Sequins

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Happy Friends + VIDEO

Today I have a brand new In Review post and video to share with you. I was recently in contact with Create A Smile, a new stamp company based in Germany. Their stamps are cute, quality made stamps with a hint of whimsy to them. The owner, Christine, is very sweet and I had such a great time testing out and playing with her products. PLUS, her international shipping rates start at just $5!

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If you’re new to my blog, I’ve done a couple In Review posts in the past (and am hoping to continue them on sporadically through 2015). In these posts I showcase the cards I created with the company featured, along with a video showcasing the products I tried out and info/ giveaway details. Let’s get started with the post, shall we?

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The first card features the cute little penguin and sentiments from the Penguin Party set. This cutie can be used to create all sorts of fun scenes. I used the Stitched Duo 2 to create my scene and then added in a grass die, along with the Picket Fence die (that I will be releasing on March 1st). To finish off the scene, I added in some white sequin flowers and a couple sequins in the corners. Sweet, simple, but super cute results.

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The second card showcases the Monster Party and Arrows stamp sets. As I mention in the video, the arrow set is what made this whole feature come to be. I loved how simple this background is, yet it makes such a difference on cards. It’s a nice change of pace from my polka dot backgrounds!

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For this card, I decided to use the Stitched Duo 3 die as my focal panel and created a little scene with the monsters. These silly guys are so fun and you can’t help but smile when you color them. To finish off the card, I added a twine bow to the largest monster and a few yellow sequin flowers.

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This last card is the brightest of the bunch, but I thought it was appropriate since it’s a birthday card. I knew I wanted to have the penguin with cake as the focal point, so I played around with a few dies and thought he looked the best with the Stitched Film Strip. The card needed a little extra pop of color, so I added the scallop from the Stitched Borders 1 to either side. A little addition of sequins to bring in more color and this card was done.

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Since today was a special post, I also found some time to film a quick little video. I show these cards a little more in depth, along with a peek at the three stamp sets I featured in this post.

GIVEAWAY ALERT: At the end of the video, I share how you can win some Create A Smile goodies and sequins.

Want to enter the giveaway I mentioned in this video?
1) Like the video
2) Subscribe to the Pretty Pink Posh channel
3) Leave a comment on the video with your favorite color combination

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borderBe sure to check out my friends at Create A Smile. They just had a new release with some darling critters and flowers!

I hope that you enjoyed today’s cards, video and giveaway and you’re leaving inspired. Thanks for spending some time with me today!

 

 

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Valentine’s Day Shaker + Giveaway

Happy Valentine’s Day, sweet readers.

I don’t know about you, but I love this holiday. Granted, I’m single and don’t have a hot date planned this year, but I love the idea of spreading love to your friends, family and loved ones. Plus, it’s hard for me to resist all the pretty reds and pinks surround the holiday!

Today I’m joining my friends at Virginia’s View Challenge for the shaker card theme is happening right now. Since I’m a big fan of shaker cards and the Pretty Pink Posh sequins and confetti are perfect for these types of cards, I’m sponsoring a prize for a lucky participant.

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Since I knew I would be posting on Valentine’s Day, I thought I would add in as much pink and red as possible. I started out with the Lawn Fawn Summertime Charm set and dies (one of my favorites) and proceeded to fill up my mason jar with all sorts of sequins and confetti.

GIVEAWAY ALERT: Since it’s Valentine’s Day, I wanted to pass on a little love to one of my readers. Leave a comment sharing something fun, happy or silly that happened to you recently. (I’m in need of a laugh). One random winner will receive a $40 Pretty Pink Posh gift certificate!

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I hope you have a wonderful weekend and pop over on to Virginia’s View Challenge. There a TON of amazing shaker card inspiration, plus, it’s always fun to participate in a challenge that has prizes!

I’ll be back on Monday with a new post AND info on a one-day sale I’m having over in the Pretty Pink Posh Shop. Thanks for spending some time with me today!


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Paulina the Butterfly?

Hello, hello!

Can you believe it? I’m doing a post with a card AND I have two more coming within the next few days. I’ve been working on a lot of projects this past week and I’m super excited to share some of them very soon.

Today’s card is actually one I created quite a while ago, but never posted to the blog. It features the DARLING Paulina butterfly die from Simon Says Stamp. I don’t know the process of how they name their products, but I must say, it’s fun having something after my name. A bonus? The die is so pretty and looks perfect when you can see the sequins shine from below.

