Showing posts with label Poppystamps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poppystamps. Show all posts
Okay, I couldn't resist that title. This card was designed for a couple who bought a mountain home. Sadly, I'm not certain if they ever received it. It might have been lost in the mail. I did, at least, get photos.
The 3D envelope die is a favorite of mine, made by Creekbank Creations. They have some really unique designs and I find their booths at Scrapbooking conventions. The trees are all dies by Poppystamps. I can't remember where the banner die is from. The sun is simply a circle punch, about 1". The mountains were all from a mix of SVGs on my Cameo Silhouette. And the river is hand cut by me. Most all the cardstock is from Stampin' Up!
I am entering this at The Cut It Up Challenges blog for Challenge #350, where the theme is By the Sea, featuring a body of water. I'm also entering at the Alphabet Challenge V is for Volume.
Okay, I couldn't resist that title. This card was designed for a couple who bought a mountain home. Sadly, I'm not certain if they ever received it. It might have been lost in the mail. I did, at least, get photos.
The 3D envelope die is a favorite of mine, made by Creekbank Creations. They have some really unique designs and I find their booths at Scrapbooking conventions. The trees are all dies by Poppystamps. I can't remember where the banner die is from. The sun is simply a circle punch, about 1". The mountains were all from a mix of SVGs on my Cameo Silhouette. And the river is hand cut by me. Most all the cardstock is from Stampin' Up!
I am entering this at The Cut It Up Challenges blog for Challenge #350, where the theme is By the Sea, featuring a body of water. I'm also entering at the Alphabet Challenge V is for Volume.
I'm back today with a field of poppies. Years ago I bought some Stampin' Up! patterned paper called Peaceful Poppies. I think it is gorgeous, but I was just letting it sit in a bin until "one day." At the same time, I'm looking at my Spellbinders' Essential Arches dies thinking "I just haven't used those enough." So, for Mother's Day, I married the two and made a series of cards with 4 different color schemes. (I'm trying to work through my "one day" stash when the inspiration strikes.)
All four card designs feature the patterned paper from SU, heavyweight vellum from Amazon, the Arches dies from Spellbinders, the Small Stained Glass Butterfly from Poppystamps, the sentiment from MFT's Itty Bitty Birthday stamp set, a gorgeous 3D embossing folder from Crafter's Companion called Regency Swirls (I was today year's old when I learned the name of this - traded a friend for it years ago) and the Sentiment Strips die from Photoplay. The second card was my original and it features Stampin' Up! Cardstock in Poppy Parade (shocker, huh?) and the butterfly is cut from watercolor paper painted with Tim Holtz Seedless Preserves Distress Ink. I accidentally picked up the wrong size arches for the remaining cards, but it worked out okay. Those cardstock colors are all SU: Sweet Sugarplum, Granny Apple Green, and Pool Party. Butterflies are in Poppy Parade and Rich Razzleberry (a great match to the Seedless Preserves Ink). I added some sequins and Poppystamps clear Fairy Drops (looks like water) to many of the cards.
These cards were a lot of fun to make and helped me cope with some losses we've been suffering here at home. I hope your springtime finds you facing the light of a new day.
I'm entering 3 of these cards in the Time Out Challenges #286 using the words arches, floral, and in the case of the Pool Party card - water.
I'm back today with a field of poppies. Years ago I bought some Stampin' Up! patterned paper called Peaceful Poppies. I think it is gorgeous, but I was just letting it sit in a bin until "one day." At the same time, I'm looking at my Spellbinders' Essential Arches dies thinking "I just haven't used those enough." So, for Mother's Day, I married the two and made a series of cards with 4 different color schemes. (I'm trying to work through my "one day" stash when the inspiration strikes.)
All four card designs feature the patterned paper from SU, heavyweight vellum from Amazon, the Arches dies from Spellbinders, the Small Stained Glass Butterfly from Poppystamps, the sentiment from MFT's Itty Bitty Birthday stamp set, a gorgeous 3D embossing folder from Crafter's Companion called Regency Swirls (I was today year's old when I learned the name of this - traded a friend for it years ago) and the Sentiment Strips die from Photoplay. The second card was my original and it features Stampin' Up! Cardstock in Poppy Parade (shocker, huh?) and the butterfly is cut from watercolor paper painted with Tim Holtz Seedless Preserves Distress Ink. I accidentally picked up the wrong size arches for the remaining cards, but it worked out okay. Those cardstock colors are all SU: Sweet Sugarplum, Granny Apple Green, and Pool Party. Butterflies are in Poppy Parade and Rich Razzleberry (a great match to the Seedless Preserves Ink). I added some sequins and Poppystamps clear Fairy Drops (looks like water) to many of the cards.
These cards were a lot of fun to make and helped me cope with some losses we've been suffering here at home. I hope your springtime finds you facing the light of a new day.
I'm entering 3 of these cards in the Time Out Challenges #286 using the words arches, floral, and in the case of the Pool Party card - water.
