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Friday, September 19, 2014

CardMaker and Poppystamps Blog Hop

 Hello and happy Friday! Today the CardMaker design team has teamed up with the PoppyStamps design team to bring you a fun blog hop featuring products from PoppyStamps. I love this Elsa Butterfly Branch die. So fun and whimsical! I'll show you how I made this card below, but first, I have another card to show you.

 On this card, I used PoppyStamps wonderful Maple Leaf Die. I love the delicate cut border. I used Sandy Beach cardstock to cut from and then sponged color onto the leaf insert.

The next stop on the blog hop is Michele Henderson.


 To make the first card, start by cutting lavender and green card stock using the Elsa die.

 Use scissors to trim the butterfly from the lavender die cut.

 Sponged the outside edges of the butterfly with purple ink.

 Gently sponge along some of the foliage of the green die cut.

Adhere the lavender butterfly onto the green die cut. Add a few pearl embellishments to the center of the butterfly.

 To create a background for the die cut, trim white cardstock to 3 ¼ by 4 ½ inches and sponge along the bottom with green ink.

Sponge the top using blue ink.

Prepare a 4 ¼ by 5 ½ inch white card base and score at the corners. Layer the background with a piece of black cardstock and adhere to the card base with adhesive foam squares. Stamp the sentiment onto a small strip of white cardstock. Place a black twine bow under the sentiment and secure the sentiment using adhesive foam squares.

Thanks for hopping with us. I hope you have a great day and wonderful weekend!

65 comments:

  1. Both cards are very pretty, Theresa!

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  2. Theresa,
    I LOVE the butterfly card! The colors fit together so well! So very pretty!

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  3. HI Theresa! Your card is so soft and dreamy - I love that you showed how you achieved all the beautiful color effects on your project. Now I can give it a try! So pretty!! You really brought the images to life.

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  4. Beautiful card and the butterfly is so pretty!

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  5. Beautiful cards. Love that butterfly die. The leaf card is gorgeous too and a great CAS fall card.

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  6. Theresa,
    I'm loving these cards and your tutorial is perfect. The Poppystamps Maple Leaf die is becoming one of my favorite dies. Beautiful!

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  7. ohh, I love see how you did it!!!! Graet tutorial and great and wonderful cards!!!!!! :)

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  8. Thanks for sharing your tutorial. Beautiful card.

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  9. Wonderful cards! Happy to be hopping along with you!

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  10. Great idea and any thing with butterflies is good. thanks.

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  11. Theresa, you teach us so much about your beautiful sponging and coloring.

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  12. Beautiful card.
    Love the fab colours and designs.

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  13. Gorgeous and thank you for this tutorial,

    Thank you,
    Sar Tann

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  14. Both cards are lovely. Clever surgery on the diecut. It adds so much to the finished project as does the perfect embossed frame.

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  15. Both cards are beautiful, but I love how the simple maple leaf can look so finished when put with the border.

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  16. Always like to hear how it was done! Nice cards and I like how you made your focal points stand out with color.

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  17. Beautiful card! And beautiful coloring - as always! Thanks for the lesson - those are so helpful.

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  18. Really beautiful cards! Love your wonderful inking, really brings them to life!!

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  19. The black background really makes the leaf pop. This is lovely!

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  20. Thanks for instructions. The card is lovely!

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  21. Beautiful card. I love the branch with the butterfly. Thank you so much for the directions. So very nicely done. TFS

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  22. Oh my gosh! You wowed me on both of your cards! Thank you so much for giving a photo tutorial on how you accomplished such beautiful cards! Elegant beauties!

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  23. Beautiful dads. Love the background on the butterfly card!

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  24. I can't decide which card I like better, I guess I have to go with the maple leaf. They are both so pretty. Thanks for sharing with us. Blessings, Lisa

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  25. I love both cards and appreciate the subtlety you create with inks. Leaves! My first love! TFS!

    kren@
    http://afourthlife.blogspot.com

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  26. LOVELY! Your card is beautiful! Thanks for the tutorial. It's always a plus. ; )
    Ivette

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  27. Your cards are so beautiful and I appreciate the tutorial on your first card. The coloring on your leaf card is amazing. The lighter color border really makes the leaf POP. That said I like having the option of whether or not to use the border.

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  28. Beautiful cards and as usual a great tutorial. Thank you.

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  29. Dois lindos cartões!
    Obrigada pelo tutorial, ótimo!
    Marlei
    Brasil

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  30. Thanks for the lesson! Also, I love that the maple leaf has an outside frame - cool!

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  31. Beautiful cards. That Elsa butterfly branch die is so lovely. Your maple leaf looks stunning with that pale outline against that dark card.

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  32. Wow, you've made two different but both lovely cards! So nice to see and read how you've made these cards, so nice and I learn from this. The second card has such a warm colour, lovely.
    Hugs from the Netherlands, Hanny♥,
    http://tierelantijntjes.blogspot.nl

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  33. Both of your cards are very pretty.

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  34. Both cards are beautiful. Love your sponging.

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  35. Like almost everyone else before me, I appreciate your card and the instructions that actually seem easy to follow! Like the fall leaf, too.

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  36. such a beautiful card! thanks for sharing how do you doing!
    amantedelpapel@gmail.com

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  37. Beautiful cards both of them. I always enjoy watching you color your backgrounds, enjoy your tutorials immensely.

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  38. Both cards are great and I love to see the proces of the card Thanks for sharing.

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  39. I really love the way you sponged the die cuts. It made them really special. Beautiful cards!

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  40. Always love your design and technique. These two cards are wonderful

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  41. Oh Theresa, both of your cards are gorgeous ~ thank you for the tutorial on how you created the first one! I love the butterfly and beautiful foliage die

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  42. Beautiful birthday and fall cards! Love the pretty butterfly and the gorgeous leaf! Lovely colors!

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  43. Yours is one of my favorite blogs on this hop.

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  44. WOW cards for all occasions, what beauties, thank you for sharing

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  45. So very soft and sweet! Simply beautiful!!

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