Baby Joy by Janet Katz

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 Stacked Joy die and try it with some pastel colored floral paper and a sage green cardstock. I was happy with the result. I added some flowers by using the 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 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 and heat embossed it with with silver embossing powder. I glued this directly onto the O.

 

Do you like to repurpose seasonal dies like this? How?

 

 

 

Supplies

2554 Lucky Layered Flowers

2548 Stacked Joy

2519 Flower Field Frame

2469 Floral Cake Pop Up Easel

Baby Joy by Janet Katz

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 Stacked Joy die and try it with some pastel colored floral paper and a sage green cardstock. I was happy with the result. I added some flowers by using the 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 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 and heat embossed it with with silver embossing powder. I glued this directly onto the O.

 

Do you like to repurpose seasonal dies like this? How?

 

 

 

Supplies

2554 Lucky Layered Flowers

2548 Stacked Joy

2519 Flower Field Frame

2469 Floral Cake Pop Up Easel

Challenge Reminder ~ Cute Critters Seas the Day by Rachel Duong

Hi, it's Rachel here bringing you a bright and happy seaside card for the Poppystamps April Challenge - Cute Critters. White capped waves and the "Whittle Sunshine" die makes the most perfect setting for a "Whittle Shark" and "Whittle Dolphin" playdate.  I hope you get a chance to create a project, tag, or card featuring one of your favorite Poppystamps cute critters. 

Steps to create this card.
1. Swoosh teal distress ink unevenly over the lower portion of a piece of white cardstock measuring 4.5" x 3.25".
2. Add very small amounts of grey or black ink to distress paste and roughly apply to tops of the teal swooshes.

3. Die cut the Poppystamps "Whittle Sunshine", "Whittle Shark", "Whittle Dolphin", "Double Scalloped Stitched Frames"(largest frame) and "Birthday Wishes Moonlight Script" in white cardstock.

4. Blend yellow and orange distress ink over the sun, blue ink over the shark, and grey over the dolphin. 
5. Blend varying colors of blue and grey over the sentiment.
6. Arrange the ocean scene and glue the sentiment onto the cardfront.
7. Using grey ink, stamp a sentiment of your choice from the "Whittle Sealife Sentiments". There are so many good ones, it was hard to decide which to use!

8. Glue the cardfront on a white A2 cardbase. 
9. Glue the frame over the cardfront scene.
10. Glue the sun, shark and dolphin onto the card overlapping the frame.
11. Add "Clear Fairy Drops" to mimick bubbles to finish the card!

Come aboard and join the challenge with your Poppystamps cute critters creation. Don't forget to link it up in the challenge section. Also, please take a look at this month's guest designer, Traci Jenkins. Traci is a very talented cardmaker and shared an awesome critter card! I won't give it away, but it is so adorable!
Until next time, keep on crafting and "Seas" the day!

Supplies

 

2474 Double Scalloped Stitched Frames

2432 Whittle Shark

2440 Whittle Dolphin

2418 Whittle Sunshine

2523 Birthday Wishes Moonlight Script

CL501 Whittle Sealife Sentiments clear stamp set

CLD101 Clear Fairy Drops

Challenge Reminder ~ Cute Critters Seas the Day by Rachel Duong

Hi, it's Rachel here bringing you a bright and happy seaside card for the Poppystamps April Challenge - Cute Critters. White capped waves and the "Whittle Sunshine" die makes the most perfect setting for a "Whittle Shark" and "Whittle Dolphin" playdate.  I hope you get a chance to create a project, tag, or card featuring one of your favorite Poppystamps cute critters. 

Steps to create this card.
1. Swoosh teal distress ink unevenly over the lower portion of a piece of white cardstock measuring 4.5" x 3.25".
2. Add very small amounts of grey or black ink to distress paste and roughly apply to tops of the teal swooshes.

3. Die cut the Poppystamps "Whittle Sunshine", "Whittle Shark", "Whittle Dolphin", "Double Scalloped Stitched Frames"(largest frame) and "Birthday Wishes Moonlight Script" in white cardstock.

4. Blend yellow and orange distress ink over the sun, blue ink over the shark, and grey over the dolphin. 
5. Blend varying colors of blue and grey over the sentiment.
6. Arrange the ocean scene and glue the sentiment onto the cardfront.
7. Using grey ink, stamp a sentiment of your choice from the "Whittle Sealife Sentiments". There are so many good ones, it was hard to decide which to use!