I used quite a bit of retired Stampin’ Up! materials on this card. The stamp is from So Sentimental and the matching label die is one from the Tasteful Labels die set. The cardstock used for the flowers is Primrose Petals, Pink Pirouette, Pear Pizzazz, and Old Olive. The dark rose mat is actually Red Rose designer series paper from many years ago.
The flower dies are all from the Poppystamps’ Floral Pop Up Easel Set. I stamped the sentiment with Memento black ink and popped it up with foam tape.
I used quite a bit of retired Stampin’ Up! materials on this card. The stamp is from So Sentimental and the matching label die is one from the Tasteful Labels die set. The cardstock used for the flowers is Primrose Petals, Pink Pirouette, Pear Pizzazz, and Old Olive. The dark rose mat is actually Red Rose designer series paper from many years ago.
The flower dies are all from the Poppystamps’ Floral Pop Up Easel Set. I stamped the sentiment with Memento black ink and popped it up with foam tape.
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.]
Clean and simple is one of my favorite types of cards. It focuses attention on just a small area, leaving plenty of blank space. I think of the blank space as "breathing room."
As the whole Poppystamps Whittle series is so cute, I thought I’d turn to a set of adorable, color-coordinated critters to make this card. I wanted to play off the sentiment of "I'm tickled pink" that is in the Whittle Wild Animals Sentiment stamp set.
I started by gathering 7 different colors of pink cardstock. I die cut one animal each from the Whittle Mouse, Whittle Sleepy Fox, Whittle Snails (the larger of two), Whittle Pig, and Whittle Panda Pickup Kit. I used white or another color of pink cardstock when the die called for 2 parts.
I took a white cardfront that measured 4.25" x 5.5", the standard size for most cards. I used a circle die with a diameter of 2.5" and cut it from the upper center of this. I stamped "I'm tickled pink" with Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink below the circle.
I arranged the animals on a slightly smaller piece of gray striped paper. I carefully put them where they would sit just behind the edge of the circle. I glued them each to the striped paper and then used foam adhesive around the backside of the circle cut out and adhered it to the animals and the striped paper. Finally, I glued this entire cardfront to a white card.
It doesn't take long to create a clean and simple card.
Clean and simple is one of my favorite types of cards. It focuses attention on just a small area, leaving plenty of blank space. I think of the blank space as "breathing room."
As the whole Poppystamps Whittle series is so cute, I thought I’d turn to a set of adorable, color-coordinated critters to make this card. I wanted to play off the sentiment of "I'm tickled pink" that is in the Whittle Wild Animals Sentiment stamp set.
I started by gathering 7 different colors of pink cardstock. I die cut one animal each from the Whittle Mouse, Whittle Sleepy Fox, Whittle Snails (the larger of two), Whittle Pig, and Whittle Panda Pickup Kit. I used white or another color of pink cardstock when the die called for 2 parts.
I took a white cardfront that measured 4.25" x 5.5", the standard size for most cards. I used a circle die with a diameter of 2.5" and cut it from the upper center of this. I stamped "I'm tickled pink" with Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink below the circle.
I arranged the animals on a slightly smaller piece of gray striped paper. I carefully put them where they would sit just behind the edge of the circle. I glued them each to the striped paper and then used foam adhesive around the backside of the circle cut out and adhered it to the animals and the striped paper. Finally, I glued this entire cardfront to a white card.
It doesn't take long to create a clean and simple card.
I recently bought the 2021 release of the Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. But before that, I used my set of 90 Zig Clean Color markers to color this giant floral image from Memory Box. The Gracious Floral Stamp Set and Die has endless possibilities. I started by stamping the image with a black pigment ink onto watercolor paper. I used the Real Brush markers to color in this wonderful image, choosing just a set of purples and olive greens for everything. Next, I die cut the image with the included die.
This stamp set not only gives you an amazing floral image, but 15 sentiment stamps you can use on just about anything. They come in 3 different sizes and the 3 largest ones have matching dies in this bundle. How great is that? I stamped the 'just for you' stamp onto black cardstock using an embossing ink and sprinkled white embossing powder on top. I heated it to create a nice, sharp sentiment image. Finally, I die cut the sentiment.
I chose Poppystamps' Evangeline Pinpoint Frame die to be part of the background. I cut it from white cardstock and backed it with a piece of very pale purple cardstock to coordinate with the watercolor image. Next, I glued down the watercolored die cut, then the black and white sentiment on top of that.
This stamp and die set can easily be used year round and for so many different occasions. It's something I will reach for again and again.
I recently bought the 2021 release of the Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. But before that, I used my set of 90 Zig Clean Color markers to color this giant floral image from Memory Box. The Gracious Floral Stamp Set and Die has endless possibilities. I started by stamping the image with a black pigment ink onto watercolor paper. I used the Real Brush markers to color in this wonderful image, choosing just a set of purples and olive greens for everything. Next, I die cut the image with the included die.
This stamp set not only gives you an amazing floral image, but 15 sentiment stamps you can use on just about anything. They come in 3 different sizes and the 3 largest ones have matching dies in this bundle. How great is that? I stamped the 'just for you' stamp onto black cardstock using an embossing ink and sprinkled white embossing powder on top. I heated it to create a nice, sharp sentiment image. Finally, I die cut the sentiment.
