Happy Wishes for Power Poppy

Hello friends! Do you love Power Poppy images? If so then I have great news,  the Power Poppy blog is full of creation and wonder once again. One of our amazing Bloom Brigade team members, Christine, has started up the monthly challenge again and it is now called The Blossom Challenge. Can you hear me squealing with delight? Marcy's image make me so happy and I am just thrilled to see her work brought to life by everyone!

The theme for the challenge this month is "spring flowers" and I actually have 2 cards for the challenge.....for the first one I'm using a brand new image called Sketches of Spring Vol. 1. Isn't this such a lovely bouquet? 

For my 2nd card I used the digital set Tulips in Hobnail Pitcher. I adore these tulips and went with yellow and pink for my flowers.

Not sure where to start with this challenge? Head on over to the Power Poppy store and browse through the spring digital stamp sets that are 25% off just for this challenge! No matter what your taste is in flowers you will definitely find a set that makes you go "wow"! Use a Power Poppy stamp on your entry and you will be in the running for a $20 Power Poppy gift card, generously donated by Ms. Power Poppy herself, Marcella.

Make sure you check out what the other Bloomies did for this challenge and then play along with us!

Barbara C.

Gloria

Essie

and our host Christine!

Sending Sunny Vibes

Whew! I know it's been a bit between posts but my mojo seems to have gone and disappeared. Being on day shift seems to have sucked out all of my creativity....when I get home from work I need to get chores done and then I am just too tired to go play in my craft room. I'm taking the last week of May off to give myself a mental break so hopefully I'll get back into stamping everyday!

One thing I absolutely had to make time for was Friday Fun over at the Power Poppy blog! I miss playing with my Power Poppy stamps so much. I just got a big order of Power Poppy clear stamps yesterday and my collection is almost complete, wooohooo! If you are like me and cannot resist Power Poppy images they are still on sale for super low prices so hurry on over to the Power Poppy store and grab them while you can!

For this card I used a digital stamp set called Spring Border One. You can also find these images in the Natural Beauties clear set (currently sold out) but I went with digital so I could resize the image to fit the die I was using.

This image definitely gets one thinking about spring! It's still too early to put flowers in the ground here but I've got a bunch potted and I bring them outside everyday to sit in the sun and then I bring them back in at night. Maybe having our living room and dining room overrun with flowers will help my hubby realize that I need a greenhouse :)

Are you ready to see the fabulous projects from other Power Poppy Powerhouse members? Click on the names to go see what everyone came up with!

Stacy

Broni

Christine

Spring in my Step

Happy Friday! I know there is a lot of craziness happening across the world right now and I hope everyone is being safe and doing what is best for their families. Maybe you can find time for a little extra crafting and forget about everything that's going on for a while!

It's time for some Friday Fun over at the Power Poppy blog so hopefully this will help brighten the day for some folks! Even though it looks nothing like spring here I decided to go with this fabulous spring image from the Va-Va-Valentines set. It gives off such a happy vibe, don't you think?

I'm also playing along with the current Creative Confetti Challenge, Julie has 2 fabulous sketches for us to try! For this card I am using the first sketch but this weekend I definitely plan on giving the second one a try. I did leave the button off the banners in the corner because I'm not much of a button fan.

Are you ready to see what the rest of the Power Poppy team came up with? It's even better than last week!! I know, I know, that's impossible you say but I swear it's true! Head on over to their blogs and you will see the incredible cards these ladies have created! (Look at all the exclamation points I used, you know it all must be amazing!)

Nancy

Broni

Gloria

Stacy

Allison

Christine

Leslie

Psssssttttt....a little birdie told me there is going to be a HUGE sale going on in the Power Poppy shop at the end of next week...keep your eyes open for some amazing deals!!

Happy Spring

Happy Friday! Are you ready for the weekend? I know I am! We are supposed to get more snow and the moose are already out like crazy in the neighborhood so the new snow should really send them into the yard. I'll be out with my camera hoping for some good shots!

Today is Friday Fun with the Power Poppy crew! Normally I would showcase a digital stamp but I just got this clear set, Bloomin' Wonderful, this week and I really wanted to ink it up. I'll be back with a digital stamp next week!

