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Hello and Happy November 1st!

This last month has flown by and sadly, I wasn’t able to sneak in some of my “regular” features here on the blog. Truth be told, I’ve been working on some a lot of behind-the-scenes things and after weighing my options, I decided these new things took precedence. Little by little things are shaping up and quite honestly, I don’t remember the last time I was this nervous about putting myself out there. I still don’t have a specific date set for when I’ll be making my announcements (since I’m still awaiting some things), but I’ll let you know as soon as I can! In the meantime, if you have guesses as to what I have up my sleeves, I would love to hear!

I wanted to share a bright and happy card today and since the Fanciful Feathers set is back in stock at Ellen Hutson, I thought I’d share this one with you. I’ve been holding out on the feather cards recently, since they were out of stock, but now that they’re back- WATCH OUT! I have a Christmas feather card that I’m particularly fond of….I can’t wait to share that one with you!

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Have I mentioned how much I love this Honeycomb Embossing Folder? You can see it on the green cardstock and I love how it adds a subtle mod feel to this otherwise very whimsical card.

prettypinkposh_feathers2bI should wrap up this post. Today’s going to be a busy, busy day. I’m working on all sorts of posts for next week (I have a HILARIOUS post coming on Monday!) and also snapping lots of pictures of upcoming projects. Exciting stuff happening here….wish one (or ten!) of you could by my assistants. Oh my, imagine the fun we would have and how much we could accomplish! Sadly, since I only pay in hugs and Starbucks, that might eliminate a lot of my help. *wink*

I hope you all have a wonderful Friday! I’ll see you on some of my social media sites later today!

Trio of Cards + GIVEAWAY

One of my favorite things at the moment? Receiving emails from new (to me) companies allowing me to try out and test their products. What’s even better? Upon using said products, finding out their products are amazing and getting the opportunity to introduce them to my amazing readers.

A few weeks back, I was introduced to the company Pinkfresh Studio and upon looking at their products, I got giddy at the opportunity to try them out. I was immediately drawn to the Retro Instaframes and I couldn’t wait to try them out. I know these frames would look darling on scrapbook pages, but y’all know I’m a card maker and I wanted to try them out on cards. Oh my goodness, L-O-V-E!

This first card features the yellow instaframe. I know we’re in the middle of fall, but that doesn’t mean we can’t bring out some bright, happy colors! I wanted to shake things up a bit and instead of making everything match, I added pops of black rhinestones and some black twine. I love how it looks against these bright colors!

prettypinkposh_pinkfresh3aProducts Used: WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals, Lawn Fawn Stitched Journaling Card, Hero Arts Pale Tomato, Pear Tart Memento, Love Letter Memento, Tuxedo Black Memento, Pinkfresh Studio Retro Instaframes

This next card features the pink heart instaframe- how cute is this? I used some patterned paper I’ve been holding onto and was thrilled it matched the feel of the cards so perfectly. Another happy find? The hearts from the Lawn Fawn Stitched Journaling Card fits inside the framed hearts!

prettypinkposh_pinkfresh4aProducts Used: WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals, Mama Elephant Many Thanks, Hero Arts Fresh Peach, Hero Arts Butter Bar, Hero Arts Orange Soda, Hero Arts Green Hills, Tuxedo Black Memento, Pinkfresh Studio Retro Instaframes

On the last card I’ve created, I decided to create a Christmas card. I won’t lie, I had so much fun creating this one! Not only did I get to use the olive instaframe, I got to pull out some of my favorite Christmas stamps. Did you happen to notice the olive brad sticker on the ribbon? That’s part of a pack that is also for sale at Pinkfresh Studio!

prettypinkposh_pinkfresh2a Products Used: DeNami Mini Heart, DeNami Open Box, DeNami Classic Christmas set, Pear Tart Memento, Love Letter Memento, Rich Cocoa Memento, Red Chevron Twill ribbon, Pinkfresh Studio Retro Brad Stickers, Pinkfresh Studio Retro Instaframes

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I am so thrilled to not only get the opportunity to introduce you all this company, but also get to host a giveaway to their store! The lovely owner at Pinkfresh Studio is offering up a $25 gift certificate to one lucky person.

