Pretty Pink Posh Simple Valentines

This morning I realized that I never published this most I had written a month and a half ago.  Oy vey.  Anyhow, I decided it's still February, so I might as well share now.  These cards are quick and easy, but you know, sometimes that's refreshing.  (I'm especially feeling that after the hours spent toiling over a couple cards last night that still remain unfinished.)  Anyhow, my first card uses just two products: the Heart Cover Plate and Sentiment Strips: Valentine.

I die cut several hearts.  Some are cardstock, some are ink blended, some are patterned paper.  Nothing fancy but fun to mix and match.  A quick stamped sentiment from Sentiment Strips: Valentine and my card was done.

And not wanting the Heart Cover Plate to go to waste, I made a second card. 

I used the Valentine Words Stencil to fill the negative space, and then I did a little ombre ink blending on the XOXO Coordinating Dies.  I added a little chunky glitter and called it a day. 

As they say...that's all folks! :) I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Pretty Pink Posh Birthday Blog Hop - Day 4

Good morning!  Welcome to day 4 of the Pretty Pink Posh birthday blog hop.  You should have arrived here from the talented Rebecca Keppel's blog.  We are celebrating Pretty Pink Posh's 10th birthday, which is such a happy milestone and naturally there is a giveaway (details below). 

I wanted to make something bright and colorful.  And just FYI, all of these fun, new products are available right now.  (You can find them  here.) Today I have two projects featuring the new Birthday Treat Box die set.  Isn't the scalloped detail so cute? 

It die cuts the treat box in just one piece, so it is super simple to assemble.  All you have to do is fold on the score lines and add a strip of adhesive to adhere the overlapping side panels.

The treat box holds quite a lot. I tucked two very thick, fat cookies inside mine, and there was still some wiggle room.  I decorated my box with some strips that are about 1/4" in width (found in the Simple Strips Dies) as well as the little stitched bow included in the Birthday Treat Box die set.

All of the extra dies in the Birthday Treat Box die set have stitching on both the inside and outside of the image, which makes them perfect for using both positive and negative cuts.  I embraced the negative cuts and outside stitching on my card. 

Keeping with the CAS theme, I let those colorful Stripes sing with an expanded rainbow of fun colors.  I used all Concord & 9th colors with a few Papertrey Ink mixed in (marked with a *).  The colors are lilac, fig, aqua sky, blueberry, aqua mist*, tropical teal*, sprout, clover, lemon tart*, honeycomb, grapefruit, berry sorbet*, pink lemonade, and dragonfruit.

I stamped three sentiments from the Sentiment Strips: Birthday stamp set.  These sets are great staples in your crafty stash.  

Thanks so much for visiting today!  To add to the fun, Pretty Pink Posh has two free gift offers as well as several giveaways. There are 5 $30 gift certificates up for grabs (one winner each hop day).  Winners will be randomly picked along the blog hop, so make sure to check out the full blog hop list below, so you don't miss any stops...or any chances to win. ;) (Comments must be left by 11:59 PST on 2/16/2024.) Winners will be announced on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog

(February 10) Blog Hop Day 4

Pretty Pink Posh Blog

Wanda Guess

Mindy Eggen

Gemma Campbell

Rebecca Keppel

**Lindsey Larsen (I'm the last stop on the hop.  If you didn't start at the Pretty Pink Posh blog, make sure to go back and catch the stops you missed.)

Pretty Pink Posh New Release

Good morning, friends!  Pretty Pink Posh has a brand new birthday release that went live this morning.  Yay!  You can find all the new products here, but I thought I'd share a few projects I made using several of the new dies.  I blogged about these projects on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog during the die sneak peek a few days ago, but received some feedback that the colors were too washed out to really see the details of the dies and cards, so I re-photographed them.  Hopefully these give you a better view. (You can still find my older post here if you are interested in knowing how I put the cards together.)

