World Card Making Day is Coming!

YOU'RE INVITED!

Every year, we throw a big party on StampNation to Celebrate World Card Making Day. This year the party is new and refreshed to keep up with technology.  

Join us for a whole Weekend Virtual Retreat via Zoom!

We had our first ever StampNation ZOOM party to celebrate the Jolly Holiday Release and it was an absolute blast!  Members old and new joined us and it was like hanging out with a bunch of crafty friends all night.

BECOME OUR NEWEST MEMBER

For $9.95 a month, you can try it out and take advantage of the benefits like exclusive online classes, product perks, our community Facebook Group AND this weekend retreat!  Or…you might just want to take the plunge and take advantage of the yearly subscription for $99! Learn more and subscribe here!

WCMD VIRTUAL RETREAT SCHEDULE

• Friday, October 2nd- Kick-off Party @3pm ET
• Saturday, October 3rd- Three Sessions with Tutorials and inspiration by our Brand Ambassadors (9am, 2pm, 6pm)
• Sunday, October 4th- Wrap-up party at noon

Members will have a couple weeks to create their cards for the event and enter to win PRIZES!

A special thanks from me to Kim Reid from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and Sandy Boone from Three Room Studio for sponsoring this event!

We hope you'll take the plunge and join our fabulous membership community, you're going to love it! Learn more here.

~ Ally ~

World Card Making Day with Power Poppy!

Happy World Card Making Day everyone!  Let’s start they day off with a fun challenge from Power Poppy!

Today’s WCMD challenge is to create a card that we LOVE to send!  Me…. I think my all time favourite cards to send out are Christmas cards.  Yes… I know it’s only October but Alberta is already celebrating winter… we received 5 inches of snow the other day!  Craziness right?!?!

So I chose to make a few brand new Christmas cards to share with you today.

First off, I chose to make a relatively easy card first featuring the sweet little chickadee image from the “Tweet Tidings” stamp set released last year.

I kept the design simple.  I think this card would be very easily repeatable if you love to make multiples to send out of your cards.

Next I went a wee bit more complicated with a fun interactive sentiment card.  I used the Lawn Fawn’s new Reveal Wheel die to create this little fella. On the front I have that adorable little snowman from the “Snow Kissed” stamp set.

If you turn the little wheel peeking out on the right hand side, you reveal a total of 4 different sentiments!  The sentiments are from “Merry Littles” and “Bottlebrush Holiday”.  So super cute!

And lastly, I went even more interactive and made a Double Slider card.  This unsuspectingly little square features the little images of the “Cozy Cupfuls” stamp collection.

When you pull on the two tab openings, you reveal even more images and fun sentiments!  I just love playing with cards like these.

In addition to sharing some fun cards today, we also have a great Power Poppy Shop COUPON to share. 

Now…

Allison Cope

Christine Okken – go here!

Cindy Lawrence

Kathy Jones

Katie Sims

Stacy Morgan

Power Poppy Blog

Thanks for joining us today!  Happy creating!

~ Ally ~

Chickadee Card
stamps: Power Poppy (Tweet Tidings)
cardstock: Recollections (110# White & Black)
patterned paper: Echo Park (Merry & Bright 6x6)
ink:  Memento (Black Tuxedo), Versamark Ink, Copic Markers
embossing powder: Stampendous! (Gold Detail)

Snowman Talk Card
stamps: Power Poppy (Snow Kissed, Merry Littles, Bottlebrush Holiday)
cardstock: Recollections (110# White)
patterned paper: Carta Bella (Santa’s Workshop 6x6)
ink:  Memento (Black Tuxedo), Catherine Pooler Designs (Rockin’ Red), Copic Markers
dies: Lawn Fawn (Reveal Wheel Die, Reveal Wheel Speech Bubble)
other: Stickles (Stardust)

Wintertime Cups Card
stamps: Power Poppy (Cozy Cupfuls)
cardstock: Recollections (110# White), SU! (Pool Party)
patterned paper: Echo Park (Merry & Bright 6x6)
ink:  Memento (Black Tuxedo), Copic Markers
dies: Lawn Fawn (Double Slider Die)
other: Spectrum Noir (Sparkle Pen), Nuvo Drops (Simply White), Glossy Accents

So Grateful For You!

It’s a new month so time for a brand new “Power & Spark” challenge over at Power Poppy! 
This month we’re all about the Bits & Pieces…

For this challenge we’re encouraging you to use “bits and pieces” of a stamped image and not the whole image in its entirety. So you can trim a piece off your image, you can fussy cut part of the image out… the sky’s the limit!

For more challenge details, please visit HERE!


For my card today, I took the chair and pumpkin image from the “So Grateful” stamp set…

I coloured and then fussy cut out just the pumpkin from the image to place on my card front…

And a quick close up...

