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PinkFresh Studio May Challenge – Flower Power

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back to my blog! I rarely participate in challenges, but decided that I would give the PFS May Challenge a go. The theme is Flower Power, and flowers are always up my alley, so why not?! Let’s run through the details, shall we?

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I began this project by foiling the PFS Simplest Gestures florals onto a panel of Neenah 110lb cardstock, using gold foil. I then used the coordinating stencils to do some ink blending using PFS inks in Bubble Gum, Sunkissed, Citron, Ocean Breeze and Atlantis. Once all of the ink blending was complete, I used the coordinating die to trim them out.

I went back to foiling for the sentiment using the PFS Wonderful Sentiment Foil Plate and coordinating die. I cut three and adhered all of the together using liquid glue for a stacked sentiment. Now to pull everything together! I did some light ink blending on my card base using leftover ink on the blending brush and glued the PFS Floral and Diamond Tiles panel atop that.

The card was needing a little something else, so I added a gold frame using the SSS A2 Thin Frames, and then adhered the florals using SSS Foam Squares. The sentiment was adhered amongst the flowers using SSS 3D Foam Strips for a little added dimension. I also used the SSS Budding Branches and cut a few of the ‘buds’, glued those in place and added some PFS Gold Metallic Pearls. I did trim off the excess flowers and added a few back in around the edges of the card to finish up.

That does it for this project! I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope it inspires you to get crafty in your space! Thanks again for joining me, and don’t forget to stay awesome!

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Many Thanks Roses

Hello Friends and welcome back! Thanks for joining me! Today’s project is mostly all PinkFresh Studio products, with a Simon product thrown in. I’ve always said that I absolutely love PinkFresh Washi Tapes, and the newest washis are no different! Let’s run through the details for this one, shall we?

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I began this project by cutting several panels of the newest PFS Fluttering Butterflies Washi and the PFS Vines and Roses Washi using the coordinating dies. These two sets work so perfectly together! Once the washi tapes were cut, I went to work on the design of the card.

The background panel was stamped onto a panel of Neenah 110lb cardstock using the PFS Bougainvillea Print stamp with PFS Misty Coast ink. I chose this ink because I wanted a subtle background image, and this grey is absolutely great for that. Once it was stamped, I trimmed it down using the PFS Diagonal Stitched Rectangles and moved on. I love using the washi tape pieces around a focal point so I cut the PFS Ornate Circle and put SSS 3D Foam Strips on the back.

The sentiment is from the PFS Modern Script Sentiments Foil Plate set, and I used gold foil for that and used the coordinating die to cut it out along with two additional pieces, adhering all of those together with liquid glue. As I always say, all of my florals always need additional leaves, so I opted to use the SSS Budding Branches for this.

Now to assemble the card! The circle was place in the center of the panel, and I arranged the washi tape pieces around the top and bottom portions, securing with a combination of glue and foam strips for support. I did tuck in the white leaves for added interest and added PFS Gold Metallic Pearls to the ‘bud’ portions. The sentiment was glued directly to the panel before everything was adhered to the card base.

That does it for this one! If you haven’t tried the PinkFresh washi tapes, I highly encourage you to do so! They make for effortless, beautiful projects! Thanks again for stopping by! Have a wonderful day, and don’t forget to stay awesome, friend!

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Simon Says Stamp Floral Diamond Circles

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back! I’m so glad that you stopped by! I’m back today with a project featuring the new Diamond Circles
Foil Transfer Cards from Simon’s latest release, Celebrate. Let’s get right in to it!

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I began this card by foiling a SSS Diamond Circles Foil Transfer Card using gold foil and the Minc Mini. Once my foiling was done, I trimmed the panel down slightly, and went to work on all of the florals. I pulled a card from The Color Cubes for inspiration, and I loved the oranges and aqua together, so I went with that color palette. The florals that I used were SSS Etched Meadow Flower and Leaves, SSS Etched Magnolia Blossom, SSS Charming Daisy, SSS Sunrise Stem and the SSS Whirl Blossom.

Most of the flowers were cut from Neenah 110lb cardstock, while two of them were cut from orange cardstock. Once those were cut, I did some ink blending using SSS Pawsitively Saturated Inks in Cantalope, Melon, Peachy and Sherbet, along with C&9 ink in Grapefruit. The added leaves were cut from aqua and light blue cardstock, while the centers of some of the flowers were cut from gold cardstock. I assembled the flowers with liquid glue and added a gold gem to one of the flowers as well.

