A Ray Of Sunshine by Birgit Norton

Good morning crafty friends!  I just love the warmth the sunshine brings and today's card is full of sunshine just for you.  This card meets the requirement for the current challenge "Good Day Sunshine" too.  Double win!  Let's jump right in on how this card came together.

Using the Potpourri Flower Set, I cut several sets of flowers from some warm toned scraps I had in my scrap box.

In keeping with the sunshine theme, I cut the largest Double Scalloped Stitched Frame out of soft yellow cardstock from the Sunrise 6x6 cardstock pack and the medium sized frame from white cardstock. 

I used a heat embossed sentiment from Diamond Sentiments and cut it using a circle die and then layered it onto a Brilliant Ring cut out of a darker shade of yellow from the Sunrise pack. 

I layered the frames onto a piece of printed paper from the Gladiola 6x6 pack of paper and attached the circle sentiment and added the flowers, finishing the centers off with Fairy Jewels.  A warm and encouraging card to send to a friend.

 

Supplies

 

2512 Potpourri Flower Set

2474 Double Scalloped Stitched Frames

2328 Brilliant Rings

cb498 Diamond Sentiments clear stamp and die set

sp1013 Sunrise 6x6 pack

pp1027 Gladiola Plaid 6x6 pack

A Ray Of Sunshine by Birgit Norton

Good morning crafty friends!  I just love the warmth the sunshine brings and today's card is full of sunshine just for you.  This card meets the requirement for the current challenge "Good Day Sunshine" too.  Double win!  Let's jump right in on how this card came together.

Using the Potpourri Flower Set, I cut several sets of flowers from some warm toned scraps I had in my scrap box.

In keeping with the sunshine theme, I cut the largest Double Scalloped Stitched Frame out of soft yellow cardstock from the Sunrise 6x6 cardstock pack and the medium sized frame from white cardstock. 

I used a heat embossed sentiment from Diamond Sentiments and cut it using a circle die and then layered it onto a Brilliant Ring cut out of a darker shade of yellow from the Sunrise pack. 

I layered the frames onto a piece of printed paper from the Gladiola 6x6 pack of paper and attached the circle sentiment and added the flowers, finishing the centers off with Fairy Jewels.  A warm and encouraging card to send to a friend.

 

Supplies

 

2512 Potpourri Flower Set

2474 Double Scalloped Stitched Frames

2328 Brilliant Rings

cb498 Diamond Sentiments clear stamp and die set

sp1013 Sunrise 6x6 pack

pp1027 Gladiola Plaid 6x6 pack

Winter Greetings by Allison Frazier

Hello, Poppystamps friends! I am so excited to share this card today because it features several products from the brand new Nordic Wonderland Collection! I am just in love with these new products. July is normally the time when I start building up my holiday card stash, so the timing of this collection was perfect. The hardest part of making this card was having to choose which products to use - I can't wait to use them all!

I started my card by assembling the adorable Nordic Playful Penguin. He is so cute, right?? I love everything about him, but my favorite part is probably the hat. I used three different shades of turquoise card stock for his clothing. There are two dies in this set. One cuts the penguin parts, and the other cuts the clothing. You can cut it all from white card stock and then color the pieces with ink or markers. I did color the feet and nose with a Copic marker, but otherwise, I cut all the pieces from colored card stock. 

I started assembling the card by glueing a panel of patterned paper onto a white card base. This paper comes from the new Yuletide Cheer paper pack from Memory Box. I used two dies from the Nordic Wintertide Border to create a white field of snow for the bottom of the card. I glued white card stock behind this border, which has cutouts. I love the tone on tone texture this gives! I used the new Nordic Treeline to add to my scene. These trees are so adorable - the tops of the trees look like they're smiling! I glued the trees behind the Nordic Wintertide Border and then adhered all of it down to the card base.

For my sentiment, I used the new Holiday Banners stamp and die set. I heat embossed the sentiment onto black cardstock with white embossing powder. I cut it out with the matching die and then popped it up on thin foam squares. To finish the card, I added a little bit of snow at the top. I created the "snow" using some of the cutout pieces from the Nordic Wintertide Border. The little star shape comes from the Flower and Leaf Sprinkles set. 

I love how this card turned out. That penguin has my heart, and so does this new collection. Be sure to check out all of the new goodies! I hope this card brings a smile to your face. Thanks for joining us today!


Supplies

 

2634 Nordic Playful Penguin

2627 Nordic Treeline

2633 Nordic Wintertide Border Set

CB517 Holiday Banners

Supplies

 

pp1032 Yuletide Cheer 6x6 pack

sp1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

Winter Greetings by Allison Frazier

Hello, Poppystamps friends! I am so excited to share this card today because it features several products from the brand new Nordic Wonderland Collection! I am just in love with these new products. July is normally the time when I start building up my holiday card stash, so the timing of this collection was perfect. The hardest part of making this card was having to choose which products to use - I can't wait to use them all!

