Cards

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Sneak Peek: Bold Blooms

Hello, Pretty Pink Posh fans! This is Yana and today I wanted to share a technique video to show you two different ways to add color to outline images from the Bold Blooms stamp set that releases on May 1st!

Bold Blooms is a smaller set that features a number of beautiful floral and greenery images. There are coordinating dies available for this set but you can always use your stamps with or without the dies.

I started working on my card by stamping floral wreaths onto white cardstock panels cut to 4×5 ¼“. I made sure to outline a circle shape using a pencil to assure my wreath would be perfectly round.

For my stamping I decided to use just one flower shape – rose and two leaf shapes. I first stamped a number of flowers using black ink following my pencil line and later came in and stamped the leaves. You can chose to have a smaller wreath if you like, but I wanted to make sure my wreath would fit a sentiment so I made mine pretty large. As I was stamping my roses I made sure to rotate my image every time I made an impression. I wanted my wreath to look more organic, I wanted roses to face different directions and I also wanted to somewhat group my roses – I made little clusters with two flowers in each.

For my sentiments I used the new Thoughtful Greetings stamp set and stamped them messages  in black ink. One of my sentiments reads “I Appreciate You More Than Words Can Say” and the second one reads “Thank You for Everything You Do”. I love the font used for these sentiments and I can see myself using it often on different projects.

After my stamping was done I used a pencil eraser and erased that circle pencil shape I had on my panels.

To do my coloring I used solid layer stamps to color one of my panels and also alcohol markers to color another one. And this is what is great about this set – you can chose to use solid layer stamps to add color to your outline images or you can use your favorite coloring mediums – pencils, markers, and even watercolors.

I used two shades of green ink to “color” my leaves; as for the roses – I went with lots of pink and just a hint of yellow. These images are rater easy to align – these are simple shapes so the solid layers fit inside outline layers very easily. By the way, you can always go for a slightly offset look if you want – I love how that looks.

To color my second wreath I used Copic Markers. I used the following colors: YG67, YG17, YG03 – to color leaves; RV14, RV13, RV10 to color pink flowers; Y19, Y15 and Y13 – to color yellow flowers.

To add some details to my wreath and my images I used a black pigment pen and a white gel pen.

I adhered my panels onto A2 top folding card bases made out of light gray cardstock and to spice one of my cards up I foam mounted a few stamped and die cut flowers. I wanted to add some interest to this card and I decided to do that using little die cut pieces.

One last thing I did – I embellished my cards using some sparkling clear confetti, clear droplets and beads.

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

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Happy cardmaking! Join us tomorrow as we reveal another new set from our May release!

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Friend Shaker Card + Video

Hi there, Joy here today bringing you a post for the Pretty Pink Posh blog using the Friends Forever set that released in March!

I have something a little different for you from me of course, I created a video, yep I don’t do them often but I do try and well once I sort out the light situation in my room maybe then I may create more LOL I do try…

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I created a couple of cards in this video and you will notice what card I share in the still shots in the video is not the one I create on the video, but I wanted to give you option of 2 different colours and how super easy these can be to create, so why make 1 when you can create 2 right..

Creating shaker cards with Pretty Pink Posh product is so fun and easy, so sit back and watch how I create these cards for you…

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by. Be sure to join us tomorrow as we start our sneak peeks for our upcoming May 1st release!

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One Stamp Set // Three Cards + Video

Hello everyone, Eloise here and today I have a 1 stamp set, 3 cards video for you all. I’m going to be using the Friends Forever stamp set today since there is a lot of images as well as a lot of sentiments, which is what I want. Along with the stamp set I’m also using a few Pretty Pink Posh dies and sequins, too.

For my first card today, I used the Window Frames dies to create an opening into some watercolour cardstock, ink blended some Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed Distress Ink on top of the panel and created a shaker card using the Friendship Mix, Petunia Seed Beads, Sparkling Clear Stars and Sparkling Clear Seed Beads. I used a double layer of foam tape, since I wanted a lot of shake to happen. I sealed off the shaker using some white cardstock.

