Pinkfresh Studio February stamp and die release blog hop

Hi there!

Welcome to the Pinkfresh Studio February Stamp & Die Release blog hop! To celebrate there is a fun blog hop to inspire you and introduce you to some of the latest designs.

To make the hop even more fun Pinkfresh is hosting an amazing giveaway. One lucky winner will receive the entire February stamp & die release. To enter to win, please follow along with our blog hop and leave a comment on EACH post along the way! Comments will close at 11.59pm CST on February 8th, 2018.

The winner will be randomly selected and announced on the Pinkfresh blog on February 10th, 2018.

I have 2 cards to show off today. The first one uses the new Enjoy The Journey stamp set and dies:



Isn't it so sweet? I colored and die-cut the main tea-cup image, the balloons, and a trio of clouds (the clouds are my fave!) To make them stand out, I used a circle die to create a cut-out and sponged a cloudy background for the images.

The kite tail provided the perfect place to hang the sentiment banner.



Here's a closer look at the sweet girl and bunny!

My next card uses 2 new stamp sets: Word Series: Believe, and the Lined Floral Background.

I stamped the background (isn't it a beauty?) and did some loose copic coloring using 5 copic markers: R20, R22, R24 and R29. I used R39 only for the darkest spots.

I didn't got out of my way to blend everything too much, I liked the look of some harder lines and shadows.



With it's leafy, swirly accent, the sentiment was a perfect fit. For added drama, I white-heat-embossed the sentiment onto black cardstock, and did the same with the supporting greeting. I then fit them together onto the card-front.

I hope you like my cards!

It's time to hop on over to see what the rest of the design team has crafted for you. Here is a list of blog hop participants:

Pinkfresh Studio

Amy

Rebecca

May

Elena (you are here!)

Isha

Julia

Zsoka

Erum

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Pinkfresh holiday cards blog hop!

Hi there!

Welcome to the Pinkfresh Studio holiday cards blog hop! We promise you tons of Christmas card inspiration, and prizes to be won.

Leave comments along the way to be eligible for the hop prize! Comments will close at 11:59 CST on December 8th, and the winner will be chosen at random from all of the blog hop comments. The full hop list is at the bottom of this post.

Let's get to the cards!

My first card features a pair of puppies and some mistletoe magic. I stamped the mirror imaged pups from Playful Animal Friends 2 in a very light brown ink and then used copic markers to add shading and dimension. I love how soft and cozy the images look like this!



I used a black pen to add in the eyes and the kissing noses, since they are under the mistletoe! The mistletoe sprig and sentiment are from December Days. I also used patterned paper from the collection of the same name (click HERE to see it.)

My second card used December Days and Forest Friends:

On the card base, I did some ink blending with different blues to give a striking night sky, and then heat-embossed the trees over-top. I added snow dots using a white gel pen.



The bird is nestled into a bunch of those same sprigs from the first card. I stamped them in different browns and used 1st and 2nd generation stamping techniques (so some sprigs are much lighter than others.)

To finish off, I added white nuvo "snow" drops onto the top layer.

I hope you like both cards! Hop along to the other designer blogs to see even more:

Pinkfresh ♥ Amy ♥ Rebecca ♥ Elena (you are here!) ♥ Isha ♥ Laura ♥ May ♥ Julia