Pleasant Poppies

CCMC293 Pleasant Poppies

March 6, 2014 By Connie | 8 Comments

Miss me??? I know! I can't believe it has been a week since I posted! But, I had a great excuse! This was my semi-annual stamping retreat weekend. My girlfriends came in LAST Wednesday and we headed up to the retreat on Thursday thru Sunday. Had a WONDERFUL creative time with about 6 hours of sleep each night. Of course, the polar vortex weather had me on edge on wondering when to travel home. We ended up leaving about 3 hours early and roads weren't bad. Then the second path of snow decided to go south of us. But…it also made it difficult for my friends to get out of here…ended up leaving on Tuesday afternoon. Most of the things I made can't be posted yet…they are for swaps or future classes or challenges!

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But…here is my Create with Connie and Mary Design Team card for today featuring a sketch challenge.

I used Pleasant Poppies for my stamped focal background image!

Here are the details:

The base is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Crisp Cantaloupe folded in half.
I added a 4 x 5 1/4 Basic Black Layer.
I cut a 3 7/8 x 5 1/8 piece of Whisper White and stamped the Pleasant Poppies image with Black Stazon. I used my Stampin' Write Markers and AquaPainter to watercolor the flowers and stems with Summer Starfruit, Crisp Cantaloupe and Pear Pizzazz. When dry, I went back over the edges of the flowers with the Marker. I adhered on the front.
I cut a 3/4 x 3 3/4 piece of Crisp Cantaloupe and made a pointed banner end and adhered along the left edge.
I cut 1 x 2 3/4 and 1 x 2 pieces of Sweet Sorbet Designer Paper and cut flag ends, tied the Crisp Cantaloupe Twine in a bow, then placed on top of the pointed banner.
I added two Black Candy Dots to the pointed banner, too.
The greeting is from the hostess only set, Simply Sketched…I love the font!

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CCMC259 Pleasant Poppies

April 25, 2013 By Connie | 8 Comments

It's Thursday and time for another Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge! We have a sketch for you this week…my favorite!

I thought this was a little tricky, but once I decided to use designer paper from the same package, it came together pretty quickly! My main issue was getting the greeting in there! I decided to use the Tea For Two Designer Paper…love the quilted pattern on this piece! I think the entire card has a vintage feel to it!

Here are the details:

The base is 4 1/4 x 11 So Saffron cardstock, folded in half.
I used a 3 3/4 x 5 piece of Tea for Two Designer Paper in the quilt pattern, then a 2 x 3 1/4 piece of Lucky Limeade cardstock and Calypso Coral polka dot from the same package for the angled pieces on the front.
I adhered a piece of Crumb Cake Taffeta Ribbon across the front, ruffling it as I adhered and cutting flag ends.
I stamped the portion of Pleasant Poppies stamp with my Calypso Coral and Lucky Limeade Stampin' Write Markers on a small oval framelit of Very Vanilla, then used my AquaPainter and Markers to color in the image. I went back and added some more lines of Calypso Coral marker after it was dry.
I sponged Crumb Cake Ink around the edges of the oval and placed on the front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
I stamped the word Mom from Family Reunion stamp set with Lucky Limeade ink on Calypso Coral 1/2" piece and cut a flag end, then tucked it under the left side of the Oval.
Finally, I added small pearls to the inside of the flowers.

OK…make sure to check out the rest of the Challenge Team's creations this week over on Create with Connie and Mary, then grab your stamps and play along! We love to see your creativity, too!

Pleasant Poppies Calendar

January 5, 2013 By Connie | 4 Comments

I like to provide a calendar for my Stamp Club members every year. Here is the 2013 one we did at our last Stamp Club event! I love the "fresh" look of the Pleasant Poppies image…makes me think SPRING, even though we still have about 8 inches of snow on the ground!

What makes it nice is the the easel stand folds up and makes it the same size as a regular card, so it fits in a standard envelope to mail!

Fold 4 1/4 x 11 in half to form base card.
Stamp the Pleasant Poppies in Black Stazon partially on the front and full across the back.
Watercolor with Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight and Gumball Green Stampin' Write Markers.
Cut next to largest size of Label Framelit from Real Red Polka Dot Parade DSP, score across lengthwise and adhere on each side of Whisper White base card score line. Trim off excess on sides.
Score 4 1/4 x 5 Whisper White piece at 1, 2-1/2, and 4. Crease into Valley, Mountain, Valley fold and adhere the short tabs to the inside of the base card as shown.
Tie Gumball Green Satin Stitched Ribbon around front panel and tie a knot.
Add Calender to 2 1/2 x 3 1/4 Gumball Green mat and adhere to front of easel calendar.

Look for me at Leadership…I'll have a few of these to swap!

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Pleasant Poppies

July 16, 2012 By Connie | 4 Comments

I loved this Pleasant Poppies stamp from the moment I saw it. I ordered it, then hadn't mounted it. My friend came in from out of town and wanted to buy one…since it was just easier, I gave her my new one and reordered one for myself! It just came last week and I finally got to play with it! I followed the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and just got in on the challenge under the wire!

Now, I must be honest…this is the second try at coloring! The first one came out WAY too dark and pink…which is why I kept adding color to make it darker! So, I used a trick that I learned in art class a long time ago…use orange to neutralize the pink. It worked like a charm!

I started by inking up the big background Pleasant Poppies stamp with Black Stazon and stamped the top portion on Whisper White. I used my AquaPainter with Stampin' Write markers to color. Starting watercoloring with a base of Pumpkin Pie on the flowers, then adding Riding Hood Red and Cherry Cobbler in layers on top. The centers are Daffodil Delight full strength. The stems I colored with Wild Wasabi and Always Artichoke to shadow. I used WIld Wasabi for the base of the card and added on a layer of Pool Party. I used Storybook Designer Paper with stripes and checks to add the layers on top. I matted the Whisper White stamped layer onto Basic Black to make it pop! I purposely left the greeting off of this one…not sure what I'm going to use it for. May just keep it as a note card to send to someone!

Only ONE more sleep until Stampin' Up! CONVENTION (and a SHORT sleep at that! Our flight leaves EARLY!) I can't wait to meet up with my stamping friends! See you soon!

Don't forget my RIBBON SHARES going on now! I'll be placing the next order on THURSDAY!