Pinkfresh Studio 4th Birthday Bash Blog Hop

Happy Monday, blog friends!! I hope that your Easter weekend was fabulous! Today I am celebrating ANOTHER industry 4th birthday...I told you last week that this seems to be the year of the 4th Birthday Bash!

Today Pinkfresh Studio is celebrating it's 4th birthday, and we are having a HUGE party! I'm officially proclaiming it Champagne Monday, so break out the bubbly & put on your party hats, because we have SO much in store for you today!

We have a HUGE blog hop lineup, with prizes at EVERY. SINGLE. STOP. There's a mix of gift cards to the Pinkfresh Studio store & prize packages of our scrapbooking collections. Did I mention the chance to WIN at EVERY SINGLE STOP?!! :) {The blog hop list will be at the bottom of my post.}

We will have 2 giveaways on Instagram - one on our feed, and the other via IG Stories. So, be sure to follow us if you aren't already!

And lastly, we will also have a Facebook giveaway of a prize package from the gorgeous Be You collection! So, make sure you like us on Facebook as well!

Alright...how about we get to my card for today's blog hop? I went with very soft watercolor with bold punches of black....which happens to be one of my favorite things lately! Oh, and by the way...the stamps I used MIGHT just be our Instagram feed giveaway today....just sayin'. ;)

To start, I created an A2 card from heavyweight black cardstock, then set aside. Next I cut two blocks of heavyweight white cardstock slightly smaller, and set one aside. Then I stamped the flowers from the Fleur 1 stamp set to one of the white blocks in onyx black Versafine ink. I hit it with my heat gun for a few seconds just to make sure the ink set up.

 Next I watercolored the flowers with my Zig clean color real markers and a size 2 watercolor brush. I purposely chose to not use watercolor paper, as I wasn't using a ton of water on the stamped images and I wanted the water to soak in quickly. Once dry, I added some shimmer to the flowers with my Wink of Stella pen and then cut out the flowers with the coordinating Fleur 1 diecuts.

 Next I mounted the diecut flowers to the white cardstock block I had set aside, and flicked it with black paint splatters. I use a set of watercolor cakes to do this, and it has always worked really well for me! There are a lot of ways to add paint splatters to your cards, so chose your favorite. And If paint splatters aren't your thing, just leave them off and the card will still be super beautiful!

Once the paint splatters were dry, I mounted the entire block to the card base using foam in order to give it some nice dimension.

Next I stamped the two sentiments from the Word Series Happy & Pause for Applause stamp sets to white cardstock strips. I cut the banner edges as shown, then mounted them to the card front with foam dots. The Pause for Applause stamp set is technically a planner stamp set, but it has so many GREAT birthday options in it. You will love it for your cardmaking as well!

The final step to creating this card was accenting it with my signature jewels tucked here & there! I love adding sentiment strips for this very reason - I can really tuck them where I want them.

I always try to include a couple shots that show how beautiful the Wink of Stella shimmer is! You have to photograph directly into a light source for this, which is technically a photography no-no, but I do it only so you can see the shimmer! :)

Well, that is my card for you today! I hope that you enjoyed it, and realized how fun and easy it is to mix & match Pinkfresh Studio stamps in order to create a perfect sentiment. Our products really are so versatile!

How about we get to the blog hop? Are you ready for some hopping? Here is the blog hop list you need!

Pinkfresh Blog
Adrienne Alvis
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Vicky Papaioannou
Amanda Baldwin
Amy Tsuruta
Ashley Horton
Crystal Thompson
Melissa Bickford
Erum Tasneem
Flora Farkas
Lea Lawson - YOU ARE HERE
Heather Hoffman
Kathleen Gramuller
Lorilei Murphy
Laura Bassen
Nina-Marie Tripani
Veera Saarivuo
Zsoka Marko
Isha Gupta
Elsie Robinson
Elena Roussakis

As I mentioned above, we all have either a $40 giftcard or $40 in scrapbooking products as giveaways on our blog posts! AND...there is a $100 giftcard giveaway on the Pinkfresh Blog, so don't forget to leave a comment there as well!

I have a $40 gift certificate to give away! All you have to do is leave a comment on this blog post by Monday, April 9th at 6am PST. We will announce all the winners on the Pinkfresh Studio blog that afternoon!

My goodness...I can't wait to sit down with a cup of coffee & check out all of the amazing creations to be seen along the hop!

Before you head on to your next stop, I wanted to invite you to follow me on social media. I hang out on Instagram a lot, and share my work in progress in my stories...along with REALLY cute photos of my dogs! :)

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Have a great start to your week, and use our birthday for a reason to throw a little party today! :)

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