I love this wreath, it has one of my favorite flowering branches, forsythia. I grew up in New England and forsythia was everywhere. I always loved the bright yellow of the flowers taking over the landscape, it just spoke to my heart. When I saw this wreath had forsythia on it I had to get it! That's one thing I love about Power Poppy images, they bring back such wonderful memories for me, whether it's of places I once lived or people that were important to me. Isn't that what we want with our stamps and the projects we make with them, to feel a connection with them? Ok, ok, no more deep thoughts from me today LOL

I used my copics to color the image. I actually had a big blob accident on the wreath and spent 2 days clearing it up! Hopefully it's not too noticeable to folks where it happened.

Make sure you check out what the rest of the Power Poppy team is having fun with today!

Christine
Julie

Allison

Stacy

Gloria

Leslie

Nancy

BarbaraW

Pansy Love for Mother's Day

It's time for a new challenge over at the Sunday Stamps blog and this week we have a fun color challenge for everyone to play along with!

It's funny, I cannot stand the color purple EXCEPT when it comes to flowers. I love purple flowers, especially pansies. The purple and yellow pansies/johnny jump ups are my absolute favorites and so I decided to use this pansy digital stamp from Power Poppy for my card. I colored the image with purple, yellow and green copics (using 3 of the colors from the graphic) and used my Scan N Cut to cut out the image.

My layout came from this weeks Freshly Made Sketches. I stamped the sentiment on a white panel and then embossed the panel with a folder from SU. I added the vertical strips, using some retired DSP from my stash, and then I popped up the image over the strips. It was all adhered  to a purple card base.

I'm also playing along with the Power Poppy Creative Confetti challenge Think Spring. Pansies are always the first flowers to pop up in my flower beds after the snow melts, they are a sure sign that spring/summer is on the way here in Alaska!

Make sure you head on over to the Sunday Stamps blog to see what the rest of the DT created and then play along with us!

Stamps: Pansies (Power Poppy Digital Stamp), Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU retired)

Paper: Gorgeous Grape (SU), Neenah Soloar White, Hello Honey DSP (SU retired), Blackberry Bliss DSP (SU retired)

Ink: Printer Ink, Gorgeous Grape (SU)

Copics: Y02, Y15, Y19

V05, V06, V09

YGO3, YG63, YG67

Accessories: MFT Blueprints 29, SU TIEF Pinewood Planks, dimensionals

Columbine for Sunday Stamps

It's time for a new challenge over at Sunday Stamps and this week we have a color challenge. The graphic and colors are all about Easter but since I don't celebrate Easter I wanted to take my card in a different direction. I used the new Cup of Columbine digital set from Power Poppy for a spring inspired card instead.

I love columbine, they are one of my favorite flowers! I have them all over my flower beds and I love how they seed themselves and every year seems to bring new color combos. For my card I used my soft yellow columbines as inspiration and then brought the blue in for the cup and the purple in for the cloth the cup is sitting on. The card base is Mint Macaron and I also used some Mint Macaron and Daffodil Delight DSP.

Make sure to head on over to the Sunday Stamps blog to see what the rest of the DT created and then play along with us, we'd love to see how you use these colors!

 

Getting Chicky With It

It's time for the mid week inspiration at Aloha Friday Challenge and the theme is Easter. We've got 2 great sponsors for the challenge, The Paper Nest Dolls and Drawn with Character!

My family doesn't celebrate Easter so I picked an image from Drawn with Character that could be used for Easter or spring. This little chick dancing through the grass and flowers is just too cute! I'm trying to get through the large hoard of DSP I have, so I used some old SU DSP that I had. I thought the yellow combined with the flower DSP gave the card a nice spring feel!

Head on over to the blog to see the inspiration from the rest of the DT and then play along with us!

Stamps: Dancing Spring Chick (Drawn with Character)

Paper: So Saffron (SU), Neenah Solar White, Tea Party DSP (SU retired)

Ink: Printer Ink

Copics: W0, W2, W4

T0, T1

G21, G24

Y2, Y4

R32, RV06, BV02

BG13, BG15

G07

YR16

Accessories: Cuttlebug, MFT Zig Zag Stitch Rectangles 

Sweet Thoughts for LMMS

It's time for a new LMMS challenge and this week I'm highlighting one of the new images being released today! This sweet guy is called Cuthbert- Sweet and I was hooked by the big strawberry he has in his hands. We have wild strawberries that grow in our yard and I love picking them for a sweet snack, they are so good.

