Great Day for a Birthday by Allison Frazier

Hello, Poppystamps friends! I am excited to be back on the blog today sharing some products from the new Birthday Love Release. This is an amazing release, and although it was hard to choose what to use first, these Celebration Banners won my heart. 

As soon as I came up with the idea for the birds holding the banners, I knew that I wanted this to be very clean, simple and sweet. I started by choosing a paper from the new Birthday Fun Paper Pack. I trimmed it down and adhered it to an A2 sized card base. I then came up with my color palette by using the blue and yellow from the paper and adding in the pink. I cut the main piece of the banner set from gold card stock (the piece that has the string). I then cut the banner pieces from the three colors and glued those onto the gold piece.

I cut two of the birds from the Nordic Bird Bunch, one in yellow tones and one in turquoise tones. I adhered all of the pieces with liquid glue. I colored the pieces for the beak with a black marker so that I didn't need to cut it again from black card stock. I cut a white piece of card stock to 4.75" x 3.5" and heat embossed my sentiment with gold embossing powder. I adhered this white panel to the card base and then adhered my die cuts with liquid glue. I finished up with a few pastel jewels. 

I think this card is so sweet, and I love how it turned out. I actually think this would make a great baby card! I hope it brings a smile to your face. Thanks so much for joining us today.

 

 

SUPPLIES

 

2676 Celebration Banner

cl518 Balloon Celebrations clear stamp set

pp2100 Birthday Fun 6x6 pack

2601 Nordic Bird Bunch

 

 

jwl002 Pastel Jewels

sp1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

sp1012 Blush 6x6 pack

sp1013 Sunrise 6x6 pack

Great Day for a Birthday by Allison Frazier

Hello, Poppystamps friends! I am excited to be back on the blog today sharing some products from the new Birthday Love Release. This is an amazing release, and although it was hard to choose what to use first, these Celebration Banners won my heart. 

As soon as I came up with the idea for the birds holding the banners, I knew that I wanted this to be very clean, simple and sweet. I started by choosing a paper from the new Birthday Fun Paper Pack. I trimmed it down and adhered it to an A2 sized card base. I then came up with my color palette by using the blue and yellow from the paper and adding in the pink. I cut the main piece of the banner set from gold card stock (the piece that has the string). I then cut the banner pieces from the three colors and glued those onto the gold piece.

I cut two of the birds from the Nordic Bird Bunch, one in yellow tones and one in turquoise tones. I adhered all of the pieces with liquid glue. I colored the pieces for the beak with a black marker so that I didn't need to cut it again from black card stock. I cut a white piece of card stock to 4.75" x 3.5" and heat embossed my sentiment with gold embossing powder. I adhered this white panel to the card base and then adhered my die cuts with liquid glue. I finished up with a few pastel jewels. 

I think this card is so sweet, and I love how it turned out. I actually think this would make a great baby card! I hope it brings a smile to your face. Thanks so much for joining us today.

 

 

SUPPLIES

 

2676 Celebration Banner

cl518 Balloon Celebrations clear stamp set

pp2100 Birthday Fun 6x6 pack

2601 Nordic Bird Bunch

 

 

jwl002 Pastel Jewels

sp1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

sp1012 Blush 6x6 pack

sp1013 Sunrise 6x6 pack

Let It Snow Penguin By Meghan Kennihan

Hi Crafty Friends,
I know it's fall but for the next few months I'm going to be helping you get ready for Christmas with Poppy Stamps BEAUTIFUL Nordic Wonderland Collection of dies. Today's card features the darling Nordic Playful Penguin and Nordic Fancy Background Die.

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: What animal would you like to see Poppy Stamps make next?
A: Me? Panda Bear in winter gear

Step #1: I started by making the darling little Penguin's outfit out of shades of purple from Poppy Stamps Twlight Purple 6x6 Paper Pad.

Step #2: I made the penguin out of black and white cardstock and glued on his winter gear.

Step #3: I used the Poppy Stamps Nordic Fancy Background Die with white cardstock mounted on metallic white paper from the Poppy Stamps Rainbow Reflections Mirror 6x6 Paper Pad.

Step #4: I mounted the background on purple paper that matches the penguin's outfit and added the elegant Poppy Stamps Let it Snow Moonlight Script Die in two shades of purple. I finished my card by mounting the penguin slightly to the left.

