Good morning! Today is the second day of the fun blog hop to celebrate the new Pretty Pink Posh May Release! Fabulous new stamps, gorgeous dies, and the most beautiful jewels EVER! You can check out the entire release HERE. There is TONS of inspiration to be found along the blog hop - and a few fabulous giveaways as well!
I have two floral cards to share today using the beautiful new Flourishing Fuchsia's stamp set. I stamped ALL the images from the stamp set once - and the leaves a few times each - then die cut them with the coordinating dies and was able to create two cards with them all. I also used some of the gorgeous new jewels and a couple of the other stamp sets for the sentiments and such!
I looked up images of fuchsias on Pinterest - we used to have several hanging baskets of them around our back porch, so it was fun seeing all the images and recalling my favorites! I colored these in what was probably my favorite color combo back then using Copic markers.
Once they were all colored, I arranged them in a way I was pleased with, picked them all up with a piece of Press and Seal wrap, added foam adhesive to the back of everything, and then pressed it all in place. Just before I adhered the florals, I added a sentiment from the new Simple Says: Life stamp set. Finally, I and added a few of the new Ivory Jewels to finish off.
While that first card used bold colors for the florals, for the next card I kept the images soft and dreamy by outlining inside the images with a Copic marker, then going over the edges with a Colorless blender. This added a touch of soft color without harsh lines.
I added a the birdie and sentiment from the Happy Mail Stamp set, cutting out the bird with the coordinating dies, and sprinkled on a few of the new Pearl White Jewels.
For both cards I used pattern paper from a Lawn Fawn 6x6 paper pad - the soft gingham was the perfect backdrop for those lovely fuchsias, don't you think?
GIVEAWAY INFO:
Now the fun part - there are a total of 4 $25 Gift Certificates up for grabs - 2 winners for each day - Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop. Make sure and leave comments by 11:59 PM PST on May 14, 2018 to qualify! Winners will be announced after that on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog!
Here is the entire Blog Hop line-up:
Heather Hoffman (you are here)
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Heather, these are adorable! Love how you colored those blooms in your first card, so classic.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards, loved the bold colors
ReplyDeleteThis new flower set is so beautiful! I like your checked background. Beautiful cards.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards! They feel very spring-y and cheerful!
ReplyDeleteLove the die cut images on the Gingham paper. So fresh!
ReplyDeleteLove your beautiful cards!
ReplyDeleteVery lovely!!
ReplyDeletePretty! I love the gingham backgrounds.
ReplyDeleteSuch cute cards! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteYour style is so unique...loved it!!
ReplyDeleteSuper aborable! I love the new stamp sets !!
ReplyDeleteVery beautiful cards. I love this release, especially the Flourishing Fuchsia set.
ReplyDeleteSuper cute cards! I love the new stamp sets !!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty. I like the flowers and the gingham backgrounds.
ReplyDeleteAwesome cards and love that you've put them on the Gingham paper! Not sure I would have thought of doing that. Thanks for sharing your art!
ReplyDeleteThose are beautiful I love Fuchsias and I use to have hanging baskets of them when I had a porch from which to hang them. The colors are so bright and cheerful.
ReplyDeletesuch pretty cards. Love the fuchsia's on the gingham :)
ReplyDeleteVery pretty cards - love your interesting color combos!!
ReplyDeleteFuchsia is one of my favorites. So the first card really spoke to me. However, what a super idea the soft gingham background is. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteGreat cards! Thank you for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteWow love both if your pretty cards! That Flourishing Fuchsia set is now a must have for me!!
ReplyDeleteSuch sweet cards with the gingham background
ReplyDeleteLove the gingham backgrounds, it's really cute with the fuchsias! Love that you combined the fuchsias and the bird from Happy mail stamps set! That is soooo cute!
ReplyDeleteAdorable cards. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards and
ReplyDeletelove that darling
birdie!
Carla from Utah
Such cute cards!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty cards, love this release.
ReplyDeleteLovely cards. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI love the soft yellow checkered BG in the first card; just
ReplyDeletegoes perfectly with the red flowers. Both cards are very
lovely.
Both beautiful cards. One vibrant and the other subtle. Love them.
ReplyDeleteYour cards are so pretty. I never would have thought to mount these images on a checkered background, but it really looks nice. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYour coloring is amazing. Love both cards.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
Beautiful cards! The pattern papers look great with your style 😍
ReplyDeleteThese cards are all super cute! I love how they look on the patterned background. It feels like summer!
