This hop is now closed. The winner is Barbara H.

Blazing Poppy Altered Keepsake Box for the Heartfelt Creations May 2018 Alumni Hop

Hello, Friends! Welcome to the Heartfelt Creations May 2018 Alumni Hop! The hop starts here. You’ll find a complete blog hop list at the end of this post. Since May is the month when we celebrate Memorial Day in the US, I thought a Blazing Poppy themed project would be fun to make. After a search through the Closet of Shame, I found a lovely round box that some dear soul passed on to me and I decided to upcycle it into this Blazing Poppy Altered Keepsake Box.

This box is about 6″ in diameter and about 3″ high. Since the base color was already a lovely shade of poppy, I simply needed to add my designer papers, flowers, foliage and embellishments.

Blazing Poppy Altered Keepsake Box: Tips and Tricks

Round boxes are fairly easy to alter. While I didn’t have time to do a complete tutorial this month, here are some tips and tricks that I used:

First, measure the height of the inside walls of your box. Then cut your designer paper about 1/4″ less than that measurement.
Next, trace the bottom of the box onto your chosen designer paper. If you cut inside the traced circle, you should have a liner piece for the box interior that’s just about perfect in size.
Then, repeat that process to create the liner piece for the interior cover.
I inked all my paper edges with a combination of Abandoned Coral, Ripe Persimmon and Vintage Photo Distress Inks.
Use border strips to line outside edges of the box. First, brush the back side of your paper with Distress Collage Medium. After applying your cut strips to the box sides, it is helpful to burnish lightly with a slightly damp paper towel to push out any air bubbles.
Add a second coat of Distress Collage Medium to seal and protect the paper.

Blazing Poppy Altered Keepsake Box: What’s Inside

Since I already had all my “mess” out on the desk, I decided to create a little 4″ square gift card holder to go inside the box.

The round focal is cut from one of the pre-designed card fronts in the Blazing Poppy Paper Collection. To add extra dimension, I popped my fussy cut denim pocket full of poppies up with foam dots.

Next I tucked this die cut tag behind the pocket and added a vintage style metal key.

The interior of the card has a gift card pocket. Fill it with a tiny tag and miniature chocolate treat for extra fun..

On with the Hop!

This blog hop begins on Friday, May 25th at 8AM EDT and runs until 11:59PM EDT on Monday, May 28th.

Be sure to visit all the blogs in the hop and leave a lovely comment as one lucky comment will be randomly chosen from a mystery blog to win a $25 gift card at Heartfelt Creations! The winner will be announced on the Heartfelt Creations Blog and Facebook page on Wednesday, May 30th. I ‘ll also post the winning name at the top of this post at that time.

The winner needs to contact Heartfelt Creations by email at socialmedia@heartfeltcreations.us. Please write “Winner of the May Alumni Hop” in the subject line of your e-mail.

Now let’s get hopping!

Kathy (you are HERE) ♥ Vicki ♥ Amarilys ♥ Alissa ♥ Pam ♥ Archana ♥ Piyanki ♥ ♥

I hope I’ve shared some tips, tricks and ideas that you can use in your own crafty adventures. If so, I’d love to hear from you in the comment section below.

Thanks for hopping!

Cheerio,

kathy

Blazing Poppy Altered Keepsake Box Supply List

Blazing Poppy Paper Collection
Cling Stamp Set: Blazing Poppy Petals
Blazing Poppy Die
Arianna Blooms Cling Stamp Set
Arianna Blooms Die
Cling Stamp Set: Botanical Wings
Botanical Wings Die
Cling Stamp Set: Delightful Daisies
Delightful Daisies Die
Berry Nice Prills
3-D Floral Basics Shaping Mold
Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit
Jet Black Archival Ink
Gold 3-D Stamp Paint
Walnut Brown 3-D Stamp Paint
Carmine Red 3-D Stamp Paint
Abandoned Coral Distress Ink
Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink
Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Distress Collage Medium
Designer Dries Clear Adhesive
Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist
Diluted White Paint for spattering
Ribbons and Keys from my stash

This hop is now closed. The winner was chosen from Amaryllis’ blog: JONI, you are the winner!

Heartfelt Creations May Alumni Blog Hop: Pocket Full of Poppies All Occasion Card

Hello, Friends! Welcome to the Heartfelt Creations May Alumni Blog Hop! I’m kicking the festivities off with this Pocket Full of Poppies All Occasion card made with the gorgeous Blazing Poppies Collection.

This 5″ x 7″ top fold card is bursting with color, dimension and texture. Here’s the supply list:

Heartfelt Creations Products
Other Products
- Orange Cardstock
- Versamark Ink Pad
- Gold Embossing Powder
- Black Soot Distress Stain
- Dried Marigold Distress Paint
- Scattered Straw Distress Embossing Powder
- Art Glitter Angel Dust Ultrafine Transparent Glitter
- Designer Dries Clear Adhesive
- Hot Glue Gun and other Standard crafting tools
- Oriental Poppy Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
- Black Gingham Ribbon/Gold Metallic String (Really Reasonable Ribbon)
- Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Pocket Full of Poppies Tips and Tricks

Add great dimension to your card by following these tips:

Cut a panel of designer paper slightly smaller than your card base.
Ink the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. Spritz with water. Glue to card base.
Remove the center of a 5″ x 7″ premade card panel with the Cut, Mat, Create Die
Use foam tape or waste cardboard around the edges of the card opening.
Center and glue onto prepared card base.
Stamp several sets of poppies in Versamark ink onto cardstock.
Heat emboss with Gold Embossing Powder.
Ink Centers with Black Soot Distress Stain.
Brush edges with Dried Marigold Distress Paint.
Shape with Deluxe Tool Kit.
Stack and glue with hot glue gun.
Spray with Oriental Poppy Tattered Angel Mist.
While wet, sprinkle with Scattered Straw Distress Embossing Powder
Sprinkle lightly with glitter.
Heat Set
Fill poppy centers with glue and prills. Set aside to dry.

Popping Poppies

To provide greenery for the poppies, stamp and die cut Delightful Daisies onto green designer paper from Blazing Poppies collection. Shape and ink with Distress Ink.

Arrange poppies and greenery in opposite corners of the card.

Fussy cut the denim pocket from one of the journal cards. Pop up on foam tape and add to card.

Die cut ticket with Luggage and Tags Die. Pop up on foam tape and add to card.

Spatter card with Oriental Poppies Glimmer mist and diluted black paint.

Add black gingham ribbon and gold metallic string.

A Peek Inside Pocket Full of Poppies All Occasion Card

Add pockets, journal cards, tags, borders and stamps to the card interior. Now wasn’t that fun?

On With the Hop

The hop runs from 8 AM Friday, May 26th and closes Monday 29th May at 11.59pm EDT. Visit all the blogs on the hop, and be sure to leave a comment so that your name will be entered into the drawing for a $25 shopping spree at Heartfelt Creations.

The winner of the hop will be announced on the Heartfelt Creations Blog and Facebook page Wednesday, May 31st. If you are the lucky winner, email Heartfelt Creations at info@heartfeltcreations.us with “Winner of the May Alumni Hop”

From my blog, hop on over and see what paper pretties my friend GLORIA has prepared for you today.

Here’s the order for this month’s hop:

Kathy (you are HERE) ♥ Gloria ♥ Archana ♥ Vicki ♥ Martine ♥ Amarilys ♥ Emelia ♥ Sarah ♥ Deneen

I hope I’ve shared some tips and tricks that you can use in your own crafty adventures. If so, I’d love to hear from you in the comment section below.

Thanks for stopping by!