Handmade by G3: Pretty Pink Posh October New Release Blog Hop!

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Pretty Pink Posh October New Release Blog Hop!

Hello dear friends,

Welcome to Pretty Pink Posh October new release blog hop!

You should have arrived here from the talented and gorgeous Julia Altermann's blog. If not, don't worry I will provide a list of designers participating in the blog hop towards the end of this post.

Paulina has release three set of dies, five new sequins mixes and droplets in two sizes. As always, they are all gorgeous. All are available to purchase from Pretty Pink Posh shop,

I LOVE the decorative tag die. It caught my eye the first time Paulina shared the picture with us designers. They will make beautiful accents on a card apart from using as a tag. I imagined the decorative tag in gold used on a card with floral motifs. I couldn't wait to receive the dies. The Clear Droplets are awesome. They have dimension, flat bottom so they can be easily adhered and subtle accents to any card. Love them. I have couple of cards using the Decorative Tag 1 die and the Clear droplets. Make your self a cup of tea or coffee and enjoy the hop.

Card #1

For this card, I have used images from two stamp sets called Mondo Poinsettia and Mistletoe & Holly stamp sets from Essentials By Ellen. I stamped the mistletoe image on the card front using Soft Leaf ink by Hero Arts and coloured the inside of the leaves with beige Zig Clean Brush Pen. I then added a vellum layer. I stamped and watercolour the poinsettia and leaves, die cut them out and cluster glued them. Since the colours on the background and the focal flower cluster are soft and pastel, I wanted the decorative tag to have a bold contrast. So die cut the decorative tag using black glitter paper. I adhered them on vellum flush, then the poinsettia cluster using foam adhesive to give dimension. The sentiment is from Hero Arts stamp set called Family and Friends Christmas. I LOVE the contrast the black tag against the pastel colours on the card. The addition of clear droplets look like dew drops on the card. LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Clear droplets are a must have embellishment in my opinion.

Card #2

In this card, I have used the decorative tag in gold.

On this card, I have used the images from the same stamp sets as the previous card except that I used bright and pretty colours combination of pink and green. Since the colours were bright, I decided to diecut the decorative tag in gold. Here is raised the outer decortive tag using foam adhesives and the inner piece is glued flush. You can see the gold on the decorative tag better in the photo below.

I also layered the poinsettias before adding leaves. The poinsettias and leaves are watercoloured using Zig Clean Brush pens. The golden decorative tag makes gives a rich feel to the card. And the clear droplets are my dew drops on the card bringing all the elements on the card together.

I always get carried away when I start to create with new goodies. So lucky you I have one more card share. This one is using the Mini Tag Dies.

I love the look of the curved mini tag die in the set. So I simply die cut a few of them using watercolour paper. I love the texture of the watercolour paper. On of the tags, I stamped and watercoloured the grumpy snowman from Holiday Grumplings stamp set from Taylored Expressions. On another tag, I stamped the sentiment. I then randomly arranged the tags on a white panel and adhered a few flush on the panel and the rest using foam adhesives for dimension.

I trimmed the panel and adhered on red card base leaving a little border of red on top and bottom. To bring in the colours together, I have added metallic sequins from Classic Christmas mix and Clear Droplets. I also added gold twine with a bow on the spine of the card base. I love the stitched detail on the mini tags. These are so cute and can be used as banners as well on a card.

Hope you like all my cards. You next stop is to the talented Nicole Picadura's blog.

Here is the list of all the designers participating in the blog hop.

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Make sure you leave some love to all the designers in the blog hop. There are two $25 gift certificates up for grabs. Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop. Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PDT 10/18/15. Winners will be announced on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog.

Thanks for stopping by today! Happy Hopping and shopping!