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Sneak Peek: All My Love + Valentine Hearts

Hello, crafty friends, it’s Leica. Today I am sharing two Valentine’s cards using products from the Pretty Pink Posh release that is available January 11th.

Sneak Peek: All My Love + Valentine Hearts

First, I made a slimline shaker card. I love that PPP now offers slimline dies, as this card size is still very popular. I took the first 2 large dies from the Slimline: Peekaboo Windows die set and cut a frame in white cardstock. For the back panel, I cut a 3.25” x 8.25” cardstock and used the new Lattice stencil in Faded Jeans distressed oxide. I then stamped the scalloped heart from the Valentine Hearts stamp set 5 times and colored with Copic Markers in R35/37/39, B93/91. I turned them into heart balloons by adding strings.

Sneak Peek: All My Love + Valentine Hearts

Next, I adhered them to the acetate using foam tape. To make a well for the shaker card, I lined the frame with foam tape and also added foam tape behind the heart balloons so that some of the gems would stay in the top part of the card. The gems I used is Sweetheart Rhinestones. I then stamped the word “Love” from the Valentine Hearts stamp set and die cut with its coordinating die. Lastly, I used glossy accents for the heart-shaped balloons.

Sneak Peek: All My Love + Valentine Hearts

The next card is a clean and simple card using the Heart Vines die and All My Love stamp set. First I stamped the heart from the All My Love stamp set and colored with Copic Markers. I then cut the Heart Vines die and left all the pieces together. I taped the heart that I’ve colored behind the Heart Vines die. Next, I glued on the entire piece to a 4.25″ x 5.5″ card base.

Sneak Peek: All My Love + Valentine Hearts

For the sentiment, I used the Happy Valentine’s Day stamp from the Love stamp set, embossed onto a black cardstock that I cut using the .25″ strip from the Simple Strips die set, and adhered on the center of the heart. Lastly, I added Glossy Black Jewels for added texture and interest. 

Sneak Peek: All My Love + Valentine Hearts
Sneak Peek: All My Love + Valentine Hearts

I hope you enjoyed these cards using the new items from the upcoming January 11th release! I had so much fun creating these and I hope you are inspired to make Valentine’s cards for your family and friends!

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Design Team Announcement + Gift Certificate Giveaway

Hello! Today it’s time to announce the team for the upcoming term. It’s always sad to say goodbye, especially those who have been with me for years! We are saying a very sad farewell to Lindsay and Suzy. Both of these gals will be greatly missed!

We do have some new faces on the team- both have been customers and fans from across the globe. Please welcome Elaine and Mona to the Pretty Pink Posh team!

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In honor of the new year, we are doing a big $100 gift certificate giveaway! Leave a comment on THIS post sharing your requests for future Pretty Pink Posh stamps, dies and stencils! One lucky comment left by January 8th will win a shopping spree. Congratulations to Neha Mahajan! You’re the lucky winner. I will email you with the prize information!

Pretty Pink Posh: Design Team Announcement + Gift Certificate Giveaway

Thanks for joining us today. Be sure to give lots of love to the designers!

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Christmas Theme Week- Day 5

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 5

Hi friends, Eloise here and today I’ll be creating a Christmas Card using the Amaryllis Stamp Set.

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Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 5

I started off with stamping out the images from Amaryllis Stamp Set onto some vellum and I white heat embossed them. I then cut them out. Next I took some coloured cardstock and cut down strips at different widths and lengths. I adhered them directly onto a white card base and then adhered the vellum pieces over the top with foam tape.

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 5

Tips for Mass Producing:

1. Use scrap cardstock for strips. The Simple Strips or Stitched Strips dies make it even easier!

2. Can do stripes instead using different mediums.

3. Use a stamping tool to easily stamp multiples of the images.

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 5

Next I white heat embossed the sentiment from Winter Wreath onto a thin strip of black cardstock, cut one side at an angle and adhered it into place. I finish off the card with a hemp cord bow and some clear droplets scattered around.

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 5

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you were inspired to use some of your scraps to create fun backgrounds!

– Eloise

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Christmas Theme Week- Day 4

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 4

Hi friends! It is Dana here today with a fun Christmas card that uses some of my favorite holiday sets from Pretty Pink Posh. 

