Hello Friends! Elaine here today to share a Father’s Day project featuring products from the May release.
To start my card, I stamped the small stamps in the Dad stamp set directly on to marker friendly cardstock. The panel measured 4”x5.25”. I used a small acrylic block to stamp the spanner, hammer, and screwdriver repeatedly all over the panel, making sure some images hang over the edge.
I coloured the images with copic markers in the following colours:
To fill in some of the blank space on the card I used some confetti stamps from Let’s Party and stamped them randomly in the gaps in black and grey colored dye inks.
On the same copic friendly cardstock, I stamped the large DAD image and coloured with E29, E27, E25. Using the Dad coordinating die, I cut the letters out. I secured the large DAD letters to a piece of vellum along with a sentiment which was white heat embossed on black cardstock and trimmed into a strip.
I placed some foam tape behind the sentiment and DAD letters and secured it to the middle of the patterned tool card panel.
The whole piece was then adhered to a dark grey A2 card base. With some of the left over images and card stock I created a quick tag using the smallest tag in the Scallop Square Tag die set.
I hope you like this card, I always struggle to make masculine style cards, but this stamp set makes it so easy because of those perfectly themed images.
Next, I colored the images with Spectrum Noir Illustrator and Classique Markers. The used colors are: BT1, BT2, BT3, BT5, BT6, CT1, CT3, FS9, TN1, TN2, TN3, TN6, TN8, EB5, RB3, RB1, CR2, True Black, Blender. Classiques: BT05. For the coloring process with useful tips visit the video tutorial. After the coloring I added white highlights to the images with white pen and pencil as well.
I wanted to make this card from the front of the motor boat, so I created one with die-cutting. I made the windshield from silver glitter cardstock. First, I run it through my die-cut machine with the Stitched Borders 1 dies, and repeated the process with the Stitched Gift Card Holdersas well on each side.
When it was done, I have created one more die-cut with the Stitched Border1 dies, but this time from vellum as a glass of the windshield. Next, I cut a piece of teal cardstock to the boat and I also made some die cuts from brown woodgrain cardstock as well. To the front of the boat, I will use a negative piece of die-cut what I made again with the stitched border dies and to the back of the ship I have created a brown die-cut with the scalloped border dies. When I had all my parts prepared, I made on them a quick ink blending to add a bit shadow, and adhered them together.
Next, I stamped the I love you, sentiment to my card base with watermark ink, then I heat embossed it with fine white embossing powder.
After this process I made a quick ink blending with Peacock Feathers and Mermaid Lagoon distress oxide inks to the sea. When it was done, I continued the blending of the sky with Blueprint Sketch and Chipped Sapphire distress oxide inks to create that perfect bright sky.
After the ink blending, I run the card front through my die-cut machine with the wave dies from the Nautical die set. I have also created 3 die cuts with the Dad script die, adhered them together, but I shifted the bottom part a bit to have a sparkly shadow.
In the end I just put every piece to its right place, and this lovely nautical card was ready. Thank you so much for stopping by, see you next time.
Hey everyone, Elaine on the Pretty Pink Posh blog today sharing a fun masculine card using the new Tool Background Die. This die makes creating cards easy and it’s perfect for Father’s Day!
To start I cut a piece of dark grey card stock with a slight woodgrain texture to just larger than 5.5” x 4.25” and then ran that through my die cutting machine with the Tool Background die. I popped out all the negative pieces and secured the positive piece to a panel of black cardstock measuring 5.5” x 4.25” and secured to a top folding landscape A2 sized card base.
Next comes the fun part! This card is great way to use up scraps of cardstock in your stash and gluing it all together like a puzzle. I used some more woodgrain textured cardstock in brown and dark brown for the ruler and handle of the hammer, some mirror cardstock for the top of the hammer and nails, and black cardstock for the banner, letters, and handle of the screwdriver. For the spanner I used some smooth dark grey cardstock and added a few white highlights with a gel pen. Such a super quick and simple card but one that really makes an impact!
I hope you enjoyed this quick and fun card tutorial and I look forward to seeing what everyone else creates with this fun background die.
Hello, friends! It’s Leica here. Growing up, my dad would wake us up early on Saturdays to go fishing with him. It was a lot of fun, as long as I didn’t have to unhook my catch!
