Hello! Welcome to your next stop on the Pinkfresh Studio February 2022 Stamp, Die, Stencil, and Hot Foil Release blog hop! I’ve got two cards today so we better get going!
For my first card I started with the new magically pretty Hearts and Stars coverplate with white cardstock (I like to use Neenah 110 lb.). I poked all of the hearts and dots out but left the stars in the cut out. I used a tiny blending brush with Ballet Slipper to blend a small area of light pink around the heart spaces. Then, because I planned ahead which is something I’m not usually very good at, I decided to wrap a band of torn pink vellum around the middle of my die cut piece of paper to build my sentiment on. Then I adhered it down to a light pink cardbase and ended up rounding the corners with a We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper.
Then I ran the coverplate through my die cutting machine again, on some matte silver specialty paper just so that I could adhere those silver stars onto my background piece so that they were slightly raised.
I used the new Spark of Goodness Floral Frame stamp, stencil set and die for some flowery goodness around my sentiment. The sentiment itself comes from the new gorgeous Chrysanthemum Slimline stamp set. Have you seen that flower?! Beautiful!
Anyway, I die cut out my sentiment using a heart die from the previously released Shaker Hearts die set and popped those flower stems up with foam tape. I tucked a couple of silver branches (from my stash) that were die cut out with the previously released Garden Wreath die set, added some pretty bling, Pinkfresh Jewels, and was done!
For my next project I decided that I had to make something with the lovely Songbirds on Branches suite of products. Such a beautiful design and kind of unique in the Pinkfresh store.
I started with white cardstock, of course, and used Spellbinders Glimmer Polished Brass hot foil from a metallic variety pack. It’s similar to gold but warmer in tone. I hot foiled with the Songbirds hot foil plate, (there is also a stamp of this available if you’d prefer to stamp and/or emboss), then colored it in with the layering stencil set. I laid down Peach Fuzz for the leaves at first, then picked up a tiny brush to ink a little Warm Buff at the base of the leaves but decided that I wanted a slightly more caramel-y look. So to brighten up that brown I used Apricot, very lightly, over the same area I had brushed on the Warm Buff. I used Indian Summer oranges for the blooms, but they ended up being largely covered up anyway.
I used Ocean Breeze, Summer Shower and Seaside for the birds, die cut everything out with the easy to use accompanying die and set it all aside. I used the new Daisy Chain coverplate on more white cardstock and cut out a small-ish rectangle from it with the Folk Edge Rectangles. Then I used the Folk Edge Rectangles again to make a frame for the Daisy Chain piece. Then, for some unknown reason, I spent time placing tiny orange dots on the daisy chain cut out piece. The dots came from a previous, rejected cut out (made with the Hearts and Stars coverplate). It ends up being very subtle and definitely not necessary to the overall design of the card… I just wanted to sit and fuss over it for a bit.
I put foam tape on the back of everything and used the piece of paper that I had cut the songbirds out of to figure out where the branches go on the finished card. I adhered some of the branches down straight to the cardbase. Stuck the daisy chain cut out rectangle in the center, over those branches. Then I placed the branches with the birds, on top of that. Then I finally noticed the time, (guess I sat and fussed for too long!) and had to use a sentiment from my stash. “Sending Hugs” was made with the Perfect Sentiments hot foil plate and Lavender Petal foil. There is also a Perfect Sentiments stamp set available.
I added some beautiful Sparkling Champagne Pearls and was done!
I hope some of these design choices have inspired you to make something new today. Thank you so much for coming by!
-Anne
You should have arrived here from the so talented Anett Gelencser’s blog and the lovely Carissa Wiley is next! If you’d like to see the whole line-up again, here is a link back the Pinkfresh Studio blog. But before you go… !
GIVEAWAYS:
-Pinkfresh Studio is giving away the full release on the Pinkfresh blog & YouTube channel.
-Pinkfresh will be giving away a total of TEN $25 gift cards along the hop. As per usual with blog hops – the winners will be picked from the comments.
-The winners will be pulled and posted on March 8, 2022 on the GIVEAWAY PAGE. You must check that page & claim your prize within 2 weeks.
So, so beautiful. This has been a release worth waiting for. Those songbirds are amazing and I love the colors that you used.
Thank you so much Mary Kay Ross!
Gorgeous cards!
Thank you!!
Your cards are simply magic! So beautiful!
That’s very kind, thank you Donna!
Loving those back plate. Love how you hot foiled those birds also. Great job.
Thank you!!
Such beautiful projects. Love both so much. The hearts and stars card is so soft and sweet and I just adore the colors you used on the Songbirds!
Thank you Kathy!!
I. Love. This. Card! Thank you, Anne. Subtle, yet so pretty.
Oh wonderful! Thanks Pamela!
