Pinkfresh Studio Holiday Cards Blog Hop

Good morning, crafty friends!  Here it is November 1, and the start of the holiday season! 

To help get you in the holiday spirit, Pinkfresh Studios is having holiday inspiration blog hops today and tomorrow and I'm participating today for the Ellen Hutson LLC shop.  <--Because you know that's my favorite online retailer of all your crafting needs!  ;-)  You can find the Pinkfresh Studio products at Ellen's shop HERE.

Here's my inspiration for you today:

 

I adore this sweet Great Joy stamp and coordinating die set -- aren't those woodland animals absolutely the cutest?!!

I gold heat embossed this beautiful wreath image onto watercolor paper, then watercolored the images with my Gansai Tambi watercolors, using minty green, dark pink, and aqua colors. The bow was stamped with Picked Raspberry Distress ink onto watercolor paper that was watercolored with lighter pink. Then I shimmered the bow and accented some of the lovely details in the wreath -- the candy canes, animal bows & scarves, holly & berries, bell -- all great iconic holiday images that really put you in the holiday spirit!

To finish this card, I popped the bow and wreath up on foam tape onto the watercolor card base, which has the pretty sentiment gold heat embossed and stamped with Memento Rose Bud ink. Finally, I cut a 1/4-inch strip out of the lower portion of the card front and watercolored the strip with the same pink watercolor as in the wreath, then adhered all the card front pieces onto the card base.

Thanks so much for joining us today for a little holiday inspiration!  Remember you can find Pinkfresh Studio products at Ellen Hutson LLC whenever you are doing the rest of your crafty shopping!

BLOG HOP & GIVEAWAYS:
-The Pinkfresh Studio blog will be giving away a holiday stamp bundle grand prize on each day of the blog hops at their blog! (Prizes will be pictured each day on their blog).
-They will also be giving away (6) $25 gift cards to the Pinkfresh Studio store randomly from all of the blog hop comments each day.
-That is 12 chances to win over the two days, plus the grand prize bundles on the Pinkfresh Studio blog!
-Winners will be posted on Sunday, November 11 by 2pm CST on their GIVEAWAY PAGE. You are responsible for checking that page and claiming your prize within two weeks.

Head over to the Pinkfresh Studio blog to find the list of all hop participants, so you can check out all the wonderful holiday inspiration ... Happy hopping!

SUPPLIES:

PinkFresh Studio Clear Stamps, Great Joy Pinkfresh Studio Stamp & Die Set, Great Joy VersaMark Ink Pad Ranger Distress Oxide Ink Pad, Picked Raspberry Memento Dew Drop Ink Pad, Rose Bud Kuretake Gansai Tambi, 36 Color Set Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Heavyweight, Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb, 25 pk Ranger Watercolor Paper, 10 pk Pentel Arts Aquash Water Brush, Large Fine Point (23637) My Sweet Petunia MISTI Laser Etched Stamping Tool (8-1/8 X 10-1/2) My Sweet Petunia Bar Magnet Fiskars SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer (12") Scor-Buddy Mini Scoring Board 9x7.5 Teflon Bone Folder X-Press It High Tack Double-Sided Foam Mounting Tape, 1/2 in Tim Holtz Tonic Mini Snips Ranger Super Fine Embossing Powder, Gold Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Bag Ranger Heat It Craft Tool Tonic Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen 2 pk

Comments

[carol]

1.

Sharon, your wreath is gorgeous and yes, the woodland animals are delightful! Your minty green, dark pink, and aqua palette...lovely! Christmas spirit soaring in seeing your inspired, inspiring festive delight!
~carol

[Lisa Byers]

2.

I love this wreath set and you really made this set pop!! I love the embossing and watercoloring. I love the colors you used, so pretty!! Very nice card!!!

[Vivian C]

3.

Thanks for sharing, this christmas card is absolutely gorgeous, love the coloring.

[Claudia Fuentes]

4.

Woooww Sharon es una tarjeta simplemente preciosa amo con todo mi ser ese sello es tan dulce y tierno que ya quiesiera tenerlo en mi escritorio para trabajarlo, gracias por compartir su proceso creativo!!

[Karthikha Uday]

5.

Such a beautiful card!! The gold and pink combination is super pretty! :)

[Freda]

6.

Love love love the colours you used in this card. My favourite so far in this hop.

[Kelly]

7.