Make sure you head on over to the LMMS Store to see the new images being released today, plus head on over to the LMMS Challenge blog to see what the rest of the DT created, and then play along with us!

Stamps: Cuthbert-Sweet (LMMS)

Paper: Melon Mambo (SU), Island Indigo (SU), Neenah Solar White, Gingham Garden DSP (SU retired)

Ink: Printer Ink

Copics: E33, E34, E35

B23, Y35

G07, YG09

R000, R24, R27

YG61, YG67

B0000, BG10, BG11

Happy Spring for The Paper Players

This week at The Paper Players the challenge is to create CAS projects inspired by spring. Here in Alaska we welcomed in spring with a snowstorm that brought 7 inches of wonderful snow to my place. It's the most snow we've had since November and I spent all day Saturday outside playing in it!

For my card I used a fun stamp from MFT, the PI I'm All Ears. The girl in her sundress, holding the carrot and wearing bunny ears definitely speaks spring! I don't celebrate Easter but if you do, this image would also be great for an Easter card!

I colored in the image with my copic markers and then adhered it my card base. My daughter wanted some bling on it so I added some sequins to it to make her happy. Otherwise I kept it nice and simple!

Thanks for stopping by!

Looking down my street on Saturday.....

Stamps: MFT I'm All Ears

Paper: Wild Wasabi, Neenah Solar White, MFT Tranquil Textures

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tangerine Tango

Copics: YR04, YR16

YR07, YR18, YG09

RV52, N1, C00

E33, E25, E29

E77, E79

E00, E21, R02

Accessories: Cuttlebug, MFT, Die-Namics Stitched Cover-Up Companion-Horizontal, PPP Sequins, Dimensionals

You're My Kind of Peep

It's time for another Friday Mashup but before I get into the challenge details I have to announce that after 5 yrs The Friday Mashup will be closing it's doors. The creator, Holly, has a lot on her plate right now and feels that the challenge has run it's course. Family comes first so I support Holly 100% and I am very thankful that she asked me to be on the team when the Mashup first started and has kept me on this entire time. I've learned so much over the years and have had a blast, so thank you Holly for everything!

For our last challenge we have a sketch along with an Easter theme. If you are like me and do not celebrate Easter than just use chicks or bunnies on your project!

For my card I used stamps and paper from last month's Simon Says Stamp card kit. I love peeps, I could eat a large box of them in one sitting, so I used the peep stamps to create my card. I kept the card simple, adding a few sequins to finish it off.

Make sure you head over to The Friday Mashup blog to see what the rest of the DT came up with and then join us for our last challenge!

• Create a Project with an "Easter theme or Chicks & Bunnies" . 
• or Create a Project using the above "Sketch".
• or Mash it Up and create an Easter project using the Sketch above. 

Scattered Spring for Friday Mashup

Thank goodness it's Friday! It's been a busy and long week here and I am ready to unwind for the weekend!

Need some help unwinding? Tara is our hostess this week at The Friday Mashup and she has a great challenge for us. She wants to see projects with a spring theme, and she'd also like us to try the scattered embossing technique.

I decided to use this great stamp, Vivid Vases. I just love everything about this stamp! The colors are pulled from the Gingham Garden DSP.

For the embossing I took the Square Lattice EF and put my card base in there. I then used the stylus from the scoring board to highlight the spots where I wanted embossing on my card. In the video that Tara provided the gal uses vellum for the technique but I wasn't keen on that, so hopefully I got the technique right by doing it the way I did. Either way its something I haven't tried before, so I can knock it off the list!

I hope you'll head over to The Friday Mashup to see what the rest of the DT did, these ladies blow me away every week!

1. Create a project using the "Scattered Embossing Technique".
2. Create a project with "Spring Colors or a Theme".
3. Or Mash it up and create a "Spring project with the Scattered Embossing Technique".

 

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Vivid Vases

Paper: Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Gingham Garden DSP

Ink: Black StazOn, Melon Mambo, Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Island Indigo

Accessories: Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Stylus, dimensionals

 

 

Vivid Vases for Sunday Stamps

I had some time yesterday to play along with the color challenge over at Sunday Stamps. The colors are green, white, yellow and kraft. I grabbed the set Vivid Vases from the Occasions Mini and paper pieced different shades of green DSP for the vases, Pistachio Pudding and Old Olive. For the flowers I used Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry and So Saffron markers, with Always Artichoke and Old Olive for the leaves.

