Happy 2025! From the Nordic Joyful Sweet Elves By Meghan Kennihan

Hi Crafty Friends,
Happy 2025! These darling Nordic Elves from Poppy Stamps want to get your year started off right with a little sparkle and a fun idea for a New Year's Card.

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: Do you make New Year's Resolutions?
A: Me? No

Step #1: I started my card by using Memory Box Snowflake Rub On Transfer on red cardstock. These snowflakes make background so easy to make.

 

Step #2: I layered the Poppy Stamps Nordic Delicate Border Set over my snowflake background with gold paper underneath for extra shine. Next, I added the Memory Box Advent Foil White Circle Tabs with 2025.

 

Step #3: I used Memory Box 6x6 Blush Cardstock Paper Pad and Memory Box Yuletide Plaid 6x6 Paper Pad to create my Poppy Stamps Nordic Joyful Elves and Poppy Stamps Nordic Sweet Elves.

 

 

 

Step #4: I mounted my elves around the 2025 Tabs and added gold pearls all over my card.

 

Supplies

 

2641 Nordic Sweet Elf

2667 Nordic Joyful Elf

2630 Nordic Delicate Border Set

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

 

Supplies

 

ST021 Advent Foil White Circle Tabs

RUB105 Snowflake Rub On

Happy 2025! From the Nordic Joyful Sweet Elves By Meghan Kennihan

Hi Crafty Friends,
Happy 2025! These darling Nordic Elves from Poppy Stamps want to get your year started off right with a little sparkle and a fun idea for a New Year's Card.

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: Do you make New Year's Resolutions?
A: Me? No

Step #1: I started my card by using Memory Box Snowflake Rub On Transfer on red cardstock. These snowflakes make background so easy to make.

 

Step #2: I layered the Poppy Stamps Nordic Delicate Border Set over my snowflake background with gold paper underneath for extra shine. Next, I added the Memory Box Advent Foil White Circle Tabs with 2025.

 

Step #3: I used Memory Box 6x6 Blush Cardstock Paper Pad and Memory Box Yuletide Plaid 6x6 Paper Pad to create my Poppy Stamps Nordic Joyful Elves and Poppy Stamps Nordic Sweet Elves.

 

 

 

Step #4: I mounted my elves around the 2025 Tabs and added gold pearls all over my card.

 

Supplies

 

2641 Nordic Sweet Elf

2667 Nordic Joyful Elf

2630 Nordic Delicate Border Set

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

 

Supplies

 

ST021 Advent Foil White Circle Tabs

RUB105 Snowflake Rub On

Thank You by Lisa Elton

Hello friends! With the holidays behind us, I thought it would be a good time to share a thank you card with you. We all need those, right? Let me show you the steps I took to make this sweet floral card. Here we go!

First up, I stenciled a soft pink background using the Criss Cross Heart stencil on a white panel.

I popped this onto an A2 aqua card base.

I wanted to create a wreath on the card front so I used one of the Scallop Pinpoint Rings as a base. Next, leaves were die cut and added at even intervals for balance. 

My flowers (Nordic Flower Bunch ) were all die cut from white cardstock then colored with Copic markers. I did this because I wanted specific soft colors. They could also be cut using colored cardstock or even patterned paper. Some of the flowers and flower centers were popped up with tiny foam dots.

To bring a touch of January frost to the mix, I added in several platinum metallic leaves using the Nordic Stems die. Don't the look pretty? They really changed the look of this card!

A simple thank you sentiment, from the Memory Box Foil Greeting Tabs set, was my finishing touch. And there you have it! Thank you so very much for stopping by today. We love it when you do!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

2637 Nordic Flower Bunch

2650 Nordic Stems

2609 Scallop Pinpoint Rings

T103 Criss Cross Heart Stencil

Thank You by Lisa Elton

Hello friends! With the holidays behind us, I thought it would be a good time to share a thank you card with you. We all need those, right? Let me show you the steps I took to make this sweet floral card. Here we go!

First up, I stenciled a soft pink background using the Criss Cross Heart stencil on a white panel.

I popped this onto an A2 aqua card base.

I wanted to create a wreath on the card front so I used one of the Scallop Pinpoint Rings as a base. Next, leaves were die cut and added at even intervals for balance. 

My flowers (Nordic Flower Bunch ) were all die cut from white cardstock then colored with Copic markers. I did this because I wanted specific soft colors. They could also be cut using colored cardstock or even patterned paper. Some of the flowers and flower centers were popped up with tiny foam dots.

To bring a touch of January frost to the mix, I added in several platinum metallic leaves using the Nordic Stems die. Don't the look pretty? They really changed the look of this card!

