Happy Easter by Nancy Penir

Hi and Happy Spring Break, and to all who celebrate... Happy Easter! My garden has begun to bloom, and we're enjoying fields of green and pops of color in my valley.

I have a card duo for you today, using the 2 new stamp sets from Poppystamps, one plaid, and the other floral. 

The top is stamped with Flower Garden, and the bottom with Picnic Plaid.

2 wonderful all over stamps, that cover a large area. 

I used the outer area frame of Memory Box: Egg Basket Frame, and created my own grass with a set of scissors that cut several 'blades' of grass at once.

One card is stamped and assembled on white card stock, the other on lavender.

I always find it easy to do 2 cards at one time, with just a little changeup. I left the sweet egg die attached so I could cut many eggs at once, each with different textures. How fun is that! Nuvo Crystal Drops for tulip centers.

Hope you found some inspiration today. And hope your week is full of crafty goodness! 

 

 

Supplies

 

94235 Egg Basket Frame craft die

2187 Whittle Rabbit craft die

2177 Doodle Happy Easter craft die

2180 Folk Decorated Eggs craft die

CL478 Picnic Plaid clear stamp set

CL477 Flower Garden clear stamp set

Happy Easter by Nancy Penir

Greetings and Happy Spring to all! I have a trio of Spring/Easter cards for you today, with background designer paper I made with Poppystamps new Picnic Plaid. 

Once I got this generously sized plaid stamp into my Misti, it was hard to stop! As you can see, I used pastels and knew I wanted to create Easter cards.

I used 2 main dies, coloring only one main image and mixing colors with my Distress Oxides.

My tip for the day: use Q-tips for small spaces, and mix colors for a marbled look. It works great! Notice how I added pink to the bunny's cheeks and ears.

Easy breezy to get a soft pastel pink just where you want it with a Q-tip.

3 cards, easily done with a fun plaid stamp, and plenty of papers left over to do more!

Have a great weekend!

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

CL478 Picnic Plaid clear stamp set

2181 Decorated Egg Stitched Frame craft die

2178 Garden Poppy Stitched Frame craft die

2177 Doodle Happy Easter craft die

2187 Whittle Rabbit craft die

2190 Whittle Birds craft die

Hello Sweet Friend by Nancy Penir

Hello, sweet friends! I have a friendship card for you today, with Poppy's new die, 'Spring Pots Frame'.

I watercolored all the elements, as well as the background and frame, with Arteza pens. Here's how I did it:

I wanted to use the outside frame from the Garden Party Sidekick Frame for my card, so I simply cut out the inside and colored the frame with my pens.

The frame was cut from watercolor card stock, spritzed with water, and then colored.

The same was done with the Spring Pots frame, spritzed with water, then colored with pens.

I also used the same coloring technique for the basket. And snipped some blooms from a 2nd Spring Pots die cut.

Once filled with blooms the basket was added to the corner of the frame. And I added some Nuvo drops to finish. 

What's your favorite form of watercolor? Do you like the pens or pans? Have you tried watercolor pencils? Such a fun way to color your die cuts!

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

2173 Spring Pots Frame craft die

2184 Whittle Basket craft die

2179 Garden Poppy Sidekick Frame and Stencil

CL477 Flower Garden clear stamp set

Blog Blitz Alcohol Inked Greenhouse by Nancy Penir

Hi everyone! Are you ready for a Spring Blog Blitz? Lots of new stamps and dies, and plenty of fun techniques from the designers.

Today I have the Greenhouse Potted Plants Sidekick Frame & Stencil to show you. And I've done a card with all alcohol inks die cuts. 

Alcohol Inks are a fantastic way to add pizzaz to your project. They react with Yupo paper, a shiny surfaced paper, and blending solution to get a wildly colorful, rather agate like pattern, fun result. Here's one way to play with them. First I squirted my blending solution on my yupo paper. Notice it gets messy so protect your surface. Gloves are optional. 

Next up I added my colors. No rhyme or reason, for this technique just go for it. 

I then sandwiched a clean piece of yupo paper over my saturated sheet, in a schmooched way, pressing without moving either sheet. The result is a magical blend of wild color!