 

Supplies:

2599 Let it Snow Moonlight Script

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

SP1008 Twilight Purple 6x6 pack

2628 Nordic Fancy Background

2634 Nordic Playful Penguin

Let It Snow Penguin By Meghan Kennihan

Hi Crafty Friends,
I know it's fall but for the next few months I'm going to be helping you get ready for Christmas with Poppy Stamps BEAUTIFUL Nordic Wonderland Collection of dies. Today's card features the darling Nordic Playful Penguin and Nordic Fancy Background Die.

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: What animal would you like to see Poppy Stamps make next?
A: Me? Panda Bear in winter gear

Step #1: I started by making the darling little Penguin's outfit out of shades of purple from Poppy Stamps Twlight Purple 6x6 Paper Pad.

Step #2: I made the penguin out of black and white cardstock and glued on his winter gear.

Step #3: I used the Poppy Stamps Nordic Fancy Background Die with white cardstock mounted on metallic white paper from the Poppy Stamps Rainbow Reflections Mirror 6x6 Paper Pad.

Step #4: I mounted the background on purple paper that matches the penguin's outfit and added the elegant Poppy Stamps Let it Snow Moonlight Script Die in two shades of purple. I finished my card by mounting the penguin slightly to the left.

 

Supplies:

2599 Let it Snow Moonlight Script

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

SP1008 Twilight Purple 6x6 pack

2628 Nordic Fancy Background

2634 Nordic Playful Penguin

Hello by Lisa Elton

Hello and welcome! I'm popping in today to remind you that you still have time to play along in our September challenge. We're looking for all things clean and simple. Let me show you how I put together my inspiration card.

The lovely Nordic Fancy Background, from our latest release, was my starting point. It was cut from white cardstock with the shadow background cut from vellum. This created that perfect "lots of white space" commonly used in CAS cards.

A few simple elements were cut to add a pop of color. The pretty little Nordic Plumed bird (that I happen to LOVE... just look at her little tail feathers!) along with a trio of Nordic Flower Heads.

Since the bird had shimmery gold accents, I used more gold for the sentiment and brought in more vellum for it's shadow background.

And there you have it, friends. Clean, layered and ever so simple! We do hope you'll join us this month!

 

Supplies

 

2628 Nordic Fancy Background

2603 Nordic Flower Heads

2632 Nordic Plumed Bird

2509 Hello Moonlight Script

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

Hello by Lisa Elton

Hello and welcome! I'm popping in today to remind you that you still have time to play along in our September challenge. We're looking for all things clean and simple. Let me show you how I put together my inspiration card.

The lovely Nordic Fancy Background, from our latest release, was my starting point. It was cut from white cardstock with the shadow background cut from vellum. This created that perfect "lots of white space" commonly used in CAS cards.

A few simple elements were cut to add a pop of color. The pretty little Nordic Plumed bird (that I happen to LOVE... just look at her little tail feathers!) along with a trio of Nordic Flower Heads.

Since the bird had shimmery gold accents, I used more gold for the sentiment and brought in more vellum for it's shadow background.

And there you have it, friends. Clean, layered and ever so simple! We do hope you'll join us this month!

 

Supplies

 

2628 Nordic Fancy Background

2603 Nordic Flower Heads

2632 Nordic Plumed Bird

2509 Hello Moonlight Script

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

Challenge Reminder - Clean & Simple by Allison Frazier

Hello Poppystamps friends! I am popping in to remind you that there is still time to play along with this month's challenge! On the first of every month we announce the challenge, and you get most of the month to join us. Just link up your design with an online gallery like Flickr, Splitcoaststampers or Instagram. We select one card that we like best as the monthly winner and then randomly select one entry as the winner of a $20 gift card to the store.

For this month's challenge, our theme is "Clean & Simple." Sounds easy, right? I actually find clean & simple to be a bit challenging at times. Leaving white space can be scary to me! Thankfully, Poppystamps' dies stand on their own so well, that you really don't need to do much to make them shine.

