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Let’s Fly Away…

I don’t know about you, but it seems when I have a “crucial” list of things to do, something seems to happen and that list goes out the window. This past weekend, was one of those times. I had wanted to make a shaker card for each day of this week, along with filming more videos, but my body had other plans. Alas, I was in bed pretty much all weekend and got none of my list items done.

With that being said, I’m happy to be recovering and while I didn’t get any new shaker cards made, I have LOTS of friends who did! I’ll list them at the end of the post…

Today I’m sharing a card I made a few weeks back, but never got around to blogging. It features my current favorite set- Up and Away by Mama Elephant. I have to admit, this set has been on my table for several weeks now and I have no plans to put it away. It’s such a fun and happy set!

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You may recognize the paper on this card- I just purchased another pack of it and featured it my April Craft Haul video! If I had to recommend one paper pack for you to get, this would be the one. It has a variety of patterns and colors and they are all perfect!

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Is anyone else counting down the days until Saturday (ie: the Sequin Shaker Blog Hop)? You can bet I’ll be here with my coffee and ready to hop around the stops. I hope that each of you will join me, along with all of our amazing sponsors, for this FUN event!

Speaking of the blog hop, all this week a variety of the sponsors and their teams will be bringing their sequin shaker cards to blog land. Let’s call it a pre-party of sorts. My hope is that you’ll be inspired by their creations and then create your own sequin shaker(s) to share on Saturday! Here are the designers who have posted sequin shakers thus far:

Julie Ebersole

Nina Yang

Joni Andaya

Katie Gehring

Kim Kesti

Lorena Cantó

May Sukyong Park

Suzanne Dahlberg

If you haven’t already, be sure to like the Pretty Pink Posh Facebook page. I’ll be sharing some of the sequin shakers there and I always love connecting with my readers there. Also, occasionally I have exclusive giveaways there, so that’s another good reason to “like” the page. *wink*

Well, I’ll let you hop along to the stops I listed above. Enjoy your Tuesday, I’ll chat with you all soon!


April Craft Haul

Hello and Happy Saturday!

Today I have my April Craft Haul (Can you believe it? I didn’t wait until the last minute!). This month I decided to go a little outside my comfort zone and got a few products that I wouldn’t typically get. Any guesses what they might be?

Before you watch the video, I want to remind you that in ONE WEEK the Sequin Shaker Blog Hop starts. Starting on Monday, several different companies will be sharing inspiration featuring sequin shakers leading up to the big day. Are you ready? There’s going to be SO much inspiration and fun! I’m so excited and I hope you all are too!

Okay, now you all can go ahead and watch the haul video….

What craft purchases did you make this month? I want to hear….it might inspire me to purchase something next month!


Have a great weekend. Sending crafty hugs from Seattle!

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Sequin Shaker Tutorial

Hello and Happy Tuesday!

I don’t know about you, but the weeks are flying by for me. I just looked at the calendar and realized that Easter is a mere five days away!

For today’s card, I used some the Teeny Heart Background and Happy Easter sentiment from DeNami, along with the Happy Easter set from Lawn Fawn. Oh yes and some Pretty Pink Posh sequins…but that’s pretty much a give in nowadays, right? *wink*

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When you think of Easter, do you tend to think of pastel or bright colors? My initial thought is always pastel, but I have such a hard time using them and usually opt for brighter colors with a little pastel mixed in.

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We all know I have sequin shakers on the brain lately. With a mere 11 days until the BIG Sequin Shaker Blog Hop, I thought it was time to bring a revamped video tutorial. Now if you’re anything like me, you might initially be intimidated or overwhelmed with the idea of a shaker. I promise, it really isn’t that hard! Take a look at the video and you can see for yourself….

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In case you’re wondering what kind of sequin shaker you can create, here’s a few that I’ve made in the past. Honestly, you can create them for just about any occasion! Just type in “sequin shaker” into the search bar on my blog and you can see all of the ones I’ve done so far.

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I hope that you ALL can participate in the blog hop on April 26th. If you missed the announcement, or want to look at the details again, CLICK HERE. Don’t forget, there are exclusive savings coupons in that post, too!


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Happy Monsters + Winner

Hello and Happy Monday!

Did you see my announcement last week? I’m so excited to be hosting the very first Pretty Pink Posh blog hop in 19 days and each day that passes, I’m getting more and more excited for the big day. There’s TONS of sponsors lined up to provide prizes and many of the companies have designers who will be sharing inspiration the week of. If you haven’t already, head on over to the original post for all the info and some exclusive COUPON codes!

I recently carved out some crafty time and made a few shaker cards. There’s just something about these cards that make me happy….honestly, I don’t think it’s possible to look at a shaker card and not smile. Today’s shaker card features the adorable Happy Monsters in Car stamp from DeNami Design. Seriously, how cute is this design?! It’s a happy design in itself, but pair it with a shaker card and we have a winning combo.

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Isn’t the striped and the polka dot papers darling? It’s from the Let’s Polka paper pack that I featured in my latest video, March 2014 Crafty Favorites. This definitely is my favorite paper pack at the moment.

