Happy Friday with a New Power & Spark Challenge!

Hi there and Happy Friday to you!  I am so glad you could stop by for a visit.  Today is the beginning of the newest Power & Spark Challenge on the Power Poppy blog.  Our hostess this month is the incredibly talented, amazingly creative, and super sweet Allison Cope!  She has really thrown down quite the challenge....just take a lookie.....

Want your cards to jump, jive, move & groove? Well, you're in luck! For this month's Power & Spark Challenge, Ally Cope is encouraging us all to do just that! Here's what this creative phenom had to say.....

"For this month, we want to see You Move It, Move It!  That is, we want to see an element of your card move.  It could be anything from a pull-out tag, to some sequins in a shaker card to a fun element that jiggles all on its own!  Let's see you Move It!"

Woo Hoo, Ally! What a great challenge!  Ok, so let me show you what I created...

I decided to use this darling image and sentiment from the Frosted Gingerbread set.  I knew I wanted to do a shaker card for my "move it" component but then I decided to add a little something extra that you will see in just a bit.

I stamped my image on to Rustic White card stock from Papertrey Ink and colored it up with Copics.  I added shimmer and shine a few ways....with Ranger Stickles, an Atyou Spica Silver pen, and Ranger Glossy Accents.  While all of that dried, I used several dies to cut layers to build up my shaker part.  I used two scallop circles that I layered and offset to give it more dimension, then added a circle die cut from patterned papers and stitching.  I added a little additional curve to my sentiment before stamping it by putting one of the circle dies down on an acrylic block, shaping my sentiment stamp against the curve of the die with the stamping surface down on the acrylic and picked it up with another acrylic block....tada...instant perfectly shaped sentiment for my die cut!  I fussy cut my gingerbread house and adhered it to the patterned paper circle then die cut a circular frame and attached my clear sheet.  I used two layers of foam tape to build up the sides of my shaker added a mix of beads, glitter, and sequins and assembled it all together.

My card base is made using my dream die set from Marianne Design, Anja's Squares.  I only allow myself to use it every now and then or else I would use it all. the. time....:) 

I added a little rope trim around my circle to hide the foam tape and give it a more finished edge.  Now, for the little surprise part of my card...the circle shaker assembly is actually mounted on to my card with magnets so it is removable!  Here is a little photo of just the shaker on my refrigerator....

Well.....Ally said "Move it, move it", so that is what I did!  :)  I moved it right on to the 'fridge!  :)  So that is all for my little card today but lemme tell you....those Bloomie sisters of mine have really got a show in store for you!  Make sure you check out all of their beautiful creations and leave them a little blog love while you are there.....then, why don't you play along with us this month?  Get movin' on your own "Move It" creation and link it up to the Power Poppy blog for a chance to win a prize!  Yay!  

Thanks so much for stopping by today....it's always so good to see you!  

Oh, did you happen to notice the new little blog graphic announcing the upcoming Power Poppy stamp release?  Yes, indeedy.....new stamps will be available in a couple of weeks and I can not wait for you to see all of the gorgeous new images Marcella has for us!  Truly, you are just going to l-o-v-e them!  :)  Ok, until next time.....take care!

Allison Cope 

Christine Okken 

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

~Katie

Supplies not listed above:  Paper- Kraft card stock from Papertrey Ink, patterned papers from My Mind's Eye's "Merry" 6x6 paper pad; Ink-PTI's Smokey Shadow and Fresh Snow, Memento's Tuxedo Black; Dies- Spellbinder's Standard Circles Large set and Classic Scalloped Circles Large set; Other-assorted glass beads, glitter and sequins, magnets all from Michael's;  Copic colors:  R20, R22, R24, R81, R83, R85, YG21, YG23, YG25, YG95, BG0000, BG000, BG01, BG53, BG57, E40, E50, E51, E53, E55, E57, YR12, YR14, YR61, and C3.

