintage photo at the bottom, and then blended the colors. I mixed some ground espresso oxide ink with water and added brown splatters to each sand border, and then added white splatters as well.

Next I used the scalloped rectangle die and the rectangle die from the Shadow Box die set to cut a frame out of white cardstock. I assembled my Shadow Box, attached the sand inserts and the back panel using liquid glue, stuck the white frame using liquid glue again, and then stuck all the images on the inside, outside and sides of the box using 1mm and 2mm foam squares. For some of the fish, I used slim strips of acetate to give the illusion that they were swimming among the seashells and corals.

I white heat embossed “You are spe-shell” from Seashells on yellow cardstock to match with the starfish, cut it with the matching die, and finally attached it inside the box using 2mm foam squares.

And that’s it! I hope that you like this super cute and bright underwater Shadow Box card. Thanks for stopping by, and see you soon!

Hi, friends! Christina here, and I have a bright and happy birthday card to share with you today. This card has a rainbow of sweet cake pops, sprinkled with the cutest confetti, and is perfect for celebrating a summer birthday. Let’s get started!

I started by creating the stenciled text background on a white A2 cardstock panel. I used the Birthday Words stencil and a rainbow of Distress Ink colors. I chose Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Tumbled Glass, and Faded Jeans. I started in the upper left corner and blended the colors in rainbow order, working diagonally across the panel. So fun and so beautiful!

Next, I die cut a Wonky Stitched Rectangle from the center of the stenciled panel and attached both the positive and the negative pieces to another cardstock panel, popping up the center rectangle with foam tape. This is an easy way to add a frame to your design without actually adding a frame. Plus, it adds some dimension and interest! Then I added a sweet Doily Border to the top and bottom of the panel before adhering everything to a card base. 

Time to move on to building the Birthday Cake Pops! I chose colored cardstock in coordinating rainbow colors and added white bows to each one. To decorate the cake pops, I used a variety of PPP clay confetti. Changing up the clay confetti would be an easy way to customize your cake pops to the recipient of your sweet card! 

For the pink cake pop, I used the Strawberry Valentine Mix and the Rainbow Bright Mix. For the yellow pop, I used the Lemon Lime Mix and the Lucky Charms Mix. For the green pop, I used the Spring Flowers Mix and the Enchanted Garden Mix. And lastly, for the blue pop, I used the Americana mix and the Lucky Charms mix. 

I finished up my card design with a heat-embossed sentiment from the Sentiment Strips Birthday stamp set that I framed up with a scallop Sentiment Strip Die. 

Thank you for checking out my bright and happy birthday card design featuring a rainbow of sweet cake pops! See you again soon!

Hey friends! Justin here, and I am providing some out of this world colorful inspiration using the Outer Space stamp set and coordinating dies! I decided to focus on almost all of the images provided in the Outer Space stamp set, color them up with my Olo Markers, and see what sort of scene card I could come up with!

Below is a list of Pretty Pink Posh Products used to create this card:
Outer Space Stamp Set
Outer Space Coordinating Die Set

Other Key Products Used:
Olo Markers, Picket Raspberry Distress Ink, Mustard Seed Distress Ink, Twisted Citrón Distress Ink, Peacock Feathers Distress Ink, Wilted Violet Distress Ink, Black Soot Distress Ink, Copic White Acrylic Paint, Liquid Snowflake Paper Splatter, Black Cardstock, White Cardstock

I always start my cards that use colored images by actually coloring up the images and cutting them out. This helps me get an idea of what sort of color scheme I am going for, and I often find this being the most time consuming portion of the card making process as well. It’s nice to get it out of the way first!

One of my favorite techniques is ink blending galaxies, and it’s really a lot easier than you’d think! It’s all about layering dye inks next to each other, and being sure to include a black dye ink in your palette! Blending up a galaxy sorta looks… awful, for lack of a better term, at first. Your colors will look sorta muted, maybe a bit muddy. You also will feel like you notice harsh blending lines between your colors that will make you want to crumple your paper up and walk away. This is definitely a “trust the process” technique. I always start by laying down my non-black ink colors first, and leaving areas of the paper un-inked. Then, I go in with my black dye ink, and blend wherever you can still see white paper. Finally, I go back in with my non-black inks and re-blend the areas where they are already on the paper, as this gives a good blend and saturation.