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If you’re like me, you love a good sale. Well, I have a 15% off coupon code to share! All of the Pinkfresh Studio products are reasonably priced already, but with this coupon, you can add even more to your cart! I know that I’ll definitely be getting some more products with this coupon!

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Be sure to stop by Pinkfresh Studio and take a peek at all of the cute products! I hope that you all enjoy these products as much as I do and were inspired by today’s card. Thanks for visiting me today!

On the Wish List- September Edition

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Oh boy, can you believe the last day of September is here? It amazes me that while it seems that day to day sometimes goes by slowly (especially when one is eagerly awaiting to feel physically well), the months seem to fly by. How is that even possible?! Before you know it, it’ll be Thanksgiving and we all know what comes after that!

Today I’m bringing along my On the Wish List feature for this month. I always have intentions of doing it earlier in the month, but then the days fly by and it’s hard to sneak it in among my other posts. Since I also wanted to share a card today, I’ll be doing TWO posts today. It’s a rarity here on the blog, but there are just some days that call for it.

I’m curious…. sweet readers, what’s on YOUR wish list at the moment?

As some of you may have seen on my Instagram or Facebook page, I recently got some new craft supplies. I’m awaiting another order today and I’ll be doing a haul video. While it won’t go live today (since UPS delivers late in the day for me), I’ll still be classifying it as a September Haul. Stay tuned to the Pretty Pink Posh YouTube channel later this week for the video!

Thank you for spending some time with me today, sweet friends. I truly adore hearing from you all and I hope to see you for the other post that will go up in an hour.

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This past week, I reached another milestone here at Pretty Pink Posh- 500 subscribers on the YouTube channel! I haven’t been keeping track of the subscribers there and when I looked, I was so shocked to see the numbers. If you’re one of my subscribers, thank you! I’m not able to do videos regularly, so seeing that the ones I do make are appreciated brings me great joy.500_YouTube

Speaking of videos….I have a new one to share with you all today. I filmed this one last week, but since I’ve been pretty much confined to bed lately, I haven’t been able to edit and upload it until today. It’s a short one, but I love the way it turned out- I hope you all do, too!

In today’s card, I’m highlighting two sets that I purchased recently: WPlus9 Fanciful Feathers and Mama Elephant Many Thanks. Sadly, now that I’m featuring it- they’re both currently sold out at Ellen Hutson. They should be getting more soon though!

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And now, here’s the video showcasing how I created this card. You just might see the Stamp Press in use {finally!} and if you don’t have one, hopefully this video will show how amazing it is.

Watch video below | Watch on YouTube

It’s so fun to see what sentiments can work together, I hope you’ll give this technique a try! If you do, I would love to see it! Feel free to tweet or Instagram me (be sure to tag @prettypinkposh) or you can leave a comment on this post with your link. I can’t wait to see YOUR versions!

Fresh Cut Florals

Hello, sweet blog friends!

If you peruse blogs regularly, you most likely have seen the GORGEOUS WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals a lot. I have owned it for a little while now and love it to pieces. The variety of stamps and the endless amount of combinations makes this a MUST HAVE in my book.

I wanted to change things up a bit and decided to do a little masking with the florals and create a thank you card. I believe I have found my new thank you card layout for the next few months- I LOVE how this turned out. Granted, it does take a little bit of work, but if I were to mass produce it, I could streamline things a bit. {In case you receive one, pretend like you’ve never seen this design before….}

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When I had finished the card, I thought it still look a little bit plain- hence, the polka dot border. I didn’t want to add any dimensional elements, so this was the perfect solution. Also, since I had the mask for the frame already, it was super easy.

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That’s a wrap for today’s post. Just a reminder, TOMORROW is the last day to submit for the 10 Minute Craft Dash #25, sponsored by Lawn Fawn. There have been so many amazing entries so far- I hope you’ll add yours to the list!