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This die would actually be a great one for a shaker card, or you can use it for cupcake toppers. Lots of possibilities with this pretty die cut. For this card, I used the Aquamarine, Pink Blush, Pink Peonies, Fresh Mint and Sparkling Clear sequins in the 6mm size and I love the way it turned out.

If you’re curious on how I created this card, I filmed a video on how to do this for an old 10 Minute Craft Dash video. Remember when I hosted that challenge? That was so fun and I’ve been thinking about bringing in that challenge again for a special post. Would you like to see that?

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I’ll wrap this post up, but I’ll be back tomorrow for a fun shaker card and info on a challenge I’m sponsoring. See you then!


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Birthday Celebration Day #3

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Hello and welcome to the last day of the birthday celebration!

Wow, you all have amazed me with your support, comments, the traffic on the blog and website and the orders. I’m still away in California for a wedding, but as soon as I get home on Monday, I’ll print off orders and start processing. I do have to note that the amount of orders is astronomical and I’m a one woman show… I will be hiring help to do some things, but a lot of the things only I’m able to do, so please bare with me.

In honor of the last day of celebrating, I’m showcasing the Peek-A-Boo die. The samples from the special guests and design team has been absolutely amazing and inspiring. Once I get home, I want to start pinning more inspiration using the dies, sequins and confetti- stay tuned for that.


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I wanted to use the Peek-A-Boo die in a unique way, so instead of something hidden, I used the die as a pocket. To finish up the scene, I used some sequin flowers to add a little more color and interest. Speaking of these flowers, I’ll be selling these in a special pack very soon…. stay tuned for that!

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No party would be complete without guests, gifts and a party favor, right? I know I did a coupon code for Black Friday, but this was a special occasion and I couldn’t pass up the chance to do a coupon. During the celebration, save 10% off your order using the coupon code provided below.

Pretty Pink Posh I Birthday Celebration Day #2As I mentioned before, there have been lots of special guests these last three days. Be sure to leave them lots of love- I’ll be giving away prizes to some comments left on their blogs!

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Elena Roussakis
Gayatri Murali
Nicole Gavaldon
Laura Sterckx
Debby Hughes
Kay Miller
Joni Andaya

PRIZES: I love giving back to you all, so I’ll be giving away 2 $50 gift certificates to random comments left on the different stops every day. Also, if you haven’t already, head over to the Day #1 and Day #2 posts for extra giveaways.

Thank you for celebrating with me all this week. You all are so sweet and supportive and I truly am speechless at your response. I’m looking forward to the upcoming year and bringing you new products and inspiration. Until next time, sweet friends….

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Birthday Celebration Day #2

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Hello and welcome to Day 2 of the Pretty Pink Posh 1st birthday celebration.

I hope you are ready for another day of partying- I have more designers and special guests joining me today with new inspiration. Yesterday I created a card that had more “boy” colors, so today I wanted to do the opposite and create a super girly card. Since Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, I’m trying to create more so I can send them to some special friends.

I know that penguins tend to be used for Christmas/ Winter cards, but I thought it would be cute to use them for Valentine’s Day. Plus, I’m sure penguins fall in love, right?

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For this card I used the Stitched Duo 3 dies, which I thought worked so well with the penguins. If you know me, you know I love creating window cards with critters peeking out- hence the designing of these dies!

To finish up the card, I used the red chevron twill ribbon (which I just got back in stock), along with sequins for some added detail.

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No party would be complete without guests, gifts and a party favor, right? I know I did a coupon code for Black Friday, but this was a special occasion and I couldn’t pass up the chance to do a coupon. During the celebration, save 10% off your order using the coupon code provided below.

Pretty Pink Posh I Birthday Celebration Day #2As I mentioned before, I have special guests joining in the celebration and I cannot wait for you to see what they made with the new dies and sequins. Be sure to leave them lots of love- I’ll be giving away prizes to some comments left on their blogs!

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Heather Campbell

Stacey Schafer

Sandy Allnock

Leigh Penner

Kathy Racoosin

May Sukyong Park

Maureen Merritt

PRIZES: I love giving back to you all, so I’ll be giving away 2 $50 gift certificates to random comments left on the different stops every day. Also, I’ll be having extra giveaways that could be considered “party favors” for a couple lucky guests.

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Thank you for celebrating with me today. I’ll see you bright and early tomorrow for day #3 of the birthday celebration.