Wow. I love these cards. That first one is so sweet. On the second one I love how you carry the stamp behind the cover plate. Thanks
I’m so glad you like them, thank you Shauna!
These are so pretty!! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you!!
Hi,
I love the pink card w/ the Hearts and Stars coverplate. It’s a pastel dream come true. I also adore the Songbirds one. I especially LOVE the color you made the sentiments to go with the amber-colored leaves and the blue birds. I would never have thought of using Lavender Petal foil (I don’t foil) but even to know that combination helps me for ink choices.
Your talent is unreal! TFS –
Lori S in PA
Hi Lori! I always look forward to you coming by. And yeah, I suppose that lavender color is a little out of the box, especially considering I had an orange foiled sentiment in my stash too, I just loved the softness of the Lavender Petal. I’m so glad you like it too! Thanks so much Lori!
Beautiful cards! The colors are amazing…
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Jeanne!
Gorgeous! The more I see the Songirds, the more I know I need to have them
I love the Songbirds design too, thanks Jackie!!
Love the cover plates! So pretty.
Thank you!
Love, love, love everything you have created! The layers and the coverplates, the colors, and your card designs!! Wow!
Yay! That’s wonderful! Thank you Cathy!
These cards are beautiful. I especially love the one done with the Hearts and Stars coverplate. It has such a feminine and delicate look. I love your use of soft colors. THis is one of my favorite cards – ever!
Oh, that’s so nice of you to say. Thank you so much Judith!
Beautiful cards. Love how you used the Hearts and Stars cover plate die.
That’s great! Thank you Jeannine!
Hello Anne! I see that I’m not the only one who loves these birds? You’ve added your magic to them today! That’s not to say I don’t love that beauty with the torn vellum – oh la la!
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Hi Michele! I agree, I think the Songbirds design is pretty special. Thank you so much Michele!
Your cards are beautiful . The cover plates are going to be a staple for sure.
Thank you!!
I just love all the cover dies!
Thanks so much for coming by Lisa!
OMG…what wonderful cards. The foil plate Orchard Birds is crazy beautiful. Your use of pink, always a favorite. Nice work the other Anne with an e ! ?
Pink is my spirit animal. Thank you so much Anne!
Your Hearts and Stars card is so pretty!
I’m SO glad you like it! Thank you Pat!
Your cards are beautiful and magical!
Lovely, thank you!
Stunning cards! I LOVE all the new cover plate dies! The song bird card is freaking amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ha! Great! Thank you so much Meghan!!
Both cards are beautiful, but I adore the colors that you used for the card featuring the Songbirds on Branches.
That’s wonderful! I was pretty happy with those colors too. Thank you!!
Stunning cards. I’m falling in love with the Song bird set. Your card is beautiful. Thanks for sharing
We (the design team) did kind of go bonkers with that one, right? Thank you so much Jeanne!
Gorgeous cards!
Thank you!
All of your cards are gorgeous. My favorite is the songbird on branches with the layers and colors!
Ah! I’m so glad you like it! Thank you Nancy!
You are always so inspiring to me! These cards are real stunners! What another great release…
That is SO nice of you to say, thank you Luanne!!
Very pretty!
Thank you!
The heart card is my favorite. Your cards are just gorgeous.
Thank you so much Lisa!!
Gorgeous cards. I really like the colors you used on these. They’re not the typical colors I usually use – so they’re so inspiring!
Thank you Stacy!!
Pretty cards! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for coming by Sandra!
I love your soft pink with the hearts and stars die! Lovely!
Thank you!!
Your projects are so pretty. Love that subtle ink blending around the hearts on your first card. Your Songbirds card is stunning! Love everything about it.
So kind, thank you!!
The hearts and stars cover plate is so soft and sweet….slsomlike how yunincorpioratedthe daisy chain plate. Beautiful cards. TFS
That’s awesome, thanks Debi!
Wow – such gorgeous cards! I am really loving that hearts and stars cover plate!!
The cover plates are so much fun! Thanks Maureen!
LOVE the bird card, so beautiful.
Thank you Susan!
Both you cards are beautiful! Love the more pastel colors and the birds are wonderful.
Thank you Nancy!
Love, love the songbirds card!! All are beautiful!
I’m so glad, I rather like that one too! Thank you Judy!
Stunning cards!
Thanks so much!!
Really like the dimensions to the cards. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for coming by!
The hearts and stars cover plate really make your focal point stand out.
I love Pinkfresh’s new coverplates! Fast, easy and pretty backgrounds. Thank you!
Beautiful cards! Love the “make your own magic” card. The pinks and greens go together so well! Thanks for the inspiration.
I’m so glad you like it, thank you Katy!
Both cards are so pretty! What great makes!