Today, I am sharing a Father’s Day card inspired by the fishing days I spent with my dad.
To begin, I cut a 3.25″x6.25″ panel and inked with Blueprint Sketch and Cracked Pistachio distress oxide inks. I also cut a 3″x6″ panel in Kraft cardstock. I then splattered these panels with black and white acrylic paint.
Next, I stamped the DAD word from the Dad stamp set and colored with Copic – E47/44/43. I also stamped out the fishing rod (N3/1 and BG09/05/11), the fish (YG11/00), and the hat (R29/27/24). The adorable bears are from Bear Friends stamp set. I used Copic E55/53/50 to color them.
I adhered my panels onto a 3.25″x6.25″ card base and assembled the stamped images. Lastly, I white heat embossed the sentiment onto a strip of black cardstock.
Hello, Gemma here for a new Clean and Simple post. Today I have a floral CAS card to share, using the Tulip Cover Plate die. This beautiful die is perfect for clean and simple cards. I love the possibilities for adding colour to the flowers.
I die cut 3 layers of the Tulip Cover Plate die from white card. This gives some great dimension to the card.
I used a light green copic marker to add some colour to the tulip stems. For the tulips and the vase, I die cut some patterned paper to piece into the cover die.
The Tulip Cover Plate die includes a tag and a bow die. I layered a patterned paper bow over a white card bow for stability. For the white tag, I stamped a sentiment from the Let’s Party stamp set, then layered it over a patterned paper tag, offset for a spot of colour behind.
I adhered the tag and bow, and added a sequin from the Valentine confetti mix in the centre of the bow to finish.
Hi, crafty friends! It’s Leica here. Today, I have a lovely birthday card using the Floral Corners stamp set that I just can’t seem to put away and the Easter Basket Dies that is perfect not only for Easter but year-round.
To start, I cut a panel in white cardstock using the Stitched Notes Dies. Using the Wide Stripes stencil, I then ink blended the panel in Milled Lavender distress oxide. For added interest, I splattered with black and gold acrylic paint.
Next, I stamped, colored, and cut the flowers from the Floral Corners stamp set. I used Copic Sketch markers in B38/34/32/0000, Y13, YG67/63/61, and RV69/66/63. I then cut the Easter Basketin light gray cardstock.
I then adhered the panel onto the card base and also adhered the basket onto the panel. The flowers are foam mounted for dimension. Next, I glued the sentiment onto the basket. It wouldn’t be a Pretty Pink Posh card without any jewels, so I added some Sparkling Clear Jewels here and there for added interest and texture to the card.
That’s all, folks! I hope you enjoyed today’s card share. The Easter Basket die is super cute and great for any occasion. You can add flowers, critters, or maybe make a basket-shaped tag or a mini card with it. How about making it into a hot air balloon?! The possibilities are endless!
Hello friends! It’s Ashley with a new card featuring one of Pretty Pink Posh’s amazing stamp/die/stencil combos! I truly love how versatile these products are and the Geraniums set is no exception!
I started this card by creating my leafy background. I used white cardstock, then stenciled the leaves from the Geraniums stencil in a random pattern over the whole piece using Fresh Pear ink. I wiped off my stencil then did another layer of random leaves, this time using Mint ink.
I stamped the flowers from the Geraniums stamp set on white cardstock with VersaMark ink, then embossed them with gold. Once the embossing had set, I used the Geraniums stencil to add a bit of light color to each bloom with Ballet Slipper and Sparkling Rose inks. I went back in with Copic markers and added some flicks of color to the flower centers for more interest, then cut the flowers out with the Geraniums coordinating dies.
I cut the Hi Shaker die from metallic gold cardstock to work as my sentiment. I backed it with vellum, then added it to my card with foam tape. I arranged my geranium blooms around the sentiment, popping a few up with more foam tape as needed. To finish, I scattered a few Sparkling Clear jewels around for extra interest and some sparkle.
Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
Hi there, it’s Raquel again. For my projeccts today, I’m featuring the Spring Circles stamp set. This set is so fun and versatile.
For my first project, I made a shaker card sized 8″ x 3″. I die cut three circles in this panel using the circle coordinating dies and added my colored images using copic markers in blues, pinks, teals and green shades. I placed these cuties behind the cut out circles and again used the Sparkling Clear sequins as the shaker elements. The sentiment is from the Simple Sentiments stamp set.