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It’s time for me to announce the lucky winner of the Nature Embellishment Kit from THIS POST. I’m sorry I didn’t do it on Saturday…I was feeling really sick that day and spent most of the day in bed. Without further ado, here’s the lucky winner!

winner3Karen, please use the contact me form and send over your mailing address and I’ll get this kit mailed off to you soon!

I better wrap up this post. Today I’m planning on getting some orders shipped out and maybe even film a start-to-finish video. Many of you know that I deal with quite a bit of health issues, so each day I’ll never know how I feel until the time comes. Let’s cross our fingers I have strength and energy to film today- I love hearing that you’ve been enjoying the videos recently.

Have a super amazing Monday!


March Craft Haul

Hello, sweet blog friends! Over the weekend I got lots of think accomplished and one of them was filming my March haul video. Words can’t describe how happy I am to hear and see how much you all love my videos. I’m absolutely blown away that I’m almost to 1-0-0-0 subscribers on the Pretty Pink Posh YouTube channel. You can bet that once I get to the big number, I’ll be doing a giveaway! I know you all really just want to see the video and the list of products, so let’s just jump right into it….

Now that I’m a sponsor for both Ellen Hutson and Simon Says Stamp, I wanted to make sure that I had links to either shop for the products (when applicable).  Speaking of these two shops….on April 1st, I’ll have some big news coming and these two places will be a part of it. Oh, but wait, there’s even more news…. I’ll have eight other companies involved too! Question: can you guess what I’m announcing on April 1st? It’s going to be BIG and it’s a huge deal for Pretty Pink Posh. Can’t wait to read your guesses! I hope you enjoyed my haul video. Thanks for stopping by!

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Easter Chicks + More Kits!

Is anyone else looking forward to Spring and Easter? I love everything about this time of year (well, not the rain… we get a lot of it here in Seattle!), but I DO love the flowers that bloom because of the rain. Flowers and I go hand-in-hand; I’m a sucker for fresh cut flowers and how they brighten up my studio.

For those who watched my March New Products video, you’ll recognize this card. I used the Springtime Sequin Mix for this card and love how the colors and those mini flower sequins complements the card. I think the Easter eggs with the sequins added in look adorable, don’t you?

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I get a lot of questions asking how I adhere my sequins and I personally like Crystal Lacquer or Medium Matte. These both hold the sequins well and with the small application holes, it doesn’t get too messy.

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excitingnewsOkay, now onto how you can purchase one of the SOLD OUT Springtime Embellishment Kits. I have 8 kits available and if you would like to purchase one, leave a comment with your name, state/country and quantity you would like. I’ll send Paypal invoices to those who leave a comment before they sell out. Then once these are gone I have no more.

NOTE: I’m sold out of the Springtime Mix of the cupped option and don’t know when I’ll be able to make more since my supplier is sold out of one of the colors….. Once I have them back in stock, I’ll definitely be posting it on the Pretty Pink Posh Facebook page. In the meantime, I do have the flat version available.

That’s going to wrap up this post. If you haven’t already, be sure to subscribe to the blog posts via email so you don’t miss anything. Coming April 1st, I’ll have a post packed full of news, new products and more- only 15 days away!

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Valentine Week: Sequin Jar

Hello, sweet readers!

It’s the last day of Valentine Week here on the blog and I must say it was both fun and exhausting. I absolutely love doing posts, but doing them back-to-back in the midst of a crazy time of year at work wasn’t my smartest idea. I’m proud that I stuck it out though and I’m *almost* finished with all my major deadlines for both work and design wise. The next thing on the list? Finishing up my shopping cart, restocking my inventory and then lots and lots of crafting. I’ll confess, I’m especially excited for the last item.

I know that this card may look familiar to some- I did a similar one HERE. That particular card was pinned more times than I can count on Pinterest and I thought I’d bring you a fresh take on it with Valentine colors and PPP products.

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For quite a while now, I’ve been sharing my love of the yummy chevron twill ribbons here on the blog. Honestly, it’s a ribbon that works well with so many projects AND it’s incredibly easy to tie bows with it. My only complaint? There aren’t enough colors of it! I’m crossing  my fingers that more colors will be released in the future.

This week I’ve filmed multiple orders with these ribbons in it- you have no idea how happy that makes me! I hope that each of you love it as much as I do. For those who noticed that a couple of colors are sold out: fear not, they’re expected to arrive on Monday!

Click here to purchase some chevron twill ribbon!

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I must say, it was so fun to see all of the different answers of what caught your eye in the shop. The most popular answer was the Valentine Kit (yay!), but I also got all sorts of other answers. I’m so happy that I’ve been able to expand the products in the shop- it looks/ sounds like the items I have added are ones you all like!

Okay, now onto the giveaway winner…winnerLindsey, please email me with your shipping information and I’ll send off a prize pack full of products!

I hope that you’ve enjoyed the Valentine theme week. I’ll definitely be posting more Valentine cards and projects in the upcoming weeks and I’m hoping to also film at least one Valentine video. Stay tuned for that!