Splatters and bleach spots are SO important when working with your galaxy backgrounds too! I highly recommend using dye inks that are water reactive, as you can splatter a bit of water when you’re done and get some perfect bleach spots. I also recommend splattering at least white acrylic paint and a metallic medium of choice on your background as well, to give the illusion of a star filled galaxy.

For my sentiment, I stamped it out in embossing ink on black cardstock, embossed it in white powder, and then fussy cut it out. I used foam tape behind it to give it a little lift.

Then, using a combination of foam tape and just liquid adhesive, I adhered all of my colored up elements to my card. A good tip to keep in mind is that if you accidentally created any sort of smudges or imperfections during your background creation process, covering them up with your colored images is a fantastic way to never have to worry about them again!

I adhered my entire panel to an A2-size card base, and finished off by adhering a few sparkle adhesives!

Thank you so much for stopping by the Pretty Pink Posh Blog today! I hope this fun card provides you with some truly extraterrestrial fun ideas for your next Pretty Pink Posh project!

Happy Crafting!
Justin

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Hello friends! Mindy here, and I hope you’ve been enjoying our Summer Inspiration Week!

Today, I’m sharing two flamingo-themed cards that instantly bring those sunny, tropical vibes to life. Flamingos are such iconic summer birds, and I couldn’t resist creating with the Tropical Birds stamp set, which also includes a fabulous palm tree perfect for building warm, beachy scenes.

For my first card, I stamped the images onto white cardstock and colored them with Copic markers.

The colors I used are:

• FLAMINGOS: RV66, RV55, RV63, RV00
• PALM TREE: G29, G17, YG06, YG00; E49, E37, E35, E33

To create a vibrant backdrop, I ink blended a colorful summer palette, then layered over it with the Summer Words stencil and shimmer relief paste for some sparkle and texture.

To build my scene, I used the Stitched Duo 3 die to create a window.

Behind the window, I added die cut waves and a sandy shoreline with the Shoreline Borders Die. 

The frame is popped up with foam tape for dimension, and I finished off the scene with the palm tree, a flamingo, and a sentiment from the Beach Fun stamp set.

My second card is a clean and simple design that puts the spotlight on the flamingo. I had already colored the image, so for the background, I simply stamped the palm tree in a light brown ink onto white cardstock. The flamingo is popped up with foam squares, and I added a bold black sentiment near the bottom to balance the design.

Both cards give off that laid-back, tropical energy perfect for summer crafting. I hope they inspire you to create your own sunny scenes!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I had so much fun bringing these flamingo scenes to life and sharing a bit of tropical inspiration with you.

Hello everyone, it’s June here! I hope you’re all as excited about Summer Theme Week as we are. Today I’m sharing a card I made using an older summer stamp set that I’m still in love with, which is the Citrus stamp set. It’s a small set, but there’s so much you can do with it!

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I often use both the lemon/lime and the orange together, but today I went with just the orange. I stamped a bunch of oranges and slices and colored them in using Copic Markers. I also stamped a sentiment from the Friend Greetings stamp set using dark green ink.

I played around with my die cuts to make a pattern around the sentiment. I thought it was a bit too empty with just the oranges, so I stamped some of the juice splashes from the set and a couple of the flowers from the Tea Time stamp set. Adding these into the pattern made it a bit more complete. 

I decided to go for a mint green background with dark green splatters on it to bring in more of the green. As a finishing touch, I stamped a couple of leaves from the Citrus stamp set to arrange around the sentiment. I popped up the sentiment and flowers using foam tape.