Stunning ! Pink, Mint and Aqua are my most favourite and your card just shines!

[Sharon Gullikson]

8.

This looks amazing! You must just LOVE it. I like how you made it shine, and used such soft colors. WOW

[Cynthia Cole]

9.

Love this beautiful wreath card!

[Nelya]

10.

Love the colors and how you incorporated pink into it. A bit more fun than the traditional colors.

[Anne Sturgeon]

11.

Oh such pretty colors for this great wreath. Love the softness of color with the festive gold. Nicely done.

[Mary G]

12.

Embossing the wreath has taken it to the next level. Lovely!

[Marisela Delgado]

13.

What a great card! So pretty and festive!

[Becca Yahrling]

14.

The gold embossing is such a special way to stamp these images, I think. And then watercolored to perfection & oh so pretty.

[Kirsty Vittetoe]

15.

-Gorgeous card - I hope it gets sent to somebody very special :)

[Heike]

16.

Love all the different takes on these cards.

[Jeanne Beam]

17.

Such a gorgeous Christmas card. Love the wreath.
Thanks so much for sharing...

[Deb O.]

18.

So pretty! Nice job!

[Meghan Kennihan]

19.

Such a stunning wreath! Great job!

[Sue D]

20.

Gorgeous with the gold embossing.

[Brian Poteraj]

21.

What a good idea to use gold embossing powder. It makes the colors stay in the lines well. And the look is very Christmassy.

[Carolyn Keierleber]

22.

Love the wreath and the gold embossing. Sweet card!

[Desiree Lamar]

23.

This looks really lovely, love all the design choices.

[Brande Davison]

24.

The gold touches are fabulous - gives the card such a graceful, classy feel!

[Eva N]

25.

Love your combination of gold embossing & soft coloring to make this wreath so pretty.

[Sharon Harnist]

26.

Wow, Freda - Thanks so much for the fabulous comment, especially since there are many amazingly talented ladies on this hop! 😊 Thank you so much for making my day!

Sharon Harnist

[Isabel Z]

27.

I love blog hops because they inspire me to create.

[Amy Cooley]

28.

This wreath is very pretty and unique! Thanks for sharing your pretty creation!

[teresamnj]

29.

I love everything about this card, especially the gold highlights!

[poppystamps]

30.

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[Michele K. Henderson]

31.

This is SO stunning! I love the beautiful color combination of the gold embossing and the pinks and blues! Just so beautiful and really festive too!

[joy meadows]

32.

What a beautiful card, Sharon! I love everything about it!!

[Jane]

33.

Love your charming card!

[Dee Earnshaw]

34.

wow your card is simply gorgeous - love the flashes of gold:)

[Michelle Hackett]

35.

I love that a lot of people are using pink on their holiday cards this year. This is gorgeous.

[Teresa Doyle]

36.

WOW Sharon, this is a real gem. I am loving the pastel shades with the gold embossing powder. Simply beautiful!

[Althea Joseph]

37.

Loving your colour palette. Your area this exquisite.

[Peggy M]

38.

Beautiful holiday card! Thank you for sharing!

[Kelsey Thomas]

39.

This is really pretty! :) Love how you colored the wreath.

[Jean Marmo]

40.

BEautiful and elegant!

[Nana Griffin]

41.

So pretty.

[Amy Vitriani]

42.

Gorgeous card! I love the beautiful gold embossing. And your watercoloring is just beautiful ❤️

[Mirella Rogan]

43.

Such a sweet card, I like the pink!

[Ruth Tacoma]

44.

So beautiful! Love the pretty colors!

[Lauryne Cunningham]

45.

What a pretty color palette! Love your card!

[Nandini Karmarkar]

46.

Very beautiful card. Love the combo of gold and bright pink.

[Dana M]

47.

Beautiful and festive card! Lovely colors and watercoloring.

[Di Brown]

48.

Fantastic card, looove the colours I think they are stunning and they are my colours for this year's Christmas. I usually change every two years. Love the woodland animals on the wreath, the touches of gold really 'lift it'. Thank you for sharing and for your inspiration.

[Teri S.]

49.

Oh, you've made this so beautiful & different with the whimsical woodland animals you've added to the wreath. The gold & pink really work well together also. Thanks!

[Sheri Kempke]

50.

Your card is so pretty--love the wreath with the animals on it--just stunning!