Big Thanks with Concord & 9th

 

Hi!  Earlier this Spring I purchased enough from Concord & 9th to get a little add-on paper pack.  Well, on this paper pack was a lovely “Thank you” lettering as part of the packaging.  Well, you never see a cardmaker wasting anything pretty, so I set it aside for just this occasion!  

I paired the colours of the big THANK word with Concord & 9th’s Flower Medley stamp set and stamped a whole bunch of blooms, die cut them with the coordinating dies and then made a little arrangement around the slimline sized card.  Colours are Dragonfruit, Clementine, Oceanside, Tidepool and Parsley.  

Next the letters are popped up on foam tape, and I added the “you” that is part of the sentiment in the stamp set on top of the K so it would complete the words.  To fill in some of the white space, I stamped a few of the tiny petals in.  Some white gel pen accents the letters too, creating the illusion of shine.  

Feels very bright and cheerful, and such a fun way to make use of packaging!  

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Red, Red Rose Set

It’s the season of love!  Well, hopefully every season is a season of love if we’re doing it right :), but as we head toward Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d show you a card and a pretty pillow box I created with a couple of sets from Power Poppy.  

For the gift box design I used My English Rose Stamp Set and then for the card I used Graceful Still Life Digital  both from Power Poppy.  You’ve just got to love the beauty of a rich red rose.  I’ve paired it with a pretty shade of blue to give it some contrast.  

For the main image on the card I printed the digital in a lighter gray so that it would have some softness and then added the colouring with some Copics.  In the background I stamped the larger rose from My English Rose in red so you get just a peek of it.  

For the pillow box I used a Silhouette file and my Silhouette Cameo to cut out blue cardstock in the shape of the pillow box.  I like using the Cameo for this type of thing because it cuts tiny lines where your folding should be and it makes it really easy to fold.  Before putting the box together I stamped the rose from the set in white craft ink over the left side of the box.  

Next I created a tag with the rose from the set and just coloured in the petals and the background, adding a few Nuvo iridescent dots for a bit of sparkle, and then a pretty red satin ribbon and a bit of blue twine.  

Ready for Valentine gift giving!  

Have you played along yet in our Power & Spark challenge for February?  It’s all about love and sparkle!  We'd love to see what you can make with either a Love theme or a Sparkle theme or combine them into a card that shows off BOTH!  Play along and you could win a $50 shopping spree at Power Poppy!  

For more lovey inspiration today, be sure to pop by the rest of the Power Poppy Bloom Brigade playing along.  

SaveAllison Cope
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Julie Koerber
Katie Sims
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker
and the Power Poppy Blog

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Red, Red Rose Set

Using Power Poppy Packaging

If you’ve ordered stamps from Power Poppy before, you know in addition to providing beautiful illustration and high quality polymer stamps, Marcy goes above and beyond and packages every order with pretty papers, washi tapes and she writes a personal note.  Talk about sweet customer service!  On our most recent set of stamps, Marcy packaged mine with some striking black and printed paper with trees all over.  It was just too lovely to waste, so today it has a second life as a card accent and tag.  

I started with Power Poppy’s Cozy Cupfuls set and coloured it up with Copics.  Its still one of my favourite sets with those adorable little cardinals.  

After cutting their tails a bit “out of the box”, I put it through a stitched circle die.  Did you know that female cardinals almost have a green tint to their feathers?  

I added some black metallic paper to accent the black of the patterned paper to keep it really simple but festive.  I wee bit of holly leaves and sparkly berries accent the sentiment, and a bit of gingham ribbon and Nuvo drops finish it off.  

I also kept the tag really simple too.  I think tags are so sweet, but my gift recipients usually only look at them long enough to rip off the wrapping.  

Have you played along yet in our 12 Days of Christmas Challenge?  There are 12 possible ways you can enter, and tons of inspiration we’ve given at the Power Poppy blog over the past few weeks.   Be sure to check out the first day and entry spot HERE, and a summary of all the 12 Days of inspiration are HERE.  

Now take a peek at what the Bloom Brigade has for you today....

Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Katie Sims
Stacy Morgan
and Marcy at the Power Poppy Blog

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Using Power Poppy Packaging

Poppies from the Heart

Hello Power Poppy Fans!  Today we’re ushering a brand new month long challenge for you!  This month Katie has challenged us to create “Gifts from the Heart”.   Here’s what she had to say about it.  

"This month’s Power & Spark challenge is all about giving.  We all know the paper crafting community has some of the biggest, giving hearts around so let’s celebrate that with “Gifts from the Heart”.  Show us your creative ways of gift presentations or a hand crafted gift….or both!  Try stamping  your own wrapping paper, decorate your own gift bag or tag, craft a gift set of note cards....youchoose how to show your art and heart for a special someone.  Even though the holidays are just around the corner, any time is a great time for gift giving so this challenge is open for any occasion.  We can’t wait to see what you create!"

I decided to do some creative packaging for a Birthday gift with our lovely Poppies set.  I created a card, gift tag and matching wrapping paper.  I really love the look of red poppies on Kraft paper, so I pulled out the prisamcolor pencils and started with the card.  

I really wanted to give my Silhouette Sketch pens another go, so I created the black background with a bronze coloured sketch pen and this beautiful medallion image.  On the cardstock here it looks almost white - but in real life it is bronze.  I doodled in the inside of the outlines with a Spica black pen and then the white prismacolour pencil.  The medallion almost has the look of intricate doodling - or even mehndi art.  

