Pinkfresh Studio February 2022 Stamp, Die, Stencil, and Hot Foil Release

  Good morning! Today is an amazing blog hop to celebrate Pinkfresh Studio's February Stamp, Die, Stencil, and Hot Foil Release! This release was supposed to happen earlier this month, but shipping delays pushed it to the very last minute this time around! Hopefully you find it worth the wait! You aren't going to want to miss a stop along the way - TONS of inspiration and prizes up for grabs! YAY! You can find links to all of the new release items I used on today's cards at the bottom of this post!

As usual, I have quite a few cards to share with you. Most of them were created prior to the crazy events of last week - but if you scroll to the bottom, I have a few cards that are super special to me, and are also part of a fundraising card auction today to support the people in and/or from the Ukraine. Details below for more info - but first up, some of the first cards I created with this release!

This first card uses the gorgeous new Lily Frame stamp - with it's coordinating layering stencils and dies. I heat embossed the image in gold, then moved on to adding color with the layering stencils.

For the colors on this, I used yellow and green tones, and also added a touch of Warm Buff over the top of each one to slightly mute the colors. It just gave an entirely different look to the tones, and I love the slightly softer tone to them.

Once I die cut with the coordinating die, I added panel die cut with the new Tulip Love coverplate behind it. I trimmed off one panel on the top and side, and it fit PERFECTLY behind the frame. The perfect bit of texture, and I love how the hearts show the cardstock color underneath, helping them pop a bit more.

Sentiment was created with this stamp set - there are two main words with coordinating dies, and then I added the secondary sentiment on a strip of white cardstock stretched across the cardfront.

The frame is popped up on foam adhesive for dimension, and the center part adhered directly on the yellow cardbase. I also popped both sentiments up with foam adhesive.

Finally, a few Metallic Gold pearls in a trio on each side of the sentiment strip to finish it off!

Next up, another GORGEOUS and HUGE new floral slimline set!

The beautiful Chrysanthemum Slimline set is stunning - and the coordinating stencils and dies makes it even more beautiful!

I stamped in detail black ink, and let it dry overnight to add my stencil layers. I used oranges and pinks to blend the flower layers, and then mint greens for the greenery, before die cutting with the coordinating dies.

The background uses the new Hearts and Stars coverplate. Part of the fun of these new coverplate dies, is that they have no outer border die cut. Sooo...I was able to cut this twice, lining up and overlapping one row of the images, and create a longer slimline die cut panel. So fun!

Then the sentiment was added, again, using the stamp set that also includes two larger sentiments with coordinating dies, and heat embossing the secondary sentiment.

The next two cards use the same new sets - paired up with some older items, and in completely different color combos:

This first color combo was a happy accident - but I absolutely love the way it came out! I started off by stamping the beautiful new Delicate Floral print stamp set in Candy Apple ink, then set out to add color with the layering stencils.

I started by blending the flowers with Coral Reef and Passion Fruit inks - and they were lovely with the tone on tone effect. Then, I planned to blend Ocean Breeze on the leaves, but underestimated the amount of time I should have let the Candy Apple ink dry. They merged together and created this lovely purple color - which surprisingly, I love! The last layer of the leaves was added with Aquamarine ink, and retained a bit more of it's aqua color. I feel like it was a very modern look when finished!

I added a frame with Stitched Scallop Rectangles die, die cutting from soft pink cardstock, then again from white, and color blocking the frame together. The sentiment was added using Perfect Sentiments stamp set, and a secondary sentiment from Lily Frame stamp set.

Finished off with a gray cardbase, and a few sparkly purple Essentials: Crystals Mix for a bit of extra sparkle!

And then, as promised, a very similar card, but with an entirely different color combo!

This color combo is sweet and soft -makes me think of cotton candy! I stamped in Sapphire ink for this one, and blended pinks and soft blues on the layers.

I also added a frame on this one, but you may notice that I reversed the colors on this frame - pink on the outside, white in the center.

I added a corner embellishment with some coordinating colors of Essential: Crystals Mix - kind of enhances the frame effect on these.

Finally, the sentiment created with a hot foiled Perfect Sentiments, as well as a heat embossed sentiment from Lily Frame stamp set.

Finally, the last few cards created with this release - and you may be able to guess what the theme of these ones are. These cards are up for an auction fundraiser today to support Ukraine and it's people in their struggle, and the combination of the colors of the Ukrainian flag, as well as the encouraging sentiments, all work together to support this idea:

For these cards, I used the new Geo Tiles sets in different ways to create these cards. For this first one, I used the Hot Foil plate with Matte Gold foil, then used two layers of the coordinating stencils, leaving one layer white for contrast. Sentiment added with Phrase Builder: Sending, and secondary sentiment from Charming Floral Border, stamped with Stargazer ink.

This second card was created much like the last one, but uses Matte Silver hot foil, and a different combination of two of the coordinating layering stencils. Secondary sentiment on this one is from Simply Sentiments: Thank You.

And this final one uses the Layering stencils, then the Geo Tiles die cut from blue cardstock over the top. I trimmed the entire piece down to take off the edges, and form a larger matted area on my white cardbase. And secondary sentiment on this one is from Floral Vase - and I love this sentiment so very much on this one!

Foam adhesive on all main panels, and secondary sentiments on these cards for dimension.

And all the larger sentiments are die cut from matte gold or silver cardstock for the main layers, and vellum for the shadow layers.

GIVEAWAY INFO:

Make sure and leave a comment before you leave for a chance to win one of 10 $25 gift certificate to Pinkfresh Studio chosen from comments left across the hop! All winners will be chosen and posted on the Pinkfresh Blog on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 - so make sure and check back to see if you were a winner! Winners must check that page and claim their prize within 2 weeks.

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