A simple thank you sentiment, from the Memory Box Foil Greeting Tabs set, was my finishing touch. And there you have it! Thank you so very much for stopping by today. We love it when you do!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

2637 Nordic Flower Bunch

2650 Nordic Stems

2609 Scallop Pinpoint Rings

T103 Criss Cross Heart Stencil

Cake Time by Tricia Barber

Happy New Year, everyone! It's Tricia here, and I'm excited to share a delightful shabby chic birthday card with you today! I had a vision of creating a charming dollhouse birthday scene, and I decided to use some lovely Christmas patterned paper that I still had on hand.

For the card panel, I chose the Memory Box Poinsettia Garland, which adds a beautiful touch. To create the playhouse, I used the Poinsettia Plaid paper alongside the adorable Large Mushroom House. To complete the scene, I incorporated a grassy border using the Nordic Delicate Border set, giving the card a whimsical and festive feel. I hope you enjoy this creative project!

To bring the birthday scene to life, I die cut delightful balloons and candles using the Corner Shoppe Birthday Celebrations die. For the cake, cupcakes, cake stand, and banner, I utilized the entire set of die cuts from the Corner Shoppe Birthday Treats. All the elements were cut from white cardstock and then brought to life with my alcohol markers. To add a touch of whimsy, I included the adorable Whittle Mouse, perfectly sized for the Mushroom House. This charming addition really completes the festive atmosphere of the card!

To complete my card, I add a happy birthday sentiment and banner from the Birthday Banners stamp and die set. For a bit of magic, I sprinkled Fairy Jewels to mimic smoke and add a little sparkle to the scene. Thank you for stopping by, and happy crafting!

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

CB514 Birthday Banners clear stamp and die set

2618 Corner Shoppe Birthday Treats

2620 Corner Shoppe Birthday Celebrations

2655 Large Mushroom House

2630 Nordic Delicate Border Set

2153 Whittle Mouse

JWL002 Pastel Jewels

Cake Time by Tricia Barber

Happy New Year, everyone! It's Tricia here, and I'm excited to share a delightful shabby chic birthday card with you today! I had a vision of creating a charming dollhouse birthday scene, and I decided to use some lovely Christmas patterned paper that I still had on hand.

For the card panel, I chose the Memory Box Poinsettia Garland, which adds a beautiful touch. To create the playhouse, I used the Poinsettia Plaid paper alongside the adorable Large Mushroom House. To complete the scene, I incorporated a grassy border using the Nordic Delicate Border set, giving the card a whimsical and festive feel. I hope you enjoy this creative project!

To bring the birthday scene to life, I die cut delightful balloons and candles using the Corner Shoppe Birthday Celebrations die. For the cake, cupcakes, cake stand, and banner, I utilized the entire set of die cuts from the Corner Shoppe Birthday Treats. All the elements were cut from white cardstock and then brought to life with my alcohol markers. To add a touch of whimsy, I included the adorable Whittle Mouse, perfectly sized for the Mushroom House. This charming addition really completes the festive atmosphere of the card!

To complete my card, I add a happy birthday sentiment and banner from the Birthday Banners stamp and die set. For a bit of magic, I sprinkled Fairy Jewels to mimic smoke and add a little sparkle to the scene. Thank you for stopping by, and happy crafting!

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

CB514 Birthday Banners clear stamp and die set

2618 Corner Shoppe Birthday Treats

2620 Corner Shoppe Birthday Celebrations

2655 Large Mushroom House

2630 Nordic Delicate Border Set

2153 Whittle Mouse

JWL002 Pastel Jewels

Let It Snow by Tricia Barber

Hello!  I am sharing a wintery scene today for my card using the Nordic Happy Snowman die!  He is so cute! I started by ink blending with Cracked Pistachio and Evergreen Bough Distress Oxides.   I layered a strip of white cardstock die cut with the Nordic Delicate Border Set. 

To build my scene, I die cut the snowman from white cardstock and then colored with my alcohol markers.  I layered them together with some liquid and foam adhesive.  I die cut the Wide Pine Needles Shoot die from glittered cardstock and assembled directly onto the card panel.  I colored white cardstock with my purple alcohol marker and then die cut the Let It Snow Moonlight Script die and layered onto white cardstock.  

To finish off the card, I added Fairy Jewels to represent the snowfall using the same color as the background.  I hope you have a wonderful day! 

 

Supplies

 

2579 Wide Pine Needle Shoots

2630 Nordic Delicate Border Set

2640 Nordic Happy Snowman

2599 Let it Snow Moonlight Script

GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad

JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

Let It Snow by Tricia Barber

Hello!  I am sharing a wintery scene today for my card using the Nordic Happy Snowman die!  He is so cute! I started by ink blending with Cracked Pistachio and Evergreen Bough Distress Oxides.   I layered a strip of white cardstock die cut with the Nordic Delicate Border Set. 

