Happy Mother’s Day – Pretty Pink Posh

Hello Everyone!

Today I am sharing a simple last minute card idea for Mother’s Day mixing the new release with older favourites from Pretty Pink Posh.

First I die cut the stitched flower from the Stacked Squares die set from a bunch of cardstock scraps. I used 3 shades in each colour family: pink, yellow and green.

Then I die cut a white A2 sized white card front with a gorgeous die from Scallop Border 2 die set. I adhered 5 flowers on each securing them with liquid glue.

Next I chose matching patterned papers for each colour from the Floral graph rainbow petite prints paper pad from Doodlebug. I cut a 2 inch strip and adhered on the bottom of each notecard. I also added a thin strip of coloured cardstock on the top of the notecards before mounting the decorative focal panels on with 3D foam squares.

For the sentiments I die cut Mom, Mother Shadow dies and Celebrate Script die from glitter cardstock and heat embossed the second part of the sentiments on thin strips of black cardstock. I used the Sentiment strips:Birthday stamp and the Wish stamp sets.

As a finishing touch I used pearls for the flower centers: Bubblegum, Limeade and Creamsicle.

I wish you liked my card set and got inspired. This design is easy to recreate for any occasion and in any colour.

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you soon,

Zsofi

Newton’s Nook Designs Back to Basics – Day 2

Hello Everyone,

Welcome back, it is Day 2 of the new release reveals of Newton’s Nook Designs. This month we are featuring fun new die sets, 2 fantastic paper pads and a cute little stamp and die set. All sets were revealed on Monday on the NND blog and will be available for purchase in the store on Friday, 22nd March!

My card today focuses on the Basic Frames die set. I love that big banner, I had to use it on this clean and simple card!

I started with stamping the pretty floral from Dainty Daises, and quickly coloured it with Copic markers. I used the coordinating die to cut it out.

Then I die cut the big banner from a purple dots patterned paper from the new Bright Basics paper set. For the background I chose a light grey cardstock and die cut it with a die from Frames and Tags. I stamped a sentiment on the bottom and popped up the banner with 3D foam tape. I mounted the daisies with 3D foam squares too for extra dimension and added a little twine to the stems.

As a finishing touch I used glossy accents on the flower centers. I love this design with all the stitched details!

GIVEAWAY

We will be choosing one lucky winner to win a $25 store credit for Newton’s Nook Designs online shop! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective blog posts featuring our new products this week. For a chance to win, leave comments on the Design Team Member Blog Posts (see list below) from Tuesday March 19 through Thursday March 21. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday, March 21st at 9 pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the NND blog on Friday, March 22nd.

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs

Donna Idlet

Ellen Haxelmans

Larissa Heskett

Samantha Mann

Zsofia Molnar – you are here

Diane Morales

Tatiana Trafimovich

Amanda Wilcox

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and got inspired. See you tomorrow for another lovely set reveal!

Zsofi

Santa Paws is coming to town!

Hello everyone,

I am back today wit a fun Santa Paws card which I created by mixing old and new stamps and dies from Newton’s Nook Designs.

I stamped and coloured the images from the following sets: Bells & Holly and Santa Paws Newton. I used Copic markers and went for a traditional Christmas look. I cut everything out with their coordinating dies.

Then I white heat embossed a sentiment from the Cat Christmas Tree set on a piece of black cardstock and cut it down to be a banner. I used the Frames and Flags die set to cut a smaller banner from green cardstock and layered it under the black one.

While I was die cutting I also cut a scalloped rectangle with the same die set from red cardstock. I arranged the scene on a piece of kraft cardstock using 3D foam squares to adhere all the elements.

As a finishing touch I used a clear shimmer pen on the fur part of the Santa coat, glossy accents on the bells and berries and adorned the bow with a gold pearl. Isn’t it pretty?

I hope enjoyed today’s cute card and will pop in again soon for more. I share more card ideas on my Instagram, please follow me there too!

