Hello everyone and thank you so much for joining us for Pretty Pink Posh August 2016 Release Blog Hop (Day 2) and giveaways (more about this below)!
In case you missed the Day 1 Blog Hop you can start at Vera Rhuhay’s blog.
I am very excited to see new goodies come to Pretty Pink Posh store – I’m loving their stamps, dies and sequin mixes! Today I’m sharing a card with an adorable Camping Friends stamp set and Stitched Hexagons die from the new release as well as Gold Star Confetti.
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CARD DETAILS
I knew I wanted to create a little watercolor galaxy or night sky behind my little camping scene, so that’s where I started working on my card. I first heat embossed the moon and little solid stars in white embossing powder onto watercolor paper. Next I used several colors of Distress inks (I’m listing all colors below) and a water brush and added color around my images. I also added drops of water using Distress Sprayer and a bit of shimmer using Distress Mica Spray (unfortunately that shimmer doesn’t show on the photo).
I wanted to have more than just heat embossed stars so this is when I got the idea to turn this into a shaker. I die cut a hexagon-shaped opening in brown woodgrain cardstock panel, adhered a layer of clear acetate and used fun foam instead of regular foam adhesive to pop this panel up and create shaker walls. I wish I’d had fun foam in black, but the closest color I could find that would match to my watercolor sky was purple, so I used purple, you can spot a bit of purple on a few of the close up photos.
To fill the shaker I went with Gold Star Confetti to make it look like I had a bunch of falling stars on my card. The shaker window is rather large and I used about 1/3 of a pack of sequins to fill it so there’s quite lot of stars in there.
I also used Camping Friends stamp set to create a little scene for this project. I stamped several images in VersaFine Onyx Black ink onto watercolor paper, colored them with Distress ink and cut out using matching dies. I think this is a really fun stamp set especially for late Summer / early Fall. I used quite a bit of foam adhesive to foam mount these images and pop them up on my card (I love to have a lot of dimension on my projects).
Here’s a photo showing just how many stars I have in that shaker – enough to cover entire sky and wish for just about anything in life!
PRETTY PINK POSH AUGUST 2016 RELEASE
Take a look at all new August 2016 products from Pretty Pink Posh! My absolute favorite is Camping Friends stamp set and Stitched Hexagon dies!
 Pretty Pink Posh 3mm Sparkling Clear Sequins Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh 4mm Wildflowers Sequins Mix Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh 6mm Pewter Sequins Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh 6mm Wildflowers Sequins Mix Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh Blissful Butterflies Coordinating Dies Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh Blissful Butterflies Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh Camping Friends Coordinating Dies Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh Camping Friends Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh Fox Friends Coordinating Dies Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh Iridescent Mini Circle Confetti Shop at: PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh Mini Storybook 1 Dies Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh Rainy Days Additions Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh Scallop Borders Dies Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Hexagons Dies Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh Storybook 5 Dies Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh 4mm Pewter Sequins Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh Tropical Flowers Sequins Mix Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh Fox Friends Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | PPP |
BLOG HOP
Be sure to join our blog hop – we hope to provide lots of creative inspiration and also a few chances to win gift certificates to Pretty Pink Posh store!
Yana Smakula
Nichol Spohr Magouirk – next stop
Kelly Latevola
Julia Altermann
Mindy Baxter
Nina-Marie Trapani
Laura Bassen
Amy Kolling
Heather Hoffman
Lisa Elton
Kristina Werner
Pretty Pink Posh blog
GIVEAWAY
There are 4 $25 gift certificates up for grabs (two winners on each blog hop day). Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop. Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PDT on 8/17/2016. Winners will be announced on the Pretty Pink Posh blog.
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
Pretty Pink Posh Camping Friends Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | PPP |
Pretty Pink Posh Camping Friends Coordinating Dies Shop at: SSS | PPP |
Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Hexagons Dies Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh Gold Mini Star Confetti Sequins Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Spellbinders Artisan X-plorer Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Arches Cold Press Watercolor Pad 9×12″ Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Hero Arts Acetate Folded Cards & White Envelopes PS454 Shop at: SSS | HA | AZ |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS | HA | AZ |
 Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Wild Honey Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Wilted Violet Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Mermaid Lagoon Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Picked Raspberry Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Best Creation Big Squares 3D Foam Tape Adhesive Shop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Distress Designer Mica Sprays Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Medium Water Brush Shop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer Shop at: SSS | AZ |
Beautiful card and excellent blog hop!
Your starry night camping card is adorable. Love the night sky background and double tents. Fantastic job!
Love the hexagon die! Beautiful card!
Awesome card!
Love your card! So clever to use the die as a shaker card. Cute stamps too.
Bling is always great!! Really cute card.
Love the colors!
Love his you created your background sky. Such a fun shaker card!
Such pretty cards! Love them! Thx for the inspiration!
Super cute critters camping scene card, love the gold stars and gorgeous night sky!
Love the use of the Kraft paper for this card because it brings out the feeling of outdoors. Cute card.
Love your card design and using Kraft paper was great because it gives the feel of being outdoors.
love the shaker card!
The hexagon window is a very good idea for the shaker. A must-have die, definitively. Your card is really funny, it really cute.
Cute card.
Your starry night scene is beautiful. Love the addition of the gold stars!
Gorgeous starry night card!
This shaker is utterly amazing!
I love your sky and all the stars! Shaker cards are so much fun.
This card is so adorable! Love all the stars!
Loooove the stars in the shaker!!! Gorgeous!
This is an awesome shaker card, I love the adorable camping scene!
So cute!
Beautiful card, Yana. The star sequins and the night sky are gorgeous.
I love your starry night shaker card and this fun release!
Love your card – night scene and stars are awesome
I love your card and the hexagon dies.
Love the way the hexagons have stitching on both sides of the cut. You always have such a classy take on everything you make.
What a great card!! You did a fabulous job!!
I love this background. It’s gorgeous!
Love the night sky shaker, so cute!
what a fun shaker!
Your card is amazing!
Great work! Loving the colors.
Fabulous sky!
I like the gold star confetti in a shaker card. Making a note for future use!
Thank you for sharing, I enjoyed the sparkling starry sky!
LOVE your wonderful shaker card!!!
What an adorable shaker card!!!
Makes me want to try a shaker card
Love, love, love this!
Love the colors and textures on this delightful card! The hex dies are a must-have! Can’t wait to get them! Fun camping themed stamps too!
Fabulous card. Love the shaker skyline. TFS
Love, love, love those stars and the adorable little critters. Going to have to try your background technique this weekend.
Fabolous shaker card , love your sky background.
Love, love, love the stars and the adorable little critters. Going to have to try this background technique this weekend.
What a cute camping scene! Thank you.
Love your shaker card.
Love this card!
Adorable new stamps and dies! Love your happy, ‘starry’ shaker!