Hello Rainbow Unicorn Baby Card

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I have another baby card to share with you that I made for my daughter’s friend who loves unicorns and rainbows. I have used a mix of Amazing Paper Grace and Pink Fresh Studio dies to make this card and the unicorn, rainbow and bow images I purchased off Etsy to create this gender neutral card which the recipient loved.

To keep with the rainbow theme I ink blended the background with rainbow colour inks using a cloud stencil. I then partially embossed it with the Spellbinders 3D Tufted Embossing Folder. I also made the flowers with the same ink colours to create further harmony with the colours.

The Amazing Paper Grace Grand Cabinet Dies were the perfect frame for the sweet unicorn and the rainbow and reminds me of beautiful draping of a baby cradle.

Sparkle was added with lots of stickles on the flowers and images, iridescent gems on the frame and the holographic card for the large letter dies from Lawn Fawn.

Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Grand Cabinet Dies

Amazing Paper Grace Petite Floral Potpourri Dies

Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month July 2022 – Tiara Trifold (‘hello’ word)

Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go V Dies

Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month February 2022 Marvelous Medallion Dies (flowers)

Pink Fresh Studio Alpha Die – Jeff

Spellbinders 3D Tufted Embossing Folder

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Sparkling Rose, Sunkissed, Lemon Whip, Limoncello, Soft Liliac, Sheer Freesia, 

Concord & 9th Cardstock – Sprout, 

Lawn Fawn Holographic Card

Glitter – Stickles Star Dust, Nuvo Glimmer mist moonstone

Taylored Expressions gems

Bearly Art Glue

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Pink Fresh Challenge Card No. 2

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This is my second card for the Pink Fresh Studio Monthly Challenge for June 2024. This month the challenge is to create an ombre or gradient element and the ink colours are Waterfall, Slumber, Sparkling Rose, Mimosa, Lemon Whip & Soft Lilac.

This card ended up quite different to what I had planned – I made so many mistakes that I had to cover up but in the end the card turned out ok I guess… I was trying to do a different gatefold card after watching an older video of Jennifer McGuires but I ended up gluing the right side flap down and adding the frame on the inside back of the card to cover up some excess glue but this actually gave a good space to write sentiments in the end.

My Project:

I cut a piece of white cardstock 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ and scored at 3″ and 7 1/2: to create a gatefold card. I used the Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid Press Plate by hot foiling with Spellbinders Opal foil to create the resist background for my rainbow ink blending using the challenge inks. I then trimmed this panel to two pieces – 2 7/8″ x 5 3/8″ and 1/18″ x 5 3/8″ and added these panels to the left and right side flaps. I ended up gluing the right flap down to the inside back of the card. I die cut 3 frames from the Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Frame dies out of white cardstock and stacked them together. I then die cut a piece of vellum to fit behind the frames an I die cut a plain frame out of white cardstock and added it to the back of the frames to neaten the back before adding it to the left side panel and overhanging on the right side.

For the inside back of the card I die cut a panel out using the medium size dies from the Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Frame dies out of white cardstock and adhered it to the inside back.

I stamped the floral image from the Pink Fresh Studio Delighted For You Stamp set in Wow embossing ink and heat embossing with gold embossing powder. I coloured the images using the coordinating stencil set using the challenge inks before die cutting the flowers out. I die cut another plain floral die and added the coloured image on top and added it to the right of the frame using foam squares inside the frame.

I stamped the sentiment from the Pink Fresh Studio Delighted For You Stamp set and gold embossed it before die cutting. I die cut another three plain dies and stacked them all together with the stamped image on top. This was then added to the bottom left of the frame using some foam tape to ensure the sentiment is flat.

I finished the card by adding some Glacier gems around the sentiment and flowers.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid Press Plate

Pink Fresh Studio Delighted For You Stamp, Stencil and Die Set

Pink Fresh Studio Notched Corner Frames

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Waterfall, Slumber, Sparkling Rose, Mimosa, Lemon Whip & Soft Lilac

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Glacier

Spellbinders Foil – Opal

Heartfelt Creations Vellum

Wow Embossing Ink

House of Cards Cardstock – White 300 gsm

Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder

Heat Gun

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

Foam Squares

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Patricia

Roses and Butterfly Pink Fresh Studio Challenge June 2024

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I have my first entry for this month’s Pink Fresh Studio Monthly Challenge for June 2024. This month the challenge is to create an ombre or gradient element and the ink colours are Waterfall, Slumber, Sparkling Rose, Mimosa, Lemon Whip & Soft Lilac.