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Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 4

I started my card by stamping the Santa and Sign with the Holiday Signs Stamp Set. For the reindeer I used the adorable Reindeer Friends Set. I colored my images with Copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. (Holiday Signs Die SetReindeer Friends Die Set) I love how these two sets work so well together!

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 4

Next, I started working on my card layout. I ink blended Distress Oxide ink in Salty Ocean and Blueprint Sketch to create my background. For my frame, I used the large Scallop Frame Die. I then cut a birch tree with the Nature Essentials Die Set. Lastly, I splattered a little white craft paint all over my background and my stamped images to create “snow” before attaching everything to my card base.

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 4

Thanks for joining me today. I hope I inspired you to pull out some of your favorite Pretty Pink Posh holiday sets and find some time to be creative. Enjoy your day!

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Christmas Theme Week- Day 3

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 3

Hi friends! It’s Jane here and today I’m sharing a fun pink and white holiday card using a few products from Pretty Pink Posh.

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To start, I ink blended an A2 piece of card stock using a large blending brush and the following Catherine pooler inks: be mine, rose petals, party dress and pink champagne.

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 3

To create a snowy backdrop, I splattered the background using some white gouache mixed with water.  Then, I used the Pine Sprigs die to cut a few sprigs from white card stock and adhered them to the edge of the card.  The edges were then trimmed with a paper trimmer.

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 3

The Season’s Greetings Script die was cut three times from white card stock and adhered using liquid glue to create dimension. Then, I added a few Pink Blush and Flamingo Pink jewels to finish the card.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Wishing you all a very happy holiday! 

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Christmas Theme Week- Day 2

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 2

Hello, Melody here sharing a Christmas card for theme week. Today I have a Christmas card to share created with the Winter Wreath stamp set and Winter Wreath coordinating dies from Pretty Pink Posh

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Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 2

I colored the wreath and few flowers and foliage from the stamp set with Copic Markers and then die cut the images. Behind the wreath I added a circle of dark blue cardstock. I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set in Versamark Ink and embossed with gold embossing powder. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 2

The frame is die cut with the Winter Frame Die. I die cut from white cardstock and then blended Peeled Paint and Olive Distress Inks. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 2

Behind the frame I add a piece of vellum. Before I attached the wreath I splattered the vellum and the frame with gold paint. Then I attached the wreath to the card front and added the additional flowers and foliage on the the left side of the wreath. I finished off with a few Metallic Gold Jewels.

Thanks for taking a look. Stop by tomorrow for another day of holiday inspiration!

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Christmas Theme Week- Day 1

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 1

Hello! Leica here and I’m kicking off the start of Christmas Theme Week. Today I am sharing a Christmas box card using an older stamp set that I love so much, Angel Friends.

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Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 1

To start, I created the Lawn Fawn pop-up box as directed, in white 110lb cardstock.  Next, I die cut panels for the box, using patterned paper. For the box inserts, I used the Lawn Fawn cloud die cuts in white cardstock.

I then stamped images from the Angels Friends stamp set and a few clouds from the Fly a Kite stamp set. I colored with Copic Sketch markers using E55/57/59 for the angels’ hair, Y11 for the halos and star, R20/22/24 for the banners, and RV10/11, R32/20, BG11/10/000, and BV01/00 for the dresses. Next, I used a white gel pen to make polka dots on the angels’ dresses. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 1

The images are cut with its coordinating dies. I arranged them to make a beautiful scene by adhering some images directly onto the box and others are glued on to acetate strips for a floating effect. 

Pretty Pink Posh: Christmas Theme Week- Day 1

That’s all for this simple but adorable Christmas box card. I hope you are inspired to create a special card for family and friends. Happy Holidays!

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Create A Scene: Winter Woodland

Create A Scene: Winter Woodland

Hi there, Gemma here for a new Create A Scene feature.

For my scene card today, I’m using the sweet Winter Woodland stamp set. Adding some baubles to the tree adds some Christmas fun.

Create A Scene: Winter Woodland

I began with the background, blending some Hickory Smoke distress oxide ink on to my white card panel. I faded the grey into the white for my wintry scene.

To add texture and the look of snow fall, I flicked the panel with white acrylic paint mixed with water. I also added some flicks with a sparkle spray. For some darker drops, I flicked Hickory Smoke distress oxide ink over the panel too.

