STAMPIN' UP! FLORAL THINKING OF YOU CARD, FEATURING POPPY PARADE

Poppy Parade is a colour I don't often use, but I really enjoyed creating with it for this week's Colour Creations blog hop.  After looking through the Sunny Days Designer Series Pack (FREE with a $90+ Stampin' Up! order, before the end of February), and choosing the poppy paper I used the other night, I decided I just HAD to make something with another of the gorgeous florals in this pack.  I really love the  combination of Poppy Parade, Pool Party, black and white.

For such a simple card, I've thrown quite a few products at this one!  I love to add detail with die-cuts, texture, ribbon and embellishments ... and this card was spared none of those, LOL.

I matted the beautiful DSP on a Poppy Parade card layer.  I then cut a Basic White Deckled Circle, and a slightly larger Basic Black Deckled Circle.  The gorgeous embossed flower detail on the Basic White Circle is courtesy of a new Fun Patterns Embossing Folder, that I got my hands on early, ahead of its release (as an Online Exclusive) on 5th March.

The Basic Black stems added to the Deckled Circles were cut using a Meadow Die.  I used Around the Bend Dies to cut the three happy Poppy Parade flowers (and their white centres).

To complement the Petal Pink flowers in the background paper, I used Petal Pink Ribbon for my bow.

The sweet little Adhesive-Backed Flowers are from the January - April Mini Catalogue.

Another Online Exclusive product coming out in March is the Simply Zinnia stamp set (part of a really beautiful suite of products, including dies, papers and embellishments).  I used this set to stamp the sentiment in Versamark ink on a strip of Poppy Parade card.  After sprinkling white embossing powder over the ink, I melted it with my heat tool.  The little white Adhesive-Backed Flower conceals an inky mark I somehow managed to get on the sentiment strip!

The sentiment is raised up on Stampin' Dimensionals.

Listed below are all the current Stampin' Up! products I used to make this card.  I can't yet link to the Online Exclusives that will be released on 5th March, but I promise you the wait to see them all will be worth it!

If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Product List

Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $15.75	Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock [121694] $17.50	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $18.50	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $17.50	Sunny Days 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [162974] $21.75
Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $32.00	Heat Tool [129056] $54.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $223.00	Around The Bend Dies [160649] $58.00
Meadow Dies [155852] $67.00	Deckled Circles Dies [162286] $65.00	Adhesive Backed Hearts & Flowers [162557] $14.00	Ribbon Duo Combo Pack [161318] $17.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $9.75
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $10.25