I kept it simple by popping up the Whisper White image panel on a card base of Crumb Cake and then I used a white gel pen to draw my border. I also used the round corner punch on 2 corners of the image panel and then for the corners of the card base.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Vivid Vases

Paper: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Pistachio Pudding DSP, Old Olive DSP

Ink: Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, Crushed Curry, Black StazOn

Accessories: White Gel Pen, Round Corner Punch

Spring Colors and Butterflies to Say Thanks

Today's card was made using the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. I'm a snow and cold temperatures girl but I can channel my inner spring when I need too :)

I started with paper from the Tea For Two DSP and worked my way from there. I really love the So Saffron and Island Indigo together(I am so excited that Island Indigo is sticking around, its one of my favs!). I got the paper put together, the sentiment stamped, the ribbon on...and then I got stuck. For the life of me I couldn't figure out what I wanted to do for the shape in the middle. I tried a few different things and then decided to keep it nice and simple! An oval from the framelits set, some embossing and then pretty butterflies and voila, done! The oval is popped up with dimensionals.

We still have a lot of snow, but our blue skies are close to Island Indigo!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Oh, Hello

Paper: Island Indigo, Naturals White, So Saffron, Lucky Limeade, Tea For Two DSP

Ink: So Saffron, Island Indigo

Accessories: Big Shot, Ovals Collection Framelits, Embosslits Beautiful Wings,  CB Swiss Dots EF, Pearls, So Saffron Ribbon(retired), So Saffron Brads, sponge, dimensionals

Flowers for Freshly Made Sketches

Happy Wednesday to everyone! We're halfway through the week and you know what that means...time for a new Freshly Made Sketches challenge!

This weeks sketch is from Tui and it's a great one! Since spring, or as we call it in my neck of the woods "break-up", seems to have arrived in southcentral Alaska I went with these pretty flowers from the hostess set "Up in the Air" from the occasions catalog. I took the colors right from the DSP I used and added some pretty Lucky Limeade ribbon for a simple final touch.

Make sure you head over to Freshly Made Sketches to check out all the great inspiration from the design team and then play along!

Supplies used(all supplies are SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Up in the Air

Paper: Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Everyday Enchantment DSP

Ink: Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Wisteria Wonder, Peach Parfait

Accessories: Big Shot, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Coluzzle, Lucky Limeade ribbon

Another Fundraiser Card

The response to the fundraiser I've been having for my daughters soccer team has been amazing but that's means I have been trying to crank out cards like crazy! Yesterday I got 2 orders for 15 cards each and today I got another order for 10 cards. How awesome is that! (I've been offering a deal, 5 cards for $10.00).

One of the cards I created today was this one. I'm really glad I've got so much retired DSP because this has been an awesome way to use the paper up!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Up in the Air, Fresh Fillers

Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White, Cottage Wall DSP

Ink: Early Espresso, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Crumb Cake, Island Indigo

Accessories: Blender Pen, Old Olive Ribbon, sponge, dimensionals

Get your Quilt On with Friday Mashup!

It's Lisa here, with you on the first Friday of Spring and bringing you another Friday Mashup! Once again I'd like to thank those crafters who played along with our 50th challenge celebration, we really appreciate everyone who takes the time to sit down and play along with the Friday Mashup.

I've been seeing a lot of quilted cards lately and since I had never done one myself I thought it would be the perfect challenge. There are many ways to do this technique and if you don't care for the Splitcoast tutorial we're posting than just Google "quilted card" and you'll get all kinds of results!

To go along with the quilted card I want everyone to pull something out of their stash that they had forgotten about. Yep, that's right, dig through the dust, look under piles and find some treasure that you just had to have but somehow it got pushed to the side! Spring cleaning in a sense :)

 

For my card my forgotten items are: retired Mistletoe Ribbon and the use of a sentiment from the retired set Warmest Regards.

Have fun, and I look forward to seeing what everyone comes up with!

 

How to Make a Quilted Card Tutorial

1. Make a project using the "Quilted Cards Technique".
2. Or Make a project using "something that's been forgotten (sitting in your stash forever)".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Quilted card with something you've forgotten about".