The background needed something else in my opinion, so I opted to use the SSS Stitched Squares for this. I ended up using two of the squares and adhered those to the foiled panel using SSS 3D Foam Strips and arranged my flowers and leaves around the left side, tucking in leaves between the flowers for added fullness.

I used the SSS Greetings Trio for the sentiment, and cut the Thanks from gold cardstock, along with two additional cuts and the shadow, adhering all of those together with liquid glue. The sentiment was adhered to the panel using foam strips. The entire panel was adhered to the card base using foam tape, and I added some PFS Gold Metallic Pearls to finish up.

That does it for this one! I absolutely love this color combo, and I’m so thrilled with The Color Cubes for those times when I need a little extra color inspiration! Thanks again for joining me, and don’t forget to check out the entire Celebrate release over on Simon’s website. Have a fabulous day and stay awesome, friends!

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Golden Butterfly Hello

Hello Crafty Friends! I hope you are doing well! Thank you so much for stopping by to check out today’s card featuring a couple of new items from Simon Says Stamp’s latest release, Splendor, plus a few older favorites as well. Let’s run through the details.

I began this card by cutting a frame using the SSS Stitched Rectangles die and SSS Fog cardstock. I then trimmed a panel of patterned paper to fit behind the frame. I used the SSS Fine Floral Stem and the SSS Simple Flowers to cut those from Neenah 110lb cardstock. I did end up cutting the Fine Floral twice so that I would have enough flowers to curve around the frame.

For the ink blending on the flowers, I used SSS Pawsitively Saturated Ink in Bubblegum, Seafoam, Celery and Lemonade. Once the ink blending was complete, I assembled the flowers using liquid glue. I also ended up cutting apart the Fine Florals so that I could place the flowers where I needed them to go. I used the SSS Handlettered Greetings and die cut the hello sentiment once from gold cardstock and three times from Neenah 110lb cardstock, adhering all of those together with liquid glue.

The butterfly is from the PFS Small Butterflies Foil Plate, and I foiled that using gold foil onto acetate and used the coordinating die to trim it out. I splattered the patterned paper and the card base with Hickory Smoke Distress Spray Stain for a little bit of added interest.

To assemble the card, I adhered the frame to the card base using foam tape and arranged the flowers along the left edge of the frame, adhering those with glue. I tucked in the leaves where needed, and glued the butterfly and sentiment in place before adding some PFS Gold Metallic Pearls.

That finishes up this one! I hope you found some inspiration from this project! I really like all of the elements of this one, and thought that it came together quite nicely. Thanks again for stopping by. I hope you have an amazing day, and don’t forget to stay awesome!

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Simon Says Stamp Love You Shaker

Hello Crafty Friends and welcome back! Today, I’m featuring a card using a sheet from the Acetate Hearts Foil Transfer Card set from Simon Says Stamp’s latest release, Sweetheart. There are four sheets in the set, and you’ll see another card from this set later on. I don’t often make shaker cards, because I’ve messed up so many in the process, that I usually shy away from them. However, when I saw this sheet, it screamed shaker to me, so I had to give it another go! Let’s go through the details!

To begin, I pulled out the Minc Mini and some silver foil. I set the Minc to level four and waited for it to heat up before proceeding. Once hot, I figured out which side the toner was on and placed the sheet and foil in the pocket and ran it through. Next, I die cut a frame from Neenah 110lb cardstock using the PFS Stitched Scallop Rectangles to build the shaker window.

I used 1/8″ Scor-Tape and placed that on the back of the frame, removed the release paper, and adhered the foiled acetate sheet. Whew, the beginnings of a shaker, and I haven’t messed up yet! Progress! The next step is to build the walls of the shaker, and I did this using foam tape, adhering it along the edges of the frame on the back side of the acetate.

Now that the walls are built, the contents of the shaker can be added and contained. I ended up using these cute little hearts from Buttons Galore, and I used quite a bit of them, because I wanted a fuller shaker. I cut a panel of Neenah 110lb cardstock just smaller than the frame and adhered it very carefully to the foam tape. I then adhered the shaker panel to a card base, and moved on to the sentiment.

