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, DieÂ
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
It has been a while since I was able to enter the challenge at Pink Fresh Studio as I haven’t had a chance to do a lot of crafting due to health issues.
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!
Before I had to take a break I did manage to make this card which has been inspired by Dawn Woleslagle from WPlus9 Designs on her YouTube channel where she made some very elegant cards using a monochromatic blue palate inspired by Chinoiserie designs.
For my card today I have created a plain background of gold and white matting on a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ base card before adding a fancy raised gold frame using both the Pink Fresh Studio Nested Hexagons: Double Stitch Dies and the Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Edgers Dies.
I stamped the images from the Pink Fresh Studio Print Shop: Modern Botanicals stamp set on white card and coloured the images using the coordinating stencils with Blue Jay and Sapphire inks before die cutting with the coordinating die. The flowers were then added around the left of the frame as shown and using foam squares on some flowers for more dimension.
I finished the card with a simple hot foiled sentiment from the Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate that has been die cut with the coordinating die.
Finally I added some Pink Fresh Studio clear gems with gold dust around the sentiment.
I love the clean and fresh simplicity of this card and I will be looking at participating in more challenges in the future including using the theme and/or colours that have been suggested.
Products Used:
Pink Fresh Studio Print Shop: Modern Botanicals Stamp, Stencil and Dies
Pink Fresh Studio Nested Hexagons: Double Stitch Dies
Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Edgers Dies
Pink Fresh Studio inks – Blue Jay, Sapphire, Detail Black
Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Die
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
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
Here is my final submission for this month for the Pink Fresh Studio September Challenge 2024. This month challenge is creating using leaves and wreaths and the colour combination is Raspberry Bliss, Paradise, Mulberry Blush, Mimosa, & Citron.
For this card I have used the Pink Fresh Studio English Garden Washi tape to create the wreath using the Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Circles Dies as a guide to making the wreath.
I watched a video by Jennifer McGuire on how the get more out of vellum and I was inspired to use the Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass die to die cut the background out of vellum and then coloured it with Mint ink. This technique made a soft background that still harmonised with the washi tape images.
The sentiment has been hot foiled with gold foil from the Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and the die cut with the coordinating die. I also die cut several plain dies to stack together and with the foiled sentiment on top I have added it to the centre of the circle.
Products Used:
Pink Fresh Studio English Garden Washi tape and coordinating die
Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Die
Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Circles Dies
Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Die
I have another card for you today for the Pink Fresh Studio September Challenge 2024. This month challenge is creating using leaves and wreaths and the colour combination is Raspberry Bliss, Paradise, Mulberry Blush, Mimosa, & Citron.
My second card for this challenge is quite different from the first card. I have used the Pink Fresh Studio Vines and Roses Stamp, Stencil and Dies focusing more on the leaves and small single florals to create a wreath. I have used the same inks as last time but the colours turned out quite different – especially on the leaves where I have only used the Citron and Paradise inks very lightly for a two tone effect which is lovely and fresh.
My card is a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card made from white cardstock. I have matted some silver cardstock with a smaller card that I have hot foiled using the Pink Fresh Studio Plaid Press Plate in Matte Silver and Prism foil.
The foliage and flowers from the Pink Fresh Studio Vines and Roses Stamp, Stencil and Dies were stamped with Detail Black ink and then coloured with the challenge inks using the coordinating stencils before be die cut with the coordinating dies.
I have die cut a large and small circle frame using the Pink Fresh Studio Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Circles Dies to create the base for the wreath. I added the large frame on the card and then added some leaves around the frame to create the base of the wreath. I then added the small frame over the top with some foam strips before adding the floral sprays around the circle.
I hot foiled the sentiment from the Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Die in Prism foil on Hammermill cardstock. I also die cut another plain die and stacked it with the foiled sentiment on top. This was added to the middle of the wreath with foam strips.
To finish the card I added some silver pearls around the sentiment and wreath.
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 Plaid Press Plate
Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Circles Dies
Pink Fresh Studio Silver Pearls
Pink Fresh Studio inks – Raspberry Bliss, Paradise, Mulberry Blush, Mimosa, & Citron, Detail Black
I have a card for you today for the Pink Fresh Studio September Challenge 2024. This month challenge is creating using leaves and wreaths and the colour combination is Raspberry Bliss, Paradise, Mulberry Blush, Mimosa, & Citron.
This challenge was a little difficult for me as I do not have a wide range of Pink Fresh Studio products. So I looked at what I did have where the leaves are separate from the flowers and found a couple of stamps I could use. One of the stamp/stencil/die sets I did have where the leaves were separate was the Magnolias which is an older set but still beautiful and I was able to make a wreath with the images.
