A Peaceful Easy Rosy Feeling

Welcome back to another Friday with the Bloom Brigade from Power Poppy!  Like most Friday’s we are asking you to join in the fun and play along with our “Peep of the Week” challenge.  If you are new to our challenge… no worries!  Just check out the Power Poppy Blog for all the deets.

This month at Power Poppy we shared a brand new digital design team, known as our Instant Gardners!  These six extremely fabulous and uber talented ladies revealed the stunning “La Vie en Rose” digital stamp set and coordinating digital sentiments just in time for the month of Love coming up!  Today I thought I’d use the “La Vie en Rose” stamp set and combine it with a few of our fabulous clear stamp sets too!

I first created a piece of rosy art to print out onto cream coloured cardstock using my Photoshop program.  I wanted some roses on top of the taped love note and some below so I overlapped my roses to achieve this look.   Then I coloured my creation using Copic Markers.

I added the cute little stitched heart to my scrap of torn vellum from the  “Bough Wow Wow” stamp set.  Who said you couldn’t use Christmas themed stamp sets all year round?!?!

The beautiful sentiment is from the gorgeous “Lavender” stamp set.  I stamped it in Versamark and embossed with gold embossing powder.  I love that added touch of shine to accompany that shiny heart!

For this card I had used a black cardstock card base so I thought I’d finish off the inside of it as well so it could be easily written in inside.  I created another layered band of roses and then die cut out my printed sheet of cream cardstock and added some Copic colours to the back ground to match the front of the card.  And again, the gold sentiment is from the stunning “Lavender” stamp set.

I even die cut a banner to hold my card stamp on the back using some scraps of printed digital paper from the inside of my card.  There's just a hint of digital roses on it...

I really like how it turned out because I wasn’t 100% sure I was going to like it as I started to colour this.   Now… it’s time to check out what the rest of my fellow Bloomies have to share with you today!  Go on and check it out…



Allison Cope – you are here!
Christine Okken
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker
Marcella on the Power Poppy Blog

Good luck and I hope to see one of your card creation included in the InLinkz!
Thanks for stopping by!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Power Poppy

Supplies:
stamps: Power Poppy (Lavender, La Vie en Rose, Bough Wow Wow)
Copic Markers:  Roses: E04, R56, R59  Paper & Tape: E40, E41, E42, E23  Leaves: YG93, YG95, YG95, E23  Back Grounds: E000, E21, E11
cardstock:  Recollections Cream & Black Cardstock, vellum
patterned paper:  Graphic45 (French Country)
die cut shapes: Lawn Fawn (Stitched Rectangles)
sequins: Pretty Pink Posh, Verve
ink: Versamark
misc:  gold embossing powder.

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).

Power Poppy ~ Paper Tole Tutorial

It’s Monday and I’m over on the Power Poppy Blog today for Inspire Me Monday, sharing a video tutorial on how I made this fun card featuring the digital images from Power Poppy’s new “Camellias” stamp set. 

I’m sharing a tutorial on how to create a paper tole image and it’s super fun!

Come and check it out here!

Don’t forget to jump on the Power Poppy “Peep of the Week” bandwagon!  All you have to is create a card or project using any of the Power Poppy digital or clear stamp images and share it with us on the Power Poppy Blog.  You could be featured on the PP blog and win a cool prize!  Hope to see you there!

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Ally ~

You Are Never More Than a Thought Away!

Howdy all! Welcome to another Friday hop with the Power Poppy Bloom Brigade!  Today’s the day that you too can participate along with us and share your Power Poppy creation for a chance at being a “Peep of the Week”!  To find out more, please hop on over to the Power Poppy Blog for more challenge details.

Now.. on with the show!

Since January is zipping along quite quickly, I thought I’d get prepared for Valentine’s Day and use some reds and pinks.  I’m showcasing the gorgeous digital stamp set today, “Camellias”.

The sweet sentiment is from the lovely “Lavender” stamp set today too!

Here’s a quick sneak at all the fun shimmer this card has to offer…

Now… check out what my fellow Bloomies have created to inspire you today!


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


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Happy hopping everyone!

~ Ally ~


Sponsored by:  Power Poppy

Supplies:
stamps: Power Poppy (Camellias, Lavender)
cardstock:   X-Press It Cardstock, Recollections Black Cardstock
ribbon:  Micheal’s
die cut shapes: Spellbinders (A2 Bracket Borders 1)
ink: Copic Markers, Memento (Black Tuxedo)
other:  Stickles.

Celebrate Good Times – 2015!

