Pretty Pink Posh Product Release Blog Hop

 Hello! Welcome to my blog--if you are stopping by from the blog of, Jeanane Jachna. Today is an exciting day because Pretty Pink Posh has come out with another great collection of steal dies. Paulina, has released: Stitched Speech Bubbles Dies, Storybook 1 Dies, and Twine and Bows Dies.

The stitched Speech bubble dies would be great for pairing with Lawn Fawn critters; or ever creating some speech bubble cupcake toppers for a party. You could also use these stitched speech bubbles dies as little windows in your cards and have a sentiment in one window with a little critter peaking out of the other. There are tons of possibilities for this this set.

I just love the Storybook 1 dies, set. I love how the stitching on the largest rectangle would work perfectly for crating a shaker card but it would leave an amazing stitched edge details on your cardstock and still have a window for your shaker. Much like the shaker shown below (the mermaid card), so you can image how awesome that card would look with stitched detailing around the boarder.

The twine and Bows dies has got to be one of my favs from this collection. I think it's so unique and I can definitely image all the things you could create with this set, especially for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. I really like that there are three different size bows, and I would just love how these would look on any project!

Now for the fun part! Paulina is going to give away two $25 gift certificates to those who leave comments on any of the blogs along this hop. The winners will be picked randomly and comments must be left by 11:59pm PDT on 8/9/2015; and, the winners will be announced on the Pretty Pink Posh blog.

Next on the hop is, Lisa Elton--Thank you so much for stopping by and if you get lost on the hop I have included the full list of blog participants!

The full blog hop list is as follows:

Pretty Pink Posh blog
Wanda Guess
Gayatri Murali

Jeanne Jachna

Nicole Gavaldon  <---You are here! 

Lisa Elton

Heather Hoffman

Joni Andaya

Karolyn Lancon
Amy Kolling

Nichol Magouirk

Kay Miller

Carissa Wiley

Audrey Tokach

Yuki Yoshioka

Suzy Plantamura

Yoonsun Hur

Happy Crafting!

Pretty Pink Posh Watercolor Blog Hop

Today I'm joining with lots of other crafters in the Pretty Pink Posh Watercolor Blog hop. All we had to do was create a card using the watercolor technique and I choose to simply create an abstract background using three different distress ink colors. I own a wide variety of watercoloring tools but I always seem to go back to distress inks time and time again. I feel like the colors are so vibrant and they mix together so well.

I'm also using a few Pretty Pink Posh products to create this card, like the new 6mm iridescent sequins, Sunshine Glow. I'm also using the stitched cloud die from the set, Stitched borders 2--also by PPP.

Blog Hop Details: This hop is officially open to the public tomorrow (June 5th at 6:00am PST) and ends June 8th at 11:55pm PST. So you'll be able to create your watercolor creations and link them up on the PPP blog. You can click here to head over to the Pretty Pink Posh blog hop!

Additional info: If we can get 100 entries, Paulina will donate a $20 gift certificate to Ellen Hutson orSimon Says Stamp. 200 entries? She'll donate another! For every 100 entries (up to 500) there will be an extra $20 gift certificate! 

I hope you really enjoyed this card and thank you so much for stopping by!

Pretty Pink Posh 1st Birthday Celebration--Day 3

Welcome to day 3 of the Pretty Pink Posh 1st birthday blog hop celebration! Phew! That was a long intro. If you've never stopped by my blog before I'd like to thank you for taking the time to get to know me and my blog. However, if you already know me you'll know that I love to used PPP sequins on almost all of my cards. Paulina (owner of PPP), has the best variety if sequin colors and sizes. When her shop first opened I was apart of the grand opening celebration--and at that time she was only selling sequins, ribbon, and twine. She's come such a long way since and she's now carrying an awesome collection of US made steel dies. She was kind enough to send me a little package of new goodies (which have already been released for sale in her shop) and I had so much fun playing with them!

