Flowers and Rain Slimline Card - Pinkfresh Studio

 Good morning! I'm popping with a card that was actually from a while ago - I created it as a magazine publication sometime in 2021, and now that it's been a while, it's time to share it here! I used some beautiful Pinkfresh Studio supplies, and it is one of my favorite cards ever - so I'm excited to share it here as well!

I used the beautiful Floral Bunch stamp, stencil, and die for this card. I stamped and stenciled each floral cluster 2 times to be able to use it for a slimline design. I used yellows and oranges for the flowers (yellows toward the center, oranges toward the outside portions) to give some dimension. Then I used greens and reds for the rest of the image.

I die cut a slimline panel with Slim Diagonal Stitched Rectangles, and stamped a pattern on the center of it using Pop Out: Nested Rectangles and Ocean Breeze ink - I just love the fun detail that added to the card! I also stamped my sentiment in the center using Detail Black ink.

I arranged the florals on the panel to frame the sentiment, then trimmed the excess off of each side. I mounted those with foam on the panel, and then mounted that entire panel with foam on a coordinating cardbase. Finished off with a few Glacier jewels for sparkle!

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Pinkfresh Studio May 2022 Stamp, Die, Stencil, and Hot Foil Release

 Good morning! Today is an amazing blog hop to celebrate Pinkfresh Studio's May 2022 Stamp, Die, Stencil, and Hot Foil Release! This release was supposed to happen earlier this month (again), but shipping delays pushed it a bit later again! Hopefully you find it worth the wait! You aren't going to want to miss a stop along the way - TONS of inspiration and prizes up for grabs! YAY! You can find links to all of the new release items I used on today's cards at the bottom of this post!

As always, I have lots of cards to share today! I love how well this first card ended up coordinating with the release graphics - and it is the only card I made before I saw that!

For this card I started off with the beautiful new Painted Daisies set. I stamped it in a different color than I normally use for outlines - Evergreen. And then blended the colors over using the layering stencils, before stamping again with the stamp set (still lined up in my MISTI) to get a super crisp top stamped image. Finally, I die cut it with the coordinating dies - love all the details those cut out!

I decided to shake things up a little on this and cut in in half, so I could use it on the top and bottom of my cardfront. I used a coordinating pink cardbase, and layered over the new Stained Glass die for some texture before mounting the florals with foam adhesive.

Sentiment is from another fabulous new set - Modern Script Sentiments hot foil - a one piece hot foil plate with lots of sentiments in a fabulous font, and with a coordinating one piece die. I also embellished with a few sparkly Glacier jewels to add an extra touch of sparkle!

Next up, this set called Celebrate in Style may be one of my very favorite new sets! I find myself constantly needing birthday cards, not to mention needing a family wedding this summer that this set is perfect for!

This set was part of last November's Create and Connect event, but we discovered a couple things that we took and improved, so it took a while to finally be able to release it. I never even used the set from last year - but I can tell you, it was totally worth the wait! I love that it follows the Pinkfresh concept of one piece stamp, die, and stencil - so I got both of these gorgeous cakes and their floral embellishments from one panel!

I ended up not using the cake stand stencil - instead cutting both cake stands with the coordinating die from matte gold cardstock. I love that you can also use the stencils just to ink blend for a more one layer design, or ink blend on the die cut, or just die cut from colored or specialty cardstock!

And those coordinating large word stencils?!? Be still my heart! And they have coordinating dies - eek! I used two different words for these cards, and stamped some of the great supporting sentiments from the stamp set to add underneath.

These cards each use one of the new coverplate dies. The first card uses Stitched Diamonds and the next card here uses Hexagon Tiles - I love that both of these are stitched dies, so they have a great texture, but don't cut out any tiny pieces, so they are super quick and easy to use!

I popped various pieces up with foam adhesive on the background, this second card I adhered the cake stand directly on the background, then popped everything up with foam adhesive. The first card, it is all popped up with foam! And finally, a few coordinating jewels on each of these finish them off!

Next up, I love the bright spring feel to the new Wildflower Slimline set - such a happy and cheerful design!

While this design works super well for various card sizes, I loved using it on this smaller sized slimline card! It is just slightly larger than 3" x 8" - just large enough to add a thin border to the smaller sized Slim Diagonal Stitched Rectangles die, which made a great backdrop for my card design.

