A Late Easter Greeting!

Happy Wednesday all!  I’m just getting around to making some cards with some of the Easter critters I painted and coloured up this past week.

This fun little card is using the latest MFT Color Challenge as inspiration…

I couldn’t help stamping and colouring up these cuties from the new “Hoppy Friends” from My Favorite Things…

I also used the Stitched Rectangles Dies, Surf and Turf dies (to make that little bunny jump up and down!), Grassy Edges and Rolling Hills dies.  I used the Mini Cloud Edges stencil to create my sky with Broken Chine Distress Oxide ink.

And here is the inside of my card…

Aren’t those chickies cute??

Thanks for stopping in for a visit!  See you soon!

~ Ally ~


stamps: MFT (Hoppy Friends)
cardstock:  MFT (Grout Grey, Peach Bellini, Coral Crush), Recollections (110# White), Bazzill (Light Blue), Arches Watercolour Cardstock
dies: MFT (Stitched Rectangles, Surf and Turf, Grassy Edges and Rolling Hills), Pretty Pink Posh (Scallop Frames), Studio Katia (Easter)
inks: Versafine (Onyx Black), Ranger Distress Oxides (Broken China)
stencils: MFT (Mini Cloud Edges)

Have a Tweet Birthday!

Happy Friday everyone.  I hope you have a wonderful Easter weekend.

My Mom has been taking care of me for the past week or so since my hubby works away from home and I’m now home from surgery.  I asked her to look through all my fun Power Poppy stamps and pick an image and a theme for me to make a card for you all today.  So she chose the sweet little birdie in the heart wreath from the Folk Heart stamp set.

I coloured it in using my Polychromos Pencils and then Copic air brushed it with my Catherine Pooler Designs “Turkish Delight” stencil.  I even misted it with a little bit of Tsukineko’s Gold Shimmer Mist for some sparkle.

Now come and check out what my fellow Bloomies have created to share with you today…

Allison Cope 

Julie Koerber -- go here next!

Katie Sims

And before you go, I have some Easter weekend giveaways happening.  One on my Instagram account and the other on my YouTube channel.  Click the images below for further details of how you can WIN some Power Poppy stamps of your very own!

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Ally ~


supplies:
stamps: Power Poppy (Folk Heart, Short Stacks)
inks: Catherine Pooler Designs (Black Jack, Seafoam), Polychromos Pencils, Copic Markers, Tsukineko (Gold Shimmer Mist)
cardstock: Recollections (110# White), Simon Says Stamp (Mint)
stencil:  Catherine Pooler Designs (Turkish Delight)
dies:  My Favorite Things (Stitched Rectangles)

Power Poppy: Thanks Friend!

Hello and TGIF!  It’s been a week since my hysterectomy and I’m slowly getting stronger and stronger.  I over did it the other day and BOY… did I pay for it!  Not good people.

I did take a few minutes yesterday to colour and create this VERY simple card with you today though.  It’s always good to get back to crafting!

I just adore the “Vibrant Thanks” stamp set so I chose to feature it today.

I had fun colouring up my images using my Polychromos Pencils.

Take a moment and check out my fellow Bloom Brigader creations being shared today…

Allison Cope

Christine Okken – go here next!

Tosha Leyendekker

Thanks for stopping in today!

~ Ally ~


Supplies:
stamps: Power Poppy (Vibrant Thanks)
cardstock:  Recollections (110# White Cardstock)
inks: Versafine (Onyx Black), Polychromos Pencils, Catherine Pooler Designs (Sweet Sixteen)
stencil: Catherine Pooler Designs (Turkish Delight)
dies: Sizzix (Labels 8)

More "All That Jazz" Love!

Howdy again!  I was up late last night being inspired to get inky so I pulled out all of my fun Catherine Pooler Designs goodies to play with again.

First I created this fun card using the “Bloomin’ Bouquet”, “Leaf Motifs” and “Music Notes Background” stamp sets.  My beautiful greeting is from the previously released “Simply Stated” stamp set.

I used Premium White Cardstock along with the following CP inks: Sweet Sixteen, Sugared Lavender, Aquatini, Lime Rickey and Black Jack ink  And I could resist layered in some fun white die cut leaves from the ornate “Fallen Leaves Dies”.

For my second card I used the fun Congratulations stamp from the “Simply Stated” stamp set, masked it off and then stamped a variety of blooms and ferns from the new “Grateful Heart” stamp set.  After masking I used some All That Jazz ink to blend into the back ground.

I used the very useful “Geo Trio Stencil” to create the multiple polka dot back ground along with the striped back ground using Lime Rickey ink. I used the fun mini dotted line from the “Simply Stated” stamp set over top of the stripes.

I coloured in my blooms and ferns using Polychromos Pencils and added some white gel pen detail to the lettering.


Time to shop... click the image below to go to the CP shop...

Thanks for checking out my midnight creations!  Which one is your favourite?
 
~ Ally ~


supplies: (all Catherine Pooler Designs products unless otherwise indicated)
stamps:  Grateful Heart, Music Notes Background, Simply Stated, Bloomin’ Bouquet, Leaf Motifs 
cardstock:  Premium White Cardstock
inks:  Black Jack, All That Jazz, Sugared Lavender, Lime Rickey, Sweet Sixteen, Aquatini, Polychromos Pencils
stencils:  Geo Trio Stencil
dies:  Fallen Leaves
other: Sakura (White Gel Pen), Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh – Mermaid Mix)