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Pink Fresh Studio Monthly Challenge – Monochromatic Magic

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This month’s Pink Fresh Studio Challenge theme is Tone-on-Tone & Monochrome Magic. ✨ Pick a single color and bring it to life by layering different tones and shades—or explore the tone-on-tone technique for added depth and dimension. To spark your creativity, we’ve provided a color palette to choose from—just pick one hue as your star and let it shine!

Our monthly challenge is an Anything Goes Challenge: While the theme and colors are here to inspire you, feel free to enter any NEW project that primarily uses Pinkfresh Studio products. Whether you use the theme, the colors, both or none—it’s up to you. At the end of the day, we just want you to get crafty and have fun!

My card today would fit into the Anything Goes Challenge but I feel it can also fit into the Monochromatic Magic theme as I have used purples and grey colours with a touch of silver for a soft and subtle colour palette.

My Project

My card is a standard side folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card with a twist. I have trimmed the front panel down and added a lace border and a grey plaid strip tone on tone card to the front panel. I have hot foiled the Magnificent Magnolia image on white cardstock and coloured it with purple and grey inks. I added some purple inks to the leaves to keep with the tone on tone theme and then added it over the front edge.

For the inside back of the card I have used the Magnificent Magnolia Press Plate to add some interest on the panel by using grey ink on the grey card to tie in with the plaid front and floral image.

I added silver accents with the lace on the front panel and also with the base layer of the sentiment panel on the inside back panel. The sentiment has been reverse hot foiled as well to allow it to stand out on the white background.

Finally, I have added silver pearls to the front and back of the card as shown.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Magnificent Magnolia Press Plate, Stencils and Die Set

Pink Fresh Studio Plaid Press Plate

Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Edgers Die

Pink Fresh Studio Dotted Fancy Frames Die

Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Sheer Freesia Wisteria, Lavender, Misty Coast, Rocky Slope

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

Spellbinders Better Press Pebble Card

Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock 110 Ib

Hammermill Cardstock

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Pink Fresh Studio Anything Goes Challenge

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Time has got the better of me this month so I am rushing to get a second entry into the Pink Fresh Studio Challenge for August in the Anything Goes Challenge category.

The Pink Fresh Studio monthly challenge is an Anything Goes Challenge: While the theme and colors are here to inspire you, feel free to enter any NEW project that primarily uses Pinkfresh Studio products. Whether you use the theme, the colors, both or none—it’s up to you. At the end of the day, we just want you to get crafty and have fun!

My Project:

My card has been inspired my Emily Midget’s use of soft brown and pink colours on a bisque betterpress card base. While I have used the Pink Fresh Studio Warm Buff ink on the bisque card I have added some sparkly elements using the Pink Fresh Studio Blush Glitter Paper for some sparkle in the frame, leaves and to mat the striped card. I have used a different pink combination of Pink Fresh Studio inks – Cherry Blossom, Peony, Begonia, and Sparkling Rose while still using the Warm Buff and Doe inks for the leaves. To finish I added some butterflies and a hot foiled sentiment and Ballet Slipper gems.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Magnificent Magnolia Press Plate, Stencil, Die 

Pink Fresh Studio Plaid Betterpress Plate

Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments Press Plate, Die set

Pink Fresh Studio Small Butterflies Hot Foil Plate, Stencil, Die Set

Pink Fresh Studio Fall Leaf Die

Pink Fresh Studio Nested Elongated Oval Blanket Stitch Dies

Pink Fresh Studio Glitter Paper – Blush

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Cherry Blossom, Peony, Begonia, Sparkling Rose, Warm Buff, Mimosa

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Ballet Slipper

Spellbinders Foil – Aura

Spellbinders Bisque Betterpress card

Spellbinders Essential Cardstock – Barely Peach

Hammermill Cardstock

Foam tape, strips, squares

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Pink Fresh Studio Challenge Thanks For Everything Roses and Butterflies.

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Here is my final submission for the Pink Fresh Studio November 2024 which is about ‘Thank You’ and the ink shades that are the best matches for the colors in the challenge are: Waterfall, Begonia, Mimosa, Citron & Storm.

This card is full of lots shine and sparkle with glitter, glitter card and shiny reverse hot foiled butterflies. For the sparkle I have die cut the background die from the Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass from Pink Fresh Studio Ivory Glitter cardstock. I then die cut the frame from the Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Rectangle Frame out of gold cardstock.

