Pretty Pink Posh Holiday Release Blog Hop

The October Release from Pretty Pink Posh is now available for purchase and we are celebrating with a 3 day blog hop! Be sure to leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway for a $50 gift certificate. Three winners will be randomly chosen (one each day) from comments along the hop. Giveaway closes on October 22nd at 11:59 pm PST and winners will be announced on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog.

Day 1 blog hop lineup:

Pretty Pink Posh blog

Nichol Spohr

Laura Bassen

Cathy Zielske

Mindy Eggen

Debbie Frank

Raquel Arribas

Lea Lawson

Zsofia Molnar

Leanne West <--you are here

There's so many fun holiday sets in this release but the Build An Ornament die set immediately caught my eye. I knew I had to make a card featuring these festive ornaments. 

Below is a list linking all of the Pretty Pink Posh supplies you'll need to recreate this card:

• Build An Ornament die set
• Cascading Snowflakes stencil (for snowflake background)
• Upright Greetings: Christmas stamp set (for stamped sentiment strips)
• Winter Foliage die set (for pine sprig)

Other supplies needed: opaque white paste to stencil snowflakes (I used Aleene's True Snow), white paint for splattering, glitter card stock, silver metallic card stock, Distress Mica Stains for coloring parts of the ornament, and baker's twine. 

This card design is an easy one to make so I won't go into too much detail about the process but I will share some of my creative notes and tips if you'd like to make a card like this. 

For the stenciled snowflakes, if you don't have a paste, a white pigment ink will work.  I just like to use the paste because it gives fabulous texture to the background and results in a nice opaque white snowflake on the solid color card stock. 

99% of the time on holiday cards, I'll generously add white spatters to the background & any winter foliage. I think it helps reinforce that wintery or snowy vibe. 

When making Christmas cards, I feel like this gives me the opportunity to add lots of sparkle and shimmer... especially with ornaments! So I didn't hesitate to use a white/silvery glitter card stock for these ornaments. For the colorful parts, I used Distress Mica Stains to add lots of shimmer. I die cut these pieces from white card stock and then sprayed with the following Mica Stains: Frosty Mint, Sugary Gumdrop, & Wicked Elixir. The photo does not do it justice but in person, the glitter and Mica Stain adds so much sparkle and shine to this card. 

Thanks so much for joining us today! Don't forget to leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway for a $50 gift card to shop at Pretty Pink Posh. 

--->click here to see the entire PPP holiday release<---

Sunny Studio Christmas Card with Inside Greetings

Hello! I have another holiday card to share. When I made last week's card with the Roly Poly Penguins, I stamped and colored extra penguins. I decided to incorporate them into this card design. I added one to the front and one to the inside of the card. 

Here are all the Sunny Studio products I used to create this card with a short description of what they were used for:

• Roly Poly Penguins stamps and coordinating dies - for Penguin images
• Season's Greetings stamps and coordinating dies - for large Merry Christmas greeting
• Inside Greetings Seasons stamps - for stamped sentiment on the inside of card
• Woolen Mittens dies - for poinsettias, foliage, & buttons
• Joyful Holiday paper pad - red & white gingham paper
• All Is Bright paper pad - polka dot paper

Creative notes:

This card is A2 size. I covered the card front with the pattern paper. The polka dot covers the top two thirds and the gingham cover the bottom one third. I added the poinsettias over the seam which leaves plenty of room for the large Merry Christmas above. 

I die cut the poinsettias and leaves from white card stock. I used Catherine Pooler Eucalyptus ink to color the leaves. I used Rockin Red and Do-Si-Do to color the poinsettia petals. I layered the two shades of red to make the flowers look fuller. 

The Merry Christmas and inside sentiment were stamped with the Eucalyptus ink.

I Copic colored the penguins with the following: black - N2, N4, N6; shading on white areas - N0, N2; red - R22, R24; pink - R30, R22; orange - YR12, YR16; rosy cheeks - R00, R30

    

Honey Bee Stamps Mix & Match Fall Card

Hello everyone! I hope your weekend is off to a great start. We are enjoying some wonderful weather here. It's a bit warm for this time year. We aren't quite to the cozy sweater weather yet but it's on the way! Speaking of all things fall and cozy, today I'm sharing one more "fallish" card created with a mix of Honey Bee Stamps products. I'll list and link them below the photo. 

