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Happy Memorial Day from Poppystamps!

Hi everyone! Best wishes for a Happy Memorial Day from the Poppystamps family to your family! If you or your loved ones have served our country - we salute and thank you! In honor of the holiday I made a card using our ever popular Madison Window and matching Shutters dies.

Lady Liberty is a sticker and the sentiment was handwritten. The 'bunting' was made with a needle and thread and some patriotic ribbon. I used crisp red, white, and blue. A color combination that can never go wrong!

 

 

 

 

Here is a close up of our dies: Small Madison Window and matching Small Shutters....

SUPPLIES:

Small Madison Window Die (816)

Small Madison Window Shutter (833)

Here's to a great Summer! There is new stuff on the way....stay tuned. Thanks for coming by the blog today!

Wanda

 

You've got Mail!

Hello Poppystamps fans! How are you!? Thanks for popping in here today to see what's up with us! Today's card is on more of a masculine note I think. The colors are warm and rich and it's a clean design perfect for anyone's taste. You won't believe it, but that patterned paper is actually a corner of the Memory Box Halloween Paper! Doesn't it look fresh? Just another reminder for us to see our craft supplies with an open mind! 

 

 

 

 

Our Gentle Leaf die works perfectly with the Mail Definitions text stamp from Memory Box. I cut a circle out of the main patterned paper and layered some cream cardstock underneath. The die was cut out of dark chocolate paper to look like a silhouette. 

 

 

The upper layer was mounted on foam tape and then the sentiment was added last. I think I will be using this design layout again...soon! 

SUPPLIES

Poppystamps Gentle Leaf Die (807)

Memory Box Mail Definitions Stamp (G1839)

Memory Box Just a Note Combo (B1852)

Memory Box Papers

 

Wanda

Miss you...

Happy weekend Poppystamps friends! Thanks for coming by the blog to see what's up! We hope you have a wonderful day. Today's card features our cute Suki Sweetheart. I thought she would be perfect for a note for a long distance friend. The sentiment was handwritten in.

 

 

The Memory Box Clouds dies are the perfect addition to any scene. They are the perfect scale. I am still loving the new Viola papers!  

 

 

 

SUPPLIES:

Suki Sweetheart Stamp (249C)

Memory Box Puffy Clouds Die (98172)

Memory Box Viola 6x6 Paper Pack

Memory Box Notecards

Colored Pencils

Wanda

 

Spring Kimono

Hello Poppystamps friends! What's new? Dave is headed out later in the week to go to Northern California, to teach classes at The Paper Garden! Are you coming? I'll be there and I'm excited to learn and explore all that Memory Box and Poppystamps can offer. Hope to see some of you there! 

Today's card is a Spring Kimono card using the brand new paper colors of Memory Box with some of our beautiful Asian stamps from Poppystamps.

 

 

The Kimono was stamped onto one of the patterned papers from the new Viola collection and then cut out and mounted onto the purple layering piece. It all works together so perfectly - the matching colors...

 

 

 

I didn't want the background from the Asian character image so I stamped it onto a scrap of matching paper and carefully cut just around the character. I kind of like this effect...

 

 

Have a fabulous week! If you've made anything using our products lately, please feel free to post them over at our facebook page! We love it when you share!

SUPPLIES:

Poppystamps Spring Stamp (259B)

Poppystamps Bamboo Kimono Stamp (241E)

Poppystamps Peach Blossom Poem Stamp (238F)

Memory Box Viola Papers

Memory Box Solid Notecards

Wanda

 

Watercolor Peony Blossoms for Spring

Hi everyone! Did you have a great weekend? Hope so! Today's project features a fun technique of watercoloring with inks. Our Peony Blossom stamp is perfect for this technique! Hope you will give it a try! No special tools required and the results are super fun and unique.

Here's my finished card. Don't you love yellow and pink for Spring? So cheerful!

 

 

Here is a close up of the Peony Blossoms....

 

Start off by embossing with white embossing powder onto white paper to make your outline.

 

Then you take a water pen and fully saturate the paper with water. Then take ink from a re-inker or the top of an ink pad, and start coloring into the water. The water will take the ink and make it flow into different variations of color. For my Peonies I used two shades of pink and one yellow.

 

Here you can see I took the ink straight from the ink pads...

 

You don't have to be super careful with your watercoloring, because you will cut out your flowers after they're dry...

 

 

I added some glitter glue to the centers and a nice cheery sentiment to complete this card.

Thank you for coming by the Poppystamps blog today!

SUPPLIES:

Poppystamps Peony Blossom Stamp (239D)

Memory Box Wishing You Combo Stamp (B1853)

Memory Box Papers

Wanda

Easter Greetings from Poppystamps!

Hi there! Only one week until Easter...where is this year going?! We here at Poppystamps wish you and your families a wonderful Spring and happy Spring holidays. I'm sharing one more card using our Grand Egg Die - combined with the beautiful Tessatina Die. Hope you are having fun and enjoying the season...

 

 

This egg die is so versatile - you can use it as a plain shape, cut out of patterned paper, or as I've done here, embellished with another die for a design. This one is going to get lots of use over the years!

