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Showing posts with label Memory Box. Show all posts
The new Large Stitched Envelope and Postage die from Poppystamps lends itself to endless creativity. It is large enough to put things in, like this set of tulips, and small enough that you could fit 2-5 envelopes on an A2 or slimline card. The stitched edge makes it extra cute. And if that weren't cool enough, you get a fun little postage stamp die with the envelope die.
I die cut the envelope from Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Solar White cover stock and then cut it again from lightweight green patterned paper. I trimmed the patterned paper down so I had a piece small enough to line the inside of the flaps. I glued in the lime green flap lining, but waited to glue the bottom flap to the two side flaps.
Next, I used the Layered Tulips die and cut petals from the Twilight Purple and Vibrant Violet 6x6 Memory Box paper pads. I mixed and matched petals to create 8 different blooms. I cut stems and leaves from two colors of the Lush Green 6x6 Memory Box paper.
I took a white card base and added a blue lightly-patterned paper on top, then I added the unfolded envelope, only gluing the back panel down, then the flowers. I glued the stems first, then I added the blooms in a pleasing arrangement.
I took a little sentiment strip from my stash and glued it over the envelope. I can use this card for a birthday, anniversary, graduation or even a wedding.
What kinds of things would look great coming out of an envelope? There is SO much to choose from.
[This will be my last post as a member of the Poppystamps Design Team. I have had an extraordinarily good time and have connected with some amazing people and cardmakers through Poppystamps. My thanks to the company for its support and goodwill, and simply for being part of this amazing crafting community.]
The new Large Stitched Envelope and Postage die from Poppystamps lends itself to endless creativity. It is large enough to put things in, like this set of tulips, and small enough that you could fit 2-5 envelopes on an A2 or slimline card. The stitched edge makes it extra cute. And if that weren't cool enough, you get a fun little postage stamp die with the envelope die.
I die cut the envelope from Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Solar White cover stock and then cut it again from lightweight green patterned paper. I trimmed the patterned paper down so I had a piece small enough to line the inside of the flaps. I glued in the lime green flap lining, but waited to glue the bottom flap to the two side flaps.
Next, I used the Layered Tulips die and cut petals from the Twilight Purple and Vibrant Violet 6x6 Memory Box paper pads. I mixed and matched petals to create 8 different blooms. I cut stems and leaves from two colors of the Lush Green 6x6 Memory Box paper.
I took a white card base and added a blue lightly-patterned paper on top, then I added the unfolded envelope, only gluing the back panel down, then the flowers. I glued the stems first, then I added the blooms in a pleasing arrangement.
I took a little sentiment strip from my stash and glued it over the envelope. I can use this card for a birthday, anniversary, graduation or even a wedding.
What kinds of things would look great coming out of an envelope? There is SO much to choose from.
[This will be my last post as a member of the Poppystamps Design Team. I have had an extraordinarily good time and have connected with some amazing people and cardmakers through Poppystamps. My thanks to the company for its support and goodwill, and simply for being part of this amazing crafting community.]
There is so much to love about the new Gracious Floral set from Memory Box Open Studio. I'm a big fan of slimline cards, so I decided to create a high contrast card of mostly black and white. I used the Gracious Floral 3D Embossing Folder with Neenah Classic Crest 110lb cardstock. Here's a tip: spritz your cardstock on one or both sides with one single spritz of water just before you send it through your machine sandwiched inside the folder. This will relax the paper fibers, allowing them to bend instead of crack. Of course, if your cardstock has ink on it, just do the back only.
After I had dry embossed 4 of these super detailed flowers, I laid the die from the Gracious Floral Stamp and Die set on top and cut out all 4. This flattened out the dry embossing some, which I expected. I simply put the die cut piece back into my embossing folder (no need to spritz again with water) and made sure it was sitting in the "grooves" where it was before. I ran it through again and got these gorgeous results. I had the idea of putting my embossed die cuts on a black background and I chose a pearlescent black cardstock.
I knew I needed a pop of color to bring out parts of the flower - I could have chosen virtually any color and I picked a deep pink. A bright curry-like yellow would have looked just as good. I used a fingertip blending sponge (they kind of sit on your finger like a thimble) and swiped the deep pink ink on the flower centers. I glued the flowers on the black background and then used my trimmer to cut the entire thing down to 3" x 8.5". My card would be 3.5" x 8.5", so I used a matching dark pink piece of cardstock as the base and glued the black cardstock with my embossed flowers in the middle of it, leaving a stripe of pink on each side.
There are SO many great sentiments in the Gracious Floral Stamp Set and I thought the 'just for you' sentiment could work for almost anything. I stamped it in Versamark on heavy black cardstock and then heat embossed with Ranger's white embossing powder. I used the matching die that came with the stamp and die set to cut it out. I used foam adhesive to pop it off the card and mailed it to a dear relative.
There is so much to love about the new Gracious Floral set from Memory Box Open Studio. I'm a big fan of slimline cards, so I decided to create a high contrast card of mostly black and white. I used the Gracious Floral 3D Embossing Folder with Neenah Classic Crest 110lb cardstock. Here's a tip: spritz your cardstock on one or both sides with one single spritz of water just before you send it through your machine sandwiched inside the folder. This will relax the paper fibers, allowing them to bend instead of crack. Of course, if your cardstock has ink on it, just do the back only.
After I had dry embossed 4 of these super detailed flowers, I laid the die from the Gracious Floral Stamp and Die set on top and cut out all 4. This flattened out the dry embossing some, which I expected. I simply put the die cut piece back into my embossing folder (no need to spritz again with water) and made sure it was sitting in the "grooves" where it was before. I ran it through again and got these gorgeous results. I had the idea of putting my embossed die cuts on a black background and I chose a pearlescent black cardstock.
I knew I needed a pop of color to bring out parts of the flower - I could have chosen virtually any color and I picked a deep pink. A bright curry-like yellow would have looked just as good. I used a fingertip blending sponge (they kind of sit on your finger like a thimble) and swiped the deep pink ink on the flower centers. I glued the flowers on the black background and then used my trimmer to cut the entire thing down to 3" x 8.5". My card would be 3.5" x 8.5", so I used a matching dark pink piece of cardstock as the base and glued the black cardstock with my embossed flowers in the middle of it, leaving a stripe of pink on each side.
There are SO many great sentiments in the Gracious Floral Stamp Set and I thought the 'just for you' sentiment could work for almost anything. I stamped it in Versamark on heavy black cardstock and then heat embossed with Ranger's white embossing powder. I used the matching die that came with the stamp and die set to cut it out. I used foam adhesive to pop it off the card and mailed it to a dear relative.
The new Poppystamps Layered Tulips die is so much fun to work with! If you like flowers (how many cardmakers don't?) it offers so much texture and dimension. I created this colorful bouquet with some Memory Box paper and Layered Tulips.
I started by choosing my cardstock from both the Twilight Purple and the Vibrant Violet Memory Box 6x6" paper pads.
I cut out all the parts for every tulip from 3 different colors and rearranged them to make a total of 7 tulips. I used the same tulips dies to cut out green shapes to use as leaves, and stems all from the Lush Green Memory Box pad. I also used a big piece of greenery from the Floral Vase Pop Up Easel Set in the background. I loved the idea of a bouquet wrapped in brown paper, as though from a streetside flower vendor. I simply grabbed a lunch sack from my pantry and freehand cut out a shape that was sort of a semi-circle. I trimmed it down so it would fit correctly and still show some stems at the bottom. I folded it into a cone shape and glued the back to a piece of White Woodgrain Paper cut to 3" x 8". Next I arranged my stems, greenery, leaves, and tulips to be just how I liked. I started gluing everything down on top of the open brown wrapper. I used some foam tape to give some of the flowers even more dimension.
