Peony Bud Wreath by Sue McRae

Welcome crafty friends to another day of inspiration! Today I have a card featuring one of the small images from the Peony Garden Corner stamp set.

Do you ever feel like the small images in a stamp set get ignored because the large image or images catches our eye first? I know I’m guilty of this so I thought I would pick one of the smaller or filler images from the stamp set and let it be the focal of my card.

I stamped and die cut a bunch of the peony buds from white card stock and coloured them in a rainbow of shades using my Copics. I knew I wanted to make a wreath with them and played around with round and oval shapes and decided to go the oval route.

For the flower background I used the Ring Tile Stencil with light grey ink and blended it unevenly, leaving some spots lighter and some spots darker. I then added my flower buds which are mounted with foam tape. I felt like it needed a little something more so I die cut berries from glitter card stock and placed them around the wreath.

I stamped my sentiment on the inside of the wreath and die cut the happy birthday sentiment from 3 layers of black card stock and added that to the bottom of the panel.

The panel was foam mounted onto my white card base and I used a glitter pen to add a bit of sparkle to the centre of the flower buds.

Thanks for stopping by today and let me know in the comments if you like using those smaller images in your stamp set or if you tend to forget about them.

Wishing you a sunshiny day!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

CL5255 Peony Garden Corner clear stamp and die set

42030 Ring Tike Stencil

2329 Garden Leaves and Berries

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

CL5256 Cherry Blossom Wreath clear stamp and die set

2146 Doodle Happy Birthday

Peony Bud Wreath by Sue McRae

Welcome crafty friends to another day of inspiration! Today I have a card featuring one of the small images from the Peony Garden Corner stamp set.

Do you ever feel like the small images in a stamp set get ignored because the large image or images catches our eye first? I know I’m guilty of this so I thought I would pick one of the smaller or filler images from the stamp set and let it be the focal of my card.

I stamped and die cut a bunch of the peony buds from white card stock and coloured them in a rainbow of shades using my Copics. I knew I wanted to make a wreath with them and played around with round and oval shapes and decided to go the oval route.

For the flower background I used the Ring Tile Stencil with light grey ink and blended it unevenly, leaving some spots lighter and some spots darker. I then added my flower buds which are mounted with foam tape. I felt like it needed a little something more so I die cut berries from glitter card stock and placed them around the wreath.

I stamped my sentiment on the inside of the wreath and die cut the happy birthday sentiment from 3 layers of black card stock and added that to the bottom of the panel.

The panel was foam mounted onto my white card base and I used a glitter pen to add a bit of sparkle to the centre of the flower buds.

Thanks for stopping by today and let me know in the comments if you like using those smaller images in your stamp set or if you tend to forget about them.

Wishing you a sunshiny day!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

CL5255 Peony Garden Corner clear stamp and die set

42030 Ring Tike Stencil

2329 Garden Leaves and Berries

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

CL5256 Cherry Blossom Wreath clear stamp and die set

2146 Doodle Happy Birthday

Peony Bouquet By Jeanne Jachna

Hi friends!  I hope you're having a great day!  I'm noticing that the peonies in the garden are starting to get buds,  and can't wait to see them bloom!  That inspired me to pull out the Peony stamp set from Poppystamps.  I'm enjoying the warmer weather and watching the garden come to life.  There are new birds arriving at the feeders too!  My little backyard paradise is my quiet place that brings me peace of mind.  

I colored the Peony Bouquet with Copic Markers, but any media will do.  I don't think you need to be an expert at color blending to enjoy these clean line designs.  I color the petals in different shades of ink - no blending.  I used Copic R21, R22, R25, R27 and R29.  Copics are a good choice for me because I use them EVERY day.  I love that I can refill them when they run dry instead of purchasing a whole pack of markers. 

There is no matching die for this stamp set so I fussy cut the images before layering it on a Pierced Oval die cut.   The stamp set has several sentiments to choose from - I decided on a thank you because there are so many things I feel grateful for lately. 

The pretty background papers are from Memory Box!  They've been adding lots of pretty print papers and coordinating solid and dot mixed pads to their product offering.   A few enamel dots add a bit of color and shine - a little candy for the eyes.

I hope you find some simple pleasures to make you happy - whether it's a blooming spring flower or spotting a rabbit in the grass - or just the sun shining on your face!  Love and hugs to you! 

Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"

Supplies

 

CL483 Peony Bouquet clear stamp set

1933 Pointed Oval Frames

PP1003 Cottage Meadow 6x6 pack

PP1004 Cottage Stripes and Dots 6x6 pack

Peony Bouquet By Jeanne Jachna

Hi friends!  I hope you're having a great day!  I'm noticing that the peonies in the garden are starting to get buds,  and can't wait to see them bloom!  That inspired me to pull out the Peony stamp set from Poppystamps.  I'm enjoying the warmer weather and watching the garden come to life.  There are new birds arriving at the feeders too!  My little backyard paradise is my quiet place that brings me peace of mind.  

I colored the Peony Bouquet with Copic Markers, but any media will do.  I don't think you need to be an expert at color blending to enjoy these clean line designs.  I color the petals in different shades of ink - no blending.  I used Copic R21, R22, R25, R27 and R29.  Copics are a good choice for me because I use them EVERY day.  I love that I can refill them when they run dry instead of purchasing a whole pack of markers. 

There is no matching die for this stamp set so I fussy cut the images before layering it on a Pierced Oval die cut.   The stamp set has several sentiments to choose from - I decided on a thank you because there are so many things I feel grateful for lately. 

The pretty background papers are from Memory Box!  They've been adding lots of pretty print papers and coordinating solid and dot mixed pads to their product offering.   A few enamel dots add a bit of color and shine - a little candy for the eyes.

I hope you find some simple pleasures to make you happy - whether it's a blooming spring flower or spotting a rabbit in the grass - or just the sun shining on your face!  Love and hugs to you! 

Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"

Supplies

 

CL483 Peony Bouquet clear stamp set

1933 Pointed Oval Frames

PP1003 Cottage Meadow 6x6 pack

PP1004 Cottage Stripes and Dots 6x6 pack

Long time, no see by Tina Wilstrup

Hello everyone! Hope you are all well. Today I wanted to play with a few pun sentiments and a rainbow.

I die cut the giraffe 5 times from white cardstock, and cut 5 strips of patterned paper.

I adhered the strips to my A2 sized card base and colored the 5 giraffes with Copics in darker, coordinating colors.

From the same patterned paper I then cut 5 labels to fit my sentiements.

I used the same darkest marker to color the edge of the labels to make them stand out. For this label I even snipped the stamp in 2. I find it easier than to mask the stamp. That way I always end up with ink in wrong places. And I can easily place them together if I want to stamp them as intended later.

I then adhered the giraffes and popped up the labels. And then I thought it was kind of missing something, yet I didn't want to add more dimension or glitter. I know, weird right? Corona isolation must have gotten the better of me, LOL. Anyway, I added a fine black line all around the base, repeating 3 times. I also added a few "stars". I guess I had to have some "sparkle", after all.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a great crafty day!

 

 

Supplies

 

2304 Whittle Giraffe

2322 Harrison Label Set

CL488

PP1007 Springtime Bouquet Stripes and Dots

Long time, no see by Tina Wilstrup

Hello everyone! Hope you are all well. Today I wanted to play with a few pun sentiments and a rainbow.

I die cut the giraffe 5 times from white cardstock, and cut 5 strips of patterned paper.

I adhered the strips to my A2 sized card base and colored the 5 giraffes with Copics in darker, coordinating colors.

From the same patterned paper I then cut 5 labels to fit my sentiements.

I used the same darkest marker to color the edge of the labels to make them stand out. For this label I even snipped the stamp in 2. I find it easier than to mask the stamp. That way I always end up with ink in wrong places. And I can easily place them together if I want to stamp them as intended later.

I then adhered the giraffes and popped up the labels. And then I thought it was kind of missing something, yet I didn't want to add more dimension or glitter. I know, weird right? Corona isolation must have gotten the better of me, LOL. Anyway, I added a fine black line all around the base, repeating 3 times. I also added a few "stars". I guess I had to have some "sparkle", after all.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a great crafty day!

 

 

Supplies

 

2304 Whittle Giraffe

2322 Harrison Label Set

CL488

PP1007 Springtime Bouquet Stripes and Dots

Bleaching Cardstock by Nancy Penir

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Greetings Poppy Friends! I have a pair of square cards for you today. 

Crafting cards during Shelter in Place is such a wonderful way to let creativity bloom. I haven't done a square card in forever, and because I wanted to showcase the Adriana Square Frame, it seemed a fun, not often done choice.