To build my scene, I die cut the snowman from white cardstock and then colored with my alcohol markers.  I layered them together with some liquid and foam adhesive.  I die cut the Wide Pine Needles Shoot die from glittered cardstock and assembled directly onto the card panel.  I colored white cardstock with my purple alcohol marker and then die cut the Let It Snow Moonlight Script die and layered onto white cardstock.  

To finish off the card, I added Fairy Jewels to represent the snowfall using the same color as the background.  I hope you have a wonderful day! 

 

Supplies

 

2579 Wide Pine Needle Shoots

2630 Nordic Delicate Border Set

2640 Nordic Happy Snowman

2599 Let it Snow Moonlight Script

GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad

JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

Happy New Year! by Rachel Duong

It's almost 2025! An early "Happy New Year" is in order. Looking ahead, I thought I would create a card to celebrate. The Poppystamps "Nordic Happy Snowman" is so cheerful and why not bling him out with all the confetti and sparkles I could find?!

First I chose a fun confetti patterned paper. I used the bits of color for my color scheme. I cut it down to an A2 size cardfront.

Next I cut the entire "Nordic Happy Snowman" die set out of plain white cardstock. The snowman is a beautiful glitter paper with specks of pale green and pink. I colored the carrot nose with orange watercolor paint and the stick arms in brown. I used a black Sharpie marker for the eyes on the bottom layer of the head. The remainder of the pieces were from patterned plaid and gold glitter paper. I assembled and glued the snowman together. 

I saved all the pieces to make another card. I try not to waste any of the beautiful papers by Memory Box. As you can see I have a lot of pieces to work with!

Next I stamped the sentiment from the "Say it Big" stamp set on the same paper as the snowman's hat and top.  I stamped it again on a light pink patterned paper with gold swirls. The swirls make the sentiment harder to read, but I love the effect when the light hits it. I cut out the second part of the sentiment(yet to come) and glued it onto the green one(the best is). This stamp set is a wonderful collection of large sentiments with inspiring messages. It also comes with matching dies.

I die cut a frame to ground the images. I used the largest of the three "Double Scalloped Stitched Frames" in gold glitter paper, using the outer piece.

Then I stamped the "Happy New Year" from the "Christmas Banners" stamp and die set. I used the same paper as the background and cut it out with the straight banner die. The "Word Balloons" I stamped on the matching plaid paper from the snowman's scarf. I adhered the sentiment onto the balloon allowing the banner to extend off the edge.

The best part is taking the elements and deciding where to glue them! I knew where the frame would go so I adhered that first to the patterned paper. I wanted the snowman to overlap the frame so I placed it accordingly. The large sentiment looked best slightly lower than midway down the cardfront with the snowman's hand overlapping. The word balloon at an angle gave character to the cardfront. Finally I added pale green and pink "Fairy Jewels" in random places.
Do you remember the extra snowman dies I cut out of white cardstock? Use them to add strength to the pieces as needed. It isn't necessary to do this step, but if you are like me, I tend to bend and crease paper pieces if they are too thin.

This picture shows the snowman twinkling away in all his beauty! As you probably know, I love sparkle and shine on everything!

I hope you find this card happy and uplifting as we welcome in 2025. I love the Poppystamps "Happy Snowman", he is super adorable. Also a new release is being posted any moment!

Thanks for stopping by and may you enjoy many days of cardmaking in 2025. Happy New Year! 

Supplies

 

2640

2380

2474

CB510

GP1006

GP1001

JWL002

Happy New Year! by Rachel Duong

It's almost 2025! An early "Happy New Year" is in order. Looking ahead, I thought I would create a card to celebrate. The Poppystamps "Nordic Happy Snowman" is so cheerful and why not bling him out with all the confetti and sparkles I could find?!

First I chose a fun confetti patterned paper. I used the bits of color for my color scheme. I cut it down to an A2 size cardfront.

Next I cut the entire "Nordic Happy Snowman" die set out of plain white cardstock. The snowman is a beautiful glitter paper with specks of pale green and pink. I colored the carrot nose with orange watercolor paint and the stick arms in brown. I used a black Sharpie marker for the eyes on the bottom layer of the head. The remainder of the pieces were from patterned plaid and gold glitter paper. I assembled and glued the snowman together. 

I saved all the pieces to make another card. I try not to waste any of the beautiful papers by Memory Box. As you can see I have a lot of pieces to work with!

Next I stamped the sentiment from the "Say it Big" stamp set on the same paper as the snowman's hat and top.  I stamped it again on a light pink patterned paper with gold swirls. The swirls make the sentiment harder to read, but I love the effect when the light hits it. I cut out the second part of the sentiment(yet to come) and glued it onto the green one(the best is). This stamp set is a wonderful collection of large sentiments with inspiring messages. It also comes with matching dies.

