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.