Happy Power Poppy Friday~May 11th!

Hello there and happy Friday to you!  I have a super quick post to share today using an image from Power Poppy's Everything's Even Rosier stamp set and a sentiment from the Prairie Cheer stamp set.

I started by stamping my image with Hero Arts' Intense Black ink onto white card stock.  This is the first time I have used this ink and I have to say, I really liked it!  It is compatible with Copic markers and it really stamped very well.  Next, I die cut my image with a stitched square die from My Favorite Things and colored my image with a ton of Copics.  In my defense, I didn't color the roses all the same, right?  ;)

After everything was colored, I stamped my sentiment with Verafine ink in Onyx Black and added some gold leafing around the edge with Krylon's 18KT Gold Leafing pen.  I added a layer of stitched patterned paper and card stock and adhered everything to a card base that I die cut using a Spellbinders die.  Lastly, I added a little shimmer with a Wink of Stella clear brush pen and some sparkle with a clear Atyou Spica pen .  

So that is all for my card today but my Bloomie sister Christine Okken has a project to share with you and I am sure it is a stunner.  Make sure you leave a little blog love when you visit her. :)

I thank you so much for your visit today and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.  Oh hey....have you heard that new Power Poppy stamps are just around the corner?  Yep, and let me say....you will be amazed at what that darling Marcella has been up to!  Just you wait!  :)  I hope you'll pop in again soon....until next time, take care!

~Katie

Copic colors used:  BG0000, BG000, BG01, BG02, BG53, BG57, BG75, BG78, R000, R30, R32, R37, R81, R85, R89, BV02, E0000, E41, E44, YG11, YG17, YG61, YG63, YG91, Y13, Y21, Y26, YR20, YR23, YR27, E55, W1, W4, W7, C2, C4, and C7,

Everything's Rosy for Power Poppy Friday!

Hi there and welcome!  I'm so glad you could stop in for a bit!  I hope your day is off to a great start.  Things are going very well here.  Today I have a Power Poppy Friday post to share with you using an image from the Everything's Even Rosier set. 

 I was in need of a special card for a very special person this week....one of my mother's physicians.  It was time for my mom's 5 year appointment with her oncologist.  This was for her final visit after her breast cancer treatments.  I cannot tell you how very grateful we have been that mom had such a wonderful physician watching over her.  She really took such good care of mom.  What a blessing she has been to mom, and to me.  We made a day of it...went to mom's final appointment (lots of hugs there), then lunch, some shopping....it was just such an amazing day all around! :)  

So for my card, I knew I wanted to use the roses image and I knew I wanted lots of pink!  I kept the card design pretty simple...just a couple of patterned papers, a little stitching, and a couple of layered dies to frame the image.  I stamped the image with Memento's Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with sooo many Copics....I have a pile of them on my desk, and I will try to list them all below!  :)  The sentiment is actually from the So Grateful stamp set and I stamped it in more of the Tuxedo Black ink. 

I just love all of the details in this image....the two different cups, and several blooms....petals....buds....just what any rose lover would want, don't you think?  :)  

So that is all for my card today but some of my Bloomie sisters have created some beauties for you to check out.  Make sure you leave a little blog love while you are there too!  I thank you so much for stopping by, and I hope you will come back again soon.  Until next time, take care!  :)

Christine Okken 

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



~Katie

Happy Power Poppy Friday!

Hi there and Happy Friday!  I am so excited to be posting a Power Poppy Friday card today.  I have sure missed posting these last few weeks.  Unfortunately, I have had a few medical issues that required me to take some time off but I am slowly getting stronger and back to my ol' self and hope to be 100% soon.  For today's card I used the dreamy Everything's Even Rosier stamp set.  Nobody illustrates roses better than Marcella...after some serious thought I decided to use the large single rose bud for my card.  I stamped the image a few times with Papertrey Ink's Autumn Rose ink onto a die cut using Spellbinder's Labels Twenty Eight die set.  Next, I stamped the rose again using Memento's Tuxedo black ink colored it with Copics, sponged some Ranger Distress ink in Evergreen Bough around the die cut and used my Krylon 18KT gold leafing pen to finish off the edge.  I struggled a little bit with how to finish my card base....honestly, it felt like I had forgotten how to make a card! :)  Do you ever have times like that?  I finally decided to just keep it really simple so I used a couple of patterned papers and stitched them on a card base panel then adhered it to my card base.  I rounded the corners with a 3/8" corner chomper from We R Memory Keepers.  Lastly, I adhered the sentiment panel to my card base and then adhered my fussy cut rose with foam dimensionals.  Did I mention I added some sparkle to the rose with a Wink of Stella clear glitter pen?  Well, I did!  :)  This finished card measures 3 3/8" x 4 7/8".

Don't you just love all of that beautiful detail in the rose and how about the lovely scripted sentiment?  Marcella, aka the Bloom Whisperer, strikes again!  I was so excited to see all of her beautiful new sets!

Just look at that pretty little rose bud...such a dream to color up and the sentiment with its mixed font is so very dreamy, don't you think?  :)  Well that is all for my card today but there are some beautiful creations compliments of my Bloomie sisters for your creative inspiration.  Make sure you leave a little blog love while you are there.  And, if you haven't popped over to the Power Poppy blog lately, you really should!  Lots of beautiful things going on over there including new digi releases and a day or two remaining for the July Power & Spark Challenge  with the lovely Copic diva Kathy Jones hosting this one!   :) Thank you so much for your visit today and I hope to see you again soon.  Until then, take care.

Christine Okken     

Julie Koerber  

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

~Katie

Copics used:  E40, E42, E44, E47, E50, R81, R83, R85, R89, G0000, G16, BG11, BG13, and BG93.