Birthday Poppies

#stampinup #faithfulinkspirations I’m sure you’ve had a look at the gorgeous Peaceful Poppies Suite on pages 24 through 27 of the January-to-June mini catalog. Did you happen to notice the Peaceful Poppies Elements on page 25? I completely missed them the first several times I looked at that suite. And then when I understood what they were, I was afraid that I wasn’t up to the task to using them. They looked too “artistic.” Well, I overcame my fear and played with them today and, while they are definitely artistic, there is nothing to fear!

The Peaceful Poppies Elements (item 151327) are a bargain at $6.50. You get two sheets of embossed water color paper, two sheets of embossed vellum card stock, two sheets of embossed black elements, and two sheets of printed die-cut elements. I spent an enjoyable afternoon coloring these sheets with Poppy Parade and Mossy Meadow Inks and my Aqua Painters. I also colored a vellum sheet with Light Poppy Parade and Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Blends. I colored one flower on the front of the vellum, but decided I like the effect better when I colored on the back. Here are my colored elements.

The top is water color paper, the middle is vellum with ink, and the bottom is vellum with Stampin’ Blends. I labeled the one flower I colored on the front so you can see the difference. The best part about water coloring is that it doesn’t have to be perfect–in fact, it’s supposed to flow outside the lines.

I stamped a sentiment from the “Peaceful Moments” stamp set in Versamark Ink onto one of the black elements pieces, sprinkled on White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, and set it with my Heat Tool. I also used a black embossed border piece on the card–along with some striped Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper. The design is based on one I saw on Pinterest by a Japanese Stampin’ Up demonstrator.

I adhered a bit of Vellum Card Stock on top of the DSP. The flowers and sentiment piece are adhered to the card with regular and Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals. Everything is on a Mossy Meadow Card Stock card base. I added several Peaceful Poppy Sequins as well. I tied a little bow with the Whisper White Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon and adhered it to the card with a Mini Glue Dot.

I had so much fun with the Peaceful Poppies Elements! I hope you’ll give them a try, too!

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Stay home.

tams# 43839

Product List

Peaceful Moments Cling Stamp Set (English) [151595] $21.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin’ Pad [147050] $7.50	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin’ Pad [147111] $7.50
Mossy Meadow 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [133676] $8.75	Vellum 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [101856] $10.00	Peaceful Poppies Elements [151327] $6.50	Whisper White 1/4″ (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [151326] $7.50
Peaceful Poppies Sequins [151325] $7.00	White Stampin’ Emboss Powder [109132] $6.00	Aqua Painters [103954] $17.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.25	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $30.00
Peaceful Poppies Suite Bundle (English) [153938] $136.50