Hello, crafty friends! Today I am excited to be participating in My Pretty Things' first EVER blog hop! Today, we are introducing My Pretty Things' newest release in this blog hop: Blooming Friendships -- a collection designed to celebrate community, kindness, and the beauty of handmade expression.
There's something truly special about the way creativity brings people together, and that's why the My Pretty Things' tagline is:
"Crafting Friendships Everyday"
Whether it's a handmade card or crafty time shared together, the bonds we build through art are some of the most special moments between friends.
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There will be prizes drawn for this hop! Be sure to read all about it at the end. I also have the complete hop list for you too!
Today I am sharing three cards I made with products from the Blooming Friendship release! First up are these two cards featuring the absolutely beautiful Watercolor Wonderland Wide Washi Tape and the coordinating Watercolor Wonderland Washi Die.
I've also used the new Spring Floral Lattice stencil set to create my textured background. I inked through the stencil and around the card panel edges with a pretty green ink. I added a few gold splatters to coordinate with the gold in the washi tape.
I pulled off a section of florals of the Watercolor Wonderland Wide Washi Tape and adhered it to a piece of white cardstock. Then I placed the one-piece Watercolor Wonderland Washi Die over the panel and ran it through my die cutting machine. This one die will die cut 10 individual pieces for you to arrange in any way you like.
The sentiment is from the Pretty Awesome Birthday stamp set. After stamping, I trimmed it into a rectangle and popped it up with foam adhesive.
Here is the second card featuring the Watercolor Wonderland Wide Washi Tape and the Spring Floral Lattice stencil set.
What is different on this card is the texture paste I tinted with a drop of yellow and green re-inkers. I applied one color through one of the Spring Floral Lattice stencils, let it dry, and then repeated the step with the other color texture paste and the other stencil.
The sentiment is made with the new Layered Friend Dies. These multi-layer dies are so fun. I inked cardstock with the same color ink as used for the stenciling for a coordinating sentiment.
This Watercolor Wonderland Wide Washi Tape is absolutely beautiful with the touches of gold! These would be gorgeous on scrapbook pages too!
One more card that I am sharing today is made with these awesome new products: Buzzing By stamp set and the Postage Stamp Frame die.
I cut white cardstock with the Postage Stamp Frame die. Then I placed all of the pieces back together onto a sticky mat inside my MISTI. Then I stamped the sentiment images from the Buzzing By stamp set as shown, allowing some to hang over the die cut rectangles.
I colored all of the images with various Copic markers.
I added a black cardstock layer to an A2 card base. Then I glued the frame of the Postage Stamp die cut piece to the card. Next I added foam tape to the back of each rectangle to adhere each one to the card.
I'll be sharing a fourth card next Tuesday over on my Instagram! I hope you will follow me there to more inspiration for this awesome Blooming Friendships release! Now on to the fun stuff!
Giveaway Info:
My Pretty Things is giving away a $25 gift card to TWO lucky winners!! Both winners will be drawn randomly from U.S. entrants* that have hopped along and left kind comments on the blogs along the way. Deadline to comment is April 3, 2026.
Winners will be announced on the My Pretty Things website main page on Monday April 6, 2026.
*This giveaway is open only to participants in the U.S. as My Pretty Things does not currently ship internationally.
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Carol Hintermeier <<<that's me!
Marisela Delgado said: What pretty cards 💜 mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteso much inspiration! Lovely cards!
ReplyDeleteI love your cards. Love the critters, of course, who doesn't, and the others are beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove how you layered the floral pieces. Great cards!
ReplyDeleteCarol! I love all three of these cards. I think the little bugs on the Postage Frame Die card are beyond cute, but I love the elegance of the Watercolor Washi cards too! The gold touches are so pretty. Thanks for the tip of coloring the paste for stenciling. That may be my favorite of your cards.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why but seriously I get a Bridgington vibe ....crazy huh
ReplyDeleteThat hummingbird card just calls my name! So so pretty!
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful cards! My fingers are itching just try making some myself.
ReplyDeleteVery much enjoy your lovely card ideas
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