I started my card by assembling the adorable Nordic Playful Penguin. He is so cute, right?? I love everything about him, but my favorite part is probably the hat. I used three different shades of turquoise card stock for his clothing. There are two dies in this set. One cuts the penguin parts, and the other cuts the clothing. You can cut it all from white card stock and then color the pieces with ink or markers. I did color the feet and nose with a Copic marker, but otherwise, I cut all the pieces from colored card stock. 

I started assembling the card by glueing a panel of patterned paper onto a white card base. This paper comes from the new Yuletide Cheer paper pack from Memory Box. I used two dies from the Nordic Wintertide Border to create a white field of snow for the bottom of the card. I glued white card stock behind this border, which has cutouts. I love the tone on tone texture this gives! I used the new Nordic Treeline to add to my scene. These trees are so adorable - the tops of the trees look like they're smiling! I glued the trees behind the Nordic Wintertide Border and then adhered all of it down to the card base.

For my sentiment, I used the new Holiday Banners stamp and die set. I heat embossed the sentiment onto black cardstock with white embossing powder. I cut it out with the matching die and then popped it up on thin foam squares. To finish the card, I added a little bit of snow at the top. I created the "snow" using some of the cutout pieces from the Nordic Wintertide Border. The little star shape comes from the Flower and Leaf Sprinkles set. 

I love how this card turned out. That penguin has my heart, and so does this new collection. Be sure to check out all of the new goodies! I hope this card brings a smile to your face. Thanks for joining us today!


Supplies

 

2634 Nordic Playful Penguin

2627 Nordic Treeline

2633 Nordic Wintertide Border Set

CB517 Holiday Banners

Supplies

 

pp1032 Yuletide Cheer 6x6 pack

sp1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

I'm Bananas for You by Meghan Kennihan

Hi Crafty Friends,
I used the Poppy Stamps Whittle Pirate Monkey Kit to make this BANANAS card. Could these monkeys be any cuter?!?!

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: Have you ever seen a monkey in the wild? Not a the zoo
A: Me? No, but maybe one day I'll go on a safari!

I started by paper piecing the monkeys together from brown and kraft cardstock which was tedious but worth it for those little faces. Then I die cut a bunch of bananas for the monkeys to hang off.
I die cut the word bananas from the Poppy Stamps Marzipan Alphabet Dies and arranged them along the edge of the Poppy Stamps Scallop Pinpoint Rings Die set.
I mounted my scene on the pattern paper from Memory Box Glimmering Gladiola 6x6 Paper Pad. I love the gold bursts. I finished my card by stamping the "I'm Bananas for You" sentiment.

 

Supplies

 

2609 Scallop Pinpoint Rings

KT002 Whittle Pirate Monkey Kit

2464 Marzipan Alphabet

 

pp1028 Glimmering Gladiola 6x6 pack

I'm Bananas for You by Meghan Kennihan

Hi Crafty Friends,
I used the Poppy Stamps Whittle Pirate Monkey Kit to make this BANANAS card. Could these monkeys be any cuter?!?!

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: Have you ever seen a monkey in the wild? Not a the zoo
A: Me? No, but maybe one day I'll go on a safari!

I started by paper piecing the monkeys together from brown and kraft cardstock which was tedious but worth it for those little faces. Then I die cut a bunch of bananas for the monkeys to hang off.
I die cut the word bananas from the Poppy Stamps Marzipan Alphabet Dies and arranged them along the edge of the Poppy Stamps Scallop Pinpoint Rings Die set.
I mounted my scene on the pattern paper from Memory Box Glimmering Gladiola 6x6 Paper Pad. I love the gold bursts. I finished my card by stamping the "I'm Bananas for You" sentiment.

 

Supplies

 

2609 Scallop Pinpoint Rings

KT002 Whittle Pirate Monkey Kit

2464 Marzipan Alphabet

 

pp1028 Glimmering Gladiola 6x6 pack

See You Later, Alligator by Allison Frazier

Hello, Poppystamps friends! Today, I am sharing this adorable card featuring the new Whittle Tropical Gator Kit. Although this kit can be used all on its own, I thought it would be fun to incorporate some other Poppystamps goodies.

I love plaid paper, and I also love how the Double Diamond Lattice Plate lines up with the diagonal lines of this particular plaid. I pulled this plaid from an older Memory Box pad called "Madras Plaid Blue and Violet". There are some very similar blue and green diagonal plaid patterns in the newer "Anemone Plaid" paper pad. I simply cut a piece of the plaid paper to 4.25" x 5.5" and glued it to a white A2 card base. I then layered two of the Double Diamond Lattice die cuts (using white card stock) on top.

