Nordic Floral Butterfly by Birgit Norton

Good morning Poppystamps crafters!  Birgit here with you, fluttering by today to share this card I made using Nordic Floral Butterfly.  What a beautifully detailed butterfly, right?  Let's jump right in and I'll show how this card came together.

I started by cutting all the elements of the Nordic Floral Butterfly out of the Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad, Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad and Lagoon 6x6 Cardstock Pad.  Because the Nordic Floral Butterfly die cuts all the pieces out at once, I had enough to create three butterflies.  I layered each of the butterflies, alternating the cardstocks and used one on today's project, leaving me with two more butterflies for future projects.  Win! Win!

To make the background, I cut the Circling Frame out of a piece of blue cardstock from the Lagoon 6x6 Cardstock Pad and laid it over a sheet of the same color, giving me a nice textured but cohesive background.

I adhered the butterfly to the center of the card front and added a Thank You Greeting Tab for the sentiment.  Easy peasy and oh, so pretty!

Supplies

 

2611 Nordic Floral Butterfly

2508 Circling Frame

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

sp1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

Nordic Floral Butterfly by Birgit Norton

Good morning Poppystamps crafters!  Birgit here with you, fluttering by today to share this card I made using Nordic Floral Butterfly.  What a beautifully detailed butterfly, right?  Let's jump right in and I'll show how this card came together.

I started by cutting all the elements of the Nordic Floral Butterfly out of the Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad, Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad and Lagoon 6x6 Cardstock Pad.  Because the Nordic Floral Butterfly die cuts all the pieces out at once, I had enough to create three butterflies.  I layered each of the butterflies, alternating the cardstocks and used one on today's project, leaving me with two more butterflies for future projects.  Win! Win!

To make the background, I cut the Circling Frame out of a piece of blue cardstock from the Lagoon 6x6 Cardstock Pad and laid it over a sheet of the same color, giving me a nice textured but cohesive background.

I adhered the butterfly to the center of the card front and added a Thank You Greeting Tab for the sentiment.  Easy peasy and oh, so pretty!

Supplies

 

2611 Nordic Floral Butterfly

2508 Circling Frame

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

sp1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

Geranium Gatefold & Challenge Reminder by Birgit Norton

Good morning Poppystamps friends!  Birgit here with you today sharing a card to remind you of the current challenge that's going on right now, themed "Bloom Where You're Planted".

I enjoyed bringing out some older dies that are still available in the store, hoping to inspire you to pull out those older supplies and use them.  

For my card, I brought out Brilliant Geraniums Flower Set and Picket Tall Curve Borders. 

I cut the flowers out of Blush 6x6 Solid Core cardstock and the leaves out of Greenery 6x6 Solid Core cardstock.  I added colored details and depth using copic markers.   I added sugared glitter to the outside edge of the flower petals and added Fairy Jewels to the centers of each of the flowers.

On each of the gatefold flaps, I added a piece of cardstock from the Greenery 6x6 Solid Core cardstock and cut the Picket Tall Curve Borders out of the same color, adding them to both flaps.  This gives the look of a garden trellis in the background.  I added a white cardstock oval, gluing it to the left flap and adhered the geraniums, covering the oval.  

I so enjoyed bringing out the tried and true dies that never go out of style for this challenge.  These geraniums are gorgeous in any color and they're so easy to assemble.   I hope I've inspired you today with this lovely geranium card.

Want to play along? 

The rules are simple - just create a project following the theme, use at least one Poppystamps image or die, and link it up HERE at the Challenge blog. The design we love best will receive our winner badge to proudly display on their blog, and one lucky random winner will receive a prize. 

 

Supplies

 

2521 Brilliant Geraniums Flower Set

2363 Picket Tall Curve Border

JWL003 Bright Jewels

Geranium Gatefold & Challenge Reminder by Birgit Norton

Good morning Poppystamps friends!  Birgit here with you today sharing a card to remind you of the current challenge that's going on right now, themed "Bloom Where You're Planted".

I enjoyed bringing out some older dies that are still available in the store, hoping to inspire you to pull out those older supplies and use them.  

For my card, I brought out Brilliant Geraniums Flower Set and Picket Tall Curve Borders. 

I cut the flowers out of Blush 6x6 Solid Core cardstock and the leaves out of Greenery 6x6 Solid Core cardstock.  I added colored details and depth using copic markers.   I added sugared glitter to the outside edge of the flower petals and added Fairy Jewels to the centers of each of the flowers.

