Hey there friends! It’s time for another great Pinkfresh Studio release, and today I’m excited to be part of a blog hop full of inspo featuring the newest products.
As you’ve probably noticed, there have been a lot of layering stencils popping up lately. These coordinate with stamps and dies, and the new Pinkfresh Studio Happy Blooms set is just one of many examples. For this card however, I decided to just use the Happy Blooms stamp set and coordinating dies, letting the color for my card come from stripes in the background.
To get started, I put a plain white card panel in my stamping platform and picked out one of the stripes from the Pop-Out Gradiating Stripes Cling Stamp. Attaching this to the door of my stamping tool, I began stamping repeatedly in my selected ink colors – Coral reef, Passion Fruit, Raspberry Bliss, Tidal Pond and Ocean Breeze. Once the panel was completely covered, I used my trimmer to slice it down to fit my A2 card base, then got to work on the embossing.
Using the Happy Blooms stamp set, I embossed both florals in white on heavyweight vellum, then cut them out with the coordinating dies. With such vibrant colors in the background, I chose a the sentiment ‘sweet friend’ from the Sweet Friend Floral stamp set, stamped it in Tidal Pond ink, then stamped again with clear embossing ink and heat set some clear embossing powder. I chose this sentiment because it’s one with a heavier weight font, which I think helps it stand out in front of the bold stripes.
Next it was time for some layering! I used the Essentials Blanket Stitched Circles die set to cut out my white sentiment circle, then placed it over my two floral die cuts until I had the positioning exactly how I wanted it. Then, I secured the vellum to the back of the circle, added some foam tape behind, and centered it on my striped card panel. More foam tape went onto the striped piece, then I mounted it on the A2 card base. To finish off, I added a few clear crystals around the sentiment.
Giveaways + Blog Hop
Ready to check out the rest of the release? 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 August 3rd, 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!
Beautiful as always!
Fabulous! I love this new release!
Stunning card! Your color choices always inspire me!
Love the way you used vellum. And those stripes!
Simple elegance … perfect!
Hi Angela! Beautiful card, with gorgeous colors – but I’m not one bit surprised! wink…
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Love the vellum over the striped background
Love your card!
Beautiful card! Love this release!
Love how you used the white embossed image on vellum on top of the colored strips. Lovely card.
Thank You for the card idea.
Simply awesome! Very inspiring, and I need to do something with colored strips. Just fabulous!
Great cards thanks for the inspiration!
Love the use of vellum.
These colors just make me happy!
Beautiful card, I love the embossed vellum over the colorful stripe background. Thanks for sharing your card.
Beautiful card, love the color combo. I have the circle dies and they are pretty awesome!
Such a pretty card! Love the colors!
Beautiful colors!
So pretty! Such a great layout with the bold stripes, soft embossed vellum, and circled sentiment to bring the eye in. Love it!
Ooooo this is so colourful! I love how you inked up those stripes! And the delicate white embossing is such an amazing touch!
beautiful card. love the color combination
Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing…
Love the look of the white embossing on the vellum – stunning.
so lovely!!
Beautiful! Love the gorgeous vellum overlay!!
Lovely card!
Beautiful colors!
Oh gosh!! I love everything about this card.
Wonderful release and beautiful inspiration!
Wow, so many great new products!
Love all your designs!
Fantastic idea to use the vellum.
Love this card. thanks for sharing
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Love this card and how you used vellum for the flower. Thank you for sharing.
I thought your card background was colored strips until I read your post. So pretty. And the floral vellum element is the perfect addition to the bright panel. Thanks!
I like how the flowers and leaves are semi-transparent. What a soft, pretty look.
The color choices on this card are beautiful! I love everything about it!! Love the way you heat embossed the flowers as well. All of it, SO PRETTY!
Pretty Pretty Pretty!
Beautiful! I love the bold background.
Vellum! What a great idea! Thank you for the inspiration.
love your card and colors
Lovely colors and awesome arrangement on your cards !!
Beautiful card, love the vellum addition.
I love the look of vellum over a vibrant background. Great job. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful, colorful card. The layout is so elegant.
love the pretty colors on this card
Beautiful card.
Love the cards Thanks for the inspiration.
I love the vellum flowers! So pretty!
So pretty!
I really must emboss on vellum more often. Such a beautiful look and one I rarely remember to do! Beautiful!
I love the bold bright striped background with vellum flowers, vellum always has an elegant look. Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely gorgeous die cut vellum. Very fun and creative card. Great release!
Beautiful card! I love the embossed floral designs on vellum paper!
Love the vellum over the strip colors!
Lovely striped background paired with the vellum blooms!
Gorgeous card!