One Stamp Five Ways: Poppies Background

Hi friends! Happy Friday! Can you believe it’s the last day of the year?! Join me in welcoming special guest Suzy Plantamura! Read on and enjoy!

Hi friends! I love making my “one stamp, five ways” guest posts once a month for Simon Says Stamp. I think about what stamp set I want to use that will inspire others and entertain me! Today I used the new Poppies Background stamp which should be back in stock now (it sold very well and ran out for a while!). I loved these large blooms so much that I colored the full 6×6” stamp set 5 times. I’ll start by showing you those colored images first.

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Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH…
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Faber-Castell POLYCHROMOS COLORED…
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Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH…
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My Favorite Things NATURAL Hybrid Ink…
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Copic Markers
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Ranger WATERCOLOR PAPER Surfaces…
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My Favorite Things NATURAL Hybrid Ink…
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Sakura FINE LINES SET Pigma Micron…
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Karin BRUSHMARKER MEGA BOX 60 Colors…
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Ranger WATERCOLOR PAPER Surfaces…
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Karin BRUSHMARKER MEGA BOX 60 Colors…
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Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK…
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Arches HOT PRESSED WATERCOLOR PAD…
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Now I will use these five colored images to make cards. I had a lot of “waste” I had spent time coloring (since a card front is smaller than the 6×6” stamp). I made some tags out of these leftover pieces that I’ll show at the end. 

As stated above, I stamped this on Neenah white cardstock with MFT Natural Ink for a no-line coloring look. I don’t often use my Copics, so I challenged myself to color one of these with them. And if you look close, you will see that I ended up going in and adding some shading with my colored pencils. It’s an addiction I tell ya! I used a fine tip black marker for the flower centers and I forgot to color the insides of them. I die-cut the original colored image using the SSS A2 Frame Dies. I then die-cut the frame again from white cardstock. I adhered it to a purple cardstock base.

I used the SSS Miss You die by CZ (love ALL her greeting dies!). I die-cut it from white and the same purple and layered that along the bottom of the card. YES, it was hard cutting off and covering much of my colored image! I used a PPP Amethyst jewel over the I and I used some PPP Sparkling Clear Sequins around the sentiment.

I recently bought myself a set of Karin Brushmarkers and I was excited to try them out. I tried using them on all of my watercolor papers and for me they worked best on Ranger Watercolor Paper and Watercolor Paper. I had trouble with them on my expensive Arches and Fabriano Paper as they stained the paper and the color wouldn’t move when you used them directly on the paper. I stamped the Poppies with black ink and then used the markers to color them in. I just love the intensity of the color of these markers!

I die-cut a frame using the MFT A2 Rectangle Frame Set out of black cardstock. I attached that over the colored image. I die-cut a banner using the SSS Word Mix 2 Wafer Dies and I stamped the sentiment using two stamp sets and black ink. I added some PPP Black Jewels around the sentiment.  

I used the CZ Nested Tag dies (3 smallest) on all of my leftover colored flowers. I tried to die-cut each card piece above from one side so I had more leftover area to use for tags. I decorated them with different stamped greetings I had from the past, but hadn’t used. I added some sequins and twine to each. They are perfect to add to a gift bag and they took very little extra work!

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Simon Says Cling Stamp POPPIES…
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CZ Design Wafer Dies NESTED TAGS…
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Simon Says Clear Stamps LUCK AND HUGS…
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Simon Says Clear Stamps LOVE AND…
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CZ Design Clear Stamps HAPPY DAYS…
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Pretty Pink Posh SPARKLING CLEAR MIX…
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Pretty Pink Posh AMETHYST Jewels
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Pretty Pink Posh MIDNIGHT BLACK Jewels
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My Favorite Things NATURAL Hybrid Ink…
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My Favorite Things A2 RECTANGLE…
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Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH…
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Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK…
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Tonic PINK POPSICLE Nuvo Embossing…
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Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad…
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Prismacolor 150 PREMIER COLORED…
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Caran d’Ache LUMINANCE 40 Colored…
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Faber-Castell POLYCHROMOS COLORED…
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Karin BRUSHMARKER MINI BOX 26 Colors…
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Kaisercraft GLITTER Colour Gel Pen…
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Sakura FINE LINES SET Pigma Micron…
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Thanks so much to Suzy for this gorgeous inspiration and thanks for stopping by!

  1. Dear Suzy
    The coloring is simply elegant, beqautiful I dont have enough words to explain the beauty of it. I am going to save them and look at them for inspiration. Blessings

  2. The coloring is superb and the cards are beautiful! Thanks for coloring with the different mediums to show what can be created. The tags are a great bonus and it would have been a shame to waste the beautiful coloring!

  3. Ohh my Suzy, these cards are stunning and your colouring is fabulous!
    Thank you so much for sharing this great inspiration.
    Stay safe and have a wonderful weekend.

  4. These are absolutely gorgeous! You are a very talented artist, I love the colors and the blending is beautiful. I love the idea of the tags from the left overs. Thanks for sharing these with us.

  5. Spectacular cards! Your coloring is fantastic. Love the stamp, too. Makes me think of Georgia O’Keeffe!

  6. Simply stunning! I love all of them and especially love that you got so many tags from the leftovers!

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