Pinkfresh Studio February 2023 Stamp, Die, Stencil, and Hot Foil Release

It's release day at Pinkfresh Studio Yay! I am so honored to be joining in on Blog Hop for this fabulous new release.  There are such beautiful cards featured in this hop and you won't want to miss any of them.  You'll find the complete list of crafters participating below.

Let's get to the card I made for today's hop. My card features the lovely new Happy For You Product Suite.  This set includes the Happy For You Stamp Set, Happy For You Stencils and Happy For You Dies.  You will love these florals and beautiful sentiments.  I love that Pinkfresh is including more and more dies that cut out their sentiments. 

I started out by stamping the floral images from the Happy For You Stamp Set using Pinkfresh Premium dye ink in the color Doe. Using the coordinating stencils I ink blended the florals using the colors Sky Blue, Slumber, Aquamarine, Ocean Breeze, Stargazer, and Sapphire.  I also used the colors Fresh Pear, Grassy Knoll and Olive for the greenery.  I popped my colored images back into my Misti (I left the stamp in place) and restamped my images with the Doe ink.  This gives the images a crisp look as the lines of the image can become muted while ink blending! Try it out! It makes a huge difference.

 

After die cutting my finished images out I got to work on the rest of my card. I began by dry embossing some blush cardstock with the Geo Arch Hot Foil Plate (Yes you can use hot foil plates to emboss!!!) and die cutting the lovely Outline Floral Frame Die from some gold glitter cardstock. Pinkfresh has also released some beautiful new Nested Arches Hot Foil Plates with coordinating dies as well as the very cool Around the Shape Arches Stamp Set.  I hot foiled the largest arch plate in Matte Gold Foil and used the coordinating die to cut it out.  Lastly, I curved and stamped the sentiment "Have a Lovely Day" from the Around the Shape Arches Set. I used Detail Black for the sentiment.

 

Ok time to assemble! I used Bearly Arts Liquid glue (my fav) to adhere the super glittery frame to the dry embossed panel first.  Next I arranged my florals with a combination of foam squares and glue onto the arch panel.  After gluing my arch onto my background panel, I tucked in some Leafy Branch Die Cuts which I cut from gold mirror cardstock.  The very final steps were to add some Champagne Pearls and fluff up my florals! Hope you enjoyed my card!

Did I mention there are GIVEAWAYS?!!!

GIVEAWAYS:

-They will be giving away the full release on the Pinkfresh blog & YouTube channel. 

-They will be giving away a total of TEN $25 gift cards along the hop. 

As per usual with blog hops - the winners will be picked from the comments.

 

Pinkfresh will pull the winners & post them on March 8, 2023 on their GIVEAWAY PAGE. 

Please check that page & claim your prize within 2 weeks. Good Luck!!

Be sure to keep hopping along for your chance to win and to see more lovely card inspiration! 

 

Here is the entire blog hop line up so you don't miss a stop! Thanks for stopping by!

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Sunny Studio Stamps Fall Scene Card

 Hello friends! Today I'm sharing a card featuring images from multiple Sunny Studio Stamp Sets.

 

I started by using my Copic Markers to color the tree, sunflowers and mushroom images from "Happy Harvest". The log and pumpkins are from "Fall Friends" and the cute little bunny is from "Beach Buddies". I die cut all the images using the coordinating dies.

I created my background by ink blending with Distress Oxide Ink in the colors Salvaged Patina and Shabby Shutters.  I then used the border from the "Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace" Die Set to give my background that delicate scallop edge. I adhered this panel to some pattern paper from the "Sweater Weather" 6x6 paper pad and I love those cute little polka dots peeking out around the edge of the card.

Before adhering my colored images I die cut three fences from the "Scalloped Fence" Die set and arranged them across the middle of my card. I did some trimming and modifying as needed.

I used a combination of liquid glue and thin foam squares to attach the images to my fun Fall scene. I die cut an additional tree and stacked up the image to provide a little bit of extra sturdiness to that larger image. I really love that tree image!

