Poppy Building Block Card

Annie’s Ink-Lings

I love poppies and really have a hard time resisting the urge to purchase another poppy stamp or die.  My card today features one of my favorite poppy dies -- in red, of course.  The instructions are lengthy, but in case this is your first time making a Building Block card, I attempted to list each step to make it easier for you to put together.  A template for cutting and scoring is included.  Here are a couple of pictures of the card: front and inside.

The crackle lines on the poppies were created by stamping on the die cut

with the stamp listed below.

I also used the same stamp on the letters.

This is a fun card to make and I hope you will give it a try.  Everything you

need is listed below, but be sure to let me know if you have any questions.

Card Stock:  Cream, Red, Brown

Red Pattern Decorative Paper

Dies:  Field of Dreams #51-030 by Penny Black; Wicker Panel #98984 by Memory Box; an element die from the Ribbons and Jewels set #1070 by Elizabeth Craft Designs, and letters from the Lawn Fawn set #LF490

Ink Pads:  Distress Ink – Vintage Photo and Barn Door

Stamps:  Stampin’ Up:  label stamp and punch; Best Wishes stamp;

Magenta Crackle Stamp #18082-I

Tools

Big Shot, Paper Trimmer, Glue Bottle, Ruler and Pencil, Tape Runner, Bone Folder, Tiny Butterfly Punch

Cutting, Scoring, and Folding

1.  Cut a 5 ½ x 10 ½ inch card base.

2.  Score the card base on the long side at 3-½ and 7 inches.

3.  Fold the left score line into a mountain fold and fold the right score line into a valley fold.

4.  Close the valley fold.

5.  At the folded over edge at the right side, measure 1-½ inches from the fold and place a pencil dot.  Do the same at the bottom of the card.

6.  Lightly draw a line connecting the dots.

7.  Place the folded section at the top of your paper cutter, then cut along the fold at 3/8  *  1-3/8     *  1-5/8  *  2-5/8 * 2-7/8  * 3-7/8 * 4-1/8 *  5-1/8  inches.

8.  The slits you have cut are 1 inch.  Using your scoring tool, score at both sides of the 1 inch slits.  These will be mountain folds.

9.  The ¼ inch slits will be valley folds.  

10. Fold and use a bone folder to make sure the folds are nice and sharp.

11. Cut 4 blocks in red and 4 blocks in brown CS:  1-3/8” x 7/8”.

12. Cut from brown CS 1 panel 3-3/8” x 5-3/8” and 2 panels 1-7/8” x 5-3/8”.

13. Cut from DP 1 panel 3-1/4” x 5-1/4” and 2 panels 1-3/4” x 5-`1/4”.

Die Cutting

1.  Die cut the flowers and letters from cream CS. 

2.  From brown CS die cut the lattice and 2 elements.

Stamping

1.  Stamp the flowers and the letters with Distress Vintage Photo ink pad using a crackle stamp. 

2.  Using the label stamp from Stampin’ Up, stamp with Distress Vintage Photo ink pad on cream CS and punch with the coordinating SU label punch.

3.  Using the SU Best Wishes stamp, stamp on the label using Distress Barn Door ink pad.

4.  Punch a tiny butterfly from red card stock and glue it to the label.

Decorating

1.  Layer the red panels onto the brown panels, then onto the card base as shown in the sample card.

2.  Glue the flowers in place, followed by gluing the wicker panel over the flower stems, glue the label in place, and glue a tiny red butterfly onto the label.

3.  Glue an element onto each side panel.

4.  For the building blocks, glue alternating red and brown panels to the card base blocks.

5.  On the left row of building block, starting at the top, glue the “f,” “o,” and “r” in place.

6.  On the right row of building blocks, skip the first block and start with the second block gluing on the “y,” “o,” and “u.”

Wishing you days of happy stamping!

Blessings,

Annie