Today is the start of the Spring Coffee Lovers blog hop, and Pretty Pink Posh is one of the sponsors of this fun event. We also have a giveaway here on the blog as well, so make sure to read all the way to the bottom of this post to find out how you can win some goodies!
To begin, I first drew a cup image using my pencil.
Next, I used my Gansai Tambi watercolor to create some very simple flowers for my cup.
Next, I watercolor the cup. For the card base I watercolored the background using Tim Holtz Distress inks in Tattered Rose and Mustard Seed. Then stamped the sentiment from Friends Forever stamp set.
Next, I die-cut the whole card panel using the new Stitched Notes dies and added some foam tape on the frame for added dimension. As for the girls on this set they were colored with Copic markers. To finish the card, I added the new Friendship Sequins Mix.
Want to win these stamp sets, coordinating dies and embellishments? Enter below!
We hope that you enjoyed today’s card and feel inspired to create coffee cards for the blog hop. We’ll be back tomorrow with a special post- see you then!
Today we’re in for a special treat. Jeanne is on the blog sharing a sweet card and we’re participating in a mini blog hop with our friends on the CardMaker blog, along with sponsoring a giveaway in this post!
Spring is in the air and everything is new again! Are you checking the new releases in the store? It’s fun and fresh and certain to make you want to start creating! I’m playing with the new Easter Blessings stamp set today! It’s a set of three stamps, and there are coordinating dies to make cutting a breeze!
Today I’m showing the Easter lily stamp. It wouldn’t be Easter without them! Our church always has hundreds of lilies on the altar – the sight and smell is amazing! It’s traditional for me to buy one for my mom every year too! I was so tempted to color up this pretty image in pink – like a Stargazer Lily, but decided the traditional white was the way to go (this time anyway!). I snuck in a little hot pink on the pot so my color lust is satisfied.
I made a simple ombre wash background for the potted lily. I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink directly on the watercolor paper and cut the panel with the new Stitched Notes Die.
The Stitched Notes die has stitching on the inside and outside of the die cut line. I really love the size of the die cut! It’s perfect for an A2 size card and leaves just enough edge around the sides to let your colored or pattern papers peek out!
I wanted to repeat the ombre watercolor wash colors on those peeking edges so I created a panel with three shades of aqua.
Some Sparkling Clear Sequins are like dew drops for our pretty flowers! This image brings back lots of great memories and has me pining for one of my own. Until they are back in season I will be satisfied with this pretty stamp!
As we mentioned earlier, we’re taking part in a mini blog hop and we’re the last stop. Here’s all the stops:
I have a quick post announcing the winners from the Product Release Blog Hop Day 1 and Day 2. Without further ado, here are the four winners of the $25 gift certificates!
Ladies, email me within 7 days and I’ll send over the gift certificates so you can shop!
Again, thank you to everyone who left comments on the blog hop and for the special guests and designers who shared their beautiful inspiration.
We’ll see you on the blog tomorrow morning for an inspiring new post and giveaway!
It’s time for our two day Product Release Blog Hop for the March 2017 release. Many of you have already placed orders, but for those who were wanting for more inspiration, today and tomorrow the design team and special guests have all sorts of inspiration to share!
Today’s cute creations were made by Suzy, one of our newest designers. She has a knack for creating vibrant creations and her coloring skills are amazing!
I stamped the images with a natural color ink and watercolored each image. I then added details and outlines with glitter pens and a White Uniball marker. I added some lavender sequins from the 4mm and 6mm Fresh Garden Sequin Mixes. The For You sentiment is from the Everyday Greetings Stamp Set. I punched a hole in the top of the tag and tied some pink twine in the opening. This tag would be really cute tied to an Easter basket.
This pocket card uses the Easter Friends Stamp Set and Die Set. I used one of the brand new die sets for the background called Stitched Notes Dies. I watercolored the outside of the die-cut border with yellow watercolors and the inside of the frame with pink watercolors. I die-cut the stitched pocket in the center of the inside piece and added a small pocket to the top left.
I stamped all of the images with a natural color ink and watercolored them. I outlined them and added details to them with glitter pens. I added some sequins to the bottom of the card using the 4mm and 6mm Fresh Garden Sequin Mixes. I tucked a $20 bill into the pocket of the card so it can be used as an Easter gift.
For those joining us for the blog hop, I wanted to let you know that this month we have a special gift offer for orders over $80! The Bee Friends stamp set will be automatically sent with orders over $80 this month. In addition, if your order totals over $125, you’ll get the coordinating dies too! This stamp set will be available for purchase in May 2017, but for those who qualify, you’ll get these items two months before anyone else! These are while supplies last (I did order quite a bit, but cannot guarantee they will last through the end of the month).
Ready to hop along and see LOTS more fabulous inspiration with this release?
PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. I’m giving away 4 $25 gift certificates to four random comments (2 winners each day) left before March 17, 2017 at 11:59 PM PST. I’ll be announcing the winners next week, so be sure to return and see if you are one of the winners!
I truly hope you enjoyed today’s blog hop. Come back tomorrow for a whole new batch of inspiration and designers!
Thank you all for your enthusiasm about the new stamp sets, dies and embellishments. I can’t wait to start seeing your creations with the new products in blog and social media land!
Welcome to “The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge” Blog Hop! Kathy Raccoosin from The Daily Marker has arranged this hop to share with you her love of coloring! And I am so happy to be a guest on the Pretty Pink Posh blog today to share with you MY love of coloring!
The premise of “The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge” is to color something everyday even if it’s for five minutes. (However feel free to jump in or out as time permits). Any coloring medium is welcomed. Click here to find out where to share what you are coloring and join the encouraging community of happy colorists PLUS answers to other questions you may have.
So now let’s get started with some cards that will be showing my favorite coloring technique using some of the brand new adorable Pretty Pink Posh products (just released yesterday!). On each of my projects, I stamped the PPP images with a natural color ink and then colored them with either Copic markers or watercolor paints. This is referred to as no-line stamping. After they were colored, I outlined each part of the image and added details to the images with gel/glitter pens.
If you are coming from the Purple Onion blog, you are in the right place. If you get lost along the way, visit Kathy’s blog for the full list of blog hop stops.
This card uses the PPP stamp set called Bee Friends that comes free with a $80 purchase in March 2017, while supplies last. I made the background of the card with the Mini Storybook 1 Die. I watercolored it with greens and blues and then splattered it with water and paint drops while it was wet to give it a mottled look.
This shaker card uses the Friends Forever Stamp and coordinating dies. I die-cut the opening in the background using the Window Frames Dies. I watercolored the background with turquoise watercolor and then splattered it with water while wet to leave splotches. I attached a transparency to the backside of the opening and then put foam tape on the back of this piece. I attached it to a card base and used two types of sequins inside the shaker: the Sparkling Clear Confetti Mixand the Sparkling Clear Stars Sequins.
I stamped each of the images with a natural color of ink. I then colored them with Copic Markers. I outlined them and added details with glitter pens and a white Uniball marker. I added Glossy Accents to the top of the balloons to give them sheen! I used the Everyday Greetings Stamp Set for the salutation with red embossing powder. I added some more of the Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix.
I hope these projects motivate you to get out your stamps and coloring tools and have some fun coloring! The next person on the hop is Honey Bee Stamps. Keep following along the hop as you will find lots of giveways along the way! A full list of all the winners will be announced on The Daily Marker Blog on Sunday, March 12th.
I hope you will all join in the fun this month by trying to color something every single day. Visit Kathy’s blog to get details about how to share your creations and to find out about all the fun activities she has in store for us throughout the month.
Thanks so much for visiting the Pretty Pink Posh Blog today!
Prize pack valued at over $100: Barbara Staradumsky (from Pretty Pink Posh blog)
Prize pack valued at over $100: Connie MacFarlane (from Carissa’s blog)
Congratulations winners! Please email winner@altenew.com with the subject line Collaboration Blog Hop Winner, and we will set you up with the prizes.
A big thank you to our friends at Altenew for collaborating with us, along with all of YOU for leaving comments and hopping along. We hope you were inspired by all the beautiful holiday inspiration.
If you’ve been following Pretty Pink Posh for a while, you know that last year we did an epic collaboration blog hop with our friends at Altenew. We had so much fun teaming up with them that we had to do it again, but even BIGGER!
Today I have the amazing Yana Smakula sharing her take on bringing Pretty Pink Posh and Altenew together on one beautiful holiday project. Let’s see what she’s created…
When you mix supplies from two great companies you end up having fantastic results! To create the card I’m sharing here I used several dies sets from Pretty Pink Posh (along with a few sequins) and a stamp set from Altenew.
I started working on this card by stamping the poinsettia, holly leaves and pine from the Poinsettia and Pine set several times onto watercolor paper using waterproof ink in black. I knew I wanted to have a dimensional flower, so I made sure to stamp poinsettia twice to be able to layer it and have actual physical dimension on my project. I used distress inks for some quick coloring, although you can use whatever coloring medium you prefer.
Next I used a few dies from Pretty Pink Posh and created a base panel for my project. I cut several panels out of patterned paper and combined them together by using border dies from the Stitched Borders 2 and Scallop Borders sets. I also heat embossed a beautiful holiday sentiment from the Sketchy Landmarks set onto this patterned paper using gold embossing powder.
To create a placeholder for the Holiday floral arrangement I die cut scallop oval out of gold foil cardstock and patterned paper using Scallop Ovals Dies. My poinsettia was arranged on top and I also stamped several pine needles in black directly onto the patterned paper panel.