On the Wish List- August Edition

wishlist_augustDoes anyone else feel like companies are upping up their game and releasing even more amazing products? Just when I feel like I’m at a comfortable place and don’t need or want anything else in my craft studio, a new release happens and I’m awe struck and looking for a money tree to pop up somewhere on our property.

This month I have a little mixture of stamp sets, inks and products and I have to confess, some of them are on their way to me right this moment. In fact, they should be here today! See? I couldn’t just keep these items in my cart, I had to checkout! Goodness gracious….I think I need a blindfold….or more self control.

 

Feel free to leave multiple questions here, ask me on any of my social media sites, or you can ask anonymously on this link: http://ask.fm/prettypinkposh. I’ll pull some of the most popular and frequently asked questions and bring them together for this post. Bombard me with questions, I’m READY! :)
ASKThank you for spending some time with me today, sweet friends. I truly adore hearing from you all and I shall be back again soon!

Neon Fresh Cut Florals

Hold onto your seats….I’m actually posting a card that wasn’t created for my challenge! As many of you know, I’ve been going through a slew of health issues so my energy level and moments of not feeling sick have been very few and far between. Thankfully, I recently had a doctor visit which may be the final piece in the puzzle and part of that was getting on some new supplements. Crossing my fingers they kick in soon so I can start crafting again!

I was hoping to do an update on Friday, but when I had the opportunity to spend a few nights with my one month old twin “nephews” who are here from the east coast, everything else was pushed down the list. I’m head over heels in love with these sweet little guys and I have no regrets about pushing everything else to the wayside for those precious few days I got to spend with them.

Okay, now onto my card for today. You may want to pull out your sunglasses, because I pulled out my NEON inks and did all sorts of color layering with them. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I’m in love with neon colors right now. These bright colors never cease to bring a smile to my face and I have a feeling I’ll be pulling them out for quite a while. I got to pull out my WPlus9 Fresh Cut Floral set and dies and had fun seeing which neon colors layered well together.

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I wanted to go super simple with my card layout so these bright flowers would take the spotlight. I must say, I totally love the simple black/ white colors with these bright pops of colors and created another card similar to it {which you’ll see another day}.

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So, what do you think? Are you loving the simple black/ white colors with the bright pops of color? I hope so! Also, what do you think of the color layering? I had so much fun seeing what new colors came from layering these brights together and can’t wait to do it again soon!

August Random Loves

Hello and Happy Monday!

In the past month I’ve had lots of new readers stop by, so I’ll introduce this feature a little bit. Just about every month, I post a few of my favorite items from the month and do a little write-up about each product. The items can vary from beauty products, household items, specific foods, occasionally a craft product and there are sometimes surprises along the way. Before I continue, I will note that I don’t just post anything in this feature- an item has to be pretty fantastic to make it into one of these features.

August-1

I truly am a sucker for lip products and I found a good one! Recently I’ve seen these neon colored Maybelline Baby Lips lip balms quite a bit on YouTube and I decided to give into the hype. I purchased the purple one and I love how it adds slight color and moisturizes like crazy. Going to keep my eyes out for the other shades when I go out to the store next!

August-4

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I’m infatuated with the color coral and I was beyond thrilled when I found the Cute As A Button color a few months back. I don’t often purchase polishes, but I knew I had to have this one. I’ve already had my nails done countless times in this color {in fact, my nail person says “You’re doing this color again?!” every time} and I’m far from tired of this pretty shade.

August-2

The Summer here in Seattle has been absolutely gorgeous and sunny. I’ve always been a sucker for wearing flip-flips and sandals and couldn’t resist getting a pair of these. I got the tan ones last year and wore them almost everyday and I’ll admit, I’ve been doing the same with the black ones this year. I find them to be fairly comfortable and they’re so easy to dress up or down. Plus, it allows my coral toes to be shown off. ;)

August-3

stamp set can be found HERE/ dies can be found HERE

If you watch my videos, you know that I recently got this stamp set and the matching dies. I hadn’t gotten to play with it much {yet}, but I think I may have fallen in love. Wow, this set is just gorgeous! And while it does take some time to layer the different images, I’ve found it to be so therapeutic and I love seeing which new color combos I can create! Stay tuned for some cards with this set soon!

