Hello, there! It’s Marge here with you today. I’ve already shared a few Valentine cards so far, but today I’m going to share somewhat different technique from my usual styles. But don’t worry, it’s easy, clean and simple to make, as always.
To make Valentine themed cards, I wanted to make bold and bright red colors, so I decided to use alcohol inks this time. Do you feel comfortable using alcohol inks? Unfortunately, I’m don’t. As a mother of two young children, keeping and using flammable materials in the house is not easy at all. So I try to use alcohol inks as simply as I can! If you are feeling the same way, I hope today’s post will help you a little as I’m a beginner, too.
Here are what I used for making alcohol inks background. You only need some colors that you want and Yupo paper. I used Watermelon as a main red color, and some other colors: Mountain Rose(coral), Sunset Orange(orange), Purple Twilight(violet), Sunshine Yellow (yellow), and Hazelnut (brown).
To begin, I opened the ink cap, and just dropped several drops here and there on Yupo. I repeated the process using the same or different colors. Then I wait while the drops spread and fuse each other and finally covered the entire panel. (See the photos in clock-wise direction)
If you want to make some patterns, brushing or sponging using pure alcohol or blending solution will help. I just wanted to let you know dropping inks only will work or you may tilt the panel before inks are dryup, so the fluid can flow on one side and make some patterns. Again, my point is that you don’t have to buy all those supplies they say to enjoy alcohol inks.
Here are three panels I made in just 3 minutes. I used several inks listed above for the two panels, then I used only Watermelon for the last.
After the panels are dried up, I trimmed them into 4×5.25 inches size. Once you have done with your own alcohol background, the next steps are pretty easier. Here I’m showing you 3 cards made from a single alcohol panel.
For the first one, I die cut the panel using Love Shaker Die, then used the remaining panel as a front cover.
I die cut one moreLove Shaker Die from white glitter paper to use as a window frame.
The shakers background is also made of white glitter paper which I used in the first card. Then I put colored images I made using Cupid Friends Stamp Setwith Coordinating Dies, stamped a sentiment from Love Sentiments Stamp Set. Because I used other colors of alcohol inks like brown or purple, you can see some color gradation on the die cut, and I was very satisfied with this random effect.
In the third one, I used negative cut pieces from the Love Shaker Die to make a clean and simple card.
To give them more dimension, I used two layers of pieces. I would also recommend to use another diecut frame as a guidance in order to arrange negative pieces in right position.
I’ve shown how to make a couple of simple designed cards from just one alcohol ink panel! So excited, isn’t it? I’m showing you one more card for your interest.
Here, I used another panel made of only Watermelon ink as the background. To make a heart shaped frame, I cut out the “Love” script from the diecut. The gold glitter “Love” script was made using the same way. The front panel is from Knit Picky paper pack. Then I finished off the card by putting Metallic Gold Confetti Mix.
Thank you so much for reading this post. I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope for some of those who are unfamiliar with alcohol inks like I am, this post will help you and that you give it a try. Have a wonderful day!
Hi there Pretty Pink Posh fans! Crystal here with the continuation of the Valentine’s Day week here on the PPP Blog. I wanted to create something that would utilize the beautiful “love” word from the Love Shaker die.
Let’s start by gathering our materials, for this card I used the following Pretty Pink Posh products :
With our Love shaker, I have die cut 4 “love” words from Melon Mambo cardstock and have trimmed off the heart. To save paper, I cut strips just wide enough to fit the “love”.
Once those were trimmed out, I glued the “love” on top of each other to create a thick die cut.
From the Love Sentiment stamp set, I used the “All My Love”. I masked the “love” from the set with washi tape, inked the stamp, then removed the washi tape. I stamped the sentiment on the card base above of where I plan to place the die cut “love”.
Now it’s time to work on the card panel. First I wanted to stamp the darker of my ink colors, so using the solid hearts from Cupid Friends with Melon Mambo, which will coordinate with the “love” die cut.
For the larger hearts from the Love Sentiments set, I have stamped those in the following ink colors. SU Powder Pink, SU Melon Mambo, Pink Shimmer Delicata, Altenew Blush and Altenew Soft Lilac.
I felt this card needed some touches of gold, so I heat embossed the heart outlines from Cupid Friends in gold embossing powder. Since the gun was hot and the powder was out, I decided to create a dipping effect on the love die cut.
This was super simple, as I tapped the half of the die cut in embossing ink, covered with powder and heat set. To finish the card, I added a strip of gold washi and added a few Sparkling Clear Sequins.