I chose Poppystamps' Evangeline Pinpoint Frame die to be part of the background. I cut it from white cardstock and backed it with a piece of very pale purple cardstock to coordinate with the watercolor image. Next, I glued down the watercolored die cut, then the black and white sentiment on top of that.
This stamp and die set can easily be used year round and for so many different occasions. It's something I will reach for again and again.
I just love taking dies that are traditionally meant for one particular season or holiday and repurposing them for something very different. Upon hearing of a young couple I know expecting their first child, I thought about how much joy they must be feeling. That led me to pull out the Poppystamps Stacked Joy die and try it with some pastel colored floral paper from Spellbinders and a sage green cardstock. I was happy with the result. I added some flowers by using the Poppystamps Floral Cake Pop Up Easel die set. This set has a great selection of flowers and leaves. All my leaves and flower centers are from this set, and my bottom flower is from there also. My other two flowers are the Lucky Layered Flowers die set. I colored all the flowers, centers, and leaves with Copic markers.
I wanted a pink glow coming from underneath the JOY and I achieved this by blending some Spun Sugar Distress Ink onto my Neenah Classic Crest 110lb white cardstock with a blending brush from the center outwards. I tried to keep to an oval shape for the ink. I glued this to a pale pink cardbase. Then I added the Flower Field Frame die cut from white cardstock on top of the blended panel. I wanted to pop the word JOY up so I cut it out of white fun foam and glued the paper die cuts to the top. I think the foam stretches out some when it is cut because it's a bit of a struggle to get the paper die cuts to completely cover the foam die cuts. I adhered this to the floral die cut.
Next, I added the leaves directly on top of the white floral die cut with liquid adhesive. Then, I attached the flowers with some foam adhesive. Finally, I stamped Welcome Baby, from Stampin' Up!'s And Many More stamp set and heat embossed it with with Ranger Ultra Fine silver embossing powder. I glued this directly onto the O.
Do you ever repurpose holiday dies or stamps for something completely different?
I just love taking dies that are traditionally meant for one particular season or holiday and repurposing them for something very different. Upon hearing of a young couple I know expecting their first child, I thought about how much joy they must be feeling. That led me to pull out the Poppystamps Stacked Joy die and try it with some pastel colored floral paper from Spellbinders and a sage green cardstock. I was happy with the result. I added some flowers by using the Poppystamps Floral Cake Pop Up Easel die set. This set has a great selection of flowers and leaves. All my leaves and flower centers are from this set, and my bottom flower is from there also. My other two flowers are the Lucky Layered Flowers die set. I colored all the flowers, centers, and leaves with Copic markers.
I wanted a pink glow coming from underneath the JOY and I achieved this by blending some Spun Sugar Distress Ink onto my Neenah Classic Crest 110lb white cardstock with a blending brush from the center outwards. I tried to keep to an oval shape for the ink. I glued this to a pale pink cardbase. Then I added the Flower Field Frame die cut from white cardstock on top of the blended panel. I wanted to pop the word JOY up so I cut it out of white fun foam and glued the paper die cuts to the top. I think the foam stretches out some when it is cut because it's a bit of a struggle to get the paper die cuts to completely cover the foam die cuts. I adhered this to the floral die cut.
Next, I added the leaves directly on top of the white floral die cut with liquid adhesive. Then, I attached the flowers with some foam adhesive. Finally, I stamped Welcome Baby, from Stampin' Up!'s And Many More stamp set and heat embossed it with with Ranger Ultra Fine silver embossing powder. I glued this directly onto the O.
Do you ever repurpose holiday dies or stamps for something completely different?
This was a simple card to make for 2 reasons. First, the background was pre-made. Months ago I had played around with some Stampin' Up! reinkers (Old Olive, Bermuda Bay, and Crushed Curry) on watercolor paper. I ended up with this vivid, almost symmetrical background. Second, Poppystamps Birthday Wishes Moonlight Script die set is the ideal size and shape on any card to make it look great. I trimmed my watercolor panel to 4" x 5.25" and matted it onto a Bermuda Bay cardbase that matched the watercolor. Next, I die cut the script saying from Bermuda Bay cardstock. Then, I cut the shadow from watercolor cardstock to match the background.
I adhered these together and used foam adhesive to pop the sentiment off the watercolor background. Finally, I added some Poppystamps Bright Fairy Jewels in matching colors. That's it. I love sitting and making card backgrounds because when it comes time to put together a card, most of the work is already done. Give it a try.
This was a simple card to make for 2 reasons. First, the background was pre-made. Months ago I had played around with some Stampin' Up! reinkers (Old Olive, Bermuda Bay, and Crushed Curry) on watercolor paper. I ended up with this vivid, almost symmetrical background. Second, Poppystamps Birthday Wishes Moonlight Script die set is the ideal size and shape on any card to make it look great. I trimmed my watercolor panel to 4" x 5.25" and matted it onto a Bermuda Bay cardbase that matched the watercolor. Next, I die cut the script saying from Bermuda Bay cardstock. Then, I cut the shadow from watercolor cardstock to match the background.