August-5

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I make a conscious effort to never list an item twice in this feature, but I think Pinterest deserves this exception. I simply adore the Pinterest app for my iPhone and the countless hours of insomnia are a tad bit more bearable when I can browse the app. I’ve been adding lots of pins to my current boards and I even started a few new ones! So many creative ideas and eye candy in the beautiful world of Pinterest.

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What are a few of YOUR random loves at the moment? It can be drinks, shows, clothing, movies, etc…. whatever products you’re loving, or have on your wish list, I’d love to read about them!

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On Your Special Day {VIDEO}

Are you ready for some more 10 Minute Craft Dash birthday bash inspiration? Since people of all ages have birthdays, I figured I would bring all sorts of themes/ colors for this special week.

Since I brought some cutesy cards already, I thought I would take a little break and bring a more elegant/ feminine card. A while back I picked up the WPlus9 Fresh Cut Florals set and thought it would be the perfect set to showcase today. I received a few interactions asking when I would use this set and today’s the day!

birthdaybash_2aTime it took to create: 8 minutes 5 seconds

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I don’t know about you, but I really love watching my friends create on camera. Seeing their creative process (or mayhem, as the case may be) is like a mini tv show! Well, I’m bringing you another episode of my tv show…. *wink*

Watch video above | Watch on YouTube

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I’m excited to share that my amazing sponsor, re.Served, is providing me TWO giveaway prizes that I’ll be posting soon. If you’re a Craft Dash addict (or wannabe addict), you’ll love this! For my new readers, you must check out her adorable Etsy shop. Her concept is so neat, her products fabulous (I own several) and I love supporting a local small business!

That’s going to wrap up this post. Crossing my fingers this crummy health week will end soon so I can create some more things for the birthday theme. I have some great ideas in this brain of mine- let’s hope I can bring them to life!

On the Wish List- July Edition

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Is anyone else in shock that today is the last day of July? While this month hasn’t gone how I thought it would, it still has flown by quickly. After planning for months the big 10 Minute Craft Dash Birthday Bash celebration, it’s amazing it’s just a week away!

I’m excited to spill a little more info on the birthday bash…. we will have one giant prize for the winner of the challenge- the retail value is well over $150! Every post between now and the day the challenge goes live will have some more nuggets of info. Stay tuned!

Last month, I did the first On the Wish List feature that was well received and I’m bringing a new edition this month. With some birthday money this month, I was able to cross a few things off of my wish list from last month {which was in THIS haul post}. I’m happy that I’ve been able to inspire some of you with these posts and hopefully once things settle a little more, I can start playing with the items and do some more videos!

This list is shorter than the last one and I was tempted to put in a few non-craft related items. Would you be interested in seeing those also? Example: I’ve been eying these TOMS for months and months now, but didn’t know if any of you would care to see that listed! *wink*

Sweet readers, I’m curious, what’s on YOUR wish list at the moment?

 

I am all about sharing the savings with my readers and just this week, Ellen Hutson posted a 20% off savings coupon for items that are in stock. With me posting these items today, I thought you might be in the mood to do some shopping. If you haven’t shopped with Ellen Hutson before, you are missing out. These gals have amazing customer service, I love their selection of products and honestly, supporting a small business in the city next to mine is a plus in my book.
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*I want to note that I’m an Ellen Hutson affiliate, but only because I adore them so much. Any products purchased through the links I have listed, or the EH sidebar ad on my site, will provide me with a small commission which in turn helps keep this site running and also helps me provide giveaways & prizes. If you plan on doing any EH orders now or in the future, feel free to use my link! :)