Cards

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Pretty Pink Posh + Glue Dots Collaboration Hop Day 1

A very big crafty hello and welcome to our very special blog hop collaboration with Pretty Pink Posh & Glue Dots! Marge here and I’m so happy to share my card with you for our fun and creative collaboration blog hop by Pretty Pink Posh and Glue Dots.

I started my card by stamping Autumn Wreath on a piece of kraft card stock using a pale gray colored dye ink to do no-line coloring. I then colored the images using copic markers and polychromo pencils. I stamped a turkey from Happy Turkey stamp set on another piece of kraft card stock and did the same no-line coloring.  After I had done my coloring, I added white gel pen details, and then I cut the turkey using Happy Turkey coordinating dies.

For sentiment tag, I stamped ‘autumn greetings’ from Pumpkin Patch Critters on dark brown card stock using Versamark Embossing Ink and heat embossed it with Wow Gold Rich Pale Embossing Powder, then I diecut it using one of Mini Tag Dies. I rounded brown colored baker’s twine around the lower part of the panel, let the thread come out through a tiny hole of the tag, then made a bow. The turkey and sentiment tag were adhered on the panel using foam adhesive for dimensional look as shown in the pictures.

Next, I used Glue Dots Tape Runner to adhere the panel onto a card base. I then adhered  Metallic Gold Jewels and Ivory Jewels as a final embellishments using 3mm Glue Dots Micro Adhesive which is very useful in adhering small sized jewels and sequins. I also found that Glue Dots Dispenser is very useful to keep Glue Dots Adhesive Rolls from sticking to other materials so the rolls can be stored neat and clean. It also helps you cut the roll piece  easily.

Prizes: Each company has a prize pack to give away!

  • Glue Dots Prize Pack- An assortment of adhesives valued at $100!
  • Pretty Pink Posh Prize Pack- An assortment of goodies up to the value of $75!

The only thing you need to do for a chance to win is leave a comment on each of the design team members blogs! Winners will be chosen at random from comments left on all blogs on the blog hop by 6:00 AM PST on October 23rd. Winners will be announced on the Pretty Pink Posh and Glue Dots blog.

Congratulations to Teresa Doyle on being the lucky PPP winner! I have sent you an email to get in contact, Teresa. 

Hop along: If you’re just getting started, grab a cup of coffee or tea and join us for 9 creative stops. I know you’ll find some new blogs to follow and be greatly inspired by the stunning samples showcasing our two brands together!

 

There is so much amazing inspiration today, I hope you enjoy it all! Be sure to leave comments on all the stops. See you tomorrow!

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Seasonal Happy Mail Cards + Video

Hello Pretty Pink Posh fans! This is Yana and today I have several seasonal cards to share featuring the Happy Mail stamp set. This is a smaller set that features an adorable mail box, a little bird carrying a letter, one additional letter image and two sentiment – Sending You Happy Mail and You’ve Got Mail. There are also coordinating dies available that will cut all of the images in this set out.

It’s a fun and playful set that can be used to create everyday cards. This set has also impressed me as an all year round set as I feel it works well for every season and can be adapted to just about any holiday. In this video I’ll show you how I used it along with other set from Pretty Pink Posh to create 4 cards for different seasons.

Watch my video tutorial below to learn how I made this card.

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I stamped images I picked for my cards in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Neenah 80lb cardstock and colored them using Copic markers. I used the following colors:

  • Reds: R39, RV29, R24, R22
  • White: C1
  • Greens: YG67, YG63 (I usually add a YG03 to this combo, but I need to refill it)
  • Teals: BG18, BG15, BG32
  • Orange: YR07, YR04, Y17

I cut all of my stamped images out in my Platinum die cutting machine and used to create 4 cards. See details for each below.

Everyday Floral Mailbox Card

I blended Maliblue ink from Simon Says Stamp to create a background and added splatter using Hero Arts White Iridescent Shimmer ink. Stamped “Sending You Happy Mail Sentiment” in black ink along with two branches from the Holiday Greetings set.

I foam mounted the mailbox and bird, embellished card using flowers and leaves from the Bold Blooms stamp set. Dressed the card up with the help of Sparkling Clear Jewels.

Fall Mailbox Card

I blended Orange Slush ink from Simon Says Stamp to create a background and added splatter using Hero Arts White Iridescent Shimmer ink. Stamped “Sending You Happy Mail Sentiment” in black ink along with two branches from the Holiday Greetings set.