When I was satisfied with my bouquet and greenery, I folded the brown paper closed, securing it with a dot of glue and folding back a little so it showed the flowers and stems well. Next, I took a very short piece of Stampin' Up!'s Summer Starfruit ribbon and tied a piece of twine around the middle. This served 2 purposes - it cinched the ribbon to make it appear as though the bow was tied from it, and it gave me something to tie the tag to. I wrapped it around the front, tucking it under the brown paper and gluing it to secure it. If I had been thinking ahead, I would have glued this down underneath my brown paper and wrapped it around. Next, I printed the Happy Easter sentiment onto white cardstock from my PC. I used a small tag die from the Poppystamps Basic Junk Journal set to cut it out. I punched a hole through it and strung it on the twine. When the glue was dry, I made a bow with another piece of ribbon and glued it on top of the cinched center of the other ribbon. I adhered the tag to the card with foam tape.
I matted the entire white piece onto a piece of dark kraft paper and then onto a pink-mauve card base.
The new Poppystamps Layered Tulips die is so much fun to work with! If you like flowers (how many cardmakers don't?) it offers so much texture and dimension. I created this colorful bouquet with some Memory Box paper and Layered Tulips.
I started by choosing my cardstock from both the Twilight Purple and the Vibrant Violet Memory Box 6x6" paper pads.
I cut out all the parts for every tulip from 3 different colors and rearranged them to make a total of 7 tulips. I used the same tulips dies to cut out green shapes to use as leaves, and stems all from the Lush Green Memory Box pad. I also used a big piece of greenery from the Floral Vase Pop Up Easel Set in the background. I loved the idea of a bouquet wrapped in brown paper, as though from a streetside flower vendor. I simply grabbed a lunch sack from my pantry and freehand cut out a shape that was sort of a semi-circle. I trimmed it down so it would fit correctly and still show some stems at the bottom. I folded it into a cone shape and glued the back to a piece of White Woodgrain Paper cut to 3" x 8". Next I arranged my stems, greenery, leaves, and tulips to be just how I liked. I started gluing everything down on top of the open brown wrapper. I used some foam tape to give some of the flowers even more dimension.
When I was satisfied with my bouquet and greenery, I folded the brown paper closed, securing it with a dot of glue and folding back a little so it showed the flowers and stems well. Next, I took a very short piece of Stampin' Up!'s Summer Starfruit ribbon and tied a piece of twine around the middle. This served 2 purposes - it cinched the ribbon to make it appear as though the bow was tied from it, and it gave me something to tie the tag to. I wrapped it around the front, tucking it under the brown paper and gluing it to secure it. If I had been thinking ahead, I would have glued this down underneath my brown paper and wrapped it around. Next, I printed the Happy Easter sentiment onto white cardstock from my PC. I used a small tag die from the Poppystamps Basic Junk Journal set to cut it out. I punched a hole through it and strung it on the twine. When the glue was dry, I made a bow with another piece of ribbon and glued it on top of the cinched center of the other ribbon. I adhered the tag to the card with foam tape.
I matted the entire white piece onto a piece of dark kraft paper and then onto a pink-mauve card base.
The Rainbow Arch die from Poppystamps has a lot of flexibility. It can serve as a cool, graphic semi-circle among other things. I decided to pull out some specialty cardstock and give it a workout.
I started by using the singular die (every arch cuts at once) with a pale blue glitter from the Delicate Pastel Glitter pad, then a turquoise mirror and blue-green pearl paper both from the Vintage Pastel Mirror pad. Finally, I pulled out a blue-green holographic paper from Recollections. After die cutting, I was left with 28 arches to play with on my card. I moved them around on top of a piece of kraft cardstock and used the negative space between some of the arches to act as a warm contrast to my cool blues.
I glued the arches down and trimmed my piece to 4" x 5.25". Then I got stuck. I slept on it and came back the next day with an idea for adding additional interest and a sentiment.
I heat embossed the 'Life is Better with a Friend Like You' sentiment, which I got from the Poppystamps Art Deco Inspiration Stamp set, with white detail embossing powder onto heavyweight vellum and cut it into a rectangle. Since the arches did resemble rainbows, I felt like adding clouds. The adorable white stitched clouds came from the Poppystamps Whittle Rainbow Unicorns kit. Using these also allowed me to hide my adhesive underneath the clouds.
I matted everything onto a kraft cardbase. I love using shapes like clouds in my designs. I was happy with how my non-rainbow rainbow turned out.
The Rainbow Arch die from Poppystamps has a lot of flexibility. It can serve as a cool, graphic semi-circle among other things. I decided to pull out some specialty cardstock and give it a workout.
I started by using the singular die (every arch cuts at once) with a pale blue glitter from the Delicate Pastel Glitter pad, then a turquoise mirror and blue-green pearl paper both from the Vintage Pastel Mirror pad. Finally, I pulled out a blue-green holographic paper from Recollections. After die cutting, I was left with 28 arches to play with on my card. I moved them around on top of a piece of kraft cardstock and used the negative space between some of the arches to act as a warm contrast to my cool blues.
I glued the arches down and trimmed my piece to 4" x 5.25". Then I got stuck. I slept on it and came back the next day with an idea for adding additional interest and a sentiment.
I heat embossed the 'Life is Better with a Friend Like You' sentiment, which I got from the Poppystamps Art Deco Inspiration Stamp set, with white detail embossing powder onto heavyweight vellum and cut it into a rectangle. Since the arches did resemble rainbows, I felt like adding clouds. The adorable white stitched clouds came from the Poppystamps Whittle Rainbow Unicorns kit. Using these also allowed me to hide my adhesive underneath the clouds.
I matted everything onto a kraft cardbase. I love using shapes like clouds in my designs. I was happy with how my non-rainbow rainbow turned out.
Even though you haven't seen more from me in December, I've been crafting like crazy. I make lots of gifts and cards for friends and I don't always want to reveal them online before I give them. I know you understand.
Today, I'm over on the Poppystamps blog with a cute little treat holder. It's ideal for tea bags on little wrapped chocolate candies. Tea may be an overlooked gift at this time of year.
Wine is often the most popular for gift giving. But one cup of tea might be just the refreshing break a friend or relative needs this holiday season. I put together this little treat holder using a template I found on Pinterest. Simply search for "paper treat pocket," and a step-by-step guide will show you how to fold a double-sided 6 x 6" piece of paper into this. It takes no adhesive (although I put some under the front flap to keep it down) and can be folded in 1 minute.
After I folded the pocket using a sheet from the Memory Box Christmas Jolly 6x6 plaid paper pack, I wanted to add a decoration to the front. I started with the banner die that is included in the Poppystamps Gilded Christmas Wishes Stamp and Die set. First, I cut the banner from a pearly, gold vellum from the Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby) called Pure Gold Metallic, and then again from Bazzill Dark Kraft cardstock. I took the kraft banner and trimmed off about 1/8" from each long side, so the gold would show behind it when I layered and adhered them together. I glued my layered banner to the front flap that had been folded down. (Again, I glued that flap down so it couldn't flip back up.)
Next, I cut the forest trees from the Poppystamps Whittle Forest Reindeer Kit using two different shades of green cardstock, Wild Wasabi and Garden Green from Stampin' Up!. I layered those onto the banner and glued them down. Finally, I took the "You're Tree-mendous" sentiment from the enclosed stamp set that comes with this kit and stamped it in Versafine black ink on a piece of white cardstock. I punched a hole in that and then in the corner of the pocket's front flap. I tied some metallic gold twine to keep this mini tag in place. Finally, I tucked in the mint tea bag.
Hope you get some relaxing treats this holiday season. You know you deserve them.
Even though you haven't seen more from me in December, I've been crafting like crazy. I make lots of gifts and cards for friends and I don't always want to reveal them online before I give them. I know you understand.
Today, I'm over on the Poppystamps blog with a cute little treat holder. It's ideal for tea bags on little wrapped chocolate candies. Tea may be an overlooked gift at this time of year.
Wine is often the most popular for gift giving. But one cup of tea might be just the refreshing break a friend or relative needs this holiday season. I put together this little treat holder using a template I found on Pinterest. Simply search for "paper treat pocket," and a step-by-step guide will show you how to fold a double-sided 6 x 6" piece of paper into this. It takes no adhesive (although I put some under the front flap to keep it down) and can be folded in 1 minute.