For my card I have really embraced the gorgeous rainbow colours on both the flowers and card base by creating rainbow coloured roses and a hot foiled rainbow coloured panel using the new Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid BetterPress Plate on the background of the card.

My Project

For my card I have made a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card out of white cardstock. I then cut another piece of white cardstock the same size and used the Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid BetterPress plate to emboss this card without colour using my Spellbinders Platinum machine. This embossed panel was then added to the front of the card base.

I then hot foiled another piece of white cardstock using Spellbinders Opal foil which acted as a type of resist and then created a rainbow effect by using all the inks in this challenge. I trimmed a piece of this rainbow card to 5 1/2″ x 1 1/2″. I die cut the decorative edge from white cardstock using the Pink Fresh Studio Lacey Edges 1 die set and adhered this behind the rainbow strip. This panel was then added to the left side of the card. I finished this edge by adding a very thin strip of white cardstock along the edge with the lace edge.

I stamped the rose image from the Pink Fresh Studio Garden Roses set using VersaMark ink and heat embossed with gold embossing Powder. I then coloured the roses in a rainbow effect using the stencil and the challenge inks. I die cut this image out and then stacked the die with another 3 plain dies withe the coloured image on top before adding to the front of the card.

I hot foiled the sentiment from the Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate in gold foil and die cut it with the coordinating die. I stacked two plain dies with the foiled sentiment on top and added it to the bottom left of the card over the roses.

I hot foiled the butterflies from the Pink Fresh Studio Small Butterflies Hot Foil Plate in Matte Gold foil and coloured them with Mimosa and Sparkling Rose inks before die cutting with the coordinating die. I added a butterfly using foam squares under the wings.

To finish the card I have added Glacier Jewels around the sentiment and flowers.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Garden Roses Stamp, Stencil and Coordinating Die

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

Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Plaid BetterPress Plate

Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio Lacey Edgers 1

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Waterfall, Slumber, Sparkling Rose, Mimosa, Lemon Whip & Soft Lilac.

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Glacier

Hammermill Cardstock

Spellbinders Foil – Opal, Gold, Matte Gold

House of Cards Cardstock – White 300 gsm

VersaMark ink

Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder

Heat Gun

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

Foam Squares

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Patricia

A Sparkly Rainbow Birthday Card

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I recently won a challenge in a Facebook group for one of my cards and I was thrilled with my prize that I received. In it was this gorgeous stencil with no branding on it but I loved it. I am relatively new to stenciling and ink blending so I had another go at a rainbow design but this time I added some sparkle to the ink blending with some Nuvo glitter paste – Moonstone. I was thrilled with the result and I will definitely do this again. I have kept my card very simple so as not to distract from the pretty sparkly pattern and just added a simple white border from the Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles and a white flower die that I embossed from Spellbinders that I have had for quite a while. A simple hot foiled ‘Hello’ from Pink Fresh Studio and a stamped ‘Happy Birthday’ from Honey Bee Stamps finished off this card. I was inspired for my card from a card on Instagram – however that card featured a plain dramatic ink blended background and white accents. I am in my happy space with pastels and sparkles.

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

Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles dies

Spellbinders Asters and Poppies Dies

Honey Bee Stamps Mini Messages 6″ x 6″ Stamps

Honey Bee Stamps Mini Messages Banner Honey Cuts

Pink Fresh Studio – Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and coordinating die

Distress Oxide inks – Picked Raspberry, Saltwater Taffy, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Tumbled Glass, Shaded Lilac

Ranger Archival ink – Jet Black

Spellbinders Foil – Gold

Nuvo Glimmer Paste – Moonstone

White cardstock from my stash

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Bearly Art Glue

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Patricia