Pretty Pink Posh 8th Birthday Anniversary Release Celebration!

Hello friends!  Today we are celebrating Pretty Pink Posh's 8th Anniversary with a new release! This release is full of fun new products which I know you'll love!  All products will be released on 10th February!  Be sure to also check out the free gift at the end of this post and a 10% discount offer.

To celebrate the release there are 3 $50 gift certificates up for grabs (one winner each day). Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop. Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PST on 2/16/2022. Winners will be announced on the PPP blog.

For my card today I have used the birthday wreath stamps set and co-ordinating die, birthday circles stamp set and the birthday wishes script die.  I first started by stamping the wreath from the birthday wreath stamp set and the koala image from birthday circles on to copic friendly cardstock with a copic friendly black ink.  I used my copic markers to colour the images, here are the colours I used:

Teal: BG78, BF75, BG72

Pink: RV69. RV55, RV52

Yellow: Y15, Y13, Y11

Koala: W6, W4, W3, W1, R83

Once the images were coloured I used the co-ordinating die to cut out the wreath and fussy cut the koala with my cutterbee scissors.  I set the images aside to work on the background.

In order to fit the die cut sentiment and the wreath image on to the card front I decided to make a 5"x7" card.  I cut a piece of black cardstock to 4.75" x 6.75" and used a metallic silver paint to splatter on some silvery splatters.  While the splatter panel was drying I cut the birthday wishes die 3 times from heavy weight white card stock.  Before adhering the layers together I gently applied color to one of the die cut pairs.  I used a colour as close to the teal colour as I could find in my stash to help create a cohesive look with my copic colored images.  I focused most of the colour at the top of the word 'birthday' and gradually lightened my hand to create a gradient effect.  Using liquid adhesive I adhered all the layers together to create a sturdy dimensional sentiment.  

I went ahead and applied foam to the back of the wreath image and secured it to the card front.  Foam tape was also applied to the koala and secured to the card in the middle of the wreath.  I used liquid adhesive to secure the die cut sentiment to the card.

The card panel was secured to a white side folding card base (10"x 7" scored at 5" to create a 5"x7" card base) with liquid adhesive.  To finish off the card I used some metallic silver pearls in various sizes around the card.

I really hope you liked my card and all the rest of the inspiration on day 1 of the 3 days of blog hops!  Here is the full participant list for day 1:

Pretty Pink Posh blog

Jennifer McGuire

Rachel Alvarado

Nichol Spohr

Tammy Stark

Leica Palma

Jeanne Jachna

Elaine Wakeling (you are here!)

Thank you so much for joining me, don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to the Pretty Pink Posh store!

Crafty hugs, Elaine xxx