When creating the card shown in the image above I used the new PPP die, Stitched Duo 3. This is such a great die with so many crafting possibilities. You can use it to create an adorable window card, a shaker card, panel, or an over-sized tag! I choose to use it as a panel and I even turned it upside down. I did that because it fit the little hampster wheel better, hehe. In order to use this die to create a panel you will need a pair of wire cutters so you could separate the stitched squares out from die with ease. Aside from the cute Lawn Fawn stamps and watercolor detail I used when creating this card--I also used the awesome PPP Metallic silver sequins, in all three sizes! Don't the silver sequins look so darling?! 

Paulina is offering free prizes today BUT she's also offering something super sweet, too. If you place an order from her shop today you will receive a free gift with your purchase. Head on over to the PPP blog for more information, by clicking here. 

Since you came here from the blog of Gayatri Murali, you'll need to hop on over to the blog of Laura Streckx. She's next up on the blog hop and she'll have an awesome sample for you to view! 

In case you get lost on this hop click below: 

Pretty Pink Posh blog

Elena Roussakis

Gayatri Murali

Nicole Gavaldon <---You are here

Laura Sterckx

Debby Hughes

Kay Miller
Joni Andaya

Happy Hopping! 

Valentine's Day Blog Hop!

Today I’m joining in on a super fun Valentine’s Day Blog hop hosted by Jenn Shurkus over at the Creative Chick blog. This blog hop began on February 1st  and is 14 days of Valentine’s Day inspiration by lots of talented crafty ladies. You can also win prizes by leaving a comment on my blog and by leaving comments on all the other blogs that are participating as well. 

Do you want to view the blog hop from the beginning? You can do so by clicking here. Cheiron Brandon over at the, My Craft Life blog is first on the list and you can hop your way over to my post from there—you can even leave a comment on each blog along the way! That will definitely increase your chances of winning something. 

If you’re stopping by my blog from Laura Sterckx’s blog—welcome! I’m next on the list and I’m super happy to share this V-day card I created using a few stamp sets by Lawn Fawn and an awesome die set by Mama Elephant. I used the lovey-dovey elephant duo from the stamp set, Love you tons, by LF—the ‘You+me=” sentiment from the stamp set, Science of Love, and the alphabet stamp set, Milo’s ABCs to create the custom sentiment ‘Tons of Love’. The scalloped hot pink panel, and the white stitched panel that holds the entire design was created using the Femme Frames die set by Mama Elephant and you can find that by clicking here. You’ll notice that there is a light gray, pink, and blue confetti design coming in from the bottom of the panel and I was inspired to do this by the Mama Elephant packaging that their dies were stored in. To create this confetti effect I used a small circle stamp from the Lawn Fawn stamp set, Gnome sweet Gnome and I think it turned out so well. 

1. Femme Frames 2. Gnome Sweet Gnome 3. Love you Tons

Sharing the LOVE! Since this is the season of L-O-V-E be sure to leave me a little love and my hop participants a little love as well throughout this series. (hint: we LOVE comments) Let me know in the comments how you are sharing the LOVE of this blog hop- you can share the link on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. 

The more times you share, and the more days you share the better your odds of winning! I will be randomly picking some sharers and posting them and the prizes at the end of this series.

Next on the hop is Jennifer from the Just Jingle blog, and her post will be up tomorrow. Don't forget to visit her blog tomorrow morning and leave a comment! I hope you enjoyed my card, and thanks for stopping by!

**Update: Just for fun I thought I'd go ahead and enter this card into the newest Dots and Hearts Lawnscaping challenge! 

Pretty Pink Posh Grand Opening Blog Hop!

Today I’m excited to be celebrating the grand opening of the Pretty Pink Posh, Shop! As a crafter it’s always fun to use embellishments and PPP has lots of sequins and things for you to choose from for all of your creative projects. You even have a chance to win Pretty Pink Posh prize packs—so don’t forget to check the details on how to win below.

