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Hi Pinkfresh Studio friends! How exciting! Today Pinkfresh Studio is celebrating the the release of some stunning washi tapes as well as some stamps, dies & stencils. Pinkfresh Studio has really mastered the art of beautiful washi tapes. March's release is full of colour as usual and it amazes me the different designs that are created. Myself , the design team and guests have a ton of inspiration for you in the hop, so why not follow along? Giveaways: We will be giving away the full release on the Pinkfresh blog & YouTube channel. We 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. We will pull the winners & post them on April 5th, 2023 on our GIVEAWAY PAGE. Please remember to check this page & claim your prize within 2 weeks. My Design-Tuberose Washi Tape/Stamp/Die Look at these colours in this Tuberose Washi tape!! Pink, red, lilac and purple hues altogether with gold accenting. Glorious! For my design I pictured a bunch of flowers as a centrepiece. Also, I wanted to bring out a primary colour, so I chose lilac/purple accents. Therefore, I die cut a back panel and and oval panel in coordinating lilac cardstock. Then, using Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock I die cut a doily edge from the Essentials-Classic Edgers Die Set also by Pinkfresh Studio. This looked really pretty against the lilac cardstock and gave the perfect background to the Tuberose washi. I tied some gold cord around the base of the flowers to accent the gold in the washi. By attaching the bouquet on an angle to the left of centre, enabled me to add the Feel Better Soon sentiment from the Tuberose Stamp Set to the right of the oval panel. I heat embossed the sentiment in gold. As I had attached the bouquet on dimensional, I was able to add a couple of extra Tuberose Washi flowers behind to add a little extra something. To finish, I added some of the Pinkfresh Studio Amethyst Glitter Drops. I am sure that if I was poorly, this card would certainly help lift my spirits! I hope you feel inspired and I also hope you will continue with the hop by following the designer links below. Make sure you show some love and leave a comment for your chance to win. Good luck!

Hi crafty friends! Thank you for joining me today on the Alex Syberia Designs blog. Can you believe it is Easter in a few short weeks? I thought I would share an Easter card today that will hopefully inspire you to get crafty. This is a full sized slimline card and I haven't made one for a while. When I saw the little cute bunnies in the ASD Spring Bunnies Stamp Set that was released last month, I just imagined them jumping around in the air all happy. So really I needed to do a slimline card so I could fit all these cuties on. I began by ink blending a slimline panel with Distress Oxides. Speckled Egg for the sky and Cracked Pistachio for a green base. The cloud effect was from a stencil in my stash. When dried, I splattered the cloud background with white paint. On a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock, I stamped lots of images and coloured them with my Copic markers. This did not take long and they were very easy to colour. After cutting them out with the coordinating Spring Bunnies Die Set, I began to arrange them in a way that I had visioned. Have you seen that bunny and the strawberry balloon??? Argghhh, cute alert! To finish, I added the completed panel to a slimline card base and added some white gel pen highlights. I heat embossed the fab sentiment, which complemented the slimline design egg-stra perfectly (did you see what I did there?) I hope I have given you some inspiration for your Easter card making and I look forward to sharing with you again very soon. Take care

