Hello crafting pals! Happy Saturday! Hope your week was awesome! We have had a couple of weeks of sunshine here and the flowers are going crazy. We already have about 20 fully bloomed daffodils, and the tulips are sprouting! Tons of blossoms on all the trees and lots of camellias too. It feels good to be outside this time of year and I like it that it's still cold at night. I've been busy with tons of activities, mostly at church, and not as much crafting. Life is good here at the moment. Today I'm here on the blog as part of the giant Pretty Pink Posh Ninth Birthday Celebration! One of my favorite companies is nine years old this month - yay and congratulations to Pretty Pink Posh!
In order to celebrate PPP's birthday, there is a huge four day blog hop and also next week a big Instagram hop! Today is my day to join the blog hop and I'm glad you're here! I'll have another card next week too! Yippee! Prizes, supplies, discounts and the link list are at the bottom of my post today. Let's get started!
THE PPP BIRTHDAY NEW RELEASE IS ALREADY AVAILABLE FOR SHOPPING!!
My finished card is an A2 cream card base. I layered pretty purple cardstock and purple gingham as my base. My card features the brand new Gift Card Bag Die, The brand new Birthday Sentiments stamps and dies, and the brand new Wish stamps and dies. I used a color palette of purple, green, yellow and cream, with bits of gold and some sparkly glitter!
The star of the show is the awesome new GIft Card Bag Die! It perfectly holds a gift card for any occasion. I made a fun birthday card with mine to use all the new supplies! I die cut the bag from cream cardstock and gently inked just the bottom of the bag using Distress Ink and a Blender Brush. I heat embossed the sentiment in gold onto a vellum strip to go across the bottom of the bag. The sentiment is brand new and I LOVE it!
The top of the bag die has a pretty zig zag edge which just adds a nice detail. When I die cut the bag, I die cut a purple handle for it. I used a previously released die set to make some matching purple bows for the top. I tucked in some crumpled up vellum to look like gift bag tissue!
I colored everything with Copic Markers and added white gel pen accents. I splattered on gold paint and purple ink to the bag for a bit of artistic interest. I used a scallop circle and another cream circle to serve as my focal point for the birthday icons.
Here is my card with the coffee gift card tucked inside!! Fun fact about me - I collect Starbucks cards! For over twenty years! I have hundreds of them and so I can always find one that matches a theme or is perfect for the person! This one has a pretty birthday cake on it.
Here is some great sale information - and a free gift offer too!
My gift bag was attached to the card using foam tape to leave room for the vellum tissue and the gift card. I'll need a larger envelope, but that's okay!
Thank you for stopping by today! Enjoy the wonderful blog hop! Hope you have an awesome weekend! XO
There are EIGHT $25 gift certificates up for grabs from Pretty Pink Posh (two winners for each day of the hop!) Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop comments so be sure to comment on ALL the blogs!! Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PST on 2/15/2023. Winners will be announced on the PPP blog! Good luck everyone!!
THE PPP BIRTHDAY NEW RELEASE IS ALREADY AVAILABLE FOR SHOPPING!!
CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see my supply list for today's card (Affiliate Links Used)!
TODAY'S BLOG HOP LINKS LIST! ENJOY THE HOP!
Pretty Pink Posh blog
Tammy Stark
Wanda Guess
Jeanne Jachna
Rachel Alvarado
Jeannie Lieu
What a beautiful card. I love how you embellished the bag with bows and the tissue gives it texture. So pretty with the shades of purple!
Posted by: Danielle Pajot | 02/14/2023 at 10:16 PM
Wanda this card is so cute I love y I hr choice of purple 💜 for the background!
Posted by: Holly Jackson | 02/14/2023 at 08:26 PM
Such a fun card and a unique way to give a gift card! I love this idea! Super cute.
Posted by: Leigh Norris | 02/14/2023 at 01:06 PM
Wanda, this is so gorgeous in purple with the icing, bows, packages and balloons!! Gorgeous coloring too!!! You do amazing work!! love this new gift bag! The "tissue" is such a sweet touch!
Posted by: Beverly Jordan | 02/13/2023 at 02:25 PM
A card & gift in one! This is so clever, and just so lovely! And versatile, which we all look for...substitute a tissue for the gift card, and make a get well card! Or keep the G/C and let your ill friend get soup delivered! Endless possibilities... Love this entire release💜💜💜
Posted by: Bets Greene | 02/12/2023 at 09:37 PM
Such a fun card! Love the little gift bag front. Thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: Janet Sisk | 02/12/2023 at 09:18 PM
This is darling! I love the layers and of course the white gel pen accents....I can't believe how much that adds. HBD PPP!
Posted by: Rebecca Marie Reynolds | 02/12/2023 at 06:18 PM
Great idea to use giftcard bag on a card. Thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: Joan Brenizer | 02/12/2023 at 03:19 PM
Wanda, I LOVE ALL of the dimension on your card! AND the COLORS you chose to use! ALL of the little elements you added to the front of your shopping bag are SO FUN! The tissue paper & little purple bows are a NICE ADDITION, along with your gold splatters! A SUPER JOB for PPP, & US! HUGS! ;)<3
Posted by: Becky Green | 02/12/2023 at 03:07 PM
I love the purple color! So very cool and awesome. Incredible card. I love the gift bag! What a treat!
Posted by: Jade | 02/12/2023 at 02:23 PM
love how the cute gift bag is on the card and is also a gift card holder!
Posted by: Stacey Carpenter | 02/12/2023 at 02:07 PM
very beautiful card!
