Loads of Love Valentine Train with Pretty Pink Posh

For today's throwback to my time with Pretty Pink Posh, I'm sharing a Valentine's Day card. I started with stamping my Valentine Train Stamp Set images on white cardstock with alcohol marker friendly black ink. My images are colored in with red, pinks and soft purple Ohuhu Art Honolulu Alcohol Markers. I used the Valentine Train Coordinating Dies to cut the images out. For this card, I wanted the train to be my main focus, so I decided to do a subtle, tone on tone background. 

I started with trimming a piece of white cardstock to 4x5.25” and die cut the XOXO Border Die five times from another piece of white cardstock. I glued them down to create an offset pattern and trimmed off the excess from the edges. This was then glued to the center of an A2 card base, also in white cardstock. Next I cut a Sentiment Strip Die out of white cardstock and used the same soft purple markers to color the paper and stamped “Loads of Love” as the sentiment for the card. I added my Valentine Train images and sentiment to my card with foam adhesive. 

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Another Orbit Complete Birthday Card with Trinity Stamps

Hi friends! Today I’m sharing a super fun birthday card featuring products from Trinity Stamps, and this one is totally galaxy inspired. I started by stamping the images I wanted to use from the Another Orbit Stamp Set with a black alcohol marker friendly ink, then colored everything in with my Ohuhu Honolulu alcohol markers. Once the coloring was done, I used the Another Orbit Coordinating Die Set to die cut all of the images. I also stamped the sentiments using VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink, including “Happy Birthday” (die cut with the coordinating die) and “Another Orbit Complete” stamped right inside the little flag on one of the images for an extra cute detail.

Next, I created my background using an A2 panel of white mixed media cardstock and ink blended a dreamy galaxy using Simon Hurley create. Stellar Inks in Guppy, Later Gator, Tropical Tango, Midnight Snack, and Black Widow. After my ink blending was finished, I splattered on black luster, bleed proof white paint, and clear shimmer glitter to give the whole panel a starry, dimensional look. Once everything was completely dry, I die cut the panel with the rectangle die that has the angled cut detail, then die cut the smaller angled section again from black mixed media cardstock. To bring it all together, I die cut a thin strip using a die from Emergency Card Essentials Die Set #1 from silver glitter cardstock and glued it on top of the angled cut area like a sparkly connector. I adhered the finished panel onto an A2 card base, then popped up my astronauts, moon, planet, and the “happy birthday” sentiment with 1mm foam adhesive. To finish the scene, I added the comet and three stars with liquid glue for a little extra galaxy magic.

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Live. Love. Lurk. - A Mini Slimline Mothman Appreciation Card with Emily Moore Designs

Thanks for joining me in my craft room today for a Fandom Friday project that also happened to fit perfectly with Craft Roulette Episode 301. I’m featuring brand new moth products from Emily Moore Designs (the Make a Moth sets), and the second I saw these adorable little moths, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I turned them into a cryptid-inspired appreciation card (because yes, I will always have a soft spot for Mothman). The parameters for Episode 301 were an appreciation card, colors that include Apple Farm, silhouette, and an old product. My silhouette piece was easy because all my moths are die cut from black cardstock, and for Apple Farm I brought in red for those glowing eyes and a bold red watercolor background. For the “old product” parameter, I used my old laptop to create and print my own custom sentiment.

To make the card, I die cut several moths from black cardstock using the Emily Moore Designs dies and layered all the pieces to assemble the moths. I also die cut tiny circles from red cardstock and glued them on as eyes to give the whole card that iconic spooky-cute vibe. For the background, I used Popsiclesticks mini slimline stitched layered dies and cut the smallest panel from gray watercolor pattern paper and the largest panel from red watercolor pattern paper (both from Scrapbook.com). I layered those panels together to create a bold red and black mini slimline backdrop. Next, I created a custom sentiment that reads “Live. Love. Lurk." in red font on black, printed it out, and die cut it into a banner shape. To assemble, I adhered the gray stitched panel onto the red panel, then popped up my moths with one millimeter foam adhesive so they look like they are flying across the card at different angles. I added the sentiment banner toward the middle, then adhered the finished card front to a mini slimline card base (6.5 x 3.5 inches). This card makes me laugh every time I look at it, and I love how it turned out as an appreciation card with a fandom twist.

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Chic Cat in a Purse with Scrapbook.com

This card came together as part of Craft Roulette Episode 300, and I used products from Scrapbook.com to meet the challenge parameters. I started by doing all of my die cutting first. I die cut a corkboard pattern from the Faux Finish A2 paper pad using the largest Nested Vintage Label die. I then die cut the shopping bag with handles twice from a light cream linen print using the Market Shopping Bags die set. From the same Faux Finish pad, I die cut the cat head and fur details from a gray wood grain pattern, and I cut the bow, sunglasses, ears, nose, and cheek details from a pink linen pattern. I also die cut the eyes, mouth, and sunglasses again from black cardstock and cut the collar from white cardstock. I lightly ink blended the bag pieces with Weeping Willow Stellar Ink, trimmed one handle, and glued it upside down to the front of the bag so the handle pointed downward. I glued the two bag pieces together so the intact handle stayed on the back.

