Hi friends! Today I’m excited to be part of a blog hop to celebrate the new Pinkfresh Studio November Essentials release, and I’ve got a fun little project to share with you.
A while back Pinkfresh released the Blanket Stitched Ovals and Circles sets, and the pattern is definitely one of my favorites in the Essentials lineup. As you’ve probably come to expect with Pinkfresh, when a great Essentials item launches in one shape, the other shapes aren’t too far behind! In this release you’ll find Blanket Stitched Squares and Blanket Stitched Rectangles. Today’s card features the latter, a 3-piece die set great for creating borders and frames. I’ve used the largest one to create the edging you see on my background panel below.
Of course, there’s more to this card than just the border, so let’s chat about it! I’ve pulled in a few items from the release earlier this month, including the Brushed Sentiments hot foil plates, which I immediately used to batch-produce sentiments with. I love having a wide variety on hand, and this set has some perfect words for everyday cards and celebrations. I was going for a purple and teal color scheme in this design, so I used a Hello imprinted in matte silver hot foil on Concord & 9th Peacock cardstock.
For the floral element, I used the Darling Dahlias Layering Stencils and coordinating stamp, filling in the stencils with color from Pinkfresh Candy Violet and Tidal Pond inks. I wanted the colors to be slightly more muted than they are on their own, so I chose to do my blending on gray cardstock instead of white, and omitted the final stencil which would have filled in a background color. Once that panel was complete, I used the Simply Hexagons cover die to slice the florals into hexagons in my die cutting machine. It pained me to only use a few of the pieces here, but don’t worry – the others were used on another card and did not go to waste!
Initially I tried layering my hexagon bits on top of the blanket stitch rectangle panel, but I felt it looked a bit plain and needed some texture. To achieve this, I used my trusty Curvy Leaves die set, which gets a LOT of mileage around here! After die cutting some white leaves, I covered a white panel trimmed a little smaller than the blanket stitch border one beneath. Backed with foam tape, I mounted the leafy panel, followed by the hexagons on more foam tape. The Hello sentiment followed, and I finished the card with a few clear crystals.
Blog Hop + Giveaways
There’s a lot more in this release (check out everything else here!), so I encourage you to take a look at the creations of all the other amazing designers on the hop. 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. Winners will be chosen on November 30th, and announced on this page. If your name is chosen, you’ve got 2 weeks to claim your prize. Good luck!
Beautiful card! I love having new essentials to work with on cards.
Very creative! I love it!
I love how you added the hexagon design to the card and kept it all simple–not over the top in your design. I think that can be one of the hardest things to do in card designs! Beautiful.
What a gorgeous design. The blanket stitched edge just adds such touch of elegance and class. Truly love it
I love the blanket stitch dies and what a beautiful card with it. Thanks for all of the inspirations within one card.
Lovely makes! This new release is beautiful!!
I love your cards, the colors are beautiful. I love the detail on the frame!
Love your unique design! The blanket stitched edge die adds great texture.
Love how you used the diagonal hexagon die to create the colored images on this card…the placement is beautiful and elegant
Love your cards – I especially love the white on white – so elegant.
Wow your design is absolutely beautiful!
This is beautiful! I love the use of the hexagons on top of a beautiful white textured background.
Such a pretty card. Love the way you used the hexagon dies. 😍
Such a beautiful layout. I love the pop of colour on the right.
Love the new details on the essentials dies
I love your design and colors!
Stunning! I love the white on white leaves!
Great design! Beautiful card. And this is a great release.
Your “Hello” card with the hexagons looks stunning and quite complicated. I love your creations. Thank you!
Beautiful cardenal!♥️
This is SO fresh and bright, lovely
Beautiful! And you are quite a photographer!
Gorgeous card!! What a creative ways in using those hexagons … thank you for sharing!!
I have anxiously been waiting for new essentials and the folded card is my favorite (along with the metallic pearls). Stunning creations!
Stunning!
Stunning card! So gorgeous! I love how you used the hexagons!
very pretty! those colors are gorgeous together
Gorgeous colors! They go well together, very pretty card!
love the detail on the frame and your colour combos!!
So beautiful!
I am loving this design and the blanket stitch dies
That card is so pretty. I love the use of gray card stock to tone down colors. What a great tip.
Your card is really cool! Love the hexagons, and the foiling on the teal.
Super pretty card! Love all of the extra details.
The white leaves are a wonderful touch…
Hi, Angela – This is breathtaking! So beautiful! Isn’t this release fantastic?!
TFS and Happy Thanksgiving!
Lori S in PA
I love the popped up hexagons. Genius!!
Gorgeous card. I love the way you broke it up.
Love the hexagon shapes with die cut leaves. The floral design of hexagon reminds me of fabric for quilting. Goes well with the blanket stitch border. Thanks for sharing.
Such a lovely card, love it!!
What a beautiful and unique design! I love how the bright hexagons look against the white background!
Such a gorgeous card! I really love the colour in the hexagons!
Love this design, very creative. Awesome color combo.
Love this card. The flowered hexagons
really pop. Beautiful. thanks for sharing
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beautiful design! love it
I really like this unique card design. The colors are so pretty. Great new release from Pinkfresh.
Love your color combinations!
Awesome ideas from such pretty cards! Thank you!
Beautiful card! The layers are so pleasing and interesting. Thank you for using older items in fresh ways. Definitely feeling inspired!
I just love the clever & beautiful design of your card!
Such a pretty card! I love the color combo and the hexagon pattern in the corner <3
Beautiful layering and detail! I love the blanket stitch design!
Love how you did this gorgeous card!
I have seen images cut into frames before but never into multiple hexagons. That is a pretty neat design.
Wow – what an eye catching way to use that hexagon die. Stunning!
love this unusual design – really eye catching
Beautiful card. I love how you used all the products.
What a unique way of using the diamond hexagon die and incorporating it into the new products. Such a beautiful card. I love the pretty color combination too. 💖
What a lovely card!❤️