ReplyDeletebeautiful cards and I love how you colored them in non-traditional colors. they look amazing!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful coloring and cards!! Love the gingham background!
ReplyDeleteSo many great ideas on this blog hop for creating with the fuchsia stamps/dies!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat Cards!!! I'm new to your blog and have never heard about using Press and Seal Wrap as you mentioned. Do you have another blog post that explains how you use it?
ReplyDeleteI know I do somewhere - but I originally got the idea from Jennifer McGuire's blog - here is a great video showing how to use it: https://www.jennifermcguireink.com/2016/01/pressnseal.html
DeleteWonderful cards. I love those fuchsias.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards. I love this new release. I love how you colored the flowers.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards, they both have a soft lovely airy quality. So fun to see you pair that cute little bird with the gorgeous fuchsias.
ReplyDeleteReally great cards! love the coloring and the script
ReplyDeletelove the delicate nature of your cards - so pretty:)
ReplyDeleteWho doesnt like gingham?? I love the softness of the yellow background with the brighter flowers and the softness of the flowers with the pink gingham background. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWonderful cards! :) Love those flowers.
ReplyDeleteGreat job! Love these cards!
ReplyDeleteI love both of your beautiful cards! Fuchsias are my favorite and my Mom always had fuchsia baskets hanging around the patio while I was growing up. Elk manage to eat even the hanging flower baskets where I live so I will enjoy them via stamps and dies. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAmazing cards and designs!!
ReplyDeleteI love your fuchsia cards! I especially love the one with the sweet birdie! :)
ReplyDeleteThe fuchsias look so different depending on how you color them. I especially like the top one.
ReplyDeleteLovely cards! The fuchsias look wonderful against the gingham paper and the new jewels are so pretty. I love that you added the bird from Happy Mail to the flowers on your second card!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards. Love the colors
ReplyDeleteYes! I agree. The gingham is fabulous with the "soft and dreamy" effect. My favorite use of the fuchsia set so far.
ReplyDeleteLove the Fuchsia stamp set in this release. Your cards using it are beautiful. I especially like the first one with the bright red and pink blooms on the lovely gingham background. What an awesome combination!! Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteWhat pretty cards. Love the gingham backgrounds.
ReplyDeleteSuch pretty cards! I love the Flourishing Fuchsias stamp set! A favorite from this awesome release!
ReplyDeleteSuch sweet cards! Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove your cards!
ReplyDeleteYour cards are just so Spring-y and cute! Thanks for sharing your creativity.
ReplyDeleteFabulous creations!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty!
ReplyDeleteLovely cards. I especially enjoyed the fact that you used reds for the fuchsias. PRETTY!!
ReplyDeleteWow! Love your fabulous cards!!! Colours are really beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteLove your cards, Heather! So whimsical and sweet!!!
ReplyDeleteSweet, sweet cards!
ReplyDeleteI am In love with all these cards!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards--congrats to PPP on a great new release and a fun hop!
ReplyDeleteI'm loving these cards. This is really such a beautiful stamp.
ReplyDeleteThese are lovely, the plaid backgrounds look really great with these gorgeous floral stamps!
ReplyDeleteYour cards are beautiful !
ReplyDeleteTwo cards that are ever so pretty Heather!
ReplyDeleteLovely cards :)
ReplyDeleteI love blog hops because they inspire me to create as do all of these wonderful new goodies.
ReplyDeleteThese are two lovely cards !!
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Wonderful cards! I like the use of pattern paper. Great ideas. Thanks
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards! Love the colors.
ReplyDeleteSuch pretty colors! Really love your designs
ReplyDeleteYour cards are beautiful! I love the sentiment on the first one :)
ReplyDeleteLove how you've popped all of the designs
ReplyDeleteoff the background. Gives texture and
movement to the card. Beautiful cards.
thanks for sharing
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gorgeous cards - love the coloring:)
ReplyDeleteI love how you layered and popped up the die cuts on your last two cards! Love this release from PPP!!
ReplyDeleteLove it. Flourishing fusschias in my wish list.
ReplyDeleteI really like the backgrounds that you chose. Such sweet cards.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing...
Two fabulous cards! Love the plaid backgrounds!
ReplyDeleteAmazing coloring and card designs as always! Love your style!!
ReplyDeleteOh, so lovely. What a fun idea to do an almost b&w on the colored background, but with the slight hints of color. I'm definitely going to have to try that sometime. Thank you so much for sharing!
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