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Sequin Mitten + Giveaway

Countdown to Christmas: 4 days!

Just a few more days until Christmas and I am finally finished with my shopping. Now comes the part of waiting for Amazon to deliver the rest of the gifts and then it’ll be a mad dash to gift wrap. Truth be told, I didn’t start shopping until a few days ago, so I’m pretty happy that I was able to get it all done.

I wanted to share this fun card that I created using sequins on the Large Mitten (from DeNami Design). For those who have followed my blog for a while, this card may look semi familiar. I was inspired by THIS old creation and thought I would change it up and feature purples. I personally love the pinks/ reds, but I thought it would be fun to change it up.

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I’ve been getting quite a few requests as to how I create these scalloped card bases. I’ll try to do a video as soon as the sun peeks out again! It’s SUPER easy and I’m glad that many of you are liking the way it looks!

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I absolutely LOVE this Large Mitten stamp– it’s great for cards, tags and scrapbook pages. You can use it with a wide variety of colors (as shown below) and it still looks amazing. I wanted to give YOU the opportunity to win this stamp, along with a $50 PPP gift certificate.

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I’m planning on taking a few days off this week- to relax, spend quality time with family, drink all sorts of yummy holiday drinks and eat like I’m hibernating for the rest of winter. In between, I’m hoping to get in another blog post or two….

QUESTION: anything in particular you’d like me to blog about?

I hope that you’re having a wonderful Christmas season thus far. XO


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Sequin Snow Shakers

I’m excited to share today’s cards…not only because they’re shakers and Christmas cards, but they also feature  Heather’s adorable snowman set! I showed it in my September Haul video and I FINALLY got to break it out. This snowman is so cute and by the time I finished one card, I wanted to make another. Hence the two cards!

A little back story for you all… I had heard of Heather and seen her work many times in the last few years, but our paths didn’t cross until recently. We live about an hour away from each other (LOVE finding out about fellow Seattle crafters), and while we haven’t met, just from our emails and chats, I know she is a sweetheart and I know we’ll get along beautifully when we do meet someday.

Okay, now back to the cards.

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While I was in the process of creating this card, I was working on an order for Impress Rubber Stamps and they re-ordered their exclusive holiday mix. I just love this color combination and I decided to use it for this fun little card. For those who aren’t able to order it on their site or store, you can individually buy all of the colors in my shop. It’s the 4mm/ 6mm Sparkling Clear, Raspberry and Aquamarine sequins.

To finish off the cards, I added some of the snowflakes from the new Snowflake Sequin Mix, a glittered snow slope behind the shaker and then finished it off with a chevron twill bow.

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The next card is pretty much exactly like the red version, except I changed the color to orange. Now you can switch it to whatever color you like, but since I’m such a fan of this chevron twill ribbon, I decided to make it a color that I had in this ribbon. Silly? Maybe, but I truly love this ribbon. I wish they had in dozens of colors!

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If you’re new to shaker cards, or perhaps it’s been a while since you made one, check out my tutorial below. It’s quite easy!

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GIVEAWAY WINNER: It’s time to announce the winner of the Mama Elephant set from my last giveaway. Congratulations to Vera Khule! I have emailed you and you will have seven days to claim your prize. veraThanks for joining me today- I hope you were inspired by my shaker cards.

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Santa Joy + Giveaway

As some of you may have noticed, I haven’t done a new release this month….yet. I have products all ready and the goal is to have them all up by November 15th. We’re expecting some sunny days this week, which means I get to film some videos and get these product photos taken care of. Oy, with this overcast and rainy weather, it’s so hard to get some of my day-to-day things done!

Today I wanted to share a card that I may using some Mama Elephant stamps- you know I love them! For this card I used the Cozy Christmas and Block Party Letters sets to create a mini scene. I’ll come right out and say that I think the metallic red sequins on the Christmas tree ties this card together. No fussy bows or twine on this card- just some basic stamping, coloring and sequins!

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For those who are wondering the best adhesive to use for sequins, I HIGHLY recommend the Studio Multi Medium Matte. It dries clear, has a super strong hold and you can add as much, or as little, as you want to secure your embellishments. You can find it at Simon Says Stamp HERE or Ellen Hutson HERE.

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GIVEAWAY ALERT: I’m giving away an extra Cozy Christmas set that I purchased in this post. With the holidays right around the corner, be on the lookout for all sorts of giveaways on  my blog and social media accounts. I’ve purchased all sorts of goodies to give away to YOU, my amazing readers and customers!

