Poppy Stamps Shaker Card

Hello!

This is my second card today! You can find my Crafter's Companion card here.

Today is the last day to enter Poppy Stamps Shake It Up Challenge and I am just making it in before it closes!! I made this last week and thought oh I have all the time in the world before the end of the month.... well it is now the end of the month!! LOL!!

I am also entering this in Darnell's NBUS (Never Been Used) Challenge #7! I got this Poppy Stamp set Ewe Are The Best many, many months ago and when I saw the shaker challenge earlier this month I decided it was time to use it!!

To start I picked out some pattern paper and I used a Simon Say Stays Frames Die to cut some green and purple pattern paper. From the green paper, I cut out the lamb body twice. To make sure I had the placement right I first added the green panel to the center of a white card base and used washi tape to hold the dies in the right spot. After die cutting the bodies I stamped the Ewe Are The Best on the green panel.

I also die cut the heads and legs from Kraft card stock and then stamped the matching heads. I also stamped the heads on white card stock, fussy cut out the hair and adhered them to the Kraft heads.

To assemble the shaker I adhered some acetate to the back of the green panel and then added foam tape around each of the bodies. Then I added a few sequins to the card and with some more foam tape around the rest of the panel I added it to the card base.

I added the purple border around the green panel directly to the card base and then last I die cut a tiny heart and added it above one of the lambs.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Poppy Stamps - Ewe Are The Best
Dies: Poppy Stamps - Ewe Are The Best. Simon Says Stamp - Frames
Pattern Paper: Echo Park Paper - Homegrown
Sequins: Darcies - Iridescent White. Neat & Tangled - Christmas Mix

You & Me

Hiya!!!

Today i'm sharing a card i made for a few challenges! First Darnell's NBUS Challenge, Second CASology's NBUS Challenge and Third The Penny Black Saturday Challenge - NEW. and finally Craft Stamper Take It, Make It - Take A Stamp Challenge This card is all about the Never Before Used Schtuff!! This is the first time for the cute couple stamp, the sentiment stamp and the flower die!

I started by stamping the super cute Penny Black couple stamp with Memento ink. I colored them up with Copic markers. Next i cut the image out, leave a small white boarder. Two of the hearts were free standing (not part of the heart the couple is in), so i made sure to cut those out too.

Next i used Waffle Flower's Flower Circle Die and cut out the scallop flower from a dark red card stock. I first added it to a white card base with foam dots.

Then i added the couple with foam dots, along with the two free standing hearts above them. They all fit within the Flower Circle Die. Last i stamped the You & Me sentiment below the flower.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Dana

Supplies
Stamps: Penny Black - Jumbo Love. Cosmo Cricket - Sweet Disposition
Die: Waffle Flower - Flower Circle
Copic Markers

Overwelmed by your Kindness

Hi!!

Today i'm popping in with card i made this weekend! But first i'd like to give a little shout out to Susan at Penny Black! I was lucky to win a prize pack a couple weeks agao and one of my choices was the Foliage Fancy stamp set. I've been trying to get my hands on this set, for like, forever!! I like to make purchase from online stores so i can get a variety of items from different manufactures, and every time this set would be out of stock.

Well Susan emailed and said... you guessed it, it was out of stock! It made me sad!! However a few days later Susan emailed that she searched high and low and found ONE set!! Whoo hooo!! I was so excited!! I am also amazed at the customer service for someone who wasn't a paying customer!!! I am impressed and will so be making my future Penny Black purchases directly from them!! :)

I'm also entering this into Darnell's new NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff) Challenge! The theme is Anything Goes! Its a new challenge that is almost up, so hurry to play along too!!

Ok, so back to the card!! So i really love this set and as i was making this card i kept thinking of other ways to use it!! I first stamped the 3 different types of leaves all over my card base. Before i did this i did to a couple tests on scrap paper to make sure i picked the right ink colors. I also liked the texture my dye ink pads created when stamping these solid stamps. The pads are felt like, so there is a nice texture to them and i love how the leaves shows that texture!!

Then i went in with just the outline leaves and stamped them over the solid leaves. I used a kraft ink for the lighter leaf and a dark brown for the darker leaves. Next i found a speech bubble in my extra do-dad bowl, i cut off the little tail that made it a speech bubble. I stamped the sentiment Overwhelmed by your Kindness in dark brown ink.

I wrapped some twine around my card base and tied it in a bow. Last i added my sentiment bubble with foam dots!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful day!!

Dana