My card base is 5 1/2 x 5 1/2". And I cut my Adriana frame from colored card stock. Then comes the fun...

I 'painted' certain elements of the die cut with bleach. Within seconds you can watch the color lift. It's always a surprise to see what color emerges. Note: (Extra care and caution using bleach)

I doubled the die cut frames, turned it to form a diamond shape, and embossed my sentiment on vellum. You can see the back of the assembled frame, and the sentiment in the window. I also added foam to pop up the frame.

The final die cut element is added to some MB designer paper (listed below), and I cut a frame from the new Washi tape to place on the frame window.

Lots of time to do several of these frames, and play with the bleach technique, so I created the same layout with different colors for a second card.

With this card I added color to the berries with copics.

I made envelopes to accommodate the 5 1/2" card size with my We R Memory Keepers 123 Punch guide, something I use often with non normal sized cards.

Hope you enjoyed a bit of fun with the bleach technique, and are willing to give it a try. Another tip for you: Not all cardstock reacts to bleach. Most darker colors really react and contrast. I was surprised to see the melon turn to pale yellow.

So glad you stopped by today,  and hope you're enjoying some of the time as we all stay safe. Be well, friends!

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

2323 Adriana Square Frame

PP1006 Springtime Bouquet 6x6 pack

CL5258 Wild Rose Stem clear stamp set

Bleaching Cardstock by Nancy Penir

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Greetings Poppy Friends! I have a pair of square cards for you today. 

Crafting cards during Shelter in Place is such a wonderful way to let creativity bloom. I haven't done a square card in forever, and because I wanted to showcase the Adriana Square Frame, it seemed a fun, not often done choice.

My card base is 5 1/2 x 5 1/2". And I cut my Adriana frame from colored card stock. Then comes the fun...

I 'painted' certain elements of the die cut with bleach. Within seconds you can watch the color lift. It's always a surprise to see what color emerges. Note: (Extra care and caution using bleach)

I doubled the die cut frames, turned it to form a diamond shape, and embossed my sentiment on vellum. You can see the back of the assembled frame, and the sentiment in the window. I also added foam to pop up the frame.

The final die cut element is added to some MB designer paper (listed below), and I cut a frame from the new Washi tape to place on the frame window.

Lots of time to do several of these frames, and play with the bleach technique, so I created the same layout with different colors for a second card.

With this card I added color to the berries with copics.

I made envelopes to accommodate the 5 1/2" card size with my We R Memory Keepers 123 Punch guide, something I use often with non normal sized cards.

Hope you enjoyed a bit of fun with the bleach technique, and are willing to give it a try. Another tip for you: Not all cardstock reacts to bleach. Most darker colors really react and contrast. I was surprised to see the melon turn to pale yellow.

So glad you stopped by today,  and hope you're enjoying some of the time as we all stay safe. Be well, friends!

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

2323 Adriana Square Frame

PP1006 Springtime Bouquet 6x6 pack

CL5258 Wild Rose Stem clear stamp set

Springtime Greetings using Rinea foil by Tina Wilstrup

Hello everyone! These are troubled times, but I hope you're finding time to enjoy the little things. Like spring, warmer weather, flowers blooming and the abundance of colors in them.

This month Poppystamps is teaming up with Rinea to show you how great our products work together. Rinea makes beautiful foil for all your craft projects. The foil is really unique because the foil is on BOTH sides of the card stock base. This means that you'll find a different color or textured pattern on either side of the foil sheet. Additionally this gives it the ability to hold it's shape making it perfect for dimensional flowers.

By now you must know that I'm more of a "go all in"-type rather than cas, so I used dies from the spring release to cut lots of foil in lots of gorgoeus spring colors.

The base for the Butterfly symphony and barrow-part are white cardstock. Everything else is foil. I used a smooth gold foil to back the base.

I gave the wheelbarrow a quick coloring with Copics. Of course I stamped the sentiment first, so I had to be careful since I hadn't used a Copic-safe ink. Again I used smooth foil for the wheel and flower clusters. I actually cut the blue one in half because I wanted it spread out more and also to give room for the butterflies. Since I placed the blue ones at the back it doesn't show at all.

The flowers (as well as hedgehogs and butterflies), however, I cut from textured foil just to spice things up.