I used the alligator die from the kit to cut some green card stock, and then I added some shading with a darker green ink. I also added the teeth, of course! The same die cuts the other two alligators, as well, so those little guys are waiting to be added to a future card.

I cut the tree trunk and coconuts from two different shades of brown card stock. I cut the branches from green card stock, again adding shading with some green ink. I assembled the tree with some liquid glue. I like leaving the ends of branches and leaves loose, as that creates the look of dimension. But, I did double up the very top branch (on the lower left) just to add some actual dimension.

To separate my simple scene from the plaid background, I used the Double Scalloped Stitched Frames, which I cut from white card stock. I used the middle size frame from this set. I cut a piece of blue card stock to fit behind my frame, and I stamped the "Later, Gator" sentiment from the kit. This stamp is actually the full sentiment on one line, so I did partial stamping in order to get the words onto two separate lines. I stamped with VersaMark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I then glued this blue panel onto the back of the scalloped frame. Once that was done, I popped it up on my card base with foam tape and glued the tree and gator on top. I love how the gator's tail wraps around the tree!

I am really pleased with how this card turned out. I actually made this for my son to open on his way to summer camp, so the sentiment was just perfect! I hope this card brings a smile to your face. Thanks for joining us today!

 

Supplies

 

KT001 Whittle Tropical Gator Kit

2436 Double Diamond Lattice Plate

2474 Double Scalloped Stitched Frames

sp1005 Ocean Blue 6x6 pack

 

Supplies

 

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

See You Later, Alligator by Allison Frazier

Hello, Poppystamps friends! Today, I am sharing this adorable card featuring the new Whittle Tropical Gator Kit. Although this kit can be used all on its own, I thought it would be fun to incorporate some other Poppystamps goodies.

I love plaid paper, and I also love how the Double Diamond Lattice Plate lines up with the diagonal lines of this particular plaid. I pulled this plaid from an older Memory Box pad called "Madras Plaid Blue and Violet". There are some very similar blue and green diagonal plaid patterns in the newer "Anemone Plaid" paper pad. I simply cut a piece of the plaid paper to 4.25" x 5.5" and glued it to a white A2 card base. I then layered two of the Double Diamond Lattice die cuts (using white card stock) on top.

I used the alligator die from the kit to cut some green card stock, and then I added some shading with a darker green ink. I also added the teeth, of course! The same die cuts the other two alligators, as well, so those little guys are waiting to be added to a future card.

I cut the tree trunk and coconuts from two different shades of brown card stock. I cut the branches from green card stock, again adding shading with some green ink. I assembled the tree with some liquid glue. I like leaving the ends of branches and leaves loose, as that creates the look of dimension. But, I did double up the very top branch (on the lower left) just to add some actual dimension.

To separate my simple scene from the plaid background, I used the Double Scalloped Stitched Frames, which I cut from white card stock. I used the middle size frame from this set. I cut a piece of blue card stock to fit behind my frame, and I stamped the "Later, Gator" sentiment from the kit. This stamp is actually the full sentiment on one line, so I did partial stamping in order to get the words onto two separate lines. I stamped with VersaMark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I then glued this blue panel onto the back of the scalloped frame. Once that was done, I popped it up on my card base with foam tape and glued the tree and gator on top. I love how the gator's tail wraps around the tree!

I am really pleased with how this card turned out. I actually made this for my son to open on his way to summer camp, so the sentiment was just perfect! I hope this card brings a smile to your face. Thanks for joining us today!

 

Supplies

 

KT001 Whittle Tropical Gator Kit

2436 Double Diamond Lattice Plate

2474 Double Scalloped Stitched Frames

sp1005 Ocean Blue 6x6 pack

 

Supplies

 

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

A Sunny Hello by Birgit Norton

When inspiration hits, sometimes you just have to roll with it!  That was the case with this card when I received the Whittle Bit of Fun Kits.  The idea to make a jungle inspired cake card popped into my head and here you go!    Birgit here with you today, and here's how this card came together.

I started by cutting out the Whittle Tropical Gators and Whittle Pirate Monkey's, adding color using Distress Oxide Inks and Copic Markers, then gluing the shapes together.

Next came the card base.  I cut the Floral Cake Pop-Up Easel card out of a soft blue cardstock, assembling the easel part as seen in the photo's.

I die cut the cake layers out of a solid green cardstock from the Greenery 6x6 pad  and cut the printed layer using paper from my stash.  The cake scallops were cut out of brown cardstock, as I thought they would make good vines for the monkey's to swing on.

Next, I glued the trunks of the palm trees on first so I could add the leaves in a manner that they wouldn't hang over the bottom portion of the cake, so that it would still fit in an A2 sized envelope.   I added the water die to the bottom of the cake and glued on the toothy gator and hanging the monkey's on the vines.