Hi Pinkfresh friends Thank you for joining me. I am over on the Pinkfresh Studio Blog today sharing this square shaker card. I haven't made a shaker card in a while but I stumbled across some ready made round plastic domes at my local Michael's store. They got my creative ideas flowing. Knowing that Pinkfresh Studio had released the Circle Florals and the Around the Shape Circles, I couldn't wait to get designing. To begin, I cute a panel of white card stock 5" x 5". Then, using the Nested Circles Die I cut in the centre of the panel the correct size for the plastic dome. This would then guide where I added the curved sentiment from the Around the Shape Circle set. I heat embossed the sentiment in gold. On another piece of white cardstock, I heat embossed the Circle Florals. Using the wonderful coordinating Circle Floral Layering Stencils I coloured the florals in Coral Reef and Fresh Pear as I was aiming for a soft delicate colour combo. In the centre behind the dome you will see a Coral Reef background. To achieve this, I ink blended a piece of cardstock from my stash with the Coral Reef, then splattered it in gold paint, to compliment the gold embossing powder. Bringing the elements together, I placed some of the Glacier Jewels in the centre of the ink blended cardstock. I added the dome over the top then, I placed the square die cut panel over the top of the dome. It fitted perfectly! The Circle Florals fitted nicely around the dome and the sentiment . Then, I attached the whole panel on a card base 10 1/2" x 5 1/4" , scored at 5 1/4". Finally, some Champagne Glitter Drops just finished the card off nicely. ** Make sure you check out my reel on this beauty over at @pinkfresstudio Instagram. So, are you gong to design a shaker card now? I hope so! If you do, make sure you tag @pinkfreshstudio so we can see it. Until next time friends....

Hi ASD friends! Have I got a cutie to share with you today! Oh goodness, when I saw the Giraffe-ic stamp and die set I must confess, I did a little squeal. Have you seen them? I recently made a shaker card using both giraffes which I will share on Instagram soon, but I wanted to share this design with you today. I had some wood effect paper in my stash, so I decided to use this as a backdrop for my scene. First though, I matted the paper onto 110LB cardstock and splattered it with white paint. I stamped the giraffe and the greenery on Copic friendly cardstock (I tend to use Neenah Solar White 110LB) and then coloured the images. Giraffe-YR12, YR24 & Y26. Greenery-YG11, YG67 & G21. The large greenery image, can also be used as a cloud image, which is pretty cool and versatile. I then pulled out the Birthday Wishes Stamp Set that was released in the Kickstarter campaign and heat embossed white sentiments onto black cardstock. The font co-ordinated and complimented the fun of the card perfectly. Using various heights in dimension, I bought the scene together. To finish, I added some orange hearts and gentle highlights with my white gel pen. I hope I have inspired you today my friends. It's not a difficult card sketch to replicate, so why not go give it a try? Remember to keep an eye out on my Instagram too for a Giraffe shaker card @cherylespiecreates Until next time....

Hi Pinkfresh friends! I am over on the Pinkfresh Studio blog today sharing this card that was totally inspired by Jennifer McGuire! Jennifer demonstrated how to make a card using clear acetate sheets. I don't recall ever making a card this way. So, with some exciting new Pinkfresh Studio products from Februarys release, I went to work. Let's talk about the florals. Those beautiful flowers and foliage are from the new stamp set called Happy For You. This set comes with coordinating stencils but I decided to use my Copic markers instead. Copics used: V09, V12, V15, G43 and G85. To make the image pop, I first heat embossed it in Liquid Platinum. I thought the bold violets would look fantastic with this....and, I was right. After cutting and folding the acetate to an A2 size, I wanted to sit the flowers on a centrepiece. Of course, because it's acetate I remembered Jennifer pointing out that adhesive or glue would show on the reverse side. Therefore, I heat embossed two circles and die cut them out using the brand new Around the Shape-Circles. I then die cut an extra two circles that would cover the circle on the revise slides. Hopefully that makes sense? I heat embossed one of the fantastic bold sentiments from the Happy For You stamp set and placed it on the right just overlapping the leaves on the left side. Guess what else was released in February?....Ombre Glitter Drops! For my card, the Magic Potion were absolutely perfect! I was soooooo happy about that. Luckily, I created a reel for this card design. It was pretty difficult to photograph to really appreciate how pretty this card turned out. So keep an eye out on the Pinkfresh Studio Instagram because you will get a really good look at the completed design on the video. I don't think this will be the last card I make out of acetate and, I hope my card inspires you to also give it a try. Until next time friends

Hi friends WOW! Embossing Powder and Alex Syberia Designs are excited to be continuing this fun collaboration with a second hop over on INSTAGRAM! Don't forget; will be giving away a gift voucher for both stores! WOW! will be offering a £/$15 voucher for either their US or UK sites and Alex Syberia Designs will be offering a £15 voucher for their site. Alex Syberia Designs will announce all of the winners together by 12th March on the socials of both companies SO GO GET YOURSELF OVER THERE TO GET ALL THE DEETS AND TO CONTINUE HOPPING FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN! CLICK THE LINK BELOW..... INSTAGRAM!! Good luck!

