Hey there friends! If you’re stopping by for the first time, welcome! I’m so glad to have you here, and if you’re a more regular visitor, welcome back! Today I’m super excited to join the Pinkfresh Studio June 2021 release and blog hop, and I’ve got two cards to share using some of the gorgeous new products.
You may remember back in May that Pinkfresh released a gorgeous Butterflies stamp set, which included two butterfly images. Coordinating dies and layering stencils were also released, and all of them were super popular. I was SO excited (and I think you will be too) to see that this month, there’s a coordinating Pinkfresh Studio Butterflies hot foil plate!
I was eager to break out the layering stencil again, and set out to create two gold foiled butterfly cards. I began by using the Butterflies hot foil plate to foil both images – once on cardstock and again on vellum. For the cardstock ones, could certainly stencil first if you want to. However, using the foiled image as a guide for your stencils makes it super easy to ensure that everything lines up perfectly. (Don’t worry – the foil will not lose any of its shine if you stencil over it – the foil resists dye ink and since Pinkfresh inks dry very quickly, you don’t have to worry about smudging.)
With my two images foiled, I used the layering stencil set and Pinkfresh inks in Candy Violet, Mint, Mermaid Cove and Tidal Pond to color them in. Next came the die cutting, and since the coordinating dies are 1 piece, you get to do two at once. It doesn’t get much easier than that!
Moving on to my background panels, I love a good clean white background with some subtle texture for visual interest. On one card, I used a small dotted circle die from the Pinkfresh Mini Slimline Essentials Bundle, and ran that through my die cutting machine several times with a trimmed white card panel. I left a little bit of space in the bottom right corner, just enough to stamp the ‘I am so grateful for you’ from the new Lemons and Blueberries stamp set.
For the other card, I decided to make a shaker, using the Pinkfresh Radiating Background 2 die to create (as the name suggests) a radiating effect coming out of the middle. I covered the hole in the center with acetate, then covered the non-window portion of the back of the panel with foam tape. Next it was time to fill the shaker with clear crystals, which is always the best part of making a shaker card, right?! Finally, I sealed up the back with a piece of cardstock that I turned yellow with Lemon Whip ink and a large blending brush. (When you don’t have the right color of cardstock on hand, it doesn’t take long to make your own!)
I die cut a frame for the shaker window with 2 simple circle dies, then embossed ‘the world needs more of you’ sentiment from the new Blossoms and Berries stamp set in white, curving the stamp in my stamping platform to follow the curve in the circle. With the frame adhered to the card, all I needed to do was assemble my butterfly layers and stick them onto the shaker window. One card done!
Back to the card with the dotted circle background, this one was really simple to assemble – definitely faster than the shaker! With the background die cutting done and sentiment stamped, all I did was attach my vellum butterfly layer to the colored one with 2 mini glue dots. I adhered that to my that on an angle to my dotted circle panel, and mounted the whole thing to the card base with foam tape.
Giveaways + Blog Hop
Eager to snap up some of the new goodies for yourself? There’s so much more to see in this release, and you’ll find it all here. There’s also heaps more inspiration to be found along the blog hop. Be sure to check out all the other designers below!
Pinkfresh will be giving away the FULL release over on their blog and YouTube channel, and there will be a total of 10 $25 gift cards chosen from all the blogs on the hop list. Winners will be picked from the comments, so be sure to leave a comment below, and visit all the other stops on the hop. Winners will be chosen on June 29, and you’ll want to keep an eye on this page. If your name is chosen, you’ve got 2 weeks to claim your prize. Good luck!
So beautiful!!!
Love the color combination and design.
I love your little shaker card. So sweet.
Love that this release has the foil plate for the large butterflies. Pinkfresh really nailed it!
Like the way you used the foiling.
Really Beautiful cards!!! Such an Amazing release!!!
Love the circle theme that you mixed with this gorgeous big butterfly!
Just lovely and delicate!
Stunning cards. Love the butterflies & how you used vellum. Thanks so much for the inspiration.
These are fabulous!!
Gorgeous cards! Those butterflies look like they are ready to fly off of the page! Fantastic!
There they are!!! Those gorgeous vellum layered flutterbys we were teased with last week!! Just absolutely magnificent, Angela!
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So elegant… thanks for the many photos and descriptions, these are so well done
Thanks for sharing you beautiful cards! Lots of inspiration here!
