California Poppies

April is such a beautiful month in our garden! The California Poppies paint a magnificent splash of color. It always inspires me to pull out the Painted Poppies Bundle and attempt to capture it in paper. Obviously nature wins the prize, but it is fun to play! These stamps and dies are retiring after a number of years ~ another reason to get them out and use them now. Here’s my inspiration:

And here’s my card:

The “Method to my Madness”:

• Start with a base of Pumpkin Pie, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, folded at 4-1/4″.
• On a layer of Basic White, stamp the field poppy stamp repeatedly with Pumpkin Pie ink.
• Add a layer of Pumpkin Pie Cardstock cut to 4″x 2-3/4″, corners rounded, with Dimensionals.
• Next Glue a Basic White layer cropped with Scalloped Contours Dies, 3-3/4″x 2-1/2″
• Stamp “Wow” from Conversation Bubbles with Garden Green ink and crop it out with the coordinating die. Glue to the top of the Scalloped Contours Die.
• Crop leaves from Poppies Dies with Garden Green Cardstock and poppies with Pumpkin Pie and Mango Melody Cardstock pieces. Glue together and add some with Dimensionals.

I hope this card inspires you to look at nature and build a beautiful card with that in mind! These stamps and dies are retiring, as I’ve already mentioned, and there is the chance that they will have sold out by now. On my last look, the dies were still available, and marked down to $14.80! I bet a lot of you already have them, since they’ve been out for quite a few seasons. If not, grab these before they’re gone, or watch for individual sales! They are a pretty awesome set!

Have a wonderful week! I’ll be out enjoying my California Poppies!

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