I did some simple masking to add lots of fresh spring colors on this set, and die cut it with the coordinating dies. I added a background to the card using the smallest of the Slim Stitched Scallop Rectangles die. For some reason, it is the size I never seem to use, so I had 3 of them I was able to stack up for a nice dimensional center embellishment. I also added some happy yellow cardstock behind it!

I carefully adhered my stamped, stenciled, and die cut floral piece over my popped up frame in the middle, just adding glue to the parts that would touch the frame, and leaving the rest to float free for a very whimsical feel. I love it! Then finished off with a hot foiled sentiment from the new Modern Script Sentiments, and a few Metallic Gold Pearls!

And finally, a card using the fun new Botanical Bunch set - super detailed and intricate, but so pretty!

I stenciled it all up in soft peach and happy pinks, with a bit of soft green for the leaves, and die cut it with the coordinating dies.

I created a frame with a piece of the largest Nested Hexagons that I had reverse foiled in silver some time back, and used that to create a window to tuck those florals in at the bottom. I used the new Hexagon Tiles die on some soft green cardstock, and cut a window from it, then added the hot foiled frame around it.

I adhered the front window down directly on my white cardbase, and popped the upper part of the florals up with foam adhesive. It feels like they are growing out of the frame - so fun! Finally, I added a simple hexagon die cut from vellum to add my sentiment, partly from the Modern Script Sentiments stamp set, and then the additional sentiment stamped in pink from Wildflower Slimline stamp set - which happens to have some fabulous sentiments! I also added a few Metallic Silver Pearls to finish this one off!

GIVEAWAY INFO:

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Pinkfresh Studio March 2022 Washi, Stamp, Die, Stencil, and Hot Foil Release

Good morning! Today is an amazing blog hop to celebrate Pinkfresh Studio's March Washi, Stamp, Die, Stencil, and Hot Foil Release! This release was supposed to happen earlier this month, but shipping delays pushed it to the very last minute this time around! Hopefully you find it worth the wait! You aren't going to want to miss a stop along the way - TONS of inspiration and prizes up for grabs! YAY! You can find links to all of the new release items I used on today's cards at the bottom of this post!

If you know my by now, you know I generally share lots of cards for these release hops - so as usual, be prepared to scroll a bit!

First up, I'm sharing this layered card using the gorgeous new Dahlia Washi, and a couple of the new nesting hot foil and die sets! I hot foiled one of the Nested Hexagons hot foil frames on some Concord and 9th Grapefruit cardstock using Blush hot foil. I die cut a smaller one of the same set from white cardstock to layer over the top. THEN...on top of that, I layered one of the Nested Diamonds - this one I had created by using the leftover negative foil, and foiling it with the Solid Foil plate. This allowed me to then die cut the frame, and have a reverse hot foiled image - white in the center, with foil along the outer edges.

Before adhering that frame panel to my ivory cardbase, I stamped it with Darling Dahlia's cling rubber stamp and Ballet Slipper ink. This added the softest and prettiest touch of color and texture to the cardbase. I then applied the Dahlia washi to vellum, and die cut with the coordinating dies. I love washi on vellum - it adds an ethereal feel to it that is so gorgeous! I chose a couple to layer in the center of the frame, tucking a couple edges in.

Sentiment was heat embossed using the Dahlia washi stamp set and Rose Gold embossing powder. I trimmed it into a thin strip, and hand cut the edges into banner shapes. I then layered that directly over the florals.

I had slipped when doing my hot foiling, and had a bit of a flaw at the bottom of that hexagon shape. Sooo...it was an opportunity to embellish more, right? So I created a bow using Artistic Bows die. I used vellum for part of it, and then die cut from some more of the negative space of some of the hot foil that I foiled to some white cardstock using the Solid Foil Plate. This gave me my own custom foil paper that PERFECTLY matched the rest of the foiling on the card. LOVE that so much!

Finally, I added a few Sparkling Champagne Pearls for the final touch of sparkle and shine!

I just love how the foiling on this card all works together - from the foil on the washi tape, to the foiled frames, to the custom foil on the bow, ending with the perfectly coordinating pearls!

Next up - the new Rainbow Floral washi tape is hands down one of my FAVORITES from this release! I know this one will be super popular, so if you like it, I suggest grabbing it soon!

For this card, I used all the loose elements on the washi tape - saving the wreath for another card. I decided to layer the florals in rainbow order along the bottom of my frame.