I’ll be back tomorrow with the winner of the 10 Minute Craft Dash #32. Have a great rest of your Friday!

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Lawnscaping Winter Blog Hop

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It’s not often that I participate in blog hops, but I just couldn’t resist playing along in the Lawnscaping Blog Hop this month. After all, the theme is WINTER and since I’m obsessed with the Winter Sparrows stamps and dies, it just made sense. *wink* If you have started the hop from the beginning, you should have arrived from Karin’s blog.

If you follow my blog regularly, you know that I’m head over heels in love with sequins. It’s been a little while since did a sequin shaker card and I thought today would be the perfect occasion to do a winter one. Honestly, any day would be a good day to create one, but I made it extra special for today’s hop.

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Before I create my sequin shakers, I always plan out which sequins colors I want to use. For this card, I used the PPP Marshmallow, Sparkling Clear and Pink Peonies sequins. Don’t they look pretty together? It looks like those sweet birds are loving them, too!

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Another exciting thing about today’s blog hop: Pretty Pink Posh is one of the sponsors! This is the very first blog hop I’m sponsoring and I’m hoping many of the regular Lawnscaping participants will hop over and take a peek at my shop. For any of you wonderful gals wanting to try out my products, I have a coupon code to share!

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I know there are many other stops, so I will wrap this up. Your next stop is Andrea Garland’s blog! Be sure to leave comments on each stop- there’s all sorts of prizes and I know there will be all sorts of creative ideas, too. Enjoy the rest of the hop!

Christmas Birds

I love this time of year….the delicious holiday drinks at Starbucks, big chunky scarves and boots, warm and cozy fires, time with family and friends…. what I don’t like is the sickness that tends to come with it all. With my extremely low immune system (it got noticeably worse after the accident) and then still battling health issues, this month hasn’t been all that great in terms of shopping and such. Thank goodness for online shopping and understanding family and friends. I have several packages en route and I’m looking forward to the gift wrapping process! I won’t be able to share much here on the blog, since many friends and family read my posts, but I’ll share what I can!

Today I have yet another card using the adorable Winter Sparrows set and matching dies. Have I mentioned how much I love these stamps? Just to forewarn you, I have a couple more cards to share with them and if you haven’t gotten them yet, I’d suggest adding them to your cart soon.

I’ve been doing a lot of whimsical colors late, so I went a little more traditional for this card. There’s something about the color red that is so striking and festive- whether it be for Christmas or Valentine’s Day- it’s really hard to resist it.

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I pulled out my favorite chevron twill ribbon for this card and I love how it looks with the birds. Have you tried this ribbon out yet? If not, it’s a must-have!

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excitingnewsI wanted to share some exciting things that are happening behind-the-scenes here. Being stuck in bed allows one to do a lot of thinking and I’ll be bringing a few new items to the shop very soon. I’m staying true to keeping things as embellishments and very PPP in style. Any guesses on what they might be? Also, if you have requests on some items you would like to see in the shop, I would love to hear those too!

That’s going to wrap up today’s post. If you’ve purchased from the Pretty Pink Posh shop recently, ALL orders have shipped as of today. If you have wanted to do a little shopping, here’s a 10% off savings coupon.

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Thank you so much for stopping in. Have a wonderful rest of your day!

10 Minute Craft Dash #31

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Colors: light yellow, bright red, green

Hello and welcome to a new Craft Dash challenge!

We have a mere two challenges left in 2013 (including this one) and I wanted to share what’s in store for the future of the challenge. Due to the low number of entries and the time it takes to coordinate sponsors, host a design team call and design color palettes, the challenge will be going on a hiatus until February. Once that time comes, I’ll revisit the possibility of re-opening the challenge. Honestly, it pains me so much to take this break….this challenge has been my “baby” for 16 months! However, I feel this is a necessary step, especially with the recent decline in challenge entries all over blog land. Not to fret, when one door closes (whether it be temporarily or permanently), others open and I’m thoroughly excited about some doors I’ll be walking through soon.

Okay, now back to the fun and excitement of today’s challenge…..let’s enjoy the challenges we DO have!

Today we have Lawn Fawn returning as a sponsor and whenever they sponsor, I can’t help myself from choosing bright and happy color palettes. The colors we have this week can be used for Christmas, or you can take it another route. Let your creativity soar!

If you aren’t able to stay within the 10 minutes, you can still link up your item! While it won’t quality for the winner spot, it still could qualify as a favorites pick!

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Now onto prize! The lucky winner will get to choose any Lawn Fawn set AND they’ll also win the adorable Peace Joy Love 6 x 6 paper pack. Talk about lots of crafty goodness!

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How to Play

  1. Create a card/craft project within 10 minutes featuring the color palette.
  2. Post the time it took to create.
  3. Be sure to include the challenge graphic in your post and link to the challenge.
  4. You may combine a total of three challenges with your entry. You may enter the challenge a maximum of two times.
  5. Subscribe to Pretty Pink Posh via Email