Wonderful! Thank you!
What’s up, B.M.J.? Girl, both of these cards are so dreamy, romantic. Love it! So gorgeous! ? Still trying to follow you, but they keep saying no. You’re not the only one, though. I will keep trying. Stay warm, my friend. ???
Hey Mari! Thanks so much my friend!
gorgeous colour schemes – love the touch of the ripped vellum!
Thanks Cheriese!
I like your color combo on the Sending Hugs bird card. It’s simple, but NOT simple look is just beautiful.
Oh cool, thank you so much Sharon!!
Beautiful cards from a beautiful release! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Such amazing and beautiful cards!!
Thank you Patricia!
Fabulous cards, especially the first, love that cover plate.
I knew I had to work with it as soon as I saw it, I love it too. Thank you Jeannie!
Such beautiful cards! I love that you added the silver stars into the cover-plate!
Great! Thanks so much Alexandra!
Beautiful card. Love how you colored the cover plate.
Thank you!
Wow. I love the branch coloring
That gorgeous Polished Brass foil inspired my color choices for the Songbirds card. Thanks so much for coming by Caitlin!
Love the colors of your cards. The peach of
the first is wonderful – ordinarily not a
color I would use but great here.
thanks for sharing txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com
Thank you so much Mary!
I LOVE the way you’ve used (and colored) the coverplate. I don’t think I can resist these!
I love how quickly a coverplate can make a pretty background. Thanks Karen!
I could literally write a page on the things I adore about this card, but I need to keep hopping! However, the coloring of the coverplate is fantastic on card one and card two that frame you used is fabulous! I have run out of adjectives!!!
Oh that’s wonderful! You are too kind, thank you so much Christi!
Beautiful cards! Love the colors you used!
Thank you Ann!
Beautiful cards
Thanks for coming by Anna!
Your cards are gorgeous! I love the unique layouts.
Thank you so much!
Such gorgeous cards ?! I love what you did with the Hearts and Stars coverplate , it looks so beautiful.
Thank you so much Jennifer!
Your cards are beautiful. I especially love the first one. It is so sweet and feminine. Love it!
Oh, thank you Susan!
Just beautiful!
Thank you!
Beautiful cards! I really love your Sending Hugs card – wonderful design!
I’m so glad you like it, thank you Stacey!
So pretty. Especially love the song birds.
Thank you Barbara!
Wow! Beautiful designs! I especially love the first one!
Thank you!!
Both cards are so beautiful! Your color combinations are terrific!
I’m so glad you like them, thank you Debbie!!
Both cards are lovely! I especially like the pop of lavender on the songbirds card, very unexpected, but stunning!
Oh, wonderful! Thank you Debbie!!
What pretty cards! I’m especially fond of the one using the Songbirds on Branches (it was the first one I HAD to order). I love your color choices and the use of a small section of the Daisy Chain cover plate! Very nice!
That Songbirds on Branches design is beautiful. Thank you for coming by Rebecca!
Such gorgeous projects! Your color combinations are amazing! Thanks so much for sharing this beautiful release and your creativity with us!
Thank you!!
What a lovely touch is your ink blending on the cover die.
I’m like the “glow” it gives the hearts. Thank you Patricia!
What a great release. So many fun products. I am so loving all of the sweet creations this month!
Thank you so much for coming by Barbara!
The birds look like they are floating! I love them so much!!
Thank you!!
Both cards are lovely. The little details you’ve added to each one makes them extra special.
Thank you Jeannie!
Oh, those songbirds!
Thanks for coming by Carol!
Two remarkable cards with the new PF releases!! Love how you paired so many of the dies and stamps with your designs!! Stunning work!
Thank you Beverly!
Beautiful designs and layering! Gorgeous cards!
I’m so glad you like them, thank you Denise!
Very pretty cards. I’m in love with the songbirds and branches.
Thank you Carol!
Love these new cover plates! Stunning cards!
Thanks so much!
Beautiful cards! I love the birds and branches layers
Thank you!!
Oh Anne- these cards are so pretty! Now I wish I had ordered the hearts & stars coverplate- but I did order the Songbirds & your card is lovely! The colors you chose, the design, the foiling all come together & I cannot wait for my order to come!
Donna, you will have so much fun with your Songbirds, thank you so much for coming by!!
Gorgeous cards! So super pretty and feminine! Thaks for the great inspiration. Take care! 🙂
Thank you so much Helen!
Your cards are so pretty! I love the soft colors.
Thank you Kelsey!
Loving both of these cards! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you!
Beautiful cards! Suzanne Hue
Thanks Suzanne!
Your cards are gorgeous! Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you Sheri!
Your cards are beautiful. Great choice of colors.
Thank you so much Sue!