I think this card is a great example of how even a small stamp set can carry an entire card design. While I did bring in some extra products, the design itself can easily be replicated using just the flowers and leaves from the Citrus stamp set itself if you want to keep it simple.

I hope this card inspired you to create your own fun pattern card. See you again soon for another blog post!

Hello, crafty friends! It’s Christina, and I have a sunny tropical card design to share with you for Summer Theme Week here at PPP. For this inspiration project, I combined the beautiful Hibiscus Flowers stamp set with some of the new summer-themed goodies from the latest release. Grab your markers or whatever your favorite coloring medium is, and let’s get started! 

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I started by stamping the images from the Hibiscus Flowers stamp set with a black alcohol marker-friendly ink. I also stamped images from a few other sets: a shell from the Seashell Wreath set, a small flower from the Hummingbird Floral set, and the butterfly from the Easter Icons set. Then I colored them with Copic markers before die cutting them with the coordinating dies.  

Next, I created the background by inking an A2 card panel and a Scallop Frame with two shades of yellow ink. Then I die cut the card panel with the Chevron Pierced Plate and attached the scallop frame. 

To finish things up, I arranged the stamped images on the background panel and attached them with either glue or foam squares. Then I die cut the Good Vibes sentiment from a coordinating cardstock and attached it with foam squares. The final detail was to add a few clay confetti pieces from the Bright Rainbow Mix for embellishment. 

Thanks so much for reading about my sunny tropical card design that I created for Summer Theme Week! Be sure to check the blog all week for more beautiful summertime creations from the team!

Hello Everyone! Welcome to Day 4 of the Summer Theme Week! It is Zsofi here today with a fun, beachy inspiration mixing the latest release with some older stamps and dies. Let me guide you through the process of how I made this summer card.

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First I created the background using the Seashell Background stencil on light blue cardstock. I wanted something simple and couldn’t find my stencil spray adhesive, so I decided to spritz some Distress Mica spray over the stencil. I love how shimmery and unique it turns out every single time! It is my favourite technique with intricate stencils and it is super fast!

Then I stamped some images from the Beach Fun stamp set and the koala from Heart Critters. I coloured them with Copic markers and cut them all out with their coordinating dies. 

To set the scene I die cut a piece of heavy weight vellum with the Notched Squares die set and also a scrap piece of kraft cardstock. I cut the latter with the Shoreline border dies and ink blended the edges with some brown ink. I also added dots with brown markers and a white gel pen, it really looks like sand! I assembled the scene and stamped a sentiment on the top right corner from the Sentiment Strips: Summer stamp set.

I cut a little bit off the stenciled background and gave it a dark teal mat before adhering it to an A2 sized top folding notecard. I attached the focal panel and glued a glitter word die cut under it, which I cut with the Summer Script die. I couldn’t resist adding an extra sentiment under it, to make it complete. 

As a finishing touch, I used a clear shimmer pen on the ball and the stripes of the surf board. A black glaze pen on the eyes and nose of the koala and glossy accents on the sunglasses and some extra details. I also added some orange twine on the top, it makes it even more cheerful in my eyes.

I hope you liked this card idea and got inspired. I cannot wait to see your beautiful summer creations, make sure to share them in our Facebook group!

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you soon,
Zsofi

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Hello, Gemma here to share a card for Summer Theme Week, featuring the Layered Seashells Stencils and the Shoreline Borders die set.

I began by blending distress oxide inks in Dried Marigold, Saltwater Taffy, and Salvaged Patina over one layer of the Layered Seashells Stencils. On the second layer, I used some Nuvo Winter White glacier paste to give pearl shimmer details. I put this stenciled panel aside to dry whilst I worked on the rest of the card.

Next, I used the Shoreline Borders die set to cut some pieces of card to create a beach scene. On the blue water piece, I heat embossed in white a sentiment from the Sentiment Strips: Summer stamp set.

Once dry, I adhered the stencilled panel to an A2 card base, then added the bench scene layers on top to finish my Summer card.

Have a great day. Stop by tomorrow for another day of summer inspiration!