Gingerbread...with Love

Well hello there and welcome to my little corner of blog land!  Have you been enjoying Marcella's incredible first ever Christmas release at Power Poppy so far? I am pretty certain I already know the answer to that question!  Today I get to share a little card I made using the featured set today, Frosted Gingerbread.  If this set doesn't make you feel like a child again, I don't know what will!

Is that not the most darling gingerbread house?!  And, I can personally tell you it is an absolute joy to color up!  Let me show you what this sweet set inspired me to create...

So, my idea here was to make the whole card look like a big ol' gingerbread cookie.  I thought that really delicate die cut looked a lot like the pretty piped icing you see on some cookies so that is where I started.  I stamped my image and colored it up using a insane number of Copics, but I wanted this to be super colorful hence the basket full of Copics.  Next, I fussy cut out my image then went to adding glitter, Glossy Accents, and some Tulip slick paint to look like icing.  I had a ball decorating this little house but I also wanted to use the precious "with Love" and "Merry Christmas" sentiments out of this set.  For the "with Love" sentiment I stamped it out, used a couple of copics to color it in, then added Glossy Accents over the "Love".  This made it look like shiny piped icing plus it acted as a mask (once it dried) so I could sponge some brown ink in my little oval die cut.  I used another die cut to stamp the "Merry Christmas" and then used a little more of the Tulip paint to "pipe" on a little icing.  All that was left was to do a little stitching and then assemble the layers.  Oh, I'll let you in on a little tip here.  I did not have any card stock that looked like gingerbread......I know, I can't believe it myself (and neither could my husband...lol).  So, I used what I had but sponged on some Stampin' Up! ink in Creamy Caramel and I have to say.....I think it ended up looking a lot like gingerbread!  :)

So here she is, all decked out in a Necco Wafer roof, with some Red Hots, Candy Canes, Starburst welcome mat, and some candy orange slices for the shutters (those are for my grandma, they were her absolute favorite candy ever!).  This really brought back some fun memories...my mama makes some of the best gingerbread and she would make the houses for us so all we had to do was decorate them ( we still do this at Christmas...lol!)

So, that is all for my card today, but you know that there are more gorgeous creations by my super talented Bloom Brigade sisters just waiting for you to see.  Make sure you leave them a little blog love and then go ahead and be making plans of how you will decorate your own little gingerbread house when you order this must-have set from Power Poppy!  You know you wanna....;)  I hope you will join me tomorrow because I have another card to share with your for tomorrow's sneak peek and I'll give you a little hint...it's a botanical!  Marcella + Christmas + Botanicals = Pure Joy!  See you tomorrow, and until then, take care!  :)

Allison Cope

Christine Okken 
Cindy Lawrence 
Danielle Kennedy 
Dawn Burnworth  
Julie Koerber  
Katie Sims <------You are here
Leslie Miller  
Tosha Leyendekker
and .....
Marcella Hawley <------The Head Cookie Baker, herself, with some insight into the creation of  Frosted Gingerbread! :)

Supplies:  Images- Power Poppy's Frosted Gingerbread stamp set; Paper-Classic Kraft card stock from Papertrey Ink, Classic White card stock from Flourishes, polka dot paper from Simple Stories' Handmade Holiday 6x6 paper pad, red paper from scrap; Ink-Memento's Tuxedo Black, SU!'s Creamy Caramel, Ranger Distress Ink in Antique Linen; Dies-Die-namics Oval Tab from MFT, Spellbinders Classic Ovals Large, Deckled Edge Classic Ovals Large, Marvelous Squares, Grand Scalloped Squares, and Grand Squares; Other-red gingham ribbon, Martha Stewart Glitter, Atyou Spica clear glitter pen, Ranger Glossy Accents, Tulip Slick fabric paint in white, Wink of Stella clear brush pen, and these Copic colors (like I said, I used a ton of markers on this one)- Y13, Y15, YG21, YG23, YG25, YR12, YR14, YR17, YR18, B0000, B000, C0, C1, C3, C5, W1, W3, B21, B23, B24, G40, G43, G46, R21, R24, R27, R29, R30, R32, R35, V12, V15, E21, E23, E25, E27, E31, E33, E34, E35, E53. E55, and E57.