8. Glue the cardfront on a white A2 cardbase. 
9. Glue the frame over the cardfront scene.
10. Glue the sun, shark and dolphin onto the card overlapping the frame.
11. Add "Clear Fairy Drops" to mimick bubbles to finish the card!

Come aboard and join the challenge with your Poppystamps cute critters creation. Don't forget to link it up in the challenge section. Also, please take a look at this month's guest designer, Traci Jenkins. Traci is a very talented cardmaker and shared an awesome critter card! I won't give it away, but it is so adorable!
Until next time, keep on crafting and "Seas" the day!

Supplies

 

2474 Double Scalloped Stitched Frames

2432 Whittle Shark

2440 Whittle Dolphin

2418 Whittle Sunshine

2523 Birthday Wishes Moonlight Script

CL501 Whittle Sealife Sentiments clear stamp set

CLD101 Clear Fairy Drops

Panda-monium! by Rachel Duong

Hi, it's Rachel and I am here in the midst of Panda-monium! The birthday balloons are a bit out of control but the party is just getting started. I am super excited about the new Poppystamps February release! When I saw the "Whittle Panda Pickup Kit" I couldn't wait to create a card. It comes with four pandas and lots more, wow!

I used solid colors straight out of the packs, giving it a child-like quality. I did not ink blend or paint any of the pieces. Instead, I gathered a palette of yellows and greens with a blue background.

Have you tried the paper stacks? The color assortment, variety of gorgeous glitter and foiled finishes are second to none! The additional dies I used were the Poppystamps "Word Balloons" and the "Whittle Spinner Background".

Steps to create this card.
1. Die cut a card front measuring 4 x 5.25 from the Memory Box Stormy Blue paper pack.
2. Place the "Whittle Spinner Background" die over the upper part of the card front and run through die cutting machine.
3. Die cut the panda bear two times, once out of black and another time out of white card stock. There are four pandas to choose from!
4. Using a small scissor for fussy-cutting, cut out the black eyes, ears, nose, and paws. Glue them onto the white panda. 
5. Die cut the wheels for the truck in black and the fenders and hub caps in brown or grey.
6. Die cut the truck in yellow from the Memory Box Sunset Orange paper pack.
7. Using three shades of green from the Memory Box Lush Green paper pack, die cut three stalks of bamboo.

8. Choose six shades of green and yellow paper and die cut balloons. 
9. Tape embroidery thread to the back of each balloon.
10. Die cut the speech bubble in black card stock from the Poppystamps "Word Balloons" die.
11. Heat emboss the sentiment in white powder.

12. Adhere the pieces onto the card front.
13. Finally, adhere the card front onto a charcoal card base.

Thanks for stopping by the party. I hope you had a blast. Please take a look at the new Poppystamps February release. There are so many fun things just waiting to be crafted! Have a wonderful day!

 

Supplies

 

KT005 Whittle Panda Pickup Kit

2341 Whittle Spinner Background

2380 Word Balloons

SP1006 Stormy Blue 6x6 pack

SP1003 Lush Green 6x6 pack

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

 

Panda-monium! by Rachel Duong

Hi, it's Rachel and I am here in the midst of Panda-monium! The birthday balloons are a bit out of control but the party is just getting started. I am super excited about the new Poppystamps February release! When I saw the "Whittle Panda Pickup Kit" I couldn't wait to create a card. It comes with four pandas and lots more, wow!

I used solid colors straight out of the packs, giving it a child-like quality. I did not ink blend or paint any of the pieces. Instead, I gathered a palette of yellows and greens with a blue background.

Have you tried the paper stacks? The color assortment, variety of gorgeous glitter and foiled finishes are second to none! The additional dies I used were the Poppystamps "Word Balloons" and the "Whittle Spinner Background".

Steps to create this card.
1. Die cut a card front measuring 4 x 5.25 from the Memory Box Stormy Blue paper pack.
2. Place the "Whittle Spinner Background" die over the upper part of the card front and run through die cutting machine.
3. Die cut the panda bear two times, once out of black and another time out of white card stock. There are four pandas to choose from!
4. Using a small scissor for fussy-cutting, cut out the black eyes, ears, nose, and paws. Glue them onto the white panda. 
5. Die cut the wheels for the truck in black and the fenders and hub caps in brown or grey.
6. Die cut the truck in yellow from the Memory Box Sunset Orange paper pack.
7. Using three shades of green from the Memory Box Lush Green paper pack, die cut three stalks of bamboo.