After I folded the pocket using a sheet from the Memory Box Christmas Jolly 6x6 plaid paper pack, I wanted to add a decoration to the front. I started with the banner die that is included in the Poppystamps Gilded Christmas Wishes Stamp and Die set. First, I cut the banner from a pearly, gold vellum from the Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby) called Pure Gold Metallic, and then again from Bazzill Dark Kraft cardstock. I took the kraft banner and trimmed off about 1/8" from each long side, so the gold would show behind it when I layered and adhered them together. I glued my layered banner to the front flap that had been folded down. (Again, I glued that flap down so it couldn't flip back up.)
Next, I cut the forest trees from the Poppystamps Whittle Forest Reindeer Kit using two different shades of green cardstock, Wild Wasabi and Garden Green from Stampin' Up!. I layered those onto the banner and glued them down. Finally, I took the "You're Tree-mendous" sentiment from the enclosed stamp set that comes with this kit and stamped it in Versafine black ink on a piece of white cardstock. I punched a hole in that and then in the corner of the pocket's front flap. I tied some metallic gold twine to keep this mini tag in place. Finally, I tucked in the mint tea bag.
Hope you get some relaxing treats this holiday season. You know you deserve them.
The first time I saw the new Witches Shoe die from Poppystamps, I immediately thought of the ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz. I didn't like that movie as a small child and I would hide behind the TV every time the witch came on TV. I figured she couldn't see me that way. Fast forward to now.
I toyed around with the idea of creating the famous image of the house on the legs and then I dove in to see if it would work. I decided on a slimline card. I knew I needed legs to make my design and there are no leg dies. I printed a simple illustration from the internet and did that old trick many of us learned in elementary school. I scribbled with a pencil over the backside of the image and then put it scribble side down on a piece of 110lb. Neenah Classic Crest Solar White. Then I traced over one leg. When I lifted my image from the cardstock, I could see a faint line that I could cut along. I cut out two legs. Next, I cut strips of 65lb. black cardstock to create the look of black and white striped tights. I glued them on the legs and then cut off all the excess along the edges of both legs. I inked the bottom edge of the legs with a little Pumice Stone Distress Ink just a tiny bit to provide a shadow.
I die cut two Witches Shoes with the new Poppystamps die from red glitter cardstock from the Memory Box Glitzy Glitter 6 x 6 pad. I decided to leave off the extra "collar" piece at the top edge of each shoe. I created the buckle from red and black glitter paper. To make the whole stocking and shoe ensemble work, I had to trim the feet on my legs just a little to fit it behind the shoe (ouch!). When it looked right, I adhered them together.
I used some Mustard Seed Distress Ink, Stampin' Up! Daffodil Delight yellow cardstock, and the Stampin' Up! Brick & Mortar 3D embossing folder to create the yellow brick road. Next, I cut up strips from a sheet of Poppystamps cream Woodgrain Paper to create the siding of the house. I inked the edges with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink and then glued one plank to the next by overlapping each piece just a little.
I struggled with what to use for the whole card base and decided on Stampin' Up! Wild Wasabi for grass. I used the brand new Pine Needle Shoots die in a slightly darker green from my stash to make grass shoots, adhering some with foam tape for dimension. What a versatile die!
Finally, I put everything together to create my Wicked Witch Scene. My sentiment was computer printed and die cut with the largest Poppystamps Word Balloons die.
I was thrilled to be able to shoot my photos on a vintage copy of the Wizard of Oz, owned by a relative many years ago.
When did you first see The Wizard of Oz?
The first time I saw the new Witches Shoe die from Poppystamps, I immediately thought of the ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz. I didn't like that movie as a small child and I would hide behind the TV every time the witch came on TV. I figured she couldn't see me that way. Fast forward to now.
I toyed around with the idea of creating the famous image of the house on the legs and then I dove in to see if it would work. I decided on a slimline card. I knew I needed legs to make my design and there are no leg dies. I printed a simple illustration from the internet and did that old trick many of us learned in elementary school. I scribbled with a pencil over the backside of the image and then put it scribble side down on a piece of 110lb. Neenah Classic Crest Solar White. Then I traced over one leg. When I lifted my image from the cardstock, I could see a faint line that I could cut along. I cut out two legs. Next, I cut strips of 65lb. black cardstock to create the look of black and white striped tights. I glued them on the legs and then cut off all the excess along the edges of both legs. I inked the bottom edge of the legs with a little Pumice Stone Distress Ink just a tiny bit to provide a shadow.
I die cut two Witches Shoes with the new Poppystamps die from red glitter cardstock from the Memory Box Glitzy Glitter 6 x 6 pad. I decided to leave off the extra "collar" piece at the top edge of each shoe. I created the buckle from red and black glitter paper. To make the whole stocking and shoe ensemble work, I had to trim the feet on my legs just a little to fit it behind the shoe (ouch!). When it looked right, I adhered them together.
I used some Mustard Seed Distress Ink, Stampin' Up! Daffodil Delight yellow cardstock, and the Stampin' Up! Brick & Mortar 3D embossing folder to create the yellow brick road. Next, I cut up strips from a sheet of Poppystamps cream Woodgrain Paper to create the siding of the house. I inked the edges with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink and then glued one plank to the next by overlapping each piece just a little.
I struggled with what to use for the whole card base and decided on Stampin' Up! Wild Wasabi for grass. I used the brand new Pine Needle Shoots die in a slightly darker green from my stash to make grass shoots, adhering some with foam tape for dimension. What a versatile die!
Finally, I put everything together to create my Wicked Witch Scene. My sentiment was computer printed and die cut with the largest Poppystamps Word Balloons die.
I was thrilled to be able to shoot my photos on a vintage copy of the Wizard of Oz, owned by a relative many years ago.
When did you first see The Wizard of Oz?
While the temperatures are just barely inching down where I live (Texas), I'm in full-on fall and Halloween mode with my crafting. Poppystamps latest release is ideal for cards, scrapbook pages, and treat bags too. I started my little ghostly tag using an olive green from Tim Holtz Kraft Stock Stack in Cool. I cut it into a tag shape that is about 3" x 6". Next, I found the ideal fall plaid paper in my Memory Box Woodsy Plaid 6 x 6 Paper Pad. I had a special blade on my Creative Memories paper trimmer so I cut one piece with a scallop edge and adhered that to the top of the tag. I sanded the green tag with a sanding block to reveal the kraft cardstock below the color.
At the top, I punched out a reinforcer from my black glitter cardstock. I used Poppystamps Fanciful Fall Leaves die set (a new favorite of mine) to cut two leaves from Stampin' Up!'s Soft Suede and Cajun Craze cardstock. Then I cut acorns from the same orange glitter cardstock. I clustered these items along with three Autumn Fairy Crystals, glued them to the top left of the tag, and added a thick hemp twine to finish it off.
I hope you're taking some time for some autumn or almost-autumn crafting today. You deserve it.
While the temperatures are just barely inching down where I live (Texas), I'm in full-on fall and Halloween mode with my crafting. Poppystamps latest release is ideal for cards, scrapbook pages, and treat bags too. I started my little ghostly tag using an olive green from Tim Holtz Kraft Stock Stack in Cool. I cut it into a tag shape that is about 3" x 6". Next, I found the ideal fall plaid paper in my Memory Box Woodsy Plaid 6 x 6 Paper Pad. I had a special blade on my Creative Memories paper trimmer so I cut one piece with a scallop edge and adhered that to the top of the tag. I sanded the green tag with a sanding block to reveal the kraft cardstock below the color.
At the top, I punched out a reinforcer from my black glitter cardstock. I used Poppystamps Fanciful Fall Leaves die set (a new favorite of mine) to cut two leaves from Stampin' Up!'s Soft Suede and Cajun Craze cardstock. Then I cut acorns from the same orange glitter cardstock. I clustered these items along with three Autumn Fairy Crystals, glued them to the top left of the tag, and added a thick hemp twine to finish it off.
