Best Wishes by Nancy Penir

Hi and welcome to a summery post featuring one of my favorite dies from Poppystamps, Sylvan Frame. I was in need of a quick card for a couple celebrating an engagement, and fortunately came across this watercolor panel in my stash. The frame, die cut from white cardstock, and green, was the perfect standout against the watery blues and greens.

I actually cut the green card stock 3 times to cast a green shadow, and give the frame some depth. A sprinkling of a few 'blings' and done!

Hope your summer is going 'swimming-ly' and your getting some good crafty-time in too!

Sylvan Frame 1448

Best Wishes Folksy Script 2071

 

 

You Are Too Kind by Nancy Penir

Wow! Can you believe we are entering a month that heralds summer? There are flowers everywhere in my valley. They inspired this summery card with a floral background.

With Altenew's Snapdragon ink, and my Misti, I stamped Poppy's Flower Garden, and made sure I had a good print. (Whatever did we do without our Mistis?) Then I picked a copic in a grey lavender to ink in the background, so my flowers would pop even more.

I added my sentiment on Poppy's Art Deco Frame, and inked the sentiment panel a bit on the edges.

A little bit of foam pops up the rose and top panel of the sentiment

Hope this gives you some inspiration to add some summer to your cards. 

Supplies

 

2148 Art Deco Frames and Phrases die set

CL472 Art Deco Frames and Phrases clear stamp set

2013 Blooming Rose craft die

Donut You Forget by Nancy Penir

I have a card for you that's going to a young boy today. Sometimes it can be hard to create something for the young ones in our lives. Hopefully this will help give you some ideas.

I picked a Poppystamp die that I could cut several colors from, and saved the little donut holes. They looked so festive!

The finished card is a combination of color and elements my little guy loves (who doesn't love donuts?)

Here's a sideview of the popups. 

I had a few leftover donuts, so I added them to the inside. 

Hope you got some ideas for you next child card.  And hope your week is extra crafty!

 

 

Supplies

 

2155 Little Donut craft die

CL475 Donut What I'd Do

2055 Double Stitch Tags craft die

CL478 Picnic Plaid clear stamp set

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