I die cut a frame to ground the images. I used the largest of the three "Double Scalloped Stitched Frames" in gold glitter paper, using the outer piece.

Then I stamped the "Happy New Year" from the "Christmas Banners" stamp and die set. I used the same paper as the background and cut it out with the straight banner die. The "Word Balloons" I stamped on the matching plaid paper from the snowman's scarf. I adhered the sentiment onto the balloon allowing the banner to extend off the edge.

The best part is taking the elements and deciding where to glue them! I knew where the frame would go so I adhered that first to the patterned paper. I wanted the snowman to overlap the frame so I placed it accordingly. The large sentiment looked best slightly lower than midway down the cardfront with the snowman's hand overlapping. The word balloon at an angle gave character to the cardfront. Finally I added pale green and pink "Fairy Jewels" in random places.
Do you remember the extra snowman dies I cut out of white cardstock? Use them to add strength to the pieces as needed. It isn't necessary to do this step, but if you are like me, I tend to bend and crease paper pieces if they are too thin.

This picture shows the snowman twinkling away in all his beauty! As you probably know, I love sparkle and shine on everything!

I hope you find this card happy and uplifting as we welcome in 2025. I love the Poppystamps "Happy Snowman", he is super adorable. Also a new release is being posted any moment!

Thanks for stopping by and may you enjoy many days of cardmaking in 2025. Happy New Year! 

Supplies

 

2640

2380

2474

CB510

GP1006

GP1001

JWL002

Joy To The World by Allison Frazier

Hello, Poppystamps friends! I am excited to be back on the blog today sharing this slimline card featuring the Nordic Layered Ornament set. This is a fairly clean and simple card, although I did do quite a bit of die cutting since I cut each individual piece of the ornaments out of a different color of card stock. I think it was so worth it!

As I mentioned above, each layer of each ornament was cut from a different color of card stock. I chose two tones of card stock for each ornament, and then I chose a pastel glitter card stock for the top layer. For the green ornament, I didn't really find a good pastel for the glitter layer, so I just took a piece of white glitter card stock and colored it with a pale green alcohol marker! I cut the ornament toppers out of silver card stock. I glued all of the ornament layers together and then I glued them onto a white card panel that measures 8.5" x 3.5". The overall card, including the black card base, is 9" x 4".

 

I cut the bows and strings from the Little Bow and String set using black glossy card stock. I LOVE this set so much! You can see that I changed the way I did the bows on the top three ornaments versus the way I did them for the bottom two. I obviously picked rainbow colors for my ornaments, but I arranged them with the warm colors on top and the cool colors on the bottom.

The sentiment comes from the Holiday Banners stamp set, which includes matching dies. I white heat embossed the sentiment on black paper. And that's it for my card today! I absolutely love how it came out, and I hope it brings a smile to your face. Thanks so much for joining us today.

 

 

SUPPLIES

2625 Nordic Layered Ornament

2662 Little Bow and String

cb517 Holiday Banners

sp1003 Lush Green 6x6 pack

sp1001 Berry Red 6x6 pack

sp1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

gp1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

 

 

SH44004 Black Glossy Paper

SP1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

Joy To The World by Allison Frazier

Hello, Poppystamps friends! I am excited to be back on the blog today sharing this slimline card featuring the Nordic Layered Ornament set. This is a fairly clean and simple card, although I did do quite a bit of die cutting since I cut each individual piece of the ornaments out of a different color of card stock. I think it was so worth it!

As I mentioned above, each layer of each ornament was cut from a different color of card stock. I chose two tones of card stock for each ornament, and then I chose a pastel glitter card stock for the top layer. For the green ornament, I didn't really find a good pastel for the glitter layer, so I just took a piece of white glitter card stock and colored it with a pale green alcohol marker! I cut the ornament toppers out of silver card stock. I glued all of the ornament layers together and then I glued them onto a white card panel that measures 8.5" x 3.5". The overall card, including the black card base, is 9" x 4".

 

I cut the bows and strings from the Little Bow and String set using black glossy card stock. I LOVE this set so much! You can see that I changed the way I did the bows on the top three ornaments versus the way I did them for the bottom two. I obviously picked rainbow colors for my ornaments, but I arranged them with the warm colors on top and the cool colors on the bottom.

The sentiment comes from the Holiday Banners stamp set, which includes matching dies. I white heat embossed the sentiment on black paper. And that's it for my card today! I absolutely love how it came out, and I hope it brings a smile to your face. Thanks so much for joining us today.

 

 

SUPPLIES

2625 Nordic Layered Ornament

2662 Little Bow and String

cb517 Holiday Banners

sp1003 Lush Green 6x6 pack

sp1001 Berry Red 6x6 pack

sp1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

gp1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

 

 

SH44004 Black Glossy Paper

SP1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack