A Moose Celebration by Rachel Duong

Hi to all! It's Rachel here with an a-M00se-ing Poppystamps card.  I am super excited about this Nordic Wonderland release... I just love it!  The "Nordic Moose" die I used is great on its own and also comes with a sweater for the winter months.  I skipped it for now since I wanted my card to throw out summer vibes.

To create this card I die cut all the pieces out of  the Poppystamps  "Large Mushroom House", the "Nordic Dimple Trees" and the "Nordic Moose". 

I loosely painted the pieces in bright, bold hues. I used Prang watercolor paints. After they were dry, I glued them together to form the images. 

Using white woodgrain paper, I ink blended brown and teal distress inks over the surface. (listed below) Teal in the center and brown tones around the perimeter. I glued the woodgrain paper to a kraft cardbase and then the images to the cardfront. Because they are overlapping, some of the pieces required extra cardstock underneath areas where the image was not level. 

Also I gave the moose extra layers to reinforce the legs and antlers. This definitely gave it a stronger appearance. This is what it looks like underneath. 

Finally I stamped the sentiments-- "It's Your Day " in brown and "Let's Celebrate" in teal. I watercolored the latter. I glued them down allowing parts of the banners to stay lifted off the paper. 

This card was so much fun to create. I hope you enjoyed it. If you are not fond of watercoloring, this card can be made with solid sheets of colored cardstock.

Please take a look at the new Poppystamps release. It is fantastical and filled with nature's treasures! You won't be disappointed. Thanks for stopping by, see you very soon.

Supplies

 

2660 Nordic Moose

2655 Large Mushroom House

2635 Nordic Dimple Trees

CB514 Birthday Banners clear stamp and die set

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper

WP101 Watercolor Paper

A Moose Celebration by Rachel Duong

Hi to all! It's Rachel here with an a-M00se-ing Poppystamps card.  I am super excited about this Nordic Wonderland release... I just love it!  The "Nordic Moose" die I used is great on its own and also comes with a sweater for the winter months.  I skipped it for now since I wanted my card to throw out summer vibes.

To create this card I die cut all the pieces out of  the Poppystamps  "Large Mushroom House", the "Nordic Dimple Trees" and the "Nordic Moose". 

I loosely painted the pieces in bright, bold hues. I used Prang watercolor paints. After they were dry, I glued them together to form the images. 

Using white woodgrain paper, I ink blended brown and teal distress inks over the surface. (listed below) Teal in the center and brown tones around the perimeter. I glued the woodgrain paper to a kraft cardbase and then the images to the cardfront. Because they are overlapping, some of the pieces required extra cardstock underneath areas where the image was not level. 

Also I gave the moose extra layers to reinforce the legs and antlers. This definitely gave it a stronger appearance. This is what it looks like underneath. 

Finally I stamped the sentiments-- "It's Your Day " in brown and "Let's Celebrate" in teal. I watercolored the latter. I glued them down allowing parts of the banners to stay lifted off the paper. 

This card was so much fun to create. I hope you enjoyed it. If you are not fond of watercoloring, this card can be made with solid sheets of colored cardstock.

Please take a look at the new Poppystamps release. It is fantastical and filled with nature's treasures! You won't be disappointed. Thanks for stopping by, see you very soon.

Supplies

 

2660 Nordic Moose

2655 Large Mushroom House

2635 Nordic Dimple Trees

CB514 Birthday Banners clear stamp and die set

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper

WP101 Watercolor Paper

Flowers and Stripes! by Sphoorti

 

Hello Poppy Peeps!

 

It’s Sphoorti here, and today I’ve got a double treat for you! Inspired by the fabulous Laura Bassen, I decided to “strip it up”, as she puts it, with some colorful card panels. For both of these cards, I  cut out a bunch of vibrant strips and adhered them adjacently to create a thick stripe to add some interest to the background.

 

 

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If you’re following me on Instagram (@stampallthethings and @lettersandlaughter), you might know that I’m a huge fan of wax seals—I’ve been obsessed for years. I took a little break when I ran out of ideas, but the moment I saw PoppyStamps' Vase Easel die, I was back at it, like an 80's kid who just rediscovered their Nintendo 64!

 

 

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For my first card, I played around with glitter, foil, and regular cardstock to create a mix of strips. I then added the bouquet die from the Easel die set, which I distress inked in various shades of green. To give it a little extra sparkle, I used a sticky glue pen to dab some glue around the bouquet and, once it dried, added a touch of foil for a shimmering finish. I topped it off with a vellum wax seal

 

 

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For the second card, I used random colors of strips, and instead of a distress inked die cut, I used silver foil cardstock to cut the bouquet. I distress inked some flowers and adhered them at various areas of the bouquet. I topped this bouquet off with a clear wax seal that I sprinkled glitter on, and foiled little dots around it with the Quickie glue pen. For the sentiments, I used some foiled ones from the Modest Greetings set and that was it!

