Happy Power Poppy Friday~December 15th

Hello there and a very happy Friday to you!  I hope you have been doing well.  It has been hectic around here with all of the hustle and bustle of getting ready for the holidays...but I am betting it is that way for you too, right?  :)  Well in the midst of our craziness around here, I got to spend a little time in my craft room getting this card ready for today's post.  It features an image from one of Power Poppy's newest holiday stamps, Under Glass: Christmas Traditions and a sentiment with a few snowflake images from one of last season's holiday sets, Action Santa.  Marcella's darling Santa feeding a reindeer image stole my heart at first sight!  

Now I ask you, is that not the most precious little Santa?  AND the reindeer too!  I started by stamping my image and sentiment on a trimmed card stock panel.  Next, I colored my image up with Copics, then stamped some snowflakes around, and finally added some distress ink to the edges and shimmer with my Wink of Stella clear brush pen.  I couldn't resist the urge to spritz a few inks around with a spritzing tool and round the bottom corners to add a little more interest.

After all of the coloring details were done, I stitched some patterned papers that I trimmed and pinked with shears to the top and added a bright red ribbon and a bit of string with buttons knotted on the tails.  Not a single die was used for this card!  :) Lastly, I adhered the finished panel to a card base.  This card measures 3 3/8" x 4 7/8".

He's feeding the reindeer apples!  How precious is that?!  I really am constantly amazed at what Marcella creates....where on earth does she come up with all of these sweet details?  I sure am glad she does though!  :)

So that is all for my card today but some of my Bloomie sisters have whipped up a few little show stoppers for you to see....so make sure you check out all of their crafty goodness and leave a little blog love while you are there.  Oh, and hey...if you didn't catch all of the Twelve Days of Christmas festivities on the Power Popy blog, you really should do that!  It is chock full of incredible Christmas crafty inspiration over twelve days and you can play along! Did I mention there is a prize?  :) Make sure you check out all of the details here.  Marcella has created a spot on the blog where you can see all twelve projects here.  I am so happy that you could stop by today and I hope that I'll be seeing you around here again real soon....until then, take care!  :)

Allison Cope 

Christine Okken 

Katie Sims <------You are here 
Stacy Morgan 

~Katie

Supplies used not listed above:  Ink-Memento's Tuxedo Black, Papertrey Ink's Chai and Chamomile, Stampin' Up's Baja Breeze; Paper-Rustic White card stock from PTI, patterned scraps from my stash; Other- Buttons and ribbon from PTI, corner rounder from We R Memory Keepers, SU! markers in Basic Gray and Tempting Turquoise, and these Copic colors-  E00, E11, E42, E50, E55, E57, E59, R20, R22, R24, R27, R9, B0000, B00, B02, B05, BG0000, BG000, BG10, BG72, BG75, Y21, Y26, YG21, YG23, YG25, YG61, YG67, N1, N3, N5, N9, C0, C1, C3, and W3.

Power Poppy's October Stamp Release~Day 2

Hi there and a Happy Monday to you!  Welcome back for Day 2 of Power Poppy's Happiest Holiday stamp release.  I hope you are enjoying the release so far.  Today's set is as darling as can be....Action Santa is sure to bring a smile to your face....

Now how cute is he?  I mean really....Santa on a Scooter?!  Who thinks of that?  Marcella does, that's who and lookie...she even personalized his scooter!  As darling as this is, I couldn't help but think that maybe Santa might miss his ol' pal Rudolph and that got me to thinking some more....and before I knew it, I was customizing Santa's scooter a bit more....

That's the beauty of stamps ....you can color your image up any ol' way you want to...so a Rudolph scooter it is!  ;)  I stamped my image and colored it up with Copics...lots of 'em....really, two big fist fulls!  I'll list them below.  :)  Next, I added some sparkle with my Gelly Roll clear glitter pen and my Wink of Stella Clear brush pen.  My sentiment, also from this set, was stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing poweder.  Next, I die cut out my sentiment banner and all of my card layers then added some stitching and assembled everything together.  Lastly, I added some Ranger Glossy Accents to the red headlight and let it dry.  The finished card size is 4 3/4" square.

My tree actually ran off the side of my die cut so I just stamped the image again, colored up the tree portion I needed, fussy cut it out and adhered it to my image.  The scallop square is actually a Papertrey Ink tag die so the ribbon was easy to tie to the tag.  Mercy, how I love this precious little elf!  He looks quite intent on zoomin' down the mountainside, doesn't he?  I can't tell you how many times I giggled while coloring this up....it is a super fun image!  

So, that is all for my card but you know my Bloomie sisters are bringin' it so make sure you check out all of the creative ways these talented ladies made Santa zoom (or whoosh!)...and leave a little blog love while you are there. ;)  I am so glad you were able to stop back by today.  I will be joining back up with the hop again on Wednesday and I hope to see you then....until then, take care!  

Allison Cope 

Christine Okken 

Cindy Lawrence    
Julie Koerber  
Katie Sims <------You are here 
Stacy Morgan 
Tosha Leyendekker
and Marcella Hawley

~Katie

Supplies not listed above:  Paper- Echo Park's "I Love Christmas" 6x6 paper pad, Smokey Shadow card stock and vellum from Papertrey Ink, Classic White card stock from Flourishes; Ink-Memento's Tuxedo Black, Papertrey Ink's Fresh Snow; Dies- Papertrey Ink's Tag Sale Quilted die, Spellbinders Lacey Pennants die set and Grand Nestabilities Square die set; Other- ribbon and button from PTI, twine, and these Copic colors: B00, B000, B0000, BG01, C1, C4, C9, E0000, E01, E11, E40, E42, E50, E53, E55, E57, E59, R20, R22, R24, R27, R29, R59, W0, Woo, W2, W4, Y18, Y32, YG11, YG13, YG17, YG61, YG63, and YG67.