See you soon but till then, be good 😉

Zsofi

Pretty Pink Posh – stenciled wreath

Hello Everyone,

I have a quick card to share with you today, which is perfect for mass producing if you need more cards for the holidays. I used the latest release from Pretty Pink Posh to create this in traditional colours but it would look lovely in teal and pink too!

I started with stenciling the wreath using the Layered Winter Wreath stencils. It is a set of 3 stencils, easy to line up. I chose Distress Oxide inks because I wanted a kraft base for my cards and these inks look gorgeous on kraft. I used Ground Espresso for the twigs, Lucky Clover for the pine needles, Candied Apples for the berries. First I went with Twisted Citron for the holly leaves but it looked a bit too yellow so I went over it with Bundled Sage. If you make multiple cards, you can easily do these steps in assembly line style. It will make it quicker.

I made sure that the ink was dry before I gold foiled the Hot Foil Merry Christmas sentiment in the middle. I used the biggest die in the Eyelet Rectangles die set and matted it with dark red cardstock which matches the berries.

As a finishing touch I added glossy accents to the berries and voilà, the card is finished! I cannot wait to try this design in other, non-traditional colours too!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed today’s inspiration and you will pop in again tomorrow for more fun!

See you,

Zsofi

Newton’s Nook Designs Holiday Feature – Day 3

Hello Everyone,

We are halfway through the Newton’s Nook Designs Holiday Release feature, but we have a very unique set to showcase today. Scandi Christmas is full of amazing, detailed images, which you ca stamp or heat emboss in any colour you want. So versatile!

For my card I chose the reindeer to be the star of the show, I stamped it first with Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide ink. For the second time I just dabbed a bit of Ground Espresso Ink on the bottom of the deer stamp, gently to avoid harsh lines. I love this technique with solid stamps. I used the coordinating die to cut it out. I cut another 3 reindeers from scrap white cardstock and adhered them all under the stamped one for instant dimension.

Then I die cut a piece of Desert Storm cardstock with the rounded rectangle die from Frames and Flags and used the long Scandinavian pattern stamp on both the bottom and the top of the panel with white pigment ink. I made sure the ink was dry before heat embossing the sentiment in gold. I gave the panel a dark brown mat before adhering it to a patterned paper scalloped rectangle.

As a finishing touch I used a couple of muted gold confetti and used a black glaze pen on the nose and hooves of the deer. I could not resist, I must have added google eyes to the deer, it just looks so cool with it! A perfect guy-card, don’t you think?

SALE AND GIVEAWAY

If you haven’t done already, make sure to leave a comment on THIS BLOG HOP post for a chance to win a gift certificate to the NND store. (Two lucky winners , $25 store credit – just comment until Thursday, November 2nd at 9 pm ET. Winners will be announced on the NND blog on Saturday, November 4th.) And don’t forget about the sale either!

I wish you enjoyed my card today and will pop in again tomorrow for the last inspiration!

See you,

Zsofi

Newton’s Nook Designs Holiday Feature – Day 1

Hi Everyone,

I am thrilled to show you some of the fabulous, new hot foil plates from the Holiday Release of Newton’s Nook Designs: Holiday Foliage, Christmas Trees (which comes with a coordinating die too) and Holiday Sentiments. All perfect for your holiday crafting if you love the foiled look (if you are intimidated of foiling, these dies are also great for embossing and letterpress too).

All the new release products are available already!

CARD 1 AND TAGS

I created a bunch of tags using the Labels Hot Foil Plates on Hammermill white cardstock using gold foil and cut them out with their coordinating dies. I also used the dies to cut red and green cardstock to use as a shadow behind each tag. It instantly makes them stand out on a card design or makes them sturdier if used as tags.

Then I used the Holiday Elements stamp set with green and red inks to create different visuals on each tag. For the selective inking you can either use a post it tape or small ink cubes, both will help getting a perfect stamped image. I used a clear shimmer pen on the images and added glossy accents to them to make them shiny.