Happy New Year everyone!!!  It’s the first Friday of 2015 and some of the Bloom Brigade from Power Poppy have teamed up with Becky Fleck from PageMaps this month to showcase some fun Power Poppy images using Becky’s beautiful sketches.

Being the New Year, I thought a New Year’s card was in order for my sketch so here’s what I created…

I used one of the very first stamp sets that Power Poppy released called “Marcella’s Mixtape".  It has some fun sentiments and some cool party hats – perfect for a New Year’s Eve bash!  If you notice the card above and the actual card on the PageMaps site, they are slightly different!  I added the "2015" stickers to the card after I sent my image to Becky.  It was original plan to use them but never found them until after the photo had been sent. :)

Here’s the sketch I used for my card creation:

For all of the January 2015 card sketches, click here!

Now… check out what the other fellow Bloomies made using their sketches…

Allison Cope – you are here!
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Dawn Burnworth
Leslie Miller
Julie Koerber
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker

Don't forget to check out the Poppy Peep of the Week challenge too!   All of the information on how you can participate is right here!  Good luck and I hope to see one of your card creation included in the InLinkz!

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Power Poppy

Supplies:
stamps: Power Poppy (Marcella’s Mixtape)
cardstock:  X-Press It Cardstock, Bazzill
patterned paper:  unknown
die cut shapes: Spellbinders (Ribbon Banners)
sequins: Pretty Pink Posh, Verve
ink: Copic Markers, Memento (Lady Bug), Sakura Sparkling Silver Pen
misc:  letter stickers.

Bottlebrush Holiday Greetings

Hello fellow Power Poppy lovers!  I’ve been on a crafting-holiday the last 2 weeks.  Being ill doesn’t make for easy card creating at all.  And believe it or not… I still have to send out the majority of my Christmas cards as well!  I KNOW… better late then never right? 

So in an attempt to make a few more holiday cards, I wanted a super simple card design to use.  I found a fun sketch for the CAS(e) this Sketch challenge that I thought would make an easy and quick card creating design, CTS #104:

And here is the card I created using their sketch this week…

I featured the “Bottlebrush Holiday” stamp set.  It has this row of overlapping bottlebrush trees that I used with the single tree to make the stamped row of trees across the front of the card.

I partially die cut the “Happy” from red cardstock and then embossed the remainder of the die; adding some Glaze pen for added shine.  The “Holiday” is a greeting stamp from the “Bottlebrush Holiday” stamp set also.


Now… off you go on a little hop through the Bloom Brigade blogs..

Allison Cope – you are here!
Christine Okken
Julie Koerber
Katie Sims
Power Poppy Blog


Happy hopping everyone!

~ Ally ~


Sponsored by:  Power Poppy

Supplies:
stamps: Power Poppy (Bottlebrush Holiday)
cardstock:  X-Press It Cardstock, Bazzill
patterned paper:  Echo Park (Christmas Cheer)
die cut shapes: Spellbinders (A2 Curved Borders), Simon Says Stamp (Happy Birthday Die)
ink: Copic Markers, Sakura Glaze Pen, Sakura Silver Calligrapher.

Poinsettias, Bottlebrush Trees and Presents

Welcome to another edition of Power Poppy’s “Peep of the Week” Challenge!  We’re so close to Christmas and I haven’t even sent out my holiday cards yet.  It doesn’t help that I sold all of my Christmas cards at the Christmas Market last weekend either.  So I had to start again with making more cards to send all of my family and friends again.   Not too worry!!  It means I have been busy at work at my desk all week having fun with all my holiday themed stamps!

If you too would like to play along this month and possibly be featured on the Power Poppy Blog as our “Peep of the Week” then here are all the rules you need to know; click HERE.

Well… on to the show!

Today for my card, I’m featuring the stamp set, “Merry Littles”. This sweet stamp collection features a ton of cute little holiday images and some fabulous sentiments too!  For my focal image, I used the mini poinsettia, the bottlebrush tree and the festive berry decorated present:

Here’s a little close up of my masked little grouping of festive items…

I used some Glaze and Sparkling Glitter pens to add some glitz and shine!

For my card design today, I used the latest sketch from Deconstructed Sketches, DS180;

In hind sight, I might not have used such a long rectangle for my focal image but now that it’s super stuck down, I can’t fix it!  Oh well!

Are you looking for that PERFECT gift for someone crafty?
Why not purchase a Gift Card from Power Poppy?  Gift Cards come in denominations of $10, $25, $50, $75 and $100.  Something to think about for that creative friend who has everything!

