Cards

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends!

Heather here to share a couple cards I made using some of the BRAND NEW goodies that are releasing May 1st! So exciting, right?!?!? I’m also sharing a tutorial for these cards with a mini shaker tag!

A sweet friend recently gifted me with these adorable plaid papers (she obviously knows me well!!!) – so I had to pull them out to use on these cards! Those new tag dies are part of the new release – as are those lovely sequins – 4mm sizes of the popular Iridescent sequins! Squeal! So cute!!!

These tag dies come with smaller size dies that fit perfectly inside, or can be used separately – I used a couple of them to create the windows in my tags for the shaker element.

I also love using doilies on my cards – these are some that I purchased off of Etsy – they are 5 inch rounds – so I fold them around the front of my pattern paper to help them fit my card size better without having to trim anything off.

Next, I used some sturdy adhesive to attach acetate to my little windows.

I *should* have stamped and heat embossed my sentiments before adding the acetate – but since this was acetate that was safe to heat emboss on (and therefore wouldn’t melt with the heat gun) I went ahead and did it now using the adorable Birdie Notes stamp set. I DID learn that embossing powder heads right toward the acetate like a MAGNET and is HARD to get off! So on the second one, to save frustration, I placed some Post-it tape over the acetate while embossing, then was able to easily remove it.

Next I chose a couple of the little critters from the Darling Friends set, stamped them twice, and colored with Copics. Notice on the second one of each I only colored their feet? There’s a reason for that!

I fussy cut them out, then added a *tiny* dot of glue to the front bottom of the critters, and attached them BEHIND the acetate window. Added tiny dots of glue to the front feet, and attached them on the FRONT of the tag.

Do you see them here? How it looks like they are actually peeking through the window?

Add some trimmed down strips of foam tape to the back to hold the shaker portion of the sequins.

And then for the sparkly goodness – I mixed two colors of the new 4mm Iridescent sequins on each card, coordinating them with my pattern paper, then adhered my tags by the foam adhesive over the top.

I love the feel of the free strings on the tags, but it drives me nuts when they don’t stay where I want! So I arranged them in a pretty sweeping patter, then added a tiny staple to one spot to hold them in place.

Finished off by attaching the entire front panel to my card base, then rounding off a couple corners.

Here are the finished cards:

And a closer peek at the tiny shaker!

The other color:

And a closer look at this one too!

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

Hello Everyone, Joni here back with another card sharing the new upcoming Storybook 4 die set. For this project I created a shaker using the new 4mm iridescent sequins in Strawberry Burst, Fairytale Fuchsia, and Ballerina Pink (all new products release on May 1st).

To begin, I die-cut a window panel using the new Storybook 4 die set. Then I distressed the card base with Distress Ink. Next, I die-cut the top panel for the window with fuchsia paper adhered the sentiment “Let’s Celebrate” from Mama Elephant Say What stamp set. The sentiment was gold heat embossed on a white cardstock. The stamp images I used was from Lawn Fawn Here’s the Scoop stamp set, they were watercolored and fussy cut.

• Mama Elephant Say What: Ellen Hutson
• Lawn Fawn Here’s the Scoop: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp

Next, I adhered the clear acrylic plastic at the back of the window die-cut.

Next, I adhered some foam tape on top of the distressed panel and added the sequins. Then, I adhered the top of the window panel.

To finish off the scene, I added the top fuchsia panel using the scallop from the Stitched Borders 4 and placed the ice cream images with foam tape.

I hope you enjoyed the sneak of the new upcoming products coming your way on Sunday, May 1st. Below is a sneak peek that Paulina posted on Instagram of the pretty new iridescent sequins in the 4mm size.

Be sure to join us all week; there are more sneak peeks and we’ll be announcing the new design team. Thank you for stopping by! Have a wonderful week!!!

Good morning Pretty Pink Posh friends!

Heather here from Houses Built of Cards. I’m back sharing another photo tutorial today – this time to get a sparkly star-dusted edge with the Mini Star Confetti from Pretty Pink Posh. Once again, this is a picture heavy post – so consider yourself warned!

Here is a close up of the pretty sparkly edge – I love the magical look it gives!

I started off by stamping my images on Ranger Watercolor paper using Versafine Ink – my favorite for watercoloring! I used the Pretty Pink Posh/Simon Says Stamp exclusive Stamptember Darling Friends set.

Sometimes I choose my pattern papers before coloring, and match my coloring to my paper, but this time, I watercolored first, then chose my papers. Took a little bit of time to play around and find what I liked, but these were the ones I settled on.

By this time my watercoloring was dry, so I stamped on my sentiments, again with Versafine ink.

…then over another piece of scrap paper to catch the the extra confetti, I shake on a good coating of the Mini Star Confetti, then repeat, one edge at a time until complete.

Then it is time for some patience while you allow it to dry!

Next, I like to use a nice strong adhesive to hold everything together – Scor-tape does a lovely job of holding the watercolor paper in place so it doesn’t peel off.

And there you go – so easy!

That’s it! Here is a close up of each of these cards the first one with Silver Mini Star Confetti:

And the other one with Gold Mini Star Confetti:

• Lawn Fawn Paper Pad:  Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
• Distress Watercolor Cardstock: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
• Gansai Tambi Watercolors:  Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
• Glossy Accents: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp
• Scor-Tape: Amazon // Simon Says Stamp
• Versafine: Amazon // Ellen Hutson // Simon Says Stamp

Hello everyone, Joni here sharing another new tutorial. Today I’ll be showing you how to create a simple watercolor background using the ZIG Clean Color Real Brush 60.

To begin I simply drew a swirly image using the ZIG Clean Color Real Brush 60. Any color will work. You can also try a different shape just add leaves to give it a flower look.

In this image below I simply just added a leaves image to go with my background flower.

After drawing my image, I moved the image with a wet watercolor brush to give the image a watercolor feel.

I also added some yellow dots with the flower to give it a more complete look.

I also added a light blue ZIG Clean Color Real Brush 60 to give a hint of blue on the background.

In assembling the card, I also added my favorite inverted Scallop Circle die (the smaller version). The sentiment is from Wplus9 You equal kind stamp set. I mounted the circle die-cut on a foam tape at the middle of the card panel to give it dimension.

Next, I added some Sparkling Clear sequins to finish off the card.

Paulina wants to give you the opportunity to win these popular Zig watercolor markers and brushes. All you have to do is enter below leaving a comment with your favorite kind of flower!