 

Lilac and soft green are the perfect colors for Spring projects! The sentiment is part of a larger block stamp...I inked just the top part of it.

Thank you so much for coming by today! Have a fabulous, crafty day!

SUPPLIES:

PS Grand Egg Die (829)

PS Grassland Border Die (825)

Memory Box Tessatina Die (98302)

Memory Box Springtime Wishes Block Stamp (E1335)

Memory Box Papers

Wanda

Happy Birthday from Juggling Rex!

Greetings! How are you out there in bloggy land? Today's card features Juggling Rex, an adorable part of our Poppystamps family. He's the focal point of a clean and simple birthday greeting. I used sunny shades of blue and yellow for a bright card or invitation for a birthday celebration.

 

 

The Cornerstone Seal Die makes a nice frame for an image and I love how a peek of color comes through the inner ring of the die. So fresh!

 

Blue, yellow and orange is a happy color palette for Summer and I like it because it can be used for all ages.

Keepy on Juggling Rex! Until next time! Have a fantastic week....

SUPPLIES:

Poppystamps Juggling Rex stamp (234C)

Something Special Combo Memory Box stamp (B1851)

Cornerstone Seal Memory Box Die (98283)

Memory Box A2 notecards

Wanda

 

Have you seen our new shutters dies? Check this out!

Happy weekend to all of you! Have you been out enjoying the sunshine? Spring is in full swing for most of us by now. It's really hard to believe it's almost April. Wow. Today I had to share a card using the brand new Madison Window Shutters! If you have either of our Madison Window Dies, then you simply must have the shutters to match. There is a small version and a larger version. Check them out in our store or at your favorite local stamp store. LOVE.

When I think of shutters I always think of traditional white windows with slate grey shutters, so that's exactly what I made. This littel scene is perfect for early Spring, before everything is in bloom. It was such fun to piece all of these elements together.

 

 

 

 

 

Here are all the supplies I used to make the card - wonderful dies from both Poppystamps and Memory Box and some of our new Memory Box stamps. Full supply list is at the bottom of the post.  

 

The branch is actually a dark brown - but in the photo is looks black. I thought it added a crisp contrast to the lighter colors.

 

The shutters and the bird were popped up with some foam tape. I stamped the Mercer Rose Background in a light grey to look like wallpaper inside the home. I mounted the paper to the back of the window, before placing it on my card.

Have any of you made things with the new shutters yet? We would love to see what you've made! Feel free to post on our Poppystamps facebook page and share your projects!

SUPPLIES:

Poppystamps Small Madison Window Die (816)

Poppystamps Small Madison Window Shutter Die (833)

Poppystamps Small Flower Box Die (823)

Poppystamps Ivy Tendrils Die (822)

Poppystamps Nestled Bird Die (817)

Memory Box Grove Branch Die (98311)

Memory Box Mercer Rose Background Stamp (G1842)

Memory Box Just a Note Combo Stamp (B1852)

Memory Box A2 Notecards and Distressed Dots Papers

Wanda

 

 

Thanks....

Hi Poppystamps friends! Happy Weekend! Did you have a good week? Did you get in some crafty time? Cheers to Spring!

Today's project features the Poppystamps Gentle Leaf Die along with some gorgeous papers and the Script Thanks Die from Memory Box. I used them to create some clean and simple Thank You cards. These would be great as a set...and I think I might have to make more!

 

Using the negative space from a die is a hot trend right now...and I love it! It just seems so classy and clean. I love how you can put different patterned papers behind the cut out and create unique looks. Here I used the fabulous Memory Box gingham papers!

 

 

The Thanks Die was cut out of the same watercolor paper I used for my top layer. I like the embossing effect. I also could have cut the word out and used the negative for that. SO many dies...and ideas...so little time!

SUPPLIES:

Gentle Leaf Poppystamps Die (807)

Script Thanks Memory Box Die (98240)

Memory Box Gingham Papers

Memory Box A2 Notecards

Wanda

More new Spring projects!

Hi everyone! Happy Weekend! Have you had a chance to look at all the new dies from Poppystamps for Spring? I hope so! If you've made projects, we'd love you to share on our facebook page! Today's card features the Grand Egg and the Grasslands Border dies, along with some favorite papers and dies from Memory Box. Truly a bright Spring project. This new Viola paper is just wonderful too! See the supply list at the bottom of the post for more details.

 

 

The Moonlight Butterfly die fits just perfectly into this Spring scene. I die cut an Easter Egg from the Viola paper and nestled it into some pretty green grass....

 

 

First, I adhered the green grass to a sheet of white cardstock...

 

Then I ran it through the die cut machine with the Catillion Frame Die....

 

 

Thank you ever so much for stopping by to see what's new here at the Poppystamps Blog! We love having you here!

 

SUPPLIES:

Grand Egg Poppystamps Die (829)   **Brand New!

Grassland Border Poppystamps Die (825)   **Brand New!

Moonlight Butterfly Memory Box Die (98260)

Catillion Frame Memory Box Die (98245)

Wishing You Combo Memory Box Stamp (B1853)

Memory Box Viola 6x6 Paper Pack

Memory Box A2 Notecards

Wanda