8. Choose six shades of green and yellow paper and die cut balloons. 
9. Tape embroidery thread to the back of each balloon.
10. Die cut the speech bubble in black card stock from the Poppystamps "Word Balloons" die.
11. Heat emboss the sentiment in white powder.

12. Adhere the pieces onto the card front.
13. Finally, adhere the card front onto a charcoal card base.

Thanks for stopping by the party. I hope you had a blast. Please take a look at the new Poppystamps February release. There are so many fun things just waiting to be crafted! Have a wonderful day!

 

Supplies

 

KT005 Whittle Panda Pickup Kit

2341 Whittle Spinner Background

2380 Word Balloons

SP1006 Stormy Blue 6x6 pack

SP1003 Lush Green 6x6 pack

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

 

Hello Kitties - 2 Shaker Cards with Baby Kittens! by Sphoorti

 

 

Hello Poppy Peeps!

 

Sphoorti here with two shaker cards chock full of baby kittens. My last two posts (Kittens All Around and Baby Kittens) were about cards I made with the Baby Kittens craft die. When I have a die out that I want to work with, I cut out multiple die cuts so that I have spares in case I mess up, or in case I come up with some other technique or idea later that doesn't require me to pull out the die from my supplies again. So, when I got this die out for my last two cards, I cut out so many of these kitties because well, can you help it? They're so cute! And also because I started having ideas as I was making the cards with them. These are two of the ideas I had in between. I have four more cards coming up with the same kitties but two different techniques, so stay tuned!

 

 

 

I started off by die cutting a million kitties with the Baby Kittens craft die using black card stock as well as with glitter card stock from the GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad. I also cut out the outer frame from the 2474 Double Scalloped Stitched Frames craft die using Neenah Solar White #110 card stock. I cut out a piece of acetate and applied it to the back of the frame. Then, I used some double sided foam tape and adhered it to the perimeter of the frame.

 

 

 

I filled the shaker well with all the kitties that I die cut and also added some confetti for additional sparkle and seed beads for sound. I sealed the shaker in the back with another piece of acetate. Then, I adhered this to my 4.25" x 5.5" card base. I heat foiled the Hello sentiment using the PSF807 Birthday Wishes Poe Script Hot Foil Plate and Dies and die cut it and adhered it to the bottom left side of the shaker. I adhered silver jewels along the top right side of the frame and called it done.

 

 

 

I made the second card using the same technique, except - I used the "Thinking of You" sentiment from the PSF804 You Are Amazing Poe Script Greetings Hot Foil Plate and Dies and adhered it to the top right side of the shaker so that it doesn't cover up the kitties that settle at the bottom when you display the card upright.

 

 

Here's a video that shows the Hello card in motion.

 

 

Thoughts? Questions? Epiphanies? Which one do you like better? Please do let me know! I love to hear from you!

Love,

Sphoorti

 

 

Supplies

 

982 Baby Kittens

PSF804 You Are Amazing Poe Script Greetings Hot Foil Plate and Dies

PSF807 Birthday Wishes Poe Script Hot Foil Plate and Dies

GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad

GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

2474 Double Scalloped Stitched Frames

Hello Kitties - 2 Shaker Cards with Baby Kittens! by Sphoorti

 

 

Hello Poppy Peeps!

 

Sphoorti here with two shaker cards chock full of baby kittens. My last two posts (Kittens All Around and Baby Kittens) were about cards I made with the Baby Kittens craft die. When I have a die out that I want to work with, I cut out multiple die cuts so that I have spares in case I mess up, or in case I come up with some other technique or idea later that doesn't require me to pull out the die from my supplies again. So, when I got this die out for my last two cards, I cut out so many of these kitties because well, can you help it? They're so cute! And also because I started having ideas as I was making the cards with them. These are two of the ideas I had in between. I have four more cards coming up with the same kitties but two different techniques, so stay tuned!

