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Hi friends! I am hopping along with my friends at Pinkfresh Studio to share some inspiration using their marvelous new Good Times release! I never tire of the beautiful images that Pinkfresh share with us each month, and this month features gorgeous new floral arrangements, Essentials dies, and some spectacular butterflies-and nearly all of these fabulous images feature both stamps and press plates, which can be used for letterpress and hot foiling! So much bang for your buck, right? I have a pretty-in-purple project to share with you today, so let’s get started with the details!

Every time I reorganize my office, I find something fun that I had forgotten that I’d purchased (whoops!). Today’s idée fixe is press plates paired with pearlescent cardstock, of which I found a whole stash in fun colors, including a lovely lavender and crisp, pearly white! I decided to use these two colors as the palette for my project today, envisioning a springy card with ethereal, fluttering butterflies and graceful blooms.

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To begin, I stamped the gorgeous images from the new Beautiful Soul Stamp set twice on gorgeous lavender cardstock using white pigment ink, then again with embossing ink, then sprinkled Iridescent Lavender embossing powder over the top to create a subtle, shimmering shine on my stamped images. I then used the coordinating Beautiful Soul Stencils with Opulence, Wisteria, and Sheer Freesia inks to add some monochromatic color to each of the images, creating a touch of contrast with the individual leaves and flowers while still allowing the lavender haze to be the central visual for my color palette. I die cut the finished images with their coordinating Beautiful Soul Dies.

After I had created the floral images, I used some of that gorgeous pearlescent white cardstock with the new Butterfly Bliss Press Plate and dies. This cardstock is approximately the same weight as typical colored cardstock, so in order to use it with the press plates, I backed it with some inexpensive watercolor paper to create a bit more cushion and allow the plates to impress into the thinner cardstock, creating a crisp image. (Carissa Wiley is the genius that came up with this, and I just love it!) The fine details on the butterflies impress beautifully into the pearlescent cardstock, visible even without the addition of any ink. After impressing the butterfly images, I die cut the butterflies with their coordinating dies. I used this same technique to add some texture to the pearlescent lavender background with the Ornate Trellis Press Plate.

For the greeting, I heat embossed a sentiment from the Beautiful Soul stamp set, stamping first using Opulence ink, then again with embossing ink and adding the same Iridescent Lavender embossing powder over the top to create a marvelous sheen for my greeting. I also die cut a vellum oval using the new Double Stitched Elongated Oval, adhering my sentiment in the center of the oval and arranging the flowers and butterflies around it. The vellum oval provides a soft grounding for my sentiment. Finally, I added a few Iridescent Clear Drops to fill in a few of the blank spots in my arrangement. Such a pretty springtime card!

Well, that’s all for my project today. Now for some fun giveaway information:

Pinkfresh Studio will give away the full release on the Pinkfresh blog and YouTube channel.
Pinkfresh Studio will also give away TEN $50 gift cards along the hop. As usual with blog hops, the winners will be selected from the comments.
Winners will be selected and posted on April 23, 2025, on our GIVEAWAY PAGE. Winners must check that page and claim their prize within 2 weeks.

Well, that’s all for me today! You can find the full hop list below. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping!

This video was sponsored by Pinkfresh Studio. Thanks, Pinkfresh!

Hi friends! I am up on the Pinkfresh Studio YouTube channel today with this fun monochromatic window card, complete with hot foiled and die cut accents. You can check out the video below or HERE on YouTube:

This shaped card features a fun window on the card front that I backed with some foiled acetate and adorned with some floral die cuts in monochromatic shades of aqua. Let’s get started with the details on my project!

I began by die trimming down a panel of icy blue cardstock to 6″ x 4.25″, then using a score board to score a fold 1/2″ away from the top, creating a lip upon which I would later adhere the back of my card base. The plates on my die cutting machine are pretty beaten up, so I used two separate panels to create my top-folding A2 card base in order to keep the back panel as clean as possible. After I had scored the top fold, I used a die from the Nested Arches Die set to cut a window from the center of the front card panel. To fill in the open window, I used an acetate panel that I had created previously using the Ornate Trellis Better Press Plate and the Solid Hot Foil Plate. I love using heat-resistant acetate with the Solid Hot Foil Plate and leftover hot foil pieces; the super smooth surface of the acetate hot foils the solid foil pieces with immaculate results. I backed the open window with the hot foiled piece, adhering it with some super strong double sided tape.

Once I had created my card base, it was time to embellish my card! I used the Stylized Florals Stencils with Sky Blue, Waterfall, and Paradise inks, keeping my aqua blue monochromatic color palette true throughout the process. I die cut the individually-stenciled flowers in one fell swoop with the one-piece Stylized Florals Dies, then cut the foliage from another panel of icy blue cardstock as well as some Aqua Glitter Paper. I adhered the die cuts together on the die cut foliage swag, using the color-printed schematic in the product packaging as my guide for placement. To add a bit more interest to the layers of the flowers, I added a smattering of Ice Clear Drops to the centers of a few of the flowers, adding one more element of texture and shine.

For the greeting, I used a silver hot foiled sentiment from the Favorite Things Sentiments Better Press set. This sentiment set is one of my favorites from Pinkfresh Studio; it features so many lovely sentiments, making it truly all-purpose! I used some residual ink left over on my blending brushes from my stenciled flowers to blend over the silver-foiled sentiment die cut to continue my monochromatic aqua color palette throughout the card. I thought this sentiment worked perfectly for a birthday card, so I also used some deep teal cardstock to die cut HBD using the Julieta Alpha Dies. (In the video, I share a trick for adhering alphabet die cuts in a perfectly straight line!) I popped up the greeting die cuts with foam adhesive, completing the card!

Well, that’s all for my project today. I just love a good monochromatic card, don’t you? It’s such fun to find new ways to keep things texturally and visually interesting while still staying in the same color family! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!

Pinkfresh Studio “Good Times” Release Blog Hop

VIDEO: Pinkfresh Studio Window Card with Die Cuts and Hot Foil!