After adhering the wheelbarrow to the base I added the extra flowers and 2 hedgehogs. See how Mrs. hog has a flower behind her ear while Mr. hog is fetching her a butterfly?

You'll notice the hedgehogs are mirrored and I simply just used one front and one back, since the textured foils are textured on both sides. 

Just look at how well these foils hold themselves up. Love that!

I was so happy to work with these foils, and I do hope you'll give them a try. You'll love the smooth and textured foils and all the beautiful colors they come in.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you'll leave me a reply. I love reading them. Stay safe!

 

Supplies

 

2334 Butterfly Symphony

2336 Country Garden Wheelbarrow

2338 Floral Cluster

2305 Whittle Hedgehog

CL491 Springtime Fun

Springtime Greetings using Rinea foil by Tina Wilstrup

Hello everyone! These are troubled times, but I hope you're finding time to enjoy the little things. Like spring, warmer weather, flowers blooming and the abundance of colors in them.

This month Poppystamps is teaming up with Rinea to show you how great our products work together. Rinea makes beautiful foil for all your craft projects. The foil is really unique because the foil is on BOTH sides of the card stock base. This means that you'll find a different color or textured pattern on either side of the foil sheet. Additionally this gives it the ability to hold it's shape making it perfect for dimensional flowers.

By now you must know that I'm more of a "go all in"-type rather than cas, so I used dies from the spring release to cut lots of foil in lots of gorgoeus spring colors.

The base for the Butterfly symphony and barrow-part are white cardstock. Everything else is foil. I used a smooth gold foil to back the base.

I gave the wheelbarrow a quick coloring with Copics. Of course I stamped the sentiment first, so I had to be careful since I hadn't used a Copic-safe ink. Again I used smooth foil for the wheel and flower clusters. I actually cut the blue one in half because I wanted it spread out more and also to give room for the butterflies. Since I placed the blue ones at the back it doesn't show at all.

The flowers (as well as hedgehogs and butterflies), however, I cut from textured foil just to spice things up.

After adhering the wheelbarrow to the base I added the extra flowers and 2 hedgehogs. See how Mrs. hog has a flower behind her ear while Mr. hog is fetching her a butterfly?

You'll notice the hedgehogs are mirrored and I simply just used one front and one back, since the textured foils are textured on both sides. 

Just look at how well these foils hold themselves up. Love that!

I was so happy to work with these foils, and I do hope you'll give them a try. You'll love the smooth and textured foils and all the beautiful colors they come in.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you'll leave me a reply. I love reading them. Stay safe!

 

Supplies

 

2334 Butterfly Symphony

2336 Country Garden Wheelbarrow

2338 Floral Cluster

2305 Whittle Hedgehog

CL491 Springtime Fun

April Challenge Reminder: Puddle Jumping by Sue McRae

We have a spring themed challenge going on right now at Poppystamps, Puddle Jumping!

For my card I die cut the Garden Poppy Stitched Frame 3 times from white card stock and layered them. I coloured the flowers with Copic marker and I did a water colour wash over the flower background piece.

I added raindrops to the blue panel using a homemade stencil and silver glitter embossing paste. 

To continue with the silver theme I die cut the Whittle Cloud Border from silver glitter card stock.

Now it's your turn to make a spring themed card for the challenge. All you have to do is create a project using at least one Poppystamps product and link it up! A random winner will receive a $20 gift certificate to spend at the Poppystamps online store.

I can't wait to see your projects!

Supplies

 

2178 Garden Poppy Stitched Frame

2318 Whittle Cloud Border

CL8151 You Are Awesome clear stamp set

April Challenge Reminder: Puddle Jumping by Sue McRae

We have a spring themed challenge going on right now at Poppystamps, Puddle Jumping!

For my card I die cut the Garden Poppy Stitched Frame 3 times from white card stock and layered them. I coloured the flowers with Copic marker and I did a water colour wash over the flower background piece.

I added raindrops to the blue panel using a homemade stencil and silver glitter embossing paste. 

To continue with the silver theme I die cut the Whittle Cloud Border from silver glitter card stock.

Now it's your turn to make a spring themed card for the challenge. All you have to do is create a project using at least one Poppystamps product and link it up! A random winner will receive a $20 gift certificate to spend at the Poppystamps online store.

I can't wait to see your projects!

Supplies

 

2178 Garden Poppy Stitched Frame

2318 Whittle Cloud Border

CL8151 You Are Awesome clear stamp set