I hope you're taking some time for some autumn or almost-autumn crafting today. You deserve it.
I love autumn and Halloween and almost everything that goes with them (with the possible exception of gory slasher movies). So when I received the 2022 Poppystamps Halloween release in the mail, I was thrilled to see so many autumn and Halloween dies. What caught my eye first was the Twisted Houses die set. One die cuts out four houses. I immediately had the idea for this haunted neighborhood spread out over a slimline card.
I started with the flatter side of a piece of Arches watercolor paper. I put four drops of Stampin’ Up!’s Smoky Slate reinker into a tiny Ranger mister along with some water. I spritzed the paper several times and dried with a heat tool. I punched a 2” circle from Gina K designs masking paper. I put it down to serve as my moon and then using foam blenders (1 per color), I blended Distress Oxides in Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Seedless Preserves, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot to create the night sky. I removed the mask and gently inked the edge of the moon with a dab of Scattered Straw Distress Oxide. I replaced the mask and spritzed and splattered the page with water, dabbing up the water and drying it to make it look spotty. Finally, I cut the piece to 8.25” x 3.25” and mounted it to a cardbase made of Stampin’ Up!’s Concord Crush. My background was done.
Next, I took a piece of black card stock and penciled on a curvy line to serve as hills. I cut along the line and used both halves of the paper and attached them to the card front. The top one I popped up using foam adhesive. Next, using the following dies, I cut out all the elements for my spooky scene:
- Twisted Houses NEW
- Cabin Snowglobe Pop Up Easel Set (bare trees)
- Snowman and Trees (more trees)
- Cottage Globe (fence)
- Pile of Pumpkins
- Boo Poe Script NEW
- Whittle Creatures (ghost) NEW
I backed all the houses with a small piece of Stampin' Up!'s Crushed Curry card stock to serve as light in the windows. The largest house I popped up with foam adhesive. I threw in some glittery pumpkins because what is Halloween without pumpkins. Finally, I glued everything in place, including the BOO which I cut from the same orange glittered card stock from the Memory Box 6x6 Glitz Glitter Pad.
I actually made a video of my process. If I am successful in getting it uploaded, check out my Instagram reels to see it.
Stay tuned for more Halloween and autumn makes. I just love this time of year!
I love autumn and Halloween and almost everything that goes with them (with the possible exception of gory slasher movies). So when I received the 2022 Poppystamps Halloween release in the mail, I was thrilled to see so many autumn and Halloween dies. What caught my eye first was the Twisted Houses die set. One die cuts out four houses. I immediately had the idea for this haunted neighborhood spread out over a slimline card.
I started with the flatter side of a piece of Arches watercolor paper. I put four drops of Stampin’ Up!’s Smoky Slate reinker into a tiny Ranger mister along with some water. I spritzed the paper several times and dried with a heat tool. I punched a 2” circle from Gina K designs masking paper. I put it down to serve as my moon and then using foam blenders (1 per color), I blended Distress Oxides in Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Seedless Preserves, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot to create the night sky. I removed the mask and gently inked the edge of the moon with a dab of Scattered Straw Distress Oxide. I replaced the mask and spritzed and splattered the page with water, dabbing up the water and drying it to make it look spotty. Finally, I cut the piece to 8.25” x 3.25” and mounted it to a cardbase made of Stampin’ Up!’s Concord Crush. My background was done.
Next, I took a piece of black card stock and penciled on a curvy line to serve as hills. I cut along the line and used both halves of the paper and attached them to the card front. The top one I popped up using foam adhesive. Next, using the following dies, I cut out all the elements for my spooky scene:
- Twisted Houses NEW
- Cabin Snowglobe Pop Up Easel Set (bare trees)
- Snowman and Trees (more trees)
- Cottage Globe (fence)
- Pile of Pumpkins
- Boo Poe Script NEW
- Whittle Creatures (ghost) NEW
I backed all the houses with a small piece of Stampin' Up!'s Crushed Curry card stock to serve as light in the windows. The largest house I popped up with foam adhesive. I threw in some glittery pumpkins because what is Halloween without pumpkins. Finally, I glued everything in place, including the BOO which I cut from the same orange glittered card stock from the Memory Box 6x6 Glitz Glitter Pad.
I actually made a video of my process. If I am successful in getting it uploaded, check out my Instagram reels to see it.
Stay tuned for more Halloween and autumn makes. I just love this time of year!
Hello, indeed! I'm over on the Poppystamps blog today with a challenge reminder about their monthly challenge. This month the challenge is to use pretty papers.
I love the new Poppystamp Freestyle word dies. They're the perfect size and weight for any size card and they all come with a shadow background die.
It was a very easy card to complete. Hope you're having an easy day yourself.
Janet
Hello, indeed! I'm over on the Poppystamps blog today with a challenge reminder about their monthly challenge. This month the challenge is to use pretty papers.
I love the new Poppystamp Freestyle word dies. They're the perfect size and weight for any size card and they all come with a shadow background die.
It was a very easy card to complete. Hope you're having an easy day yourself.
Janet
It's not too late to enter the Poppystamps March Challenge with the theme of Pretty Papers. I used five different types of specialty paper and cardstock to make this shamrock card. I started with Poppystamps Whittle Hearts die set to cut three large hearts from a sheet of Memory Box Lush Green 6x6 paper pad. Then I used the smaller heart in that set to cut three hearts from the Memory Box Festive 6x6 glitter pad.
I needed a stem, next. I could have hand cut this, but I thought of a way to get a nice curved stem. I nested two dies from the Poppystamps Basic Ovals die set and taped them together before I ran it through my Big Kick.
I ended up with a funky shape that I could trim to make a perfectly curved stem.
For my background, I used the largest scalloped die in the Poppystamps Double Scalloped Stitched Frames die set to cut a pale blue pearly piece from the Memory Box Vintage Pastel Mirror 6x6 pad. Then I cut a piece of black and white striped paper from the My Favorite Things Black & White Stripes 6 x 6 Paper Pad, a piece of vellum, and a piece of pale blue polka dotted paper from the My Favorite Things Poppin' Polka Dots 6 x 6 Paper Pad. I layered these one on top of another inside the pearly blue frame. I realized I needed another piece of the striped paper to sit further down behind my shamrock so I cut that too, and hid the cut behind the vertical pieces of black and white that I used to frame my sentiment strip. Following a card layout I saw on Pinterest by the one and only Inge Groot, I put the computer-generated sentiment strip on the right side of the black-and-white matted frame. I glued everything in place on my cardfront. For the final touch, I added a threaded green button in the middle of the shamrock.
Only four more days until St. Patrick's Day. This card is for a particular family member that enjoys celebrating this day due to her strong Irish heritage.
Do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day? If so, how do you celebrate?
It's not too late to enter the Poppystamps March Challenge with the theme of Pretty Papers. I used five different types of specialty paper and cardstock to make this shamrock card. I started with Poppystamps Whittle Hearts die set to cut three large hearts from a sheet of Memory Box Lush Green 6x6 paper pad. Then I used the smaller heart in that set to cut three hearts from the Memory Box Festive 6x6 glitter pad.
I needed a stem, next. I could have hand cut this, but I thought of a way to get a nice curved stem. I nested two dies from the Poppystamps Basic Ovals die set and taped them together before I ran it through my Big Kick.
I ended up with a funky shape that I could trim to make a perfectly curved stem.
For my background, I used the largest scalloped die in the Poppystamps Double Scalloped Stitched Frames die set to cut a pale blue pearly piece from the Memory Box Vintage Pastel Mirror 6x6 pad. Then I cut a piece of black and white striped paper from the My Favorite Things Black & White Stripes 6 x 6 Paper Pad, a piece of vellum, and a piece of pale blue polka dotted paper from the My Favorite Things Poppin' Polka Dots 6 x 6 Paper Pad. I layered these one on top of another inside the pearly blue frame. I realized I needed another piece of the striped paper to sit further down behind my shamrock so I cut that too, and hid the cut behind the vertical pieces of black and white that I used to frame my sentiment strip. Following a card layout I saw on Pinterest by the one and only Inge Groot, I put the computer-generated sentiment strip on the right side of the black-and-white matted frame. I glued everything in place on my cardfront. For the final touch, I added a threaded green button in the middle of the shamrock.
