Fall Terrarium by Birgit Norton

Hello Poppystamps friends!  Are you enjoying all the beautiful colors of fall yet?  Here on the east coast, the leaves are brilliant shades of orange, yellow and red and many leaves have already fallen from the trees, leaving bare silhouettes of trees preparing for their winter slumber.  I created this card using the newest release from Poppystamps. 

The darling Cottage Terrarium dies practically jumped right into my hands when they arrived, beckoning to be used.  I started with an A2 sized card base and attached a strip of the adorable mushroom printed paper from the Nutmeg Forest printed paper pack onto the right side of the card.

Next, I cut the house, mushroom and greenery out of white cardstock and colored them using Copic markers.  The jar was cut from the Greenery Solid Core Cardstock and a scrap of grey cardstock for the lid.  I also cut the jar layer out of vellum and adhered the vellum over the top of the green to soften the color.  I then adhered the mushroom, house and greenery using liquid glue.

The Happy Fall Moonlight Script sentiment was cut from black and vellum and adhered slightly over the base of the jar.

To finish the card off, I added some Fairy Jewels in autumnal colors.

 

Fall Terrarium by Birgit Norton

Hello Poppystamps friends!  Are you enjoying all the beautiful colors of fall yet?  Here on the east coast, the leaves are brilliant shades of orange, yellow and red and many leaves have already fallen from the trees, leaving bare silhouettes of trees preparing for their winter slumber.  I created this card using the newest release from Poppystamps. 

The darling Cottage Terrarium dies practically jumped right into my hands when they arrived, beckoning to be used.  I started with an A2 sized card base and attached a strip of the adorable mushroom printed paper from the Nutmeg Forest printed paper pack onto the right side of the card.

Next, I cut the house, mushroom and greenery out of white cardstock and colored them using Copic markers.  The jar was cut from the Greenery Solid Core Cardstock and a scrap of grey cardstock for the lid.  I also cut the jar layer out of vellum and adhered the vellum over the top of the green to soften the color.  I then adhered the mushroom, house and greenery using liquid glue.

The Happy Fall Moonlight Script sentiment was cut from black and vellum and adhered slightly over the base of the jar.

To finish the card off, I added some Fairy Jewels in autumnal colors.

 

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 - Anything Goes by Allison Frazier

Hello Poppystamps friends! I just wanted 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 on line 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 "Anything Goes." It can't get any easier than that, right? My card is a simple bucket of sunshine.

I started with one of the buckets from the Corner Shoppe Wooden Cart. I cut it from white card stock and blended it with a combination of gray and brown inks. I cut a bunch of flowers and greenery from the Flower and Leaf Sprinkles set and ink blended those with yellow, orange, and pink inks. I also cut and ink blended some small butterflies from the Bunches o' Butterflies set.

I created the white panel from the Double Scalloped Stitched Frames. I stamped the sentiment from the Colorful Life stamp set onto the panel and glued it to a Kraft card base. I then adhered all of my elements to the panel, mixing the butterflies with the flowers. 

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

 

2619 Corner Shoppe Wooden Cart

2622 Flower and Leaf Sprinkles

2602 Bunches o’ Butterflies

2474 Double Scalloped Stitched Frames

cl509 Colorful Life clear stamp set

Challenge Reminder - Anything Goes by Allison Frazier

Hello Poppystamps friends! I just wanted 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 on line 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 "Anything Goes." It can't get any easier than that, right? My card is a simple bucket of sunshine.

I started with one of the buckets from the Corner Shoppe Wooden Cart. I cut it from white card stock and blended it with a combination of gray and brown inks. I cut a bunch of flowers and greenery from the Flower and Leaf Sprinkles set and ink blended those with yellow, orange, and pink inks. I also cut and ink blended some small butterflies from the Bunches o' Butterflies set.

I created the white panel from the Double Scalloped Stitched Frames. I stamped the sentiment from the Colorful Life stamp set onto the panel and glued it to a Kraft card base. I then adhered all of my elements to the panel, mixing the butterflies with the flowers. 

