I Brake for Poppies!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a card that I made for a co-worker that retired last week.

She was a beautiful, sweet woman and so I wanted a pretty card to send her off.

I used 4 different stamps/sets from I Brake for Stamps on her card.

HALF SHEET POPPIES
STAINED GLASS POPPIES
CALIFORNIA POPPIES BORDER
EVERY DAY PHRASES

This was a very large card...8 1/2" x 5 1/2".

I needed it to be large so that all of her co-workers could sign it.

I Brake for Valentine's Shakers!

Hello and happy Saturday!!

Today I'm sharing a card that in my opinion, screams Valentine's Day!

I've used STAINED GLASS POPPIES from I Brake for Stamps.

There are several stamps in the stained glass series. You can see them all here.

I also used HUGS...KISSES... verse.

I've created a little tutorial to show you how I put the shaker window together.

The first thing I did was to stamp the image twice because you need the bottom full image and then you need the frame on top to hold the acetate on.

I didn't color the full frame on the part that would be on the bottom because it isn't going to show.  I did want to see if I liked the purple color with the colors I used on the image though so I colored a little of it. Once I saw that I liked the color combo I colored the frame for the top.

Next I cut out the inside of the frame with a penblade knife.  I used a metal ruler to make sure my line stayed straight. I used metal because I tried a plastic ruler once and found that the blade was so sharp it sliced thin pieces off the ruler as well as cutting the paper. Lesson learned.

Next, cut out the outside with scissors and measure and cut a piece of acetate to the same size as the frame. It's there...it's just so clear you can't see it...lol.

I used Scor-Tape to adhere the acetate to the frame.

Once the acetate is in place I added my dimensional foam tape.

Fill the shaker window, peel the backing off the foam and adhere the colored and stamped image to it. Flip it over and viola! Your shaker is made.  It's really pretty simple.  I purposely made sure there was a glare on this photo so you could see the acetate that holds your beads in. 

I wanted to emboss my paper with some hearts and to make sure enough of them showed I laid the shaker box down and measured how wide and tall I wanted my front panel to be. It also needed to be wide enough to fit the sweet verse on it.

I embossed my paper and added a little extra pop of color with some designer paper.

Here it is without the glare. You can see the colors of the image and beads better in this photo.

On the inside I used BE MY VALENTINE from VALENTINE SHEET -DESIGNS.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and are inspired to try this if you never have.

I Brake For Poppies

Hi everybody,  Regina here and I have started loving poppies as of around the first of the year and all of a sudden, I am seeing poppies everywhere, including the card making business, stamps and dies galore.  I Brake For Stamps has a few really pretty poppy stamps including the one I am using on today's card.  Here is a link to the I Brake For Stamps STORE.  Here is a link to the stamp I am using called, Stained Glass Poppies.

I wanted to do something different so I made a square window card with this stamp.  One of my friends lost a family member recently so I wanted to use this one as a sympathy card.  I used Gina K Designs White, Red Hot and Sweet Corn card stocks.  I colored the stamp with copics, which are listed below.  I used a Lawn Fawn die called, Thinking About You Border.  It is all one phrase but I cut it apart so it would fit on the card.  I used the Silhouette Adhesive Sheets with the die so that all I would have to do is peel off the backing and stick it to the card, no worries about it coming unglued.  I used a Cuttlebug Polka Dot embossing folder but only embossed part of the card.  I used Diamond Stickles in the center of one of the flowers.  The patterned paper on the inside is by Echo Park called Sweet Girl.

I used a Spellbinders Classic Large Square die to cut out the opening for the window. 

Copics Used:  Poppies R20, R22, R24, R27
Stems and Leaves:  G20, G24, G28
Frame:  Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17
Center of Poppy:  E23, E25, E27 and Y15
Background:  BG000 and BG01 and also used tip to tip to blend better


I hope I inspired you to make something beautiful!  You can see additional projects by visiting my blog at http://cardsbyregina.blogspot.com.  Have a great day!

Regina - I Brake For Stamps Design Team Member

I Brake for Stained Glass Poppies!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a gorgeous image from I Brake For Stamps

called STAINED GLASS POPPIES.

I loved coloring this!  I've been trying to get better at shading and this was the perfect image to practice on. I wanted it to look through light was shining through the window.