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Warmest Regards

Paper: Pear Pizzazz, Rose Red, Very Vanilla, Springtime Vintage DSP

Ink: Rose Red, Pear Pizzazz

Accessories: Big Shot, Top Note Die, Embosslits Beautiful Wings, Modern Label Punch, Large Oval Punch, Mistletoe Ribbon, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, sponge, dimensionals

 

A Little Spring While It Snows

I played along with this weeks The Paper Players challenge, which comes from Jaydee. She wants us to make a project with a spring theme. I looked outside at the snow currently falling, my yard buried in over 3ft of the white stuff and thought aw heck, why not :)) I am a winter girl who loves her snow but I can also stop and appreciate the beauty that spring brings!

I didnt get to play in time but for this card I did use the sketch that Rita provided last week on Freshly Made Sketches. I love nice clean lines such as the ones this sketch has!

 Snowing at my place today!

Supplies Used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Branch Out

Paper: Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, Naturals White, Springtime Vintage DSP

Ink: Early Espresso, Poppy Parade, Basic Black, Pear Pizzazz

Accessories: Certainly Celery ribbon, sponge, dimensionals

Flowers and a Sketch for 2 Challenges

Today's card combines 2 challenges.....


The first is from The Paper Players and Nance wants us to use a floral image on our card. That was hard for me, as I totally have winter on my mind and there is snow everywhere. I also discovered that I own more snowman stamps than flower ones, ROFL. I guess I love flowers in my yard but in my stamp collection, not so much! I ended up using an image from the "Easter Blossoms" set. I don't celebrate Easter so this flower image(and the little girl silhouette) were the only reason I bought the set.

Looking at my front yard this afternoon:

The second challenge is a sketch challenge from Scrapbook Essentials BC and it's from Lesley. Very nice and easy sketch, and although I am usually not too fond of circles I went ahead and used that shape. For some reasons circles just  frustrate me, LOL.

Make sure you head over to both sites to play along with their great challenges!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Easter Blossoms

Paper: Crumb Cake, Rose Red, Always Artichoke, Watercolor Paper, Springtime Vintage

Ink: Rose Red, Crumb Cake, Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink

Accessories: Nestabilities, CB Swiss Dots folder, small oval punch, Dazzling Details, sponge, dimensionals

Bird of Thanks

The days after Christmas are all about the thank you cards around here. I like to get cards made and sent out as soon as possible, so our friends and family know how thankful we are for them, and for any gifts that we received. My kids have had it drilled into their heads since they were little "thank you cards, thank you cards, thank you cards" LOL.

This particular one is going to be sent to my step mom, who lives down in FL, so I wanted it to have a spring-look to it, as she really isn't a fan of winter. It made me giggle thinking about that, as I stood outside in a temperature of negative 9, surrounded by snow, taking the picture :)

I played along with 2 challenges for this card. The first one was Stamping 411 and their sketch challenge, and the 2nd one was Shopping Our Stash, who wants us to use ribbon, twine, etc on our project. Go check out both blogs if you haven't already!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Language of Friendship, Petite Pairs

Paper: Pear Pizzazz, Watercolor Paper, Springtime Vintage DSP

Ink: Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Baja Breeze

Accessories: Certainly Celery Ribbon, Oval Punch, Bird Builder Punch, Aquapainter, dimensionals, sponge

Patriotic and Little Girls

This week The Color Throwdown gave us these colors: Navy, White and another color of your choosing. I loved this challenge so much I ended up making 2 cards for it!

My first card used Night of Navy, Whisper White, and Cherry Cobbler. I used the CB folder Distressed Stripes and some Riding Hood Red ribbon to bring it all together. I love this stamp from SU. I'm a Navy vet, my husband is retired Navy, and I love anything patriotic!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Land of the Free

Paper: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler

Ink: Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: Riding Hood Red ribbon, CB Distressed Stripes folder, sponge, dimensionals

My 2nd card incorporates this weeks Clean and Simple challenge from Splitcoast, along with The Color Throwdown. This time I used Night of Navy, Whisper White and Daffodil Delight. How sweet is this image of 2 little girls? Its funny that I like it so much because I am SOOO not a girly-girl, LOL.

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: The Nicest Things

Paper: Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Night of Navy DSP

Ink: Black StazOn, Night of Navy, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizazz, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Night of Navy ribbon, Scallop Trim Border Punch, dimensionals