For the card I chose a matching paper from the Canine Christmas paper pad as the background and cut a piece of vellum with the scalloped rectangle die from Frames and Flags. I adhered 3 tags on the vellum and used the back of the labels to hide the adhesive behind before mounting it on the patterned paper.

I gold foiled a sentiment from the Holiday Greetings Hot Foil Plates and cut it with a banner die from A7 Frames and Banners set. I gave it a red shadow the same way as I did with the tags.

For the tags I simply added a tiny eyelets and some red and green twine.

CARD 2

I used some jewel tone foils with the Christmas Tree Hot Foil Plates to create different trees. I chose 3 different designs and 3 different colours for my card, but this design is very easy to mass produce if you foil all your trees in all colours.

I also gold foiled a Holiday Greetings sentiment on light grey cardstock and cut it out with a Framework die.

I covered the foiled sentiment with a piece of typing paper and sprinkled the panel with black and white acrylic paint.

Then I popped up the trees using 3D foam squares for extra dimension.

I hope you enjoyed my cards and will come back tomorrow for more fun projects. Make sure to visit the Newton’s Nook Designs Blog for more inspiration from the Design Team. And don’t forget to leave a comment on THIS post for a chance to win a gift certificate. Make sure to take advantage of the ongoing sale too!

See you tomorrow,

Zsofi

Ghostly good times – Newton’s Nook Designs

Hello Everyone,

I am back after a couple of months break from crafting due to our big international move. Pheow, it was long time without my hobby, but I am so happy to be able to craft again! As most of my crafty supplies are still in boxes, I created a very simple yet interactive card using the Ghostly Good Times stamp/die set from Newton’s Nook Designs.

First I stamped the cute cat and dog ghosts and a few extra images from the stamp set and coloured them with Copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

Then I used a white cardbase and gently inkblended Blueprint Sketch and Mermaid Lagoon Distress inks in the middle with a brush. I made sure to fade out the colours towards the edges. I added water and some metallic white watercolour splatters and stamped the sentiments in the bottom of the card fronts.

I added a small action wobbler on the back of the cat and dog ghosts and adhered them in place. I added some extra sentiments around them and stamped some black stars on the sky as embellishments.

Also adhered the small ghosts and moon too.

As a finishing touch I used a black glaze pen on the eyes and mouth of the ghosts and added a face to the tiny ghosts too. They look so cute! My kids keep playing with these funny interactive cards.

I hope you enjoyed my cards today and got inspired.

See you soon,

Zsofi

PPP August Release Blog Hop

Hello Everyone,

Long time no post, but I am thrilled to be part of the new release blog hop for Pretty Pink Posh. The August release is all about Halloween, cute and adorable designs, fabulous die sets, great stencils and fun new embellishments. Join us for an incredible amount of Halloween inspiration!

My card features the new Halloween Signs stamp and die set. I stamped and coloured the images with Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers and cut everything out with their coordinating dies.

As I could not decide which image to us as focal point, I came up with a simple design idea which uses all of them on one card. For the background I simply took a piece of black cardstock and added a bit of shading to the edges with white pigment ink and a sponge dauber. It gives it a mysterious feeling, I love it. Then I used copper ad white metallic paints to add splatters to the whole panel. I also added white acrylic paint splatters and dried it with my heat tool. Then I spritzed the whole panel with shimmer mist for a subtle sparkle. So easy yet special background!

I used thick 3D foam tape to mount the images. Then I used a white gel pen to add highlights and a black glaze pen to make the eyes of the critters shiny.

I also emphasized some details with glossy accents.

Look at that spider, isn’t it adorable?

GIVEAWAY

Be sure to leave comments on each stop of the hop. Pretty Pink Posh is giving away 3 $30 gift certificates to three random comments (1 winner each day) left before August 15, 2023 at 11:59 PM PST. Winners will be announced next week on the PPP Blog, so be sure to return and see if you are one of the winners.

