DiC did produce Popples for two seasons after they lost the rights to Care Bears, an IP which unlike Sylvanian Families was actually owned by the same people who owned Care Bears. Nelvanna getting the rights for the second season might have had something to do with the fact that the first movie, which pre-dates the DiC episodes, was produced by them.
Incidentally, IMO, Popples was the most ungodly annoying and juvenile cartoon of the entire 1980s, making even Care Bears abs Sylvanian Familes look good by comparison. The only good thing about it was that the theme song was kinda catchy. I'm surprised Erik hasn't discovered that one yet, cause it would be right up his ally.