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That’s going to wrap up today’s little post. I’ll see some of you later on my social media sites- I just love interacting with you all on my Facebook page and Instagram– reading your sweet comments and always makes my day a little brighter!

Until next time…


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Mama Elephant Stampede

I am beyond thrilled to be a special guest in celebration of Mama Elephant’s 2nd Anniversary Stampede. The gals at Mama Elephant are such an inspiration to me and I must say, their stamps have quickly become my favorite brand. They have a knack for creating the perfect cute, whimsical and classic sets and their sentiments sets are superb.

Today I’m sharing their new set Block Party Letters, along with Polar Pals (a set previously released). I used the new letters to create “MERRY” and then I masked off one of the sentiments from Polar Pals to get the “and bright” sentiment.

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My readers will know that I love shaker cards and it has been a little while since I created one. I thought today was the perfect time to fix this! Seriously, how scrumptious is this Aquamarine, Raspberry and Sparkling Clear mixture?

If you are new to sequin shakers, I put together a video showing how to make your own. It’s not as overwhelming as it may look, I promise! It has been such a joy to see so many of you making sequin shakers after watching my tutorial. Seeing that my video has inspired you totally makes the work behind it so worth it!

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Now onto some of the details of the celebration….

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Mama Elephant is giving away THREE $25 gift certificates each day of the Stampede, 9 winners total. Be sure to leave a comment on all of the blogs! There are also exclusive prize giveaways on their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, 3 winners total. Winners will be chosen and announced by Mama Elephant on Monday, October 20th on the Mama Elephant blog.

I’m the last stop for today’s Stampede, but just in case you haven’t seen the other blog posts, here are the links!

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Laura Bassen

Lisa Spangler

Lorraine Marasigan

Iwona Palamountain

Heather Campbell

Wida Miller

Paulina Nakamura << that’s me!

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If you don’t own any Mama Elephant stamps yet, be sure to subscribe to my blog. I have several cards coming up featuring Mama Elephant AND I bought some extra goodies that I’ll be giving away on my social media sites soon. It’ll be Christmas a little early here!

I hope you were inspired by my card today- thanks for spending some time with me!


 

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Product Release Blog Hop

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Hello, sweet friends!

It’s time for the Product Release Blog Hop featuring the brand new dies I released on October 1st. This is my third die release and I must say, it’s SO fun to hear your reactions to the dies I design! Oh boy, today you all are in for a real treat. The design team and special guests have created a whole array of samples using the new dies (along with some previously released dies and sequins) and I cannot wait for you to see the AMAZING projects they made!

Before we get to their projects, I wanted to share a project that I made using the Stitched Tags die set. Pretty Pink Posh

I love using tags on my cards (as you’ve probably noticed in recent posts), but I wanted to stretch myself and use them in a new way. After some playing, I decided a colorful tag background was the way to go. Add in some polka dots (because everything is better with dots), glitter, sequins and voila!

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It’s been a little while since I did a start to finish card video, but since many have been asking, I thought it was time to do another one. I tried something new in the video…. I’m curious to hear what you all think of it!

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PRIZES: be sure to leave comments on each stop- I’m giving away 2 $25 gift certificates to two random comments left before October 12, 2014 at 11:59 PM PDT. I’ll be announcing the winners next week, so be sure to return and see if you are one of the winners!

Ready to hop on over and see LOTS more fabulous inspiration? Each of these gals are extremely talented and I truly am honored they took the time to make something with my dies- their projects and cards are going to blow you away.

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Paige Evans
Nichol Magouirk
Kathy Racoosin
Joni Andaya
Maureen Merritt
Gayatri Murali
Danielle Flanders
Leigh Penner
Amy Kolling
Jeanne Jachna
Lisa Elton
Stacey Schafer
Laura Sterckx

purchase Now that you have hopped along, you might find you NEED these dies. Good news, I still have lots in stock, they are available at Simon Says Stamp, and they’ll be at Ellen Hutson very soon!

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In closing, here is the lucky winner from the Essentials by Ellen Blog Hop. Denise, I have emailed you, so be sure to check your inbox and send over your mailing information so the gals at Ellen can get your stamp set shipped off to you!

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Thank you all for your enthusiasm about the new dies and sequins, encouragement and for spreading the word about Pretty Pink Posh. You truly make this journey a fun one and I can’t wait to design and release more products in the future!