Foam mounted the mailbox. I stamped, colored and cut out additional images – mushrooms from the Woodland Critters set, leaves from the Autumn Blooms set and used them to set a Fall scene. Dressed the card up with the help of Sparkling Clear Jewels.

Holiday Mailbox Card

Again, I blended the same Maliblue ink from Simon Says Stamp to create a background and added splatter using Hero Arts White Iridescent Shimmer ink. Stamped “Sending You Warm Winter Greetings”, I made sure to use sentiment that had a word “SENDING” in it as I think it associates well with the mailbox and letters.

I also used holly leaves instead of flowers and mushrooms I colored my bird as a Robin bird and colored some of the letters green to to with the Red, White and Green color combo. All of the additional images I used here came from the Holiday Greetings stamp set. Dressed the card up with the help of Sparkling Clear Jewels.

Valentine’s Day Mailbox Card

And last but not least I have a card for Valentine’s Day! Here I once again used lots of flowers (these are from the Bold Blooms set), but I also added two little cupids above the mailbox. They are shooting their arrows and sprinkling lots of hearts around. These images came from the Cupid Friends stamp set.

Conclusion

The Happy Mail stamp set can be easily incorporated into other seasons and occasions. If you swap flowers for easter eggs and add an easter bunny you can use it for an Easter card, Add more flowers and a Mother’s Day sentiment and you’ve got a card for mom and so on.

Have fun stamping, friends!

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Creating A Happy Mail Scene

Hello, Gemma here today and I have a fun card featuring the Cuddly Cats stamp set, along with the Happy Mail stamp set.

I coloured all the images with copics, with the cats coloured like my own. The bird and mailbox images are from the Happy Mail stamp set. I cut out all the images with the coordinating dies.

Next, I worked on the background. I cut a piece of patterned paper, layering it on a white card base. I then die cut the Storybook 6 die from white card. I layered the frame onto the card, then used distress oxide inks in tumbled glass and mowed lawn to add colour to the Storybook pieces.

I stamped a greeting from the Everyday Greetings stamp set onto one of the panels, then adhered them onto the card.

I then added my images to the card with foam tape. I thought it would be cute to add one of the cats on top of the mailbox. It does make me giggle that it looks like she’s licking her lips, waiting for the bird to fly down!

 
I finished the card with some Pretty Pink Posh jewels in Pink Blush and Watermelon. They are always the perfect final touch.

I hope you enjoyed this card. There are lots of possibilities with these stamp sets!

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Emboss Resisting with Distress Oxides

Today I am excited to announce we have Mindy Eggen joining us as a designer! Here is her first post + she has a video to go along with it!

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My card today is doing a little ink blending to color in the beautiful Anemones stamp set. I start my card by stamping out the entire Anemones stamp set onto Bristol Smooth cardstock and heat embossing with Rose Gold Embossing Powder.

Using Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide inks, I ink blend my flowers to give them color. Then sprinkle on some Perfect Pearls to add a little shimmer. Using the coordinating dies, I die cut my flowers.

For my background, I also use a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock and lightly ink blend Twisted Citron Distress Oxide in the middle making my way out towards the outer edges of the card panel.

My sentiment is from the Woodland Critters stamp set and stamped in Versafine ink. Then I can add my floral images, trim off any that overhang and add to an A2 size card panel. I finish off by adding some Sea Glass Jewels.

This is such a fun and easy way to color in your images! Thank you for joining me today!

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Autumn Greetings

Hi everyone it’s Mindy from My Creative Scoop. I have a step by step Copic tutorial to share using this adorable stamp set called Pumpkin Patch Critters. I stamped my image in Black memento ink and onto my Copic Xpress it Blending card.


I’ve also used the Small Stitched Foliage Dies to created my background. These are really versafile for cards and I have been enjoying creating them as backgrounds lately!

Here’s a list of Copic’s I’ve used in this tutorial: W5, W3, W1, R32, E99, E79, YR09, YR04, E25

I hope you enjoy the tutorial. Happy Creating!

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Halloween Theme Week- Day 6

Hi everyone! Pretty Pink Posh is having a themed week which is Halloween. Yeap, it’s already October you guys.. time flies really fast. I actually don’t celebrate Halloween here in Indonesia but I do really enjoy making Halloween projects since I find it’s an interesting holiday. Everyone is decoated and dressed up, I mean, come on, it must be super fun!