Now… check out what the rest of the extremely talented Bloom Brigade designer blogs have in store for you...

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

With TOMORROW being World Card Making Day, be sure to check out the Power Poppy Blog for a fun challenge!  We’ll be giving away a sweet prize too!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoy all these new inky creations from the Bloom Brigade today.  I hope you’ll come and join us for this month’s challenge.

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Power Poppy

Supplies:
stamps: Power Poppy (So Grateful)
cardstock:  Neenah Solar White Cardstock, Stampin’ Up! (Old Olive), Bazzill
patterned paper:  Farm House Paper Co. (Sugar Hill)
ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa), Copic Markers, Ranger Distress (Walnut Stain)
die: Simon Says Stamp! (Stitched Circles, Stitched Rectangles), My Favorite Things (Stitched Basic Edges)
twine:  Bead Landing.

Let the Party Start & a Giveaway!

Are you joining us tomorrow for World Card Making Day at StampNation?  Well maybe you’d better!

We actually begin our activities in an hour because October 3rd actually starts in some parts of the world way ahead of our own time zone.

Our first challenge will be posted at 8:00am EST TODAY and a new challenge will be posted every 4 hours... Woohoo!!  Our final challenge will be posted at 8:00am EST on Sunday.  So you’ll have lots of new inspiration coming to you all weekend long!  I hope you’ll come out and join us.

We have six, yes… SIX amazing sponsors for our happy event.  A BIG thank you goes out to CAS-ual Fridays Stamps, The Ton, Neat & Tangled, SugarPea Designs, Winnie & Walter and Whimsy Stamps! Not only will they be supplying some of our winners with amazing prizes BUT some of them have some shopping discount codes for you to use too!  Yeehaw!!


Here's just a little sneak peek of what you're going to see this weekend...

AND A GIVEAWAY!
I'm giving away a 1-month subscription to StampNation!  Awesome!  Just answer the following question below in the comment section.  I will pick a winner on Monday!

What is your current stamp coloring medium of choice and why?

The fun begins TODAY... are you a member?!

Click here to learn more about membership benefits and to join now!


Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

~ Ally ~

You Deserve the Very Best!

Hello fellow stamp lovers!  It’s Wednesday and it’s my turn to host the newest card sketch over at Splitcoaststampers!  I made it kind of a simple sketch this week so it can be interpreted in so many different ways.

Here’s this week’s sketch, SC559:

And here’s my card featuring the beautiful “Delicate Pretty Poppies” from My Favorite Things.

I coloured in my poppies using some Derwent Inktense Pencils and then blended them with a Artist’s Loft Colored Pencil Blender Pen.  I love that you can still kind of see the texture laid down with the coloured pencils.

Typically I would also have a little sneak peek for our weekly challenge over at StampNation too but this week the Dream Team is off and they’re all super busy getting ready for our annual World Card Making Day event.

Our WCMD weekend begins on Friday afternoon.  Come and join us at StampNation for all the fun challenges and cool prizes to win.
 


Come and join me this week at both StampNation and Splitcoaststampers!

~ Ally ~



Supplies:
stamps: My Favorite Things (Delicate Pretty Poppies)
cardstock:  Canson Cold Press Watercolor Paper, Recollections White & Black Cardstock
ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black), Derwent Colored Pencils, Artist’s Loft (Colored Pencil Blender Pen), Copic Markers (W1, W2)
die: My Favorite Things (Die-namics Inside & Out Stitched Rounded Square STAX)
#mfstamps @mftstamps

World Card Making Day is Coming!

World Card Making Day is just around the corner ~ Saturday October 3rd! It is StampNation’s biggest event of the year and Catherine Pooler and the Dream Team has been working behind the scenes feverishly on preparing awesomeness for it.

When Catherine started celebrating this event, we had 12 challenges (along with videos and sample inspiration) and posted one every hour for 24 hours.

Since then, Catherine has tweaked the schedule a bit because some of our international friends weren’t able to celebrate with us during THEIR 24 hours of WCMD…sigh…that crazy time zone thing!

Randall and Catherine did some “time zone map investigating” and figured out that WCMD starts the very first place in the world when it is Friday, October 2 at 8 am Eastern time. It is 7 am Eastern when the very last place on earth says good-bye to WCMD.

So it only makes sense to stretch this baby out and celebrate all weekend long, right? So join us all weekend long at StampNation for a boat load of fun beginning Friday, October 2nd!!

Hope you'll join us!

~ Ally ~

Two Great Reasons to Join StampNation!

Join us at StampNation TODAY!  We’re finishing up our World Card Making Day event this weekend! Yup... we're still going hard over there!

You still have TWO full days left to join StampNation and take part in the fun!