On top of my window shaker, I added some images I previously coloured with my Copic Markers and then adhered them with glue dots. For my sentiment I used some Twisted Citron Distress Ink onto some more cardstock and cut out a banner using the Stitched Notes dies. I then stamped the ‘Love You’ sentiment from the Friends Forever stamp set on top of the banner with black ink. I added foam tape onto the back and added onto the top of my panel. I then wrapped around some hemp cord and tied a bow. I mounted the entire panel onto a blue card base and the card was complete.

For the second card, I die cut the Stitched Film Strip from some white cardstock first and then moved onto my background. I laid out my elements on the background first to see where I wanted everything placed, once I knew I took some Wild Honey and Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink and used a piece of acetate, smooshed the ink on top, sprayed it with water and pressed down onto the cardstock. I repeated this until I was happy with the result. I then dried it off with a heat tool and stamped the sentiment ‘Hello Friend’ on the left with black ink.

I then adhered my kids that were previously coloured also with Copic Markers and adhered them to the back of the film strip. I then added foam tape all along the back and adhered it down to the card panel. To finish it up I added some Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix and then adhered the entire panel to a card base.

For my third card I first cut a piece of watercolour paper with the frame die that comes in the Stitched Notes die set. Once that was cut I used the Peekaboo Windows dies and cut the rectangle one out of the panel and also out of some masking tape. I then masked off the windows and used the Twisted Citron Distress Ink to colour the top of my piece and then fading it out to white. Once the green was blended I used the negative masking tape piece and placed that around the windows and used some painters tape to help hold it down and then used the Squeezed Lemonade to do the same inking to the windows. I then splattered on some water and dried it with a heat tool.

After everything was adhered and dried, I added my sentiment ‘I’m So Glad That We’re Friends’ from the same Friends Forever stamp set and stamped that underneath the windows with some black ink. I then went ahead and added adhesive to the whole back of the die cut panel and then added my images behind the window. I then added some foam tape behind the entire panel and kids and then I added some colour onto my card base. I used Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and ink blended it onto my card base, blending it out to white. I added my panel on top and my card was complete.

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I hope you enjoyed my cards today and got inspired! I love using a stamp set more than once, but sometimes struggle to use it again once I’ve already used it! So this works great if you colour a ton of images at once, then make so many different cards with them all.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Eloise

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Throwback Thursday: Storybook 2

Pretty Pink PoshHello friends!  Amy K. here for another Throwback Thursday where I feature an older Pretty Pink Posh Die.  This month I am sharing a cute “baby” Congrats shaker card using Storybook 2.

I used the Storybook 2 Die as a traditional “frame” out of white cardstock to make a shaker card.  I adhered a panel of clear acetate to the back of the panel.  My sentiment, from Everyday Greetings, was stamped directly onto the long panel of acetate with StazOn black ink.  I set this panel aside to finish the rest of my card.

To create the rest of the shaker, I adhered a piece of shimmer polka dot paper to a white notecard as my shaker “background”.  I combined several things for my shaker contents…….die cut stars (using Stitched Star Dies), Hydrangea Seed Beads, and Iridescent Mini Star Confetti.  I love the combination and even though there are bigger shaker contents, it still shakes perfectly!

My focal point is the adorable bird and chick from Birdie Friends.  I’ve Copic colored them with B21, B93, B95, and B97.  After diecutting the images with the coordinating Birdie Friends Dies, they were added with foam adhesive over a larger Stitched Star Die on the Storybook 2 panel. My finished panel was then foam adhered to my prepared notecard and shaker contents. As a last touch, I added a blue twine bow.border

Along with this shaker card by Amy, I have a few cards that have used the Storybook 2 in the past. Click on the photos below to see the original post from the designers

 

I hope you are inspired to create new cards using this older die set!

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One Layer Thank You Cards

Good morning! Heather here to share a tutorial for a couple one layer cards I put together by combining different ink colors with the lovely Blissful Butterflies stamp set!

This is one of my go to stamp sets – the butterflies are just beautiful, and there is so much you can do with this stamp set! I first used a strip of Post-it tape to mask off a strip of the card front to place my sentiment – this way I could stamp freely and still have a focal point to place my sentiment.