I adhered these together and used foam adhesive to pop the sentiment off the watercolor background. Finally, I added some Poppystamps Bright Fairy Jewels in matching colors. That's it. I love sitting and making card backgrounds because when it comes time to put together a card, most of the work is already done. Give it a try.
It's heating up here in Texas, but there are still some spring blooms to be found. I put together this birthday wishes card using a load of Poppystamps dies I will list below.
Do you craft when you travel? I've found it easy to take along a small set of supplies and do a little crafting when I am on the road. Recently, I took a bunch of white floral die cuts and my alcohol ink markers with me on a trip. I spent some free time coloring these little blooms and it was very relaxing. I typically used just two shades on each bloom, with the darker color towards the center. Needless to say, I had to wear some strong readers to do the work. On the tiniest flowers I added a dot of Nuvo Crystal drops in yellow. I gathered these flowers to use on this card. I used all the floral dies listed below.
I didn't premake my greenery, so I did that two different ways. The first was to use white cardstock and cut some greenery using the greenery dies from the Floral Vase Pop Up Easel set, and then color them with two green Copics. The second was to take a strip of white cardstock, color it with one green Copic marker, and then cut my leaves from the Floral Cake Pop Up Easel die set. Both methods worked well for my needs.
I used the Luscious Script Wishes die set to cut 'wishes' out of heavy white cardstock and the shadow from a very pale purple cardstock. Since my flower centers were colored yellow, I used a cardbase made from Stampin' Up!'s Daffodil Delight cardstock behind the white card front I glued my leaves and flowers onto. I added a stamped and gold embossed 'Happy birthday' from the My Favorite Things Itty Bitty Birthday stamp set above the 'wishes.' Finally, I added a few clear Fairy Pastel Jewels to the card.
In addition to the dies listed above, I used Poppystamps Lucky Layered Flowers and the Little Posie Layered Flowers.
Hope your spring is blooming all over.
It's heating up here in Texas, but there are still some spring blooms to be found. I put together this birthday wishes card using a load of Poppystamps dies I will list below.
Do you craft when you travel? I've found it easy to take along a small set of supplies and do a little crafting when I am on the road. Recently, I took a bunch of white floral die cuts and my alcohol ink markers with me on a trip. I spent some free time coloring these little blooms and it was very relaxing. I typically used just two shades on each bloom, with the darker color towards the center. Needless to say, I had to wear some strong readers to do the work. On the tiniest flowers I added a dot of Nuvo Crystal drops in yellow. I gathered these flowers to use on this card. I used all the floral dies listed below.
I didn't premake my greenery, so I did that two different ways. The first was to use white cardstock and cut some greenery using the greenery dies from the Floral Vase Pop Up Easel set, and then color them with two green Copics. The second was to take a strip of white cardstock, color it with one green Copic marker, and then cut my leaves from the Floral Cake Pop Up Easel die set. Both methods worked well for my needs.
I used the Luscious Script Wishes die set to cut 'wishes' out of heavy white cardstock and the shadow from a very pale purple cardstock. Since my flower centers were colored yellow, I used a cardbase made from Stampin' Up!'s Daffodil Delight cardstock behind the white card front I glued my leaves and flowers onto. I added a stamped and gold embossed 'Happy birthday' from the My Favorite Things Itty Bitty Birthday stamp set above the 'wishes.' Finally, I added a few clear Fairy Pastel Jewels to the card.
In addition to the dies listed above, I used Poppystamps Lucky Layered Flowers and the Little Posie Layered Flowers.
Hope your spring is blooming all over.
With Mother's Day fast approaching, I wanted to put Tim Holtz's Floral Outlines stamp set by Stampers Anonymous to the test. I was eager to combine this with some Lindy's Magicals I had just recently received.
I first used four 4.5 x 6" panels of Canson XL watercolor paper and sprinkled it with 1-2 colors of Lindy's Magical Powders (if you haven't tried these yet, you are *truly* missing something). I used combinations including Cape Cod Coral, Salt Water Taffy, and Clam Bake Beige all from the Nantucket Shimmer Magicals set of 5. I also used Rizzo's Rowdy Red from the Go Greased Lightnin' set of Flat Magicals (no shimmer, but plenty of magic) by itself on one card. After the powder was on the card, I spritzed it with water and let the colors do their thing mixing around on the paper. In a couple of cases, I added a bit more powder.
I sprinkled 1-2 magicals onto my watercolor paper with a dry paintbrush, then spritzed with water to make them come alive. When I had the colors the way I liked them on each of my 4 panels, I dried them with my Ranger Heat Tool. I absolutely love the line art that is the Tim Holtz Floral Outlines stamp set. After my panels were dry, I brushed on anti-static powder (happy this did not dull my watercolor) and stamped this trio of stamps onto my paper with Versamark. For the three pink backgrounds, I used Inkon3's Gold Rush Ultra Fine Embossing Powder to heat emboss with. For the red background, I used Taylored Expression's White Fine Detail Embossing Powder.
