Sending Big Hugs on Your Birthday!

Still playing catch up on birthday cards again and also wanted to share what I was playing with. This card is a belated birthday wish for one of my sweet friends over at Instagram. Also joining the Wednesday challenge over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge with the theme Stamp It one more time.

Here is my card: 

This time around, I figured to make a go and play with the fuse to create this shaker card along with playing with these beautiful Scallop Rectangles, from Pretty Pink Posh where you can create a wonderful frame around any scene. I did use some fun foam to pop up the frame to give it some dimension.   

For the shaker, I pulled out these wonderful Stitched Essential dies as they have a variety of cute mini tags and than pulled out the Stitched Borders 1 die using pink card stock to add to the top of the tag. 

Next, I water colored a couple of little birds from the Birdie Friends set and used the Birdie Friends Coordinating die to help me cut them out. Makes my life alot easier. From there, I added the tag inside the plastic.  

Here, I added one of my favorite sequins, the 4mm Springtime Mix as I love the soft colors together. Also, if you noticed, I also added in these adorable little flowers from the Summer Flower sequins mix as they add a little more detail. 

To finish off this card, I once again reached for the Twine and Bow set from Pretty Pink Posh as it always adds that extra touch without adding bulk. Hope you enjoy!

SUPPLIES:

Birdie Friends Stamp Set	Birdie Friends Coordinating Dies	Scallop Frames Dies	Stitched Essentials 1 Dies	Stitched Borders I Dies	Twine and Bows Dies
4mm Springtime Sequins Mix	Summer Flowers Sequins Mix	Zig Clean Color Real Brush	Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock	WHITE FUN FOAM 12 Pack 118711 9 x 12

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Birthday Wishes and Sending Hugs!

I'm back again today as I'm playing catch up on birthday cards as another one of my sweet friends over at Instagram celebrated her birthday a few days ago. This one is for Patricia @ Scrapflower (IG) and wanted to wish her a belated birthday and wish her many more to come. Also joining the Wednesday challenge over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge with the theme Stamp It.   

Here is my card: 

As you know, I love creating shaker cards, so this time, I decided to combine some more elements and use this adorable Stitched Duo 1 die from Pretty Pink Posh as I love the large tag with it's detailed stitiching. Plus, it has these little stitched squares to add little sayings and/or sequins.

From there, I focused on the shaker element and added some sentiments from the Birdie Friends set as I find the words perfect for any occassion. Here, I took this pharse out and put the words "hugs" above and "to you" at the bottom.

Next, I added in these beautiful iridescent 4mm Lavender Moon sequins which I love the way they sparkle and shine. For the center focal point, I wanted to use this cheerful cute little bird from the Birdie Notes set and die cut using the Birdie Notes Coordinating die.  

The coordinating dies are always so helpful since it makes it easy to cut the images in a matter of seconds.....don't you think?

From there, I decided to water color this image using Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers.

Finished off this card by adding some flowers using the Altenew Vintage Roses set and added this cute big bow from the Twine and Bow set from Pretty Pink Posh as it always adds that extra touch without adding bulk. I always seem to reach for this when thinking of bows....one of my favorites!

Which one is your favorite?

SUPPLIES:

Birdie Friends Stamp Set	Birdie Notes Stamp Set	http://www.shopprettypinkposh.com/BirdieNotesDies-p/cd04.htm	Stitched Duo 1 Dies	Twine and Bows Dies	4mm Lavender Moon Sequins
Watercolour Cardstock	Zig Clean Color Real Brush	Crafter's Companion HEAT RESISTANT ACETATE Pack CC-HRA-5PK	WHITE FUN FOAM 12 Pack 118711 9 x 12

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Happy Birthday using some Camping Friends

I'm so excited and happy to share today one of the shaker cards I've been working on using this new Mini Storybook 1 die from Pretty Pink Posh and created a Happy Birthday card for a special friend of mine. 

Again, I do love creating little scenes and adore using these little animals from the Camping Friends set as I think they are so cute. I created another version of this card which is over on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog today with all of the details on how I pieced it together. 

Here is my card: 

For this card, I embossed the background using these mini solid stars from the Camping Friends set along with some white embossing powder to add more details to the background. 

Later, I decided to see what this card would look like without the stars and change the color combination slightly so I created a second card. All of the details are over on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog today along with the other version.

I'm loving these new Iridescent Mini Circle Confetti  and 3mm Sparkling clear sequins as they look beautiful together along with such a sparkle.  Plus, the iridescent 4mm Peridot Mist, has a wonderful shade of green and sparkles like no other in person. 

