Thursday, May 26, 2022

Pinkfresh Studio May 2022 Stamp, Die, Stencil, and Hot Foil Release

 


Hello! 

Welcome to the second to last stop on the new release blog hop for Pinkfresh Studio! I've got two cards to share with you showing different ways to use one of the background cover plates.

You may have just come from Karin's blog, but if not feel free to start at the beginning with Pinkfresh Studio!

Both cards feature these two products:

Grant Yourself Grace Stamp Set

Stitched Diamonds Coverplate Die

Let's take a look!

 
Love love love the new  Grant Yourself Grace Stamp Set with the coordinating die and stencil. You might be thinking, well, it's just another pretty floral set with stencils to color. 

Nope! This stencil set has been cleverly designed to block off certain areas of the design which will be open on other stencils. This means now you can finally ink two light colors independent of each other! They are not going to be muddied together when you're blending on top of an existing layer. 



One way to see what I mean is to look at the orange areas in the flowers above. You'll probably recognize that typically spaces like this would be in a shadow, and we'd naturally colors those areas in a darker red, to be layered upon . In this case however, it's colored in a purely lighter orange, not a color that had to be layered upon.


Here's another great sentiment that's included in this set. I heat embossed it in gold on vellum and wrapped it around the card panel. The top forals/leaves are placed on top of the vellum, and the bottom set underneath.


And let's not forget that gorgeous background from the Stitched Diamonds Coverplate Die!  Just a simple ink blending on top of all of those dashes soakes the ink right into your panel.

The next card uses the same Stitched Diamonds Coverplate Die.

 

Instead of leaving the panel plain as a way to add texture like the first card, I blended different colors into the stencil I made, and ended up with 3 different rows of color. You can see the stencil I made on the left with all the red and purple ink. I just cut the stitched diamonds out of one row.


Another difference is this time I used gold thread to stitch around the outline of each diamond. It was so easy to do because the coverplate leaves tiny holes in the point of each design, just right for your needle to go thru.


I love all the added sparkle it gives with the gold!


The flower is from the same Grant Yourself Grace Stamp Set as the first card, I just switched up the colors. Now I have a darker color where it's "supposed to be" in the darker crevices.


The sentiment is a new one from Modern Script Sentiment Hot Foil. As always, after hot foiling the first round of sentiments, I used the full plate to hot foil the negative space, and then die cut those out. Such a great 2-for-1 project!
GIVEAWAYS:

We will be giving away the full release on the Pinkfresh blog & YouTube channel!! We will also be giving away a total of TEN $25  gift cards, so comment along the hop for more chances to win. The winners will be posted on June 3, 2022 on the GIVEAWAY PAGE, so check back and claim any prize within 2 weeks. GOOD LUCK!!

I'd like to send you now to the blog of the super talented Kelly Taylor, who has some delightful projects to share with you!

Here's the complete list if you need it:

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter
Thanks for stopping by!
-Kelly

 

Supplies Used (affiliate links used at no additional cost to you, thanks for your support!):

Grant Yourself Grace Stamp Set

Grant Yourself Grace Dies Set

Grant Yourself Grace Stencil Set

Modern Script Sentiment Dies

Modern Script Sentiment Hot Foil

Stitched Diamonds Coverplate Die

 

 

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Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Colorado Craft Company April Release!

 
Hello Friends! I'm happy to share a few cards I made with one of the adorable new sets from Colorado Craft Company, Kris Lauren's Daffodil Mice


This set actually comes with two beautiful stems, a daffodil and a tulip! I used the tulip here to create a background for this card. To get the stems to bend different ways, and look like you have more than one tulip stamp, I just bent the stem in a different direction.


This mouse climbing the stem, and inadvertently weighing it down, is soooo adorable, don't you think?

Some gold paint spatters, gems and gold thread finish this one off.  

This little guy is barely hanging on to the daffodil stem swaying in the breeze. Wanna see?!


After making a little hole in the tulip stem, I threaded some wire thru and attached the mouse with a little hook. He's hanging on for his life with those large winds coming through.


For sake of design I wanted something on the lower right area. So I stamped one of the longer sentiments from another set in this series. 

Hot Tip: You don't have to use sentiment stamps as a sentiment. Sometimes they look great as a space-filler! I chose a longer sentiment from another set to stamp behind the mouse.

I was happy to see the daffodil fits perfectly on a mini slimline card! Always a fan of the sentiments and the close cuts around their edges!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
-Kelly

Supplies Used: (affiliate links at no additional cost to you, thanks for using these!)

 

Kris Lauren Daffodil Mice

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Friday, April 29, 2022

Pinkfresh Studio April 2022 Stamp, Die, Stencil, and Hot Foil Release

Hello Friends, and welcome to the Pinkfresh April new release hop! We've got some stunning floral sets, essential shape sets, and some must-have background coverplates that have just hit the shop!

This new Magnolia Stamp and coordinating Magnolia Stencils is a perfect mix of super-star focal point image, and smaller buds that allow you to build a nice bouquet and spread the color around your card.