Only four more days until St. Patrick's Day. This card is for a particular family member that enjoys celebrating this day due to her strong Irish heritage.
Do you celebrate St. Patrick's Day? If so, how do you celebrate?
I just love the My Favorite Things Roses All Over stamp. It's elegant and so very flexible. I decided to enter the MFT Weekly Sketch Challenge #583 (#MFTWSC583) with it. I heat embossed the image with white embossing powder onto watercolor paper and then watercolored four different squares with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to have them represent the four seasons.
I backed each of the watercolors with solid colored cardstock from Stampin' Up! and my stash. I then used my Silhouette to cut out four seasonal symbols from Memory Box glitter paper. I trimmed the glitter cut outs to make them fit into the cardstock "frames." Finally, I printed out my sentiment from my PC and adhered it with foam tape. It's a simple sketch, but kind of tricky as I typically don't look for ways to pull apart my card elements, but rather ways to push them together.
Have you ever made a "four seasons" card? What did you use to represent the seasons?
I just love the My Favorite Things Roses All Over stamp. It's elegant and so very flexible. I decided to enter the MFT Weekly Sketch Challenge #583 (#MFTWSC583) with it. I heat embossed the image with white embossing powder onto watercolor paper and then watercolored four different squares with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to have them represent the four seasons.
I backed each of the watercolors with solid colored cardstock from Stampin' Up! and my stash. I then used my Silhouette to cut out four seasonal symbols from Memory Box glitter paper. I trimmed the glitter cut outs to make them fit into the cardstock "frames." Finally, I printed out my sentiment from my PC and adhered it with foam tape. It's a simple sketch, but kind of tricky as I typically don't look for ways to pull apart my card elements, but rather ways to push them together.
Have you ever made a "four seasons" card? What did you use to represent the seasons?
Does your family like leftovers? My husband and I do. Leftovers can often be even better in cardmaking than in the fridge. I had made a colorful watercolored tag with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral and Spiced Marmalade. As Tim has taught over and over, when you have leftover ink on your glass mat, mist it with water and pick it up on a piece of watercolor paper. I did just that.
Later I used this same piece to test out a glimmery spray I had. This made this little 4x6 piece of cardstock ideal to try out my new Sizzix Garden Greens dies. I was making this card for several different card challenges that called for dies. I also used the dies to cut Neenah 110lb Solar White cardstock, Stampin' Up!'s Pink Pirouette and Calypso Coral cardstock, and Memory Box metallic gold cardstock from their 6x6 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad. I die cut one of the Paper Roses Stitched Rectangle dies from white cardstock and a Stampin' Up! circle from their Stitched Shapes dies.
I also used Calypso Coral to cut out Wishes from Spellbinders Simply Perfect Mix & Match Sentiments. And I used the word Best from Tim Holtz Metallic Quotation Stickers. Before I adhered everything down, I splattered the rectangle with a watercolor brush dipped in Stampin' Up!'s Flirty Flamingo ink mixed with water. Sometimes my splatters turn out disastrously, but this didn't.
I'm entering this into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge to use a die cut (hah, I used 12!) and the Little Red Wagon Challenge #643 and the Fab 'n Funky Challenge #546.
Does your family like leftovers? My husband and I do. Leftovers can often be even better in cardmaking than in the fridge. I had made a colorful watercolored tag with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral and Spiced Marmalade. As Tim has taught over and over, when you have leftover ink on your glass mat, mist it with water and pick it up on a piece of watercolor paper. I did just that.
Later I used this same piece to test out a glimmery spray I had. This made this little 4x6 piece of cardstock ideal to try out my new Sizzix Garden Greens dies. I was making this card for several different card challenges that called for dies. I also used the dies to cut Neenah 110lb Solar White cardstock, Stampin' Up!'s Pink Pirouette and Calypso Coral cardstock, and Memory Box metallic gold cardstock from their 6x6 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad. I die cut one of the Paper Roses Stitched Rectangle dies from white cardstock and a Stampin' Up! circle from their Stitched Shapes dies.
I also used Calypso Coral to cut out Wishes from Spellbinders Simply Perfect Mix & Match Sentiments. And I used the word Best from Tim Holtz Metallic Quotation Stickers. Before I adhered everything down, I splattered the rectangle with a watercolor brush dipped in Stampin' Up!'s Flirty Flamingo ink mixed with water. Sometimes my splatters turn out disastrously, but this didn't.
I'm entering this into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge to use a die cut (hah, I used 12!) and the Little Red Wagon Challenge #643 and the Fab 'n Funky Challenge #546.
I'm over on the Poppystamps blog today with this sweet slimline card featuring their Whittle Rainbow Unicorn die kit. It comes with two unicorns, clouds, a rainbow, stars, a moon and a heart. Basically, if Lucky Charms was a die kit, this would be it. It also includes a small set of sentiment stamps.
I love slimline cards and made this into one with three circular windows. I chose 3 pieces of blue cardstock for the sky backgrounds and punched out one 2.5" circle from each of them. Next I used almost all the dies in the kit to cut a variety of shapes. I also cut out 1 rainbow in toned-down rainbow shades of cardstock. The rainbow die simply cuts 6 rainbow shaped stripes, so there is still a need to glue the stripes down side by side to either your main card, or to another piece of small cardstock. I chose to glue them on to a scrap piece. Then I promptly cut it in half to use in two of the three windows.
I used the panel with the three circle windows to guide me in what I put where. I glued the background "scenes" directly onto the blue circles. Next, I glued the foreground pieces, onto the front of the white panel. I used glitter paper for my unicorn wings and horns. The manes I colored with a pale purple Spectrum Noir marker. Finally, I used foam adhesive to pop up the front panel onto the decorated card. My last move was to heat emboss the sentiment onto black cardstock with white embossing powder and glue it to the card front.
I want to give a special shout out to #VistaCreate. I was able to create my watermark using a font I uploaded, and get a transparent background, all without having to pay any subscription fee.
Ingredients:
CS: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb, Black cardstock, Recollections 65lb, Memory Box 6x6" paper pads for all other colored cardstock and glitter cardstock
Dies & Stamps: All from Poppystamps Whittle Rainbow Unicorn Kit
Marker: Spectrum Noir TriBlend Hydrangea - lightest shade
Ink: Ranger Embossing Ink
Embossing powder: Taylored Expressions Detail White Embossing Powder
I'm over on the Poppystamps blog today with this sweet slimline card featuring their Whittle Rainbow Unicorn die kit. It comes with two unicorns, clouds, a rainbow, stars, a moon and a heart. Basically, if Lucky Charms was a die kit, this would be it. It also includes a small set of sentiment stamps.
I love slimline cards and made this into one with three circular windows. I chose 3 pieces of blue cardstock for the sky backgrounds and punched out one 2.5" circle from each of them. Next I used almost all the dies in the kit to cut a variety of shapes. I also cut out 1 rainbow in toned-down rainbow shades of cardstock. The rainbow die simply cuts 6 rainbow shaped stripes, so there is still a need to glue the stripes down side by side to either your main card, or to another piece of small cardstock. I chose to glue them on to a scrap piece. Then I promptly cut it in half to use in two of the three windows.
I used the panel with the three circle windows to guide me in what I put where. I glued the background "scenes" directly onto the blue circles. Next, I glued the foreground pieces, onto the front of the white panel. I used glitter paper for my unicorn wings and horns. The manes I colored with a pale purple Spectrum Noir marker. Finally, I used foam adhesive to pop up the front panel onto the decorated card. My last move was to heat emboss the sentiment onto black cardstock with white embossing powder and glue it to the card front.