 

 

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What do you think? Which of these did you like the most? Please do let me know in the comments below, we all love hearing from you!

 

 

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Love,

Sphoorti

 

Supplies

 

2552 Floral Vase Pop Up Easel Set

2469 Floral Cake Pop Up Easel

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

GP1002 Graceful Garden Glitter Pad

GP1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

GP1008 Majestic Hues Glitter Pad

psf802 Modest Greetings 1 Hot Foil Plate and Die

psf808 Modest Greetings 2 Hot Foil Plate and Die

2622 Flower and Leaf Sprinkles

2556 Little Layered Asters

2366 Adriana Pop Up Easel Set

2377 Fern and Daisy Pop Up Easel Set

Flowers and Stripes! by Sphoorti

 

Hello Poppy Peeps!

 

It’s Sphoorti here, and today I’ve got a double treat for you! Inspired by the fabulous Laura Bassen, I decided to “strip it up”, as she puts it, with some colorful card panels. For both of these cards, I  cut out a bunch of vibrant strips and adhered them adjacently to create a thick stripe to add some interest to the background.

 

 

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If you’re following me on Instagram (@stampallthethings and @lettersandlaughter), you might know that I’m a huge fan of wax seals—I’ve been obsessed for years. I took a little break when I ran out of ideas, but the moment I saw PoppyStamps' Vase Easel die, I was back at it, like an 80's kid who just rediscovered their Nintendo 64!

 

 

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For my first card, I played around with glitter, foil, and regular cardstock to create a mix of strips. I then added the bouquet die from the Easel die set, which I distress inked in various shades of green. To give it a little extra sparkle, I used a sticky glue pen to dab some glue around the bouquet and, once it dried, added a touch of foil for a shimmering finish. I topped it off with a vellum wax seal

 

 

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For the second card, I used random colors of strips, and instead of a distress inked die cut, I used silver foil cardstock to cut the bouquet. I distress inked some flowers and adhered them at various areas of the bouquet. I topped this bouquet off with a clear wax seal that I sprinkled glitter on, and foiled little dots around it with the Quickie glue pen. For the sentiments, I used some foiled ones from the Modest Greetings set and that was it!

 

 

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What do you think? Which of these did you like the most? Please do let me know in the comments below, we all love hearing from you!

 

 

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Love,

Sphoorti

 

Supplies

 

2552 Floral Vase Pop Up Easel Set

2469 Floral Cake Pop Up Easel

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

GP1002 Graceful Garden Glitter Pad

GP1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

GP1008 Majestic Hues Glitter Pad

psf802 Modest Greetings 1 Hot Foil Plate and Die

psf808 Modest Greetings 2 Hot Foil Plate and Die

2622 Flower and Leaf Sprinkles

2556 Little Layered Asters

2366 Adriana Pop Up Easel Set

2377 Fern and Daisy Pop Up Easel Set

Birthday Flower Cartby Jeanne Jachna

Hi friends!  You know I love die cuts and I am so happy to be a member of the Poppystamps design team.  Poppystamps is a sister company to Memory Box and their dies never disappoint. I used a few sets to create this scene card that focuses on the Corner Shoppe Wooden Cart.  The cart comes with two buckets that I filled with florals from the Flower and Leaf Sprinkles die set.  I wanted to show you how I create.  I arrange images on a piece of plastic the size of my card base.  This allows me to move things around until I'm happy with the configuration, and it's easy to slide different backgrounds under the plastic for a sneak peek. 

The background is a simple Distress Ink Blend to create a sunny sky.   The sun is a stack of two circles, one from the Nordic Pattern Rings, and the other from the Scallop Pinpoint Rings.

I added some party banners and butterflies to finish the card.  The banners come with a solid die and separate cut out banners so you can make the flags whatever color you like.

Poppystamps has a monthly challenge that starts on the first of every month.  This month's challenge is called Good Day Sunshine and I thought this card would be perfect.  I hope you'll check out the challenge and that  you find some time to play today!!

