hopping with pretty pink posh!

There's a new Pretty Pink Posh release this week and I think it might be the best one yet! In fact, I'm a little obsessed with the new Wild Rose stamp set, as you will see in a minute but first let me tell you about prizes...

There are 4 $25 gift certificates up for grabs! Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop (both days). Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PST on 11/7/2017 and winners will be announced on the PPP blog so make sure to leave a little "hello" along the hop to enter.

Ok, back to the Wild Rose set...I used my MISTI to create a cascade of Wild Roses and then I stamped in different inks & played with an assortment of mediums.

#1. VersaFine, Clean Color & Aqua Shimmer

I stamped with my favorite black ink for watercoloring or pretty much anything, VersaFine. I colored just one flower with Clean Color Real Brush Markers and used a Nuvo Aqua Shimmer glitter gloss marker to blend. Finally I added a layer of Glossy Accents over the top for dimension and shine. It's hard to capture but the glossy glitter is so yummy!

#2. Clean Color & Nuvo Mousse

I stamped the flowers again using a Copic-friendly ink (I find it works better with the Nuvo Mousse). Then I coated the entire panel with Mother of Pearl Nuvo Mousse. It's like DIY shimmer paper with the stamped image underneath. I used the Clean Color markers to color the flowers, over the mousse, blending with just a little water. The final touches were sequins of course, and Nuvo Glitter Drops flower centers and smudged on the panel too.

#3. Distress Oxides

On this card, the flowers are stamped in Distress Oxide. Then I used more Distress Oxide to watercolor in a messy, Carly fashion.

And I used one of the tiny, cute sentiments from the PPP Bear Hugs set. 

Thanks for stopping by and have fun hopping!

Pretty Pink Posh blog 
Laura Bassen
Joy Taylor
Jeanne Jachna
Crystal Thompson
Keeway Tsao
Lexa Levana
Carly Tee Minner 
Amy Kolling
Eloise Blue
Suzy Plantamura

Hugs!
Carly

P.S. here are links to the dorable stamp sets from Pretty Pink Posh that I recommend you getting ASAP!
Wild Rose & Bear Hugs

And here are links to the other supplies I used:
-Bristol Cardstock
-Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pens
-Glossy Accents
-Clean Color Markers Bright Yellow 052, Orange 070 & Light Carmine 021
-Nuvo Mousse Mother of Pearl
-Nuvo Glitter Drops Honey Gold
-Distress Oxide inks Spiced Marmalade & Worn Lipstick

more mousse love

I'm over in The Classroom at Ellen Hutson LLC with what I think might be one of my favorite new techniques, markers over mousse!

Come on over!

xo,
Carly

happy hello with the happy card set

I have been waiting to share this card for weeks now and then practically forgot with all the holiday crazy. This card started my loving obsession with the Concord & 9th Happy Card die set. I had so much fun using almost all of the pieces and combining them with my favorite messy watercolors.

To create this card, start with cutting the floral piece from the Concord & 9th Happy Card set. Use it as a "stencil" to draw some flowers on a piece of smooth watercolor paper. And don't worry if you get ink on the stencil, it just adds to it.

With Clean Color markers and a bit of water, add more color and blending to your traced flowers. Stamp leaves in a blendable ink like Distress Ink, and add more color. And while coloring, color the flower used as a stencil.

While the floral background you've created is drying, die cut the Happy Card Frame with the "happy" word insert. Color the happy with shimmery ink like Wink of Stella.

Adhere the flower piece in the corner of the frame.

Stamp and emboss "hello" on banner piece. Then smear on some Wink of Stella for shimmer. Adhere to frame.

Finally adhere frame over watercolored floral background and add some sequins.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great weekend!

xo,

Carly

supplies:

Concord & 9th Clear Stamps, Wildflower

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Lovely by Julie Ebersole

Concord & 9th Dies, Happy Card

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Cracked Pistachio

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Cracked Pistachio

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Kit #13

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 042, Turquoise Green

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 045, Pale Green

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 200, Sugared Almond Pink

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 202, Peach Pink

Strathmore Bristol Pad 9x12

Essentials by Ellen, Julie's Smooth Bristol, 10pc-8.5" x 11"

Essentials by Ellen, Julie's Smooth Bristol, 20pc-5.5" x 5.5"

Taylored Expressions Cardstock, Poppy Seed, 5 pk

Zig Watercolor BrusH20, Long Detailer

Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, 6 mm Cupped, Charcoal

Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, 4 mm Cupped, Sparkling Clear

happy little shaker

So if you've been spending any time with me lately (in real-life or on social media, LOL) I have a bit of an obsession with the Concord & 9th Happy Card die set. I just think it's such a cool idea, being able to create a frame with changeable inserts. And I think it's the perfect vehicle for a shaker card...

To create this card, start by die cutting the Happy Card frame with the "happy" word insert. I cut one frame from gold foil paper to use for my card front and one from scrap cardstock to use as a mask.

On a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 panel of smooth cardstock, stamp flowers. Masking the top with the scrap cardstock piece (leftover from the cardstock frame you previously cut) to stamp black flowers. And masking the bottom to stamp flowers is Distress Ink.

Color "top flowers", the ones stamped in Distress Ink. I used Clean Color markers.

Adhere acetate to frame cut from gold foil, place sequins on acetate and adhere to flower panel. I made this card a "faux" shaker, with little movement. I wanted the colored flowers on top to look like they were raining down sequins.

Thanks for stopping by!

xo,
Carly

supplies:

Concord & 9th Clear Stamps, Wildflower

Concord & 9th Dies, Happy Card

VersaFine Ink Pad, Onyx Black

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 200, Sugared Almond Pink

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker 202, Peach Pink

Strathmore Bristol Pad 9x12

Essentials by Ellen, Julie's Smooth Bristol, 10pc-8.5" x 11"

Essentials by Ellen, Julie's Smooth Bristol, 20pc-5.5" x 5.5"

Bazzill Specialty Paper, Metallic Gold Foil 5pk

Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, 4mm Cupped, Metallic Gold

Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, 6 mm Cupped, Metallic Gold

Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, 4mm Cupped, Metallic Rose Gold

Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, 6mm Cupped, Metallic Rose Gold