Hello friends! Today is the first day of a 2 day blog hop for Pretty Pink Posh (October 16th and 17th). I hope you are hopping along and enjoying all the inspiration using the newest PPP release for the holidays! I have three cards to share with you today. The blog hop details are at the end of this post.
CARD 1:
This is a slim-line card and one of my favorite sizes when you want to fit a lot of "critters" on one card to build a scene. I start with a piece of 8.5x11" cardstock. I cut a piece that is 7" wide (by the 8.5" width of the paper). I cut the remaining piece to be 3.5" wide (x 8.5" the width of the paper). You end up with a little strip left that is about 1" thick. So basically this card takes a full piece of cardstock if you want to use a separate piece to make the card front. It also fits in the standard size envelopes for legal documents which is a big plus! Note: For this card I used Ranger Watercolor Paper, not cardstock as I watercolored the background.
I made the front of the card by using my new Tonic Shimmer Powder called Catherine Wheel. I squeezed some of the powder on my paint palette and watered it down so it was not too concentrated. I painted the entire piece with a light coat of that using the wet on wet technique so it went on really light. I love these powders as they have sheen and multiple colors in them. You can use them to get really concentrated looks or really sheer looks like this. be doing a background installment post soon showing them all to you as they are my new favorite toy. I cut another piece of white cardstock for the hill. I used the new Snowflakes Stencil by attaching it twice over the card front (had to move it to get the other end). I rubbed Tonic Moonstone Glimmer Paste over the stencil to create the snowflakes. I used my palette knife to rub it over the snow as well - just a thin coating. I poured Tonic Ice White glitter over all of the paste when it was still wet to take it up a notch! haha
I stamped all of these little critters from the Holiday Signs stamp set with MFT Natural Ink and colored them in with colored pencils. I prefer the no-line look when I color, but in this case, I wanted the signs to have a black outline, so I drew around them very carefully with a black pencil. I stamped all of the sentiments in the set that had to do with the holidays with black ink inside the signs. I love that the set has winter sentiments as well if you are making a non-holiday themed card.
I attached all of the stamped images to the card front - see, with this size card they all fit perfectly! I added some Tonic Glitter Nuvo Drops over some of the areas of the stamped images to add some more glitter because it just didn't have enough haha.
CARD 2:
I used the new JOY stamp set for this card. I did my usual "random-stamping" technique over the background. I just stamped all of the little images in the set randomly going this way and that like a puzzle with MFT Natural Ink and colored them in with colored pencils. I die-cut that piece to be a little smaller than a card front and mounted it on a dark red card base.
I die-cut the letters out using the Joy Die-Cuts - I love that you can use these letters alone instead of with the coordinating stamps. I die-cut them from red glitter paper. I attached the letters to the center of the card. I added some twine, some Raspberry Jewels and a couple stamped leaves from the same set on the center letter.
CARD 3:
This card background was trying something totally new for me. I used my Jacquard Gold Alcohol Ink for the background over white cardstock. I thought you could only use alcohol ink over special paper made for it, but apparently not! Because alcohol inks are so opaque (at least this gold is), by splattering it over the card front with a paintbrush, I was able to get gold splotches that I never could have gotten from watercolors. I am quite excited about this discovery. I also splattered some all over my stamped images! Once I saw how cool they were splattered, I got carried away. I splattered some white ones on the flowers too and also some Pixie Dust just to make sure this card had as much glitter as the last two - haha!
I stamped the flowers and leaves from the Amaryllis stamp set with MFT Natural Ink. I colored them in with colored pencils. Interesting thing to note here is that I used only one red pencil on these flowers. I love that you don't have to change the color - you just alter the amount of pressure to get your lights and darks making it a very inexpensive way to color if you think about it! Do you have one red colored pencil? There you go - you can now make flowers this pretty ha! I stamped the sentient with Antique Gold Embossing Powder from the Joy stamp set using a stitched banner from the Storybook 5 die. I added some gold jewels to finish the card.
BLOG HOP DETAILS:
- This is a 2 day blog hop and today is day 1 (October 16-17); visit the PPP Blog tomorrow to hop along again!
- 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 PST on 10/22/2019. Winners will be announced on the PPP blog.
- These products are now available as of October 15th. I have linked them in the body of my post to the PPP store. In my supply list at the bottom of this post they are linked to both PPP and Simon Says Stamp.
