Leafy Celebration - Pretty Pink Posh

Hello Craft Friends! For today I needed a card for a coworker in a more masculine tone. I chose twisted citron distress oxide for the watercoloring in the background. It was just a simple wash. The leaves are from the Hibiscus Flower stamp set by Pretty Pink Posh. The sentiment is from the Simple Sentiments stamp set. I finished it off with a few Spring Green jewels. 

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Yellow Tulips - Pretty Pink Posh

Hello Crafty Friends, I have another Pretty Pink Posh tulip card today. Yellow is one of my favorite colors so I couldnt reist some yellow tulips to cheer me up. Ive been making lots of cards to send to friends and I know someone else who could use this cheery yellow card.





The background is done with ink blending distress oxides. First I put down a layer of shaded lilac and then over that I used a soft hand with blueprint sketch. Those two colors together make this very pretty periwinkle color I am just in love with.



The tulips are done by stamping them in Lawn Fawns new Jellyfish ink which I love for no line coloring. The color for the tulips is 050 yellow which I put in the places I wanted to be darkest. I then blended out the color using the blender pen (which has disapeared and its driving me crazy!) I did the same for the leaves which are done in 041 light green. Lastly I added a few Pretty Pink Posh clear droplets.

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A Little Rainbow - Pretty Pink Posh

Hello Crafty Friends. I'm here today with the details to a card that was featured a few days ago on the Pretty Pink Posh Instagram feed. Not to long ago I picked up another set of Zig real brush markers to give them another shot. I always am in love with the no line coloring I see featured by the incredibly talented Nichol Spohr. Shes been a big influence throughout my card making endeavors over the years so if you don't already follow her (and you probably do!) you definitely should.

Anyways the start of this card came about just with me playing and experimenting. I highly recommend two things with the Zig; Bristol Paper & Lawn Fawn's new Jellyfish ink. I've tried a number of inks for the no line look and this is by far my favorite.

I did the background with a very basic ink blending with distress oxides in Cracked Pistachio. I splattered the whole background with extra ink for texture and interest; like a flower field full of pollen (achoo!) I just planted my own front garden bed with tulips for the first time. I cant wait to see them bloom! To finish the background I stamped the sentiment in a bold black ink as I thought it would help balance the bees. 

I stamped and colored a bunch of tulips.  The colors are as follows: 050 Yellow, 052 Bright Yellow (this looks more orange to me) 025 Pink, 045 Pale Green, 031 Cobalt Blue & 081 Light Violet. I only used 1 color per flower and blended out using the blender pen (which I have since lost boooooo!!) The stems are 041 Light Green. I used the same 050 Yellow on the bees along with 010 Black. And a tiny little bit of the Cobalt Blue on the wings. I just love how it turned out!

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Bring it Back - Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 71

Hello Crafty Friends! Today's post is for the new Lawn Fawnatics Challenge! If you love Lawn Fawn you should definitely play along. This months challenge is to Bring it Back; use an older craft product, stamp set, embellishment etc. Today I used an older set, an older technique and an older embellishment!

My card features the older stamp set Blue Skies; one of my favorites that came out in 2013. I did a watercolor wash technique for the background that I hadn't practiced in a while and I love how it turned out. And of course some rainbow hot air balloons because who can resist rainbowing all the things right? For my older embellishment I chose some diamond stickles. I forgot how much I love the sparkle. Thanks to Christy Gets Crafty for the reminder on how great Stickles is still. 

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