Pretty Pink Posh Sunflowers

9/10/2019

Hello! Today I am excited to be sharing two vibrant floral cards featuring the new fall release Sunflower stamp set and coordinating dies from Pretty Pink Posh. There are so many stamp companies on the market right now, and with new ones popping up regularly it's becoming hard to keep up with all of the latest and greatest! While Pretty Pink Posh has been in business since 2013, this is the first stamp set I have purchased from them and I have been very pleased with the quality and affordability.

Because I am not currently creating video content and tutorials on my website, I highly recommend checking out this Easy Alcohol Ink Background Tutorial by Jennifer McGuire. She has created a very simple introduction to working with alcohol inks to create some basic backgrounds. This was the first video I watched after purchasing my alcohol inks and then I just spent time playing around with them! The great thing is there is no right or wrong when it comes to art. You just have fun (and usually make a mess) with it! *My only tip would be that you don't need to spend your money purchasing polysynthetic Yupo Paper at nearly $1.00 per sheet. You can use the reverse side of any high quality photo paper (like this one by Kirkland) and achieve the same results!

I will usually set aside a crafting day and make about 50 alcohol ink background pieces and store them for later use. I find alcohol inks to be very messy, so this technique works well for me.

Card details:

The base of this A2 sized card is made from Lovely Lipstick cardstock. I mounted my pre-made alcohol ink background piece directly to the card base. Using Versamark ink I stamped the sentiment in the lower right corner and heat embossed it with black embossing powder. I stamped all of the sunflowers (in two varying sizes) and leaves in Memento Tuxedo black ink on Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I colored the images with Spectrum Noir Alcohol Ink markers and added small details to the flowers and leaves with a Uniball white gel pen. I added the flowers to the card using 3M foam adhesive. Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the flowers for added sparkle.

Here is the Sunflower stamp set from Pretty Pink Posh:

The sentiments on both cards are from the Papertrey Ink stamp set called Choose Joy:

Card details:

The base of this A2 sized card is made from Pineapple Punch cardstock. I mounted my pre-made alcohol ink background piece directly to the card base. Using Versamark ink I stamped the sentiment in the lower right corner and heat embossed it with black embossing powder. I stamped all of the sunflowers (in two varying sizes) and leaves in Memento Tuxedo black ink on Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I colored the images with Spectrum Noir Alcohol Ink markers and added small details to the flowers and leaves with a Uniball white gel pen. I added the flowers to the card using 3M foam adhesive. Lastly, I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the flowers for added sparkle.