Pop up Fun with Poppystamps!

Hey there - I'm posting inspiration at Die Cut Divas today with card one below, plus I have a bonus for you! Our August Diva Challenge is Pop-Up Creations. The DT has been working with Poppystamps products but you can use any supplies. Just be sure to use an embossing folder &/or a die cut in your pop-up design. Poppystamps has generously donated a $20 gift card to their online store as a prize to our random winner.

Supplies: Paper - Hero Arts and My Favorite Things;

Neenah White; "acetate"

Dies - Poppystamps Floral Vase Pop Up Easel Set 

Hot Foil - Poppystamps Modest Greetings 1

Other - Spellbinders foil; Paper Studio gems

I've had the gorgeous Floral Vase set since Poppystamps released it in their 2023 Valentine collection - just hadn't made the effort to use it until now. Shame on me! 

Process: Die cut pop up base and card front base from Arctic cardstock. Assemble.

Die cut the vase twice - once from white, once from acetate or other clear packaging.

Color the back of the acetate with Copics to simulate water; I used BG01 & BG15.

Die cut the flowers and stems from various colored cardstock. Note - I added an extra stem.

Add the white vase layer to the card front, then the stem/leaf layer, then the acetate vase.

Assemble flowers & adhere them where desired atop the stem/leaf layer.

Foil sentiments and die cut, plus die cut a blank one. Use one, layered with the blank one, for the easel "stopper" - trim it to fit so it doesn't show when the easel is closed.  Add to card.

I tried to keep the liquid glue on the very edge of the acetate vase when adhering it to the white. Wasn't entirely successful at keeping it from showing but it's not too bad.... By the way, my "acetate" is really Spellbinders packaging. They have begun to tape their dies to what looks like a heavy weight vellum. I always put my dies on magnet strips that I glue to the package's cardstock insert. I was delighted when they stopped taping dies directly on the insert card! I've been carefully saving any bits of the Spellbinders vellum sheets that I can salvage. Sometimes it get too wrinkled while pulling the dies off and the taped area definitely gets discarded, but I can see many ways to upcycle it. 

The finished card fits perfectly in an A2 envelope when folded flat - so adorable! Here are a couple other views - closed & side:

 

 

Now for the bonus - this time I made a DIY rectangle pop up - so easy! 

Additional Supplies: Paper - Michael's ivory;

Tim Holtz Distress Cardstock 8x8; 

scraps of pink (unk brand)

My Favorite Things Petite Gingham

Dies - Poppystamps Layered Tulips

Embossing Folder - Taylored Expressions

Kaleidoscope (retired)

Other - Hero Arts Gold Hero Wax

I used the vase from the same set as card one but this time I embossed it for some gorgeous texture. You should've seen the pile of embossing folders I flipped through before settling on Kaleidoscope by TE. I just moved the die cut vase around the inside of the ef until I found the perfect spot in the pattern. After embossing it, I applied gold Hero Wax to the raised bits and inked around the vase edges with HA Cup O' Joe ink.

I used the stem/leaf die to cut the foliage & popped 3 tulips with their stems on top. The vase is popped up with tape just along the edges so I could slide the stems right into it.

Here's a photo of my easy DIY easel:

I simply cut an 8.5x11" piece of card stock in half. Scored one 4.25x11" piece at 5.5", then trimmed off the front. You can trim off as much as you like depending on how you want your easel to pop. Next cut a little diagonal piece off the left and right front edge & then score at .25" for a flap. Cut the remaining 4.25x11" piece in half so you have two 4.25x5.5" A2 panels. Glue one to your flap to create the card front. Use the other one to foil the sentiment block. After diecutting the various foiled sentiments, you will have some scraps left for later. Again, I stacked two sentiment die cuts, one foiled and one blank, for the easel stopper.

That's it, friends! Thanks for stopping and I hope you'll link your pop up creation in our August Diva Gallery! Since my vase got first play here, I'm adding my pop up to Darnell's August NBUS Challenge.

Cottage in Snow Globe

Hey there - hope your weekend is off to a great start! I'm back with my third and final entry for the September Christmas Kickstart Challenge Home for the Holidays. We're to include a house, furniture -  anything to remind you of home.