I want to give a special shout out to #VistaCreate. I was able to create my watermark using a font I uploaded, and get a transparent background, all without having to pay any subscription fee.
Ingredients:
CS: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb, Black cardstock, Recollections 65lb, Memory Box 6x6" paper pads for all other colored cardstock and glitter cardstock
Dies & Stamps: All from Poppystamps Whittle Rainbow Unicorn Kit
Marker: Spectrum Noir TriBlend Hydrangea - lightest shade
Ink: Ranger Embossing Ink
Embossing powder: Taylored Expressions Detail White Embossing Powder
I'm on the Poppystamps blog today with this cute unicorn cards. The latest releases are here and I used both unicorn sets. The happy unicorn is large, measuring 4" x 4" when put together. Of course, this big guy can be cut from brown and/or black paper and turned into a horse. The wings and horn are separate dies in this set and can be left off if you like. Make a whole stable of horses and put them at the bottom of a scrapbook page.
I started by using a homemade cloud stencil in the background and inking around the edges with alternating colors of Distress ink -- pink and purple. Then I cut out the big unicorn from white cardstock and lightly inked the edge of the unicorn with purple ink and added a little cheek blush with pink ink. I die cut the edges of the big unicorn so I could end up with hooves and a nose from glitter cardstock. I layered these little parts onto the white unicorn. I wanted a selection of pinkish purple papers for the mane so I cut this die out of four different colors of cardstock. I hand cut along the perforated lines in the mane for all four colors, and assembled the 3 bottom colors onto the pink base color. I used this same trick for the tail. I'm glad the perforated look remained when I reassembled the parts.
Next, I cut the wings and the horn from white glitter cardstock. Next I reached for the Whittle Hearts dies and cut 2 small hearts. Then I used the Unicorn Kit heart die and cut out 1 larger heart. I cut out small wings from the Unicorn kit and added them to the hearts. I layered everything onto my pink and purple cloud background, using foam adhesive for the flying hearts. I next added a few gems, and trimmed the edges of my scene so I could mount it to a piece of purple cardstock. I finished up by adding a stamped sentiment from the Unicorn Kit.
This will be a birthday card for a particular young girl in my family, but it could just as easily serve as a Valentine's Day card.
Thanks for looking and I hope you get a chance to be crafty today.
Ingredients:
CS: Stampin' Up! Whisper White (unicorn), Gina K Pure Luxury 110 lb (base), Memory Box 6x6 paper pads Vibrant Violet and Berry Red
Dies: Poppystamps Whittle Rainbow Unicorn Kit, Whittle Happy Unicorn die set, Whittle Hearts
Stamp: sentiment from the Whittle Rainbow Unicorn Kit
Ink: Versafine black
I'm on the Poppystamps blog today with this cute unicorn cards. The latest releases are here and I used both unicorn sets. The happy unicorn is large, measuring 4" x 4" when put together. Of course, this big guy can be cut from brown and/or black paper and turned into a horse. The wings and horn are separate dies in this set and can be left off if you like. Make a whole stable of horses and put them at the bottom of a scrapbook page.
I started by using a homemade cloud stencil in the background and inking around the edges with alternating colors of Distress ink -- pink and purple. Then I cut out the big unicorn from white cardstock and lightly inked the edge of the unicorn with purple ink and added a little cheek blush with pink ink. I die cut the edges of the big unicorn so I could end up with hooves and a nose from glitter cardstock. I layered these little parts onto the white unicorn. I wanted a selection of pinkish purple papers for the mane so I cut this die out of four different colors of cardstock. I hand cut along the perforated lines in the mane for all four colors, and assembled the 3 bottom colors onto the pink base color. I used this same trick for the tail. I'm glad the perforated look remained when I reassembled the parts.
Next, I cut the wings and the horn from white glitter cardstock. Next I reached for the Whittle Hearts dies and cut 2 small hearts. Then I used the Unicorn Kit heart die and cut out 1 larger heart. I cut out small wings from the Unicorn kit and added them to the hearts. I layered everything onto my pink and purple cloud background, using foam adhesive for the flying hearts. I next added a few gems, and trimmed the edges of my scene so I could mount it to a piece of purple cardstock. I finished up by adding a stamped sentiment from the Unicorn Kit.
This will be a birthday card for a particular young girl in my family, but it could just as easily serve as a Valentine's Day card.
Thanks for looking and I hope you get a chance to be crafty today.
Ingredients:
CS: Stampin' Up! Whisper White (unicorn), Gina K Pure Luxury 110 lb (base), Memory Box 6x6 paper pads Vibrant Violet and Berry Red
Dies: Poppystamps Whittle Rainbow Unicorn Kit, Whittle Happy Unicorn die set, Whittle Hearts
Stamp: sentiment from the Whittle Rainbow Unicorn Kit
Ink: Versafine black
I'm on the Poppystamps blog today with this little hungry critter. Who knew a birthday card could be so tasty? I guess the Whittle Beaver did. I wanted to use a lot of white on this card to make the colors, textures and shapes really pop.
I die cut the beaver from both kraft cardstock and dark brown cardstock. I trimmed the kraft version along the etched lines in the shape to just have the belly, and glued it on top of the dark brown one in order to make the beaver two-toned.
I die cut two Stitched Envelopes and then had the idea to make it look like the beaver had gnawed a chunk out of one. I cut off a little piece, shaped it with my scissors and then glued it underneath his tiny paws. (I told you he was hungry.) To make a distinctive bite mark from the pink envelope, I use a standard office hole punch and punched along the cut edge.
I cut the scalloped frame from a dusty blue cardstock. I made it small because I wanted the frame to ground the beaver. I glued everything onto a small piece of white cardstock. I used Tim Holtz's Tiny Attacher to add interest to the frame. I matted the white onto two patterned papers in the same colors as the envelopes, twisting them a bit so they would show up behind. I wanted to add another super subtle embellishment so I made a thread "nest." I did this by just wrapping some peach colored thread around my fingers several times and then spreading it out and gluing it behind the matted portion. I used a 3D embossing folder on a white piece of cardstock for one last textural element on the card. I printed the It's Your Birthday from my computer, and used the Poppystamps Whittle Wild Animals Sentiments for the "Gnaw-some." I glued these down last.
I love the white background and was trying to emulate the look of an Inge Groot card. She's one of my favorite cardmakers. You can see her creations here.
Ingredients:
CS: Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 110lb, Stampin' Up! Whisper White, Memory Box Earth Neutral 6x6 pack, SU Crumb Cake, Seaside Spray (blue), Pink Pirouette, Calypso Coral
Patterned Paper: SU Pink Pirouette and Calypso Coral designer series paper
Stamp: Poppystamps Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments
Ink: Versafine black ink
Embellishments: Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, peach thread
I'm on the Poppystamps blog today with this little hungry critter. Who knew a birthday card could be so tasty? I guess the Whittle Beaver did. I wanted to use a lot of white on this card to make the colors, textures and shapes really pop.
I die cut the beaver from both kraft cardstock and dark brown cardstock. I trimmed the kraft version along the etched lines in the shape to just have the belly, and glued it on top of the dark brown one in order to make the beaver two-toned.
I die cut two Stitched Envelopes and then had the idea to make it look like the beaver had gnawed a chunk out of one. I cut off a little piece, shaped it with my scissors and then glued it underneath his tiny paws. (I told you he was hungry.) To make a distinctive bite mark from the pink envelope, I use a standard office hole punch and punched along the cut edge.
I cut the scalloped frame from a dusty blue cardstock. I made it small because I wanted the frame to ground the beaver. I glued everything onto a small piece of white cardstock. I used Tim Holtz's Tiny Attacher to add interest to the frame. I matted the white onto two patterned papers in the same colors as the envelopes, twisting them a bit so they would show up behind. I wanted to add another super subtle embellishment so I made a thread "nest." I did this by just wrapping some peach colored thread around my fingers several times and then spreading it out and gluing it behind the matted portion. I used a 3D embossing folder on a white piece of cardstock for one last textural element on the card. I printed the It's Your Birthday from my computer, and used the Poppystamps Whittle Wild Animals Sentiments for the "Gnaw-some." I glued these down last.