I used the brand new stamp set called Halloween Pals which is a 3″x4″ stamp set that include these adorable dressed up puppy and kitty with their own jack-o-laterns. Super cute! I fall in love with this set as soon as I saw them on the preview. They are stamped with Versafine black ink which is a perfect choice if you are crazy about watercoloring just like I do. After I finished with the coloring I use the coordinating dies to cut all the pieces.

I use the stitched pumpkins from Fall Tags Dies, I cut them three times on deep orange cardstock. As for the background, I blended Chipped Sapphire in the center part and Bundled Sage Distress Inks at the outer part. Dark background to me really adds that spooky vibes to a Halloween card. I also stamped some bats from the older stamp set called Halloween Friends with black dye ink. After I finished preparing all the elements I want, I start to arrange them all together. And last but not least are the jewels, I’m obssesed with them a little bit too much that I feel to add them on every single cards I made. Today I used the pretty Blue Lagoon Jewels that perfectly match today’s card color combo.

As an early Halloween treat during theme week, we’re having a 15% sale on all items in the Halloween category. No coupon necessary. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you all have a wonderful day!

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Halloween Theme Week- Day 5

Good morning friends! It is Melody here today with another project to share with you for Halloween Week. I used combination of different stamp sets and dies to create this Halloween scene.

The holiday season is my favorite time to create and I love how well many of the Pretty Pink Posh Stamps work together. I created the this card with a combination of stamps and dies from the Trick or Treat Friends stamp set, the Autumn Wreath stamp setHalloween Pals stamp set, and the Pumpkin Patch Critters stamp set.

I stamped a variety of images I thought would work together from the different stamp sets, colored with Copic Markers, and die cut with the coordinating dies. I also die cut a fence from black cardstock with the Picket Fence Die, grass with the Stitched Border 2 Dies and the larger pumpkin with the Small Stitched Foliage Dies.

The cute witch is created with the Trick or Treat Friends stamp set and Trick or Treat Friends coordinating dies. I extended the length of the broom by cutting the broom in half and gluing the broom to the back of the witch. The sentiment is from the the Halloween Pals stamp set, stamped in Versamark Ink and embossed with gold embossing powder. I used Distress Inks in Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Seedless Preserves, and Black Soot to create the night sky. Then I splattered the background with watered down gold paint.

Next I adhered the fence and grass to the card front. I played around with the arrangement of the pumpkins and leaves until I happy with the look and used a combination of glue and foam squares to attach the die cuts. The crow is from the Trick or Treat Friends stamp set and die cut with the Trick or Treat Friends coordinating dies. The jack-o-lantern is from the Halloween Pals stamp set and die cut the the Halloween Pals coordinating dies.  The other pumpkins are from the Pumpkin Patch Critters stamp set and die cut with the Pumpkin Patch Critters coordinating dies. And the leaves are from the Autumn Wreath stamp set and die cut with the Autumn Wreath coordinating dies.

As an early Halloween treat during theme week, we’re having a 15% sale on all items in the Halloween category. No coupon necessary. 

I hope I have inspired you to create a Halloween project for someone special!
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Halloween Theme Week- Day 4

Hello crafty friends, it’s Thi! Today’s card I made using a bunch of fun Halloween goodies from Pretty Pink Posh for our Halloween Theme Week! I just love these sweet images and the colors are very different from my usual soft colors and pastels – but I just LOVE this card. Maybe because it’s unique to my usual…or maybe because I love Halloween. Either case, if you like it as much as I do, I will show you how I made it!

As an early Halloween treat during theme week, we’re having a 15% sale on all items in the Halloween category. No coupon necessary. 

First, I stamped all the images from the Halloween Pals and Halloween Friends stamp sets. I decided to use with Copic-Friendly Memento Tuxedo Black onto white card stock. I colored everything with Copic markers. After I finished coloring, I die cut the images with coordinating dies and set aside to word on my background.

I love to ink blend so I knew I was going to make an ink blended background. I was going to do my usual and just have orange fade into white. But I don’t know. Today I was inspired to step outside of my comfort and just play with colors. I was so glad I did! I blended Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, Candied Apple, Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves and Chipped Sapphire for my background. I love that the dried marigold was dramatically lighter than the rest of the colors making it look like it’s glowing. I splattered water then splattered paint and set this aside to dry.

