Spooky Greetings

07/29/2014

Halloween Greetings

I love the new Poppystamps - Scary Background [1078] die.  Background die cuts are great for a quick card.  Just add a few stickers/embellishments or other die cuts and you have a quick haunting greeting.  What is even better is that you have all the letters from the die to use as a greeting on other cards.  

For my post today, I used some spooky embellishments [stickers] to make it appear as if something was lurking behind the letters.  Bats and googlie eyeballs are watching you. Open the card if you dare...

Supplies

Poppystamps Scary Background [1078]

Embellishments

Adhesive

Cardstock

Thanks for stopping by. 

[1078] DIES- Scary Background

Welcome to the Poppystamps & Twinery Blog Hop! July 24-26, 2014.

Welcome to my blog!  You probably arrived here from Christine Meyer's blog.  I hope you are enjoying your blog hopping today.  There is a lot of great inspiration yet to come and a few prizes are up for grabs from courtesy of Poppystamps and The Twinery!  

For my post today, I am jazzing up a gift container.  You can use any container from tin (even an empty tin from mints if you do not want to purchase a tin or a glass jar/bottle).  I used Maraschino Twine from The Twinery to give it a festive holiday feel.  Then I turned to the [1097] Poppystamps Stocking Garland die from Poppystamps' recent release.

Supplies you will need: 

Poppystamps dies, I used 1097 Stocking Garland
Twinery Twine, I used Maraschino Stripe Twine
Embellishments (I used gold star brads)
Adhesive (glue works best to adhere twine to the container)
Container to decorate
Foam adhesives
Card stock

How I did it:
I used a tin that I had on hand.  To give you an idea of size of the tin that I used,  I was able to put a variety of items inside. I tested it by filling it with gourmet tea bags or truffles or small wrapped gourmet chocolate squares, hard candies, etc.

Another fabulous use of a small tin is to surprise your favorite crafting buddy with some Poppystamps dies!  I was able to put in a couple dies even with a little bit of padding.  Some ideas? Well the Christmas Baubles [1040], the Lyndon Butterfly [1059] or even the Theo Butterfly  [1060].

I used a glue adhesive circle to hold the end of the twine and then I used glue lightly to keep the twine on the tin.

As you wrap you may need to push the twine down to keep any gaps from forming.  You can also vary the colors of twine or twist the twine to create a pattern.

Next, I wrapped the sides of the lid.

While the glue was drying, I cut and heavily glittered paper.  Then I added some gold star brads and finished with the 1097 Stocking Garland from Poppystamps.  To adhere it, I used a slightly larger piece of paper and the foam adhesive squares to give the scene a little depth.

Want More?  Maybe even a chance to win a prize?  

Go to the Poppystamps blog and The Twinery blog to find out how you could win a great prize during the July 24-July26, 2014 Poppystamps and The Twinery blog hop!  Before you go, feel free to leave me a comment, a suggestion or a question.

Your next stop on the hop is the blog of DoBea Alberts.  

If my blog is the first you have "hopped to" here is the full list of talented crafters and the generous companies who have made this hop possible!  Check them out!

Blog Hop for July 25th, 2014

Poppystamps  

The Twinery 

Monika Wright 

Tifany DeGough 

Ira Huberts                

Christine Meyer                            

DoBea Alberts

Mary McMillan 

Tobi Crawford 

Michele Henderson 

Anita Mulcahey 

Yvonne Dunlop   

03/14/2014

Poppies for Mother

Welcome to the first day of the Poppystamps Blog Blitz!  I am excited to kick-off the 14-day event with a fab new die, Arched Poppies, from the new release which also begins today!!  

I love the way Poppystamps dies fit in with any card style you want to make.  It can be fancy, embellished or, in this case a simple Mother's Day card.

I used the Arched Poppies die and ran it through the die cut machine a few times in both gold foil and white cardstock.  Adding small strips of color to the rear of the white cardstock provides color inside the poppies when the foil is overlaid on it.  And it is a great way to use small scraps of paper left over from other cards.

I used stickers for my greeting on the front and inside of the card. 

To add some additional color, I took inspiration from Easter eggs and used a bunch of spring colors and speckled the paper with a color spritzer and markers.

The white card base and greeting were attached with foam squares to give some dimension while the Arched Poppies were attached with a glue pen.

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Supplies:

Poppystamps Arched Poppies Die [1019]

Cardstock

Markers

Adhesives [foam adhesive, glue or tape runner, glue pen]

Ink Spritzer

I hope you liked my card and I know you will love ALL the new release dies as much as I do.  So don't forget to check out Poppystamps blog for your daily inspiration!