Happy Power Poppy Friday~January 17th!

Hello there and happy Friday to you!  I hope you have been doing well.  I have not been a very active card maker the last few weeks....things have been pretty hectic around here, but I finally took some long overdue coloring time in my little craft space and what fun I had!  :)  


For my card today, I actually used three different Power Poppy stamp sets...Folk Heart (image), Good Thinking: Love Notes (sentiment), and Tweet Tidings (music notes). Don't you think this image makes a really sweet Valentine?  :)

 I started by stamping my image with Memento's Tuxedo Black ink on to rustic white card stock, colored it with Copics, then die cut it.  After adding a little shimmer with a Wink of Stella clear brush pen and some gold leafing with a Krylon 18KT gold leafing pen, I layered it with a scallop circle die cut.  Next, I stamped my sentiment and music notes, then stitched some patterned paper onto a card stock panel.  After that, I adhered the panel to my card base, rounded a corner, then adhered my image.  This card measures 3 5/8" x 4 7/8" .

I just love that darling little bird!  Marcella really added such sweet details to this image.  As always, this was a really fun color up!

So that is all for my card today but a couple of my Bloomie sisters have some Friday inspiration for you, so make sure you check them out and leave a little blog love while you are there. Also, if you haven't checked out the latest goings on over on the Power Poppy blog, you really should!  :) I thank you so much for stopping by to visit and I hope you will stop by again soon.....until then, take care.  :)

Cindy Lawrence    
Julie Koerber  
Katie Sims <------You are here 

~Katie

Copics used:  E40, E41, E43, E44, E47, E49, E55, E70, E74, E77, R11, R20, R24, R27, R39, YR21, BG0000, B0000, B91, YG61, YG63, YG67, and W2.

Power Poppy's February Stamp Release-Day 2

Hello and welcome back for Day 2 of Power Poppy's stamp release!  What did you think of yesterday's kick off set, Planning for Magnolias?  Pretty amazing, right?  Well just wait...there is so, so much more to come this week!  Today's set is spectacular in its own right....Folk Heart.  I love, love, love I say, the darling folksy images in this set!  I am betting that you will too!  Let's take a look-see, shall we?  :)

Ok, so I couldn't help but do a little research on folk art before I started on this card.  A simple Google search landed tons of images in bold, bright colors for inspiration.  Then I noticed a cuckoo clock and ended up on clock sights trying to decide if a cuckoo clock might find it's way into our home.....still pondering that idea!  :)  So, after way too much time looking at photos, I started on my card.  The image is stamped with Memento's Tuxedo Black ink onto Papertrey Ink's Rustic White card stock.  I pulled out the big guns here and used my Marianne Designs Creatables die set~Anja's Squares......you know, the one I keep under glass in my craft room, have blogged about its amazing-ness on numerous occasions and limit myself to using because I want to use it all the time?  Yep, that one.....:)

While I was coloring my image, I started using some reds and greens that, while fine, did not give me quite the look I was going for so I used my colorless blender to lighten the greens and reds a bit and went over them with more orange-y reds and olive-y greens and that hit more the direction I had in mind.  Do you ever do that?  I mention it here, because when I list my Copics you are going to see some pretty strange color combinations and that is why!  I am going to list them all. :)  I colored up the darling bird with those cuckoo clocks in mind....still pondering a clock....

The layers are more Rustic White card stock, and some red and green card stocks that I had in my stash.....sorry, I don't know the names of the colors.  The heart is a Papertrey Ink tag die and that is where I put my sentiment, which is from the Good Thinking: Renewal stamp set.  Next, I assembled my layers with a couple of added ones from Spellbinders Classic Circles Large and Classic Scalloped Circles Large die sets.  Lastly, I added some sparkle with my Wink of Stella Clear brush pen, some white accents with my Copic Opaque White, and some shine to the berries with my Ranger Glossy Accents then added a couple of wooden buttons and hemp cord to finish things off......

Oh, I did use a little Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream and Chamomile inks to sponge around some of the layers to age it a bit.  I absolutely am head over heels for this sweet little bird!  Doesn't she look so cheery and full of song?!  I couldn't resist giving her a rosy cheek!  :)  All of the images in this set will certainly capture you heart, as they did mine.....just you wait and see!  And see, you shall.....thanks to my awesome Bloomie sisters and their incredible creations, you are in for a real treat!  Make sure you leave them a little blog love while you hop and then make sure you check back at Bloom Central (the Power Poppy blog) tomorrow for Day 3 of Marcella's wonderful new stamp release!  Thanks so much for stopping by today and until next time....take care!  :)

Allison Cope 

Christine Okken 

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

~Katie

Copic colors used-R05, R08, R11, R14, R17, R27, YG21, YG61, YG67, YG91, YG93, YG95, YG99, E50, E51, E55, E57, E59, and YR23.