Next, I die cut the panels into stitched rectangles with my Paper Rose Nested Stitched Rectangles dies. I chose some solid colored cardstock to match each panel to make my cardbases. Then, I used my Spellbinder's Layered Script Sentiments by Yana Smakula to cut a 'happy' from both black glossy cardstock by Poppystamps, and gold vellum from my stash. The shadow outlines are cut from the same watercolor paper. I adhered these onto my watercolor panels with foam tape, and then computer printed 'Mother's Day' in pink to glue on top.
Finally, on two of my pink cards, I used dots of Nuvo's Crystal Drops in Morning Dew (crystal clear) as embellishments. On the third pink card I used these same Nuvo Drops to glue down iridescent and light pink sequins. On my red card, I used iridescent sequins in light and vivid pink.
I am entering these cards at the As You See It Challenge #298 using my new Lindy's Gang. I'm also entering at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #568, and Just Us Girls #678. 
With Mother's Day fast approaching, I wanted to put Tim Holtz's Floral Outlines stamp set by Stampers Anonymous to the test. I was eager to combine this with some Lindy's Magicals I had just recently received.
I first used four 4.5 x 6" panels of Canson XL watercolor paper and sprinkled it with 1-2 colors of Lindy's Magical Powders (if you haven't tried these yet, you are *truly* missing something). I used combinations including Cape Cod Coral, Salt Water Taffy, and Clam Bake Beige all from the Nantucket Shimmer Magicals set of 5. I also used Rizzo's Rowdy Red from the Go Greased Lightnin' set of Flat Magicals (no shimmer, but plenty of magic) by itself on one card. After the powder was on the card, I spritzed it with water and let the colors do their thing mixing around on the paper. In a couple of cases, I added a bit more powder.
I sprinkled 1-2 magicals onto my watercolor paper with a dry paintbrush, then spritzed with water to make them come alive. When I had the colors the way I liked them on each of my 4 panels, I dried them with my Ranger Heat Tool. I absolutely love the line art that is the Tim Holtz Floral Outlines stamp set. After my panels were dry, I brushed on anti-static powder (happy this did not dull my watercolor) and stamped this trio of stamps onto my paper with Versamark. For the three pink backgrounds, I used Inkon3's Gold Rush Ultra Fine Embossing Powder to heat emboss with. For the red background, I used Taylored Expression's White Fine Detail Embossing Powder.
Next, I die cut the panels into stitched rectangles with my Paper Rose Nested Stitched Rectangles dies. I chose some solid colored cardstock to match each panel to make my cardbases. Then, I used my Spellbinder's Layered Script Sentiments by Yana Smakula to cut a 'happy' from both black glossy cardstock by Poppystamps, and gold vellum from my stash. The shadow outlines are cut from the same watercolor paper. I adhered these onto my watercolor panels with foam tape, and then computer printed 'Mother's Day' in pink to glue on top.
Finally, on two of my pink cards, I used dots of Nuvo's Crystal Drops in Morning Dew (crystal clear) as embellishments. On the third pink card I used these same Nuvo Drops to glue down iridescent and light pink sequins. On my red card, I used iridescent sequins in light and vivid pink.
I am entering these cards at the As You See It Challenge #298 using my new Lindy's Gang. I'm also entering at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #568, and Just Us Girls #678.
There aren't many cuter images than panda bears to put on a card front. I used the Poppystamps' Whittle Panda Pickup Kit to put together this slimline card. The panda bear die is a single solid die that cuts out 4 different panda bears with etch marks on them. To make black and white pandas, you will have two choices. You can cut the pandas from white cardstock and take a black pen or marker and color the ears, eye area, nose, shoulders, arms and legs. I found this pretty tricky to do no matter what marker I used, so I tried another method.
I cut the bears from both black and white cardstock and then carefully trimmed off portions of the white bear and glued them on the black bear. I used a black marker to color the nose and the eyeball only. Once I got going using an Exacto knife to remove the eye ring and scissors on the rest of the bear, this became very easy to do. For a final touch, I added a bit of pink blush with an R30 Copic marker.
I used the bamboo die from the kit to cut out 2 colors of green bamboo. I glued parts of this together to create longer bamboo plants. I glued the bamboo onto a white cardstock panel measuring 3.25" x 8.5". I used a YG Copic marker to draw in some grass at the bottom of the bamboo.
Next, I placed my sweet little bear cubs in the bamboo, as though they'd climbed up it. Then I cut two balloons with a die from the kit. I ran two pieces of black thread from one panda's hand up towards the top of the card and taped it in place with a tiny piece of washi. Next, I glued the balloons over the tape. The bottom of the threads are barely secured in place, so I might need a dot of glue later on.
My next step was to glue this panel onto a slimline cardfront measuring 3.5 x 8.5". I had already glued strips of black and white striped paper from My Favorite Things Black & White Stripes 6x6 pad to the right edge of this cardfront to give it a nice striped accent.