I chose two color combos for my cards – both inspired from Pinterest. I used THIS inspiration for my first color combo that is more bright tones, and THIS color combo for the second one in slightly more muted colors.

I stamped the butterflies in a random pattern with my selected ink colors, then peeled off the masking tape, and added a sentiment from the newly released Everyday Greetings  – seriously this set has the perfect sentiment for any card, and I love the font!

I finished off by adding some sparkly Stickles to accent the butterflies, and glued a few sizes of Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix next to the sentiment on each side.

I don’t think you can have too many thank you cards – and these came together so quickly and would be super easy to recreate in any color combination you could imagine. Monochromatic would even be fun!

And the Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix and Stickles add just the right amount of sparkle, while still leaving these cards nice and flat and perfect for mailing as well!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!

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Altenew 3rd Anniversary Blog Hop

Hello and welcome everyone, Joni here sharing some inspiration for Altenew’s 3rd Anniversary Blog Hop!

You should have arrived from Carissa’s Blog, but if you get lost, there is a complete line up list so you can stay on track during the blog hop HERE.

For this project I used Altenew Garden Treasure stamp set and Garden Treasure die set.  I also used Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Borders 2 dies and Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix.

To begin, I first stamped the images from Garden Treasure stamp set I only used the lined images and colored them with Copic Markers. After coloring I then used the Garden Treasure die set to die-cut each images.

Next, I distressed my card base with Tim Holtz Distressed Ink pads in Evergreen Bough and Crushed Olive. Then, used one of the scallop border from Stitched Borders 2 dies. I die-cut the top and bottom of the panel.

Next, I spattered some white gold watercolor paint from Gansai Tambi Starry Colors. Then, once it dried I adhered the flowers with foam tape for dimensions.

Here’s the final look of the card.

Let’s continue celebrating with your next stop at———> Meghann’s Blog

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Altenew is giving away $50 gift certificates to FIVE lucky winners. There are also 12 awesome companies who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:

Be sure to leave comments by Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 11:59 PM EDT for a chance to win! 21 WINNERS will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs listed below and will be announced on the Altenew blog on April 28th, 2017.

Here is the complete list of Blog Hop Participants:

Altenew
Debby Hughes
Stephanie Buice
Svitlana Shayevich
Jennifer McGuire
Therese Calvird
Carissa Wiley
Pretty Pink Posh
Meghann Andrew
Nicole Picadura
Virginia Lu

A big congratulations to Altenew and their team on their 3rd anniversary. We are so honored to be part of this celebration! Happy hopping!

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10 Minute Easter Card + Video

Hello everyone, Eloise here and today I have a 10 minute card challenge card for you all. As much as I love to create very full on cards that take a lot of time I also enjoy creating very simple and quick cards. So today I thought it would be fun to do the challenge. For my card today I’m using the Easter Blessings stamp set along with the Scallop Oval dies.

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To begin my card today I first stamped out the cross image from the Easter Blessings stamp set with some Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on Neenah Solar White Cardstock and coloured it in with Copic Markers. I used YG01, YG23 and YG17 for the leaves and E51, E53 and E55 for the cross part. I then used the coordinating dies to cut it out. While I had my Big Shot machine out, I also cut out the Scallop Oval die using some white cardstock. Once all my die cutting was done, I could work on my background.

For my background I did a super quick and easy watercolour background. I first blended on some Tumbled Glass and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink quite messily and then went in with some clean water and spread out the colour using the brush. This creates a fun watercolour background that’s quite pale and light, and it’s also very quick and easy to do! Once my background was done I dried it off with my heat tool and now I could assemble.

Before adhering everything down, I stamped out my sentiment onto the bottom centre of my card, using the same Easter Blessings stamp set with some Versafine Onyx Black ink. I then added foam tape onto the back of my frame and my image and adhered those down into the centre of my card. I popped up the entire panel on some fun foam and adhered it down to a pre-made card base. For a last finishing touch I went ahead and added some Wink of Stella to my cross image in the centre and that finished up the card.

