Happy Power Poppy Friday!

Hi there and a happy Friday to you!  Are you ready for Christmas?  Got all of your shopping done?  I am ready for time with family, but I still have some wrapping to do!  I have a quick little card to share with you today.  No coloring, no die cutting, no buttons......this came together in a snap!  I thought this sweet image from the Heaven and Nature Sing stamp set would be so pretty stamped in red.....and I love how it turned out.

I planned on adding some extras here and there but then changed my mind at the last minute and kept it really clean (for me, anyway).  The finished card is 3.75" square.  I stamped the image and then added the sentiment from the Bottlebrush Holiday stamp set in Memento's Rhubarb Stalk on to Papertrey Ink's Rustic White card stock.  I attached the image panel to a dark grey card stock (PTI's Smokey Shadow) layer and did some stitching around the edges.  Next, I adhered the panel to my card base.  I added some shimmer with a Wink of Stella clear brush pen  to the leaves, berries and parts of the birds and sponged on a little Chamomile ink from Papertrey Ink to give the paper an aged appearance.  Lastly, I added a bit of silver cord and some Ranger Glossy Accents to the berries.

To soften the gray card stock a bit I went back and sponged some Fresh Snow ink from Papertrey Ink.  I wish you could see the gloss and shine here....I really love how it turned out....I just had a hard time trying to capture it in a photo!  I have always loved this image and even though it really is so much fun to color, I have to say that I think this really shows all of Marcella's fine details off beautifully!  Don't you think this could be the most gorgeous fabric?  A Christmas toile in Marcella's images....oh my!  I'm not sure my heart could take it!  ;)

Well that is all for my little card today, but please make sure you check out what some of my Bloomie sisters have created for you.....leave a little blog love while you're there too.  I am so glad you were able to stop by for a visit and here's wishing you the merriest of Christmases!  Until next time, take care!  :)

Allison Cope 

Christine Okken     

Julie Koerber 
Kathy Jones 
Katie Sims <------You are here
Leslie Miller 

~Katie

Ready for a little Power & Spark?

Hello there and welcome to my little blog today!  I am so glad it's Friday, how about you?  I have a quick post to share with you today.  Power Poppy is introducing its last Power & Spark Challenge for 2015 (where did this year go!?).  December finds many of us reflecting back on all of the events of the year as we look forward to the beginning of a new year and this challenge totally embraces that tradition.....so are you up for a little Power & Spark "Rewind"?  This month, you get to pick a previous 2015 Power & Spark challenge and create a project!  That's it!  How easy is that, right? You can see the whole line up of Power & Spark Challenges for the year on the Power Poppy blog.

  For my project, I chose to take another look at October's challenge "Bits and Pieces" hosted by the incredibly talented and super sweet Julie Koerber.  This card may look a little familiar to you....it is definitely a rewind of the challenge but also of a card I created for October's Blog Hop...I just changed the theme to Christmas and the orientation a bit.  You can see that card here.

I have been wanting to color up the gorgeous image from the Poinsettia stamp set in white for quite a while.  This card used minimal supplies.  I started by stamping my image with Memento's Tuxedo Black ink on to some Rustic White card stock from Papertrey Ink.  I colored my image with several Copics that I will list below. Then, I stitched on a panel of patterned paper from Carta Bella's "Christmas Day" 6x6 paper pad.  Next, I rounded the top left corner with my We R Memory Keepers corner chomper and sponged on some Papertrey ink in Chamomile and Chai.  For a little extra somethin'-somethin', I spritzed some ink from Stampin' Up's Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, and Mellow Moss markers.  After that, I stamped my sentiment from the Botanical Tree stamp set with Papertrey Ink's Scarlet Jewel ink.  I went over the poinsettia and pomegranates with my Wink of Stella Clear brush pen and added some Ranger Glossy Accents to the center of the Poinsettia.  All that was left was to tie my ribbon (also PTI's Scarlet Jewel in grosgrain) and adhere the panel to a card base.  

I will never get enough of all of Marcella's beautiful details in her images!  This poinsettia is one of my all time favorites.....this bloom practically leaps off the paper when you stamp it, coloring it is the icing on the cake!  :)  

So, that is all for my card today, but please make sure you check out what several of my Bloomie sisters have created for your inspiration today.  Leave a little hello while you visit and then why don't you join in the fun, pick out your favorite theme, and create your own Power & Spark Rewind project!  I can't wait to see what you create!  Until next time, hope you have a wonderful weekend and take care!  :)

Allison Cope 

Christine Okken     

Julie Koerber 
Kathy Jones 
Katie Sims <------You are here
Leslie Miller 
Stacy Morgan 

~Katie

Supplies not listed above:  Stampin' Up Stampin' Chalk marker and these Copic colors- R39, R81, R83, R85, R89, BV02, G21, G29, YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97, E40, E44, Y26, YR31, C1, W4, W5 and 0.