On each of the gatefold flaps, I added a piece of cardstock from the Greenery 6x6 Solid Core cardstock and cut the Picket Tall Curve Borders out of the same color, adding them to both flaps.  This gives the look of a garden trellis in the background.  I added a white cardstock oval, gluing it to the left flap and adhered the geraniums, covering the oval.  

I so enjoyed bringing out the tried and true dies that never go out of style for this challenge.  These geraniums are gorgeous in any color and they're so easy to assemble.   I hope I've inspired you today with this lovely geranium card.

Want to play along? 

The rules are simple - just create a project following the theme, use at least one Poppystamps image or die, and link it up HERE at the Challenge blog. The design we love best will receive our winner badge to proudly display on their blog, and one lucky random winner will receive a prize. 

 

Supplies

 

2521 Brilliant Geraniums Flower Set

2363 Picket Tall Curve Border

JWL003 Bright Jewels

A Flower Shoppe Thank You! by Rachel Duong

Hi everyone! It's Rachel here to share a thank you card I made. I used the Poppystamps "Corner Shoppe Flower Pot Shelves" and "Flower and Leaf Sprinkles" die sets. I had the best time watercoloring these awesome plants and pots.

I die cut the shelves, plants and pots out of watercolor paper. Using distress inks in shades of green, teal, browns, reds and yellow, I loosely painted the pieces allowing colors to run into one another. What a delight!

 

 

Next I die cut the larget circle from the "Simple Rings" die in a nice peach cardstock Memory Box "Sunny Orange" cardstock pad. I die cut it again in a heavy vellum for the outline it automatically cuts with the circle. I die cut the "Snowglove Bases" set in kraft and I decided to used the smaller base. I blended brown distress ink over the base. 

Then I picked out a soft plaid paper for the background. It is so pretty and the dark lines are purple. I adhered the patterned paper to a white card base leaving a thin white border. I adhered the globe over the plaid paper.

I spent quite a bit of time arranging the plants and pots on the shelves. I moved the pots around and a tip is to take pictures of the final arrangement to look at for reference. It comes in handy when gluing the pieces down.

Then I glued the foil tab on the base and added coordinating purple Fairy Jewels.  Finally I wrapped burlap twind at the fold of the card. That's it and so many sentiments can go on this card!

 

This card was such a joy to create. I love gardening so working with paper plants just makes me happy! Yay! Please take a look at Poppystamps latest release. The dies are amazing and the pieces work together perfectly. 

Have a great day and see you very soon!

Rachel

Supplies

 

2617 Corner Shoppe Flower Pot Shelves

2622 Flower and Leaf Sprinkles

2575 Simple Rings

2578 Snowglobe Bases

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

JWL004 Autumn Fairy Jewels

A Flower Shoppe Thank You! by Rachel Duong

Hi everyone! It's Rachel here to share a thank you card I made. I used the Poppystamps "Corner Shoppe Flower Pot Shelves" and "Flower and Leaf Sprinkles" die sets. I had the best time watercoloring these awesome plants and pots.

I die cut the shelves, plants and pots out of watercolor paper. Using distress inks in shades of green, teal, browns, reds and yellow, I loosely painted the pieces allowing colors to run into one another. What a delight!

 

 

Next I die cut the larget circle from the "Simple Rings" die in a nice peach cardstock Memory Box "Sunny Orange" cardstock pad. I die cut it again in a heavy vellum for the outline it automatically cuts with the circle. I die cut the "Snowglove Bases" set in kraft and I decided to used the smaller base. I blended brown distress ink over the base. 

Then I picked out a soft plaid paper for the background. It is so pretty and the dark lines are purple. I adhered the patterned paper to a white card base leaving a thin white border. I adhered the globe over the plaid paper.

I spent quite a bit of time arranging the plants and pots on the shelves. I moved the pots around and a tip is to take pictures of the final arrangement to look at for reference. It comes in handy when gluing the pieces down.

Then I glued the foil tab on the base and added coordinating purple Fairy Jewels.  Finally I wrapped burlap twind at the fold of the card. That's it and so many sentiments can go on this card!

 

This card was such a joy to create. I love gardening so working with paper plants just makes me happy! Yay! Please take a look at Poppystamps latest release. The dies are amazing and the pieces work together perfectly. 

Have a great day and see you very soon!

