Go Green, Plant Kindness & a Giveaway!

Howdy all!  Happy Friday!  It’s a new month over on the Power Poppy Blog so today being the first Friday, we’re introducing a brand new “Power & Spark Challenge”.

In honor of Pantone’s 2017 Color of the Year choice, “Greenery”,  let’s create projects featuring green!  

Here is an excerpt from Pantone’s description of “Greenery”…

Greenery is a fresh and zesty yellow-green shade that evokes the first days of spring when nature’s greens revive, restore and renew. Illustrative of flourishing foliage and the lushness of the great outdoors, the fortifying attributes of Greenery signals consumers to take a deep breath, oxygenate and reinvigorate.

 
For further challenge details, click here.  Come and participate and WIN a Power Poppy stamp!

Well let me tell ya!  Power Poppy has LOTS of greenery so there’s lots to choose from to colour so I chose to highlight all the delightful herbs from the “Sage Advice” stamp set.  There’s certainly a lot of greenery there!

Copic Colors: V12, V15, V25, BG11, YG00, YG01, YG17, YG23, YG97, G21, G46, G94, E33

Who says a colander has to be metallic?? I thought purple was a nice change!  I coloured the ribbon to match the plaid paper on the card.

So come and have some featuring some GREENERY or the colour GREEN on your cards this month for our challenge.  Here are few more examples from my fellow Bloomies…

Allison Cope - you are here!

Christine Okken

Katie Sims

Plus don’t forget to check out the Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge Blog Hop that went on yesterday.  You could WIN all of the stamp sets being released next week – 8 new stamp sets valued at over $140!!!  Click here for details!

Plus don’t forget our digital stamp sale too…

PLUS....

Comment below to be entered in my Early Power Poppy Birthday Giveaway!  This week I'm giving away the beautiful "Potted Primroses" clear stamp set.

I'll draw for the winner next Friday, March 10th and will post the random winner here on my blog.  Giveaway is open to everyone!  Good luck!


Happy stamping and colouring this month!

~ Ally ~

stamps:  Power Poppy (Sage Advice)
patterned paper: MFT (Plaid Patterns 6x6)
cardstock:  Bazzill (Sawdust), Neenah Solar White
inks: Memento (Tuxedo Black), Simon Says Stamp (Hot Mama), Copic Markers
dies: MFT (Cross Stitched Rectangles)
#thedailymarker30day

The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge Blog Hop

Kathy Racoosin of The Daily Marker is unleashing a world of color on her blog and Instagram (@kathyrac) this month, and she wants all of us to join her in the fun!

The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge energizes us to color something every day — even if only for a few minutes. Whether you love markers or prefer paints, colored pencils or crayons, all media is welcome! CLICK HERE to find out where to share what you are coloring and join the encouraging community of happy colorists. You'll also find answers to questions you may have along the way, participate in contests and more! If you share your work on social media, don't forget the hashtag: #thedailymarker30day and if you use our stamps and digis, add the hashtag #powerpoppy

POWER POPPY GIVEAWAY
To kick off the challenge, Power Poppy’s Marcella Hawley has a surprise of epic proportions! She’s giving away Power Poppy’s SOON-TO-BE-UNVEILED MARCH CLEAR STAMP SET RELEASE! That means EIGHT of the freshest, most fun Power Poppy designs to hit the market yet. It's a $144 value! Plus you can enter a friend to win.

Read all the details here!

Winners will be announced on the Power Poppy Blog/Instagram/Facebook pages on Sunday, March 12th, and also over on thedailymarker.com.

For my card I began with some beautiful Canson Cold Press Watercolor Paper and stamped my stunner of a bouquet from the Power Poppy "Daffodils" stamp set multiple times down the edge of my paper.

I proceeded to color up my image using a variety of fun ZIG Clean Color Real Brush markers to add pigment to my image.  I used a very detailed water brush to move the color around.  I added more marker where I wanted more concentrated color.

The simple but elegant sentiment comes from the darling "Dream Wedding" stamp set.

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush markers make coloring QUICK and EASY.  They're a dream to use!

THERE'S ALSO A SUPER SPECIAL DEAL THIS ENTIRE MONTH AS WELL! 

Power Poppy is offering 25% off all digital stamps for folks all month long to tie in with the Daily Marker's 30 Day Coloring Challenge! Just enter the code COLORMEHAPPY at checkout! This is good only on digis only to help you enjoy this beautifully colorful month!

Power Poppy’s celebration of the 30-Day Coloring Challenge is just one piece of the fun, make sure you visit the Power Poppy Blog for all the festivities and to get in on the hop with some of our fellow card making superstars! 