I hope you like the simplicity of this card! I certainly did! The colors could easily be changed and the sentiments from Love Sentiments could also be easily interchanged.
Have a fabulous day! Join us tomorrow for another day of Valentine inspiration!
For this card, I started off by creating the shaker to place in the center using theStitched Duo 3. For the sentiment on top, I embossed the “SENDING YOU” using theRainy Days Additions stamp set using white embossing powder and cut the word “LOVE” using theLove Shaker die.
TIP: To cut just the word out, I cut rectangles 2 3/4″ x 1 5/8″ and placed over just the word before die cutting.
To have the word pop up, I cut the word out three times and glued them together. To fill in this shaker, I used a combination of sequins from the Sweetheart Mix and a splash of the Marshmallow Confetti Mix. Love how they look together.
Last but not least, added some foam mount tape underneath the images before adding them to the shaker card.
Be sure to join us tomorrow for another fun day of Valentine inspiration!
Hello everyone, Gemma here. It’s great to be on the Pretty Pink Posh blog today to share a card with you all.
I’ve always loved the look of shape dies with words within, so was thrilled to see the new Love Shaker die is the latest release. It made me think of the Love Heart sweets that we have in the UK (my home country), so I thought it would be fun to create a card version. It was a quick and simple card to make.
First, I ran a standard size card base through my die cutting machine with a circle die. By placing the circle die just off the top of the folded edge, it retains that edge and makes a circle card base. I then die cut a second circle, the same size, from a separate piece of white card and adhered it to the card base. This gives the card an uninterrupted circle shape at the front.
Next, I die cut two Love Shaker hearts from pink cardstock, and layered them together on the card base for some dimension. I couldn’t resist adding some iridescent heart confetti to finish this card. I think circle cards are such fun! They stand up very well and, if you make it from a standard size card base, it will fit in a standard envelope too.
Hello, Gemma here and I have a card to share today featuring the beautiful Hummingbird Thanks and Pretty Petunias – such a perfect combination! The images from these sets are fun to colour and offer so many possibilities. I’ve really been inspired by all the fabulous colour combos I’ve been seeing!
I stamped all the images first, then coloured them with copic markers. I chose some blue violets for the petunias, to help bring in some more of the purple from the hummingbirds. I brushed some Wink of Stella clear glitter on to the hummingbirds and added some black glaze pen dots to the eyes. Some glitter gel pen dots on the petunias are fun for extra sparkle.
I cut out all the images using the coordinating dies, then put them aside to work on the background. On a white card base, I blended on some salty ocean distress oxide ink, fading out the colour towards the top. I then flicked it with water for some droplet details.
Next, I cut two smaller white card panels for the front of the card. When placed at the top and bottom of the card base, this leaves a gap in between to reveal the lovely panel of colour. I stamped a sentiment, from the Hummingbird Thanks stamp set, on the bottom panel, then I added them both to the card base with foam tape.
I arranged the flowers and leaves on top of the blue background, tucking them under the bottom panel and securing with tape. For the flower on the right, I used a little foam tape towards the top so it could overlap and adhere to the top panel too.
I then added the hummingbirds, flying down from the top of the card towards the flowers. I love the sense of movement they have! I finished my card with a few of my favourite Sparkling Clear Sequins.
I hope you were able to get these wonderful stamps- they were just restocked but they are going quickly!
Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I have three thank You cards to share with you all using the same stamp set for all, along with the same sentiment die but adding a few other dies in to change up the design each time. Thank you cards are so important after the holidays and honestly, all year round so I love to have a lot of hand as I’m always in need of them.
For my sentiment, I used the Thank You Script die and positioned it into the centre of my die cut panel. I then used a foam mat, placed it underneath the cardstock, and ran it through my Big Shot Machine like I would an embossing folder. This creates an impression of the die cut, rather than cutting through. Now that my panel has been embossed with the die cut sentiment, I used the Kuretake Gansai Starry Colours Watercolour Set and painted in the Thank You sentiment with a gold watercolour. I dried that with a heat tool and assembled my card. I adhered my flowers on with foam tape and adhered my leaves with flat adhesive. I then popped up the entire panel onto fun foam and then onto a card base that I covered with blue striped patterned paper and that finished up my first card.
For my second card, I started out with the rest of the colouring for my next two cards. I stamped down a ton of images onto some more watercolour cardstock using black ink this time and clear heat embossing over the top and used the same Zig Clean Colour Markers for my images. For my second card I used No. 33 Persian Green, No. 31 Cobalt Blue, No. 42 Turquoise Green and No. 41 Light Green. Once all my images were coloured, I die cut them out with the coordinating dies and moved on to my shaker. I’m using the Window Frames Dies, and I cut out the largest one out of some white cardstock. I set the negative piece aside and coloured the positive piece using Peacock Feathers and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink, fading it into white.