Finally, I added a sentiment using a stamp from the kit, and backed it with a small piece of cardstock the same color as the balloons. I adhered this with foam tape,
This is a fun kit to play with. It also includes a cute pickup truck and a wagon. A great value of a die and stamp kit.
There aren't many cuter images than panda bears to put on a card front. I used the Poppystamps' Whittle Panda Pickup Kit to put together this slimline card. The panda bear die is a single solid die that cuts out 4 different panda bears with etch marks on them. To make black and white pandas, you will have two choices. You can cut the pandas from white cardstock and take a black pen or marker and color the ears, eye area, nose, shoulders, arms and legs. I found this pretty tricky to do no matter what marker I used, so I tried another method.
I cut the bears from both black and white cardstock and then carefully trimmed off portions of the white bear and glued them on the black bear. I used a black marker to color the nose and the eyeball only. Once I got going using an Exacto knife to remove the eye ring and scissors on the rest of the bear, this became very easy to do. For a final touch, I added a bit of pink blush with an R30 Copic marker.
I used the bamboo die from the kit to cut out 2 colors of green bamboo. I glued parts of this together to create longer bamboo plants. I glued the bamboo onto a white cardstock panel measuring 3.25" x 8.5". I used a YG Copic marker to draw in some grass at the bottom of the bamboo.
Next, I placed my sweet little bear cubs in the bamboo, as though they'd climbed up it. Then I cut two balloons with a die from the kit. I ran two pieces of black thread from one panda's hand up towards the top of the card and taped it in place with a tiny piece of washi. Next, I glued the balloons over the tape. The bottom of the threads are barely secured in place, so I might need a dot of glue later on.
My next step was to glue this panel onto a slimline cardfront measuring 3.5 x 8.5". I had already glued strips of black and white striped paper from My Favorite Things Black & White Stripes 6x6 pad to the right edge of this cardfront to give it a nice striped accent.
Finally, I added a sentiment using a stamp from the kit, and backed it with a small piece of cardstock the same color as the balloons. I adhered this with foam tape,
This is a fun kit to play with. It also includes a cute pickup truck and a wagon. A great value of a die and stamp kit.
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.
Poppystamps Basic Junk Journal 14-piece die set is the definition of cute. If you're into junk journaling or adding little labels, corners, pockets, envelopes or folders to cards or scrapbooks, this is an indispensable set to have.
There were so many fun pieces to work with and I wanted to show off as many as I could. I started by cutting the mini folder from gray double-sided patterned paper. I folded the built-in pocket up and glued it down along the provided tabs. One great thing about this set is the score lines that are on every piece. There's no need to guess at where to fold something. I next cut out a lot of shapes without a real plan. I needed to play.
I wanted to provide some bright contrast to the gray, so I used the Cornelia Variegated Wide washi tape from Memory Box to cover a piece of white cardstock. I cut the largest pocket and one label from this. I kept going and cut out a lot of shapes using both solid cardstock and cardstock colored with Distress Inks and Spray Stains. Check out the tiniest envelope ever made!
I thought it would be cute (and cute is the key word here) to add butterflies and flowers. Poppystamps has SO many dies to fit that bill. I used the new Teardrop Butterflies die set along with the Layered Pointy Petals dies. To provide a background to the label that I stamped on Stampin' Up!'s Purple Posy cardstock, I took the exact same label cut from the washi-covered cardstock and cut it in half and adhered it so it looked like a bigger label. The stamps are from the Whittle Wild Animal and Life is Sweet stamp sets by Poppystamps.
Then, in true junk journal form, I just played with all my pieces and adhered them down in an arrangement I liked. My Elizabeth Craft Designs tweezers were essential for this project. I even added a tiny paper clip from Tim Holtz to one itty-bitty label I decorated with an itty-bitty flower from the same floral dies.
Do you use a junk journal?
Poppystamps Basic Junk Journal 14-piece die set is the definition of cute. If you're into junk journaling or adding little labels, corners, pockets, envelopes or folders to cards or scrapbooks, this is an indispensable set to have.
There were so many fun pieces to work with and I wanted to show off as many as I could. I started by cutting the mini folder from gray double-sided patterned paper. I folded the built-in pocket up and glued it down along the provided tabs. One great thing about this set is the score lines that are on every piece. There's no need to guess at where to fold something. I next cut out a lot of shapes without a real plan. I needed to play.
I wanted to provide some bright contrast to the gray, so I used the Cornelia Variegated Wide washi tape from Memory Box to cover a piece of white cardstock. I cut the largest pocket and one label from this. I kept going and cut out a lot of shapes using both solid cardstock and cardstock colored with Distress Inks and Spray Stains. Check out the tiniest envelope ever made!
I thought it would be cute (and cute is the key word here) to add butterflies and flowers. Poppystamps has SO many dies to fit that bill. I used the new Teardrop Butterflies die set along with the Layered Pointy Petals dies. To provide a background to the label that I stamped on Stampin' Up!'s Purple Posy cardstock, I took the exact same label cut from the washi-covered cardstock and cut it in half and adhered it so it looked like a bigger label. The stamps are from the Whittle Wild Animal and Life is Sweet stamp sets by Poppystamps.
