Colouring Up Some Berries!

Come and join me on the Power Poppy Blog today for my fun colouring tutorial featuring one of the newer digital stamp sets called “Juicy Strawberries”.

I teach you how to colour in the strawberry image using Copics Markers and a white gel pen to achieve an amazing realistic berry!

Come and join me on the blog… HERE!

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Power Poppy

We've Got Chemistry!

Hello fellow stamp lovers!  Today is my first official day of playing along with the Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps gals as a Guest Designer for May.  I couldn’t be happier to join this amazing team of lovely ladies this month!

Kraftin’ Kimmie’s always enjoy your creations so be sure to submit them so you can have a chance to WIN a $20 gift card to the Shop!! Show us your stuff!! In keeping in line with the rest of our challenges (Wonderful Wednesday and our NEW Krafty Scrappy Challenge), we will be drawing one winner per month from all Saturday Challenge entries to win a $20 gift card!! You can enter as many times per month as you'd like!!

Have you joined the Kraftin Kimmie's Krafty Friends fb group?? It's the best place to keep up with all of the goings on as well as sharing YOUR creations and getting inspired by other Krafty Friends' creations!!!

Frugal Friday specials are UP! This weekend there's an extra HUGE Frugal Friday/National Scrapbooking Weekend sale... up to 50% off this weekend only!

In addition to the great Krafty Challenges & Wonderful Wednesday, each month we will post a Sketch. The sketch will last all month long and if you use it in ANY of our Challenges or WW's during that month you will get an additional chance to win a store gift card! You do NOT have to use the sketch, it's just a little extra boost for your mojo if ya need it!

Now go and create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp or any other stamp and be sure to use our THEME as a starting point for your creation!!! You will have until May 13th at 11:55 pm EST to get your entries in!

Pull out those fabby stamps and play along! Have some krafty fun and join us this week!!

This week's THEME is LAYERS.  

So I chose to use multiple layers of paper to create my card PLUS I also used multiple layers of stamps (aka masking) to create my little scene.

I chose to use the Totally Paw-some! and Love Chemistry! (ON SALE THIS WEEKEND!) clear stamp sets together on my card today.   

Who can resist that sweet wittle puppy face!?!?!

Please check out all the fun layered cards for today's challenge by stopping off at the Kraftin' Kimmie Blog today.

Thanks for joining me today!  Make sure you come back on Wednesday when we begin our sneak peeks of the brand new Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps May release!  You’re gunna love ‘em!

~ Ally ~

Stamps: Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps (Totally Paw-some!, Love Chemistry!)
Cardstock: Recollections (White 110#)
Patterned Papers: Echo Park (Blowing Kisses)
Ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black), Versafine (Black Onyx), Copic Markers (E000, E30, E31,E50, R20, R21, R24, 0), Prismacolor Pencils (PC 941, PC 945, PC 946, PC 935)
Dies: Spellbinders (Classic Ovals, On the Edge – PageMaps)
Other: Glossy Accents, Wink of Stella (Clear), Thread.

Sending Peony Love!

Hello Power Poppy fans!  I hope you’re having a fabulous Friday!

Today is the first Friday in May so that means a brand new Power & Spark Challenge over on the Power Poppy Blog! This month’s theme is April Showers Bring... "May Flowers” and what that means is that you have to create a card using at least one bloom on it and share with us on the blog.  Super easy challenge this month.

For further Power & Spark Challenge details, click here.

So blooms it is!  I chose to use the newly release digital stamp, “Peony Love”. This new digital stamp set includes two stunning peony images and 2 awesome sentiments.

And here it is… I chose to keep my card super simple today and just focus on the blooms…

Copics: YR01, YR02, R02, YG21, YG23, YG95, BV31, BV23

I also pulled in my clear stamp set, “Potted Primroses” and stamped out a little greeting for my banner.

For my card design today, I took a cue from the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge for this week and flip flopped my version... click the image below to take you to their blog.

 Now, off you go and check out what the amazing Bloom Brigade has put together for you today using some blooms…

Allison Cope – you are here!
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Julie Koerber
Katie Sims
Stacy Morgan
Power Poppy Blog
 
Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoy the creative journey today!
 
~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Power Poppy

Supplies:
stamps: Power Poppy (Peony Love, Potted Primroses)
cardstock:  Recollections White & Black Cardstock
patterned paper: Penny Black (Painted Blooms 6x6)
ink: Versafine (Black Onyx), Copic Markers
die: My Favorite Things (Stitched Ovals), Simon Says Stamp (Sending)
sequins: Pretty Pink Posh (Metallic Gold 4mm).

I'm Guest Designing for...

About 2 months ago I got the chance to enter a guest designer contest for one of my favorite Canadian stamp companies and I got one of four spots!!!  I was overjoyed!  So this month, I'm joining the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps girls for the month and designing with this month’s new release and playing along with all their fun challenges for May!

And good golly… this month’s new stamp release is AH-MAZING!  Sneak peeks of all the new clear stamp sets begin next Wednesday! 

Come along and join in the fun all month long beginning today.  Over on the Kraftin’ Kimmie Blog a new challenge is posted every Wednesday and Saturday. Today’s challenge is ANYTHING GOES!  How easy is that?!?!

I’ll be sharing my first official card on Saturday for the first Saturday challenge this month but before then, I thought I’d share a few cards I have made lately using Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps stamps.  Enjoy!

Ice, Ice Baby!

Under the Sea 2

A Purr-fect Day!

Wanna Hang?

A Purr-fect Day!

Thanks for stopping by!  I’ll see you again on Saturday with a brand new KKS creation!

~ Ally ~