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Easter Theme Week: Day 7

Hello, Pretty Pink Posh fans! Amy here to share my project for the Easter Theme Week. I created a Magic Slider card using the adorable Easter Friends set and the versatile Stitched Notes Dies.

This card required three layers, so I trimmed three white cardstocks and one acetate to 4.5 X 5.5. Then, I used the Stitched Notes Dies to die-cut the white cardstocks (see picture below).

Next, using the Misti tool, I took turns stamping the images on one of the die-cut papers (using versafine black ink) and on acetate (using stazon black ink).

Once I was done stamping, I covered up the images using a Molotow masking pen in preparation for distressing the background.

I used wavy Scallop Borders to die cut stamping mask paper to create the ground for the images and to separate the colors. I distressed the stamped card stock using Cracked Pistachio and Worn Lipstick Distress Ozide inks using the blending tool.

Once I removed the masking fluid with a rubber cement eraser, I colored the images using Zig Clean Color Real Brush 60 Pack.

Remember, I mentioned this card has three layers (plus a card base). The bottom layer consists of the colored cardstock with a white border (at this point I adhered the bottom layer to the card base). The second layer has a white border that was trimmed to a sideways U shape and adhered to the top of the bottom layer (this is the channel for the slider). For the sliding cardstock, I took the die-cut paper and glued on the largest tab from the Stitched Notes Dies. The white cardstock hides the colored image behind it. When you pull the tab, the cardstock slides away and the colored image is revealed. For the front layer, I adhered the stamped acetate behind the colored border and taped that to the top of the second layer. Voilà! Now we have a fun magic slider card.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and our Easter Theme Week. Thank you for stopping by!

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Easter Theme Week: Day 6

Thanks for stopping by during our Easter Themed Week!  Jeanne here today!  I couldn’t resist making a card with the cute little bunny from the Easter Friends stamp set.  We have a big yard so the Easter Egg Hunt is always at our house. We hide plastic eggs with treats inside and give each of the kids a basket to fill up.

One of my favorite things about Pretty Pink Posh stamps is the ability to mix different sets together. Lots of the images from different sets are sized perfectly to create wonderful scenes!


I started with a hills of grass made with the Scallop Borders die set.  Of course we need some soft puffy clouds in the sky too!  These were cut from the Rainy Days coordinating die set.

I stamped the sentiment twice, once on the blue card stock sky, and again on just the edge of one of the clouds.  This gives a clean appearance to the stamped sentiment.

Next the fun part!  I stamped the images in Copic Markers and colored them with Copic Markers. It’s fun to add each element to complete the scene!

Be sure to join us tomorrow for the last day of our Easter week.

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Easter Theme Week: Day 5

Hello!  Amy K. here with my card for the Pretty Pink Posh Easter Theme Week. The design team has shared many ideas using the newest Easter products over the past few days.  Make sure to check them all out!

I wanted to create a card with the bunny image, from Easter Friends, popping out of windows. Pretty Pink Posh has lots of choices for dies when it comes to this technique. I chose to use the Stitched Pieces Die. I created a white panel using this die as it cuts the rounded rectangles out leaving stitching on the negative piece. I used the negative piece, trimmed down, and rounded the corners to match. To a top folding card, I added some plaid pattern paper and added my white die cut Stitched Pieces panel with foam adhesive. I didn’t want the pattern paper behind my images so I used the rounded rectangles cut earlier and lightly blended Distress Inks in shades that matched the pattern paper. These were adhered through the “windows”.
 

My images were Copic colored and die cut using the Easter Friends Die Set.  Then I decided where all my elements were going to go.  Once this was done, I used the “Hi!” sentiment from Everyday Greetings Stamp Set and stamped it in each window.  Using a non-Easter sentiment, made this a card that could be given anytime in the spring (if you left off the colored eggs!)  Now the fun part was assembling!  My bunnies were popped up with foam adhesive from each window tucking the bottom into the frame.  One little colored egg was added to each bunny to carry.  To finish, a few sequins from the Friendship Sequin Mix were added for some sparkle.