I stamped and heat embossed the roses from the Pink Fresh Studio Garden Roses Stamp with fine gold embossing powder. The roses were coloured with the challenge inks before the image was die cut with the coordinating die. I added the roses over the gold frame with the bottom left of the flowers under the frame to give the feeling that the flowers were growing through the frame. The frame with the flowers were then added to the front od the card with foam strips and tape.

I added the hot foiled sentiment to the front over the flowers using scrap card for more dimension.

The butterflies were reverse foiled using the foil left over from the previous butterflies that I had foiled and once die cut I added two butterflies around the sentiment with foam squares.

To complete the card I sprinkled some glitter to the flowers and gold dust gems around the flowers and frame.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Small Butterflies Hot Foil Plate, Stencils and Coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Die

Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio Hot Foil Plate

Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Rectangle Frame

Pink Fresh Studio Garden Roses Stamp, Stencils and coordinating die

Pink Fresh Studio Gems – Clear with Gold Dust

Pink Fresh Studio Glitter Cardstock – Ivory, Gold

Spellbinders Foil – Aura

Hammermill Cardstock

Neenah Classic Crest 80 lb cardstock

House of Card White Cardstock 300 gsm

Versmark ink

Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder

Heat Gun

Foam Tape

Foam Squares

Foam Strips

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

DMC Sparkling Dust

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Pink Fresh Studio Challenge Thank You Card

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Here is my second card for the Pink Fresh Studio November 2024 which is about ‘Thank You’ and the ink shades that are the best matches for the colors in the challenge are: Waterfall, Begonia, Mimosa, Citron & Storm.

I love using layering frame dies and creating dimension with foam tape to highlight pretty flowers and butterflies. For my second challenge card I have hot foiled the backgound using the Pink Freash Studio Stained Glass Hot Foil Plate and stenciled the panel using the challenge inks to create a rainbow effect. I then added a pretty frame using the large dies from the Pink Fresh Studio Dotted Fancy Frames with foam strips. I die cut some vellum using the medium dotted frame and added it to the centre of the frame and I then added a small frame to the centre with foam tape, but having it on a different orientation for the foiled sentiment from the Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Die set.

I hot foiled the flowers from the Pink Fresh Studio Peony Fantasy Hot Foil Plate and coloured them with the challenge inks before die cutting them out with the coordinating die. I also reversed foiled the flowers as well and added the coloured flowers and some foiled floral accents around the label and sentiment.

I added a hot foiled butterfly that had been coloured with the challenge flowers and then added a butterfly that had been foiled on vellum over top to tie in with the vellum on the card and also to add some more contrast to the flowers.

A light sprinkling of glitter and some gold pearls completed the card.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Peony Fantasy Hot Foil Plate, Stencils and Coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio Small Butterflies Hot Foil Plate, Stencils and Coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Stencils

Pink Fresh Studio Dotted Fancy Frames Dies

Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio Hot Foil Plate

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Waterfall, Begonia, Mimosa, Citron & Storm, Licorice

Pink Fresh Studio Blending Brushes

Pink Fresh Studio Pearls – Gold

Spellbinders Foil – Aura

Hammermill Cardstock

Neenah Classic Crest 80 lb cardstock

Craft Perfect Pure White Vellum

Foam Squares

Foam Tape

Foam Strips

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

DMC Sparkling Dust

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Pink Fresh Studio Challenge November 2024

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I have been out of action for a while due to having surgery on a couple of fingers and missed last month’s Pink Fresh Studio challenge and it has taken a while to get back into cardmaking again.

This month’s challenge at Pink Fresh Studio is ‘Thank You’ and the following ink shades are the best matches for the colors in the challenge: Waterfall, Begonia, Mimosa, Citron & Storm.

It is always handy to have Thank You cards in my stash so I thought I would have a play with some new products at the same time. I have recently purchased the Pink Fresh Studio Dotted Fancy Frames and thought I would make a shaped easel card with the dies and it just looks gorgeous! My inspiration for adding the flowers to the front has come from one of the Pink Fresh Studio designers on Instagram a while ago.

I have hot foiled the flowers, butterflies and the sentiment using Aura foil and coloured the images with the challenge inks before embellishing the front of the card and creating the easel. A light sprinkling of glitter and some iridescent dew drops add the finishing touches to the card.

