Category: Poppystamps

Poppystamps: Winter Scene

I’m sharing a card over on the Poppystamps blog today using supplies from the new release of 74 dies and 20 cling stamps.

In this post,  I shared a scene created with the new Grand Chalet window die. Today, I’m sharing another scene using the same die.

Poppystamps: Winter SceneFor my card, I envisioned a sunny winter day, one in which the snow is glistening and the deer are happily playing (one has decided to make its appearance at the window!). I cut the window by placing the die on the inside of the front card panel. After cutting, I folded the shutters to the card front. The Holiday Village was stamped and heat embossed before I colored it with Copic markers. I used its companion die so that I could put it on the horizon line between the sky and snow.

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Bewitched

This card was one of those that came together as I was creating other Halloween cards. I made use of the patterns from the We R’ Memory Keepers “Bewitched” paper pad (one of my favorites this year) with the addition of a few stamped and die cut items.

HalloweenTrickorTreat

Have you bought your Halloween candy? Last Halloween, we had trick-or-treaters for the first time in years (lots of new families with small children have moved into our neighborhood over the past year). I’ve got the candy stocked!

As for the title of this post – “Bewitched” – besides being the name of the patterned paper pad I used, it’s also one of my favorite childhood television series. The one thing I could never understand about that show – why didn’t Darrin let Sam use her powers to clean the house!

Poppystamps: View from the Grand Chalet

I’m sharing a card over on the Poppystamps blog today using supplies from the new release of 74 dies and 20 cling stamps.

There’s a fabulous window die in the release that cuts in a unique way — it’s designed to open outward. For my card, I envisioned throwing open the windows to a fabulous outdoor scene. Wouldn’t you love to look out on this scene?!

Poppystamps: View from the Grand Chalet

While you can use the die to cut the window with open shutters, I wanted to create backed panels from a contrasting cardstock. I dry embossed the card front, then I placed the die on the backside of the card front and cut the window. I opened the window panels to the front, and cut about half of the panel off. I then die-cut the woodgrain cardstock with the window die and cut out the two shutters. I backed these with a rectangular panel and adhered the panels to the cut-off shutters on the white card base.

I filled the sleigh with a mixture of greenery cut from Meadow and Dill cardstock using the Small Garden Sprig and Garden Sprig dies.

Poppystamps World Card Making Day Blog Hop

Welcome! You should have arrived at my blog from Ira’s.

Using the theme of Friendship, I created a card using two of the delightful Poppystamps dog dies. Although it’s fall here in the States, I envisioned a sunny, summer day!

Poppystamps World Card Making Day Blog Hop

 

For the cloud background, I created a mask with the two new Poppystamps clouds and applied white pigment ink with a sponge dauber.

Be sure to leave comments on all of the blogs – there’s hidden candy along the way. There will be four winners, who will each receive a die. You have until midnight US EST on October 10 to leave comments. Winners will be announced on Friday, October 11.

Head next to Jeanne’s blog. And should you get lost, just head back to the Poppystamps Blog.

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OCC Insider: Day 2

Another fabulous day of inspiration in the Online Card Classes Insider course.

The card shared by Laura Bassen was the starting point for my card. I simplified the design considerably by using a background stamp for the inside.

This card was extremely difficult to photograph for a multitude of reasons, not least of which was the acetate panel. On to the details – I die cut a glitter cardstock panel with an MFT snow slope die. Trust me, that front panel glitters. 🙂 The snow slope was adhered to an acetate panel. I added a  gold metallic cardstock Poppystamps die cut deer for some visual interest on the front.

OCC Insider: Day 2

OCC Insider: Day 2

The inside was stamped with Memento Toffee Crunch on kraft cardstock using the Hero Arts Tree Trunks background stamp. I then stamped a sentiment from Hero Arts’ Winter Wishes set with Versamark and embossed it with WOW gold powder.

I can see using this idea of an acetate panel in lots of ways. I’d like to try this same design again with different colors, such as white trees on a blue background.