Next, I cut the flowers from the Floral Cake Pop-Up set out of a scrap of soft yellow cardstock and glued them together from largest to smallest, creating the layered flowers.

Once they were glued to the cake, I added Fairy Jewels to the centers to finish my card front.

For the inside of the card, I added  the cake layers in green and white, allowing space to stamp a sentiment from the Whittle Tropical Gator Kit.  The cake's frosting details and two more whittle friends finished the inside of the card off perfectly.

These easel cards are so fun to make and even more fun to give!

Supplies

 

KT001 Whittle Tropical Gator Kit

 

KT002 Whittle Pirate Monkey Kit

 

2469 Floral Cake Pop Up Easel

 

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

 

JWL002 Pastel Jewels

A Sunny Hello by Birgit Norton

When inspiration hits, sometimes you just have to roll with it!  That was the case with this card when I received the Whittle Bit of Fun Kits.  The idea to make a jungle inspired cake card popped into my head and here you go!    Birgit here with you today, and here's how this card came together.

I started by cutting out the Whittle Tropical Gators and Whittle Pirate Monkey's, adding color using Distress Oxide Inks and Copic Markers, then gluing the shapes together.

Next came the card base.  I cut the Floral Cake Pop-Up Easel card out of a soft blue cardstock, assembling the easel part as seen in the photo's.

I die cut the cake layers out of a solid green cardstock from the Greenery 6x6 pad  and cut the printed layer using paper from my stash.  The cake scallops were cut out of brown cardstock, as I thought they would make good vines for the monkey's to swing on.

Next, I glued the trunks of the palm trees on first so I could add the leaves in a manner that they wouldn't hang over the bottom portion of the cake, so that it would still fit in an A2 sized envelope.   I added the water die to the bottom of the cake and glued on the toothy gator and hanging the monkey's on the vines.

Next, I cut the flowers from the Floral Cake Pop-Up set out of a scrap of soft yellow cardstock and glued them together from largest to smallest, creating the layered flowers.

Once they were glued to the cake, I added Fairy Jewels to the centers to finish my card front.

For the inside of the card, I added  the cake layers in green and white, allowing space to stamp a sentiment from the Whittle Tropical Gator Kit.  The cake's frosting details and two more whittle friends finished the inside of the card off perfectly.

These easel cards are so fun to make and even more fun to give!

Supplies

 

KT001 Whittle Tropical Gator Kit

 

KT002 Whittle Pirate Monkey Kit

 

2469 Floral Cake Pop Up Easel

 

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

 

JWL002 Pastel Jewels

Nordic Floral Butterfly by Meghan Kennihan

Hi Crafty Friends,
I am happy to share a butterfly card with you today because it allows me to see a BEAUTIFUL insect instead of the hideous cicadas that have taken over my town! Look up 17 Year Cicadas and you will see what I mean, just beware of nightmares.

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: Are you getting cicadas near you? Any other insect infestations?
A: Me? 17 year cicadas here...at least we don't have the double brood!

I started my card by die cutting the Cortina Pinpoint Coverplate Die out of white cardstock and mounting it on a beautiful purple paper from the Twilight Purple 6x6 Paper Pad.
Next, I layered the Nordic Floral butterfly with decorative paper from the Glittering Gladiola 6x6 paper Pad and plain purple card stock. I mounted the Nordic Floral Butterfly in the center and the Bunches 'O Butterflies diagonally from corner to corner. 

 

Supplies

 

2602 Bunches o’ Butterflies

2569 Cortina Pinpoint Plate

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

SP1008 Twilight Purple 6x6 pack

2611 Nordic Floral Butterfly

 

PP1028 Glimmering Gladiola 6x6 pack

Nordic Floral Butterfly by Meghan Kennihan

Hi Crafty Friends,
I am happy to share a butterfly card with you today because it allows me to see a BEAUTIFUL insect instead of the hideous cicadas that have taken over my town! Look up 17 Year Cicadas and you will see what I mean, just beware of nightmares.

Make Crafty Friends Q & A:
Q: Are you getting cicadas near you? Any other insect infestations?
A: Me? 17 year cicadas here...at least we don't have the double brood!

I started my card by die cutting the Cortina Pinpoint Coverplate Die out of white cardstock and mounting it on a beautiful purple paper from the Twilight Purple 6x6 Paper Pad.
Next, I layered the Nordic Floral butterfly with decorative paper from the Glittering Gladiola 6x6 paper Pad and plain purple card stock. I mounted the Nordic Floral Butterfly in the center and the Bunches 'O Butterflies diagonally from corner to corner. 

 

Supplies

 

2602 Bunches o’ Butterflies

2569 Cortina Pinpoint Plate

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

SP1008 Twilight Purple 6x6 pack

2611 Nordic Floral Butterfly

 

PP1028 Glimmering Gladiola 6x6 pack