We hope you’ve been enjoying our posts this week. We have two more days of Easter inspiration- stay tuned!
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Easter Theme Week: Day 3

Hello Pretty Pink Posh friends! Shannon here, so happy to join you today for part of the Easter Theme Week! For my card today I used the adorable new Easter Friends stamp set to create a cute shaker card.

To start my card off, I used a light blue A2 sized card based and stamped the patterned Easter eggs in the stamp set in the same colored ink all over for a tone on tone background. Moving on to the fun shaker area, I used the Scallop Circle die with some purple card stock to cut out my circle, I also die cut a piece of fun foam with a die to use as my dimension to create my shaker piece, however you can use foam adhesive, I just didn’t feel like cutting it down into thin strips and I prefer that the fun foam is a little thinner. Once I had my acetate attached to my scallop circle along with my foam for dimension it’s on to adding all the sequins and elements.

I wanted to be able to see the background of my card through the shaker, which makes it a little trickier to add the elements without a backing, what I find easiest is to put something heavy on the card to hold it down and then place all the sequins and seed beads in a small area where you want the shaker piece and then adhere the shaker element right on top. For my shaker I used the Hydrangea beadsLilac beadsClear Confetti mix 3mm Sparkling Clear sequins and I also added a few colored Easter eggs in there that I colored in with Copic markers and cut out using the coordinating dies from the stamp set.

I stamped my cute little Easter bunny and the rest of the images on white card stock, colored in with Copic markers and cut out again using the coordinating dies. I adhered my images onto my shaker element and stamped my sentiment to finish my card off!

 
I hope you enjoyed my Easter shaker card created with the adorable new Easter Friends stamp set. Thank you so much for joining me today!
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Easter Theme Week: Day 2

Hello and welcome to Pretty Pink Posh! Lisa here today sharing a card for our Easter Theme week using Easter Blessings Stamps and Dies. I have a step by step tutorial that shows just how simple this card was to make!

To begin, cut an opening in a card base and patterned paper using the Stitched Duo 3 Die.

With the card base closed, draw a light pencil line along the bottom open edge. Open the card and stamp your sentiment.

Next you will need two die cut crosses. Color one then adhere the blank one to the back of it. This covers any marker color that seeps through. When this card is open, the back of the cross will show on the inside.

Sandwich the cross between two pieces of clear acetate. I used a thin layer of spray adhesive on the back of the cross. Use your stamped sentiment as a guideline for the cross placement. Add the acetate layers to the card base front.

Adhere the patterned paper to the front of the card.

Stamp just the lily blooms several times then fussy cut them. Add them to the card front along with a sprinkling of Sweet Pea Sequins.

And there you have it! Something extra special for the recipient that didn’t take long at all!

Be sure to join us everyday this week for more Easter inspiration in a variety of styles from the design team. Thanks for joining us today!

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Easter Theme Week: Day 1

Hi crafty friends! Lexa here today with a card for Pretty Pink Posh Easter Theme Week. It will be so much fun, stay tuned for more amazing inspirations everyday this week.

A few days ago Paulina shared an amazing idea she saw by Heather. She created flower petals with the vase from Friends Forever Stamp Set. I really was in awe so I couldn’t wait to try it too and it turned out so cute! I added 6mm Clear Droplets in the center of each flowers. I choose springy candy colors for my card in pink, lilac and yellow. The little girl with bunny ears is carrying a basket full of eggs from Easter Friends Stamp Set as the star of this card.

I started my card with some background blending use Distress Inks and a stencil. Then I stamped all the images with Versafine black ink and watercolor them with Distress Markers. The purple Scallop Frames is a perfect way to keep your images in place. I mix the Easter Friends with Easter Blessings Stamp Set, a piece of burlap, a beautiful cross and “Easter Blessings” sentiment to complete my card.

Last but not least, I add some Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix to finish my card. You will never have enough sequins in your life, especially this one, I’ve been using this a lot. Here’s a closer look of my card…

Thank you so much for stopping by today. Be sure to join us everyday this week for more Easter inspiration. I hope you all have a wonderful day!