Hi Pinkfresh Studio friends! Today Pinkfresh Studio is celebrating the February monthly release with a big blog hop! This release is packed full of stamps, dies, stencils and hot foil. There are some unique stamps in this month's release called Around the Shape, so make sure you check them out! The design team and guests have a ton of inspiration for you! To celebrate with us, why not join in the hop for your chance to win? Giveaways: We will be giving away the full release on the Pinkfresh blog & YouTube channel. We 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. We will pull the winners & post them on March 8th, 2023 on our GIVEAWAY PAGE. Please remember to check this page & claim your prize within 2 weeks. My Design-Circle Florals I love this concept! Pinkfresh Studio has designed and released some floral stamped images that are curved. Very classy! I am also pleased to say that some of the newlyreleased stamps pair great with previously released products. Here I teamed up the Circle Florals with the Nested Circles Hot Foil and the Nested Circles Die. To colour the florals, I used the co-ordinating stencils. In case you were wondering, that beautiful embossing powder is called Liquid Platinum and its goes beautifully with these warm tones. When I had all the pieces coloured and die cut, I then arranged them on an A2 card using the Essentials-Fancy Diagonal Stripes Cover Plate. Of course, I added some bling, but to give some contrast, I decided to use the Leaf Glitter Drops to bring out the greenery in the florals. Well, I hope I have inspired you today friends, but I also hope I have got you in the mood to hop! For some further inspiration and your chance to win, click on each designers link below ....good luck!!

Hi crafty friends WOW! Embossing Powder and Alex Syberia Designs are excited to be opening up an exciting collaboration with a hop over on INSTAGRAM! To celebrate the beginning of this fun collaboration both companies will be giving away a gift voucher for their stores! WOW! will be offering a £/$15 voucher for either their US or UK sites and Alex Syberia Designs will be offering a £15 voucher for their site. Alex Syberia Designs will announce all of the winners together by 12th March on the socials of both companies SO GO GET YOURSELF OVER THERE TO GET ALL THE DEETS AND TO START HOPPING FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN! CLICK THE LINK BELOW..... INSTAGRAM!! Good luck!

Hi friends! Today I am here on the Alex Syberia Designs blog sharing a card that is simple to make but looks really complicated! The basis for this card is the Floral Lattice Cover Die and Co-ordinating Stencil. I chose Distress Oxides for this design but you could choose any inks you have in your stash. I placed the stencil over some 100 lb cardstock and proceeded to ink blend, radiating the colours so they blended into each other across the stencil. When I was satisfied, I then die cut the cardstock with the coordinating Floral Lattice Cover die. I very carefully peeled the die cut away leaving all the pieces in place. Then, I laid Press 'n' Seal over all of the inner pieces of the die. Behind each piece I added a small foam dot. Carefully, I then turned this over and placed the pieces over a die cut card panel. It's so cool as it looks like the pieces are floating! As a main focal point I just added the Large Thanks Die in shiny gold cardstock. To compliment this, I also added a sentiment strip in black with white heat embossing from the Expressing Gratitude Sentiment Stamp Set. Of course, I couldn't just leave it at that, I added some black dots to the die cut background which coordinated with the black sentiment strip. Honestly, you should give this a try. The effect is so cool and the recipients will wonder how you achieved this magic! Until next time friends....

