Welcome to the Creation Station February Blog Hop! Whether you have hopped here from Kathy's blog or have started here, I'm glad you've arrived at my blog. You are in for a lot of inspiration today. We are sharing The Full Monty. That means, we are picking a suite of products and are using every product in the entire suite.
The explanation of the theme given to the Creation Station design team was to create one project using everything in the suite. Well, I could not do that. I picked out my favorite suite in the Spring Mini--Peaceful Poppies. It is what Stampin' Up! calls a super suite: two stamp sets (Painted Poppies and Peaceful Moments), two coordinating die sets (Painted Labels and Poppy Moments), Peaceful Poppies designer series paper, Peaceful Poppies Sequins (to die for), Whisper White Crinkled Ribbon, and Peaceful Poppies elements. There is so much to use, that I chose to create five projects using several products in the suite plus a bonus one with a gold foil pizza box I had out on my desk and some paper I love but couldn't figure out how to use on the other projects. Have fun checking out something from each of the products in the suite. Note: I am totally in love with the Peaceful Poppies Sequins--you'll see them featured on one project and used on all of them.
For this card, I picked out three paper patterns that included Blackberry Bliss, cut them in strips and placed them at slight angles on the Whisper White card stock. I stamped the greeting from Peaceful Moments in Blackberry Bliss and adhered it to an open circle of Blackberry Bliss card stock die cut using a die from Painted Labels. I used a Blackberry Bliss Dark Stampin' Blends to color the ribbon and then tied it in a double bow. Gold sequins finish the card.
This card features the Peaceful Poppies sequins. The colors are clear, black, gold and light and dark Poppy Parade. I used just the flat sequins on the card. The sequins were layered over Blackberry Bliss card stock embossed with the Subtle 3D embossing folder. I laid out my design with Tear & Tape adhesive, cut in half lengthwise, then added the sequins. The design was inspired by the bare branches I walked into about 5 in the morning while walking Roxie. Instead of being angry myself, I stepped back and noticed the shape of the branches backlit by a street lamp at the end of the block. The shapes brought me joy in that moment, so I decided to make joyful branches on this card with sequins. I added the perfect greeting from Peaceful Moments, stamped in Blackberry Bliss on a square created with the large rectangle die in Painted Labels (I put the Whisper White card stock and label die through the die cutting machine twice to create the square--the die is very easy to line up for the second cut).
This is my bonus project--a very simple one. Since it is the last of my "Blackberry Bliss" projects, I put it here. I am so happy that the gold Mini Pizza Boxes have carried over from the Holiday Catalog. I fussy cut the watercolor style poppies from the paper. which is the reverse design on the Blackberry Bliss dotted paper. I popped the smaller poppy up with dimensionals. I fussy cut the greeting from Peaceful Moments and popped it up, too. Of course, I added sequins--gold to match the box.
Instead of using the big poppy and leaf dies in the Poppy Moments die set that I have seen on lots of beautiful cards, I used the openwork background die for this card. I used the die twice to create the 5-1/4" x 2-1/4" Basic Black piece. it is layered over the Pool Party with white stripe design from the Peaceful Poppies designer series paper pack. The greeting from Peaceful Moments was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on a Pool Party banner. Whisper White crinkled ribbon and black poppy-shaped sequins finish the card.
This card uses the embossed watercolor paper poppy and leaf designs from the Peaceful Poppies elements. I watercolored the leaves with Old Olive and the poppies with Poppy Parade and Blackberry Bliss. The poppies dried to a Calypso Coral color, so I layered Calypso Coral under the Old Olive striped pattern from the Peaceful Poppies paper. The greeting was stamped in Mossy Meadow and then die cut using a label die from Painted Labels. Gold poppy-shaped sequins finish the card. This is a 4-1/2" square card.
This final card uses two images from the Painted Poppies stamp set. I stamped the poppies image twice in Old Olive ink, then used the Poppy Parade Combo, Calypso Coral Combo and Basic Black Dark Stampin' Blends to color them. I used the large dotted filler image to create a Pool Party backdrop for the poppies, using second and third generation stamping. For a fun touch, I added Poppy Parade light and dark and clear poppy-shaped sequins to the field of poppies. The greeting is from the Peaceful Moments stamp set, stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Poppy Parade. The Whisper White crinkled ribbon was colored black with the Basic Black Dark Stampin' Blends marker, then wrapped around the Poppy Parade 6" x 3" card base.
Hope you've enjoyed my Peaceful Poppies projects. Now it's time to see what Dena has in store for us today--it is sure to be wonderful!
Here's a little guessing game for you. How many times did I type "poopy" instead of "poppy" while preparing my blog post today? LOL--my typing skills are truly lacking.
Have a great February! I hope you are always finding joy in the little things.
--Sara Nell
John 15:11
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