I hope you enjoyed my card today and were inspired to either make a quick and simple card or to try and make a card in 10 minutes. This style of card can be used for so many different occasions just with a switch up of some colours, images and a sentiment. I think I’ll be using this design for a lot of cards now that I need quickly.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Eloise

 

 

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Juggling Easter Bunny

Hi there, Jeanne here today with a quick and fun Easter card!

Don’t you just love Easter?  One of my favorite traditions is decorating eggs.  We write on them with a white crayon – secret messages, or each other’s names, and then dip them in cups filled with water and food coloring.  It’s fun to watch the messages appear.  We don’t tell each other what they say.. only what cup the special message is in.   You have to wait for the letters and words to appearl  There’s always one that says “I love you” painted my favorite color!

 I added splashes of watercolor that remind me of painting eggs on a clean white background.  It’s the perfect background for this  this sweet bunny from the Easter Friends stamp set.

The stamp set has three different egg patterns – stripes, dots, and solid so you can make lots of your own in different colors.  The coordinating die set makes them easy to cut out in a flash!


I love the hand written font that you’ll find in a lot of the Pretty Pink Posh sets.  It makes each and every hand made card look even more personal – a gift from the heart.

There’s only 10 more days until Easter- are you ready?

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Plaid Umbrella Friend Card

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends! Heather here this morning – to share a bright and colorful card that is also a full panel shaker card! I also had fun combining some newly released goodies with some older stamps and dies – one of my favorite things about Pretty Pink Posh is how well everything coordinates and works together!

 

I started off by stamping, coloring, and die cutting my images. I used the newly released Friends Forever Stamps and coordinating Friends Forever Dies for the girl, and previously released Rainy Days Stamps and Rainy Days Dies for the umbrella – don’t you love how perfectly sized they are to work together? I used the outer portion of Decorative Tag 1 Dies to rest my images on, and to stamp my sentiment, also from Friends Forever.

I also added some accents with a white gel pen – and a BUNCH of Glossy Accents to the umbrella! LOVE the sparkle and shine that adds! Harder to see in the photos, but I added Glossy Accents to her jacket (to make it look a bit like a rain jacket?) and her shoes.

I added a frame using Scallop Frames to create my shaker portion, backing it with acetate, and adding foam tape around the edges. I then mounted the decorated frame directly on the front of the acetate, and added some foam behind the frame. I did this for two reasons – to add stability to the entire card with such a large shaker portion, and so that I didn’t waste my shaker filling where it wouldn’t be seen anyway. This way it can shaker around the entire panel and I didn’t have to fill it up as much as I otherwise might have had to.

I filled the shaker with 1/4″ Iridescent Star Confetti – SO nice and sparkly, and the perfect accent to all the bright colors from my rainbow plaid paper – it’s new from Lawn Fawn and I just ADORE it! Plaid makes me so happy anyway, but add a happy rainbow, and how can you go wrong?!?!?

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope you are having a wonderful day!!!

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Tutorial: Spring Friends Card

Hi everyone, Joni here sharing a different way of using the Stitched Notes Dies and pairing them with the Friends Forever stamp set, Easter Friends stamp set, and the Bee Friends stamp set (releasing in May 2017).

To begin, I distressed an A2 cardstock panel and die-cut with Stitched Notes Dies using the frame.

Next, I die-cut the center of the frame using one of the L dies to create a chevron pattern as a background. In this case, I also alternated some colors for my chevron.

Then, I colored these cute images. The girls and rose are from the Friends Forever stamp set, bunny from Easter Friends stamp set, bee from Bee Friends stamp set, the bow on their head is from the old favorite, Holiday Pals stamp set. All of these sets also have their coordinating die sets that are used on this project. If you did not get a chance to snatch the Bee stamp set this past released, this will be available for purchase in May 2017.

After die-cut cutting my chevron, I then put it together inside the frame and stamped the sentiment from Easter Friends stamp set “spring is here”. I also added some dots on the front panel using my Copic Markers.

The clouds are die-cut from another favorite, Rainy Days. To finish of the card I added some Lavender Moon sequins to match the card.

I hope I have inspired you to look at your products in a different way. Thank you so much for stopping by.