Angie's Paper Passion: May 2026

Hello Crafters! I finally have another card to post. I pulled out my BetterPress so that I could use my new (to me anyway) Spellbinders Yana's Poppy Background Press Plate and Stencils.

I used Gina K Designs Ocean Mist ink on my press plate and ran it through my Platinum 6 die cut machine to create the poppy background. Then I used the poppy stencils and different shades of yellow to color the poppies. The colors that I used: Altenew Buttercream, Pinkfresh Studio Lemon Whip and Gina K Designs Sweet Corn, Wild Dandelion, Marigold and a little Warm Cocoa. For the leaves I used a combination of GKD Cadet Blue and Blue Denim inks. I adhered the poppy panel to a piece of GKD Wild Dandelion cardstock that I then popped up onto a card base of Gina's Ocean Mist cardstock with Altenew foam tape.

I'm really trying to do better with adding decorative elements to the inside of my cards and not just leaving them blank. So for this card I added a piece cut from the front poppy panel to a panel of GKD Wild Dandelion cardstock. Then I heat embossed a sentiment from GKD Morning Blessings stamp set with Brutus Monroe's Gilded gold embossing powder. I die cut it out and adhered it to the inside. By the way, the sentiments from the Morning Blessings stamp set are simply beautiful!

For the front of my card, I grabbed a hot foiled sentiment that I had in my stash from Pinkfresh Studio's Favorite Things Sentiments Press Plates & Dies. I adhered a couple of blank die cuts to the back and then decided that I wanted a little more dimension so I added some foam tape also. For the finishing touches I added some Wink of Stella to the poppies and a few Pinkfresh Studio's clear with gold dust gems. I was very surprised that my Wink of Stella still worked since I hadn't used it in a long time but I now feel that it will outlast me!