Valentine Hearts - PPP

 Hello Crafty Friends! I'm here with some cards featuring the new release from Pretty Pink Posh!

I wanted to make a few cards that would lean heavily into Valentines Day but would still work year round. I made these using the new Valentine Hearts set and the sentiment sets are from All My Love. I white heat embossed all the hearts from the set (twice) onto some watercolor cardstock. Once they were water colored I took some distress inks in Festive Berries Oxide and did some Ink smooshing on a plastic mat, sprayed with water before dipping my whole sheet of embossed hearts into it. . I did the same for the second card except I used Abandoned Coral Oxide. Once they air dried I cut them out with the matching dies. I took some Neenah Desert Storm cardstock and flicked it with white paint and dried that before adhering all the hearts. The sentiment I stamped in matching inks to their backgrounds and just cut them to fit. 

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Quick cards featuring Jungle Background Stencil - Pretty Pink Posj

Hello Crafty Friends! I have a couple of quick and easy cards to share in case you have last minute need for. I used the Jungle Background Stencil and the Simple Sentiments stamp set. 

The background for each one is done with distress oxide through the jungle stencil the pink is done with Festive Berries, Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar. The Green is Twisted Citron, Cracked Pistachio and Lucky Clover. 

I took the simple sentiments and inked the whole set up with Versamark and I white heat embossed all the sentiments so now I have a pile to use whenever I need a fast sentiment. 

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Love you Magnolia - Pretty Pink Posh

Hello Crafty Friends! I know I don't often to floral cards, they are waaaaaaaay outside my comfort zone but I love all of the Pretty Pink Posh florals so I am trying to use them more. I find her floral design style more approachable.

This card features the Magnolia Flowers. We have a giant Magnolia tree behind my mothers house that has the most gorgeous blooms every year. Since my favorite color is yellow that is the color I chose for these. I used my copics! These are a simple blend of Y13 & Y000 with a hint of Y35 right near the base of the petals for some added contrast.

The background was masked off with some tape and then I did a very light inking with some tumbled glass distress oxide. I used one of my biggest blending brushes as I find the bigger brush surface lets me get a really good light ombre effect. I stamped my sentiment right onto the background. The flowers are glued flat to the card for easier mailing. I finished off the card with some sparkling clear jewels.

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Be my Galentine? - Avery Elle

Hello Crafty friends! As much as I love Valentines or Love themed cards I was absolutely head over heels for the additional sentiments included in this Cupids set from Avery Elle that was designed by Elena. Perfect for any friend or for a gal pal on Galentine's day!

I found some light pink cardstock in my stash that was just a few shades lighter than my worn lipstick distress ink. This time it is ink, and not oxide. I used a regular foam blending tool and brought the Worn Lipstick in around the edges to create a spotlight effect. I then splattered the whole panel with white paint. I kept it heavy around the edges. 

Cupid, the birds and the little cloud I colored with Copics.  I wanted a little redheaded cupid (because I'm a redhead!) So I used some YR24, YR21 & YR30 for the hair. The skin is E11, E00 & E00 with a few dots of YR24 for freckles above his nose. I added a little R11 for the cheeks and white pen details. The wings are outlined with a touch of N2 and the birds, cloud, cupids undies and arrow are all done with R20, R11 & R00 and a light glaze of RV00 over top to try and match the background a bit more since Rs are more on the peachy side. I white heat embossed the sentiment on some black cardstock. Lastly I added a little silver confetti heart to the cloud.

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Valentine's Day Theme Week - Pretty Pink Posh

Hello Crafty Friends! I have a blog post up on the Pretty Pink Posh blog today to celebrate Valentine's day. All the details for this card can be found there. You can save 15% off this week on all products in the Valentine's Day category here.

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Gimme Kisses - My Favorite Things

Hello Crafty friends! I'm here today with a new MFT card. This is more on the CAS side for me which I have really been enjoying lately. A little spotlight ink blending, a few images, done! The card is great for Valentine's or any time you want to tell your sweetie you love them.

I started with a piece of pale pink cardstock from my stash. I blended on a bit of Worn Lipstick distress oxide first and faded that toward center leaving the highlight in the middle the original cardstock color. Then very lightly in the corners and around the edges I darkened the blend up with some Picked Raspberry oxide. When I use the oxides I prefer the large blender brushes for a nice soft blend. Once the panel was dry I splattered it with some white paint.

I did very minimal copic coloring to these Panda. I adore the whimsical look to the stamping. I added a bit of C2 to add a bit of depth to the white areas and R20 to the cheeks. I also used R20 & R11 on the two hearts. And that's it! The sentiment was white heat embossed on black cardstock and all the images are popped up with some 3m foam tape. Lastly I added a bit of glossy accents to the hearts to finish it off.

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January Release - Pretty Pink Posh

Hello Crafty Friends! Its that time again, a new release from Pretty Pink Posh! Love is in the air & its time to party! Some great products for your Valentine as well as some Birthday sets perfect for all year. Also new, layering stencils! You know I have a big soft spot for stencils; probably because I like ink blending so much. I was super excited to see these.





First up, these incredibly beautiful swans from the new Pond Friends stamp set. The background was all done with ink blending and masking. The swans and other images were colored using Copics.

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Light Me Up! - Craft Fancy

Made with two of the new Lawn Fawn stamp sets these simple but adorable cards were some of the first I made with each set. You can find the samples up in the Craft Fancy store. The ladies will be sure to help you find all the supplies you need to make them!

Valentine | Blog Hop

Thanks for joining me on our Valentine Blog Hop! The amazing & talented Jenn invited me to play along with her for the 7th day of her 14 day series! Be sure to visit her at Creative Chick and see all 14 days of inspirational posts & links to all the great ladies participating.

Jenn and I met on instagram. As you know I am slightly obsessed with LawnFawn and she happened to be posting some yummy LawnFawn designs and I just HAD to say something. Love of mutual things goes a long way to starting new friendships. She is the biggest sweetheart, dollface. <3 her! I may not have been blogging or entering in all this fun stuff if it weren't for her!

Sharing the LOVE! Since this is the season of L-O-V-E be sure to leave me a little love and the other hop participants a little love as well throughout this series. (hint: we LOVE comments) Let me know in the comments how you are sharing the LOVE of this blog hop- you can share the link on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. The more times you share, and the more days you share the better your odds of winning! Jenn will be randomly picking some sharers and posting them and the prizes at the end of this series.

So this is my contribution! I hope you like it. I used my new Femme Frames die cuts from Mama Elephant as well as the Water Blooms stamp set. I use a really nifty product for my shaker cards which makes it super easy & no more sticking confetti!! Shake it shaker card pouches come in a ton of sizes and I totally recommend them to anyone who loves shaker cards as much as I do. All the confetti can be grabbed from Pretty Pink Posh store, I ADORE her products.

Valentine Blog Hop Series 2014

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3
• Day 4
• Day 5
• Day 6
• Day 7 

And be sure to check out Tsurata Designs if you missed yesterday!