Awesome using vellum for the foiling. great cards and a great release
Your butterflies are stunning! Beautiful release!
ooh what gorgeous cards – thanks for the great ideas
Oh my! Hot foiling on vellum is just amazing! Thank you for the beautiful inspirations for this gorgeous release ❤️❤️
Your butterflies are beautiful and so are the cards you made with them. I love the dotted circles in the background of the card with the large butterfly. It’s reminiscent of butterfly trails. Thanks for sharing!
Loving the shaker card so much and the butterflies just take my breath away! Amazing
I am glad PFS added a foil plate to this image. It really is stunning.
Beautiful cards! So amazing
Great cards. Your butterflies are amazing!
Wow that big butterfly looks gorgeous on your card. Great colors too.
What a lovely card! So delicate and sweet!
Beautiful cards, love the added vellum and the gold foiling.
The way you layered the butterfly is wonderful!
Amazing cards!
This is gorgeous! I love the foiled vellum butterfly. Great job and hats off to Pinkfresh studio!
Super sweet designs! L-O-V-E!
Absolutely stunning work!
Lovely projects!
What a magnificent butterfly. Such beautiful cards!!
Gorgeous butterflies, colors and designs!
Such sweet cards. Love the foiled and stencil look.
gorgeous, love these butterflies in vellum!!
Wow, such lovely cards. The butterfly looks like it is going to fly away. Beautiful!
Lovely card.
After seeing your cards Angela, my butterflies can’t get here fast enough. Thank you for the beautiful inspiration!! ❤️❤️❤️
Gorgeous cards, love the added vellum!
So beautiful!
That gold foiling is awesome with the beautiful butterflies.
Such beautiful cards! The coloring on the butterflies is lovely! the foiled vellum just is the icing on the cake!
Your butterfly cards are so wonderful, I can’t pick a favorite! But, I sure love that shaker with the clear crystals in it.
Love these delicate cards!
Beautiful delicate butterflies.
Fantastic cards. thanks for
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Lovely, elegant butterflies!! Beautiful!!
So very delicate and beautiful…. I think I want both sets of butterflies! Big and Small. Great release and my list keeps getting longer! TFS
The vellum butterflies are gorgeous!
Wow! This looks amazing! I love the new release! It is fantastic!
Very pretty cards!! Love those butterflies. They are all
my favorites of this release.
Those layered vellum foiled buttterflies are just stunning. Awesome release and your card is gorgeous!
Gorgeous cards. I love those beautiful butterflies and the vellum is so pretty.
What a spectacular way to use these products from this remarkable release. I adore the soft pastel colors and those gossamer wings are exquisite! Great job!
I love these butterflies, and the foiling really brings an elegance to them. The shaker center is a very creative touch. Beautiful cards.
LOVE LOVE LOVE your cards! Love the foiled Velum and how the color comes through! So great!
Absolutely stunning and inspirational cards!! Thank you for sharing your creativity!
I’m so in love with all the beautiful butterflies! You did a fabulous job by layering with vellum. The colors are so pretty and soothing. It’s really beautiful.
I couldn’t be more thrilled with all the new products. I’m a nurse and your designs are so beautiful and uplifting. They are perfect for a new art therapy program I am working on. Keep the inspiration coming xoxo
Beautiful cards!
Those butterflies look amazing. Your cards are awesome.
So, so pretty! I love the clean, elegant look – it makes your cards classy. And those butterflies – wow! xo
The shaker idea is fabulous….love ur cards
Gorgeous cards! Love the colours and of course the butterflies- you created them so beautifully
Love that gorgeous butterfly! Thank you for sharing.
The circles behind that gorgeous butterfly is stunning! The vellum gold overlay is soooo pretty! I love how big that butterfly and how it takes up most of the card.
Love your gorgeous cards! The butterflies are fabulous!
So clean and simple. It really lets the butterflies shine.
I love your dotted circle background card. The 2 butterflies sit so beautifully on the white card stock. These butterfly products flew off the website and I will have to wait until they fly back. 💖
These are simply stunning! I love how you did the butterflies with the gold foil and vellum. They are so pretty with the lavender and aqua tones.
wow, absolutely stunning!
The butterflies are so crips, fresh, and beautiful. I love the colors, against the clean white! Beautiful cards!
I really like the ideas for the butterflies. Great project shares.