 

 

 

I started off by die cutting a million kitties with the Baby Kittens craft die using black card stock as well as with glitter card stock from the GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad. I also cut out the outer frame from the 2474 Double Scalloped Stitched Frames craft die using Neenah Solar White #110 card stock. I cut out a piece of acetate and applied it to the back of the frame. Then, I used some double sided foam tape and adhered it to the perimeter of the frame.

 

 

 

I filled the shaker well with all the kitties that I die cut and also added some confetti for additional sparkle and seed beads for sound. I sealed the shaker in the back with another piece of acetate. Then, I adhered this to my 4.25" x 5.5" card base. I heat foiled the Hello sentiment using the PSF807 Birthday Wishes Poe Script Hot Foil Plate and Dies and die cut it and adhered it to the bottom left side of the shaker. I adhered silver jewels along the top right side of the frame and called it done.

 

 

 

I made the second card using the same technique, except - I used the "Thinking of You" sentiment from the PSF804 You Are Amazing Poe Script Greetings Hot Foil Plate and Dies and adhered it to the top right side of the shaker so that it doesn't cover up the kitties that settle at the bottom when you display the card upright.

 

 

Here's a video that shows the Hello card in motion.

 

 

Thoughts? Questions? Epiphanies? Which one do you like better? Please do let me know! I love to hear from you!

Love,

Sphoorti

 

 

Supplies

 

982 Baby Kittens

PSF804 You Are Amazing Poe Script Greetings Hot Foil Plate and Dies

PSF807 Birthday Wishes Poe Script Hot Foil Plate and Dies

GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad

GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

2474 Double Scalloped Stitched Frames

Kittens All Around! by Sphoorti

 

Hello Poppy Peeps!

 

I'm back with yet another kitty card! This one has the same cutest, tiniest kittens that I used on my previous post! My inspiration for this post was Ashley Tucker, who's an expert at making Spinner Cards. She has great tutorials on YouTube that outline the process. She goes over the process really well, and I think her videos are more effective for learning or implementing the technique, so I'll skip trying to explain the mechanism with words. But, I'll cover the aspects outside of the mechanism.

 

 

First I started off by cutting a whole bunch of kitties with the Baby Kittens craft die. I used black 130# card stock, so the kitties were pretty sturdy to begin with. I stacked a few together anyway for additional dimension and the "chipboard" like feel so that they can easily be spun.

 

 

I cut out a circular frame using acetate (I wanted them to look as if they're floating). I adhered all the kitties along the circumference of the circular frame.

 

 

I die-cut a circle for the center to cover the foam tape around which the acetate frame spins, and I stamped it with a sentiment from stamp set that's included in the Whittle Adorable Kitty Kit and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

 

There's a little paw print in the stamp set in the Whittle Adorable Kitty Kit. I stamped it in black and clear heat embossing that as well. I ran my shimmer pen on the kitties to make them sparkly and then covered them with glossy accents for that shiny look and smooth feel.

 

 

It looked like something was missing so I talked to my crafty friend and genius, Judy, about it and she suggested putting the black strips at the top and the bottom. I went with some strong double sided adhesive, and put some black Therm-O-Web DecoFoil on top. It looked much better, but I still felt like it was missing something. So, she suggested that I use a black frame around the sentiment circle, and I used a circle die set to cut out a frame with a sheet from the Black Glossy Paper Pack. It matched perfectly with the foil. I think I was 90% happier after implementing this suggestion from her. Shout out to Judy and her creativity!

 

I was contemplating putting some dots around the kittens (like little foiled black dots), but decided to stop before I mess up the card.

 

 

Here's a video of the spinning mechanism. I used a pair of scissors to spin the kitties.

 

 

Thoughts? Questions? Epiphanies? Please do let me know! We love to hear from you! Stay tuned for even more little kitty cards now that I have this set out!

 

Love,

Sphoorti

 

Supplies

 

982 Baby Kittens

KT006 Whittle Adorable Kitty Kit

SH44004 Black Glossy Paper

Kittens All Around! by Sphoorti

 

Hello Poppy Peeps!

 

I'm back with yet another kitty card! This one has the same cutest, tiniest kittens that I used on my previous post! My inspiration for this post was Ashley Tucker, who's an expert at making Spinner Cards. She has great tutorials on YouTube that outline the process. She goes over the process really well, and I think her videos are more effective for learning or implementing the technique, so I'll skip trying to explain the mechanism with words. But, I'll cover the aspects outside of the mechanism.