• Heartfelt Hello stamp set - for the Sending Cozy Feelings sentiment
• Fancy Fall Layering Frames die set - for the decorative die cut frame
• Lovely Layers Mini Fall Florals die set - for the leaves, foliage sprigs, & wheat
• Lovely Layers Mushroom die set - for all three sizes of mushrooms

I die cut the fancy frame from kraft paper and lightly inked the edges with a brown ink to give it a bit more definition. I adhered the frame to a white A2 size top fold card base.

I die cut all the elements for this little scene from Neenah Solar White 110lb card stock. I then used the following Catherine Pooler inks to color:

• Pink Champagne for pink mushroom tops and berry sprigs
• Peppermint Scrub for red mushroom top and red shading on leaves
• Buttercream for the wheat
• a combo of Hot Tub & Cummerbund for the blue background
• Green Tea for sprig stems and green shading on leaves
• a combo of Catching Rays & Orange Peel for yellow/orange leaves
• Twilight for grey shading on mushroom stems

After I had all the colored die cuts adhered to the background, I splattered the entire arrangement with white and metallic gold water color paint. I then stamped the greeting, added the tiny clay heart embellishments, and adhered the twine bow. 

Pink Fresh Studio Kindness In Bloom Blog Hop

 

Hello everyone! I'm happy to be joining Pink Fresh Studio today for a blog hop to showcase their newest release, Kindness In Bloom. I have made two cards to share but first I wanted to let you know about some exciting giveaways.

Be sure to check out the Pink Fresh Studio blog & YouTube channel where they are giving away the full release to one lucky winner.

Also they are giving away a total of ten $25 gift cards! Winners will be selected from comments left all along the hop. Pink Fresh will post the winners on their giveaway page on October 16th, 2024. You must check that page and claim your prize within 2 weeks of that date. 

You should have just arrived from Lea Lawson's blog.

Your next stop on the hop is Mindy Eggen's blog. 

Now on to the cards I've made....  

To create this card I have used the following:

• Always Smiling Press Plates
• Always Smiling Stamp Set
• Always Smiling Stencil Set
• Always Smiling Coordinating Dies
• Dotted Fancy Frames Dies

I foiled all the images and sentiments using the Press Plates. They foiled beautifully with a satin metallic gold foil onto Hammermill 100 lb Premium Color Copy Cover.  

I used the Dotted Fancy Frames to create a big window opening and also for the small mat to which I have adhered the sentiment. There are three size options with this frame die set. For each size, there's one die that cuts the mat layer and one that cuts a delicate dotted frame. You can use them together or separately. 

Below is shot of the inside of this card. I used the Always Smiling stamps to add a little decoration along with the thanks sentiment. 

For this next card I used the the Print Shop Modern Botanicals Press Plate and Stencils to create a little flower garden nestled inside a Dotted Fancy Frame. 

Again I used the Press Plates to foil the floral images and then used the stencil set to color them. The coordinating die cuts out each individual floral image. You could use them how I have here or make a wreath with them, or scatter them to fill the entire card. The possibilities are endless with these!

Sunny Studio Roly Poly Penguins Card

Hello everyone! I'm excited to start sharing holiday cards made with all the fun new sets from the latest Sunny Studio release. Today's card features the adorable images from Roly Poly Penguins.

Here are the Sunny Studio products you'll need to recreate this card:

• Roly Poly Penguins stamps & coordinating dies -  for penguins & accessory images
• Snowflake Circle Frame die - for die cut snowflakes
• Holiday Hugs stamps & coordinating dies - for greeting
• Stitched Square dies - largest die in the set for background mat
• Scalloped Square 2 Large dies - largest die in the set for scalloped mat

This card is a very easy to create so I won't go into too much detail about the process.  But below are some of the specifics if you want to recreate this design. 

The finished card measures 5 inches square. The background is an ink blended combo of Catherine Pooler Hot Tub & Cummerbund inks. I love the soft aqua color this combo creates. Since this is a winter scene, I added lots of splatters with the diluted aqua ink and white paint. 

After I had the penguins and greeting adhered to the card, I filled in the extra space around the greeting with the little snowflakes. The snowflakes were die cut from plain white card stock and then I applied Stickles glitter glue to each to give them lots of sparkle. 

Copics used for coloring the Penguins: black-N2,N4,N6; shading on white areas-N0,N2; orange-YR12, YR16; green-G20, G21,G24; pink-R80, R81, R85; blue violet-BV60, BV63; rosy cheeks-R00, R30