Rick Adkins : poppies

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Peaceful Moments Thank You Cards

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you the card that I made during last nights Facebook Live. I go live every Wednesday night at 8 pm CST if you have never joined me. This week I featured the Peaceful Moments Bundle from Stampin' Up! and showcased a Double Dry Embossed Technique and a way to coloring hack for die cuts. Here's a look at my cards.

Tips & Tricks:

I did the Flirty Flamingo version before the live, and did the Blackberry Bliss version during. With the coloring hack you can see a lot of different color values. The thing is all the die cut flower and leaves are one color cardstock. Well the leaves was done with Old Olive and Pear Pizzazz Cardstocks. I absolutely love the Poppy Moments Dies and all the wonderful floral creations that can be made with the dies and just some cardstock. I created the multi-colored look with some ink and my sponge daubers. For the Blackberry Bliss Poppy I used Blackberry Bliss ink in the center and Whisper White Craft Ink on the outside. The craft ink makes the cardstock a little lighter so you naturally have a different hue.

I did the same thing with the Flirty Flamingo version of the card but just used Flirty Flamingo ink in the center. I also changed up the Designer Series paper and picked a pattern that had the Flirty Flamingo in it. I used the same packs of Designer Series paper as the other card. I used the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper from the Mini Catalog; and the Golden Honey Saleabration Speciality Paper as the other.

As far as the Double Dry Embossing technique it's super easy. The main thing is that you have to have one that's not as strong of an emboss as the other. I used the Subtle 3d Embossing Folder first and then used the Country Floral 3d embossing folder next.

Video Tutorial:

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Thanks for dropping by today I hope that you find this video tutorial and project helpful and that you will give it a try. You can find all the supplies that I used below in the shopping list.

Happy Stampin'

Rick Adkins

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Product List

Peaceful Moments Bundle (English) [153824] $52.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272] $8.25	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $9.75	Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133675] $8.75
Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141416] $8.75	Pear Pizzazz 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131201] $8.75	Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100702] $8.75	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119683] $8.75
Mango Melody 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146989] $8.75	Blackberry Bliss Classic Stampin' Pad [147092] $7.50	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $7.50	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $7.50
Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $7.50	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $7.50	Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill [147277] $9.50	Sponge Daubers [133773] $5.00
Stitched Shapes Dies [145372] $30.00	Layering Ovals Dies [141706] $35.00	Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper [151324] $11.50	Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper [152311] $0.00
Country Floral 3D Embossing Folder [151823] $9.00	Subtle 3D Embossing Folder [151775] $10.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.25
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $4.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00

Monday, January 13, 2020

Sending You Thoughts & Peaceful Moments Wedding Card

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you this super cute card that I created the other day. It's a perfect card for a Winter or Spring Wedding. I used products from the Peaceful Poppies Suite to create this card, but it's not your typical sized card. I used the Memory & More Note cards as the base of my card. Here's a look at my card.

I started out by cutting a piece of Pool Party Cardstock down to fit the Memory & More Note card (4 x 6). Then I cut down a piece of the Peaceful Poppies Designer Series Paper to fit onto the pool Party cardstock. I cut it so that I could flip the top over and show the two different sides of the designer series paper. I added some the Metallic Edge ribbon around this layer and tied a flat knot.

Next it was time to create the the poppies for the card. I used Cajun Craze Grapefruit Grove Blackberry Bliss and Purple Posey to create the large and small poppies. I also added in a little silver glimmer paper for the centers. The leaves where cut from whisper white pool party and sliver glimmer paper. I layered all the pieces together with multipurpose liquid glue. I stamped the sentiment on a piece of whisper white in pool party ink, and used the die from the stamp set to cut out the sentiment.