Power Poppy's August Stamp Release~Day 2!

Hi there my stamping friends!  Welcome back for Day 2 of Power Poppy's August stamp release! Today we are featuring In Praise of Sunflowers.  I'll bet she looks familiar to you!  :)  Marcella brought back her incredibly popular Sunflower digital images and combined them with some sweet sentiments.

For my card, I chose the sunflower bouquet in a vase.  I stamped the image with Memento's Tuxedo Black ink on to a die cut panel and colored it up with Copics.  I added a little shimmer with a Wink of Stella clear brush pen.  My card base is a couple of simple patterned paper layers with a punched trim, ribbon and button.  Some stitching adds a little extra detail.  To finish it off, I adhered my colored image panel.

Oh my goodness, how I love this image.  It was so much fun to color up!  All of those beautiful details that Marcella is so famous for definitely make this image a show stopper.  The finished size of this card is 4 1/8" x 5 3/8".

The set has some sweet sentiments in mixed fonts which I l-o-v-e!  I am trying to do a little better about showing a photo of the inside of the card.....I have been inspired by my lovely Bloomie sisters, Cindy Lawrence and Tosha Leyendekker.

Don't you just love those sentiments?!  Not sure if I  mentioned it or not, but I do!  ;)  I also love this image stamped in yellow!  No coloring whatsoever and she still looks stunning.  

So that is all for my little card today, but once again, my a-mazingly talented Bloomie sisters have quite a hop for you so make sure you check them all out and leave a little blog love while you are there.  Don't forget to check out the post on Power Poppy's blog for some insight into Marcella's lovely images for this stamp set.  Then, please stop back by tomorrow for Day 3 of our August stamp release, the final set in the Nature and Nurture collection.  This set will have you wishing for those crisp autumn days that are hopefully coming soon!  I am certainly ready for some cooler weather.  :) Thank you so much for stopping by today and until tomorrow, take care!

Allison Cope 

Christine Okken 

Cindy Lawrence     
Katie Sims <------You are here 
Stacy Morgan 
Tosha Leyendekker

~Katie

Supplies not listed above:  Ink-Versafine Smokey Gray, Stampin' Up! Going Gray and So Saffron, Papertrey Ink Chai and Chamomile; Paper-Flourishes' Classic Ivory, Cosmo Cricket "Togetherness" 6x6 pad, PTI Harvest Gold; Other-Spellbinders's A2 Matting Basics A die set, Wink of Stella Clear brush pen, PTI Harvest Gold button and Vintage Cream ribbon, Stampin' Up! border punch, hemp twine, and these Copic colors: E08, E21, E23, E27, E29, E49, E55, YG61, YG63, YG67, YG91, G29, Y11, Y15, YR23, YR24, YR27, YR30, YR31, BG0000, BG000, BG18, BG53, BG57, W00, W1, W3, W5, and W8.