Scroll past the photos for a list of the products I have used.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Peony Fantasy Hot Foil Plate, Stencils and Coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio Small Butterflies Hot Foil Plate, Stencils and Coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio Dotted Fancy Frames Dies

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Waterfall, Begonia, Mimosa, Citron & Storm, Licorice

Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio Blending Brushes

Pink Fresh Studio Dew Drops – Iridescent

Spellbinders Foil – Aura

Hammermill Cardstock

Neenah Classic Crest 80 lb cardstock

Foam Squares

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

Press’n’Seal

DMC Sparkling Dust

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Pink Fresh Studio Challenge August 2024 – Hope Your Day Is Wonderful

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I have finally got round to finishing off my cards for the Pink Fresh Studio August 2024 Challenge. This month the challenge is to use washi tape and or use the following inks: Sparkling Rose/Peony, Lavender, Mulberry Blush, Storm, and Sage.

For my first card I have chosen to use the challenge inks to colour the images of the Vines and Roses – Peony, Lavender, Mulberry Blush, Storm and Sage. These are interesting colours to use together and ones that I would not normally put together. So I was pleasantly surprised how the coloured images came together to create a cool colour combination. I normally use a lot of gold and warm colours on my cards so it was nice to use silver for a change.

For my background for my card I have hot foiled the Diagonal Plaid Press Plate with Matte Silver and Silver Speckled Prism foils. The press plates foiled perfectly and the background really sparkles with the Speckled Prism foils.

One of my favourite frame layering dies is the Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner dies and I use them a lot. Here I have die cut an outside frame as well as in inner frame for the florals and sentiments to be the focus of the card.

The sentiment is also one I use a lot as it can be used for so many different occasions – Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Die. I have foiled the sentiment in Matte Silver foil and then stacked it with another two plain dies to add to the centre of the card.

To finish I added some silver pearls from Pink Fresh Studio for a clean and fresh look.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Dies

Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid Press Plate

Pink Fresh Studio Vines and Roses Stamp, Stencil and Die Set

Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Die

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Detail Black, Peony, Lavender, Mulberry Blush, Storm and Sage

Pink Fresh Studio Silver Pearls

Neenah Classic Crest 80 lb cardstock

Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb cardstock 

Spellbinders Hot Foil – Matte Silver, Speckled Prism

Foam squares

Foam tape

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Pink Fresh Studio Challenge July 2024 – Thanks For Everything

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Here is my final submission for the Pink Fresh Studio Challenge July 2024 this month. This month the challenge is using Geometric designs on your projects and the coordinating inks are: Cherry Blossom, Mimosa, Marigold, Summer Shower & Eucalyptus.

To fulfill the challenge brief I have used the suggested inks to colour in the beautiful hot foiled Pink Fresh Studio Peony Fantasy flowers with the coordinating stencils before die cutting the flowers. For the geometric element I have hot foiled the background with the Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Hot Foil Plate. I coloured the background using the challenge inks and the coordinating stencils and I then used the Stained Glass die to cut out the decorative frame out of gold cardstock. I added the die to the background but this time offsetting the gold frame to create more pattern on the background. As I had to trim the die I added a frame from the Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner dies and I then added the flowers to the top right and bottom left corners.

To complete the card I added Crystal Stickles to the flowers and leave and a hot foiled sentiment from the Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Die set with foam tape and some gold pearls around the flowers and sentiment.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Hot Foil Plate and die

Pink Fresh Studio Peony Fantasy Hot Foil Plate, Stencil and Die

Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Die

Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Dies

Pink Fresh Studio Inks – Cherry Blossom, Mimosa, Marigold, Summer Shower, Eucalyptus

Pink Fresh Studio Pearls – Gold

Foam Squares

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Hammermill Cardstock

Spellbinders Matte Gold Foil

Crystal Stickles

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Let’s Celebrate Pink Fresh Studio July 2024 Challenge

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Here is my second card for the Pink Fresh Studio Challenge July 2024 this month. This month the challenge is using Geometric designs on your projects and the coordinating inks are: Cherry Blossom, Mimosa, Marigold, Summer Shower & Eucalyptus.

For my card todayI have got my inspiration from Dawn from WPlus9 Design for a pop-up frame card using the Pink Fresh Studio Vines and Roses Stamp, Stencil and Dies set and the Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Hot Foil Plate and die to meet the brief for this challenge. You can get the instructions on how to create a pop-up frame card here. I have switched up her design to make it my own by showing a hot foiled design from the Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Hot Foil Plate through the aperture and using the Pink Fresh Studio Essentials Stitched Scallop Square Dies to create the aperture in the front. I also added a piece of acetate behind the window to allow me to put the scallop edge die in to create the frame as well as adding the hot foiled sentiment on the front.

For the images I have heat embossed the stamped images with gold embossing powder to tie the florals and foliage to the gold in the hot foiled sentiments and background.

