Birds of a Feather by Allison Frazier

Hello, Poppystamps friends! I am excited to be back on the blog today sharing another clean and simple card featuring the new Nordic Forest Release. This time, I am showcasing the Nordic Birds of a Feather set. 

I started my card by covering the front of an A2 card base with some plaid paper. This paper is from the Memory Box Madras Plaid Blue and Violet paper pad. I glued a smaller panel of cream woodgrain paper on top. I then started on the birds.

There are three dies in the Nordic Birds of a Feather set. Each die cuts all the pieces for one set of birds, which face opposite directions. I cut two shades of card stock from each die. I also cut white card stock with each die so that I could have a white body for all of the birds. For the piece that is used for the beak, I took the white die cuts and colored the beaks with a yellow marker. Assembly is really easy, as it is with all Poppystamps dies. I just flipped how I layered the colors for each set of birds. 

For my sentiment, I used the Freestyle Hello die, and I cut it from my favorite black glossy card stock. I lined my birds up on the card panel and adhered them with liquid glue. I offset the sentiment and then added a few Fairy Drops.

That is it for my card today. I hope it brings a smile to your face! Thanks so much for joining us on the blog. 

 

Supplies

 

2712 Nordic Birds of a Feather

2455 Freestyle Hello

sh44008 Deep Turquoise Paper Pack

sh44009 Pool Party Paper Pack

sh44007 Cilantro Paper Pack

sh44006 Leaf Sprout Paper Pack

sh44019 Golden Wheat Paper Pack

sh44018 Summer Squash Paper Pack

sh44002 Cream Woodgrain Paper

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper

drp101 Fairy Drops

Birds of a Feather by Allison Frazier

Hello, Poppystamps friends! I am excited to be back on the blog today sharing another clean and simple card featuring the new Nordic Forest Release. This time, I am showcasing the Nordic Birds of a Feather set. 

I started my card by covering the front of an A2 card base with some plaid paper. This paper is from the Memory Box Madras Plaid Blue and Violet paper pad. I glued a smaller panel of cream woodgrain paper on top. I then started on the birds.

There are three dies in the Nordic Birds of a Feather set. Each die cuts all the pieces for one set of birds, which face opposite directions. I cut two shades of card stock from each die. I also cut white card stock with each die so that I could have a white body for all of the birds. For the piece that is used for the beak, I took the white die cuts and colored the beaks with a yellow marker. Assembly is really easy, as it is with all Poppystamps dies. I just flipped how I layered the colors for each set of birds. 

For my sentiment, I used the Freestyle Hello die, and I cut it from my favorite black glossy card stock. I lined my birds up on the card panel and adhered them with liquid glue. I offset the sentiment and then added a few Fairy Drops.

That is it for my card today. I hope it brings a smile to your face! Thanks so much for joining us on the blog. 

 

Supplies

 

2712 Nordic Birds of a Feather

2455 Freestyle Hello

sh44008 Deep Turquoise Paper Pack

sh44009 Pool Party Paper Pack

sh44007 Cilantro Paper Pack

sh44006 Leaf Sprout Paper Pack

sh44019 Golden Wheat Paper Pack

sh44018 Summer Squash Paper Pack

sh44002 Cream Woodgrain Paper

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper

drp101 Fairy Drops

A Simple Hello by Allison Frazier

Hello, Poppystamps friends! I am excited to be back on the blog today sharing this clean and simple card featuring the new Nordic Petalpoint Bird. This cutie is just one of the new birds in the Nordic Forest release. If you haven't seen the release yet, be sure to check it out!

I started my card with the Nordic Lavish Border Set. I used the smallest border die from this set and cut it from three different shades of green cardstock. I then cut strips of the same color cardstock and glued those behind the corresponding border pieces. This gives each piece a tone on tone look, while still keeping all that texture! I glued these to the bottom of a white A2 card base, leaving some white space below so that the design of the border die is still visible.

Next I cut the pieces for my bird. I used white for the body and then three different shades of blue for the feathers and wing. There is a piece that gets glued behind the head to create the beak. I cut that from yellow cardstock and colored the part that would show through for the eye black. I assembled the bird with liquid glue and added it to the card base. Finally, I cut the word from the Hello Spring die set using black glossy cardstock and glued that to my card base. 