Ok, friends, this was way too much fun! As you can see, I played with all color combos. And here's what I did with them:

A birthday card for someone who loves potted and potting plants! Now there's a stencil that is included with this die. I can't wait to use it too.

This fabulous die and stencil set is the giveaway to one lucky person. Don't forget to leave a comment today and on each of the blog blitz days for a chance to win. Best of luck to you, and thanks for sticking with me through my little tutorial on alcohol inking. By the way, there are fabulous you tube videos to entice you to trying these inks. 

The new release is in the store, and the blog blitz runs from Mar. 2nd - the 14th. You have until the 17th to comment. The winners will be announced on the 19th. AND here's a 2nd way for you and a friend you choose to win... Visit us on Instagram, follow us, like the post you want to win, leave a comment and tag a friend. It's that easy!

Other dies I've included are listed below. Have a great week, and hope you enjoy the blitz!

 

 

Supplies

 

2176 Greenhouse Potted Plants Sidekick Frame and Stencil

2175 Folk Watering Can craft die

2174 Spring Pots Shelves craft die

2146 Doodle Happy Birthday craft die

 

 

Love Love Love by Nancy Penir

With Valentines right around the corner, it's crunch time for valentine cards. I'm on the Poppy blog today with 2 quick and easy cards made with the Seed Love Collage die. 

I die cut the Love image 3 times on a 4 1/4 x 4 3/4" white cardstock. With 3 pieces of of glitter card stock cut: top and bottom 2 x 4 1/4" and middle: 4 1/2 x 1 1/2". I used up some scrap glitter paper I had, but you could use all one color. 

With a couple of gemstones placed in the middle of the heart, the card's complete. 

Loved this look with the triple cut seed die so much, I quickly did another card.

This one, with Valentine colors, super simple, with a Big Bang! Each love strip cut 1 7/8" wide.

And I added the Doodle Happy Valentines cut from white cardstock. 

Love it when a card comes together easily! And don't you just love, love, LOVE the sweet seed heart? 

Happy Valentines Day Poppy Peeps!

 

 

2170 Seed Love Collage craft die

2166 Doodle Happy Valentineís Day craft die

Thank You Card Set by Nancy Penir

February brings the hope of Spring, and I'm here today with some ideas for easy, fun stamping.

I love doing cards in multiples, especially for giving gifts. A set of thank you cards (A1 size) is the perfect appreciation to give a friend. Or a neighbor who fed the cats while you were away?

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I selected one of my favorite Poppy stamp sets, Little Kindnesses, and a Poppy tag die, marking off the die, lightly with a pencil. Here's where the fun starts. Using my Misti, each card is placed and stamped one after another, in an assembly line. 

Here's a look at all the elements before the card is assembled. Each tag is inked a different color, 6 total.

I placed my tag in the Misti for placement of the bee trail as well.

The large die cut flower is copic colored, coordinated with the tag, and adhered to the tag. If you look closely, you can see I glued only the center of the flower so I could curl up the petals slightly. Finishing touches include the script die cut and some Nuvo drops.

Don't forget the envelopes! So easy to decorate them with the Misti too!

Packaged together with a ribbon, a sweet way to say, 'thank you'. And great therapy for a cold winter's afternoon. How nice to have several of these sets on hand, ready to go.

I hope this post today brought you a bit of Spring sunshine. And I hope you're feeling crafty, no matter the temp outside!

 

 

CL445 Little Kindness clear stamp set

1329 Pinpoint Main Street Tags

2147 Doodle Thank You craft die

1818 Little Kindness die set

Valentine Card by Nancy Penir

Hello, Poppy Peeps! Didn't you just love all the new Valentine Stamps and dies showcased these past two weeks? I have a Valentine card for you using some of the new release. Come along and take a look.

Hearts are the image of love and Valentines. And Poppy has a new die called Wavy Heart I'm lovin'!

You'll be happy to know Wavy Heart fits perfectly inside the new Pinpoint Hearts dies.

Like I said, a perfect fit!

