Cluster of Pretty Poppies Happy Birthday

I recently purchased these poppy dies from Simon Says Stamp. There are only three layers to each flower and they come together quickly.

Most of the poppies I have seen have been a red or deep orange, so I cut the layers of these flowers from a red cardstock and then ink blended the centers with deep red ink. The center of the poppies were cut from black cardstock. The stems were cut from green cardstock and the ends ink blended a darker tree.

A panel of cardstock was cut using a scalloped rectangle die. I had recently put away a new stencil and was reminded how they can enhance the background to a card. I used the leftover turquoise ink on my blended brush and the Simple Stories Diamond Stencil on the scalloped panel.

The stems were adhered to the flowers and I arranged nine flowers on the scalloped, ink blended panel and adhered them in place with lqiuid glue.

The sentiment was stamped on a scrap of black cardstock with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed white. It was then cut out using the coordinating die, and additional three times from leftover black cardstock. They were adhered together and then adhered at the bottom of the bouquet with liquid glue.

PRODUCTS USED:

·       Simon Says Stamp Pretty Poppies Dies

·       Waffle Flower Sweet Birthday Sentiments Stamp and Die

·       Gina Marie Designs Scalloped Rectangle Die

·       VersaMark Ink

·       Gina K. Designs Fine Detail White Embossing Powder

·       Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Inks: Seafoam and Cabernet

·       Simple Stories Retro Diamond Stencil

·       Scrapbook.com Foam Squares

·       Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

·       Limited Papers Accent Opaque White Digital Smooth 120# Cardstock 

·       Hammermill Premium Color 100# White Cardstock 

·       Gina K. Designs Christmas Red and Onyx Black Cardstock

·       My Colors Holiday Green Cardstock