Pretty Pink Posh August 2021 Release Blog Hop

Pretty Pink Posh August 2021 Release Blog Hop

DAY 1

Hello and welcome to my blog, crafty friends!  I'm so so excited to be part of this blog hop to celebrate the spooky cute Pretty Pink Posh August 2021 release!

Hopefully you've come from Leica's blog and seen some amazing inspiration so far but don't worry, I've listed all the blog hop participants at the end of this post in case you've missed any or started here.  ALSO, be sure to check out the GIVEAWAY at the end of this post! Now on to my project for the hop!  

For my card I started by stamping the Halloween Circles on to copic friendly cardstock with a copic friendly black ink.  I coloured all the images with copic markers and used the following combinations:

Spider: W8, W6, W4

Cat & Hat: C10, C7, C5, RV66, RV63, E25, E23, E21

Ghosts: B02, B01, B000

Pumpkins: E18, YR27, YR24, W8, W6, W4, YG99, YG97

I really wanted to create an ink blended look in the background of the circles so I stamped all of the circles again on to masking paper and cut them out.  I also cut out masks for the circles.

Once all the images were masked I used a medium sized ink blending brush to apply Lilac Poses Tuxedo Dye Ink on each of the circles focusing the majority of the colour in the centre and fading out.  To add interest to the background I added some splatters using the same Lilac Poses Ink along with some black paint splatters.  The best part is removing the masks, so satisfying!

For my card base I used the same Lilac Poses Ink and blended all over a piece of white card measuring 3 3/8" x 8.5".  While I had the ink out I also created a tag with the same background.  The tag die is from the Spring Circles co-ordinating die. I added splatters of Lilac Poses ink, black paint and white gauche.  From black card I cut a scallop frame from the Slimline Scallop Frames die set and the zigzag circles from the Halloween Circles die set.  

I die cut out my stamped circles using the round circle die in the Halloween Circles co-ordinating die set and secured them with foam tape to the black circle bases.  Next, I secured the black scallop frame to the card base with liquid adhesive.  I used liquid adhesive to secure all three circles to the card front trying my best to space them out evenly.

For the sentiments I used a stamp from the BOO stamp set and white heat embossed it twice on to black card stock.  I trimmed the sentiments down to thin strips and secured the sentiments to the card and tag with foam tape.

My card panel was secured with liquid adhesive to a slimline card base.  To finish off the tag I used my crop-a-dile to punch a hole, add an eyelet and thread on some ribbon.

So that wraps us the post for my card, thank you so much for joining me and I really hope this project inspires you for your own creations.  Next on the hop is Channin Pelletier but just in case you need the full list of blog hop participants you can find them all here:

Pretty Pink Posh blog

Caly Person  

Ashley Ebben

Mona Toth

Leica Palma

 You are here!  Elaine Wakeling

Channin Pelletier

Finally, don't forget to leave a comment each day for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the Pretty Pink Posh shop!  3 lucky commenters (one each day) will be picked at random to receive a gift card.  Good luck everyone!! Happy hopping and don't forget to visit the Pretty Pink Posh blog again tomorrow for Day 2! xxx