 

 

First I started off by cutting a whole bunch of kitties with the Baby Kittens craft die. I used black 130# card stock, so the kitties were pretty sturdy to begin with. I stacked a few together anyway for additional dimension and the "chipboard" like feel so that they can easily be spun.

 

 

I cut out a circular frame using acetate (I wanted them to look as if they're floating). I adhered all the kitties along the circumference of the circular frame.

 

 

I die-cut a circle for the center to cover the foam tape around which the acetate frame spins, and I stamped it with a sentiment from stamp set that's included in the Whittle Adorable Kitty Kit and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

 

There's a little paw print in the stamp set in the Whittle Adorable Kitty Kit. I stamped it in black and clear heat embossing that as well. I ran my shimmer pen on the kitties to make them sparkly and then covered them with glossy accents for that shiny look and smooth feel.

 

 

It looked like something was missing so I talked to my crafty friend and genius, Judy, about it and she suggested putting the black strips at the top and the bottom. I went with some strong double sided adhesive, and put some black Therm-O-Web DecoFoil on top. It looked much better, but I still felt like it was missing something. So, she suggested that I use a black frame around the sentiment circle, and I used a circle die set to cut out a frame with a sheet from the Black Glossy Paper Pack. It matched perfectly with the foil. I think I was 90% happier after implementing this suggestion from her. Shout out to Judy and her creativity!

 

I was contemplating putting some dots around the kittens (like little foiled black dots), but decided to stop before I mess up the card.

 

 

Here's a video of the spinning mechanism. I used a pair of scissors to spin the kitties.

 

 

Thoughts? Questions? Epiphanies? Please do let me know! We love to hear from you! Stay tuned for even more little kitty cards now that I have this set out!

 

Love,

Sphoorti

 

Supplies

 

982 Baby Kittens

KT006 Whittle Adorable Kitty Kit

SH44004 Black Glossy Paper

Tickled Pink by Nancy Penir

When I compose a card, it's usually with a purpose in mind, like a birthday, or get well. Hi there Poppy friends! Nancy here, and I've got a fun Whittle card for you today, with a technique using embossing folders and ink pads.

The embossing folder is brushed with ink, either using the ink pad directly or with a brush. Direct application of the ink pad gives it a richer more vibrant color. It's your choice as to what you want the background to look like. Soft or vibrant. Then the paper is inserted in the ef, and run through the machine.

This card was done with the ink pad. 

I took this picture outside, which gives a better color representation. I love how the wave crests stay white.

Indoors, lighting is always tricky. The colors seem softer.

Poppystamps embossing folders are amazing! Deep and textured, you can see the waves and how they roll. 

Hope you try this technique, if you haven't already. Lots of embossing folders to choose from in the shop right now.

Happy Crafting!

 

Supplies

 

EF1013 Waves 3D Embossing Folder

2372 Whittle Flamingo craft die

2002 Double Stitch Scalloped Rectangle Frames

CL484 Whittle Everyday clear stamp set

CL500 Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments clear stamp set

CL445 Little Kindness clear stamp set

DRP101 Fairy Drops

Tickled Pink by Nancy Penir

When I compose a card, it's usually with a purpose in mind, like a birthday, or get well. Hi there Poppy friends! Nancy here, and I've got a fun Whittle card for you today, with a technique using embossing folders and ink pads.

The embossing folder is brushed with ink, either using the ink pad directly or with a brush. Direct application of the ink pad gives it a richer more vibrant color. It's your choice as to what you want the background to look like. Soft or vibrant. Then the paper is inserted in the ef, and run through the machine.

This card was done with the ink pad. 

I took this picture outside, which gives a better color representation. I love how the wave crests stay white.

Indoors, lighting is always tricky. The colors seem softer.

Poppystamps embossing folders are amazing! Deep and textured, you can see the waves and how they roll. 

Hope you try this technique, if you haven't already. Lots of embossing folders to choose from in the shop right now.

Happy Crafting!

 

Supplies

 

EF1013 Waves 3D Embossing Folder

2372 Whittle Flamingo craft die

2002 Double Stitch Scalloped Rectangle Frames

CL484 Whittle Everyday clear stamp set

CL500 Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments clear stamp set

CL445 Little Kindness clear stamp set

DRP101 Fairy Drops