 

Supplies

 

2609 Scallop Pinpoint Rings

2616 Scallop Pinpoint Hearts

2622 Flower and Leaf Sprinkles

2613 Nordic Pattern Rings

CB514 Birthday Banners clear stamp and die set

2602 Bunches o’ Butterflies

2619 Corner Shoppe Wooden Cart

Birthday Flower Cartby Jeanne Jachna

Hi friends!  You know I love die cuts and I am so happy to be a member of the Poppystamps design team.  Poppystamps is a sister company to Memory Box and their dies never disappoint. I used a few sets to create this scene card that focuses on the Corner Shoppe Wooden Cart.  The cart comes with two buckets that I filled with florals from the Flower and Leaf Sprinkles die set.  I wanted to show you how I create.  I arrange images on a piece of plastic the size of my card base.  This allows me to move things around until I'm happy with the configuration, and it's easy to slide different backgrounds under the plastic for a sneak peek. 

The background is a simple Distress Ink Blend to create a sunny sky.   The sun is a stack of two circles, one from the Nordic Pattern Rings, and the other from the Scallop Pinpoint Rings.

I added some party banners and butterflies to finish the card.  The banners come with a solid die and separate cut out banners so you can make the flags whatever color you like.

Poppystamps has a monthly challenge that starts on the first of every month.  This month's challenge is called Good Day Sunshine and I thought this card would be perfect.  I hope you'll check out the challenge and that  you find some time to play today!!

 

Supplies

 

2609 Scallop Pinpoint Rings

2616 Scallop Pinpoint Hearts

2622 Flower and Leaf Sprinkles

2613 Nordic Pattern Rings

CB514 Birthday Banners clear stamp and die set

2602 Bunches o’ Butterflies

2619 Corner Shoppe Wooden Cart

Hot Foiling Galore and Christmas in July! by Sphoorti

 

 

Hello Poppy Peeps!

 

It's Sphoorti again, and today I have four cards to show you, each created using hot foiling techniques. These were made almost two years ago—time flies! I completely forgot to write a blog post about them. While some of the products I used have been retired, there are still some adorable ones available. Grab 'em before they disappear!

Also, there are some Poppystamps products that look/feel similar to some of those retired products, so I'll provide links to those in case you'd like to get them. Scroll down to the supplies section at the bottom for the full list.

 

Backgrounds:

 

Let's start with the backgrounds. For my first and favorite card, I hot foiled some white card stock using the Leaf and Tendril Hot Foil Plate using some Opal foil. This stuff is magic! For the other three - did you know you can hot foil with your existing dies? I used the 2489 Snowflake Background craft die to foil ink blended cardstock. The result was this thin but beautiful outline of the snowflakes.

 

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Card Components:

 

I did a ton of diecutting for these cards, and I even have leftovers to create more! Essentially, I used dies to cut out envelopes, pine needles, poinsettias, and holly leaves. The envelopes were cut from vellum, while the other components were cut from white cardstock and colored using distress inks, or from glitter and foil pads (listed in the supplies section). Then came the fun part—at least for me—assembly! It was incredibly enjoyable arranging the needles, leaves, and flowers as if they were emerging from the envelopes.

 

 

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Sentiments:

 

I also did plenty of diecutting for the sentiments. I used sentiment dies like Hello and Joy, although they are no longer available. You can find similar options linked in the supplies list below. Essentially, I cut multiple versions of each sentiment from plain white cardstock and layered them to achieve a chipboard-like effect. I finished off the sentiments with a layer of glitter or foil. For the shadows on the Joy cards, I used vellum.

 

 

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Embellishments:

 

Can we ever call a card complete without some embellishments? I went wild with all the goodies I had on my desk at the time—Jewels, Drops, Pearls, Crystals... you name it! It was like a bling buffet for my cards, and it was the holidays, so why not make every card feel like a celebration, right?

 

 

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What do you think? Which of these did you like the most? Please do let me know in the comments below, we all love hearing from you! Stay tuned for the upcoming Holiday release - you're going to love it!

 

Love,

Sphoorti

Supplies

 

2537 Layered Holly Branch

2442 Hello Poe Script

2455 Freestyle Hello

2509 Hello Moonlight Script

902 Small Blooming Poinsettia

861 Blooming Poinsettia

PSF809 Leaf and Tendril Hot Foil Plate

2579 Wide Pine Needle Shoots

2535 Pine Needle Shoots

2489 Snowflake Background

GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad

GP1008 Majestic Hues Glitter Pad

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

GP1002 Graceful Garden Glitter Pad

GP1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

CRY101 Autumn Fairy Crystals

CRY102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

DRP101 Fairy Drops

JWL001 Clear Jewels

JWL002 Pastel Jewels

JWL003 Bright Jewels

JWL004 Autumn Fairy Jewels

JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

DDP101 Christmas Fairy Dewdrops

GEM101 Treasure Chest Fairy Gemstones

Hot Foiling Galore and Christmas in July! by Sphoorti

 

 

Hello Poppy Peeps!