For my frame, I hot foiled one of the Nested Hexagons with Champagne hot foil, and die cut with the coordinating die. I added a stamped sentiment using Floral Notes slimline stamp set and Detail Black ink. This is one of my favorite birthday sentiments - so dainty, and that font is so pretty!

For the background on this card, I used Daisy Chain coverplate, die cut from white cardstock, and layered over a white cardbase for a tone on tone look. I love texture like this that still preserves white space!

I layered the frame over the top with foam adhesive, and then tucked and adhered my florals around it. I curled up the edges of each one slightly, then adhered with liquid glue for some faux dimension without additional foam adhesive.

In my stash, I've had some of the Small Butterflies that I hot foiled on heat resistant acetate a while back. They have been just sitting there, waiting to be used - and this card felt perfect to tuck a few on! I added 3 on this card - they are fairly subtle, but I love what they add! By tucking them under things, I was able to use liquid adhesive to adhere them, but since it is hiding under other elements, you don't see the adhesive. :)

Finally, a few Metallic Gold Pearls finish this card off! Sigh...rainbows, florals, gold...what's not to love?!?

And now another favorite of mine from this release! This is so unique and different from so many Pinkfresh designs - and I love it!

The soft texture and colors on the Hibiscus washi are just lovely, and there are so many fun elements to build your own custom cards with.

For this card, I die cut a window from white cardstock using the Nested Hexagons dies - while they work perfectly with the hot foil plates, they are so versatile that you can use them alone as well! I added some texture to the panel underneath by dry embossing the Daisy Chain die. 

I layered and arranged my florals around the frame, using foam adhesive for the parts in the center of the frame, and liquid glue for the additional elements tucked around.

Sentiment is from the new Rainbow Sentiments Ephemera Diecuts - another super fun and versatile item for quick and easy cardmaking! LOVE these! Finished off with a few Lavender jewels tucked around the frame to coordinate with the flowers and add a touch of sparkle.

And now - moving on to a couple cards using the Fuchsias washi - and some negative foiling from last week's YouTube live sneak peek (that I will be sharing for the Instagram hop tomorrow!).

Again, this set of washi tape has beautiful gold foiling accents - and is SOOO gorgeous!

I wanted some texture for this background as well, so I die cut the Geo Tiles die from white cardstock to layer over a white cardbase. I had used several of the Nested Diamonds hot foil shapes for my YouTube Live card last week - and since I hot foiled them with my Solid Foil plate, I had to put them to good use! I used the largest one for this card, popped up with foam adhesive on that background.

Over this, I layered the Fuchsias washi, applied to white cardstock, and die cut with the coordinating dies. I used most of the smaller elements for this card, adhered with liquid glue after curling up the edges slightly for dimension.

I also tucked a few more of those Small Butterflies hot foiled on Acetate as with the rainbow card - tucking them in the florals or under the sentiment to hide the liquid adhesive.

Sentiment is another one from the Rainbow Sentiments Ephemera - popped up with foam adhesive. A few Glacier jewels are the final finishing touch on this card!

And...because I just couldn't bring myself to waste the outer frame leftover after foiling my negatives with the Solid Foil plate, I used that for this next card - featuring lots of that beautiful Blush Gold foil!

Since I die cut the other frames out of it, I also had a perfect window. I used a panel die cut with Sparkling Diamonds coverplate to back that panel, and popped the frame up with foam adhesive on that.

I added the large cluster of Fuchsia washi over the frame, tucking the end under the frame, and adhering with liquid adhesive.

I added another of the Rainbow Sentiments Ephemera over the top of that, popped up with more foam adhesive. 

Then since it felt like it needed something more, I added a Stitched Scallop Rectangle die cut from white cardstock.

Finally, a few Glacier Jewels adhered on the corners of the scallop frame finish this card off!

Fuchsias are such gorgeous flowers - and I love that this washi tape does them justice - and all the gold accents just add to their beauty!

GIVEAWAY INFO:

Make sure and leave a comment before you leave for a chance to win one of 10 $25 gift certificate to Pinkfresh Studio chosen from comments left across the hop! All winners will be chosen and posted on the Pinkfresh Blog on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - so make sure and check back to see if you were a winner! Winners must check that page and claim their prize within 2 weeks.

Here is the entire blog hop line-up so you don't miss a single stop - and product links are below - including affiliate links where possible, which simply means if you use one of the links below that I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!!!

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