Happy Saturday! Today, I’m over in the CLASSroom at Ellen Hutson’s discussing Die Cuts. I hope you’ll come visit.
Author: Jean Manis
Neat and Tangled Valentine
I’m over at the Neat and Tangled blog sharing a chalkboard Valentine using the You + Me stamp set.
Head on over to the blog post for the details.
Poppystamps New Release: Yee-Haw!
Today, I’m sharing another card created with dies from the new Poppystamps release.
I wanted to create a masculine birthday card with the Galloping Stallion as the focus. I used the Happy Birthday die for a tone-on-tone background. The “yee-haw” sentiment was created on my computer. I die-cut the Superstar Border several times to create a few accent stars.
Supplies: Poppystamps Galloping Stallion 996, Happy Birthday Background 990, Superstar Border 912
Penny Black Valentine’s Day Card
There’s been some wonderful inspiration over on the Penny Black Blog using the latest release Sending Hugs. In fact, Penny Black is holding a Sending Hugs challenge – read all about it here.
Today, I’m sharing a card using three stamp sets from the release – ooh la la [30-210], from the heart [30-207] and rose edging [30-206].

I stamped one of the images from rose edging twice on the card base. On a rectangular panel, I stamped and Copic-colored an image from ooh la la, combining it with a die-cut heart which was heat embossed with a sentiment from the from the heart set. I finished the card off with a white ribbon bow.
Poppystamps New Release: Congrats!
This week and next, the Poppystamps Design Team is showing off the new Poppystamps release with a Blog Blitz. Today, I’m sharing a card created with one of the new Memory Box stencils, combining it with die cuts from Poppystamps, including the new Barnyard Rooster.
I dry-embossed the stencil and used its reverse side as a background on my card to simulate chicken coop wire. I created the “Congrats!” sentiment on my computer. The inside sentiment reads “That’s something to crow about!”
You have the opportunity to win one of the new products by leaving a comment on the Blog Blitz posts between January 6-19 over on the Poppystamps blog. You have until midnight on January 24 to leave a comment. Winners will be announced on January 27. I’m offering the new Honey Comb stencil as my prize – head over to the Poppystamps blog to leave a comment to be eligible to win it.
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