To frame everything I die cut the large Scallop Frames out of brown patterned paper and foam mounted it over the background panel to add dimension to this project. Lastly, I foam mounted my panel onto a light gray card base and embellished my card with the Peridot Mist sequins and Clear Droplets.
Prizes: There are TWO $100 prize packs from Altenew and Pretty Pink Posh up for grabs. Winners will be picked randomly from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below. Please leave your comments by Wednesday, November 2, 2016, at midnight EST to be eligible to win. Winners will be announced on the Altenew and Pretty Pink Posh blogs on Thursday, November 3rd.
Hop along: If you started from the beginning, this is your last stop on the hop. If you’re just getting started, grab a cup of coffee or tea and join us for 24 creative stops. I know you’ll find some new blogs to follow and be greatly inspired by the stunning samples showcasing Altenew and Pretty Pink Posh together!
Special offer:Get 10% off your entire order at www.altenew.com with code ALTENEWLOVESPPP at checkout. Offer ends on October 30 at midnight EST.
Did you have a favorite project on the hop? I’d love to hear what caught your eye and which item(s) you now must have.
In closing, I want to thank the team at Altenew for being so sweet and fun to work with. I hope that you enjoyed today’s blog hop and were inspired by the variety of holiday projects.
I have a quick post announcing the winners from the Product Release Blog Hop Day 1 and Day 2. Without further ado, here are the four winners of the $25 gift certificates!
Ladies, email me within 7 days and I’ll send over the gift certificates so you can shop!
Again, thank you to everyone who left comments on the blog hop and for the special guests and designers who shared their beautiful inspiration. The blog hop orders are finally all finished and shipped (thank you for your patience) and I’m starting to restock the shop and the out of stock items will be coming in within the next few weeks.
We’ll see you on the blog this week for several new, inspiring blog posts, along with a collaboration blog hop!
If you missed yesterday’s blog hop post, click here.
I hope you are all recovered from yesterday’s amazing hop and are ready for day 2. It’s amazing how just a few products can be showcased in so many different styles! Today we have more talented designers and special guests for you and I have a feeling you’re going to be blown away.
We have a special treat- a card by Vera Rhuhay. I adore her and her cardmaking style and as you’ll see from this card, she is super talented.
With the new Happy Snowman set you can make quick and easy Christmas cards with this affordable $4 set!
First, I stamped several snowmen and scarf images on Bristol paper with Memento black ink, colored with Copic markers, die cut them and then adhered the scarves onto the snowmen.
I inked the background with distress inks and then embossed the sentiment and snowflakes with white embossing powder. The sentiment is a from the Holiday Greeting set (that is free with orders over $100 while supplies last). To finish my card I added a few snowflakes from the Snowflake Sequins Mix .
Since this is our last release of the year, I wanted to make this extra special for my customers. Orders over $100, before tax and shipping, will automatically receive this not-yet-released 4 x 6 stamp set. This set will not be released to retailers until next year! This free gift offer is only valid until October 31, 2016 or while supplies last (they are still available)!
PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. I’m giving away 4 $25 gift certificates to four random comments (2 winners each day) left before October 20, 2016 at 11:59 PM PDT. I’ll be announcing the winners next week, so be sure to return and see if you are one of the winners!
I hope you all enjoyed our two day blog hop and were inspired by the new products. A giant thank you to all of the talented designers who shared their inspiration!
It’s time for our two day Product Release Blog Hop for the October 2016 release. This release was a big one and since it was the last one of the year, I wanted to make it packed full of extra amazing products. We released five brand new stamp sets with coordinating dies, three die sets along with some fun embellishments!
Next, I splattered my panel using Scattered Straw. I simply smoosh the ink pad on an acrylic block, added some water and used my watercolor brush to create some splatters.
Next, once the panel is dry, I stamped the sentiment “happy haunting” this is also from the same set. I also distressed a strip of paper and die-cut it using one of the dies from the Scallop Border Dies.
To finish it off, I added some Pewter sequins in 4mm and 6mm, along with some 3mm Sparkling Clear. At the bottom of the card I added some Diamond Stickles and also added some on the images for a little extra sparkle.
Since this is our last release of the year, I wanted to make this extra special for my customers. Orders over $100, before tax and shipping, will automatically receive this not-yet-released 4 x 6 stamp set. This set will not be released to retailers until next year! This free gift offer is only valid until October 31, 2016 or while supplies last (they are still available)!
Ready to hop along and see LOTS more fabulous inspiration with this release?
PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop. I’m giving away 4 $25 gift certificates to four random comments (2 winners each day) left before October 20, 2016 at 11:59 PM PDT. I’ll be announcing the winners next week, so be sure to return and see if you are one of the winners!
I hope you enjoyed today’s blog hop. Be sure to stop by tomorrow for a whole new batch of designers and inspiration!
Thank you all for your enthusiasm about the new stamp sets, dies and sequins. I can’t wait to start seeing your creations with the new products in blog and social media land!
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