I love the white background and was trying to emulate the look of an Inge Groot card. She's one of my favorite cardmakers. You can see her creations here.
Ingredients:
CS: Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 110lb, Stampin' Up! Whisper White, Memory Box Earth Neutral 6x6 pack, SU Crumb Cake, Seaside Spray (blue), Pink Pirouette, Calypso Coral
Patterned Paper: SU Pink Pirouette and Calypso Coral designer series paper
Stamp: Poppystamps Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments
Ink: Versafine black ink
Embellishments: Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, peach thread
It's about time for me to start wrapping presents. Pretty, fun gift tags can give a lot of oomph to otherwise plain packages or simple gift bags. I'm on the Poppystamps blog today with these three tags. All three have the sweet figure from the Whittle Friendly Snowman die. I cut scarves and hat bands from red, aqua glitter, and a pool-colored cardstock to give them all a different look.
After that I branched out (pardon the pun). The snowman on the left got a dotted aqua paper as a hill. Then she got two trees from their Evergreen Trio die set. Finally, I added clear Fairy Drops (I can't get enough of these things) to appear like snow (or maybe sleet).
The red-scarved snowman got a black and red check hill to rest on. Then he got the sweet holly leaves and berries from the another die set. The last snowman got same glitter as a hill, and the evergreen boughs from the yet another die set. I colored the boughs with a white gel pen to make it look like snow. I added some gems as snowflakes when I was finished. A little string on the top and these sweet guys and girls are ready to go under the tree.
Do you make your own gift tags or packaging? It's like another gift under the tree. Happy holidays.
Ingredients
CS: Tags - generic brown kraft tags from Hobby Lobby, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, Stampin' Up! Real Red, Black, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Pool Party; Memory Box Lush Green 6x6 pack
Patterned Paper: Red and black gingham and aqua polka dot by The Paper Studio, Delicate Pastel Glitter 6x6 pad by Memory Box
Dies: Poppystamps Whittle Friendly Snowman, Cabin Snowglobe Pop Up Easel Card set, Bird House Pop Up Easel Card set, Evergreen Trio
Embellishments: Unibal Signo White gel pen, Poppystamps Christmas Fairy Jewels, Poppystamps Clear Fairy Drops
It's about time for me to start wrapping presents. Pretty, fun gift tags can give a lot of oomph to otherwise plain packages or simple gift bags. I'm on the Poppystamps blog today with these three tags. All three have the sweet figure from the Whittle Friendly Snowman die. I cut scarves and hat bands from red, aqua glitter, and a pool-colored cardstock to give them all a different look.
After that I branched out (pardon the pun). The snowman on the left got a dotted aqua paper as a hill. Then she got two trees from their Evergreen Trio die set. Finally, I added clear Fairy Drops (I can't get enough of these things) to appear like snow (or maybe sleet).
The red-scarved snowman got a black and red check hill to rest on. Then he got the sweet holly leaves and berries from the another die set. The last snowman got same glitter as a hill, and the evergreen boughs from the yet another die set. I colored the boughs with a white gel pen to make it look like snow. I added some gems as snowflakes when I was finished. A little string on the top and these sweet guys and girls are ready to go under the tree.
Do you make your own gift tags or packaging? It's like another gift under the tree. Happy holidays.
Ingredients
CS: Tags - generic brown kraft tags from Hobby Lobby, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, Stampin' Up! Real Red, Black, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Pool Party; Memory Box Lush Green 6x6 pack
Patterned Paper: Red and black gingham and aqua polka dot by The Paper Studio, Delicate Pastel Glitter 6x6 pad by Memory Box
Dies: Poppystamps Whittle Friendly Snowman, Cabin Snowglobe Pop Up Easel Card set, Bird House Pop Up Easel Card set, Evergreen Trio
Embellishments: Unibal Signo White gel pen, Poppystamps Christmas Fairy Jewels, Poppystamps Clear Fairy Drops
I'm a big fan of the farmhouse look, the rustic charm characterized by simple materials and a good amount of white space. Visit any craft store, furniture store, or my living room and you'll see how popular it is. At Christmas, this style means buffalo plaid, wicker or wire baskets, unvarnished wood, bottle brush trees, and more plaid.
Today, I am over on the Poppystamps blog with this farmhouse-styled card. With some black and red check paper in my stash, I started working on a farmhouse Christmas card. I used the Double Joy Die set and cut the background from the check paper. Woodgrain Kraft Paper was the perfect choice to create the outline. It *really* looks like wood. I wanted to set this off from the background but still use a woodgrain background, so I reached for the same paper but in the Cream color (also comes in white). Then I wanted to add something below the O to give it some texture and softness. I used the holly leaves and berries from another die set. I finished off the card by layering kraft paper, red paper and yep, more plaid beneath that. I was very happy with how it turned out and it was easy to make.
Ingredients:
CS: Poppystamps Woodgrain Paper in Kraft and Cream, Stampin' Up! Real Red, Very Vanilla (card base only) and Crumb Cake, Memory Box Lush Green 6x6 Paper Pack,
Patterned Paper: Memory Box Woodsy Plaid 6x6 pack (brown plaid), Red and black check by The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby
Dies: Poppystamps Cabin Snowglobe Pop Up Easel Card Die Set, Double Joy Die Set
I'm a big fan of the farmhouse look, the rustic charm characterized by simple materials and a good amount of white space. Visit any craft store, furniture store, or my living room and you'll see how popular it is. At Christmas, this style means buffalo plaid, wicker or wire baskets, unvarnished wood, bottle brush trees, and more plaid.
Today, I am over on the Poppystamps blog with this farmhouse-styled card. With some black and red check paper in my stash, I started working on a farmhouse Christmas card. I used the Double Joy Die set and cut the background from the check paper. Woodgrain Kraft Paper was the perfect choice to create the outline. It *really* looks like wood. I wanted to set this off from the background but still use a woodgrain background, so I reached for the same paper but in the Cream color (also comes in white). Then I wanted to add something below the O to give it some texture and softness. I used the holly leaves and berries from another die set. I finished off the card by layering kraft paper, red paper and yep, more plaid beneath that. I was very happy with how it turned out and it was easy to make.
Ingredients:
CS: Poppystamps Woodgrain Paper in Kraft and Cream, Stampin' Up! Real Red, Very Vanilla (card base only) and Crumb Cake, Memory Box Lush Green 6x6 Paper Pack,
Patterned Paper: Memory Box Woodsy Plaid 6x6 pack (brown plaid), Red and black check by The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby
Dies: Poppystamps Cabin Snowglobe Pop Up Easel Card Die Set, Double Joy Die Set
I was so excited to be chosen as the Featured Artist over on the As You See It Challenge two weeks ago. It's a super fun challenge blog with an extremely talented design team. This week's challenge is a recipe challenge. I have never done one of those before but I really like having to include a variety of different things into my card design. It's like the paper version of the TV show 'Chopped.'
This week the challenge is titled Recipe to Celebrate Neutrality. Your mission is to use a one-word sentiment, an embossing folder, ribbon or twine, a punch or die, and a neutral palette. Since I'm fully into Christmas crafting right now, I had an idea for a forest and it was going to check all the boxes.
I used Poppystamps dies from 2 sets to die cut 5-6 different size trees. I liked the idea of layering with the different dimensions of these trees. I was able to die cut 3 trees from my base card. After I was done with that step, I dry embossed the falling snow onto the card base. Next I put card stock behind the openings, 2 of the 3 backgrounds were set off by pop dots in the back. Then I die cut trees from more neutral cardstock (4 colors all total) and adhered those either directly to the card, some with glue, some with foam dots.