I finished my card by stamping a sentiment from "Fall Friends" onto the bottom of my panel with a black pigment ink and adhered the panel to an A2 size cardbase.

I hope you enjoyed today's Fall scene card!

Thank you!

Jen

AECP - Simple Boutique Cards

 Hello again crafty friends!

Time for a few more Altenew Educator Certification Program (AECP) cards!!  I recently finished up a class called "Simple Boutique Cards" and would love to share with you the projects I made using what I learned.  I loved that this class encouraged me to focus on making beautiful cards that did not have a lot of layers to them.

Stamped Background:

My first card is probably my favorite of the two.  One of my favorite crafty things is creating easy watercolor backgrounds.  So I started this class by taking out my Altenew 36 pan watercolor set and some watercolor paper.  I used a wet on wet technique and created an easy pink panel with some pops of orange.  I also added some gold splatters.

After I trimmed my panel to A2 size I placed it in my MISTI and stamped my sentiment in the center.  I used Altenew Obsidian Black ink to the stamp the sentiment and all the other images on my panel. I alternated between stamping the Wonder Bloom and Wonder Flower stamp. Once I was happy with my flower image placement, I filled in the open spaces with a flourish image from the Hennah Elements Stamp Set.

I finished the card by placing the panel onto a A2 cardbase.  I really love the colors and flowers on this card.  I have to say that creating one layer cards is definitely stepping outside my comfort zone but I'm happy with the result!

Designer Paper:

 

For my next card I knew I wanted to do some heat embossing on vellum.  I just the love the way an outline stamp looks on vellum heat embossed in gold!  This was also my first time trying out coloring with my Altenew alcohol markers on vellum. 

After stamping out the Altenew Paint-A-Flower Sunflower I turned over my heat embossed image and colored it on the BACKSIDE of the vellum.  This was so the alcohol ink would not smear and so that the embossing powder would not damage my marker tips!

My next step was to create a simple background for my flowers.  I stamped the Whimsical Herringbone Stamp onto a piece of white cardstock in the color Fuschia. The background adds a subtle interest behind the vellum.

When I cut my vellum (A2 size) I added an additional 1/4 inch to the length so that I could score and fold the top to wrap around my panel of cardstock.  This allowed me to adhere my vellum without having to worry about hiding adhesive!

 My last step was my sentiment! I stamped "You are my Sunshine" from the Sunflower set in black ink onto white cardstock.  I trimmed the sentiment down and added a thin black matte to the back.

That finishes my cards for today! I hope you enjoyed them and maybe picked up some inspiration to try out your own Simple Boutique Cards!

Thanks again for stopping by! See you again soon.

Jen

Sunny Studio Stamps - Fabulous Flamingos!

Welcome and thank you for stopping by!

Today's card features some cute little flamingo friends courtesy of Sunny Studio Stamps.  Let's get into the card!

 

I have been loving coloring with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers lately. I find that I get the best results using Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper for this technique.

I started out by stamping two of the flamingos, all of the leaves and bunch of the little flower image.  I used a black pigment ink and gave it a few minutes to dry before starting my coloring.  

 

After coloring my images using pinks, greens and also the blender marker I cut all of the images out using the coordinating dies.  Isn't it nice when you have the coordinating dies!  When I first started crafting I convinced myself that I didn't need them (silly girl!) but now I'm feeling spoiled LOL!!

The background was very fun to make and pretty easy too!  I started by ink blending on some smooth white cardstock using Distress Oxide Inks.  I used Milled Lavender, Shaded Lilac and Wilted Violet.  I trimmed my panel to 4 x 5 1/4 and then ran the panel through my die cutting machine using this lovely floral lace embossing folder. Yes, I placed the wrong side down in the folder (oops!) but I still like how it looks! The image is now de-bossed or pressed in rather than popping up!  Hope that makes sense!

I arranged my images in the center of my panel and adhered them using liquid glue.  I used a sentiment from the stamp set and stamped it onto a banner that I created using a die from my stash onto some white cardstock.