Allison Cope – you are here!
Cindy Lawrence
Dawn Burnworth
Julie Koerber
Leslie Miller
Tosha Leyendekker
Power Poppy Blog



Happy hopping everyone!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Power Poppy

Supplies:
stamps: Power Poppy (Merry Littles)
cardstock:  X-Press It Cardstock, Recollections
patterned papers:  Lawn Fawn (Peace Joy Love)
glitter cardstock:  Worldwin
ink: Memento, Copic Markers, Sakura Glaze & Glitter Pen
dies:  Spellbinders (A2 Bracket Borders 1, Long Rectangles), Avery Elle (Dotted Die)
ribbon:  Stampin’ Up!.

It’s a “Plaid” Kinda Week!

Well it’s FRIDAY!  Are you as excited as I am about the weekend almost being here?  I think this weekend I will finally get into the Christmas spirit and put up my decorations.  We have snow on the ground but I’m still not quite in the holiday mood yet.  Traditionally I’m bugging my hubby to get all of my holiday boxes and the tree out of storage just after Halloween but this year, I just haven’t found that drive to decorate yet!

As far as my holiday cards go, I have quite a few done but I’m going to donate and sell them for my Scouts group at the local Christmas Market on Sunday so we can raise funds for our group activities.  I’m hoping that they all sell in addition to the mini chocolate chip pecan banana loaves I’m going to make too.

Friday also means that we’re off to find our Power Poppy “Peep of the Week” today too!  Join the Bloom Brigade in creating something fun and YOU could win just by participating along with us.  For further challenge details, click here.

If you joined me on Monday for the Power Poppy Hop, you missed out on another fun plaid creation, hence the title, using the newly released digital stamp set “Winter Pick-Me-Up”.  You can see it here.

So here’s my second plaid inspired card this week featuring the beautiful “Heaven & Nature Sing” stamp set from the Happiest Holiday Collection. The greeting is from the "Poinsettia" stamp collection.

I added some simple black line and dots with my Copic 0.25 Multi-liner pen and then I also added some subtle texture using my Copic Blender pen too!  With some cool glaze on my berries and bird’s eyes, I was set!

Now… off you go on a little hop through the Bloom Brigade blogs today...
 
Allison Cope – you are here!
Christine Okken
Julie Koerber
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan
Marcella on the Power Poppy Blog

Are you looking for that PERFECT 

gift for someone crafty?  

Why not purchase a Gift Card from Power Poppy?  Gift Cards come in denominations of $10, $25, $50, $75 and $100.  Something to think about for that creative friend who has everything!

Happy hopping everyone!

~ Ally ~




Sponsored by:  Power Poppy

Supplies:
stamps: Power Poppy (Heaven & Nature Sing)
cardstock:  Recollections, Bazzill
card base:  Recollections Cards (Holiday Series)
ink: Memento, Copic Markers, Copic Blender Pen, Copic Multi-liner 0.25, Sakura Glaze Pen.

Bright Bold Birthday Azaleas

Hello Power Poppy fans!  It’s Friday and time to share another “Peep of the Week” creation!  Would you like to become the newest “Peep of the Week” too?  Check out the Power Poppy Blog and you could be showcased on the Power Poppy Blog too!

With December only days away, it’s considered ‘birthday month’ for my family.  In my immediate family of four, I am the only one NOT born in December!  Yup… crazy right!  A lot of my cousins and my nieces and nephews were born in December too!  It’s just one crazy month.
 
So with that said, I thought I’d share a birthday creation with you today.  This fun and whimsical card was created for my little sister.  She and her hubby live in Ontario so I don’t get to see them that often!

For my card creation, I used the sweetly scented “Azalea” stamp set plus I used the “Happy Birthday” greeting from the “Dynamic Duos: Peonies & Tulips“.

I first die cut the ticket stubs and then stamped my Azaleas using Memento’s “Tuxedo Black” ink.  Then I took a Copic Multiliner 0.5 pen and added some sketched double borders around the ticket shapes to make them stand out a little more.  Here is a close up…

DON’T FORGET about our BLACK FRIDAY SALE happening NOW!

Thanks for stopping in to check out my card today!  Don’t forget TOMORROW is the beginning of our December release and this month, all the images are Digital!!!  So you can instantly grab and create!