 

It's Sphoorti again, and today I have four cards to show you, each created using hot foiling techniques. These were made almost two years ago—time flies! I completely forgot to write a blog post about them. While some of the products I used have been retired, there are still some adorable ones available. Grab 'em before they disappear!

Also, there are some Poppystamps products that look/feel similar to some of those retired products, so I'll provide links to those in case you'd like to get them. Scroll down to the supplies section at the bottom for the full list.

 

Backgrounds:

 

Let's start with the backgrounds. For my first and favorite card, I hot foiled some white card stock using the Leaf and Tendril Hot Foil Plate using some Opal foil. This stuff is magic! For the other three - did you know you can hot foil with your existing dies? I used the 2489 Snowflake Background craft die to foil ink blended cardstock. The result was this thin but beautiful outline of the snowflakes.

 

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Card Components:

 

I did a ton of diecutting for these cards, and I even have leftovers to create more! Essentially, I used dies to cut out envelopes, pine needles, poinsettias, and holly leaves. The envelopes were cut from vellum, while the other components were cut from white cardstock and colored using distress inks, or from glitter and foil pads (listed in the supplies section). Then came the fun part—at least for me—assembly! It was incredibly enjoyable arranging the needles, leaves, and flowers as if they were emerging from the envelopes.

 

 

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Sentiments:

 

I also did plenty of diecutting for the sentiments. I used sentiment dies like Hello and Joy, although they are no longer available. You can find similar options linked in the supplies list below. Essentially, I cut multiple versions of each sentiment from plain white cardstock and layered them to achieve a chipboard-like effect. I finished off the sentiments with a layer of glitter or foil. For the shadows on the Joy cards, I used vellum.

 

 

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Embellishments:

 

Can we ever call a card complete without some embellishments? I went wild with all the goodies I had on my desk at the time—Jewels, Drops, Pearls, Crystals... you name it! It was like a bling buffet for my cards, and it was the holidays, so why not make every card feel like a celebration, right?

 

 

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What do you think? Which of these did you like the most? Please do let me know in the comments below, we all love hearing from you! Stay tuned for the upcoming Holiday release - you're going to love it!

 

Love,

Sphoorti

Supplies

 

2537 Layered Holly Branch

2442 Hello Poe Script

2455 Freestyle Hello

2509 Hello Moonlight Script

902 Small Blooming Poinsettia

861 Blooming Poinsettia

PSF809 Leaf and Tendril Hot Foil Plate

2579 Wide Pine Needle Shoots

2535 Pine Needle Shoots

2489 Snowflake Background

GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad

GP1008 Majestic Hues Glitter Pad

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

GP1002 Graceful Garden Glitter Pad

GP1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

CRY101 Autumn Fairy Crystals

CRY102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

DRP101 Fairy Drops

JWL001 Clear Jewels

JWL002 Pastel Jewels

JWL003 Bright Jewels

JWL004 Autumn Fairy Jewels

JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

DDP101 Christmas Fairy Dewdrops

GEM101 Treasure Chest Fairy Gemstones

Challenge Reminder: It's Cake Time by Rachel Duong

Hi Crafty Friends! It's Rachel here to remind you about our Poppystamps monthly card challenge. The theme is "Take The Cake". Create a project (it doesn't need to be a card) in theme and use at least one Poppystamps item. Link it up and that's it!

The Poppystamps "Corner Shoppe Birthday Celebrations" die set is absolutely awesome, timeless and can be used over and over. The sentiments are just perfect and have wavy and straight words and coordinating dies! The Memory Box paper pack "Glimmering Gladiola" gorgeous and beautiful have shades of red, orange, yellow and purple on both sides. 

To create this card I chose a patterned paper and adhered it to a white card base. Next I cut a square piece of watercolor paper and washed a loose background of blue. I die cut the pieces from the Poppystamps "Corner Shoppe Birthday Celebrations" set. Using similar colors from the patterned paper, I painted the pieces. I stamped the sentiment from the Poppystamps Birthday Banners" clear set on watercolor paper for consistency. I die cut it out. 

I adhered the composition down and added a fine border using the same watercolor paper. I glued the second set of ice cream cones under the first one for extra dimension. Finally, I adhered it to the patterned background and that's it!

That's it for now! I hope you are inspired and plan to join the challenge. You have all month to get crafty. Have a wonderful day and keep on crafting!