Next, I added a piece of acetate onto the back of my negative piece using some scor tape and then added foam tape all around the edges to create a seemless well for my sequins to sit in. Next, I grabbed a white card base, adhered down my positive window frame piece, the added some Mermaid Mix Sequins onto the arched piece. I then removed the foam tape backers and adhered my panel over top. I then adhered my flowers at the bottom of my arched piece with foam tape and then adhered my leaves with flat adhesive. For my sentiment, I used the same thank you die, I adhered some stick it onto the back of some white cardstock, then cut it out and adhered it on top of my sequin shaker window. That finished up my second card, now let’s move onto the last card.
For my third card, I again started off with my coloured images. For this colour combo, I used No. 50 Yellow, No. 25 Pink, No. 202 Peach Pink and No. 41 Light Green. I set off my flowers and leaves to the side and moved onto die cutting I used the Scallop Ovals Dies and cut the largest one out of white cardstock. I set it off to the side, then used Tumbled Glass and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink to ink blend lightly into the centre of another piece of watercolour cardstock. I then sprinkled on some water, picked it up with a paper towel and dried it off with a heat tool. Next, I die cut the Thank You die cut from some more white cardstock and adhered it to the centre of my panel.
Next, I added foam tape onto the back of my scalloped oval and adhered that around my sentiment, then I adhered my flowers surrounding my oval/sentiment with foam tape and adhered my entire panel onto a piece of blue water-coloured paper.
Good morning! Heather here this morning, and I’m excited to be starting off the new year with a new tutorial theme – Something Old, Something New! I thought it would be fun to mix together both some brand new products, and some older ones – to show how AMAZINGLY well Pretty Pink Posh products work together! Today, I’ve used the brand newLove Shaker Die and Love Sentiments Stamp Set, with with the adorable Happy Snowman and Happy Owl stamps and dies! I also used the brand newRed Mini Heart Confetti.
I had the idea of making a snowman couple for a Valentine’s Card – it wasn’t until I got to the end of the card that I thought of adding the hat and bow from Happy Owl stamp set – that’s why they aren’t included in the tutorial photos!
First up, I stamped the snowpeople and their scarfs, using red ink to fill in the scarf with the polka dot pattern. I did a bit of soft coloring with Copics as well.
Next up, I heat embossed my sentiment in white on a strip of black cardstock, and then stamped one of the hearts from Love Sentiments Stamp Set, using the solid image to stamp in the same red as the scarfs for continuity. Since this stamp set doesn’t have dies, I just fussy cut out that little heart.
Next, I built the shaker element. I die cut theLove Shaker Die from turquoise pattern paper, then trimmed a piece of acetate just smaller than the heart. I backed it with acetate, and then used some thin foam strips(that were just added to the PPP Shop!) around the edges.
I filled it with the new Red Mini Heart Confetti, and added another piece of acetate to the back to make a complete shaker element.
Then it was simply a matter of assembling the card! I adhered the shaker element to the top, and the black sentiment strip with foam adhesive at the bottom, then added the snowpeople in between.
At this point, I realized that hat and bow from Happy Owl would be a perfect fit and addition, so I added those, then added the heart in the center of them, with some twine to make it look like they were holding a banner with a heart between them!
This card also uses one of my favorite color schemes – something about turquoise and red is so fun together!!!
Thanks so much for stopping by today- we hope you enjoyed this new feature! Have a wonderful day!
I chose a color scheme for the card that could be used or a either a birthday boy or a birthday girl.
I colored the images with Copic Markers and used a Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen to add glitter to the cake frosting. I added the polka dots to the dress with a white gel pen. Then I die cut the images with theBirthday Friends Coordinating Dies.
Next I cut the newStorybook 6 Die twice, once from a patterned paper, that was cut to fit the card front, and once from watercolor paper. On the patterned paper I stamped a sentiment from theBirthday Friends Stamp Set in black ink. On the watercolor paper I sponged on distress ink and spritzed the paper with water.
On the back of the card front I added foam tape. The foam tape adds dimension to card and leaves me a little space to attach the stamped images.
I inlayed the watercolor squares and rectangles into the card front and the attached the stamped images using foam tape.
The card is finished of with a few pieces from theSparkling Clear Confetti Mix.Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day.
