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!

Have a Sweet Birthday--with Video

Hi there! I think this might be the first time that I've had two posts' in one day but since I'm on multiple design teams now this may be a regular occurrence from time to time--the more cards the better, right? So, today I'm sharing a video that I created for the Lawn Fawn blog and Youtube channel. I'm making a CAS shaker card using the adorable stamp set, Baked with Love. Baked with Love, has so many amazing images with cute and punny sentients to match. 
For details on exactly which Lawn Fawn Product were used to create this clean and simple (CAS) card feel free to click here to view their blog; or, you can also watch the video (above) and click the description bar for a list of products. 
If you already watched the video and are here to find out exactly which Pretty Pink Posh sequins were used--the list is as follows: 
6mm Enchanted Garden Sequins Mix 6mm Orchid Sequins 4mm Metallic Silver Sequins 6mm Lavender Moon Sequins 6mm Pink Blush Sequins 4mm Gold Metallic Sequins
I hope you've enjoyed this card and video and thank you so much for stopping by! If you have any questions about anything feel free to leave me a comment and I'll get back to you as soon as I can!

Exciting News!

I have some exciting news--I'm on the Pretty Pink Posh design team! I've been a big fan of PPP since her shop first opened. If you've been following PPP from the beginning, as well, you may have already seen some of my work with Paulina's Shop, including the grand opening blog hop. I just love all of the products that PPP carries and I love how they add a little something special to my cards. Since the opening of her shop, Paulina, has also added so many other great products to her collection of items and they are all so great.

Now that you've read the awesome news you can go play a fun game Paulina created and get a chance to win a $50 Pretty Pink Posh gift card. Below is a collection of cards, each of the girls on the DT (including the three new designers) have created one of the cards shown in the game image and all you have to do is guess which card/letter belongs to which designer. Super fun and simple right?!

To make things a little bit easier we're each going to give a little hint as to which cards is ours; so, here is mine: These are on high demand during summer months. I hope that gets you one step closer to winning the prize! Now that you have your hint head on over to the PPP blog by, clicking here, and leave your answers in the the comments.  Good luck and thank you for stopping by!

Lawn Fawn Inspiration Week--Critters In The Jungle

I love creating cards for inspiration week--and I hope you've enjoyed all of the cards the Lawn Fawn design team has created thus far. Today we are creating with the adorable stamp set, Critters in the Jungle. I absolutely love this set. The adorable images and sweet sentiments are so much fun to create with. I think you may have noticed that my favorite image in this set is the elephant. Lawn Fawn images are always so adorable and irresistible! What's create is that this stamp set (like many other LF sets) comes with so many little images and elements to create a scene on  your card.

Aside from using the, Critters in the Jungle stamp set and it's coordinating dies, I also used the mini set, Love you Tons, for the "Love you Tons" sentiment. For the shaker window and panel I used the stitched rectangle stackables as well as the Stitched Squares Stackables dies. When I was creating this card I was thinking of using a plain white card base (to go behind the shaker panel) but this card was fun and colorful so I thought it would be nice to have a bit of color in the background so I pulled out my trusty Lawn Fawn 6x6 paper pad--the Let's Polka Mon Amie collection and used this green striped paper, mint line dance. For a bit of added charm I also used some of the new lawn trimmings in Tangerine. For the shaker I used the new Lime Sorbet sequins by Pretty Pink Posh as well as the Marshmallow sequins, and Sparkling clear sequins.

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

Just Saying Hello

The last time I was shopping at Micheals I stopped in my tracks by this adorable Mermaid Kiddo rubber stamp image by Stampendous. I thought this would be perfect for so many things--including a greeting card. I also thought, with watercoloring being so popular right now, that this image would be perfect for that medium. This was my first time watercoloring a large image like this so I wasn't too sure how it would turn out but in the end I just loved it.

I colored in this image using only distress inks. For the ocean background I used Salty Ocean, Peacock feathers, Tumbled glass, and Chipped sapphire. That combination of blues turned out so well. I don't have any skin tone colors so I combined the colors Tattered rose, and Tea dye. Then I added Spun sugar for her cheeks. For her hair I used Scattered straw, Mustard seed, and a little bit of Tattered rose; and for her sea shells and fin I used Shabby Shutters and Bundled sage. Also, the shells she's wearing were colored in using Shaded lilac and the adorable little sea horse was colored in using both Mustard seed and Spiced Marmalade.

To finish off the card I used the 'Just saying Hello' sentiment from, Grand Greetings by Lawn Fawn on some vellum paper as well as Sparkling Clear, and Aquamarine sequins by Pretty Pink Posh.

I hope you all enjoyed this card. I had so much fun coloring it all in! Also, stay tuned for a new video by me on the Lawn Fawn blog tomorrow. If you head over to their blog you'll  noticed I have a card there for Scrapbook adhesives week and I'll be sharing how I made that card! I'll also share the video and images here on my blog, tomorrow.

You're the Coolest

Hi everyone! Today I wanted to share this card that I made yesterday using a two of the new Lawn Fawn Stamp sets, Flirty Frames and Best Pun Ever. Both of which are currently for sale now! I love that the Flirty Frames have such cute and whimsical designs and that they can be used all year round--the same goes for Best Pun Ever. That set comes with some adorable images and cute sentiments to match.

When creating the background for this card I used some Canson watercolor paper, and cut it down to a A2 size. Then I adhered it to my clip board using some low tack tape and used a few distress inks to achieve the abstract background. I also did some watercoloring with the frame and popsicle images and then to add some shine I covered them in some Glossy Accents. To finish off the card I used some of the new, Sweet heart lawn trimmings, and some Pretty Pink Posh, Sparkling Clear sequins.

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

Have A Purr-fect Birthday--Video

Today I have a fun video over on the Lawn Fawn blog, and I'm sharing how I made this adorable, Have a Purr-fect Birthday!, card--using several different LF stamp sets. You can watch the video on Youtube (above) or click here to be directed to the LF blog for details on all the stamps, dies, and embellishments I used when creating this card. I hope you love it!