Supplies: Paper - Neenah white; BoBunny Winter Getaway;

Paper Studio Holiday (red) & Glitter (silver);

 scraps of copper, woodgrain & yellow

Dies - Poppystamps Cabin Snowglobe Pop Up Easel Set,

Cottage Globe & Tidings of Joy (retired but HERE at 123stitch)

Hero Arts Layering Snow Globe (snowflakes)

Stamp with die - Sizzix Joy (retired - stopper for pop up)

Other - Copic Marker B000; Honey Bee gem (on door)

Preparing for Poppystamps to sponsor the Die Cut Divas, my sister Diva Arlene (A Bit of This and That) had sent me some cuts from their snow globe set. All I had to do was look at them to know I wanted the set for my own. I found it at my local stamping store, along with some add on sets. I used the cute cottage & fence from one of them. My photo shows the globe popped up but it folds flat for mailing. By the way, we're doing Anything Goes for September & would love to see your project using die cuts &/or embossing folders!

That's it for today. I'll also add this to Darnell's September NBUS Challenge since my snow globe set, cottage and fence are all getting first play today. Plus, Poppystamps has an Anything Goes Challenge this month so I'll pop over there too!

Thanks for visiting!

 

Last Day for a Shaped Card at Die Cut Divas!

Hey everyone - It's the end of the month and time for a last day post at Die Cut Divas! We've been doing shaped cards all month long with our sponsor Poppystamps. Please go HERE by 9pm Pacific Time today to upload your shaped card, being sure to use a die cut or embossing folder in your design. Remember - no square or rectangular cards allowed this month! 

Here's my last day inspiration:

Supplies: Paper - Paper Studio silver

Sunny Studio Holiday Cheer

Neenah White; various scraps

Dies - Poppystamps Simple Lantern Oval

Memory Box Newbury Ornament Vignette 

(retired but HERE at Frantic Stamper)

Spellbinders Labels Thirty-Six 

(retired but HERE at Frantic Stamper)

Stamps - Poppystamps Tidings of Joy 

(retired but HERE at 123Stitch)

Other - Michael's gems; Glossy Accents

Thanks to Diva Arlene (A Bit of This and That) who sent me a few cuts from the darling oval lantern die. As of this writing, it was available at Poppystamps for a very reduced price - as I like to say, practically free! I couldn't resist picking one up along with a few other items...the Poppystamps Sale section is amazing!!

I went through a bunch of label and oval dies before settling on a Spellbinders set that I thought would make a lovely backdrop for the oval lantern. I simply cut two silver labels and scored the back one for my card base. I cut a third one in white for the card interior which I stamped and adhered before gluing front to back. Next I die cut a patterned label to go behind my lantern. Glued a backing of yellow to the lantern first and added glossy accents to simulate glass. 

Next I added some holly leaves from a Memory Box set and die cut the snowflakes from the same set. 

I layered the snowflakes and added them to a JOY sentiment I'd stamped, die cut and colored. I stamped a sub-sentiment on a scrap of yellow and fussy cut it. The holly berries are clear gems I colored with a red Copic. Done!

Ready for a bonus? I wanted to try something different and I found a fun Poppystamps ice cream cone die at my LSS earlier this month. My mini card turned out just how I envisioned! The ice cream cone is one die but cuts two pieces - the cone and the scoop. I cut two of each and scored the back of the second scoop. Assembled then added a interior piece die cut from a retired Hero Arts cone stamp/die set. I stamped the interior with a sentiment & a cherry. Stamped and die cut a second cherry for the top of my cone. I tried different sentiments for the cone and decided to let a longer banner stick out from both sides - kinda fun! My handwritten bday message went on the back of the card.

Supplies: Paper - Hero Arts latte (retired);

Neenah white; Michael's green

Dies - Poppystamps Grand Whittle Ice Cream Cone

Taylored Expressions Simple Strips

Stamps with Dies - Hero Arts Color Layering Ice Cream (retired)

Stamps - Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Birthday

Inside sentiment from Divinity Designs Mini Tag Sentiments

I'll add my cone card to Darnell's August NBUS Challenge since that die is new. And I'll add my lantern card to the August Christmas Kickstart Challenge where we're to use things that aren't in a Nativity. Streetlights - definitely not! This will be my third and final card there.

That's it, Diva friends - thanks for stopping and hope to see you in the August Diva Gallery! Poppystamps is offering a $20 gift card to our random winner (to be announced September 3rd).

Birthday Cake Pop Up!

Hey crafty friends - it's my sister Tami's birthday today so I'm serving up birthday cake!

Supplies: Paper - Neenah white;

Momenta watercolor print

Dies - Poppystamps Floral Cake Pop Up Easel

Stamps - Poppystamps Say It Big

I sent Diva Arlene (A Bit of This and That) some cuts of the Poppystamps Floral Cake Pop Up Easel set and she's been busily making cake cards. She wondered if I might like to join her for a Diva post today using the cake die set and I said yes. I needed a birthday card for Tami and thought she'd enjoy some cake!

