These cards feature the Painted Poppies Stamp Set from Stampin' Up!.
All of these cards were made using the Stamparatus and were all stamped using the Painted Poppies Stamp Set and the following set-up. I carefully arranged the single poppy flower on the front side of one of the plates, the large single leaf on the other plate, the leaf stem on the reverse side of one of the plates, and the stemmed poppy on the reverse side of the second plate. I also stamped and cut a mask of the single poppy flower from Post-It Tape.
It took several tries on scrap paper to get the pieces aligned properly. Once it was all set I began each card by stamping the single poppy flower using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, let if dry completely and then applied the mask. The rest of the items were each stamped twice (I rotated the mat 180 degrees to stamp the opposite side) also using the Memento Ink. Once everything was stamped and dried I removed the mask from the poppy flower and colored the flowers and leaves using Stampin' Blends.
For this first card the bottom mat was cut out of Rich Razzleberry CS and then embossed using the Subtle Embossing Folder, the bottom layer of the center piece was cut from Whisper White CS, the frame edge piece was cut from Pear Pizzazz CS using the Rectangle Stitched Dies. The items were stamped in the same order as above using the Memento Ink. The poppies and buds were colored with Rococo Rose Stampin' Blends, the leaves and stems with Old Olive Stampin' Blends. Then I stamped the center of the large poppy using the larger texture stamp from the featured set and the dots using one of the stamps from the Forever Ferns Stamp Set using Rich Razzleberry Ink. The sentiment is from the Label Me Bold Stamp Set and was stamped on a scrap piece of Whisper White CS, cut out with the Classic Label Punch, trimmed to the desired length, and popped up with Dimensionals. Lastly I added some coordinated Enamel Shapes.
For this next card the bottom mat was cut from Granny Apple Green CS, the next mat from Highland Heather Card CS, then the next piece from Whisper White CS, and the frame piece from Granny Apple Green. The upper 3 pieces were cut using the Rectangle Stitched Dies. The Highland Heather piece was embossed using the Subtles Embossing Folder. The poppies and buds were colored with the Purple Posy Stampin' Blends, the leaves and stems with Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends. The center of the large flower and the dots were stamped with Highland Heather Ink. The sentiment was also stamped with Highland Heather Ink using one of the Label Me Bold Stamps, and cut out like the above card and popped up with Dimensionals.. Lastly I added some Purple Posy Faceted Dots.
For this next card the bottom mat was cut from a piece of Peaceful Poppies DSP, the next mat from Whisper White CS, and the frame piece from Pool Party CS using the Rectangle Stitched Dies. The poppies and buds were colored with Pool Party Stampin' Blends, the leaves and stems were colored with the Shaded Spruce Stampin' Blends. The center of the flowers and the dots were stamped with Coastal Cabana Ink. The sentiments was stamped with Shaded Spruce Ink using one of the Label Me Bold Stamps, and cut out like the above cards, and popped up with Dimensionals. Lastly I added some Shaded Spruce Rhinestones.