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A Blog Named Hero Celebration Hop

Hello, friends!

We are excited to be participating in a blog hop hosted by A Blog Named Hero. They are celebrating their fifth anniversary and since we have previously sponsored their challenge, they invited us to join in the festivities this weekend for their two day blog hop packed full of prizes and inspiration!

Today the talented Jeanne has created a special card for this occasion. I always adore the way Jeanne creates vibrant and fun backgrounds and this card is no exception. She used the Stitched Borders 3 die set and die cut the wide strip in a variety of colors. Imagine all the fun color combinations you could do with this concept!

Celebrations to me mean bright colors, confetti and balloons. The star confetti was made with stars from the Mini Tags die set cut from gold glitter paper. If you don’t want bulkiness or too much height, these little die cuts are a great way to get some sparkle onto your projects.

The little girl and balloons are from the new Friends Forever set and the sentiment is from the Everyday Greetings set. These sets are quickly becoming a favorite for many and it’s easy to see why- they are just so fun and versatile!

The little bow at the top is part of the Twine and Bows die set. This is such a unique set and if you like the look of bows, but maybe aren’t the best at making perfect bows, or again, don’t want to add bulkiness to your card, this set is a MUST HAVE!

Your next stop is Simone Naoum’s blog

If you get lost on the blog hop, head over to the A Blog Named Hero blog for all the links.

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A Blog Named Hero is so thankful for our wonderful sponsors and collaborating companies!  Several companies decided to help us celebrate our fifth anniversary with giveaways and they were so generous that we decided to spread the love over both hop days with different prizes to be won each day!  Giveaway prizes total more than $400!  To win, leave a comment on each hop stop before 11:59 PM EDT on Tuesday, March 28th and winners will be announced on March 30th on the ABNH blog. We will select winners randomly from different blogs so the more blogs you visit each day, the greater your chances of winning!  And be sure to visit A Blog Named Hero on Sunday for the list of Sunday hoppers and prizes!

Today’s prizes include the following:

Happy hopping. We hope you enjoyed today’s post!

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Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello everyone, Joni here sharing a card for the Spring Coffee Lovers Blog Hop using our new Friends Forever stamp set and the mugs from the Christmas Friends stamp set.

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!

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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!

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Combining Stamp Sets

Hello Everyone, Joni here sharing another way to use the Easter Blessings and Easter Friends stamp set as a non – Easter card. For this project, I also used the Bee Friends and Everyday Greetings stamp sets. If you missed the March release, the Bee Friends stamp set were part of the free gift if you spend $80 and if you spend $125 you also get the die set, really cool deal.

To begin I first gather all my images and colored them with Copic Markers. I also used the coordinating dies.

Next, distressed my card panel with Tim Holtz Distress inks in Scattered Straw and Evergreen Bough. Next, I die-cut my panel with the new Stitched Notes dies. Then, stamped my sentiment “get well soon” from Everyday Greetings stamp set with Color Box in Ocean pigment ink. Then, added the Clear Embossing powder on top of the sentiment and heat set.

I just want to show you the color after embossing, really nice light aqua.

Next, I added some gold splatter using Gansai Tambi Starry Colors on the distressed panel. I also added the bee trail image from the Bee Friends stamp set. For added interest and another way to use the Daffodil Seed Beads, I put a chunk of Multi Medium Matte on the bottom of the panel and adhered the seed beads there. Just wait for a few minutes because the glue should dry.

To finish off the card I added some Sparkling Clear Confetti, Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix and Sparkling Clear Flat Sequins in 6mm.

I hope you enjoyed! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Until next time.

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Watercolor Lilies + Giveaway

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:

CardMaker Blog
Katie Gehring
Rebecca Keppel
Heather Pulvirenti
Kat Benjamin 
Stephanie Gold
Melissa Bickford
Heather Hoffman
Pretty Pink Posh << you are here

To celebrate this mini hop, I’m hosting a giveaway that features some of our brand new products!

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I hope that you all have a great start to your week! Thanks for spending some time with us today.