I adhered my finished panel onto a white cardstock and added some glossy accents to the flowers and flamingo's beaks for a little added dimension.

 

I just love this card and stamp set.  I just screams Summer to me and that's OK even though Fall is moving in on us fast!

Hope you enjoyed my card and I'll see you again soon!

Jen

AECP - Let It Shine!

 Hello Crafty Friends!

Today I'm back sharing another Altenew Educators Certification Program class.  The latest class I worked my way through was "Let It Shine" which is taught by the lovely Carissa Wiley.  If you love adding shiny and sparkly accents to your handmade cards then you will LOVE this class.

Hello Cosmos!

My first card features the Altenew Craft-A-Flower Cosmos Layering Die Set.  When I saw this set I knew I needed it in my life!  You can create lovely dimensional flowers with these dies.  The options are endless on how you can color, add texture and add shine.

 

I started by choosing some Altnew ink pads (Baby Pink, Blush, Sunray, Snapdragon) and ink blending them onto smooth white cardstock.  Next I die cut all the flower pieces from my ink blended cardstock.  To add my "shine" component I chose to heat emboss one of the flower layers with Altenew Golden Peach Crisp Embossing powder.  I also heat embossed the leaves with a green glitter embossing powder from my stash.  I assembled the flower layers with liquid glue.

My background was SUPER simple.  I die cut the Altenew Watercolor Stripes Cover Die from white cardstock and backed it with a piece of black glitter cardstock before adhering both to an A2 cardbase.

I chose the Altenew Fancy Hello Die as my sentiment.  I created a gold dipped effect by ink blending the top of the die cut with Sunray and Snapdragon Ink and heat embossing the bottom with gold embossing powder.

Shiny Hennah Flowers

My second card started out by heat embossing (with gold) images from the Altenew Hennah Elements Stamp Set.  I colored the images with watercolor markers and a blender marker.  I used the coordinating dies to cut out my finished images.

 

To create my background I dry embossed a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of smooth white cardstock with the Altenew Bubble Wrap Stencil to give a little texture and interest. I then adhered a piece of decorative washi tape from my stash to the left side of the panel.  I adhered the panel to an A2 cardbase with adhesive runner.

After arranging my floral images, I adhered them with a combination of liquid glue and foam squares.

The finishing "shiny" touch was to add the gold mirror "Hugs" (Simple Greetings Die Set) sentiment!

As you can see these cards were not very hard to create but they look amazing because of the gorgeous shiny accents.  Try adding some shine to your next card and I bet it will take it to the next level!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jen

 

 

AECP - Celebration Stencil Techniques

Hello friends!

I hope you are well! Today it's time to share some more Altenew Educator Certification Program (AECP) cards.  I recently finished a class called Celebration Stencil Techniques.  Stencils are so fun, inexpensive and versatile.  Altenew has some really beautiful stencils too!

Watercoloring with Stencils:

 

My first card features a soft watercolor effect.  I created the effect with my ink pads and the Altenew Narrow Brick Stencil.  Once my panel was dry I took the same ink colors (Sunray, Baby Pink, Lavender Fields) and softly ink blended over and around the edges of my panel.

My focal point is the lovely Paint-A-Flower Daffodil which I colored with my Altenew Alcohol Markers.  I love their markers because they coordinate with the Altenew Inks and come in color families.  This makes it so easy to pick colors that will work well together and blend easily.  I used the colors Bamboo, Parrot, Olive, Citrus Burst, Sunkissed and Autumn Blaze.  I fussycut the image out when I was done coloring it.

I love the pink dainty frame that I adhered to the stenciled panel.  It really adds a delicate touch.  I created it by ink blending on smooth white cardstock and die cutting the frame.

I chose the sentiment "Thank You" from the Heartfelt Sentiments Stamp Set and stamped it with Obsidian Black Pigment Ink directly onto my panel.

I assembled my card by adhering every with liquid glue.  The finishing touch was some yellow rhinestones from my stash.

