Pinkfresh Studio January Release Beautiful Life
Hi and welcome to the first blog post of 2025!
I am starting the year with some absolutely thrilling news! I will be part of the Pinkfresh Studio design team for the first half of the year, and I’m so happy about it!
To see my picture amongst all of this talent is such a dream come true!
Today is release day for Pinkfresh Studio, the first of 2025 and it’s called Beautiful Life. Which I think is such a great name for the first release of the year, it sets a hopeful outlook for us.
This year we are not doing blog hops for the releases anymore, but I thought I’d pop in here and share that with you all as not everyone is on Instagram. That is where we will be doing release hops and giveaways now, and speaking of giveaways: If you comment on the Pinkfresh Studio Instagram post you can win the whole shebang! Yep, the entire release. (insert mind blown sounds here)
Something else that is different is that the usual ten $25 gift cards are now ten FIFTY DOLLAR gift cards!!
If you are not already on Instagram, sign up now and follow me and Pinkfresh Studio for your chance to win some of these generous prizes!
The photo below is my profile picture, so you can check you are in the right spot.
Now for my card, I have used the beautiful Butterflies In Bloom product suite, which has a Press Plate, stamp set, coordinating diecut and coordinating layering stencils.
The only product I didn’t use was the stamp set, and I have more cards to share later in the week. If you don’t want to letterpress or hot foil, the stamp set is for you for sure.
I hot foiled the image in Gold first, and then used the coordinating layering stencils to add some soft colours to it. Once that was done, I cut it out using the coordinating diecut.
I do love a bit of texture and interest to a background, and for this card I used the Stitched Chains Cover Plate. Before running it through my die cutting machine I rubbed some Espresso ink over it to add even more interest to the background.
I also used one of the Essentials: Blanket Stitch Brackets dies on the panel to create even more interest. One of the pieces I have propped up with Instant Dimension Foam Tape from Altenew.
Final touches were a hot foiled sentiment from the Butterflies In Blooms Press Plate set, and I have stacked this with two more pieces. A little smattering of bling was absolutely needed and I used Espresso gems.
That’s it card making wise, but I thought I’d just mention that I have used compensated affiliate links in this post. What that means is that if you click on any of these links and actually buy something, I get a small commission from the company directly. In this case, Pinkfresh Studio and Altenew, AT NO EXTRA COST TO YOU!! Yes, that’s right. This is one of the ways you can support me as a creator if you shop. It never costs you anything extra, but it shows the companies I work with that I bring traffic and orders to them. Which in turn makes them more likely to keep me on their design team, and most importantly, it helps me make some money so I can become financially independent and support my little family. Thank you so much if you shop using my links, I really, really appreciate it more than you will ever know.
If you are looking for some great slimline dies to add to your collection, there is currently 50% OFF the dies in this section!
There is also the CLEARANCE section where you can find all sorts of amazing products at great discounts. These are likely to be discontinued once sold out so if you see something you want, don’t delay. As they say, you snooze, you loose.
If this is the year for you to start scrapbooking and putting those memories into albums, this deal might interest you and give you that kick start to actually start your holiday scrapbook: Holiday Magic Scrapbook Bundle with Linen Album
For qualifying orders, you also get a free gift while supplies last! That Abstract Triangles hot foil plate has been a favourite of mine since it was released and I’m so sad it’s been discontinued.
Right, now I really am done, but thank you if you made it this far! Down below I have linked the products I used, except for the inks and blending tools, with compensated affiliate links.
With love and light, sparkle and creativity
Erica
