Today is day two of the Pretty Pink Posh new holiday products Blog Hop. I hope you are getting really inspired to make holiday cards from all these amazing bloggers using the cute new products by PPP. I have two cards to share with you today using many of these new products.
Card 1:
This card uses two of the new stamp sets called Elegant Holly and Poinsettias. First, let's talk about that crazy background - I made it some time ago on THIS BLOG POST about making backgrounds ahead of time. It is just painted red watercolor circles. I was saving it for just the right card and then I used it on this one where most of it was covered - haha. I used a white rectangle die-cut from the PPP Stitched Notes die.
I stamped the poinsettias with MFT Natural Ink and colored them in with Polychromos colored pencils. I kept them very soft and left the strokes showing. The Polychromos work more like regular pencils as they are oil based where the Prismacolors blend together more as they are wax based. I love the look of these especially when they are used soft as these are. I also stamped the Elegant Holly stamps with MFT Natural Ink and colored them in with colored pencils. I arranged all of the flowers and leaves over the white rectangle.
I stamped the sentiment from the Caroling Critters stamp set with intense black ink on a banner from the Honeybee Sentiment Banner set.
I tucked that under the flowers and finished the cards with some PPP white jewels.
Card 2:
This card is my favorite that I have made from the new products and it only uses one $8 stamp set! I used the Caroling Critters stamps, but I cut the critters apart so they were in groups of two. You can still use them all together, but this made them even more versatile! I used my Misti and randomly stamped them over a piece of white cardstock with MFT Natural Ink.
I colored them all in with colored pencils - both my Polychromos and my Prismacolors. I used a fine tip black marker for the notes or you could just stamp them with black ink. I added shadows behind each of the animals with a Copic marker.
I stamped the sentiment with white embossing powder on a die-cut from the PPP Stitched Label dies. I attached that to the top left of the card. I added some Watermelon Jewels and White Jewels around the greeting.
Here are some other cards I have made with the new release that are on two older blog posts if you want to check them out. The first two are made using the new Ornaments stamp set and were on the PPP blog HERE. The second two are made with the Penguin Pals stamp set and are on my blog post HERE.
Next on the hop is Lexa Levana. Here is a list of all of the participants:
There are 4 $25 gift certificates up for grabs (two winners each day). Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop. Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PDT on 11/20/2018. Winners will be announced on the PPP blog.
Thank you so much for visiting my blog today and I hope you are enjoying this two day blog hop! Have a fun weekend friends! Suzy
Beautiful and fun cards! Those caroling critters are adorable.
Posted by: Jeannie F | November 17, 2018 at 10:25 AM
Wow your cards are fabulous and I love how you used the caroling critters on the second card.
Posted by: Mary-Anne V. | November 17, 2018 at 11:56 AM
Your cards are absolutely lovely! So glad I found your blog for inspiration.
Posted by: Tami Fenton | November 17, 2018 at 12:06 PM
Love the awesome coloring & design on the poinsettia card & the caroling critters are adorable. Off to check out your penguin posts!
Posted by: Patt H. | November 17, 2018 at 02:15 PM
Fabulous cards! Love the beautifully colored poinsettias and the adorable critters!
Posted by: Denise Bryant | November 17, 2018 at 02:23 PM
Your cards are so bright and cheery!
Posted by: Tami R | November 17, 2018 at 02:55 PM
Pure genius! Your cards are so pretty.
Posted by: Kirsty Vittetoe | November 17, 2018 at 05:21 PM
This poinsettia card is so beautiful and the carolers are so cute!! Your pencil coloring is just amazing.
Posted by: Denise Mlady | November 17, 2018 at 05:23 PM
Pretty pinky poinsettias and those caroling critters have my heart, but so do the penguins! Lovely and elegant Decorative ornaments too. Amazing coloring on all.
Posted by: MelissaF | November 17, 2018 at 06:50 PM
So very pretty! Love this hop!
Posted by: Jean Marmo | November 17, 2018 at 07:11 PM
Pretty and cute cards.
Posted by: Sue D | November 17, 2018 at 07:16 PM
Wow, absolutely amazing cards!
Posted by: Dana M | November 17, 2018 at 10:12 PM
Wow.... everything is so beautiful here....I'm in loooove.
Posted by: Silvia | November 17, 2018 at 11:16 PM
Your cards are beautiful!
Posted by: Cynthia Cole | November 18, 2018 at 06:49 AM
All your cards are great, but the critter card is my fave!
Posted by: Stacy Petersen | November 18, 2018 at 08:09 AM
I love all of these, but especially your use of the Caroling Critters stamp set. I am always so surprised at the creative uses people come up with for stamp sets! I tend to look at them at face value, until someone does something like this. Amazing an adorable!
Posted by: Marzee Carnes | November 18, 2018 at 12:41 PM
Such beautiful cards
Posted by: Marisela Delgado | November 18, 2018 at 03:17 PM
Great cards! Love the watercolored background on the first one and your critter card is super cute!
Sammibug aka Sammi aka Samantha Houp
Posted by: Sammibug aka Sammi aka Samantha Houp | November 18, 2018 at 03:47 PM
Your cards are so inspiring. Each card is so different from the other, I love the subtle but pretty style of the Poinsettia card and then the card using the PPP Caroling Critters is so colorful and lively. Very nice cards. Thank you for sharing.
Posted by: Nancy Nelson | November 19, 2018 at 01:45 AM
Super cute cards and amazing colouring!
Posted by: Judie Attard | November 19, 2018 at 05:32 AM
LOVE the coloring and the different layers on your poinsettia card, and the critters card is so adorable!
Posted by: Renee Vanepps | November 19, 2018 at 07:58 AM
isn't that the way of it? we make a special background and then cover it up - it's still perfect, though. and all the rest of your cards are perfect as well.
Posted by: Cindyellen Robinson | November 19, 2018 at 12:11 PM
all these cards are gorgeous. your colouring is amazing
Posted by: andrea murdock | November 19, 2018 at 03:56 PM
What fabulous cards! I always love seeing what you create, and this time is no different. Your coloring is just fabulous, and I hadn't seen the post about premade backgrounds, so that's a really helpful resource too. Thanks for sharing all your great ideas with us!
Posted by: Annalisa | November 19, 2018 at 07:50 PM
Great ideas.
Posted by: Nana Griffin | November 20, 2018 at 07:21 AM