 

 

Supplies

 

2620 Corner Shoppe Birthday Celebrations

CB514 Birthday Banners clear stamp and die set

Challenge Reminder: It's Cake Time by Rachel Duong

Hi Crafty Friends! It's Rachel here to remind you about our Poppystamps monthly card challenge. The theme is "Take The Cake". Create a project (it doesn't need to be a card) in theme and use at least one Poppystamps item. Link it up and that's it!

The Poppystamps "Corner Shoppe Birthday Celebrations" die set is absolutely awesome, timeless and can be used over and over. The sentiments are just perfect and have wavy and straight words and coordinating dies! The Memory Box paper pack "Glimmering Gladiola" gorgeous and beautiful have shades of red, orange, yellow and purple on both sides. 

To create this card I chose a patterned paper and adhered it to a white card base. Next I cut a square piece of watercolor paper and washed a loose background of blue. I die cut the pieces from the Poppystamps "Corner Shoppe Birthday Celebrations" set. Using similar colors from the patterned paper, I painted the pieces. I stamped the sentiment from the Poppystamps Birthday Banners" clear set on watercolor paper for consistency. I die cut it out. 

I adhered the composition down and added a fine border using the same watercolor paper. I glued the second set of ice cream cones under the first one for extra dimension. Finally, I adhered it to the patterned background and that's it!

That's it for now! I hope you are inspired and plan to join the challenge. You have all month to get crafty. Have a wonderful day and keep on crafting!

 

 

Supplies

 

2620 Corner Shoppe Birthday Celebrations

CB514 Birthday Banners clear stamp and die set

Floral Frenzy by Sphoorti

Hello Poppy Peeps!

 

Sphoorti here, back with a floral card because those never go out of style!

 

 

 

I started by distress-inking some cardstock in Blueprint Sketch and Picked Raspberry. Then I die-cut numerous flowers and foliage from various die sets from the distressed panels. I've linked a number of floral die sets in the Supplies list below. It doesn't matter which ones you use, you just need a whole bunch of flowers and leaves.

 

 

 

Then came the tedious part, i.e. foam mounting the flowers and leaves. This took a little bit of time, but it was totally worth it. I adhered the foam mounted flowers and leaves on a card base and also scattered some clear jewels in the gaps. I topped the flowers with some pearls.

 

 

 

For the sentiment, I used the PSF804 You Are Amazing Poe Script Greetings Hot Foil Plate and Dies to hot foil the Thinking of you sentiment. I centered and glued sentiment. It looked somewhat incomplete to me, so I cut a frame from a silver cardstock using the 2474 Double Scalloped Stitched Frames craft die and adhered it around the sentiment.

 

 

 

What do you think? Please do let me know in the comments below! Have a great week ahead!

Love,

Sphoorti

 

 

 

Supplies

 

2474 Double Scalloped Stitched Frames

2552 Floral Vase Pop Up Easel Set

2338 Floral Cluster

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

2469 Floral Cake Pop Up Easel

2377 Fern and Daisy Pop Up Easel Set

2622 Flower and Leaf Sprinkles

Floral Frenzy by Sphoorti

Hello Poppy Peeps!

 

Sphoorti here, back with a floral card because those never go out of style!

 

 

 

I started by distress-inking some cardstock in Blueprint Sketch and Picked Raspberry. Then I die-cut numerous flowers and foliage from various die sets from the distressed panels. I've linked a number of floral die sets in the Supplies list below. It doesn't matter which ones you use, you just need a whole bunch of flowers and leaves.

 

 

 

Then came the tedious part, i.e. foam mounting the flowers and leaves. This took a little bit of time, but it was totally worth it. I adhered the foam mounted flowers and leaves on a card base and also scattered some clear jewels in the gaps. I topped the flowers with some pearls.

 

 

 

For the sentiment, I used the PSF804 You Are Amazing Poe Script Greetings Hot Foil Plate and Dies to hot foil the Thinking of you sentiment. I centered and glued sentiment. It looked somewhat incomplete to me, so I cut a frame from a silver cardstock using the 2474 Double Scalloped Stitched Frames craft die and adhered it around the sentiment.

 

 

 

What do you think? Please do let me know in the comments below! Have a great week ahead!

Love,

Sphoorti

 

 

 

Supplies

 

2474 Double Scalloped Stitched Frames

2552 Floral Vase Pop Up Easel Set

2338 Floral Cluster

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

2469 Floral Cake Pop Up Easel

2377 Fern and Daisy Pop Up Easel Set

2622 Flower and Leaf Sprinkles