This card shows how quick and easy it is to make an adorable card that is sure to bring a smile to the recipient's face. I hope it brought a smile to your face today! Thanks so much for joining us on the blog. 

 

Supplies

 

2711 Nordic Petalpoint Bird

2730 Hello Spring

2631 Nordic Lavish Border Set

sp1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

sh44005 Key Lime Paper Pack

sh44006 Leaf Sprout Paper Pack

sh44007 Cilantro Paper Pack

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper

A Simple Hello by Allison Frazier

Hello, Poppystamps friends! I am excited to be back on the blog today sharing this clean and simple card featuring the new Nordic Petalpoint Bird. This cutie is just one of the new birds in the Nordic Forest release. If you haven't seen the release yet, be sure to check it out!

I started my card with the Nordic Lavish Border Set. I used the smallest border die from this set and cut it from three different shades of green cardstock. I then cut strips of the same color cardstock and glued those behind the corresponding border pieces. This gives each piece a tone on tone look, while still keeping all that texture! I glued these to the bottom of a white A2 card base, leaving some white space below so that the design of the border die is still visible.

Next I cut the pieces for my bird. I used white for the body and then three different shades of blue for the feathers and wing. There is a piece that gets glued behind the head to create the beak. I cut that from yellow cardstock and colored the part that would show through for the eye black. I assembled the bird with liquid glue and added it to the card base. Finally, I cut the word from the Hello Spring die set using black glossy cardstock and glued that to my card base. 

This card shows how quick and easy it is to make an adorable card that is sure to bring a smile to the recipient's face. I hope it brought a smile to your face today! Thanks so much for joining us on the blog. 

 

Supplies

 

2711 Nordic Petalpoint Bird

2730 Hello Spring

2631 Nordic Lavish Border Set

sp1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

sh44005 Key Lime Paper Pack

sh44006 Leaf Sprout Paper Pack

sh44007 Cilantro Paper Pack

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper

Hello Sweet Friend by Allison Frazier

Hello, Poppystamps friends! I am excited to be back on the blog today sharing this sweet card featuring the new Nordic Happy Fox. But wait...is it a fox or is it a cat? You get to choose because there are dies included in this set to make either one! How fun is that?? Obviously, I chose to create a cat today. This Nordic Happy Fox is part of the new Nordic Forest release. If you haven't seen the release yet, be sure to check it out!

I started my card by using the beautiful Fanciful Flowers Stencil Set. This set has seven stencils! Normally, if you want to get this many colors from a stencil set, you have to mask off part of the stencils to ink them up in different colors. But with this set, you just need to ink up each stencil in a different color, which makes it so much easier and faster. And you don't have to use seven colors. I only used four. I just went heavier handed with the yellow, pink and green inks on a later stencil. I used Pinkfresh Studio Inks in Ballet Slipper, Lemon Whip and Fresh Pear. The blue color is Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.

Once I was finished with my card panel, I set it aside to work on my cat. I cut all of the pieces from white card stock and ink blended them to get the colors. I used the same Ballet Slipper ink for the ears and the dress (and sweater). I also used the same pink to add some cheeks with a small brush. There is a different tail and other features if you want to make this a fox. 

I chose to offset the cat at the bottom of my card and used the Nordic Heart Pattern Rings to pop her up off the panel. I used the second largest ring from that die, cutting it twice, and glueing vellum onto the back. For my sentiment, I went back to a favorite that I just can't seem to stop using, and that is the Whittle Sayings Stamp Set. This set is retired, but check out the Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments for something similar. I also used the retired Word Balloons die set for the sentiment. The "hello" comes from the Hello Spring die set. I cut that from my favorite black glossy cardstock.

To finish the card, I added a few pink jewels into the centers of some pink flowers. I hope this card brings a smile to your face today. Thanks so much for joining us on the blog. 