Rachel

Supplies

 

2617 Corner Shoppe Flower Pot Shelves

2622 Flower and Leaf Sprinkles

2575 Simple Rings

2578 Snowglobe Bases

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

JWL004 Autumn Fairy Jewels

Spectacular Butterflies by Tricia Barber

I have an obsession of blue butterflies! Around my home, I typically only see the Tiger Swallowtail which is yellow, but we have a nature center that has a butterfly house and they have some of the most gorgeous blue butterflies. I gravitate to the blue color combinations, likely because they are some of my favorite colors.   I created this set of cards, one a birthday and one a thank you using the Nordic Spectacular Butterfly die.   I die cut the butterfly several times from blue and aqua cardstock and created 4 butterflies, using two of them today and saving two for later!  

I used the Memory Box Pinpoint Leaf Circle Collage to die cut the main card panel.  I layered some blue vellum behind the card panel and mounted onto an A2 card base.   The sentiments were hot foiled gold using the Poppystamps Foil & Cut Modest Greetings 1 die set.  This set comes with the hot foil sentiment stamp and die to trim the sentiments.  This set will hot foil all 8 greetings at once.    I finished off the card using gold jewels from the Fairy Jewels.   

The butterflies were layered together with liquid adhesive and then popped up with foam tape to the center of the card.  Swallowtail butterflies have the distinctive tails on the end.  So this is definitely a swallowtail butterfly!  There are many ways that you could use this die - instead of using colored cardstock, try with white and color with your favorite coloring medium.  I love the details in all the layers and the beautiful tail on the end.  I think the butterfly on the happy birthday card is my favorite with the dark to light color layers!  What would be your go to color combinations for this die?   

 

 

 

Supplies

 

2614 Nordic Spectacular Butterfly

PSF802 Modest Greetings 1 Hot Foil Plate and Die

JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

94384 Pinpoint Leaf Circle Collage

Spectacular Butterflies by Tricia Barber

I have an obsession of blue butterflies! Around my home, I typically only see the Tiger Swallowtail which is yellow, but we have a nature center that has a butterfly house and they have some of the most gorgeous blue butterflies. I gravitate to the blue color combinations, likely because they are some of my favorite colors.   I created this set of cards, one a birthday and one a thank you using the Nordic Spectacular Butterfly die.   I die cut the butterfly several times from blue and aqua cardstock and created 4 butterflies, using two of them today and saving two for later!  

I used the Memory Box Pinpoint Leaf Circle Collage to die cut the main card panel.  I layered some blue vellum behind the card panel and mounted onto an A2 card base.   The sentiments were hot foiled gold using the Poppystamps Foil & Cut Modest Greetings 1 die set.  This set comes with the hot foil sentiment stamp and die to trim the sentiments.  This set will hot foil all 8 greetings at once.    I finished off the card using gold jewels from the Fairy Jewels.   

The butterflies were layered together with liquid adhesive and then popped up with foam tape to the center of the card.  Swallowtail butterflies have the distinctive tails on the end.  So this is definitely a swallowtail butterfly!  There are many ways that you could use this die - instead of using colored cardstock, try with white and color with your favorite coloring medium.  I love the details in all the layers and the beautiful tail on the end.  I think the butterfly on the happy birthday card is my favorite with the dark to light color layers!  What would be your go to color combinations for this die?   

 

 

 

Supplies

 

2614 Nordic Spectacular Butterfly

PSF802 Modest Greetings 1 Hot Foil Plate and Die

JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

94384 Pinpoint Leaf Circle Collage

Holiday Thanks!by Tricia Barber

With the holidays, it's nice to have on hand holiday cards to give gift cards. I have my holiday message on the front of the card using the Seed Snowflake Joy die and then inside I created a gift card holder with the Thank You Stitched Tag die. I started with a plain white A2 panel.  I die cut the panel with the Seed Snowflake Joy Die.  I then used a smaller panel of thinner cardstock or computer paper and marked where the JOY showed through. I then layered strips of brightly colored cardstock across the smaller panel.  This panel was then layered underneath the white die cut panel.   I added a red jewel to the center of the snowflake using the Bright Jewels for a little sparkle.  

On the inside of the panel, I repeated the cardstock strip pattern onto the Thank You Stitched Tag die and die cut the panel with the tag.  I added some holly leaves from the Cabin Snowglobe Pop Up Easel Set.  I die cut the Thank You sentiment from gold cardstock using the Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad.  I added adhesive to three sides of the tag and left the top open to hold the gift card.  I used tape runner adhesive versus foam adhesive for the tag to minimize the bulk of the inside panel.  

So simple and easy to create multiples!  Perfect for teacher, postal worker  or delivery drivers or anyone that you need to share a holiday thank you!  Beautifully decorated inside and out!   Happy Holidays! 