To work in my one-word sentiment and the twine, I used my Silhouette to cut a tag and the word Peace from some glitter cardstock. I adhered these to the card base with foam dots and wrapped twine around my card base and tied the twine in place. I spent a little too long trying to do something extra with the sentiment but kept coming back to this approach.
Now it's your turn. Go check out the AYSI #263 challenge and enter your best "dish" in this recipe contest.
Ingredients:
CS: Gina K Pure Luxury Heavy weight cardstock, Memory Box 6x6" Earth Neutral Collection, lightest beige CS is from my stash.
Glitter paper: from my stash
Embossing folder: Softly Falling from Stampin' Up! (retired)
Twine: 1mm twine from jewelry area in craft store
I was so excited to be chosen as the Featured Artist over on the As You See It Challenge two weeks ago. It's a super fun challenge blog with an extremely talented design team. This week's challenge is a recipe challenge. I have never done one of those before but I really like having to include a variety of different things into my card design. It's like the paper version of the TV show 'Chopped.'
This week the challenge is titled Recipe to Celebrate Neutrality. Your mission is to use a one-word sentiment, an embossing folder, ribbon or twine, a punch or die, and a neutral palette. Since I'm fully into Christmas crafting right now, I had an idea for a forest and it was going to check all the boxes.I used Poppystamps dies from 2 sets to die cut 5-6 different size trees. I liked the idea of layering with the different dimensions of these trees. I was able to die cut 3 trees from my base card. After I was done with that step, I dry embossed the falling snow onto the card base. Next I put card stock behind the openings, 2 of the 3 backgrounds were set off by pop dots in the back. Then I die cut trees from more neutral cardstock (4 colors all total) and adhered those either directly to the card, some with glue, some with foam dots.
To work in my one-word sentiment and the twine, I used my Silhouette to cut a tag and the word Peace from some glitter cardstock. I adhered these to the card base with foam dots and wrapped twine around my card base and tied the twine in place. I spent a little too long trying to do something extra with the sentiment but kept coming back to this approach.
Now it's your turn. Go check out the AYSI #263 challenge and enter your best "dish" in this recipe contest.
Ingredients:
CS: Gina K Pure Luxury Heavy weight cardstock, Memory Box 6x6" Earth Neutral Collection, lightest beige CS is from my stash.
Glitter paper: from my stash
Embossing folder: Softly Falling from Stampin' Up! (retired)
Twine: 1mm twine from jewelry area in craft store
How could I resist combining a snowglobe with a gingerbread house? Two sets of Poppystamp dies helped me create this sweet scene, featured on their blog on November 12. I started with the cottage and cut it from 4 different colors of cardstocks: red, white glitter, Stampin' Up! Baked Brown Sugar to represent gingerbread, and two from yellow. I trimmed the door off the honey-brown one. I cut another cottage from red paper and snipped off the door to use.
I loved the idea of having a window in the door and was thrilled to see that I could put the red door upside down onto the cottage die and cut a window out of the door (yes, tweezers and reading glasses were critical for this).
I went over the door with a clear glitter pen. I used the window inlays from my two yellow cottages and inset them into the honey-brown cottage and the red door. Before I added the frosted roof, I used a white gel pen to doodle on the cottage, making it look like icing. Once the cottage was complete, the rest was easier. I die cut the fence and the tree from the same honey-brown cardstock and used my white gel pen to add snow. I cut two snow mounds from the snow die that came with the Cottage Globe die, one from white cardstock, the other from glitter cardstock.
I cut the two base pieces of the card from red and white cardstock. I cut the globe from pale blue cardstock and used a medium blue ink to just barely edge it with ink. I even glued down a few pieces of snowflake-shaped glitter to add to the snowy feel.
Now I wanted to add candy to the scene. Some shaker bits and tiny tree ornaments I picked up at the craft store really fit the bill. I could have created the candy with paper and markers too. I glued down tiny peppermints onto the tree and I snipped the little hanger loops off the mini lollipops.
Next I assembled everything onto the blue circle, starting with the tree, then adding the white snow, then the fence. Then I had to carefully glue down the lollipops. Next I used foam adhesive to adhere the glitter snow mound. I used liquid glue on the bottom of the cottage and foam adhesive on the top to get the dimension correct so it would sit level.
I next adhered the globe onto the white card base. I had die cut the snowglobe base from dark brown cardstock and the trim from a brushed gold cardstock. I glued these together and then only used liquid glue to adhere the base to the bottom of the glitter snow mound. Finally I put everything down onto the red easel, attaching everything to a narrow, pre-scored flap so the card can stand up. I liked my card as it was but I could easily add a sentiment to the base. Wouldn't it be great to live inside a gingerbread snowglobe?
Ingredients:
CS: Stampin' Up! Baked Brown Sugar, Read Red, Daffodil Delight, Soft Sable, Whisper White; Bazzill Icy Mint, brushed gold cs from my stash
Ink: Stampin' Up! Marina Mist
Glitter paper: Memory Box Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad 6x6
Dies: Poppystamps Cottage Globe and Cabin Snowglobe Pop up Easel die sets
Embellishments: Lollipops (miniature ornaments) from Hobby Lobby, Peppermints and snowflakes by Recollections at Michael's, Wink of Stella clear, Uniball Signo white gel pen
How could I resist combining a snowglobe with a gingerbread house? Two sets of Poppystamp dies helped me create this sweet scene, featured on their blog on November 12. I started with the cottage and cut it from 4 different colors of cardstocks: red, white glitter, Stampin' Up! Baked Brown Sugar to represent gingerbread, and two from yellow. I trimmed the door off the honey-brown one. I cut another cottage from red paper and snipped off the door to use.
I loved the idea of having a window in the door and was thrilled to see that I could put the red door upside down onto the cottage die and cut a window out of the door (yes, tweezers and reading glasses were critical for this).
I went over the door with a clear glitter pen. I used the window inlays from my two yellow cottages and inset them into the honey-brown cottage and the red door. Before I added the frosted roof, I used a white gel pen to doodle on the cottage, making it look like icing. Once the cottage was complete, the rest was easier. I die cut the fence and the tree from the same honey-brown cardstock and used my white gel pen to add snow. I cut two snow mounds from the snow die that came with the Cottage Globe die, one from white cardstock, the other from glitter cardstock.
I cut the two base pieces of the card from red and white cardstock. I cut the globe from pale blue cardstock and used a medium blue ink to just barely edge it with ink. I even glued down a few pieces of snowflake-shaped glitter to add to the snowy feel.
Now I wanted to add candy to the scene. Some shaker bits and tiny tree ornaments I picked up at the craft store really fit the bill. I could have created the candy with paper and markers too. I glued down tiny peppermints onto the tree and I snipped the little hanger loops off the mini lollipops.
Next I assembled everything onto the blue circle, starting with the tree, then adding the white snow, then the fence. Then I had to carefully glue down the lollipops. Next I used foam adhesive to adhere the glitter snow mound. I used liquid glue on the bottom of the cottage and foam adhesive on the top to get the dimension correct so it would sit level.
I next adhered the globe onto the white card base. I had die cut the snowglobe base from dark brown cardstock and the trim from a brushed gold cardstock. I glued these together and then only used liquid glue to adhere the base to the bottom of the glitter snow mound. Finally I put everything down onto the red easel, attaching everything to a narrow, pre-scored flap so the card can stand up. I liked my card as it was but I could easily add a sentiment to the base. Wouldn't it be great to live inside a gingerbread snowglobe?
Ingredients:
CS: Stampin' Up! Baked Brown Sugar, Read Red, Daffodil Delight, Soft Sable, Whisper White; Bazzill Icy Mint, brushed gold cs from my stash
Ink: Stampin' Up! Marina Mist
Glitter paper: Memory Box Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad 6x6
Dies: Poppystamps Cottage Globe and Cabin Snowglobe Pop up Easel die sets
Embellishments: Lollipops (miniature ornaments) from Hobby Lobby, Peppermints and snowflakes by Recollections at Michael's, Wink of Stella clear, Uniball Signo white gel pen
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