Posted by: Stacey Carpenter | 02/12/2023 at 02:05 PM
This is wonderful! Love it!
Posted by: Janet D. | 02/12/2023 at 01:20 PM
I love how you used the vellum to look like tissue paper sticking out! So cute and the PPP 9ty birthday release had all of our birthday card making needs!!
Posted by: Ann Marie Sharratt | 02/12/2023 at 08:52 AM
That’s so cool that you collect Starbucks cards. Love the colors you used for this and that you made it into a card with tissue paper was very clever.
Posted by: Michelle Hackett | 02/12/2023 at 07:32 AM
LOVE your card, Wanda. The purple color is perfect and so cheery. What a fun idea to create a feature circle with all of those fun birthday elements. Love the gold embossing, too!
Posted by: Cathy P. | 02/12/2023 at 07:10 AM
I love the color combination that you chose for your card, and the gift bag die-fun!!
Posted by: Stacy H. | 02/12/2023 at 06:21 AM
Your card is absolutely adorable!
Posted by: Laura Greig | 02/12/2023 at 05:36 AM
Your card is fabulous, I love the color combination you chose, and the crumpled vellum was the perfect finishing touch to the gift bag.
Posted by: Linda S. | 02/12/2023 at 05:34 AM
WOW! This card is over the top gorgeous, Wanda! Love all of the details you added. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Joy Meadows | 02/12/2023 at 05:12 AM
I just love what you did with this little gift bag. The vellum tissue is so pretty with the gift card tucked in.
Posted by: Amy Cooley | 02/12/2023 at 04:37 AM
This is absolutely the cutest birthday card! I love the purple. So creative and fun!
Posted by: Kimberley Bond | 02/12/2023 at 04:04 AM
Such a fun card! Love the festive colors. Beautifully done as always!
Posted by: Cathy Singleton | 02/12/2023 at 02:07 AM
A gorgeous card!
Posted by: Jean Marmo | 02/12/2023 at 01:56 AM
So beautiful! I see purple so it's a winner with me!
Posted by: Marisela Delgado | 02/11/2023 at 10:00 PM
That purple is amazing!
Posted by: Jennifer Rasnick | 02/11/2023 at 07:09 PM
OOOOH, Wanda!! I adore that purple theme! I love the card and I was struck when I saw it. Great job - this PPP gift "bag" is terrific. Love the finishing touch of the vellum as "tissue" - absolutely a genius idea. Love your work in every hop!! TFS -
Lori S in PA
Posted by: Lori Spitzer | 02/11/2023 at 06:00 PM
Who wouldn't LOVE getting this card for their birthday? Fabulous colors and design! I love it so much.
Posted by: Cindi Green | 02/11/2023 at 05:54 PM
Love the idea of the gift bag.
the purple is a wonderful color.
thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Mary Holshouser | 02/11/2023 at 05:14 PM
Beautiful card! Love the purple!
Posted by: A Ito | 02/11/2023 at 04:26 PM
The way you have the tissue popping out of the gift card bag is just adorable. Love it!
Posted by: Bonnie King | 02/11/2023 at 04:01 PM
Another fun card Wanda! Love the little bows at the top of the bag handles! Fun Spring colors!
Posted by: Suzie P. | 02/11/2023 at 03:56 PM
This card is fantastic. Your colors are beautiful!
Posted by: Sarah Haumschild | 02/11/2023 at 03:10 PM
Love your adorable card! The bag is awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Jeanne Beam | 02/11/2023 at 02:43 PM
This is so fun! Love the idea of a gift bag card!
Posted by: Alexandra Y | 02/11/2023 at 02:09 PM
So cute! Great color choice!
Posted by: Kelly B | 02/11/2023 at 02:08 PM
Great card, Wanda!
Posted by: Connie | 02/11/2023 at 01:06 PM
I love this card! Beautifully colored, fabulous design, and featuring my favorite purple/green color combo.
Posted by: Laurie Black | 02/11/2023 at 01:03 PM
This card gets a big A+. There's just so much that makes it fantastic.
Posted by: Tami B | 02/11/2023 at 12:21 PM
Love the colors mixed with vellum on this card!
Posted by: Sonya | 02/11/2023 at 11:00 AM
Thanks for sharing your creative process. Loved how you used the vellum as “tissue paper”
Posted by: KC Wong | 02/11/2023 at 10:13 AM
Love the bag and all the fun party images! Such a fun card in pretty colors! Happy 9th birthday to PPP!
Posted by: Denise Bryant | 02/11/2023 at 10:04 AM
I love your card-so many great details, the colors, the gift card die is perfect! I have to remember this idea--its a great idea and the tissue paper insert? Amazing detail.
Posted by: Sheri Kempke | 02/11/2023 at 09:34 AM
LOVE that little bag! Such a cute card!
Posted by: Stacey Foley | 02/11/2023 at 09:26 AM
Such a beautiful card! The purple is awesome!
Posted by: Melissa Leftrick | 02/11/2023 at 08:58 AM
You always come up with the sweetest cards Wanda! TFS
Posted by: Debbie Br | 02/11/2023 at 08:28 AM
The card is amazing. The Vellum you used going into the bag like tissue paper is incredible.
Posted by: kathy camp | 02/11/2023 at 08:28 AM
So cute i like the added vellum as tissue!
Posted by: kathleen dumpert | 02/11/2023 at 08:28 AM
Your colors, especially the purple and gold, look adorable! Great job as always.
Posted by: Sharon Gullikson | 02/11/2023 at 08:26 AM
That is awesome! I love this! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Nancee Purdum | 02/11/2023 at 08:09 AM