When working on this card, I originally forgot to add a sentiment before I closed the shaker portion. Therefore, I thought it would be prefect to add a small sentiment from the Fox Friends set and emboss it in white.

Again, you can see all of the details over on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog today on how this card came together. 

SUPPLIES:

Camping Friends	Camping Friends Coordinating Dies	Mini Storybook 1	Scallop Borders	Iridescent Mini Circle Confetti	3mm Sparkling Clear
4mm Peridot Mist Sequins	Stitched Borders 2 Dies	RESERVE Lawn Fawn PERFECTLY PLAID Petite 6x6 Paper Pack LF1114	WHITE FUN FOAM 12 Pack 118711 9 x 12	Ranger Embossing Powder WHITE EPJ36685	Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock
Crafter's Companion HEAT RESISTANT ACETATE Pack CC-HRA-5PK

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Pretty Pink Posh Design Team Annoucement

Today, Pretty Pink Posh is announcing the PPP Design Team members for the next term and I must say I’m beyond excited and feel truly blessed to be able to work with Paulina and her amazing talented team since she is not only kind hearted and generous, but a fabulous amazing and wonderful person to work with. 

Also, we have three new designers to the team. Welcome Amy Lee, Joy, and Melody! To celebrate, their is a matching game.

Here is a sneak peek at one of the shakers I’m working on using Pretty Pink Posh's latest release and can’t wait to share more. This one uses the new Mini Storybook 1 along with one of the new adorable stamp sets: Camping Friends and some new sequins.

Now for the details on the Fun Matching Game! There are 15 cards below and for those who guess correctly and leave their comments on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog Post, one person will win a $100 Pretty Pink Posh gift certificate. 

Make sure to head over to the Pretty Pink Posh Blog Post  and play along! Have Fun

Pretty Pink Posh + Avery Elle Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the blog hop showcasing Pretty Pink Posh's and Avery Elle as they have teamed up this month to bring together tons of fun and inspiration along with prizes to be won. More information at the bottom.

You should have arrived from the talented Melania Deasy, but if you get lost, no worries, there is a complete line up list below so you can stay on track during the blog hop. 

I'm beyond thrilled to share these two cards with you today, so let's get started.

It's so much fun to create shaker cards, so I decided to create one using these beautiful Scallop Rectangles, from Pretty Pink Posh where you can create a wonderful frame around any scene along with this adorable little critters from the Woodland Wonders stamp set from Avery Elle  

I just love how these stitched scallops are inverted and add details to the frame and how could you not resist but to color in these cute little critters. For the background, I created the sky by using the Scallop border as a stencil from the Stitched Borders 2 set and sponged in ink to form the clouds.

Next, I wanted to create some grass, so again, I created another stencil by die cutting the largest scallop border from the Stitched Borders 4 set and placed the negative piece of the die cut down on my background to sponge in some green ink.  

Last but not least, I added some 4mm sequins in various colors and glued them in place using: Pink Peonies, Lemon Drop, and Sea Breeze . Next, I thought it might be fun to add some Woodlands Seed Beads to give the grass some texture and have fun shaking the card. 

Now moving onto the second card: 

Again, shaker cards are so much fun, so I decided to make another one using these cute little critters along with the Stitched Film Strip Die. Love the detail stitching on this die with the three rectangles. It's perfect to add in some sequins. 

Here, I added 4mm Lemon Drop on top, 4mm Sea Breeze in the middle, and 4mm Lavender Moon at the bottom which by the way is Iridescent and adds extra sparkles. Absolutely love it.

The background was created with ink blending and mixed together with four colors. Also, don't want to forget this cute little stitched scallop border from the Stitched Borders 1 set. It always adds a wonderful border detail. Don't you think? It's one of my favorites.

Let's continue celebrating with your next stop at Katie Gehring 

GIVEAWAY! During this blog hop, there will be (2) $25 Gift Certificates to Pretty Pink Posh up for grabs and (2) $25 Gift Certificates up for grabs to Avery Elle

Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop (comments must be left by 11:59PM PDT on 7/24/16), and will be announced on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog and Avery Elle Blog

Here is the complete list of Blog Hop Participants:

Avery Elle blog

Yoonsun Hur

Karolyn Loncon

Jeanne Jachna

Heather Campbell

Yuki Yoshioka

Joni Nina Andaya

Melania Deasy

Liz Sarkisyan

Katie Gehring 

Nichol Spohr Magouirk

Ashley Marcu

Pretty Pink Posh blog

Thank-you so much for stopping by and continue enjoying the blog hop!