Happy Monday, Crafty Peeps!
What a great way to keep off the week with a little craft happiness. Today is Pinkfresh Studio's July release filled with amazing floral designs, hot foil stamps, dies and layering stencils so let's jump on in and get crafty!
Pinkfresh Studio is known for its wonderful floral collections and the Sweet Friend stamp, die, stencil and hot foil stamp are no exception. So here is a little honesty from one creative to another, hot foiling still makes me a little nervous; however, I have been playing around a bit and hopefully have cracked the code for my machine (Go Press and Foil by Coutre Creation). Hot foiling really is about knowing what paperweight and the number of paper shims that work with your system. In my case, I found that 110 lbs. cardstock with one 80 lbs. paper shim works to give me nice foil coverage and letterpress quality impressions.
To create this card, I used the Sweet Friends hot foil stamp to create my floral bouquet and used the coordinating stencils and die to color and diecut the pieces. I cut a 3x3 rectangular square and used Mermaid Cove, Tidal Pool, Ocean Breeze, and Aquamarine inks to create an ombre effect for the background. I then used Heather's Uppercase and Lea's Ornate Lowercase alphabet dies to spell Hello. I backed the white diecut letters with gold foiled cardstock to coordinate with the foiled florals. I added a subtle design to the A2 background by using the Simple Diamonds die and a dry embossing technique. A few Metallic Pearls in gold and a heat embossed sentiment complete this card.
The fun is not over yet! As with each new release, Pinkfresh Studio is offering one lucky winner a chance to win the ENTIRE July release and 10 creatives will win $25 gift certificates to the online store. To win the entire release, leave a comment on Pinkfresh Studio's Blog (HERE) and Youtube Channel (HERE). To win one of 10 gift certificates, leave a comment on each blog along the hop. Blog winners will be chosen from the comments and all winners will be announced on August 3, 2021, on the GIVEAWAY page (HERE).
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Beautiful card! That mermaid cove drew me right in!
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ReplyDeleteI love your card so much.....im desperate to get my hands on this foil stencil and die set....I love how uve used inked background as only part of ur background and this has given me ideas for backgrounds ive been making recently.....thank you so much for the inspiration 💗
ReplyDeleteThat’s for the inspiration. Great release.
ReplyDeleteWonderful release and beautiful inspiration!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card! I've just purchased the Go Press so I appreciate your tip!
ReplyDeleteYour card is perfection! I love every little detail!
ReplyDeleteOMGoodness! Gorgeous card!!!! Great release!!!! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWow!!!! Fabulous card!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love your color combo. I always love seeing your lovely creations. Thanks for inspiring.
ReplyDeleteKeia, thank you for sharing your go-to sandwich for foiling - I just got my first foiling machine and am a bit intimidated by it as well!
ReplyDeleteYour card is gorgeous! LOve the 'backlit' Hello!
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Sweet Friends is definitely on my list...I hope it might be a bundle offer! Beautiful card and the gold just adds such an amazing effect!
ReplyDeleteThe Sweet Friend set is a must have ... love your use of colors ... teal is the best!!
ReplyDeleteSweet card
ReplyDeleteLove your card!
ReplyDeleteSo happy you are using one of my favorites from this release "Sweet Friends". They are so versatile and love the one cut die and color and stamp. Your card is so beautiful. Thank You so much.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and fresh. I already put Happy Blooms in my cart and I'm only on the fifth hop post :D
ReplyDeleteSo pretty!
ReplyDeleteGreat card, so cheerful and colourful
ReplyDeleteThe Florals are awesome in this release! Your card is super pretty and inspiring!
ReplyDeleteYour cards are so beautiful and inspiring 💖
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading how you had added all the little details to your beautiful card. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. I love the unique design.
ReplyDeleteLove the diamond and the colors!
ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous!! Love!
ReplyDeleteSuch a gorgeous card! Love the big Hello…
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
So beautiful! I love all of the little additions that you did to bring this card to the next level!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty and I really like how you offset the sentiment. I just got a mini Minc machine and I'm still learning that. I kinda get what you mean about hot foil scaring you. Just FOIL scares me! LOL!! 😀
ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite of the new release. and the additional stencils. Yours card is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAmazing card! Love your use of the teal in the background.
ReplyDeletegorgeous - loving that ombre background!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful use of color to make that sentiment pop! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteMarisela Delgado said: So beautiful! mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteLove the design of this card!
ReplyDeleteStunning card. Love the colors together
ReplyDeleteI hear you with the hot foil challenge. I recently got a machine and am still working to get the best results. Your card is really pretty and I love how you created your own ombre paper with the beautiful inks. This is a really pretty card. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Love the bold
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thanks for sharing.
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Lovely Hello Card! Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS! Love that pop of teal color!
ReplyDeleteI like how you added the teal square. It really makes everything stand out in a beautiful way. NICE
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteLove the Mermaid Cove with Peach! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love the color combo!
ReplyDeletelove your card
ReplyDeleteLovely colors on your card !!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card!
ReplyDeletelove the design layout - very refreshing and inspiring
ReplyDeleteI do not own a foiling plate, I keep telling myself I don't need to go down that rabbit hole with another machine, additonal dies, etc. You are seriously changing my mind. Beautiful card!
ReplyDeleteLove your card
ReplyDeleteLove the card. Thanks for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card.
ReplyDeleteHaven’t invested into hot foiling yet, but I love this Sweet Friend line. Will start off using dies and stencils and build. Thanks for your inspiration!
ReplyDeleteWow! Beautifully designed! I love the color combination!
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty! :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card--thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card! Love the 3x3 blended rectangle behind the flowers. Adds beautiful dimension. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteReally pretty colour combination and use of florals with geometric shapes.
ReplyDeleteSuch a gorgeous card! I love the flowers and the color combo!
ReplyDeleteSuch an amazing card. Love the colours and all the details.
ReplyDeleteValerija xx
Love this set and how you made the florals pop. Great release!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! Love the gold and teal subtly on here!
ReplyDeletewow, absolutely stunning!
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