 

Supplies

 

2733 Nordic Happy Fox

2688 Nordic Heart Pattern Rings

T108 Fanciful Flowers Stencil Set

2730 Hello Spring

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper

Hello Sweet Friend by Allison Frazier

Hello, Poppystamps friends! I am excited to be back on the blog today sharing this sweet card featuring the new Nordic Happy Fox. But wait...is it a fox or is it a cat? You get to choose because there are dies included in this set to make either one! How fun is that?? Obviously, I chose to create a cat today. This Nordic Happy Fox is part of the new Nordic Forest release. If you haven't seen the release yet, be sure to check it out!

I started my card by using the beautiful Fanciful Flowers Stencil Set. This set has seven stencils! Normally, if you want to get this many colors from a stencil set, you have to mask off part of the stencils to ink them up in different colors. But with this set, you just need to ink up each stencil in a different color, which makes it so much easier and faster. And you don't have to use seven colors. I only used four. I just went heavier handed with the yellow, pink and green inks on a later stencil. I used Pinkfresh Studio Inks in Ballet Slipper, Lemon Whip and Fresh Pear. The blue color is Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.

Once I was finished with my card panel, I set it aside to work on my cat. I cut all of the pieces from white card stock and ink blended them to get the colors. I used the same Ballet Slipper ink for the ears and the dress (and sweater). I also used the same pink to add some cheeks with a small brush. There is a different tail and other features if you want to make this a fox. 

I chose to offset the cat at the bottom of my card and used the Nordic Heart Pattern Rings to pop her up off the panel. I used the second largest ring from that die, cutting it twice, and glueing vellum onto the back. For my sentiment, I went back to a favorite that I just can't seem to stop using, and that is the Whittle Sayings Stamp Set. This set is retired, but check out the Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments for something similar. I also used the retired Word Balloons die set for the sentiment. The "hello" comes from the Hello Spring die set. I cut that from my favorite black glossy cardstock.

To finish the card, I added a few pink jewels into the centers of some pink flowers. I hope this card brings a smile to your face today. Thanks so much for joining us on the blog. 

 

Supplies

 

2733 Nordic Happy Fox

2688 Nordic Heart Pattern Rings

T108 Fanciful Flowers Stencil Set

2730 Hello Spring

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper

Lily Pad by Tricia Barber

Hello there!  I have a bright and cheery spring card for you today using the Nordic Sitting Frog and Nordic Heart Pattern rings.   I used the Nordic Heart Pattern Rings die to create the pond for my cute little frog.   Of course this cute frog came dressed in her best!  The Nordic Sitting Frog comes with some cute clothes! :-) 

Such a cute die, I love that the frog can be dressed up or down.  I added a daisy from the Hello Spring Craft die.  I used the Lagoon, Greenery, Blush and Sunrise 6x6 paper packs to die cut all my pieces for today.  This is heavy duty cardstock and die cuts beautifully with the Poppystamps dies.   I used the layering die from the Nordic Floral Burst Background to ground the lily pond.   I layered this onto some bright yellow patterned paper from the Memory Box Glimmering Gladiola 6x6 paper pack.   

I finished off the card by adding the Hello Spring sentiment and some crystal Fairy Jewels.   I hope this card brought you a little sunshine today!  Thanks for stopping by! 

 

Supplies

 

2705 Nordic Sitting Frog

2688 Nordic Heart Pattern Rings

2727 Nordic Floral Burst Background

SP1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

sp1012 Blush 6x6 pack

sp1013 Sunrise 6x6 pack

Jwl004 Autumn Fairy Jewels

2730 Hello Spring

 

Lily Pad by Tricia Barber

Hello there!  I have a bright and cheery spring card for you today using the Nordic Sitting Frog and Nordic Heart Pattern rings.   I used the Nordic Heart Pattern Rings die to create the pond for my cute little frog.   Of course this cute frog came dressed in her best!  The Nordic Sitting Frog comes with some cute clothes! :-) 

Such a cute die, I love that the frog can be dressed up or down.  I added a daisy from the Hello Spring Craft die.  I used the Lagoon, Greenery, Blush and Sunrise 6x6 paper packs to die cut all my pieces for today.  This is heavy duty cardstock and die cuts beautifully with the Poppystamps dies.   I used the layering die from the Nordic Floral Burst Background to ground the lily pond.   I layered this onto some bright yellow patterned paper from the Memory Box Glimmering Gladiola 6x6 paper pack.   