I didn’t want to cover up too much of the acetate panel, so I chose the SSS Love You die and cut that once from SSS Rich Red Matte Metallic cardstock, and cut the shadow three times and adhered all of those together using liquid glue. The sentiment was then glued directly to the acetate being careful not to shift it while drying.

That does it for this card! And.. I didn’t even mess it up! I hope you enjoyed this project, and I hope it inspires you to get crafty in your space! Don’t forget to check out the entire Sweetheart release! Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful day! Stay awesome friend!

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Simon Says Stamp Sending Love XO

Hello Crafty Friends, and thanks so much for stopping by! I’m back today with a card featuring the new Acetate Hearts Foil Transfer Cards from Simon Says Stamp’s latest release, Sweetheart. This card is so simple, but I love the results that I got! Let’s run through the details!

To begin, I pulled out the Minc Mini and some pink foil. I cut a panel of foil while the Minc was heating up, and placed the acetate panel and the foil inside the transfer envelope and fed it through when the machine was heated and ready. I ended up using heat setting four because this yielded better results for me.

I trimmed a panel of patterned paper and applied small dots of glue on the back side of the Xs and Os, and then adhered that to the paper. This was then adhered to a panel of black cardstock for contrast.

I stamped the sentiment, which is from the SSS XL Love Greetings set, onto black cardstock using VersaMark Ink and heat set that using SSS Detail White Embossing Powder. I used the coordinating die to trim that out, along with two additional cuts and adhered all of those together using liquid glue.

The sentiment was adhered atop the acetate with glue and everything was then adhered to the card base using foam tape.

That does it for this card! Like I said, super simple! Using patterned paper can yield some amazing results and make it look like you spend hours on a project, when you really only spent a few minutes! I hope you like this project, and I hope it inspires you to get crafty, maybe even with some of your patterned paper! Thanks again for stopping by, and have a wonderful day!

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Framed English Garden

Hello Crafty Friends, and thanks so much for stopping by! I spent some time not too long ago playing with some PinkFresh Studio Washi Tapes, and today’s project is a product of that playtime! So, let’s run through the detail, shall we?

To begin, I adhered a portion of the PFS English Garden Washi Tape to a panel of Neenah 110lb cardstock and used the coordinating die to trim those pieces out. I then used the PFS Sparkling Diamonds cover plate to cut another panel of Neenah to use for the background.

I also pulled out a scrap and used the PFS Stitched Scalloped Rectangles to cut one of the smaller rectangles from this set. I set all of these pieces aside while I worked on the sentiment, and for that I used the PFS Scripted Sentiments. I used gold hot foil to foil the sentiment and used the coordinating die to trim it out. I cut two additional sentiments and adhered those together to make it a bit more sturdy and to add more dimension.

To assemble the card, I adhered the frame to the background panel using foam tape, placing some of the washi tape pieces underneath it. I adhered the additional pieces atop the frame using liquid glue. I decided that it needed some additional leaves, so I used the PFS Leafy Branch and cut a few from Neenah and tucked those behind the flowers, securing with glue.

I adhered the sentiment, offset from the frame just a little bit, using a combination of glue and foam tape. The panel was then adhered to the card base before adding a few PFS Gold Metallic Pearls to finish up.

I really enjoy working with the PinkFresh Studio washi tapes, because beautiful cards come together so effortlessly! They have so many to choose from and each one is gorgeous in its own way! I hope you enjoyed this project, and I hope it inspires you to get crafty in your space. As always, have a wonderful day and don’t forget to stay awesome!

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Sending My Love Icon

Hello and welcome back! So glad that you could stop by today to check out another card featuring the new SSS Happy Icons stamp set, which is from their latest release, Out of This World. Let’s run through the details, shall we?

To begin, I stamped one of the stamps from the SSS Happy Icons stamp set onto a scrap of Neenah 110lb cardstock using VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat set that using Ranger Clear Embossing Powder. I repeated that process for a second time to get a smoother finish on the embossing. Once done, I used scissors to trim the image down to actual size.

I pulled out the SSS Friendship Text Background stamp and stamped that onto a panel using PFS Misty Coast ink and trimmed it down using the SSS Postage Stamp Edge Frames. I foiled this sentiment from Spellbinders Yana’s Sentiments using silver foil onto black cardstock and trimmed it out using the included coordinating die. I cut it an additional two times and glued all of those together for added dimension.