 

 

Supplies

 

2470 Cabin Snowglobe Pop Up Easel

2100 Seed Snowflake Joy

2365 Thank You Stitched Tag

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

JWL003 Bright Jewels

Holiday Thanks!by Tricia Barber

With the holidays, it's nice to have on hand holiday cards to give gift cards. I have my holiday message on the front of the card using the Seed Snowflake Joy die and then inside I created a gift card holder with the Thank You Stitched Tag die. I started with a plain white A2 panel.  I die cut the panel with the Seed Snowflake Joy Die.  I then used a smaller panel of thinner cardstock or computer paper and marked where the JOY showed through. I then layered strips of brightly colored cardstock across the smaller panel.  This panel was then layered underneath the white die cut panel.   I added a red jewel to the center of the snowflake using the Bright Jewels for a little sparkle.  

On the inside of the panel, I repeated the cardstock strip pattern onto the Thank You Stitched Tag die and die cut the panel with the tag.  I added some holly leaves from the Cabin Snowglobe Pop Up Easel Set.  I die cut the Thank You sentiment from gold cardstock using the Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad.  I added adhesive to three sides of the tag and left the top open to hold the gift card.  I used tape runner adhesive versus foam adhesive for the tag to minimize the bulk of the inside panel.  

So simple and easy to create multiples!  Perfect for teacher, postal worker  or delivery drivers or anyone that you need to share a holiday thank you!  Beautifully decorated inside and out!   Happy Holidays! 

 

 

Supplies

 

2470 Cabin Snowglobe Pop Up Easel

2100 Seed Snowflake Joy

2365 Thank You Stitched Tag

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

JWL003 Bright Jewels

Neighborhood Home by Michele K. Henderson

Hello Friends!

All of here at Poppystamps would like to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving! So many of us travel during the holidays that I thought this brand new Neighborhood Home Pop-Up Easel Set would be the perfect die set to feature today. The beautiful and intricate details in all of these teeny tiny dies create a stunning home adorned in fresh fall  colors. Take a look!

I began with a crisp white base and cut the scored card base pieces and assembled the easel card. If you already love creating with Poppystamps Pop-Up Easel sets, you'll love the ease of this pretty neighborhood home.

I cut the back house panel in a very light gray, to show off the bright pops of colors in a vivid Autumn palette. The details you can create are amazing! You can cut tiny windows and frames, curtains, window boxes, and mix and match elements. I went with golden yellow curtains in all the square windows, and brown window boxes underneath. I originally planned on lille fall flowers in the window boxes, but I really loved the look of the pretty curtains and empty boxes, as if the boxes had already been put to bed for the summer.

Once all of the window panels, curtains, and window boxes were in place, I added the Soaring Tree Frame in brown along the side. I cut a handful of autumn leaves out of the Leafy Branch Oval. When the card is complete, the shape of the card allows it to stand freely, making a charming 3D fall home.

Thank you all so much for joining us today, as we are grateful for all of you in our Poppystamps family.

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

2375 Neighborhood Home Pop Up Easel Set

2289 Soaring Tree Frame

2491 Leafy Branch Oval

Neighborhood Home by Michele K. Henderson

Hello Friends!

All of here at Poppystamps would like to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving! So many of us travel during the holidays that I thought this brand new Neighborhood Home Pop-Up Easel Set would be the perfect die set to feature today. The beautiful and intricate details in all of these teeny tiny dies create a stunning home adorned in fresh fall  colors. Take a look!

I began with a crisp white base and cut the scored card base pieces and assembled the easel card. If you already love creating with Poppystamps Pop-Up Easel sets, you'll love the ease of this pretty neighborhood home.

I cut the back house panel in a very light gray, to show off the bright pops of colors in a vivid Autumn palette. The details you can create are amazing! You can cut tiny windows and frames, curtains, window boxes, and mix and match elements. I went with golden yellow curtains in all the square windows, and brown window boxes underneath. I originally planned on lille fall flowers in the window boxes, but I really loved the look of the pretty curtains and empty boxes, as if the boxes had already been put to bed for the summer.

Once all of the window panels, curtains, and window boxes were in place, I added the Soaring Tree Frame in brown along the side. I cut a handful of autumn leaves out of the Leafy Branch Oval. When the card is complete, the shape of the card allows it to stand freely, making a charming 3D fall home.

Thank you all so much for joining us today, as we are grateful for all of you in our Poppystamps family.

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

2375 Neighborhood Home Pop Up Easel Set

2289 Soaring Tree Frame

2491 Leafy Branch Oval