Alcohol Inks

My card today uses alcohol inks, a product I love crafting with but sometimes I forget about them. Then when I do start playing with them I can't seem to stop! So I pulled out my glossy card stock and a few blues, purples and teals to create some inky paper.

I die cut the Poppystamps Folium Frame from a paper with lighter hues of colour and the Daphne Butterfly was die cut from a more vivid piece of inky card stock.

To give the butterfly more loft I die cut a couple from purple vellum and attached it to the back of the inked butterfly.

The frame and butterfly were mounted onto wood grain paper for some texture and a simple sentiment was stamped in the corner with black ink and clear heat embossed.

I'm entering this card over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Hip To Be Square Challenge here.

Thanks for dropping by today!

1512 Folium Frame

1469 Daphne Butterfly

CL427 Flourish Blooms

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Majestic Maple

I have a colourful card using a few fun techniques over at Poppystamps.

Please stop by here for all the details and to leave a comment.

Thanks!

Serene Bird

I have a card today using Poppystamps stamps and dies.

I started off by die cutting a circle out of white card stock and adding a wash of colour behind it in orange and yellow.

I took glossy paper and coloured it with alcohol inks and die cut a bird from it and used a strip of it on the left hand side of the card.

The branch and Stick Frame Border were die cut from cherry wood paper and I finished off by stamping the sentiment to follow the curved of the window opening.

I'm submitting this card for Simon Says Stamp Make for the Border Challenge here.

Happy crafting!

1519 Quiet Bird Sash

1506 Stick Frame Border

1522 Chirping Birds

CL427 Flourish Blooms

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Poppystamps & Birch Press Design Blog Hop

Hi everyone, welcome to our blog hop featuring products from Poppystamps and Birch Press Design! You should be arriving from Patty's blog.

For those not familiar with Birch Press Design, it's an online company founded by Memory Box and Poppystamps creator Dave Brethauer. Birch Press sells household and craft items including the amazing stackable craft dies we are featuring today.

I created a simple card that can easily mass produced with the Delfina Layer Set. I used two out of the three layers in the set. adhered them together and added those onto a dark blue background.

I used a snowflake from the Poppystamps Ava Snowflakes set and die cut it from glittery card stock. The sentiment from the Christmas Greetings stamp set was silver heat embossed onto vellum and I finished off with some metallic accents for the snowflake centres.

Make sure to comment along the hop for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate for Birch Press Design. The more you comment, the more chances to win. You have until August 27th to comment and the winner will be announced on the Poppystamps blog on August 29th. We're also offering FREE SHIPPING (USA only) on all die orders from Birch Press Design.

Poppystamps.com is having a special sale for you too! You can also enter the code "FRESH" at Poppystamps for an additional 20% items already on sale (go to the SUMMER SALE page to see the great deals)!   Click here to go shopping!  As a bonus, free shipping on poppystamps orders from August 23 through Aug 28!

The next person on the hop is Yoonsun. If a link is broken, here is a list of all the hop participants.

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Ilona Zbieg

Irena Kowalczyk

Jeanne Jachna

Jinny Newlin

JJ Bolton

Lezlye Lauterbach

Marybeth Lopez

Michele Henderson

Olga Direktorenko

Pam Simpson

Patty Tanuz

Sue McRae
Yoonsun Hur


Thanks for stopping by today!

Delfina A craft die	Delfina B craft die	Delfina C craft die	Delfina Layer Set
1603 Ava Snowflakes	CL439 Christmas Greetings Clear Stamp Set

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Mad About Monkeys

One last Poppystamps card featuring animals. This one is all about the monkeys.

I die cut the Jungle Vine Oval from cherry wood paper and attached it to a water coloured background.

 

The monkeys were die cut in different earth tones as I figured this would be a good card for a baby boy.

I'm entering this in Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge Let's Go Wild here.

1488 Jungle Vine Oval	1497 Happy Monkey	1481 Hopping Monkey	1501 Dancing Monkey
1478 Hip Little One

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Critter Birthday

I'm back with another Poppystamps card using the same critters as on yesterday's card but this time they are embossed.

I die cut the animals from white card stock, applied Versamark over the die cut, sprinkled with embossing powder and heat set.

The monkey and giraffe on the right were done with premixed embossing powders in Desert Wind and Desert Blossom from Stamp A Mania (they are temporarily closed). For the giraffe on the left I mixed the Desert Wind with Ranger Buttercup Embossing Powder for a custom look.

The Jumbled Happy Birthday was die cut with blue fun foam for some loft and extra colour.

I'm entering this card for Simon Says Stamp Let's Go Wild Wednesday Challenge here.

Thanks for dropping by today!

1472 Jumbled Happy Birthday

1369 Giraffe Trio

1501 Dancing Monkey

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For the Little One

I have a card to welcome a new baby into the world.

I used Poppystamps Gentle Wave Collage on my panel and thought it would be fun to have some animals hanging out of and around the waves.

All the critters were cut from felt to add a bit of fuzzy texture.

I'm entering this in Simon Says Stamp Let's Go Wild Challenge here.


Thanks for visiting today!

1369 Giraffe Trio	1477 Gentle Wave Collage	1501 Dancing Monkey	1481 Hopping Monkey
1497 Happy Monkey	1478 Hip Little One

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Fall Foliage

I have a new project up at Poppystamps.

Please stop by here to see the all the details and to leave a comment.

Wishing you a crafty day!

Layered Vellum

I have a card up at Poppystamps that has a pretty layered vellum background.

Please stop by here to check it out and leave a comment.

Another Poppystamps Peek

My second holiday card has gone up at Poppystamps for the Blog Blitz!

Make sure to stop by the blog here to leave your comments for a chance to win the new die I'm using on my card.

Happy Crafting!

Blog Blitz & Giveaways!

We're having a Blog Blitz over at Poppystamps with the new fall/winter collection which was just released.

Here's a peek at my card.

For a full reveal of my card please stop by here and make sure to leave a comment over at Poppystamps for a chance to win the die I used.

Have a great day!

 

O Canada

Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians! Have a spectacular day and enjoy the long weekend!