Before assembling the card, I splattered the card base using acrylic ink. The text background was adhered and the Happy Icon was adhered atop that using foam tape, and the sentiment was glued in place.

That finishes up this project! I hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to check out the entire Out of This World release! Thanks again for stopping by and as always, stay awesome!

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Sending Love Sunflower

Hello and welcome back friends! I’ve been having a lot of fun playing with goodies from Simon Says Stamp’s latest release, Out of This World. For today’s card, I’m featuring the new Bountiful Sunflower Blossom. Let’s go through the deets, shall we?

To begin, I cut the SSS Bountiful Sunflower Blossom twice from Neenah 110lb cardstock and did some ink blending using the new Pawsitively Saturated Ink Cubes in Yellow Sunsets. Once all of the color was added, I adhered the layers together using liquid glue. I also added a little bit more detail using Copic Markers E18, E31, E35 and E55.

I used the SSS Kaleidoscope Embossing Folder to emboss a black panel, and I used the SSS Privet Branch to cut leaves from Polished Gold cardstock. I played around with the placement of the leaves before gluing those in place, and then glued the sunflower atop the leaves.

A foiled sentiment seemed to be the perfect fit for this card, so I used a sentiment from the SSS Everyday Acetate Sentiment Strips set and hot foiled that using gold foil. I adhered the sentiment over the sunflower using foam tape for some added dimension.

The finished panel was then adhered to a yellow panel for some contrast before being adhered to the card base.

That finishes up this project. I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope it inspires you to get crafty! Stop by and check out the entire Out of This World release and let me know your favorites. Have a wonderful day and stay awesome!

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PinkFresh Studio Brighter Days Floral

Hello Crafty Friends! I hope you’re having a wonderful day! Thanks so much for stopping by today! For months I’ve been buying new things from each PinkFresh Studio release and not using them .. my got up and go, got up and went, and took my creativity and motivation along with it. I think it was a combination of the studio being under renovation and not being able to be in there on a regular basis that took it’s toll! I’m hoping it’s back though! Anyhoo, today’s project is featuring the Brighter Days product suite, so let’s go through the details!

I ended up making two cards with the amount of flowers that I created, and I still had extras! So, I began by foiling the PFS Brighter Days Hot Foil Plate on a panel of Neenah Classic Crest 110lb cardstock, using Spellbinders Champagne hot foil. While the foil system is hot, I always like to go ahead and foil a few of whatever I happen to be working on.

Once the foiling was complete, I used the PFS Brighter Days stencil set along with PFS inks in Sparkling Rose, Bubblegum, Sweet Mustard, Mint, Fresh Pear, Ocean Breeze, Aquamarine, Soft Lilac and Lavender to add color to these gorgeous flowers. I then used the coordinating die to cut them all out. I think that I ended up foiling five panels, so I had lots of flowers and leaves!

Next, I die cut two panels using the PFS Sparkling Diamonds, and I die cut one PFS Stitched Scallop Square and one PFS Stitched Scallop Circle using the same Neenah 110lb. Those were then adhered to the background panel using foam tape for dimension. I began arranging the flowers and leaves atop the frames to determine placement. In doing so, I decided that I need some additional white leaves for filler. I die cut the PFS Curvy Foliage a couple of times, as well as, the PFS Leafy Branch.

The sentiments used are from the PFS Celebrating You product suite. There were hot foiled using the same Spellbinders Champagne Hot Foil, and die cut three times and stacked together for dimension. I absolutely love stacking sentiments! I just love the detail and height that it adds!

Now that I have all of the components for the cards, it’s time to start assembling. The frames were already adhered to the background panel, so I began tucking and adhering the white leaves first using liquid glue. Next came the green leaves, and finally the flowers. All of these were glued in place since I already had dimension from the frames. I didn’t want the cards to end up too bulky! I adhered the sentiments using foam tape, added some PFS Sparkling Champagne Pearls to both cards, and attached everything to the card base using SSS Dot Tape Runner.

That finishes up these cards! I hope you like them, and I hope they inspire some creativity on your part! Thanks again for stopping by! Have a wonderful day and don’t forget to stay awesome!

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