Friday, March 20, 2020

Crafty Friends: Pinkfresh and a Discount!

Hey you guys! How are you all doing out there in this crazy world? I'm in California, USA and my family is healthy, safe and on lockdown at home. I'd love to hear how you are all doing so please let me know in the comments below! Since I'm sure many of you are stir crazy I'm happy to say that today is the 20th of the month when I hop my Crafty Friends and we bring you a 20% discount to our featured company! Woohoo! There is no better time for a discount than when you are on lockdown and actually have time to spend getting crafty. I am happy to let you know that this month we are featuring Pinkfresh Studios and they are generously offering all of you a 20% discount to their shop! Details are at the bottom of my post.

For my first card I used the Heart and Soul stamp set and it is such a stunner. It's got one large floral image shaped like a half wreath and quite a few wonderful sentiments.
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I started off by watercoloring my image with Pinkfresh liquid watercolors. Then I added some Nuvo drops to give it some dimension and shine. When it was dry I fussy cut it out.
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I taped off the edges of a piece of watercolor paper with some purple tape. Then I ink blended the background using Distress Oxide ink Peacock Feathers. To finish the background I spritzed it with shimmer spray and splattered it with silver metallic paint from Hero Arts.
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Finally I added a sentiment on yellow cardstock and then some chunky rhinestones to finish it off.
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For my next projects I made two cards from one background that I cut from the Diagonal Stripes with Window die. I ink blended my background with Distress Oxide inks in Squeezed Lemon, Picked Raspberry and Abandoned Coral. Then, I cut it out with the die. I used the positive part of the die cut for my first card.
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These colors really pop when paired with some black cardstock so I used foam adhesive to pop the die up. Then I splattered the whole thing with Sparkle from a Tonic Studios Nuvo Shimmer Pen in Glitter Gloss. 
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The super fun sentiment is cut using Pinkfresh's Classic Word Dies Set. I love that this set provides both the thinner sentiment as well as the "halo" background piece. The final touch for this card was to add enamel dots from Hero Arts and a bunch of random sequins, pearls, rhinestones and confetti stars. I really love how this card came out (it's super sparkly).
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For my second card  with this die I used the negative pieces. I used positive piece of the die to help me line up all of the thin stripes and popped them up on foam adhesive. 
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I decided to flip the center piece over before adhering it because I liked the way the contrast looked. I added my sentiment and this time I only used the thin letters so that my colored background would pop.
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To finish the card off I some black ink splatter and a few enamel dots from Hero Arts. 
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These cards are bright and happy and totally remind me of the 80's!
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Ok, that's it for today you guys so let me tell you about this discount before I go. Pinkfresh is offering you a discount of 20% of everything in the store except for new release, sale, and marked down items (ex: bundles). All you have to do to get this discount is use the code CRAFTYFRIENDS20 when you check out from the Pinkfresh Studios site. Happy Shopping! 

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Have an awesome day you guys! Stay healthy and craft hard!
Maria


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2 comments:

  1. awesome job on all these cards Maria, love your coloring and your beautiful blending.

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  2. I knew your cards would be gorgeous and colorful and you did NOT disappoint! So pretty!

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