Pinkfresh Studio Holiday Cards Blog Hop - Day 1

Happy Thursday, blog friends! Today is a super fun day, because today starts a two day Holiday Cards blog hop with Pinkfresh Studio!

We are hoping the next two days will help get you in the holiday spirit, and inspire you as you create your Christmas cards! And in usual Pinkfresh style, we've got lots of giveaways and a FANTASTIC shopping promo.

Every order will receive this awesome Holiday Vibes die for FREE! It will automatically load into your cart, and you should see it there upon checkout. This offer is WHILE SUPPLIES LAST, so be sure to shop early! It's the perfect time to grab your favorites from our selection of holiday stamps & dies! {You are going to be so inspired to use them after these next few days.} You could also grab some of your favorites from our October Release, or pick up those Liquid Watercolors you've been eyeing! The entire Pinkfresh Studio store is eligible for this free die with purchase promo! Here is a list with all of the Holiday products for your shopping convenience!


I know I mentioned giveaways, and I will share those at the end of my post, along with a complete blog hop list for day 1. But first, I wanted to let you know that I will be doing a Pinkfresh Studio Christmas Card series on my blog starting Monday! I have a HUGE prize that I will be offering up, so be sure to check back on Monday to get ALL the details. So, how about we get to my card? I created this cutie card using the Skating Bunnies stamps & coordinating dies, and paired them with a background that I created from liquid watercolor. Check it out!

 I did film a video of my card today, but was having some major technical issues yesterday. So, I will put it up on my YouTube channel later today, and then add it into my post. Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel, and hit the notification bell so you will get an update when the video is up! That way you won't miss it!

To start, I painted an ombre wash to a block of Cut Cardstock 130 LB cougar white cardstock using liquid watercolor in Aquamarine & Sky Blue. While it was drying, I stamped the bunnies to white cardstock in onyx black Versafine ink, then colored them with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I used the following colors:

Fur: Light Gray, Pale Gray

Clothes: Geranium Red, Red

Cheeks: Pale Pink

Once I was finished coloring them, I cut them out with their coordinating diecuts.

Next I arranged the bunnies where I wanted to place them, but didn't adhere them down quite yet. Then I arranged the swirls as shown, and stamped them directly to the dry watercolor panel in onyx black Versafine ink. Then I also stamped the sentiment directly to the panel in the same ink. Finally, I stamped the snowflakes & snow dots all around the top of the card with white pigment ink - it ended up looking more like embossing ink, which was the perfect touch! With all the stamping done, I covered the bottom of the card using a large glue pen and covered it in prisma glitter.

I mounted the entire watercolor panel to the front of an A2 card base made from heavyweight white cardstock. Next I adhered the bunnies to the front, popping the outside ones with foam dots. I thought that the two bunnies on the right looked like they were skating pairs...so cute!!

Finally, I accented around the sentiment with my signature jewels and added some glitter to the bunnies and stamped snowflakes.

That is what I have for you today! So, how about we get to the prizes and the blog hop link list?

PRIZES

Today you have the chance to win (6) $25 Pinkfresh Studio giftcards, which will be chosen from all of the blog hop comments.

You also have a chance to win a really amazing grand prize package of 6 holiday sets on the Pinkfresh Studio blog! In case that isn't enough....you will have the chance to win the same number of prizes tomorrow too! So that is 14 chances to win, friends! Not to mention you are going to be swimming in inspiration!

BLOG HOP LINK LIST:

Many of our designers, and some very welcomed guests have been crazy busy creating inspiring projects using all of these great holiday stamps & dies! You are going to LOVE hopping along this blog hop! Here is a full link list in case you've happened upon my blog, and want to participate in the full event!

An InLinkz Link-up

All you have to do is hop along to each stop & leave a comment along the way to be entered to win! You have until Saturday, November 10th at 11:59pm CST to leave a comment. Winners will be posted on the GIVEAWAY PAGE on Sunday by 2pm CST. You must check this page & claim your prize within 2 weeks.

That is all I have for you today, my friends! Before you move along to the 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! :) And of course, I would love for you to subscribe to my YouTube Channel.

INSTAGRAM | YOUTUBE

 

I hope that you have a great Thursday & happy hopping!

SUPPLY LIST
For your shopping convenience, all products are linked below. {Includes affiliate linking where possible - this allows small compensation for me at no cost to you. Never fear - I will only ever link to products that I truly love & use!}

One final note - I am really going to try and play along each day with Kathy Rac's 30 Day Coloring Challenge. This is my first official entry! Hopefully you will play along too!