You might even win one of our AMAZING prize packages.  Look at all our amazing sponsors…

CAS-ual Fridays

Winnie & Walter

Ellen Hutson

Some Odd Girl

Butterfly Reflections

Pretty Pink Posh

Simon Says Stamp

Verve

Power Poppy

At StampNation, we offer all kinds of cool classes that you can sign up for at ANY time.  Catherine Pooler and the Dream Team are hard at work putting their finishing touches on another fabulous class for you.  This is a class for card makers, from beginners to the pros, no matter your skill level!  More details coming soon!

Hope you’ll join us!

~ Ally ~

Woot Woot for Tuts!

If you're a fan of the Power Poppy Blog, you know Mondays are all about sharing a dose of creativity! You've seen members of our Bloom Brigade, including myself, host Inspire Me Monday Tutorials to share a splash of artistic flair with all of you! So, this challenge involves scrolling back through any of the Inspire Me Monday tutorials and giving them a whirl!

Click HERE to see some of those fabulous step-by-step tutorials and give a "Woot Woot for Tuts"!

Don’t forget to check out the Power Poppy Blog for all this challenge’s details.

For myself, I couldn’t resist trying out Julie Koerber’s fabulous tutorial on monochromatic colouring, seen here.  In her tutorial Julie shows how just some simple ink and a few Copic Markers can make for a stunning monochromatic card.

For my card, I chose to work with a deep blue-green and teal.  I used Stampin’ Up!’s “Handsome Hunter” ink and Copic Markers, BG10 & BG11. And here is the card I came up with…

And here’s the close up of my focal image using Julie’s tutorial…

Now… check out what some of my fellow Bloom Brigaders have done for our “Woot Woot for Tuts” challenge!!!

Allison Cope  - you are here!
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Dawn Burnworth

Thanks for stopping in.  I hope you continue to join us today for 3 more challenges today!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Power Poppy

Supplies:
stamps: Power Poppy (Poinsettia, Bottlebrush Holidays)
cardstock:  Bazzill, Recollections, Strathmore Water Color Paper
patterned papers:  Lawn Fawn (Fa La La La)
die cut shapes: Spellbinders (Elegant Ovals, Labels 25)
ink: Stampin' Up!, Copic Markers
punch:  Martha Stewart
pearls: Recollections
other:  thread.

The Fun Has Already Begun!

StampNation has already begun it’s World Card Making Day festivities!  Have you checked out some of the fabulous challenges yet?

The Dream Team is being inspired by all kinds of world wide destinations and photos of beautiful lands. 

We’ve started off in Australia and then on to New Zealand… where I began my card making journey!

Here’s a quick sneak peek of my New Zealand inspired card…

And next we’re off to Japan already!

Don’t forget… we have all kinds of great sponsors and prizes to boot!
Not a StampNation member yet??  Well you should be!

~ Ally ~

More WCMD Events!

Join us tomorrow, October 4th starting at 8:00 AM EST as the Bloom Brigaders from Power Poppy will be ringing in the fun with a fully packed agenda of World Card Making Day activities!

Watch for a brand new Bloom Brigade hosted challenge every few hours. We'll have four in all, which means four ways to win some Power Poppy goodness! Be sure to check back throughout the day to see what's new! We’ll have goodies to give away for each challenge.

Be sure to swing by the Power Poppy blog for all the details!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Be sure to come back tomorrow to check out all of the challenges and play along with us!

~ Ally ~

World Card Making Day is Coming!

Join us beginning on FRIDAY as StampNation kicks off their World Card Making Day festivities!

We’re starting our event tomorrow at 8am EST since the world is divided into so many different time zones, October 4th begins at different times for areas around the world.  Join us for 12 fabulous challenges!

Here’s a little sneak peek at some of the amazing cards that the Dream Team and our Guest Designers have created as inspiration for some of our challenges…

You won't want to miss out on all of our sponsors either.  We have prizes galore to giveaway!
Our Sponsors:

CAS-ual Fridays

Winnie & Walter

Ellen Hutson

Some Odd Girl

Butterfly Reflections

Pretty Pink Posh

Simon Says Stamp

Verve

Power Poppy

Hope to see you there!

~ Ally ~

Lots of Fun Coming Up at StampNation

Hey gang!  Wait ‘til you see what StampNation has in store for you!  On Saturday October 4th, we’re celebrating World Card Making Day and we’re celebratin’ with all kinds of fun challenges!  We’ll be posting cool challenges for all of our StampNation members to try out and even have the possibility to win some cool stamping related prizes.

This week the Dream Team have been hard at work again, sharing their amazing creations with us!

Can you guess what this week’s challenge is by our little sneak peek?

And here’s a even bigger sneak peek of my card creation for this challenge…

For my card this week I'm featuring the amazing inks from Imagine Crafts and Tsukineko!

Come and join in the fun and become a member of StampNation!

~ Ally ~