Happy Birthday Card Supplies:

Party Hats Dies

Party Balloons Dies

Birthday Candles Dies

Star Cover Plate Die 

Big Birthday Cupcake Dies (small star)

Happy Birthday Shadow Dies

This one I made for my niece, so I personalized the balloon. :) 

Celebrate Card Supplies:

Big Birthday Cupcake Dies (cupcake, banner)

Star Cover Plate Die (star cover plate, star "cookies")

Pierced Stars Plate Die

Interactive Cake Dies (small candle)

And for the last one, I turned the Big Birthday Cupcake  into a giant stacked ice cream cone, modifying a party hat for the cone.  These dies would also look fantastic paired with the previously released fruit bowl dies as a giant ice cream sundae. 

Ice Cream Card Supplies

Big Birthday Cupcake Dies

Party Hats Dies

Happy Birthday Shadow Dies

Valentine Mug Addition Dies (cherry)

Layered Confetti Stencils

So glad you stopped by today!  If you want to see the rest of this super fun new release, you can find it all here.  Have the happiest day, my friends!

Stitched Valentine Heart Suckers

Hello!  Oh my it has been a long time!  Life is just busy, busy, busy.  Pretty Pink Posh had such a fun Valentine/St. Patrick's Day release this month.  It's about time I shared some of my cards on here.  

I really love the new Stitched Hearts Dies.  They come in a great variety of sizes and stitched patterns.  For this card I layered several of the smaller dies on top of each other and used a stick from the Big Valentine Cupcake Dies to turn them into suckers.  I used lots of shades of corals and pinks for this including Concord & 9th's Sweet Pea, Dragon Fruit, Pink Lemonade, and Carnation as well as Papertrey Ink's Berry Sorbet and Hibiscus Burst. 

I attached a little flag from the Big Valentine Cupcake Dies as well with "xoxo" from the Sentiment Strips: Valentine Stamp Set.  I pulled out the older but still fabulous Large Love Shadow Die as well and added a second sentiment from Sentiment Strips: Valentine. 

This card is a larger A6 size.  I'm really enjoying those lately.  I wanted to use the Eyelet Rectangles Dies to create a border, but they are sized for A2 cards, so I simply die cut two and did a little surgical piecing together. ;) 

At the beginning of the month I shared another card on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog using lots of the new dies.  Here is a peek of the card.  You can read all about it HERE. 

Thanks so much for visiting today!  Wishing you a happy week!

HEART SUCKER CARD SUPPLIES

Stamps: 

Sentiment Strips: Valentine

Dies:

Stitched Hearts Dies

Big Valentine Cupcake Dies

Large Love Shadow Die

Eyelet Rectangles Dies

Paper: 

Carnation, Dragon Fruit, Pink Lemonade, Sweet Pea (Concord & 9th) 

Berry Sorbet, Hibiscus Burst (Papertrey Ink)

Pretty Pink Posh DT Announcement + Christmas Card

Good morning!  Today I'm happy to share that I will be continuing with the Pretty Pink Posh Design Team for another term.  (Thank you, Paulina!) I am surrounded by so much talent on this team and it's humbling for sure.  We are welcoming lots of new faces, so I hope you will visit the Pretty Pink Posh blog to welcome everybody.    

I wanted to make a special card to celebrate the happy news and chose to use some of my old and new favorite Christmas products.  The Stitched Poinsettia is a long time favorite of mine.  I pull it out year after year and never tire of its beauty.  I love it's large size.  

The Winter Foliage Dies are the perfect companion dies.  I had so much fun tucking in berry sprigs and pine cones and building a floral spray of winter goodness.  I blended on just a touch of color to the die cuts using my Waffle Flower 0+ Shader Brushes.  Love them!

For a new favorite, I used the beautiful Hot Foil Merry Christmas.  I'm just so amazed by the beauty and elegance that hot foiling adds.  I also think it is super cool that the Hot Foil Merry Christmas coordinates perfectly with the Merry Christmas Shadow Dies, which I used to die cut it out.  

The Waffle Flower grip mat and 0+ Shader Brushes have made a stencil lover out of me, and I used them to stencil the Layered Winter Wreath on my background. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope I've left you inspired in some way.  Have a wonderful weekend, friends