And to finish the card I have added some Crystal Stickles to the flowers and leaves and some clear with gold dust gems for some sparkle.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Vines and Roses Stamp, Stencil and Dies

Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Die

Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Hot Foil Plate

Pink Fresh Studio Essentials Stitched Scallop Square Dies

Pink Fresh Studio – Inks – Cherry Blossom, Mimosa, Marigold, Summer Shower, Eucalyptus

Pink Fresh Studio Gems – Clear with Gold Dust

Hammermill Cardstock

Spellbinders Matte Gold Foil

Versamark ink

Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder

Heat Gun

Crystal Stickles

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Pink Fresh Studio July 2024 Challenge

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I am enjoying playing with the Pink Fresh Studio Challenge July 2024 this month. This month the challenge is using Geometric designs on your projects and the coordinating inks are: Cherry Blossom, Mimosa, Marigold, Summer Shower & Eucalyptus.

I have gone totally outside my comfort zone with my first (hopefully) card for this challenge and gone with a black and white theme using the Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Die as my geometric element. I have die cut two dies – one from silver glitter paper and one from white cardstock and mixed up this die by putting the white die on top of the silver die upside down to create even more patterns with the die. I have also used the Pink Fresh Studio Essentials Stitched Scallop Square Dies as a diamond in the centre of the card to tie in the diamond geometric theme and also provide a focal point for the sentiment which has been heat embossed with white on black cardstock.

I have coloured the floral images from the Pink Fresh Studio Delighted For You Stamp set using a no line colouring technique and after die cutting the images I have gone around the edges with black Copic marker to help the images blend into the black background. I am not a fan of using grey colours to colour flowers white and for the flowers I used the colours that Dawn from Wplus9 Design demonstrated here and I was very pleased with my first effort. I also used Dawn’s method of adding glitter to the images but next time I will use a much finer glitter but it still looks stunning in real life.

Some silver pearls finish the card and focus on the sentiment.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Delighted For You Stamp and Die set

Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Die

Pink Fresh Studio Essentials Stitched Scallop Square Dies

Pink Fresh Studio Silver Glitter Paper

Pink Fresh Studio Metallic Pearls – Silver 

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

X-Press It Card

Copic Markers E00, G20. BG70, YG00, E00, B20, G99, YG24, Y15, Y11

YG67, YB63, YG25, YG23, 100

Foam Tape/squares

Heartfelt Creations Black Cardstock

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300 gsm

Versamark ink

Ranger White Embossing Powder

Heat Gun

Nuvo Pure Sheen Glitter – Diamond

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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Pink Fresh Studio Challenge Card

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I am leaving this a bit late but here is my challenge card for the Pink Fresh Studio May 2024 Challenge. The challenge for May is ‘Flower Power’ and the recommended inks are Bubble Gum, Sunkissed, Citron, Atlantis, & Ocean Breeze. For my card I have used the Vines & Roses stamp, stencils and coordinating dies to create the flowers and use the inks. I had a lot of fun mixing and matching the Citron, Atlantis and Ocean Breeze inks on the leaves and the Bubble Gum and Sunkissed inks on the flowers.

My Project

I have created a side folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ base card out of white cardstock. I cut another piece of white cardstock the same size and lightly blended Ocean Breeze ink on using the stencil from the Stained Glass Window stencil set. I die cut the Stained Glass die out of white cardstock using the coordinating die and adhered this over the stenciled image. This panel was then added to the front of the card.

I die cut two large frames using the Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Frame dies out of white cardstock. I stacked these together and added the frame to the front of the card.

I stamped the images from the Pink Fresh Studio Roses & Vines stamp set in Tuxedo Black ink on white cardstock and coloured the images with the challenge inks before die cutting with the coordinating die. I added a leaf spray to the top right and bottom left of the card going over the frame.

I die cut three medium frames and one background from the Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Frame dies and stacked them together on the plain background before adding them to the card front over the leaves.

I then added the leaves and flowers to the top right and bottom left of the inner frame using foam squares to get some depth and dimension to the layers.

The sentiment is from the Pink Fresh Studio roses & Vines stamp set and has been stamped in Tuxedo ink on white cardstock and die cut with the coordinating die. I also die cut three plain dies and stacked the dies together with the stamped sentiment on top. This was added to the card as show using some foam tape where needed.

To finish the card I have added some Glacier jewels to the centre of the frame for some sparkle.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Vine & Roses stamp, die and stencils

Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass die and stencil

Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Frame dies

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Bubble Gum, Sunkissed, Citron, Atlantis, & Ocean Breeze.

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Glacier

Pink Fresh Studio Blending Brushes

Memento ink – Tuxedo Black

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300gsm

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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