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

 

2619 Corner Shoppe Wooden Cart

2622 Flower and Leaf Sprinkles

2602 Bunches o’ Butterflies

2474 Double Scalloped Stitched Frames

cl509 Colorful Life clear stamp set

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

Corner Shop Pop-Up Easel Card by Birgit Norton

I would love to live in a world where the streets are lined with darling shops like this!  Wouldn't you?  Birgit here with you today sharing a pop-up easel card using Corner Shoppe Pop-up Easel Set as well as coordinating die sets from the latest release.  Let's jump right in to the details!

To begin with, I cut the pop-up die panel out of 80# white cardstock and folded on both of the score lines, to create the easel part of the card.

Next, cut one card front panel and adhere it to the small flap of the easel, using a strong double sided tape or liquid glue.  Now, let the fun begin!  Let's build the shop.

I cut the store front out of a piece of blue cardstock from the 6x6 Lagoon Solid Core Cardstock.  I love the weight and thickness of this cardstock and it cuts like butter using Poppystamps dies.  

I cut the detail pieces of the shop out of white cardstock and added color using Distress inks and blending brushes.  A helpful tip:  keep your cardstock pieces inside the dies, to use them as stencils.  Poppystamps is brilliant in their designs!  

Next, I cut elements from Corner Shoppe Wooden Cart and Flower and Leaf Sprinkles and colored them using my copic markers.  I then arranged all of the planters using liquid glue. 

Now it's time to decorate the shop!  

A card like this deserves special attention on the inside, so I added a piece of decorative paper from my scrap bin and cut a white cardstock square to give the easel something to rest against to hold the easel open.  For a finishing touch, I added the window box from the set.  It adds a nice detail but leaves plenty of space for me to personalize this beautiful card.  

Here's a pictures that shows the completed easel card in action.

I had so much fun building this flower shop easel card!  I hope you'll give it a try!

 

 

  

Supplies

 

2623 Corner Shoppe Pop Up Easel Set

2619 Corner Shoppe Wooden Cart

2622 Flower and Leaf Sprinkles

 

SP1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

Corner Shop Pop-Up Easel Card by Birgit Norton

I would love to live in a world where the streets are lined with darling shops like this!  Wouldn't you?  Birgit here with you today sharing a pop-up easel card using Corner Shoppe Pop-up Easel Set as well as coordinating die sets from the latest release.  Let's jump right in to the details!

To begin with, I cut the pop-up die panel out of 80# white cardstock and folded on both of the score lines, to create the easel part of the card.

Next, cut one card front panel and adhere it to the small flap of the easel, using a strong double sided tape or liquid glue.  Now, let the fun begin!  Let's build the shop.

I cut the store front out of a piece of blue cardstock from the 6x6 Lagoon Solid Core Cardstock.  I love the weight and thickness of this cardstock and it cuts like butter using Poppystamps dies.  

I cut the detail pieces of the shop out of white cardstock and added color using Distress inks and blending brushes.  A helpful tip:  keep your cardstock pieces inside the dies, to use them as stencils.  Poppystamps is brilliant in their designs!  

Next, I cut elements from Corner Shoppe Wooden Cart and Flower and Leaf Sprinkles and colored them using my copic markers.  I then arranged all of the planters using liquid glue. 

Now it's time to decorate the shop!  

A card like this deserves special attention on the inside, so I added a piece of decorative paper from my scrap bin and cut a white cardstock square to give the easel something to rest against to hold the easel open.  For a finishing touch, I added the window box from the set.  It adds a nice detail but leaves plenty of space for me to personalize this beautiful card.  

Here's a pictures that shows the completed easel card in action.

I had so much fun building this flower shop easel card!  I hope you'll give it a try!

 

 

  

Supplies

 

2623 Corner Shoppe Pop Up Easel Set

2619 Corner Shoppe Wooden Cart

2622 Flower and Leaf Sprinkles

 

SP1010 Lagoon 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

 

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