I finished off the card by adding the Hello Spring sentiment and some crystal Fairy Jewels.   I hope this card brought you a little sunshine today!  Thanks for stopping by! 

 

Supplies

 

2705 Nordic Sitting Frog

2688 Nordic Heart Pattern Rings

2727 Nordic Floral Burst Background

SP1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

sp1012 Blush 6x6 pack

sp1013 Sunrise 6x6 pack

Jwl004 Autumn Fairy Jewels

2730 Hello Spring

 

Nordic Butterfly by Allison Frazier

Hello, Poppystamps friends! I am excited to be back on the blog today sharing this beautiful card featuring the Nordic Floral Butterfly. Although the name says Nordic, I think this card feels like springtime. I don't care what season it is - I love all the Nordic products! 

And speaking of Nordic, I started this card with the Nordic Floral Plate. I cut a panel of white cardstock with it and popped out all of the cutout pieces. I then glued the white panel onto a piece of light pink glitter cardstock. I took some of the white cutout pieces and glued them back into the center of the openings. I love how versatile this die is!

Next, I started cutting the pieces for my butterfly. I cut the largest pieces from the new Golden Wheat paper from Memory Box. I love this color of yellow. I then cut the other two layers from two shades of pink cardstock. I glued the pieces together only in the center. I love the dimension this gives, where each layer is lifted. I did add small pieces of paper to the back of the yellow layer and the innermost pink layer, right behind where those flower cutouts are. This allowed me to then glue the little flower details into those areas. I glued the bottom of the butterfly to the card base, and then I popped the top of the butterfly up on foam squares. I cut the body of the butterfly from black glossy cardstock. 

 

For the sentiment, I chose the Freestyle Hello die. This comes with a shadow layer, which I did not use for this card. I cut the word from black glossy card stock, which is my go-to for word dies. I layered it onto another layer that I had cut from white cardstock, and then I glued it to my panel. 

That is it for my card today. I hope it brings a smile to your face. Thanks so much for joining us today.

 

 

Supplies

 

2611 Nordic Floral Butterfly

2583 Nordic Floral Plate

2455 Freestyle Hello

gp1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

 

 

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper

sh44019 Golden Wheat Paper Pack

Nordic Butterfly by Allison Frazier

Hello, Poppystamps friends! I am excited to be back on the blog today sharing this beautiful card featuring the Nordic Floral Butterfly. Although the name says Nordic, I think this card feels like springtime. I don't care what season it is - I love all the Nordic products! 

And speaking of Nordic, I started this card with the Nordic Floral Plate. I cut a panel of white cardstock with it and popped out all of the cutout pieces. I then glued the white panel onto a piece of light pink glitter cardstock. I took some of the white cutout pieces and glued them back into the center of the openings. I love how versatile this die is!

Next, I started cutting the pieces for my butterfly. I cut the largest pieces from the new Golden Wheat paper from Memory Box. I love this color of yellow. I then cut the other two layers from two shades of pink cardstock. I glued the pieces together only in the center. I love the dimension this gives, where each layer is lifted. I did add small pieces of paper to the back of the yellow layer and the innermost pink layer, right behind where those flower cutouts are. This allowed me to then glue the little flower details into those areas. I glued the bottom of the butterfly to the card base, and then I popped the top of the butterfly up on foam squares. I cut the body of the butterfly from black glossy cardstock. 

 

For the sentiment, I chose the Freestyle Hello die. This comes with a shadow layer, which I did not use for this card. I cut the word from black glossy card stock, which is my go-to for word dies. I layered it onto another layer that I had cut from white cardstock, and then I glued it to my panel. 

That is it for my card today. I hope it brings a smile to your face. Thanks so much for joining us today.

 

 

Supplies

 

2611 Nordic Floral Butterfly

2583 Nordic Floral Plate

2455 Freestyle Hello

gp1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

 

 

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper

sh44019 Golden Wheat Paper Pack

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.