You can see a different version I made using the cake die HERE. This time I used the flowers and leafy sprigs from the set, plus there are little petals that look like piped frosting to me. I also used a couple of them stacked as my stopper for the pop-up. Here are a couple other views:

I hope we've inspired you to add a shaped card to our August Diva gallery! You have until 9pm Pacific Time on 8/31 to upload. You don't need to use Poppystamps products to play along but be sure to use a die cut &/or embossing folder, plus have a shaped card - no rectangles or squares this month! If you decide to use an embossing folder, check out the August Let's Squash It! Challenge where Gail & Jo are also doing shaped cards!

Since I was at it, I decided to do another Poppystamps cake with some embossed layers to add to the LSI Challenge! So here's a bonus cake made for my brother and his wife, soon to be celebrating 27 years of marriage.

Embossing folder - Sizzix plaid (retired)

Sentiment - Unity I Did. I Do. I Will. (with matching die)

Thanks for stopping and have a wonderful day!

 

Shaped card for Die Cut Divas

Hey crafty friends - I've posted the card below at Die Cut Divas today for our August Shape Your Cards Challenge! We have the amazing Poppystamps as our August sponsor and I can attest to their high quality products and great customer service. And no, I don't receive any compensation for those statements - this is just another fabulous company I love!

Supplies: Paper - Bazzill ivory; various scraps;

Paper Studio brown

Stamps - Poppystamps Say it Big

Dies - Poppystamps Floral Cake Pop Up Easel Craft Die 

and Layer Cake Drip Icing; 

Whimsy Stamps Slimline Hearts Background

My Favorite Things Mini Cupcake Maker (retired) &

Oval Shadows;

The Scrapping Cottage Cottage Cutz Hot Cocoa Cafe (retired)

I ordered the Floral Cake Pop up Easel set via Frantic Stamper - can't remember if it was already out of stock at Poppystamps or I was trying to round out an order at FS (I do that often...). Anyway, the set came and I'm counting the dies repeatedly and coming up short by one. In no time, Fran from FS and Dave from Poppystamps got me my missing die! Amazing service from both places!

After all that, I didn't use the die (a flower and foliage sprig combo) on my cake. Instead I was replicating a cake spotted on the cover of my town's local magazine - February 2022 editon of Woodbury Magazine. It features frosting drips so of course I had to buy the coordinating Layer Cake Drip Icing die too!! Hard to see in the online magazine photo but the frosting drips had bitty hearts! I included those, of course, albeit from a different brand's die set. I used the Poppystamps Say it Big sentiment stamp set (with coordinating dies) which I've done oodles  of times since I bought it in May - just love the jumbo script!! I stamped it on the lower tier of the cake's inside so it's revealed when popped-up. I used a stack of oval shadows for the stopper.

 

I considered many different stamps & dies for the creamy poofs on top of the cake. I ended up using the cupcake frosting from an MFT die set for the 3 front ones and the tip of a Cottage Cutz cocoa foam die for the back 2 (since they face the other way). I didn't dare try to put sprinkles on my poofs - afraid I'd mess them up! You can see a card with the full cocoa poof HERE, if desired. My dear friend Connie, more like a sister, received this card for her early August birthday - she loved it!

Still with me for a bonus? Keep reading :)

My friend and sister Diva Arlene (A Bit of This and That) gifted me the Poppystamps Stained Glass Snowflake die. Thanks again, Arlene!! I loved it so much I promptly purchased the matching shadow Stained Glass Snowflake Background & coverplate Stained Glass Snowflake Window dies. For my bonus I made a quick & easy mini snowflake card using the gifted die and its shadow.

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White;

Paper Studio Glitter cardstock

Dies - Poppystamps Stained Glass Snowflake

Stained Glass Snowflake Background

Other - Michael's gems

To make the card I just cut two outlines and put a little score line near the top to hinge it. Next I cut the snowflake from glitter paper and glued to the top. I stamped the sentiment on the inside of the back piece before I glued the scored part to the bottom, forming the card. Here's a view of the inside:

Stamps on inside from Hero Arts 

Jingle All the Way Stamp & Cut (retired) &

Gingerbread House Stamp & Cut - snowflake at bottom

(as of this writing still available HERE at Frantic Stamper)

Still with me? You could also make this into a gift tag or adhere it to a circle to make it bigger & still make it into a tag. I didn't actually glue it down, but here's how it'd look that way:

Any circle would do, this one's from Hero Arts Nesting Circle Infinity Dies set.

That's it for today. I hope I've inspired you to join the Diva August Shape Your Cards Challenge - you have until 9pm Pacific Time on 8/31/22 to link up! 

Thanks for stopping by!!