Welcome to the Pretty Pink Posh November Product Release Blog Hop!
I'm thrilled to be guest designing with some of the fabulous new Pretty Pink Posh products from the latest release! Today I'm sharing a trio of clean and simple holiday cards featuring stamping and embossing on light gray cardstock and coloring in images with Polychromos colored pencils. The colors pop off the colored background for gorgeous card designs. I'm featuring the newly released Elegant Holiday Stamp Set and Decorative Ornaments Stamp Set. I really wanted to show how you can create amazing cards without the addition of die cutting. These cards are all stamping, embossing, coloring, and embellishing!
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
Watch the creation of these Christmas cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
One problem with coloring with Polychromos after embossing with white embossing powder is that the outline might pick up some of the color. I stamped and embossed, colored, and then stamped and embossed again. This was key in getting that perfect white outline.
Using a stamp positioner, like the MISTI, is essential for success with this technique because we're going to come back after we color and stamp and emboss again for a bold, white outline.
Designs from the Elegant Holiday Stamp Set and Decorative Ornaments Stamp Set were stamped on Simon Says Stamp Fog Cardstock with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
The images were colored with the following Polychromos Colored Pencil Colors:
Greens: Light Phthalo Green, Phthalo Green, Emerald Green
Reds: Middle Cadmium Red, Deep Red
Once the coloring was finished the images from the Elegant Holiday Stamp Set and Decorative Ornaments Stamp Set were stamped again with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
The cards were finished with rhinestones from the Holiday Jewels Mix, Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard, Nuvo Crystal Drops in Gloss White, or Crystal Glaze.
S U P P L I E S
Below you will find links to the supplies used to create this project(s). Click the icon for the store underneath the thumbnails to start shopping. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Your support helps me to keep bringing you new projects and videos. Thank you!
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S H O P P I N G
Shop the entire new Pretty Pink Posh November Release by clicking the links below. Affiliate links used.
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G I V E A W A Y
Pretty Pink Posh is giving away 4 - $25 gift certificates (two winners each day). Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop.
Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PDT on 11/20/2018. Winners will be announced on the PPP blog.
K E E P H O P P I N G
This post is part of the Pretty Pink Posh November Product Release Blog Hop:
These are absolutely gorgeous! I love the heat embossing and the pops of color!
Posted by: ~amy~ | November 15, 2018 at 06:42 AM
3 beautiful cards, I never think of using colored cardstock to stamp on. TFS.
Posted by: Sharon Belanger | November 15, 2018 at 07:37 AM
on gray? YES PLEASE!! So perfect!
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Posted by: Michele F | November 15, 2018 at 08:41 AM
Love these cards! The traditional red and green looks so pretty and I love the technique of stamping and embossing a second time after the coloring is done.
Posted by: joy meadows | November 15, 2018 at 08:45 AM
I have never gone back to re-emboss before. It makes a lot of sense. Sometimes they somewhat disappear. Thanks for the tip!
Posted by: Sharon Gullikson | November 15, 2018 at 08:56 AM
Your coloring is so precise and nice. I am going to try the second embossing, no matter which color I choose. Great idea.
Posted by: Brian Poteraj | November 15, 2018 at 08:57 AM
These are fabulous!!!
Posted by: Tracy | November 15, 2018 at 09:25 AM
Beautiful cards and beautifully colored. Love the holly stamp set. Re-embossing does make for a crisper image.
Posted by: Bunny | November 15, 2018 at 09:33 AM
Neat card ideal
Posted by: Valerie Baity | November 15, 2018 at 09:34 AM
Great product releas, love it. What did you made awesome cards Nichol. I love that you used the Polychromos, I have them myself and are always glad when designers give me ideas to use them for. Thank you so much for showing.
Posted by: Henriëtte | November 15, 2018 at 09:53 AM
I just love the white ornaments and the use of color - really eye catching cards - beautiful1!
Posted by: izzyblu | November 15, 2018 at 10:10 AM
Holly is my idea of a perfect symbol for Christmas. PPP sure nailed the artwork on this set. My set arrived on Wednesday and it's officially my stamp for this years cards!
Your holly is over the top awesome!
Posted by: Jan Elmore | November 15, 2018 at 10:21 AM
Oh these look so delicate with a bit of colour!
Posted by: Ksenija @Sweet Kobylkin | November 15, 2018 at 10:28 AM
Really Beautiful cards!!
Posted by: Maureen Reiss | November 15, 2018 at 10:39 AM
Thanks for the video, your images just pop off the card front! Amazing job!
Posted by: Janet D. | November 15, 2018 at 10:50 AM
How beautiful are these, Nichol, I love all three of them - each has something slightly different to offer. Thanks for the gorgeous inspiration!
Posted by: Mirella Rogan | November 15, 2018 at 11:03 AM
Gorgeous!! Love the ornaments!!! Love the pops of color and the bits of bling!
Posted by: Heather Nelson | November 15, 2018 at 11:07 AM
Simply scrumptious cards! I love the colors and the bling! tfs
Posted by: Germaine Fryc | November 15, 2018 at 11:32 AM
Loves your stamps! So beautiful!!
Posted by: Mimi | November 15, 2018 at 11:50 AM
And if you don't have a Misti, you had better color inside the lines or else, right?! haha I love your stunning cards! This is really a couple of beautiful sets.
Posted by: Becca Yahrling | November 15, 2018 at 11:57 AM
Fantastic Christmas cards! I love the white embossing! I also love all the pretty little gems all over the cards too! Just finishes them off so nicely!
Posted by: Cindy Holmes | November 15, 2018 at 12:03 PM
These are Gorgeous cards!
Posted by: Ellen Smith | November 15, 2018 at 12:10 PM
Love your cards! Absolutely stunning!
Posted by: Natalie Winterstein | November 15, 2018 at 12:44 PM
sweet cards - the background card color looks amazing against the images !!
Posted by: Dee Earnshaw | November 15, 2018 at 12:49 PM
Your cards are so gorgeous! I love the look of the colored and heat embossed images on gray cardstock. :)
Posted by: Terrie D. | November 15, 2018 at 12:54 PM