Just some simple looped ribbon and black pearls finish it off.  The sentiment is from Power Poppy’s Go Wild set.  

Now for the tag I printed the medallion onto Kraft wrapping paper and then outlined part of the design in white prismacolor pencil and some of the design with the Spica pen in black, stamping the Poppy in the middle and giving it some colour.  

And for the wrapping paper, I used another 12 x 12 inch section on my Silhouette machine, enlarged the medallion to fit the entire size and used the Sketch Pen in bronze again and had the machine sketch it out.  Then colouring in the white and black sections the same way I did on the tag.  Now I have everything I need for some pretty packaging on the next present!  

Here’s the gang playing along today...

Christine Okken (you are here)
Cindy Lawrence
Julie Koerber
Katie Sims
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker

See you tomorrow for another one of our fabulous new digital designs Marcy has in store for us!

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CardMaker and Scrapbook Adhesives Blog Hop!

What a fun day today!  The CardMaker Magazine Blog Team has paired up with Scrapbook Adhesives  by 3L to bring you a very fun hop today showing off all that's available with Scrapbook Adhesives.  All I have to say is WOW!  Not only were they really generous with us  - but they have some awesome products that I had not seen before!  So, I know you'll see some great and inspiring things today on the hop.

Adhesive is an essential in card making.  And the truth is - the RIGHT adhesive makes all the difference on a project being effective.  So today I wanted to show off a number of different applications that used different products in this sweet birthday set I created.

I love when gift packaging is coordinated!  So here's a sweet summer Birthday card and a very fun gift box I created from a Silhouette Cut File I found by Samantha Walker.    

I began with the card creating some fun pennant style elements with Teresa Collins Memories Paper and Flourishes Kid's Play stamp set.  The image is embossed on the icy blue paper and then I added some Scrapbook Adhesives Black Photo Corners to the right edges of the design to accent the main panel and some 3D Foam Squares to pop the panel up a little.   

Now for the very fun gift box that opens so uniquely.... I just love how cute it is!  

Here I used a number of products including Crafty Power Tape to hold the panels of the box together.  It's a lot stronger than regular adhesive which is perfect for a box.   I also used it to adhere the ribbon on the belly band for the box too.  Then, to accent the box I added a pretty felt flower adhering it with medium Dodz which is perfect for holding it together. 

Here's a picture of all the awesome adhesives I used for the Birthday set.  It's so nice to have the right products for a project like this!  

Want some fun news?  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® is sponsoring two Adhesive Prize packages worth $25 each. One winner will be randomly drawn from comments on the Crafty Power Blog, and the other will be randomly drawn from comments on the participating blog posts.  Be sure to comment on each blog for your chances to win. The contest is open from June 19, 8:00 am EST, until June 21, 8:00 am EST. Winners will be announced on the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Power Blog!  Be sure to stop by and enter for some of these great products yourself!  

Now head on over to the talented Kelly Klapstein to see what she's created!

Thanks for dropping by today!

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3D Tags

Every year at our Staff Christmas party we have a gift exchange, sometimes it's White Elephant, but other times it's something small we buy or make.  For the past several years I've made something, and this year I decided to make some fun tags in an up-cycled chocolate container.  

The tags are very cute 3D tags that I found at the Silhouette store.  Really easy to make.  I could have fussed and mussed some more to jazz them up, but I like the simple style, and tags are quickly torn off the packages, so sometimes it is nice to keep things simple.  These are the tags I'm using on all our Christmas gifts as well.  

I embossed the red layer, then used a Sizzix die to cut out the letters, accenting with some buttons and wired ribbon to tie the box together.  You can see the twine I added to the package of tags so the recipient could tie them on their packages.  

And here's a closer shot of the tags.  Aren't they adorable?  Our youngest loves the snowman with his arms going either way like he's doing the disco. :)  

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Little Black Purse

Welcome to my first Blog Hop with the CardMaker Blog Team!  Today's hop is a fun theme.  You know all those last minute gift cards you get for the people on your list?  The hard to buy for, or the simple gifts for teachers or the mailman etc?  How about packaging them in something fun?  Today's hop is all about creative gift card holders.

I thought a fun way to showcase my gift card would be a little black purse (sort of like that essential little black dress).  So I dressed up my gift card this way....

I started with a very cute cut file template from the Silhouette store for a purse where the gift card pops up when you open it.  I cut it out on metallic black cardstock for that shine and shimmer factor, and before assembling I embossed the design with this gorgeous Courtship embossing folder (do be careful though - once you emboss the paper it is more fragile).

After assembling the purse with Scor Tape,  I did a little glitzy embellishing.  Some May Arts Metallic Velvet along the top, some black Satin Plisse Ruffled Ribbon for the purse strap, some curly silver metallic ribbon for fun, silver cording holding the clear beads and the pretty purse charm (source unknown).  The tiny Classic Tag is embossed in silver from a fun little Flourishes set called Tiny Flowers and Tags.  And finally a pretty Architectural Brad from Nunn Designs to finish it off as the purse clasp.

Now for the inside of the purse so you can see the gift card (you can click on these to make the larger)...

Because of the inside pocket and the way it's attached to the flap, when you open the purse, the gift card pops up.  Which is a sweet little touch.  Hope you enjoyed this little project and I know you'll continue to be inspired by the rest of the team....hop on over to these fabulous CardMaker Blog Team girls:

AJ

Christine  (you are here)

Glenda 

Ivanka 

Jennie 

Melanie 

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Little Black Purse