Introducing… Le Vie en Rose & the Instant Gardners

Happy Friday everyone!  It’s been an exciting week for Power Poppy!  We just released a brand new digital stamp and accompanying sentiments yesterday along with introducing our newest Power Poppy designers, better known as the Instant Gardeners!  Make sure to check it all out on the Power Poppy Blog right here for more information.

Please take a moment and welcome the new Instant Gardeners…

• Danielle Kennedy  (yes, we snagged her back!)
• Debbie Olson
• Jennifer Dove
• Rhea Weigands (will begin joining us next month!)
• Broni Holcombe 
• Cheryl Scrivens   

These lovely ladies will be revealing a new digital stamp to add to our Instant Garden Collection on the 15th of the month.  The Instant Garden Collection contains all of our beautiful digital blooms and their sentiments.

Now… here’s our latest and one of the most beautiful flowers in our Instant Garden Collection… it’s “Le Vie en Rose”!

I decided to stay super simple in my colouring today and just stick to black, white and grey tones for my creation.

First I actually created my own digital paper using the “I Love You” sentiment.  You can see it tucked behind the heart and rose.  I also included the second sentiment, “Be My Valentine Every Day”, tucked in the top of my heart die cut.

As you can see, I added some simple clear Wink of Stella for a little bit o sparkle on my roses.

Thanks for stopping in today!  Don’t forget to check out our Power Poppy Peep of the Week challenge going on all month long.  Here are are some ladies who would like to share some amazing creations with you this week… Take it away Bloomies!!!

Allison Cope – you are here!
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Dawn Burnworth
Julie Koerber
Kathy Jones
Katie Sims
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker
Marcella on the Power Poppy Blog

Have a great day everyone!

~ Ally ~


Sponsored by:  Power Poppy

Supplies:
stamps: Power Poppy (Le Vie en Rose)
cardstock:  X-Press It Cardstock, Recollections black cardstock
patterned paper:  Echo Park (Love Story)
ribbon:  Offray
die cut shapes: Spellbinders (Hearts, Scalloped Hearts, A2 Curved Borders 1, Ribbon Banners), Cheery Lynn Designs (Mesh Border), Lawn Fawn (Stitched Rectangles)
ink: Ranger Distress (Pumice Stone), Copic Markers (N1, N3, N5, N7, N8), Wink of Stella (clear)
tools:  Bow It All, We R Memory Keepers (Envelope Punch Board).

Birthday Wishes & Penguin Kisses

Welcome to Day 6 of our week long StampNation 4th Birthday Bash!  All week long the Dream Team is sharing some amazing birthday themed cards for everyone and anyone.
 
Today’s challenge is an EASY one!  Just create a card for ANYONE!  Yup… it can be for a girl or a boy, man or women, young or young at heart…. basically anything goes as long as it's a birthday card!!

For my card creations today, I’m featuring the amazing stamps from one of our sponsor companies, Whimsy Stamps!  I couldn’t resist their sweet little “Penguin Fun” stamp set to start.  Then I pulled in the “Scandi Christmas” and “Happy Everything” stamp sets to compliment my theme.

Believe it or not but this is a ONE LAYER CARD.  Yup… I stamped everything on one single card base.  The only thing I added was a little pink paper bow on her head.

Included in the "Penguin Fun" stamp set is a sentiment "Warm Wishes & Penguin Kisses".  I chose to use only the "& penguin kisses" part of the sentiment.  To to replace the "Warm Wishes" part, I used the "birthday" and "wishes" from the "Happy Everything" stamp set to make it a birthday card.

I also added some clear Wink of Stella to the ground and to the “fireworks” above their heads!

I sure hope you have joined us over at StampNation!  If you haven’t, click the image below to find out more about it!  We’d love to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Ally ~

 

Sponsored by:  Whimsy Stamps
 
Supplies:
stamps: Whimsy Stamps (Penguin Fun, Scandi Christmas, Happy Everything)
cardstock:  X-Press It Cardstock
ink:  Versafine (Onyx Black), Stampin’ Up! (Strawberry Crush), Memento (Summer Sky), Copic Multiliner 0.5, Copic Markers, Wink of Stella (clear).

Four Party Animals

If you just dropping in for the first time this week than you have reached Day 6 of our week long 4th Birthday Bash for StampNation!  This week we’re celebrating 4 fabulous years that StampNation has been around and Catherine and the Dream Team are sharing some awesome birthday creations all week.

Over at StampNation we are on our 6th day of challenges and today’s challenge is to create a birthday card featuring the number 4 ~ that is, create a card with multiples of 4 items on it:  4 brads, 4 window panes, 4 trees, etc.  You get the idea!

For my card today, I used 4 balloons, 4 bright colours (red, blue, yellow and green), 4 stars stamped in each colour and 4 stamped “Happy Birthday” greetings in 4 different colours!

My die cut balloons from the “Celebration Time” die from Simon Says Stamp! (SSS) each feature a different animal from the SSS “Birthday Farm Animals” stamp set. I used the balloon strings from the SSS “Celebrate Time” stamp set and all of the sentiments are from the fabulous SSS “Birthday Balloons”.

Here’s a quick close up of my floating critters and all the fun shimmer I added to my card.  Aren’t they cute?!?

I sure hope you will join us this week over at StampNation!  If you haven’t already joined, click the image below to find out more about it!  We’d love to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by! Tomorrow is our last official day for posting new challenges Birthday Bash challenges but you still have plenty of time to join us to win some AMAZING prizes!  Hope to see you at StampNation!

~ Ally ~

 

Sponsored by:  Simon Says Stamp!   

Supplies:
stamps: Simon Says Stamp! (Celebrate, Birthday Farm Animals, Birthday Balloons)
cardstock:  X-Press It Cardstock, Bazzill
patterned paper:  Echo Park (It’s a Boy’s Life)
die:  Simon Says Stamp! (Celebration Time)
ink:  Memento (Tuxedo Black, Cantaloupe, Love Letter, Bamboo Leaves, Bahama Blue), Copic Markers, Wink of Stella (clear), Sakura Glaze Pen, Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen.

Nautical Birthdays

Hello fellow StampNation fans! If you already weren’t aware, StampNation is celebrating their 4th birthday ALL week long with an awesome array of birthday related challenges.

This week’s challenge is all about creating a birthday themed card using a non-traditional birthday theme.  So no birthday cakes, no cupcakes, no balloons… you have to think outside of the box for this challenge this week.

For me, I am always in awe of the cool nautical birthday themed cards.  My hubby loves to sail so I made a card for him for this theme.  Here’s my sneak peek:

You can see the whole card at StampNation!  You don’t want to miss out on it!

So I wanted to share another nautical themed card featuring one of our Birthday Bash sponsors, Verve and their “Strong Anchor” and “Small Packages” stamp sets and so here it is:

It’s actually a ONE LAYER CARD!  Yup!

First I drew on the sketch design seen below using pencil and then inked it up using a Copic Multiliner pen for crisp corners and lines.  Then I masked (yup… that a LOT of masking!) off each separate area that I stamped or Copic airbrushed.  It took quite some time but I do like the end result!

Here's a closer look at one of the corners...

I used this week’s Splitcoaststampers new card sketch for this one:

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Thanks for joining me today!  I hope you come and join SN, even just for 1 month!   Come check us out!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Verve
 
Supplies:
stamps: Verve (Strong Anchors, Small Packages)
cardstock:  X-Press It Cardstock
ink: Copic Markers, Memento (Nautical Blue, Lady Bug), Tsukineko (Delicata Golden Glitz), Sharpie (Metallic Gold) Pen
tools:  Copic airbrush.