Next, I ink blended the bow and sunglasses with Prom Queen Stellar Ink and stamped small hearts from the Howdy stamp set along the bottom of the bag. I stamped the sentiment "You Never Go Out of Style" in the same pink ink onto white cardstock and die cut it with the coordinating Howdy die. I layered the sunglasses by gluing the pink frames to the black frames and added the black lenses inside. I tied the bow to the back handle so it looked like a scarf tied to a purse. I assembled the cat by layering all of the facial details onto the gray head and lightly ink blending with Black Widow Stellar Ink to add subtle shading. I glued the cat head and white stitched collar to the bag so it looked like the cat was sitting inside. I splattered black and white Luster Brush markers onto the cork label and let it dry, then popped the bag and sentiment onto the cork piece with 1mm foam adhesive. I attached a gingham print from the Oak Lane A2 paper pad to a top folding card base and glued the cork panel to the center. To finish the card, I added clear shimmer glitter brush to the sunglasses lenses and a little shimmer to the bow.

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Crafty Besties, Fresh Supplies, and Good Vibes

During our Crafty Besties Livestream, we planned out our crafty goals bingo board for the year and challenged ourselves to make a project using something we had never opened before. For my card, I reached for unopened products from Waffle Flower Crafts and built a clean, colorful A2 card. I started by die cutting the Mod Blossom craft die out of white cardstock. Using the coordinating Mod Blossom stencils, I ink blended the flowers with 100% Juice Stellar Ink and used Later Gator Stellar Ink for the leaves and flower centers. Once the coloring was finished, I glued the die cut panel onto another A2 panel of white cardstock and then attached that to a top folding A2 card base.

For the sentiment, I grabbed a purple sheet from the Scrapbook.com Watercolor A2 paper pad and lightly ink blended 100% Juice Stellar Ink to add a little depth. I die cut the words Good Vibes from Pretty Pink Posh out of the purple and used the coordinating shadow dies to cut the shadow layer from white cardstock. I glued the layers together and popped the sentiment up in the center of the card using 1mm foam adhesive. To finish the card, I added Lemon Chiffon pearl pops of color from Scrapbook.com to the centers of the flowers. This changed them from green to a soft yellow and added a subtle pearly shimmer.

I also have a video embedded below where you can watch the full process and see how this card came together during our livestream.

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A Sweet Neighborhood Birthday Card with The Sassy Club

For today’s card, I created a cheerful birthday scene inspired by a classic, colorful neighborhood using products from The Sassy Club. I started by die cutting a green and white polka dot pattern paper from the Rainbow Street 6x6 paper pad with a rectangle die from the Kindred Stamps Card Basics set, then set that aside for my background. Next, I die cut the brick pattern paper from the same pad using a square die from the same Card Basics set. I also die cut the street sign and street post pieces using The Sassy Club Sassy Street dies. The lamp post, sign inserts, and light pieces were cut from green and white cardstock, while the outlines were cut from yellow cardstock. For the sentiment, I die cut a banner strip from the Kindred Stamps sentiment dies and stamped “happy birthday” with clear embossing ink onto the larger street sign insert, then heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I layered all of the street sign pieces together and assembled the lamp post with its light.

I stamped four neighborhood characters from The Sassy Club stamp set using Onyx black ink and colored them with Olo markers, adding a few highlights with a white gel pen before fussy cutting them out. I also stamped “best day ever” from a Scrapbook.com birthday stamp set using Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink onto the white banner strip. To assemble the card, I glued the green polka dot rectangle to the center of an A2 white card base. I attached the sentiment strip to the brick square and trimmed off any excess before gluing it toward the bottom of the card, leaving an even border around the sides and bottom. I popped up the street sign with 1mm foam adhesive near the top of the card, then arranged and adhered the characters and lamp post along the bottom edge of the brick square to finish the scene.

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Fandom Friday Meets SheetLoad of Cards with a Tomorrowland Twist

Today I am sharing my take on January’s SheetLoad of Cards sketch from Call Me Crafty Al for our creative team hop, and I am mixing it with my Fandom Friday series for a little extra fun. I used a space themed paper pad and matching stamp set to bring that futuristic amusement park vibe to life. Following the sketch, I cut my patterned papers using the two inch measurements so the angles would line up perfectly, keeping the pieces taped together while trimming for clean and even cuts. For the background, I stepped it up by foiling a star design onto cotton cardstock using a BetterPress plate and prism foil, which gave me a subtle shine with beautiful debossed detail.

Once the backgrounds were ready, I stamped and paper pieced my little astronaut mouse so it had that neon sign feel, then stamped and die cut a coordinating sentiment to match. I added dimension by embossing the foiled panels with a star embossing folder, layered everything onto white A2 card bases, and used a mix of liquid glue and foam adhesive to assemble the card fronts. After living with the card overnight, I decided to add a vellum oval behind the image and sentiment to help them stand out more from the busy background. A few shimmer star confetti pieces finished everything off and tied the design together from edge to edge.

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