Now, check out what my fellow Bloom Brigaders have done today…

Allison Cope – you are here!
Christine Okken
Danielle Kennedy

~ Ally ~

Supplies:
stamps: Power Poppy (Azalea, Dynamic Duos: Peonies & Tulips )
cardstock:  X-Press It Cardstock
die cut shapes: Sizzix (Ticket Strip
ink: Memento, Copic Markers, Coopic Multiliner 0.5, Ranger Distress (Pumice Stone, Wild Honey)
patterned paper:  Graphic45 (French Country)
other:  Sakura Stardust Pen, Maya Road (acetate butterfly), Pretty Pink Posh (sequins).

Good Cheer Up in Here!

Howdy all!  And welcome to another edition of Power Poppy’s “Peep of the Week” Challenge!  If you would like to join in the fun this week, you can check out the challenge rules right here.

This week I’m showcasing one of our newest release stamp sets called “Merry Littles”.  This stamp set is jammed packed full of sweet holiday images like mistletoe, holly, a Santa hat and much, much more!  So very useful!

I started my die cutting my star shape, air brushing on some Copic E53 for some colour and then stamping the sweet little Christmas tree with Versamark ink and added some silver embossing powder.  Add added some cool sparkly silver string loop de-looped behind the star.

I used some Memento “Rich Cocoa” ink for the die cut scalloped circular sentiment, also from the “Merry Littles” stamp set and added a vellum snowflake behind that!

For my vellum band, I first tore the edges of the vellum so the edges appeared more jagged and nature looking.  Then I took that little Christmas tree image again, using Versamark, and stamped them back to back all along its length.  I also added a touch of Copic R17 to all the little ornaments of the Christmas trees.

I couldn't resist using this great sketch from Freshly Made Sketches today for my card design:

I also took some colour & shape inspiration from the photo aspect of this week's Fusion Card Challenge.  I used the silver colour from the star and bells, the creamy colour from the music paper and the star shape too!

The very first Power Poppy Sale is coming, which will run for a full 24 hours on Black Friday!

Stay tuned to our Blog for the discount code.

Happy shopping to come everyone!



Now… off you go on a hop through all of the Bloom Brigade blogs...

Allison Cope – you are here!
Danielle Kennedy
Julie Koerber
Leslie Miller
Stacy Morgan

Happy hopping everyone!  Come and play along!  We'd love to see your Power Poppy creations!

~ Ally ~


Sponsored by:  Power Poppy

Supplies:
stamps: Power Poppy (Merry Littles)
cardstock:  X-Press It Cardstock, Recollections, Bazzill, Avery Elle White Woodgrain Cardstock, Vellum
edge punch:  EK Success
die cut shapes: Spellbinders (Stars, Snowflake Wonder, Splendid Circles), Lawn Fawn (Stitched Rectangles)
ink: Memento, Versamark, Copic Markers, Ranger Distress Ink
embossing powder:  PK Glitz
patterned paper:  Echo Park (Christmas Time)
other:  Wink of Stella Pen (clear), silver string.

Purple Mittens and Teal Boughs

Welcome to another fabulous Power Poppy's “Peep of the Week” challenge.  If you are new to our challenges, make sure you check out the Power Poppy Blog for all the creative details, right here.

If you don’t already know, purple, is one of my favourite colours!  And I try and use it whenever I can.  I was in need of a gift for my son’s teacher today as today is my son’s last day at his current school.  He’s off to a new school on Monday to begin a new way of learning and dealing with his emotions.  So for today’s challenge, I chose to showcase some purple on my cute little Fold Over Box Card.

I used the darling new stamp set “Bough Wow Wow” as my focal image for my box. 

Here’s a close up of my little box…

And when you open it up, it reveals a little box full of chocolate treats.

If you look closely, there’s a little “Thanks Bunches” stamped in the corner.  That’s one of the cute sentiments from the “Lavender” stamp set.



If you are looking for another fun tutorial for giving those GIFT CARDS for this Christmas.  Why not check out my Power Poppy tutorial on making a simple envelope closure gift card holder HERE.
 


Now make sure you play along with us over at Power Poppy!  Now, take a gander through all of my fellow Bloom Brigade blogs…

Allison Cope – you are here!
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Dawn Burnworth
Julie Koerber
Katie Sims
Leslie Miller
Tosha Leyendekker

Happy hopping everyone!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Power Poppy

Supplies:
stamps: Power Poppy (Bough Wow Wow, Lavender)
cardstock:  X-Press It Cardstock, Recollections, Bazzill
patterned papers:  Doodlebug Designs (Frosty Friends)
die cut shapes: Spellbinders (Labels 22)
inks: Copic Markers, Memento (Grape Jelly)
other:  Stickles.