Painted Poppies!

Oh, I just love these Painted Poppies!  The stamps, dies and DSP are all incredible!  Check out the Peaceful Poppies Suite of products, including TWO stamp/die bundles!  Those sweet little sequins add just that perfect touch to your card.  Here is one of the cards we made in class this month.

I used those tiny gold flower sequins to finish off the poppy centers for that little extra bling!

This card is kind of outside my normal creative box, but I like to challenge myself to "break out of the box" in January to try new things or improve skills.  I normally like everything to be inside the lines, neat and precise; but this card called for a watercolor wash effect and some paint splatters.  I also moved the layers lining everything up evenly at the top and left, only showing the layers on the right and bottom of the card.  It's just a different presentation.  What about you?  Have you taken a challenge to try something new?  What new technique or skill have you recently tried?

Stamps:   Painted Poppies (Mini p. 26), 

Peaceful Moments (Mini p. 27)

Paper:  Basic Black, Poppy Parade, Whisper White

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Poppy Parade

Tools:  Die Cutting Machine, 

Painted Labels Dies (Mini p. 26)

Other:  Dimensionals, Light & Dark Old Olive Stampin’ Blends, Peaceful Poppies Sequins (Mini p. 25), Glue Dots

Technique:  Alternate Layering, 2-Step Stamping

All supplies from Annual Catalog unless otherwise noted.

Poppies and Valentines

Today I'm sharing a lovely selection of some of the cards I had fun making while recovering from a nasty upper respiratory infection.  It certainly made staying home and recuperating more fun! 

I just decided to play and see where the inspiration led me.  I'm just crazy about the new Peaceful Poppies Suite!  These poppies are all so gorgeous!  Next I'm going to play with the Designer Series Paper.  It's so stunning, it is a card all by itself without even stamping!  All these poppy products can be found on page 25 of the 2020 Mini-Catalog.  I also pulled a "happy birthday" sentiment from By the Dock on page 49 and "How Did I Get so Lucky..." sentiment from Thanks for the Laughs on page 11.

By the Dock is a perfect masculine set by itself and I can't wait to explore that set and the coordinating dies soon!  I have a few masculine birthdays in February, so I'll be creating with it next.

Thanks For the Laughs is a great set of all sentiments sure to make the card maker and recipient giggle.  I'm sure when you read them all, some of them will strike you as perfect for a friend or two!

The bright field of poppies birthday card in the front was CASED from Michelle Robinson at www.mlbstampinup.blogspot.com.  I made a couple small changes to my card but her card certainly gave me the inspiration.  Thanks, Michelle!

More on each individual card later . . .