Pop-Up Posies Meets Epic Day — FMS81

Posted on April 10, 2013 by amyoneillblog

It’s already another Wednesday, and that means it’s time for another challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. This week the fabulous Cindy Hall has this sketch for us:

Since I am currently addicted to the This and That Epic Day dsp, I immediately reached for it (it’s never far away :)). I hadn’t used any of the Pop-Up Posies products in a while and they go so well with the Epic Day papers, so I pulled that out too. And here’s what I made:

Pop on by (sorry, I couldn’t resist) and see what the other designers made this week at the Freshly Made Sketches site.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: That’s the Ticket, Friendly Phrases
Ink: Basic Black, Crumb Cake
Paper: Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, This and That Epic Day dsp
Embellishments: Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit, 1/2″ Circle punch, Tea Lace Paper Doilies, Ticket Duo Builder punch, Pearl Basic Jewels, Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons, Pool Party Baker’s Twine

Happy Colors Posie Card

Posted on March 9, 2013 by amyoneillblog

I hope you’re not tired of seeing projects made with the Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit. I have one last project (well, at least for this week anyways) to show you today — a card.

I hope you’re not tired of this color combination, too. I’ve been using it a lot lately. It just seems so happy and spring-y to me.

I used the little muffin-wrappers flowers on this card, and cut them with my paper snips so they would lay flat.

Spring Break has arrived here! I am so looking forward to having the kids at home next week. We’ll have to go out for some daily excursions. Good times!

Enjoy your Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Just for You (in Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit)
Ink: Calypso Coral
Paper: Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, In-Color dsp stack
Embellishments: Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit, Summer Starfruit 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon, Large Scallop Edgelits, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Honeycomb embossing folder, Large Oval punch, Scallop Oval punch

An Easter Treat

Posted on March 8, 2013 by amyoneillblog

While I was playing with the Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit, I made this little Easter treat. I folded the embossed tag in half and added some strips of dsp. I filled the small cello bag with some Easter “grass” and jelly bean eggs. Easy peasy!

Have a great Friday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Summer Starfruit
Paper: Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, In-Color dsp stacks
Embellishments: Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit, 1/2″ Circle punch

Posies and Butterflies on a Bag

Posted on March 7, 2013 by amyoneillblog

I’ve been playing with the Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit lately and decided to use one of the embossed tags in the kit on a gift bag. I bought the sack at a big box store (it came with several of them packaged together), adhered some pennant flags and added some butterflies and ribbon. Super easy!

I’m having some computer woes today. I was going to place my laptop gently on the floor last night, when it kinda slipped from my hand and hit the carpeted floor a little hard (that sounds like how one of my kids might explain it :)). Now the monitor has lines running down the right side and across the bottom so that you can’t see those parts of the images on the screen. The rest of the laptop seems to be running fine, but it severely limits how I can use my laptop. I guess I’ll have to take it into the shop today. Boo! I’m typing this post on the Mac, and everything is taking me several times longer than normal because I’m not familiar with this thing.

Have a great Thursday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Just for You (included in Pop-Up Posies Kit)
Ink: Pool Party
Paper: Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, First Edition Specialty dsp, Sycamore Street dsp, In-Color dsp stack
Embellishments: Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit, Calypso Coral Baker’s Twine, Large Oval punch, Scallop Oval punch, 1/2″ Circle punch, Elegant Butterfly punch, Bitty Butterfly punch, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die, Pearl Basic Jewels, Pool Party 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon

The Other Pop-Up Posies Flower

Posted on February 5, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Here’s a card for you using that “other” posie in the Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit. You know the one — the one that looks like white mini-muffin paper wrappers. Well, at least that’s what I thought it looked like when I opened my kit. I had a hard time envisioning a cute flower with the supplies. I referred to it as the “other” flower, which couldn’t be as cute as the Pool Party or Calypso Coral flower. But guess what — it’s really cute when you follow the directions (they’re included with the kit)! I will have to give it a new name. It will no longer be the “other” flower, but will now be called the “really cute white flower.”

I also discovered that I really like Calypso Coral and Basic Gray together. What do you think about this color combo?

Ok. I know some of you are really here to find out if you won the blog candy. I used a random number generator at random.org to pick the winner. I wanted to show a copy of it, but I couldn’t figure out how to cut and paste it into this post, so you’ll have to trust me on this one. The winner is:

Connie F. says:
February 2, 2013 at 11:02 AM (Edit)
I check quite a few blogs daily and yours is one of them. I like to see card ideas and accessories from the newest catalogs and you do a great job of keeping us updated. Thanks for sharing your creations AND for the chance to win blog candy!

Congratulations, Connie! Please email me your mailing address and I will ship out your prize.

I had so much fun reading all of your comments! I feel blessed to be supported by such kind and encouraging readers. I am definitely going to incorporate some of your great suggestions in coming posts, so stay tuned.

If you’re still with me in this long post, I hope you have a great Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Just for You
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Basic Gray, Calypso Coral, Twitterpated dsp, In Color dsp stacks
Embellishments: Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit, 3/8″ Designer Printed Brads, 1/2″ Circle punch, Scallop Edge Border punch, 3/16″ Corner punch

Pop-Up Posies CAS card–PP129

Posted on January 20, 2013 by amyoneillblog

It’s Sunday, and that means it’s time for another challenge at the Paper Players. Our challenge this week is a sketch challenge from Jaydee, and it’s one for all of us CAS (clean and simple) fans:

I am really loving the new Pop-Up Posies Designer Kits in the new Spring catalog. All of the work is done for you — no punching or die-cutting out of flowers, and it comes with these adorable Crumb Cake labels that are already embossed for you. Plus it comes with some beautiful fabric covered brads. It also comes with its own stamp set, but I didn’t use that on this card.

The color combination in this kit is Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Summer Starfruit and Crumb Cake, and I have to say I am loving it! It is so spring-like and cheery!

Here’s a closer look at the flower and brad:

I hope you can make time this week to join in the challenge at the Paper Players. Meanwhile, have a look at what the other designers did with the sketch:

Enjoy your Sunday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Loving Thoughts
Ink: Calypso Coral
Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, and In-Color DSP stack
Embellishments: Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit, Summer Starfruit 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon, sewing machine

A Sneak Peek at Posies & More

Posted on December 27, 2012 by amyoneillblog

Here’s a card with a bunch of sneak peeks for you. I used some products from the new Spring catalog, which will be live on January 3rd, and some designer series paper and a stamp set from the Sale-a-Bration catalog, which will be available on January 22nd.

The beautiful flower was made using a new kit, called the Pop-Up Posies Designer kit. It includes the precut paper flower pieces and the embossed Crumb Cake tag. The kit also includes some other goodies, which I didn’t use on this card.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Vintage Verses (available Jan. 22)
Ink: Island Indigo
Paper: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Summer Starfruit, Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit (available Jan. 3), Sycamore Street dsp (available Jan. 22)
Embellishments: Needlepoint Border embossing folders (available Jan. 3), 3/8″ Designer Printed Brads, 1/2″ Circle Punch