While my background was drying, I die cut the smaller of the two Window Frames dies out of vellum paper to make a translucent moon for my background. I stamped the sentiment with Versamark and heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

Now it was time to assemble my card! I adhered the vellum “moon” on first with strong tape at the bottom of the moon since I knew my critters would cover this up. I also added a few dots of wet glue to the back of the sentiment to hide the adhesive. I then arranged the critters from Halloween Pals on with foam tape. I used glue dots for Halloween Friends‘ bats and spider straight on the card. I added a few metallic gold jewels and my card is finished!

Thank you for stopping by! Join us tomorrow for another day of Halloween Theme Week!

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Halloween Theme Week- Day 3

Hi friends, it’s Suzy. It’s Halloween week here on the Pretty Pink Posh blog, so I get to share some of my Halloween cards with you.  My first card uses the brand new Halloween Pals stamp set and my second card uses the Trick or Treat Friends set from last year. Here are the cute images all colored from the Halloween Pals stamp set.

As an early Halloween treat during theme week, we’re having a 15% sale on all items in the Halloween category. No coupon necessary. 

I colored these images with Copic Markers and then shaded them with colored pencils.

Both of my cards use the same technique of creating backgrounds for cards with watercolors. I made my cards with watercolor paper and used popular PPP dies on both. I used a wet on wet watercolor technique to allow the color to run outward from the die-cut openings for the backgrounds.

For this card, I used the Stitched Pieces die for the background. I then applied lots of water to the edges of the openings and painted the edges with orange watercolors. The color ran outward where I had applied the water. I splattered some orange paint with my brush over the background as well.

I stamped the Happy Halloween sentiment from the Halloween Pals stamp set with black ink in the center opening. I then adhered the cute little critters and jack-o-lanterns from the stamp set over the top and bottom opening. I also used a pumpkin from the new Pumpkin Patch Critters stamp set.

I added some Black Nuvo Drops around the images to tie in the black color from the sentiment. I also added some jewels in Espresso and Pearl White.

This card uses the cute images from the Trick or Treat Friends stamp set. I used the Window Frames die for the background of the card. I applied water to the edges of the die-cut area again. I then applied orange paint to the top and black paint to the bottom as the “ground”. I splattered some additional orange watercolor on the background with my brush.

I colored all of the stamped images with Copic Markers and then added details and shading with colored pencils. I adhered the images to the bottom of the card creating a scene. I stamped the sentiment with black ink in the opening. To finish off the card I added jewels in Amethyst and Spring Green.

Thanks for visiting today and Happy Halloween to all of you!

Suzy

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Halloween Theme Week- Day 2

Welcome back to Day 2 of Pretty Pink Posh Halloween Theme Week. Alix here is having fun with you during this exciting event. Halloween is always one of my favorite holidays because I could dress up whatever I would like to.

As an early Halloween treat during theme week, we’re having a 15% sale on all items in the Halloween category. No coupon necessary. 

I pulled out my old and new Pretty Pink Posh Halloween stamp collections and decided to build a night theme. First of all, I Copic colored images from Halloween Pals stamp set and Halloween Friends Stamp set and cut them by hand or coordinating dies. I set them aside and I started to prepare the background. I ink blended onto a piece of watercolor paper in A2 size using Tim Holtz Distress oxide ink in Wilted VioletBlueprint Sketch and Distress ink in Black Soot. Then I splatted some water over the surface and quickly removed all liquid using a piece of paper towel. Once it’s dry, I splattered white watercolor paint by tapping toothbrush bristle to create a night sky with thousands of stars.

Copic color references
Bear: E51, E53, C00, RV52, RV63, R20
Cat: N0, N2, RV63, V15, Y13, Y15, R20
Beaver: N2, N4, B21, B23, RV09, V15 YR14, YR04, E34, E53
Bat: N2, N4, RV10, RV63, RV09
Ghosts: N2

 

Most of critters should stand on a hill in my mind (except that cute bear with wings), so I die cut two borders using Stacked Edges 1 Dies and ink blended with Distress ink in Black Soot. I assemble everything onto the background using Multi Medium Matte and Foam squares. I used a white gel pen to create some of details in the background such as the stars, wind or on these cute critters.

I stamped the sentiment using versamark ink and embossed with white embossing powder. At last,  I embellished the background with jewels in Midnight Black and 4mm Sparkling Clear Sequins.

Be sure to come back for more inspiration and don’t forget that you could get 15% off on all Halloween items in Pretty Pink Posh Shop!