Create A Scene: Winter Woodland

Once dry, I layered the panel over a piece of red patterned paper. I stamped a sentiment from the Holiday Greetings stamp set before adhering the panel to a card base.

Create A Scene: Winter Woodland

Next, I stamped images from the Winter Woodland stamp set, coloured them with copic markers and die cut them with the coordinating dies. To add dimension, I adhered some plain die cuts behind the images.

Create A Scene: Winter Woodland

The baubles are from the Angel Friends stamp set. I coloured them with copics and added some metallic gold pen details. Layering them with plain die cuts for dimension, I adhered some gold thread behind each bauble, then attached the other end of the thread behind the branch.

Create A Scene: Winter Woodland

I then adhered all the images to the card to finish my winter woodland Christmas scene.

I hope you enjoyed this winter scene. Thank you for stopping by!

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Stenciling With Mayra: Winter Wonderland

Hello everyone, happy Tuesday!!! Mayra here with you today. I have a fun stenciled card to share with you. 

Stenciling With Mayra: Winter Wonderland

I began my card by die cutting a base panel using the rectangle die from the Stitched Notes die set. I then added a bit of adhesive to the back of the panel and glued it down to keep it in place. Next, I used the iCraft Pixie Spray…this is a must-have!!! It makes it so much easier to keep the stencil in place. After spraying the Medium Polka Dots stencil and allowing it to dry for about a minute, I placed the stencil over the kraft colored panel. I then used a pigment ink in white to add the polka dots effect.  

Stenciling With Mayra: Winter Wonderland
Stenciling With Mayra: Winter Wonderland

Next, I colored the images I would be using for my card. I used the adorable Holiday Pals stamp set. I also used the Scallop Circle Tag dies, the Scallop Borders 1 dies, and the Stitched Borders 1 dies. To finish my card, I stamped the sentiment from the set onto the stenciled panel. 

Stenciling With Mayra: Winter Wonderland

I hope you enjoy this fun Christmas card. Thank you very much for taking the time to stop by, I hope you each have a wonderful and blessed day. 

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Create A Scene: Holiday Flamingos

Create A Scene: Holiday Flamingos

I thought it would be fun to create a Christmas card using critters from a summer stamp set. With a few accessories, these flamingos are perfect for a festive scene.

Create A Scene: Holiday Flamingos

Let’s begin with the background. On an A2 card base, I blended some Peacock Feathers distress oxide ink on to the centre of the card, fading out to white. I flicked some shimmer spray over the ink to create sparkly droplets. Once dry, I stamped some snowflakes from the Holiday Greetings stamp set, using 2nd and 3rd generation stamping with Peacock Feathers distress oxide ink.

Create A Scene: Holiday Flamingos

From the centre of a white card panel, I cut an opening with one of the Window Frames dies. I then layered this onto my card base.

To add some sparkle, I stamped the snowflakes border, from the Winter Borders stamp set, in clear embossing ink. I then heat embossed it with a turquoise embossing glitter. I embossed two borders, then I trimmed them down and adhered them onto my card.

Create A Scene: Holiday Flamingos

I cut two thin strips of pearlescent blue card, using the Stitched Strips dies, to adhere to my card. I like the neat finish this gives to the embossed borders. I then stamped a sentiment from the Christmas Friends stamp set to finish the background.

I found some flamingos, from the Tropical Birds stamp set, that I had previously coloured with copics and die cut. I always have images left over from other projects so it’s great to find ways to use them on different cards. To dress the flamingos up for Christmas, I added some Santa hats and a bow from the Reindeer Friends stamp set. Some glitter on the hats adds lots of Christmas sparkle.

Create A Scene: Holiday Flamingos

The scarf on the other flamingo is from the Happy Snowman stamp set. The scarf was too wide for the flamingo, so I trimmed off the left edge, then adhered it over the top to make it fit better. By adjusting it this way, you still get the nice white die cut edge all around the scarf.

Create A Scene: Holiday Flamingos

I adhered some Christmas presents above the sentiment – these are from the Reindeer Friends stamp set. I then added the flamingos to finish my Christmas scene.

Thanks for visiting today!

Gemma