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Hello, Pretty Pink Posh fans! This is Yana and I today I’m excited to share a card using one of newest stamp sets- Everyday Greetings (releases on March 1st)!

We often look at sentiments as a last piece or a last step when we create a project and we forget that sentiments can be used in a variety of ways.

I used a large thank you message for my cards today, but many other sentiments from the Everyday Greetings set or other sets can be used for this technique.

I started working on this card by stamping a sentiment repeatedly in clear embossing ink onto a teal cardstock panel. I stamped each sentiment somewhat at an angle trying to create one continuous pattern. As soon as my stamping was done I added white embossing powder and heat set it with my heat tool.

I ink blended bottom left corner of my panel to make it slightly darker. Peacock Feathers distress ink was used as it best matched in color to my cardstock panel. I knew I will be adding a few additional elements to that corner, so I needed to make it slightly different from the rest of the card to help elements pop.

Even though I stamped Thank You repeatedly in the background I still wanted to add additional sentiment to my card. I used You’re The Best from the Birdie Friends set and stamped it in Black ink onto a strip of white cardstock.

I am enjoying using critters on my projects lately, so I wanted to add a few fun bees onto this card. I used several images from the new Bee Friends stamp set that comes as a gift with a qualifying purchase in March (and will also be available for purchase in May).

I used Copic markers and did simple coloring (B00 and B000 to color the wings; BG18, BG15 and BG32 to color bodies of my bees). The Bee Friends stamp set also has a set of coordinating dies, again you can get it as a gift with a qualifying purchase or buy it later this year in May. I used these to cut my images out.

I trimmed my background panel down to 4 x 5 1/4 inches and foam mounted onto an A2 top folding card base. Next I foam mounted my little critters on top. Lastly, I embellished the card using the Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix.

Be sure to watch my video tutorial below to learn how to make this card and see another bonus idea at the end of the video.

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Happy cardmaking! Be sure to join us tomorrow for another day of sneak peeks.

Hello everyone! Eloise here and today I have a video showcasing a couple of older products. I’m going to be using the Storybook 4 die to make a shaker card along with the Winter Wonderland stamp set, to alter a sentiment.

To begin my card today I used the Storybook 4 die and cut it out of some Neenah Solar White cardstock., making sure it was even on all sides, since I knew I would be using  the negative piece. Once I die cut it out, I used some thin 1/8” Scor Tape and added adhesive on all of the lines connecting the frames together and then added a piece of acetate on top. Once I added the acetate I cut thin strips of 3M Foam Adhesive and added that behind the lines too, so it would create little cavities. I then filled each of the sections with a different colour of sequin. I used 4mm Lemon Meringue, 4mm Tangerine, 4mm Lime Sorbet and 4mm Aquamarine and then 6mm Pink Peonies. Once I filled all the sections I used another piece of acetate to cover the back. I really love how all the colours mix well together, but yet they’re separated. It’s super fun.

Once the shaker was complete I chose a coloured cardstock for my card base and adhered it together. At this point I didn’t want the purple to show through so I added a white piece of cardstock behind the shaker panel and that looked much better.

Cutting Stamps Apart

Once I adhered my card together it was time to work on the sentiment. I first die cut a banner out of some grey cardstock and I then took the ‘There’s Snow One Like You’ sentiment from the Winter Wonderland stamp set and cut it apart., leaving out the ‘snow’. I could have masked it, but it’s easier if it’s cut I find. I then stamped down the ‘There’s’ part onto my banner first, then I masked off the ‘One Like You’ part – just leaving the ‘On’ section clear masking. I inked it up, removed the masking tape and turned the stamp around so I could stamp ‘No’. Once I stamped that down, I turned the stamp back around, and stamped the additional ‘One Like You’ like normal. Now my sentiment reads ‘There’s No One Like You’ and that worked much better, since I wasn’t doing a winter card. I adhered the banner with foam tape onto the centre of my shaker panel and the card was complete.

Here’s a video to show how I created my card from the start to finish.

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I hope you enjoyed my card and tutorial today. I wanted to make a simple yet effective shaker card today and I love doing this with the Storybook dies, they’re so versatile and fun to work with. Also, altering stamp sets is a fun way to stretch them for more life!

Thanks for stopping by! – Eloise