holiday ornament card & ppp blog hop day 2

Pretty Pink Posh is ready for holiday crafting with their gorgeous new release! And I'm thrilled to joining day 2 of the blog hop to share ideas with you!!!

Before I show you what I made, there's more fun! There are 3 $30 gift certificates to Pretty Pink Posh up for grabs! Enter to win by leaving comments along the hop by 11:59pm PST of October 22nd, 2024. The winners will be announced on the PPP blog.

Now let's talk about the adorable new Build An Ornament die set! 

This set has so much potential & versatility!!! There are 25 dies!!! You can create so many different adorable dies and for this card I went with round...

I die cut six of the round ornaments from white cardstock and added color with Distress Oxide inks (Cracked Pistachio, Kitsch Flamingo and Salvaged Patina) & a blending brush.

To decorate the ornaments I used the scallops & tiny dots from the Build An Ornament set, and the little snowflake from the Stitched Snowflake set. The ornament hangers are silver cardstock.

I foam mounted the ornaments in a grid on a white card and trimmed off the ones hanging over the edge.

The sentiment is from the Sentiment Strips: Christmas stamp set. And the faux black splatter was done with a couple of black pens.

Your next stop on the hop is Gemma's blog and I know she is going to WOW us!

And here's the whole list if you need it...

Pretty Pink Posh blog 
Amy Rysavy
Wanda Guess
Carissa Wiley
Dana Kirby
Marine Simon
Lisa Mears
Carly Minner ---> you are here
Gemma Campbell
Suzy Plantamura

Thanks so much for hopping with us! Hugs!!!

Carly

simon says stamp heartfelt snowflakes

There is something so wonderful about snowflake stamps...they are perfect for holiday cards, winter cards, thank you cards and more! Simon Says Stamp has a new snowflake set that feels especially magical, Heartfelt Snowflakes!

My first two cards with the Heartfelt Snowflakes couldn't be more different...

For this card I masked some stripes with low-tack tape and ink blended with Distress Oxide inks (Faded Jeans, Salvaged Patina & Cracked Pistachio).

After the blending was dry, I stamped the sentiment and snowflakes with Distress Oxide Black Soot because I think the oxide over oxide gives better results than my usual go-to black inks.

A few faux splatters done with black pens and it was done! It is really bold and I think I love it...but black snowflakes? LOL!

So next I went much more traditional...I stamped the snowflakes with clear embossing ink and embossed with white powder.

Then I blended Distress Oxides (Picked Raspberry, Shaded Lilac, Salvaged Patina & Twisted Citron) over the snowflakes. Then it was easy to wipe the excess ink off of the snowflakes. I love an emboss resist technique!

I added a little water splatter for texture. Then a sentiment from the Peaceful Trees set and more faux splatter.

What do you think? Which do you like better?

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs!!!

Carly

spellbinders shine bright collection

My very talented (and sparkly) friend Carissa Wiley has a brand new collection with Spellbinders and it's out TODAY!

The Shine Bright collection is all about shining brightly and sharing your sparkle so of course there are disco balls!!! 

My favorite thing might be the shine bright word dies and super cool coordinating stencil...

Carissa created this stencil set very thoughtfully and has great tips for using it! I followed one of her suggestions and embossed the shine die on my card panel first. Then I used the embossed word as a guide for lining up my stencils. Worked like a charm!

Next I die cut the words three times, twice from white cardstock and once from silver glitter paper. I layered the letters and adhered over the stencilled background.

To finish my card, I added a few die cut & layered sparkle shapes borrowed from the Disco Balls set.

I hope you check out this fun release! And definitely pop by Carissa's IG and give her a little high five!

Hugs!!!

Carly

simon says stamp village snowman

The Sweet Wishes collection just hit the Simon Says Stamp shop and it's adorable! As always, there are so many fab sets but one of my favorites is this sweet little guy...

I love how simple the Village Snowman is but also how much personality he has!

For this card I ink blended with Faded Jeans and Salvaged Patina on the front of a folded card.

When the ink blending was dry I adhered a piece of scrap plastic over it, leaving the top open to create a pocket. I added some chunky eco-glitter inside the pocket and then sealed it shut.

I die cut a circle window from another panel of white cardstock and added a sentiment from the Peaceful Trees set. I used the die cut panel as a guide to shaping the sentiment on the lid of my MISTI.

I die cut the Village Snowman, added color to the pieces and assembled him. Then I tucked him into the circle window and adhered everything over the shaker pocket.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs!!!

Carly

how to create an easy halloween treat bucket with ppp

I'm sharing a new video tutorial on the Pretty Pink Posh blog today, a super easy (and cute if I can say so myself😁) Halloween treat bucket! I would LOVE it if you stopped by and let me know what you think!

Hugs!!!

Carly

ppp spider web shaker

I already adore making Halloween cards but something that makes them extra fun is that it's Halloween Theme Week at Pretty Pink Posh! There's going to be lots of inspiration on the PPP blog and 15% off all the Halloween goodies!!!

Let's kick off the week with a shaker card (the best kind of card to celebrate)!

To start I blended Picked Raspberry on a piece of heavyweight cardstock. Then I wrapped plastic (leftover stamp packaging) around it to create a pocket and filled it with glitter.

After sealing the pocket, I adhered it to a folded card.

I die cut a circle from another card panel, curved the "boo to you" sentiment on my MISTI lid and stamped it on the edge of the circle.

Next I die cut a web from white cardstock and blended it with Distress Oxide Carved Pumpkin. BTW, I LOVE this web die and have used it sooooo much! Highly recommend, five stars😉

Then I adhered the web on the back of the circle panel. I wove a piece of orange embroidery floss through it, letting a piece hang down and adhered to the shaker pocket/card combo.

Lastly I added a little spider (from the web set). Isn't he cute?! And I used two black pens to add a little faux splatter.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Carly

catherine pooler greenery of the season

Are you looking for a beautiful & versatile greenery set for your holiday cardmaking? Have you seen the Catherine Pooler Designs Greenery of the Season set? It's gorgeous and I've been having so much fun creating with it!

The stamp set comes with so many classic holiday images like a poinsettia, holly, evergreen branches and more! And it has the outline designs and the solid images too which I really love because it doubles the stamping techniques you can use! There's a coordinating die and stencil too!

For this card I masked a section at the top of my card panel and used a blending brush to add Cotton Candy pink. 

With the masking tape still in place, I stamped some of the outline images in Rockin' Red. 

Then I removed the tape and added a sentiment from the Inside Out Christmas Sentiments and the holly. And I love how the holly turned out! I used the solid stamp first with In the Park green. Then I added a little Deck the Halls green to part of the holly stamp with a blending tool and stamped again. After that I stamped the holly outline and die cut it.

For this card I kept things super simple! All the color comes from an ink blended square in the middle (Cotton Candy & Rockin' Red) and then I stamped the poinsettias and sentiment in black.

I kept this card super simple as well. The color on this one is the "Merry Christmas" in the middle. I stamped it first in Cotton Candy and then used a blending tool to add a little red on the bottom of the words before stamping again. 

And for this card I masked a much bigger section and blended it pink. Then I used the stencil to add the poinsettias, first using more pink and then layering red. I could have achieved the same look with the solid stamp but the stencil made it much quicker.

I stamped the outline poinsettia on some of the solid flowers. Then removed the tape and added a sentiment.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you are inspired to get crafty😉

Hugs!!!

Carly