Good morning! I am thrilled to be a guest for the Pretty Pink Posh May Release Blog Hop! I’ve been a huge fan of Paulina’s gorgeous sequins since I started crafting in the summer of 2014 and discovered her online shop! At that time she was just selling sequins but has since expanded her line to include clever dies and adorable stamps and I was so excited to receive her May release in the mail! 😉
I’ve actually created 7 cards using the new stamps and sequins but figured you’ve got a bunch of hop stops and lots of fabulous projects to see so I’ll save some of mine for next week! 😉 Here’s my first card:
I started by stamping the Woodland Critters, Build a Bloom, and Bold Blooms images multiple times onto white cardstock with copic-friendly black ink and coloring them with copics. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and then started arranging different scenes. Once I had a few scenes created I took quick photos of each scene using my phone and then worked on creating a background for each scene. For my first card I blended black soot, chipped sapphire, and seedless preserves distress ink onto watercolor paper and flicked water across the panel. Once it dried I decided it was a little darker than I wanted so I layered vellum over the watercolor paper. I die-cut the edges with the Scallop Borders 2 die set and left a little extra vellum on the top edge of the card so I could fold it over and adhere it to the back of the watercolor paper.
I stamped my sentiment from Thoughtful Greetings onto the vellum panel and heat-embossed it with silver embossing powder. Then I adhered my scene to the vellum. Once they were adhered I flipped the vellum over and added adhesive behind the stamped images so that it would hold the vellum down and be hidden from view. Finally I finished the card with a few Navy sequins and tied a silver twine bow to the top of the card!
For my second card I die-cut the Scallop Frame with white cardstock and layered it over dark blue cardstock. Then I carefully cut the sentiment stamp from Thoughtful Greetings apart and stamped part of it towards the top of the panel and part of it towards the bottom. I stamped it with versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder. Then I arranged the my critters and foliage between the sentiment and finished the card with a sprinkling of the Spring Meadow sequins mix!
I adore all these critters! They’re so cute! Honestly, this entire release is a must-have! The sentiments are perfect for all occasions and the mixes are gorgeous!
To celebrate the release Pretty Pink Posh is giving away 4 $25 gift cards (2 each day)! Winners will be selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop so make sure you leave a comment at each hop stop, on both days, for the most chances to win! Here’s a list of all the stops on the hop:- Pretty Pink Posh blog
- Vera Rhuhay
- Rebecca Keppel
- Heather Hoffman
- Shannon McComb
- Jessica Frost- Ballas
- Amy Yang
- Joni Andaya
- Ashley Marcu
- Jeanne Jachna
- Juliana Michaels
- Lexa Levana
- Yana Smakula
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Wow Jessica these cards are gorgeous. love them both though your attention to detail on the first card is amazing:)
Very cute critter cards. I like the backgrounds and the framing.
Love your cards. Super excited about this release.
So much cuteness!!
Your cards are beautifully done!
Beautiful coloring on these super cute cards!
Beautiful cards. Thanks for the inspiration!
Jessica, both cards are adorable. I can see why some of this new release is sold out. Beautifully done!
Your cards are Adorable !
These are ALL so amazing! I love the terrific color combinations, and you have made the animals look so adorable!
Adorable cards! Those hedge hogs are so sweet.
These critters are so cute!
Sweet cards! I love the scalloped edge dies you used and the darling stamps! Fabulous coloring!
Love your cards. The hedgehog one is super cute!
So cute and adorable cards!!!
Wow … your cards are beautiful!
Great cards. Love the dark backgrounds.
Love these cards. Setting those beautifully colored scenes on black and gray really makes them pop.
WOW Jessica, you made SEVEN? These are just precious so I can see how easy it would be to get carried away. ( have to admit, I was a little disappointed to not have a video here but now that I know you made 7 I can see why you didn’t have time!) Very nice cards and I’ll look forward to seeing the rest of them another time! TFS!
The blue card is stunning! I love it.
Both the cards are very unusual and very beautiful.
Wow! Love your color choices for the paper, makes the stamped images pop! Your coloring is fantastic 🙂
I love the BG color you achieved on the first color; it goes perfectly with those gorgeous blue sequins. And of course the woodland creatures are so adorable! As are the hedgehogs. Beautiful cards.
I love these critters!