Allison Cope – you are here!
Christine Okken - travel here next!
Cindy Lawrence
Julie Koerber
Kathy Jones
Katie Sims

Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker
Power Poppy Blog

GIVEAWAYS: During the hop, you will find lots of giveaways along the way.  The full list of ALL  winners from the individual blogs will be announced on The Daily Marker blog Sunday, March 12th. 

Good luck and happy coloring!!!!

~ Ally ~


Supplies:
Stamps: Power Poppy (Daffodils, Dream Wedding)
Inks: ZIG Clean Color Markers (Flesh Colour, Lemon Yellow, Yellow, Orange, Light Pink, Light Violet, Lilac, English Lavender, Violet, Pale Green, Light Green), Versafine (Black Onyx)
Paper: Canson (140lb Cold Press Watercolor Paper), Recollections (110lb White), My Favorite Things (Painted Prints Smitten 6x6)
Accessories: Spellbinders (A2 Bracket Borders 1), CraftMedley (Sequins)

Stocked with Love

Hey fellow Power Poppy lovers!  It’s Friday and time to share in another fun stamped creation.

If you are unfamiliar with our monthly challenges over on the Power Poppy Blog, why not come and check it out this month – it’s called the Power & Spark Challenge!  This month’s challenge is all about using the no-line colouring technique.  It’s actually pretty easy!  For challenge details and to also learn how you can WIN a Power Poppy stamp set of your own, click here!

Today I was inspired to create for a few other fun card challenges to I incorporated them into my card today.  Today’s card features the Happiest Holiday collection stamp set, “Fully Stocked” and of course, I used that fabulous and fun, no-line colouring technique. 

 Primsacolor Pencils: White, Cream, Light Peach, Goldenrod, Canary Yellow, Apple Green, Olive Green, Crimson Red, Sienna Brown, Tucson Red, Indigo Blue

(I know you're all thinkin' it... a Christmas card in February?!?  Are you crazy girl?!?!  YUP... I am!! )

Check out the colouring process on my quick, sped-up video…

 Click here to view in HD.

COMING SOON... Now, to let you know, Power Poppy has a birthday coming up in a little over a month’s time, so to celebrate I’m going to be having a few Power Poppy stamp GIVEAWAYS on my blog over the next couple of weeks.  Stay tuned to my blog for details!!!

Plus, I have a new Facebook page now dedicated specifically to all of my card making and stamping called Your Memories with Ally.  If you’re interested in joining, click here.  I have a fun giveaway available there right now too featuring products from a brand new Canadian company called Wild Whisper Designs!

For today's card, I've used the following challenges as inspiration today...

This week's sketch from Mojo Monday, #485:

And the Merry Monday Challenge, #236: use stockings on your card...

Now, come along and check out what the rest of the Bloom Brigade has in store for you today…

Christine Okken

Cindy Lawrence
Katie Sims

Stacy Morgan

Tosha Leyendekker

Power Poppy Blog

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have an amazing weekend!!

~ Ally ~


supplies:
stamps: Power Poppy (Fully Stocked)
inks: Memento (Desert Sand), Prismacolor Pencils
cardstock: Bazzill (Sawdust)
dies: My Favorite Things  (Stitched Circles), SugarPea Designs (Stitched Flags)
patterned papers:  Echo Park (Warm & Cozy)
charm: Emerald Creek (pinecone charm)
twine: Darice
other: thread.

For the Love of Diamonds and Blooms!

Hey there everyone!  It’s Monday and I have a few more cards to share with you featuring the “The Perfect Reason” Stamp of Approval Collection!

This seasonally released box of specially curated stamping goodies contains 4 stamp sets, 3 dies and a gorgeous stencil!  And we still have a few boxes left for purchase!

Today I’m going to share some fun cards using the Catherine Pooler Designs inks.  These inks are to “dye for”… lol!  They are vivid, extremely saturated beauties!

In one of stamp sets, we have this cool strip of diamonds and then a few separate single diamonds and so I thought I would play with a fun rainbow effect with them.

Next I pulled out the cool bowl-shaped blooms and had some fun using some Midnight, Tiki Torch and Tutti Frutti inks…

And finally, Catherine had an on-line chat with the members of StampNation a few days ago where she invited members of the Dream Team to come and CASE one of our fellow designer’s SOA cards. I chose a fun card by Catherine herself and CASEd it using the diamond stamps plus some of the fun “Paisley Peacock” paisleys too!

If you are new to stamping or have a friend that loves to stamp & create, then this box is for you! 

For more information or purchase this collection of creative goodies, please visit www.cpstampofapproval.com.

Happy creating!


~ Ally ~