BLOG HOP DAY 3

Pretty Pink Posh blog

Rachel Alvarado

Dana Kirby

Kristie Marcotte

Rebecca Keppel

Zsofia Molnar – you are here

Stefanie Loh

Tammy Stark

I hope you enjoyed all 3 days of the blog hop and ready to start Halloween crafting full of new ideas. If you like my card, please follow me on Instagram where I share more of my happy cards.

See you,

Zsofi

Wild about you – Heffy Doodle

Hello Everyone,

I am back today with my last edition of my Perfect Combos series for Heffy Doodle. Life threw me a big adventure, which includes moving across the globe, so I decided to step down from the Design Team for a while. I hope you enjoyed my series throughout the years as much as I did!

For my card I chose the cute zebras from Two by Two Zoo Animals stamp set, coloured them with Copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. To create the perfect yet girlish background I used the Zebra stripes stencil with Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide ink. Looks so cool in pink!

The focal point of the card is a fancy dark grey panel which I die cut with the Showtime Frame die set and used a white pigment ink with blending brush to add some highlights to the edges. I made sure it was dry before I stamped the sentient on top of it from the Wild at heart sentiment set using clear embossing ink. I heat embossed it with white embossing powder.

Another sentiment I stamped on a thin pink strip with black ink from the More Classic sentiments set.

I assembled the card, popped up the zebras and sentiment with 3D foam squares for a dimensional look. I chose a few sequins from the Tickled Pink Mix to adorn the card and make it really girlish 🙂 Isn’t it cute?

I hope you enjoyed my card today and share with us in our Facebook group if I inspired you. Follow me on Instagram if you like my cards, your support means so much to me! I am not giving up crafting, I just have a tiny little break till the move is over. Thank you for following my journey in the future too.

See you later (alligator),

Zsofi

Patterned paper play! – Heffy Doodle

Hello Everyone,

I am back today with another edition of my Perfect Combos series for Heffy Doodle. My girl and all her friends are turning 12 this year, so I came up with an easy design which can be tailored to the recipient easily by changing up the colours/numbers. I mixed and matched a few sets from the latest release, let me guide you trough how I made it.

CARD 1

As this card is purely made with die cuts, I did that first so it was easy to assemble after. I chose patterned paper from the Greatest Show paper pad. Then I cut a piece of thick vellum with Showtime frame, and some banners from patterned paper.

For the sentiment I used the Happy Birthday Jumbo Die, it looks so good cut from patterned paper! For the numbers I used the Birthday Numbers die set and silver glitter cardstock to make it festive. I cut 2 more layers from each number using white cardstock and adhered them on top of each other to get dimension.

I assembled the front panel on the vellum and hid the adhesive behind the banner and sentiment when adhering it to a piece of patterned paper. It looks so cool!

CARD 2

I made the pair of this card using the same paper pad and dies, but created candles instead of the numbers. I used patterned paper stripes and gave them a slightly bigger white mat. The flames I cut with 2 little dies from the Birthday Numbers set. I used gold glitter cardstock for the outline and metallic gold for the backing. Isn’t it pretty?

For the sentiment I used the Just for you shadow die set, cut it once from silver glitter cardstock and another time from black. I adhered them on top of each other tiny offset so it looks like shadow. I also heat embossed and another sentiment on a thin black strip using the Classic sentiment stamp set.

I chose a starry patterned paper as background and muted it with vellum which I cut with a Showtime Frame die. I didn’t want the vellum to be too loose on the card base so I needed a Skinny Rectangle Frame to hide the adhesive behind it. I cut it from patterned paper and assembled the card. Perfect for all birthdays, all ages, both for girls and boys, right?

I wish you enjoyed my card today and share with us in our Facebook group if I inspired you. Follow me on Instagram if you like my cards, your support means so much to me! Thank you!

See you soon,

Zsofi