Hello, friends! Marge here today and I’m sharing two shaker cards with stamping and coloring on acetate films.
As shown in the picture, I colored flowers on an acetate film using alcohol markers so that you can give stained glass effects to your cards.
Here are supplies for today: acetate film, StazOn ink, alcohol swab, stamps and dies from Pretty Pink Posh.
To begin, I trimmed a sheet of acetate film into 3.75×5 inch, then stamped Pretty Petunia on it using a jet black StazOn ink. Then I erased a part of stem & leaves using an alcohol swab, then stamped a sentiment from Love Sentiments into the empty space.
I then turned the film upside down, and started coloring on the back of stamped images.
At first, I tried Copic markers for coloring, but they didn’t look bright on the acetate film, so I changed to Altenew Artist Markers, which are also alcohol based. Since the Altenew markers have larger nibs and are more juicy than Copics, I found it easier with the Altenew markers.
After I finished coloring, I found that the petunias shape fit very well into the Storybook 1 die frame. So I changed my plan from making a large rectangle window to making partitioned windows for shakers.
I always feel delightful when I put sequins into the shaker pouch and I love the iridescent shimmering look of the sequins.
Here are the two finished cards.
Except for coloring on the acetate film, the whole process is very simple.
Tips
1. Coloring on acetate film using alcohol markers is very tricky. So don’t try to be perfect. Use deep colors rather than light ones. When you brush markers, do it in the same direction before the previous brush stain dries up. That will minimize brushstrokes.
2. Mix seed beads with cupped sequins when you make shakers. Your shaker will look prettier and sound cheerful.
3. When you use MISTI for stamping on acetate film, use masking tape to keep the film from moving. The magnets won’t keep it in the same position while you stamp and open the MISTI door because the surface of the clear stamps is too sticky.
4. Color numbers of markers I used are R206, R217, B227, B016, G554 (shown below)
Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I have a card to share with you using some items from the new release and included in this release is a special offer to get a un-released stamp and die set with qualifying purchases. This set is Butterfly Friends and it’s so super cute. It comes with different designs of butterflies, both solid and outline along with a sentiment. You can get the stamp set with a $60 purchase and you also have the opportunity to get the coordinating die set too with a $75 purchase, while supplies last. For my card, I’ll be using the new Party Time Mix as my colour scheme and I’ll also be creating a multi shaker card.
To begin my card today I first went ahead and pulled out the sequin mix called Party Time. It comes with Marigold, Pink Peonies, Navy and Orchid coloured sequins. So I’m basing my entire card colour scheme on this mix. So I then coloured three bits of watercolour cardstock with Picked Raspberry, Wild Honey and Seedless Preserves Distress Ink, then I used the Stacked Edges 1 dies to cut the wavy border out of the coloured cardstock. Next up, I coloured my images. I used the Butterfly Friends stamp set and stamped down three of the outline butterflies onto some white cardstock and also the ‘friend’ sentiment from the set also. I then used coordinating colours from the sequin mix to colour my butterflies in. Once they were coloured, I used the coordinating to cut out the images along with the sentiment.
Next up, I used another piece of white cardstock, cut it down to 3 ½” wide by 4 7/8” tall and used the new Storybook 6 die to cut out the middle of my panel. I used this one in particular since it had four sections and my sequin mix had four different colours in there. Once I cut it out, I turned it over, adhered a piece of acetate and then went around the entire piece with foam tape to divide all the sections for the different wells for my sequins. I then used the positive pieces of the die cut so the two rectangles and two squares and coloured them up using the same colours of Distress Ink I did before, but adding in Chipped Sapphire to complete the four colours of the mix. Now that all my elements for my card were done, I scored a card base that measures 4” wide by 5 ½” tall and adhered down my Stacked Edges 1 pieces into the middle of my card base. Next, I adhered down my inner pieces from the Storybook 6 dies flat onto my card base as well.
Next up, I pulled the individual colours of sequins out of the mix and laid them overtop with their corresponding colour. I then removed the backers off my foam tape on my panel and adhered it over top. I then added foam tape onto the back of my butterflies and adhered them around my card also. To finish off my card, I used the Bear Hugs stamp set and white heat embossed the ‘For You’ sentiment onto a strip of black cardstock. Then I added more foam tape on the back and adhered it to the centre of my card.
So that finishes up my card today, I love using the sequin mixes as inspiration for colour schemes because most of the time, at least for me they’re colour combos I would have never thought of and it’s always nice to use different colours that I maybe normally wouldn’t use. Thanks so much for stopping by today!