I've recently started using sequins on my projects and I love it—so this celebration couldn't have come at a better time. Since we’re on the topic of celebrating I’d like to share my first project using some of the PPP sequins from the, Winter snow, pack which I used to create a festive place card shaker—Perfect for Christmas dinner. I love it because it’s a playful place card and I’m sure something like this would bring a smile to anyone’s face. You could have the shaker place card standing up in front of a place setting or even right on top of the actual place setting. Either way is super cute and I can’t even decide which one I like best. 

Since I was on the theme of Christmas I thought I’d create a cute tag for a gable box, and I used PPP, Festive Holly-days, sequins, and some of their adorable Christmas bells. The sound this little bell makes warms my heart so much and it’s seriously getting me in the mood for Christmas (my favorite holiday).

Now is your chance to win your PPP packs! You can simply leave a comment on this post on or before December 3rd and two lucky winners will be chosen and announced on Thursday, December 5th! For more details on how to win, visit the Pretty Pink Posh blog be clicking, here.

Now on to the next crafty gal in the hop! Laurie Willison is going to share what she created using PPP embellishments, and to view the blog creating before me stop by Leigh Penner’s blog. If you would like to start from the beginning click here!

This hop was so fun, and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!  

Stamp Fever/Lawn Fawn Blog Hop

You may already know—from my posts’ about Lawn Fawn, that they’re my favorite stamp company. Well, today, Lawn Fawn is turning 3 years old! So a group of us crafty gals are gathering together to create a birthday card for this special event but not only that—we wanted to share the news about a store in, Orange, California, named Stamp Fever, having a party at their store this Saturday, the 16th, in honor of Lawn Fawns’ third birthday. You’ll get to visit their store, meet Kelly Marie and her husband, Mike (the owners of Lawn Fawn), eat some cake, and make new friends. Doesn't that sound like fun?!

If you've never heard of Stamp Fever before, you can read a little bit about their store & also get the complete details about the party here:

Stamp Fever is a charming little store in Orange, California. We carry all things related to the crafting hobbies of stamping, card-making and paper crafting.  We stock a variety of stamps, papers, inks and supplies. We can also provide special orders for items you find online. We offer weekly stamping classes along with demos and make ‘n takes throughout the month.

Stamp Fever participates in the Southern California Shop Hop! Our design team goes all out to deck our store in theme related finery and we always have a charming Photo Op to add to the memories of your Shop Hop experience.

Stamp Fever is hosting a Lawn Fawn 3rd Birthday celebration! The party is on Saturday March 16 from 1-4. If you are in the area, please stop in for a visit and to share some birthday cake with Kelly and Mike, owners of Lawn Fawn. Kelly will share a special Make ‘n Take featuring one of Lawn Fawn’s newest sets “Summertime Charm”.

There will be prize drawings at the party but we don’t want to exclude our blog readers. We will randomly choose one winner from those who comment at The Stamp Fever blog and one more random winner from comments on the Hop Participant blogs. To increase your chances of winning: Follow the Stamp Fever blog in a reader or by email subscription; sign up for our Newsletter; follow Stamp Fever on Facebook and leave us a comment there. Each winner will receive a Lawn Fawn Stamp set and coordinating Lawn Cuts Die set.

Comment to enter prize drawing until 10:00 pm PDT on Friday March 15. The random drawing will take place at the party. The two winners will be announced Sunday, March 17 on the Stamp Fever blog.

Also, there are many other blogs and crafty bloggers participating in this Blog Hop celebration—so feel free to visit the blogs of these amazing crafters to view their Lawn Fawn birthday cards as well!

Chari- MossyMade

Britta- Britta Swiderski Creative

Vera- Ling's Design Studio

Lynnette- Netter's Notables

Barb- ...Enjoying Life

Lin- Sending Hugs

Marcy- En Papillote Arts

Kathy- Wading in Creativity

Katie- Katie's Quarks

Virginia- Yes, Virginia

Melissa- Love My Scraps

Deborah- Society of Stampaholics

Nancy- Happy Heart Studio

Lawn Fawn Blog

Stamp Fever Blog

Annette- My Clever Creations

For directions to, Stamp Fever, click here, to view the Stamp Fever Facebook page, click here. See you there!