I love that the stencils are pretty open, so you can really play around with color on the main bloom. I used a mix of the Sparkling Pink and the Coral Reef family of colors and I think it provides a nice variation.


Oooh-la-la ... if you consider one thing from this release, may I suggest the Stitched Ovals Coverplate? It's magical!! Look at all that luscious texture on the background! It gives the feel of a fabric. And if you blend ink over it, the ink gets sucked into all the cracks and really accentuates the design. I could see using this as the background for every single card I make this year : )


Keeping the leaves neutral also helps the flowers to pop. The foiled sentiment adds that touch of glam.


We have the stitched stars dies, but this is a set of 5 Nested Stars Dies that coordinate with the Nested Stars Hot Foil.


It's definitely not necessary to have a hot foiling machine, and usually I try to wait out the trends to avoid buying completely new machines or system. But I have to say, the hot foiling is one trend that I'm glad I went in on. It's impossible to get this kind of even coverage with gold embossing. 


Eeep! All that shine! I used the Happy Life 6x6 paper pack to add some spice to the star. I cut multiple stars out of the patterned paper and then sliced them all in horizontal sections. Mixing and matching the patterns and colors was the fun part.


This background is chock full of texture too! It comes from the Floral Diamond Tiles Coverplate and would be another good investment in a versatile piece. You can put it over colored paper to make all the holes pop, but even having it over a plain white card base is enough of a contrast.

The Fuchsias Washi and dies were left over on my desk so I was playing around with them and I LOVE how they organically curve around the points of the star. It's like a giant hug and really softens the lines.

GIVEAWAYS:

We will be giving away the full release on the Pinkfresh blog & YouTube channel!! We will also be giving away a total of TEN $25  gift cards, so comment along the hop for more chances to win. The winners will be posted on May 10, 2022 on the GIVEAWAY PAGE, so check back and claim any prize within 2 weeks. GOOD LUCK!!

I'd like to send you now to the blog of the talented Kelly Taylor, who has some delightful projects to share with you!

Here's the complete list if you need it:

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Thanks for stopping by!
-Kelly

 

Supplies Used (affiliate links at not cost to you, but appreciated by me!):

Nested Stars Hot Foil

Magnolia Stamp

Magnolia Die

Magnolia Stencils

Stitched Ovals Coverplate

Floral Diamond Tiles Coverplate

Nested Stars Die


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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Altenew 8th Anniversary Blog Hop Day 2 + Giveaway (over $2,000 in Total Prizes)


Hi Friends! Welcome to the 8th Anniversary Party Hop for Altenew!! Although by its nature an anniversary happens every year, it's still a special celebration of a small business not only surviving, but thriving. With that in mind, I made a card to help celebrate coming out the other end of 8 years of crazy business cycles (covid, supply chain disruptions, rising prices, China's intellectual property theft, and I'm sure a million other things I'm unaware of). All while providing the utmost in quality, design, and inspiration!


The Celebrate with Cake Die Set is perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, and companies passing the 8 year mark! You can decorate the layers with the frosting, bunting, vines, etc. that come in the set, but I chose to add filigree gold detailing from bits of the Delicate Mandala Die. So excited when I saw the curve of the mandala matched exactly the curve of the cake!


The bottom layer of the cake is resting on a bed of greens, made from the vine die included in this set (the darker layer of leaves is flipped over so the leaves are in different spots).

My favorite detail is the edge of the cake plate! I used a different colored cardstock, and embossed that with the Ornamental Feature 3D Embossing Folder. It's a tiny portion of the card, but I think that fine texture really adds a lot.

The background is from the Dotted Lines Debossing Plate. Such an easy way to add more texture!



Finishing out the background is the Fancy For You Die tucked behind the cake. I like layering things over and under the sentiments to keep the design more compact and interesting.


To echo the card, "Let's Celebrate" a successful and creatively-filled 8 years of business at Altenew! Here's to another 8!
 

Special Offer

Enjoy FREE U.S. shipping with code HAPPY8TH or $8 OFF international shipping with code ANNIV22 at checkout. Offer valid from 04/04/2022 at 12:01 am EDT through 04/06/2022 at 11:59 pm EDT. Not valid on prior purchases. Cannot be combined with other promo codes. Shop here: https://altenew.com/collections/all-altenew-products (Sale up to 45% off HERE and NEW releases HERE) 

 

 

Giveaway Prizes

Over $2,000 in total prizes! Altenew is giving away a $80 Gift Certificate to 5 lucky winners and one Altenew Academy Online Class($8.95 value) to 15 lucky winners. There are also 26 awesome companies/crafty friends who are celebrating with us, and they are offering the following prizes:

 

 

Be sure to leave comments by 4/15/2022 for a chance to win one of 50 prizes! To make the hop more exciting, start your comment with "Hi from (city or country where you're from)!" 50 winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the blogs in this hop and will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on 4/21/2022.
You may have come from the delightful and talented Seeka, but if not you can start at the beginning with Altenew. I'm now pleased to send you to the blog of another talented creator Laurie Patterson who has more celebratory projects to share.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
-Kelly

Supplies Used (affiliate links at no cost to you, thanks so much for your support!)

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