- Here is the blog hop participant list for today:
Thank you so much for visiting today and good luck winning! What would you buy from this release if you win? Suzy</p
Your pink snowflake care is adorable! Those flakes are perfect! Love the format.
The poinsettia card is a stunner...had to go find my socks as you blew them off my feet with that card!
Posted by: Jan Elmore | October 16, 2019 at 05:22 AM
Lovely cards Suzy!
Posted by: Jane | October 16, 2019 at 05:31 AM
Absolutely gorgeous cards, Suzy! I loved the first with the cute little critters on a long card, but then I got to the stunning amaryllis card!!! Wow!!! The gold alcohol ink does look great on ordinary card! Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful ideas!
Posted by: Helen F | October 16, 2019 at 05:37 AM
Dear Suzy
Your style of writing is very appealing as you show that it is pretty easy. Love all the cards and techniques as well as the color palettes. I am going to bkmark the blog and return to get a better understanding about coloring.Blessings
Posted by: Surekha Galagoda | October 16, 2019 at 05:42 AM
The first card is my absolute favorite love everything about this card! All the cards are just beautiful!
Posted by: Susan Falsone | October 16, 2019 at 05:42 AM
Gorgeous cards. Love your coloring. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: DGolly | October 16, 2019 at 05:51 AM
The Amaryllis card is my fave. What a beautiful card.
Posted by: Anna Escalada York | October 16, 2019 at 06:04 AM
These are absolutely gorgoues.
Posted by: Isabel Z | October 16, 2019 at 06:07 AM
I just adore the pink sky. It is so different and cute!
Posted by: Sharon Gullikson | October 16, 2019 at 06:47 AM
I love the colors you select for your cards. Gorgeous Suzy.
Posted by: Diane Hunter | October 16, 2019 at 06:49 AM
Absolutely stunning! Where did you learn to color with colored pencils?!? Seriously email me! I want to know! I LOVE the slimline card!
Posted by: Meghan Kennihan | October 16, 2019 at 06:52 AM
Amazing cards, the colors pop right off the page. Gorgeous!!
Posted by: Tamala Priebe | October 16, 2019 at 07:01 AM
Such HAPPY cards!!!
Posted by: Susie Sonnier | October 16, 2019 at 07:27 AM
LOVE that pink snowflake card! These images are SO DELIGHTFUL and the possibilities are endless!!
Posted by: Artha Nafie | October 16, 2019 at 08:27 AM
Beautiful cards Suzy!! I love the bright and vibrant colors on your cards. Your designs are wonderful!!
Posted by: Lisa Byers | October 16, 2019 at 08:59 AM
The glitter snowflakes in pink areadorable! how sweet with our sign friends.
Posted by: Tess | October 16, 2019 at 09:05 AM
Oh my gosh... loved all the designs!! Is hard to pick just just one design to buy, as each design I can see sending to different friends/family. I will start with JOY but definitely need/want lol the other 2 as well and the supplies that I don’t have to complete them. Thank you 😊
Posted by: Debra Smith | October 16, 2019 at 10:03 AM
Aww the slimline card is my fav of all!! It is super cute and awesome! <3
Posted by: Karthikha Uday | October 16, 2019 at 10:05 AM
Your first card is super cute and I love the background! Your JOY card is amazing!
Posted by: Janet Durbin | October 16, 2019 at 10:11 AM
Love all of your cards! The pink background, sparkly snowflakes and little animals and snowman is just gorgeous!
Posted by: Connie H. | October 16, 2019 at 10:28 AM
Such great cards! Love the pink sparkly background for the holiday sign critters. There is no such thing as too much sparkle! But the amaryllis is a close second-especially with the gold accents. If you can’t get festive this time of year, when can you?? Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Lisa R | October 16, 2019 at 11:20 AM
Such gorgeous cards! Love the critters and the background...
Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Jeanne Beam | October 16, 2019 at 11:24 AM
Thank you for sharing such wonderful cards with us. I especially love the pink background card.
Posted by: Tami B | October 16, 2019 at 11:57 AM
beautiful coloring on the amaryllis card, Suzy - and your little critter card is adorable!
Posted by: Betty | October 16, 2019 at 12:04 PM
Those flowers are gorgeous!
Posted by: Kelsey Thomas | October 16, 2019 at 12:08 PM