I started my card with the new Nordic Wreath and Bow. I chose three different shades of green card stock for the wreath and two shades of pink card stock for the bow. The layers for the wreath go together very easily. You can either follow the image on the packaging or do the layers a bit differently like I did. There are also different ways that you can put the bow together. I think it's adorable and so sweet. Once I glued the wreath pieces together, I mounted it on one of the circles from the Scallop Pinpoint Rings set and then glued it to a Kraft A2 card base. I then added the scallop ring around the circle. I love how these dies cut the inner circle and outer ring all at once!

Next, I cut the pieces for the bird using the Nordic Bird Bunch set. I used the same two colors of pink that I used on the bow, and I added in some white and a darker pink. I just adore the birds in this set! I finished up my card with the sentiment from the Holiday Banners stamp set, which I cut with the matching die. I heat embossed it on the darker pink color that I used on my bird. I held back on adding any embellishments because...clean & simple!

We can't wait to see what you make for the challenge! You can always find the current monthly challenge by clicking on the Challenge badge in the top right hand column of the blog. Have a great day!

 

Supplies

2646 Nordic Wreath and Bow

2601 Nordic Bird Bunch

2609 Scallop Pinpoint Rings

cb517 Holiday Banners

Supplies

sp1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

sp1012 Blush 6x6 pack

Challenge Reminder - Clean & Simple by Allison Frazier

Hello Poppystamps friends! I am popping in to remind you that there is still time to play along with this month's challenge! On the first of every month we announce the challenge, and you get most of the month to join us. Just link up your design with an online gallery like Flickr, Splitcoaststampers or Instagram. We select one card that we like best as the monthly winner and then randomly select one entry as the winner of a $20 gift card to the store.

For this month's challenge, our theme is "Clean & Simple." Sounds easy, right? I actually find clean & simple to be a bit challenging at times. Leaving white space can be scary to me! Thankfully, Poppystamps' dies stand on their own so well, that you really don't need to do much to make them shine.

I started my card with the new Nordic Wreath and Bow. I chose three different shades of green card stock for the wreath and two shades of pink card stock for the bow. The layers for the wreath go together very easily. You can either follow the image on the packaging or do the layers a bit differently like I did. There are also different ways that you can put the bow together. I think it's adorable and so sweet. Once I glued the wreath pieces together, I mounted it on one of the circles from the Scallop Pinpoint Rings set and then glued it to a Kraft A2 card base. I then added the scallop ring around the circle. I love how these dies cut the inner circle and outer ring all at once!

Next, I cut the pieces for the bird using the Nordic Bird Bunch set. I used the same two colors of pink that I used on the bow, and I added in some white and a darker pink. I just adore the birds in this set! I finished up my card with the sentiment from the Holiday Banners stamp set, which I cut with the matching die. I heat embossed it on the darker pink color that I used on my bird. I held back on adding any embellishments because...clean & simple!

We can't wait to see what you make for the challenge! You can always find the current monthly challenge by clicking on the Challenge badge in the top right hand column of the blog. Have a great day!

 

Supplies

2646 Nordic Wreath and Bow

2601 Nordic Bird Bunch

2609 Scallop Pinpoint Rings

cb517 Holiday Banners

Supplies

sp1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

sp1012 Blush 6x6 pack

Bird Wishes by Rachel Duong

Hi everyone! It's Rachel here sharing a beautiful floral and fauna wedding card with you. I used Poppystamps "Nordic Majestic Bloom" die set and painted the images with metallic paints.

To create this card, I die cut the "Nordic Majestic Bloom" set with watercolor paper. I die cut the birds three times for three sets of birds. I watercolored the pieces and then added a layer of pearl metallic paints. 

The metallic shine is perfect for a wedding card. 
Next I stamped the sentiment and die cut it out. I watercolored over it too. 

Then I die cut the largest frame from the "Doubled Scalloped Stitched Frames"out of Ivory card stock. I assebled and glued it all down on white cardstock. 

Painting these birds were was fun creating color combinations. 

I hope you love this card as much as I do. The layer of metallic paint really gives this Poppystamps wedding card a special shine.

That's all for now. Until next time, have a wonderful day!

Rachel 

 

 

Supplies

 

2607 Nordic Majestic Bloom

CB516 Sentimental Banners

2474 Double Scalloped Stitched Frames

WP101 Watercolor Paper

Bird Wishes by Rachel Duong

Hi everyone! It's Rachel here sharing a beautiful floral and fauna wedding card with you. I used Poppystamps "Nordic Majestic Bloom" die set and painted the images with metallic paints.