To create my card I made a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ top folding card out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of white cardstock 4″ x 5 1/4″ and ink blended the bottom left of the card using Citron and Paradise inks leaving the top right corner with no colour. I then added Raspberry Bliss, Mulberry Blush and Mimosa inks to the Pink Fresh Studio Pink Fresh Studio Plaid Press Plate and embossed a piece of scrap paper with it to take most of the ink off the plate. I then spritzed some water on the plate and dabbed it with a cloth before embossing with the ink blended card twice – once with a vertical stripe and once with a horizontal stripe. I got a lovely soft plaid effect with lots of texture and this was adhered to the card front.
I adhered a circle frame with foam tape to the front of the card using the Pink Fresh Studio Essentials Stitched Scallop Circle Dies as a base to add the flowers and leaves on to create the wreath.
I stamped several images from the Pink Fresh Studio Magnolias Stamp set on white card using Detail Black ink. I coloured the images using the challenge inks – Citron and Paradise for the leaves and Mimosa, Mulberry Blush and Raspberry Bliss to the flowers and Citron, Mulberry Blush and Mimosa to the stems before die cutting with the coordinating die. I added the flowers and leaves over the circle frame starting with the full magnolia bloom on the bottom left and worked my way around the frame. I also added some leaves under the flowers and leaves to create more dimension.
I added some Sparkling Dust to the flowers and leaves using the fine tip on my My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press for some subtle shine and sparkle.
The sentiment is from the Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments set and was hot foiled with Aura foil. As I was foiling this the die moved slightly which gave me a more solid sentiment and worked well with the card. I die cut three more plain dies and stacked them together with the foiled sentiment on top and this was added to the centre of the frame adding some foam tape to ensure the sentiment was level.
The small butterflies were hot foiled with Aura foil using the Pink Fresh Studio Small Butterflies Hot Foil Plate. The butterflies were coloured using the stencils with Mimosa, Raspberry Bliss, Mulberry Blush and Licorice inks and then die cut with the coordinating die. I added these on the card using some foam squares on the wings for more dimension.
To finish my card I added some Pink Fresh Studio Gems: Clear with gold dust to the centre of the large floral, the butterflies and around the sentiment and the outside of the frame.
Products Used:
Pink Fresh Studio Magnolias Stamp/Stencil/Die sets
Pink Fresh Studio Small Butterflies Hot Foil Plate
Pink Fresh Studio Small Butterflies Stencil/Die Set
Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil/Stencil/Die set
Pink Fresh Studio Essentials Stitched Scallop Circle Dies
Today I have my second card 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.
My card today features the Pink Fresh Studio Enchanting Flora washi tape and was so easy to put together.
Once again I have hot foiled the background with the Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid Press Plate but this time I have used Matte Silver foil for a more subtle finish.
I then die cut four stitched scallop dies out of white cardstock and glued two sets of inner squares together before laying them on the front of the plaid squares overlapping them in the centre of the card front.
I die cut a couple of sets of the Pink Fresh Studio Enchanting Flora washi tapes and then added them over the squares as shown – at the top and bottom of the squares and also in the centre where the squares meet.
I added a frame die cut using the Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner dies using foam tape to hide the edges of the floral images.
The hot foiled sentiment from the Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate in the same Matte Silver foil and then die cut with the coordinating die. I die cut another three plain dies and stacked them all together with the foiled sentiment on top before adding it to the centre of the card over the flowers with some foam squares to make it even.
To finish the card I have added some silver pearls from Pink Fresh Studio.
Products Used:
Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Dies
Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid Press Plate
Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Die
Pink Fresh Studio Enchanting Flora Washi Tape
Pink Fresh Studio Enchanting Flora Die Set
Pink Fresh Studio Essentials Stitched Scallop Squares
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
I had so much fun using the Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid Press Plate making different backgrounds that coordinate with the flowers that I have made. My card today uses the Summer Shower and Eucalyptus inks that I used to colour the leaves in the Pink Fresh Studio Delighted For You Stamp for the diagonal plaid and it makes the whole card look cohesive and balanced. I also ink blended the lighter yellow and blue tones of these colours for the background inside the frame which helps to make the flowers pop more from the background. I also added an extra layer behind the flowers to give the flowers more stability and dimension and did the same for the sentiment. To finish my card I added some Pink Fresh Studio Glacier gems for some sparkle around the sentiment.
Products Used:
Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid Press Plate
Pink Fresh Studio Delighted For You Stamp and Die Set
Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Frames Dies
Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Stamps and Die set
Creative Expressions Foundation Cardstock – Spearmint Green