Glitter Paste with Stencils:

 

My second card features beautiful glitter paste! This was my first time using a glitter paste and I have to say I was completely impressed! It creates a stunning effect.

I started out by ink blending the Flowing Drops Stencil onto some smooth white cardstock.  I used the colors Baby Pink, Sunray and Lavender Fields.  Keeping the stencil in place I applied the glitter paste.  Once the panel was completely dry I die cut it using two rectangle dies from my stash.  The inner rectangle was popped up with some craft foam.

I used the Altenew Embroidered Blooms Stamp Set to create the flowers on my card.  I used the same ink colors that I used on my stenciled panel to stamp out the images.  I then fussy cut out the flowers and leaves.  I arranged the flowers how I liked them and took a picture with my phone.  This is a tip if you want to remember how to glue the images back down in the same arrangement.

Next I die cut a circle from the Altenew Circular Elements Die Set from some pink glitter paper.  I cut the circle in half and adhered the two pieces behind my stamped images.  The flowers were adhered with a combination of liquid glue and foam squares.

I love the white and gold sentiment on this card!! I die cut the "Hello" from the Altenew Simple Greetings Die Set using white & gold cardstock.  The last step was some glitter glue to the centers of the smaller flowers.

That's my two cards for today! This class was fun and I really enjoyed trying some new techniques that I hadn't tried before!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Jen

AECP - Easy Ink Blending

 Hello!!

Today I'm sharing some cards that I made for the Altenew Easy Ink Blending Class.  This class is a great introduction into ink blending and gives great tips for improving your ink blending technique.

Ink Resist:

My first card includes an ink resist.  The stamped image is heat embossed and then ink blending was done over the image.  I used the Altenew Paint-A-Flower Sunflower Stamp Set and heat embossed it in white onto some smooth white cardstock.  Fuchsia Dye Ink was blended over the sunflower image before I die cut it using an oval die from my stash.  I also die cut the same oval from white cardstock two more times and glued the layers together to add dimension.

 

To create a background with a little extra interest I trimmed down a piece of black cardstock to 4 x 5/14 and heat embossed the branch image from the Mini Branch stamp set.  I used Altenew Crystal Clear Embossing powder to create a tone on tone effect. I adhered my sunflowers onto the panel and then adhered both onto a pink cardbase. 

 

My sentiment is the Fancy Hello Die and it was the finishing touch to my card.  I created an ombre effect by ink blending some fuchsia ink onto the white cardstock die cut and used a lighter hand as I blended upwards.  My sentiment was initially feeling lost on the floral image.  I die cut two small branches from the Branches and Berries Die Set and adhered them to the back of the "Hello".  The addition of the branches helped it stand out a bit more.

 

Faux Watercoloring:

I think this second card is my favorite one! I just love how it came out.

I actually started with the background panel on this one.  I used the Dotted Swirls Debossing Cover Die.  This die is really cool because it doesn't cut the cardstock but debosses the swirl design onto it.  I then ink blended Fuchsia Ink (are you sensing a theme with the fuchsia?? LoL) onto the panel focusing on the outer edges.  The dotted design kind of soaks up the ink and it creates a very cool effect.

 

Next I stamped two of the images from the Perfectly Perfect Stamp Set with a permanent black ink.  I softly ink blended the flower images using Fuchsia and Baby Pink Dye Ink and the leaves in Shadow Creek.  I then used the same colors as well as some Chamomile Ink to add some dimension to my florals by creating a watercolor effect.  I adhered my flowers with foam squares.

 

The sentiments were heat embossed in white onto black cardstock and die cut using the Featured Sentiments Die Set.  The sentiments are from the stamp set and were adhered with liquid glue.  To finish I adhered the panel to a black cardbase.

 

I really love how both cards came out but the second is my favorite for sure!

Thank you so much for coming by today.  Remember to check out the Easy Ink Blending Class on the Altenew Website if you need help with your ink blending.

Jen