Then, in true junk journal form, I just played with all my pieces and adhered them down in an arrangement I liked. My Elizabeth Craft Designs tweezers were essential for this project. I even added a tiny paper clip from Tim Holtz to one itty-bitty label I decorated with an itty-bitty flower from the same floral dies.
Do you use a junk journal?
When I received all the new floral dies from Poppystamps, I was super inspired by a post I had seen on Pinterest. I decided to CASE the amazing Zsoka Marko and her December 2022 card that you can see here on her blog A Pocket Full of Scrap.
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I wanted to make a very special Valentine for a dear relative who is suffering from some dementia. First, I cut the scalloped heart from the Vintage Scalloped Heart die set from Neenah 110lb solar white cardstock. Next, I cut out a lot of flowers from the same cardstock using the following Poppystamps sets: Little Posie Layered Flowers, Little Layered Asters, Lucky Layered Flowers, Layered Pointy Petals, and the Floral Vase Pop Up Easel die set. I colored all the flowers with alcohol ink markers including Copic, Dick Blick, and Spectrum Noir. I used the leaves from the Floral Vase Pop Up Easel and cut them from Stampin' Up Basic Gray cardstock matching the background. I arranged all the leaves on the white heart and glued them down, then layered the flowers on top to emphasize the heart shape as best I could.
For the background, I took another piece of gray cardstock and spritzed it with water on front and back so the fibers would bend well. I ran this through the Stunning Mandala 3D embossing folder by Memory Box (it's so beautiful). I trimmed the edges and layered it onto a Stampin' Up! Petal Pink card base. I glued the floral heart at the center of the mandala and used a computer printed sentiment popped up with foam tape on the card. Finally, I added Nuvo Crystal Drops around the heart (these are the only 3 colors I have, but I want more).
I was really pleased with how it turned out. The gray background makes the colors stand out so well, yet isn't as harsh as black.
It's already on it's way to a special person.
I hope your February is allowing time to relax and craft.
When I received all the new floral dies from Poppystamps, I was super inspired by a post I had seen on Pinterest. I decided to CASE the amazing Zsoka Marko and her December 2022 card that you can see here on her blog A Pocket Full of Scrap.
I wanted to make a very special Valentine for a dear relative who is suffering from some dementia. First, I cut the scalloped heart from the Vintage Scalloped Heart die set from Neenah 110lb solar white cardstock. Next, I cut out a lot of flowers from the same cardstock using the following Poppystamps sets: Little Posie Layered Flowers, Little Layered Asters, Lucky Layered Flowers, Layered Pointy Petals, and the Floral Vase Pop Up Easel die set. I colored all the flowers with alcohol ink markers including Copic, Dick Blick, and Spectrum Noir. I used the leaves from the Floral Vase Pop Up Easel and cut them from Stampin' Up Basic Gray cardstock matching the background. I arranged all the leaves on the white heart and glued them down, then layered the flowers on top to emphasize the heart shape as best I could.
For the background, I took another piece of gray cardstock and spritzed it with water on front and back so the fibers would bend well. I ran this through the Stunning Mandala 3D embossing folder by Memory Box (it's so beautiful). I trimmed the edges and layered it onto a Stampin' Up! Petal Pink card base. I glued the floral heart at the center of the mandala and used a computer printed sentiment popped up with foam tape on the card. Finally, I added Nuvo Crystal Drops around the heart (these are the only 3 colors I have, but I want more).
I was really pleased with how it turned out. The gray background makes the colors stand out so well, yet isn't as harsh as black.
It's already on it's way to a special person.
I hope your February is allowing time to relax and craft.
I just love both slimline and mini slimline cards. It was a few years ago when I discovered the mini slimline format and swooned with how sweet and simple they could be, while not incurring extra postage (unlike square cards).
I created this card with the Soaring Tree Frame from Poppystamps. It is adorable and oh-so flexible on regular, slimline or mini slimline cards. Here I used it as the centerpiece on a mini slimline Valentine. First, I cut the tree frame out with Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb cardstock. Next, I wanted some small hearts to look like the leaves of the tree. I found exactly what I was looking for in the Poppystamps Whittle Adorable Kitty Kit. One of the included dies cuts both a small and a large "whittle" heart. I cut a lot of these out from a big variety of Stampin' Up! pink and coral cardstock. I also used 2 pieces of pearlescent cardstock from the Memory Box Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad - the 6 x 6" pad has both shiny, mirror paper and pearlescent paper in the same color. I have a great 6 x 6" paper pad by My Mind's Eye called Lost & Found in blush. In it, I found some beige, dotted paper and some pink, gingham paper and decided on those for a background.
After making all my die cuts, I used foam tape on the back of the Soaring Tree Frame and attached it to the dotted paper that I had cut to the same size. Next, I added all my hearts, minus the one on the sentiment. I used tweezers to get things just in the right spot. I adhered a rectangle of the gingham paper to a blush pink cardbase and then adhered the framed tree with hearts to the front. Finally, I stamped the sentiment from the Whittle Adorable Kitty Kit with Memento Black ink on a piece of scrap white cardstock and cut it with angled edges as shown, leaving a bit extra on the right end to glue the final heart. I attached the sentiment and the last tiny heart to the front.