The Spring Circles stamp set is so fun that I made another card. Using the Pretty Petals Stencil, I ink blended part of an A2 panel using Seedless Preserves Oxide Ink. For my images I chose Copic markers that matched that ink: RV69, RV66, RV63, RV00 and RV000 and foam mounted them onto the front panel.
Thank you for stopping by, I hope you enjoy today’s projects.
Hello, it’s Raquel. I’m so happy to be collaborating with the folks from Pretty Pink Posh to celebrate their May release. I’ve been playing with some of their new products and I had a blast, they are much fun!
My first project features the Tulip Cover Plate die. This is an awesome die since it allows you to create a full A2 panel using multiple techniques. I don’t know about you but I love colorful strips so this is what I made. I covered a complete A2 card panel creating a gradient color and then run it through my good old Big Shot with this Tulip Cover Plate. For this card I only used some of the cut out pieces and kept the inner parts aside for a future project. I decided to turn it into a shaker just adding some embossing powders to create a contrast between the colors and the white space.
For my second project I also made a shaker card. This time I colored the petals with Copic Markers (R81,R83,R85 – RV55,RV52,RV00- Y11,Y13,Y15) using flicking strokes.
I ink blended the center of my card base using Tumbled Glass Oxide Distress ink and added some Sparkling Clear sequins. I do love the contrast between the pink and yellow tulips and the blue background!
I hope you liked my projects and that they inspired you to create…
Hello everyone! This is Yana Smakula, thank you for joining me! Today I have a slimline card to share featuring gorgeous daffodils, just in time for Spring!
Here is a video so you can see how everything came together.
I am using the Daffodil stencil. This stencil can be used alone, by itself, but it can also be combined with 2 other products for easy coloring. The stencil coordinates perfectly well with the Daffodil stamp set, and it also coordinates with the Daffodil coordinating dies, so you can combine all 3 to quickly create, color, and cut beautiful images for your cards.
I started to work on my card by ink blending the images in Distress Oxide inks onto Neenah Solar White 80lb cardstock. I picked several colors of distress oxide inks – Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed and Wild Honey to ink blend the flowers.
I started with the Squeezed Lemonade as my base color. Next, I added a bit of Mustard Seed to add shading to the petals and a bit of Wild Honey to the flower centers.
I prefer to work with these products by doing the ink blending first, do my stamping 2nd and die cut the images out 3rd. The reason behind it is I like to offset the stamping over the ink blending and I like to use Versafine Onyx Black ink for my stamping and if I ink blend over it, the oxide inks dull and mute the black a bit. So I prefer to ink blend, stamp, die-cut. You can also stamps, ink blend, and die-cut.
When ink blending the flower centers I tried to ink up just the edge of my blending tool and use just that edge to apply color. I love how easy it is and how simple it is to add color to these images using the stencil – you don’t have to think much, and it doesn’t take a lot of time. You can make a bunch of daffodils in no time.
With my ink blending done, I placed the panel inside my mini misti tool and stamped the image outlines in black. Next, I cut these images out using coordinating dies.
I knew I would need to add a touch of purple to my card, I love to combine yellow with purple, so I used my Crocus stamp set to stamp and color a few images. I used Copic markers in YG17, YG03, and YG01 markers to color the grass; BV11, BV00, and BV000 markers to color the flowers. These also have coordinating dies and so I cut them out.
I wanted to include as many daffodils on my card as I could, and for that, I knew I’d need to make a bigger card, so I opted for a slimline one. I cut a white cardstock panel to 3 ⅛” x 8 1/8” to make a background.
From here, I foam mounted the images onto the panel – I already had a plan in mind, I wanted to add a daffodil or a cluster of daffodils and add one crocus to add some purple color. I also added the leaves and the grass pieces to build my background.
I foam-mounted all of the pieces as I like to have dimension on my card. Next, I used my scissors and trimmed the excess off. To create a sentiment I stamped one that reads Sending You Smiles Across the Miles, it comes from the Encouraging Greetings stamp set and cut it out to a circle using a die. I foam mounted it onto the card. I also foam-mounted the background panel onto a slimline card base. The card base measures 3 1/2 x 8 1/2”.