Hi Pinkfresh Studio friends Today's I am up on the Pinkfresh Studio blogpost sharing a storage solution for the Pinkfresh Studio slimline stamps, dies, stencils and washi tape collections. I have a lot of these sets and I am also a bit of a neat freak so, a durable storage solution was on the top of my list. These slimline storage pockets are unique because they need to be 12" tall to cover the stamp set completely. They are 5 1/2" wide which allows plenty of room for the stamp, dies and stencils. Supplies needed: 9" x 12" durable vinyl envelopes (I use the ones by Avery) tape measure, pen ruler, craft knife 1/4"double sided sticky tape (I use the red tape as it's so strong and invisible clear CD/DVD envelopes wide double sided sticky tape. Instructions: Measure 5 1/2" across and mark at three points. Lay your ruler from top to the bottom of the vinyl envelope, where you have marked the points. Press on the ruler and cut along the edge of the ruler joining the marked dots (do this very carefully, as your craft knife will be very sharp). Discard the smaller piece. Add the 1/4" double sided tape on the inside of the long edge. Peel off the red tape and seal the side of the slimline storage pocket. Take one vinyl CD/DVD case and add some wide double sided tape. Peel off the mask layer, the place the sticky side down on the back bottom of the already prepared slimline storage pocket. Voila!! I have also made a reel for Pinkfresh Studio that shows all these steps in action, so make sure you take a look. Sometimes it is helpful to have a visual demonstration. These slimline storage pockets are so durable and sturdy and come together so quickly. Hopefully, you will find them a big asset in your crafting space. Happy crafting friends...until next time!

Hi friends Welcome to the Alex Syberia Blog Hop! If you are following the blog in order you may be here from lovely Caly Person The new release from Alex Syberia Designs is finally here! Oh my, what a great release! A true mix of floral and cute with great sentiments to boot! Love it! Giveaway!! To celebrate this release Alex Syberia Designs is giving away the full release bundle, valued at £280 ($340) in total, and giving away a £15 gift card to 2 lucky winners! A winner will be announced on the ASD Release Blog Hop post on February 20th. Alex Syberia Designs will pick winners to receive the prizes from the comments left on each designer’s blog. My Design- Spring Garden I designed a few cards with the release and today I am sharing and inspiring you with the beautiful stamp set called Spring Garden. This set has coordinating 4-piece layering stencils and coordinating dies, which I love! I stamped and heat embossed the Spring Garden florals with gold embossing powder. I used the same embossing powder to dip the Hugs die (which comes in a die set bundle), so they matched. With the coordinating 4-piece layering stencils I chose some peachy/orange toned inks for the florals and greens for the leaves, all from my stash. BUT, I didn't just leave it at that....I then got out my Polychromos and just added some extra detail ( I couldn't help myself, hahaha). In my stash I found some lovely peachy toned cardstock. I ran it through my machine with the brand new Tiny Flowers Cover Die. Those little pretty florals from the Cover Die were calling out for a little bit of bling. Therefore, I chose some greens and peach gems from my stash to bring my card design together. I hope you are going to join in the hop. Make sure you leave a comment on each blog stop along the way for your chance to win. Now make your way to the very talented Erin Thompson Have fun friends!

Hi crafty friends I am up on the Alex Syberia Designs blog today sharing this card that has a clean and simple design and, demonstrates how you can use die cutting as a backdrop for a card. When you have a stamp and die set you tend to have a main focal image in the set. Well, Create Your Own Happy stamp set by Alex Syberia Designs has many smaller images. Perfect for this technique, I stamped several of the leaves in different shades of green. Then, I die cut lots of leaves, some coloured and some plain white. I love my dimension so I layered up each leaf. Following this, I really just placed the leaves around an A2 card panel. I cut off any overhanging leaves which always makes me fidgety, but the effect is always pretty cool. Gold always stands out well with white and green so I die cut the Celebrate die in shiny gold cardstock from my stash. I angled it to add interest, then added a sentiment from the stamp set. I really like how my card turned out. Sometimes I feel the need to keep adding more, but sometimes less is more (if you know what I mean?!) Remember, this technique can be used with all of your stamp sets because you don't always have to use the main focal image to create a card. Well, thats all from me today my friends, see you again very soon!