Small valentine cards are so much fun to make, but probably more fun to send.
I just love both slimline and mini slimline cards. It was a few years ago when I discovered the mini slimline format and swooned with how sweet and simple they could be, while not incurring extra postage (unlike square cards).
I created this card with the Soaring Tree Frame from Poppystamps. It is adorable and oh-so flexible on regular, slimline or mini slimline cards. Here I used it as the centerpiece on a mini slimline Valentine. First, I cut the tree frame out with Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb cardstock. Next, I wanted some small hearts to look like the leaves of the tree. I found exactly what I was looking for in the Poppystamps Whittle Adorable Kitty Kit. One of the included dies cuts both a small and a large "whittle" heart. I cut a lot of these out from a big variety of Stampin' Up! pink and coral cardstock. I also used 2 pieces of pearlescent cardstock from the Memory Box Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad - the 6 x 6" pad has both shiny, mirror paper and pearlescent paper in the same color. I have a great 6 x 6" paper pad by My Mind's Eye called Lost & Found in blush. In it, I found some beige, dotted paper and some pink, gingham paper and decided on those for a background.
After making all my die cuts, I used foam tape on the back of the Soaring Tree Frame and attached it to the dotted paper that I had cut to the same size. Next, I added all my hearts, minus the one on the sentiment. I used tweezers to get things just in the right spot. I adhered a rectangle of the gingham paper to a blush pink cardbase and then adhered the framed tree with hearts to the front. Finally, I stamped the sentiment from the Whittle Adorable Kitty Kit with Memento Black ink on a piece of scrap white cardstock and cut it with angled edges as shown, leaving a bit extra on the right end to glue the final heart. I attached the sentiment and the last tiny heart to the front.
Small valentine cards are so much fun to make, but probably more fun to send.
Today's your lucky day! Even though it's Friday, the 13th, I'm serving up this colorful, glittery Valentine's card. I started with Poppystamps' new Vintage Scalloped Heart die set. I love that this comes with 2 dies: the heart with the 'sunburst' slits in it, and the bigger scalloped heart background.
I cut the heart from fine, red glitter paper by Core 'dinations, and contrasted that with a brushed gold cardstock for the scalloped shadow.
I wanted something different for the background so I turned to my trusty Distress Spray Stains and created a background on watercolor paper with Speckled Egg, Salvaged Patina, and Frayed Burlap. For a final touch, and to tie in the brushed gold look, I spritzed my paper with Tarnished Brass Distress Mica Spray. I cut that piece down just a bit and matted it on the piece of brushed gold cardstock I used to cut the scalloped heart from - yay for no waste. I glued this onto a Stampin' Up! Very Vanilla card base.
I also wanted a unique way to attach a sentiment. I decided on some recent Tim Holtz Ideology purchases - the Hearts Adornments and the Mini Pins. I stamped the You are the Sweetest from the Poppystamps Colorful Life stamp set on a piece of vanilla cardstock with Versafine black ink, cut it out, and then rounded all four corners. I punched a tiny hole in the top left corner and ran the safety pin with the dangling heart on it through the hole. To add just a little red, I added three tiny gems from the Poppystamps Christmas Fairy Jewels set. I decided to use my trusty foam adhesive to give dimension both under the heart and under the sentiment.
I like to send about a dozen cards for Valentine's Day. Do you send out Valentine's? To whom?
Today's your lucky day! Even though it's Friday, the 13th, I'm serving up this colorful, glittery Valentine's card. I started with Poppystamps' new Vintage Scalloped Heart die set. I love that this comes with 2 dies: the heart with the 'sunburst' slits in it, and the bigger scalloped heart background.
I cut the heart from fine, red glitter paper by Core 'dinations, and contrasted that with a brushed gold cardstock for the scalloped shadow.
I wanted something different for the background so I turned to my trusty Distress Spray Stains and created a background on watercolor paper with Speckled Egg, Salvaged Patina, and Frayed Burlap. For a final touch, and to tie in the brushed gold look, I spritzed my paper with Tarnished Brass Distress Mica Spray. I cut that piece down just a bit and matted it on the piece of brushed gold cardstock I used to cut the scalloped heart from - yay for no waste. I glued this onto a Stampin' Up! Very Vanilla card base.
I also wanted a unique way to attach a sentiment. I decided on some recent Tim Holtz Ideology purchases - the Hearts Adornments and the Mini Pins. I stamped the You are the Sweetest from the Poppystamps Colorful Life stamp set on a piece of vanilla cardstock with Versafine black ink, cut it out, and then rounded all four corners. I punched a tiny hole in the top left corner and ran the safety pin with the dangling heart on it through the hole. To add just a little red, I added three tiny gems from the Poppystamps Christmas Fairy Jewels set. I decided to use my trusty foam adhesive to give dimension both under the heart and under the sentiment.
I like to send about a dozen cards for Valentine's Day. Do you send out Valentine's? To whom?
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