To create this card, I die cut the "Nordic Majestic Bloom" set with watercolor paper. I die cut the birds three times for three sets of birds. I watercolored the pieces and then added a layer of pearl metallic paints. 

The metallic shine is perfect for a wedding card. 
Next I stamped the sentiment and die cut it out. I watercolored over it too. 

Then I die cut the largest frame from the "Doubled Scalloped Stitched Frames"out of Ivory card stock. I assebled and glued it all down on white cardstock. 

Painting these birds were was fun creating color combinations. 

I hope you love this card as much as I do. The layer of metallic paint really gives this Poppystamps wedding card a special shine.

That's all for now. Until next time, have a wonderful day!

Rachel 

 

 

Supplies

 

2607 Nordic Majestic Bloom

CB516 Sentimental Banners

2474 Double Scalloped Stitched Frames

WP101 Watercolor Paper

Happy Spring! by Rachel Duong

Hi Everyone! It's spring and have I told you how much I love the weather?! Not only that, but the birds chirping is music to my ears. I am back with another Poppystamps card using the "Nordic Bird Bunch!"  Casually sitting on a fence, these birds are enjoying a peaceful morning. Leftover die cuts on hand, these birds are from my Challenge Reminder post. Let's get started...

The "Nordic Bird Bunch" birds were die cut in glitter, pearlescent, and shades of blue and orange(for the beaks) paper. The Memory box paper packs are listed below. 

I chose a patterned paper from the Memory Box "Anemone Grove" paper pack for the background. Next I ran an Open Studio embossing folder "Vintage Tray" through my die cutting machine with an aqua shade of blue cardstock. I cut the paper down to look like a fence and blended distress ink over the texture to enhance the lines. 

I die cut a speech bubble from the Poppystamps "Word Balloons" set. Then I stamped the sentiment from the Poppystamps "Spring Banners" clear stamp set in black Versafine ink.


Putting the card together was fast. I glued the pattern paper on to a white card base and then the fence comes next in the lower half of the card. The birds are arranged with the sentiment and I glued it down when I was satisfied with placements. 

I added Fairy Jewels in light turquoise nest to the sentiment and under the birds. Bakers twine in aqua and white tied in a double bow complete the card. Yay!

That's it for now. I hope you get a chance to craft and create peaceful spring makes. There are so many Poppystamps dies to choose from. See you soon, take care!

Supplies

 

2601 Nordic Bird Bunch

CB515 Spring Banners

2380 Word Balloons

JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

SP1006 Stormy Blue 6x6 pack

 

Happy Spring! by Rachel Duong

Hi Everyone! It's spring and have I told you how much I love the weather?! Not only that, but the birds chirping is music to my ears. I am back with another Poppystamps card using the "Nordic Bird Bunch!"  Casually sitting on a fence, these birds are enjoying a peaceful morning. Leftover die cuts on hand, these birds are from my Challenge Reminder post. Let's get started...

The "Nordic Bird Bunch" birds were die cut in glitter, pearlescent, and shades of blue and orange(for the beaks) paper. The Memory box paper packs are listed below. 

I chose a patterned paper from the Memory Box "Anemone Grove" paper pack for the background. Next I ran an Open Studio embossing folder "Vintage Tray" through my die cutting machine with an aqua shade of blue cardstock. I cut the paper down to look like a fence and blended distress ink over the texture to enhance the lines. 

I die cut a speech bubble from the Poppystamps "Word Balloons" set. Then I stamped the sentiment from the Poppystamps "Spring Banners" clear stamp set in black Versafine ink.


Putting the card together was fast. I glued the pattern paper on to a white card base and then the fence comes next in the lower half of the card. The birds are arranged with the sentiment and I glued it down when I was satisfied with placements. 

I added Fairy Jewels in light turquoise nest to the sentiment and under the birds. Bakers twine in aqua and white tied in a double bow complete the card. Yay!

That's it for now. I hope you get a chance to craft and create peaceful spring makes. There are so many Poppystamps dies to choose from. See you soon, take care!

Supplies

 

2601 Nordic Bird Bunch

CB515 Spring Banners

2380 Word Balloons

JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

SP1006 Stormy Blue 6x6 pack