I gave my background some glam with the heart stencil that comes with Sidekick frame. Not too much, just some subtle heart texture. And sponge inked the wavy heart with Oxide pinks, keeping all the die cut pieces in place.

My die cut sentiment, from Doodle Happy Valentines Day is cut twice, once from silver and then backed with black. Love to back my die cut sentiments, really makes them stand out.

Hope you're inspired today, and hope I got some creative juices flowing! Happy Crafting, all!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

2166 Doodle Happy Valentineís Day craft die

2162 Pinpoint Hearts craft die

2169 Wavy Heart craft die

2152 Ribbon Heart Sidekick Frame and Stencil craft die

 

Valentine Release Blog Blitz by Nancy Penir

Hi! Are you loving the blog blitz so far? I'm here with another chance for you to win a new die, Whittle Cupcake. I had so much fun with this new die, and I know you're going to love it too. It's part of the Whittle series, which plays so well with the other Whittles. 

Here's a peek at how I made my Valentine card.

The cupcake die cuts in two pieces, the top and bottom, and gives you the option of coloring or decorating your cupcake in so many ways. I used copics in bright pink and blue. Then blended with my colorless blender.

My trio of cupcakes were 'sprinkled' with Nuvo drops, and decorated with a heart embellished with glossy accents. All the supplies I used are listed below, and are in the shop.

Now here's the good news. There are a few ways for you to win this cupcake die. Leave a comment on my blog. And visit us on Instagram, like all the posts during the blitz that you'd like to win, and leave a comment and tag a friend. You and your friend could win! It's a win win! Now don't forget, visit us on Instagram too. Visit each and every day, here on Poppy's blog too, January 10 -21 and leave a comment

 

Supplies

 

2160 Whittle Cupcake craft die

2166 Doodle Happy Valentineís Day craft die

2125 Whittle Wood Frames craft die

2152 Ribbon Heart Sidekick Frame and Stencil craft die

2159 Heart Trio Showcase craft die

Tags and More Tags by Nancy Penir

Hi everyone! It's crunch time at the Penir household. Plenty of goings on and shopping and wrapping, and cards are on their way. One thing I never have enough of is tags! So I put together some simple but festive tags for you today using the new Deco Star Frame. 

I gathered all my supplies, especially some glitter paper and gold foil paper. I picked the Pinpoint Main Street Tags set and found it was the perfect size for my Deco Frame.

I stuck to jewel tones on black glitter paper, but you could use anything glittery, also adding a second tag with an embossed sentiment in gold. If you keep scrolling down, you'll see I didn't waste a cut! I used most every die cut in different color combos.

3 tags with left over frames in blue, red & green. This time dressed up with jewels and bells!

One last tag with the white glitter frame on a bright pink glitter card stock. 

And a last wish for all of you, Merry Christmas from me, and Poppystamps!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

1329 Pinpoint Main Street Tags

2128 Deco Star Frame craft die

1326 Pinpoint Dome Tag Decorations

CL471 Art Deco Celebrate Christmas clear stamp set

It's That Time of Year by Nancy Penir

Hi and Happy Holidays everyone! Nancy here today with a card made some of the new dies from Poppy.

I'm absolutely in love with the new Whittles, and LOVE how they all work together.

I created my own textured background by using the smaller Whittle Wood Frame die, and cutting it several times from stamping masking paper. (You can find it on Amazon, I used Inkadinkado.)

The masking paper allows for effortless inking with a sponge tool. I then added some white opaque droplets onto my card front. When all was dry, I cut out a window for my Whittle Rudolph, inking it around the edges in light blue. My frame is cut several times and inked as well.

If you look closely at Rudolph, you can see that I inked him a bit around the edges to give him depth, and lightened his mane with a white pencil. Can't forget to mention the cute little red rhinestone nose!

Hope you're inspired to try something new, (if this is new to you), with your backgrounds and dies.

Happy Crafting! 

 

 

 

 

2118 Whittle Rudolph craft die

2125 Whittle Wood Frames craft die

2124 Whittle Oak Leaf craft die

2086 Mod Poinsettias craft die

CL471 Art Deco Celebrate Christmas clear stamp set