Pssst.....did you hear?

Hello there friends!  I hope this day finds you well and I hope all of my fellow USA friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  I know we did....actually we had several days of festivities with lots of family and friends!  I am really late with this notice but you still have time to check out the Power Poppy goodness going on at the blog.....Marcella has a sweet sale going on and a digi deal you do not  want to miss!

Pretty awesome, right?  AND.....some of the Bloomies and Instant Gardeners created some pretty spectacular cards showing off this darling little guy, so make sure you check out all of the snowy inspiration for you compliments of these incredibly talented ladies!  Hope you have a great weekend and until next time, take care!  :)

~Katie

It's Power Poppy Friday!

Well howdy do to you and a very happy Friday!  Is it just me or are the weeks flying by....Thanksgiving just around the corner and then Christmas will be here before we all know it!  I am sure you have noticed that I have been trying to get a jump start on my Christmas cards lately :).  So to add one more to my Christmas stash, I used the darling new stamp set Spice it Up for my card today.

I kept this design pretty clean and simple (for me, anyway).  I used one of the dies from Spellbinders 5x7 Matting Basics A die set and Papertrey Ink's Rustic White card stock for my sentiment panel.  I stitched a strip of green polka dot paper that I had sitting on my craft table from another project and then stamped my sentiment with Papertrey Ink's Dark Chocolate ink and added my ribbon (Papertrey Ink's Spring Moss grosgrain).  Next, I stamped my image with Memento's Tuxedo Black ink onto more Rustic White card stock and colored it up with Copics.  I added some sparkle with an Atyou Spica Clear Glitter pen and some shine on the mistletoe berries with Ranger's Glossy Accents.  After everything was dry, I die cut my image out with a die from Spellbinders' Labels Eighteen, sponged on some Ranger Distress Ink in Peeled Paint, and added some gold leafing with my Krylon 18KT gold leafing pen. After adhering my image panel to my sentiment panel with foam dimensionals, all that was left was to adhere the finished panel to a card base from Papetrey Ink's Dark Chocolate card stock and tada!  Card done!  :)

I can almost smell the citrus and spice from this sweet image, can you?  And let me say...I l-o-v-e this precious sentiment with font mix!  

So that is all for my card today, but please make sure to check out what some of my amazing Bloomie sisters have created for you....leave them a little hello while you are there and then make sure you check out all of the fabulousness on the Power Poppy Blog, or what I affectionately call Bloom Central....;)  That Copic Diva Kathy Jones ushered in a new Power & Spark Challenge that will have you digging through all your stuff for the perfect embellishments and Marcella served up a new digital image that will have you "a-maized"....lots of good stuff going on over there so if you haven't yet, make sure you check it out!  Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit...and until next time, take care!  :)

Christine Okken 

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

~Katie

Copic colors used:    Y32, Y35, Y38, YR09, YR16,E29, E35, E40, E44, YG61, YG67, BG10, BG72, BG75, BG78.  Other Supplies used:  Stampin' Up!'s Stampin' Chalk marker, Papertrey Ink's Chamomile and Chai distress inks, green polka dot paper from Carta Bella's "Merry & Bright" 6x6 paper pad.

A Power Poppy Friday with Cozy Cupfuls!

Hi there and happy Friday to you!  Have you got big plans?  I am looking forward to a couple of quiet days at home.  :)  I thought I would share another card I made using the adorable new Power Poppy stamp set, Cozy Cupfuls.  This time I used the little tea cup complete with it's own Christmas tree.  That Marcella thinks of everything, doesn't she?  I mean, who else could even imagine a Christmas tree in a tea cup, right?  Well, let me show you what I created with this darling image.

I love Christmas cards with a pink, green, white and black color scheme so that is the direction I took here.  I used a die from Spellbinders' Long Classic Rectangles Large set for my main image panel and then layered the card around it....the finished size ended up being 3 3/4" x 6 7/8".  I stamped my image using Memento's Tuxedo Black ink and colored it up with Copics.  I added sparkle with a Wink of Stella Clear Glitter brush pen then added Ranger Glossy Accents on the ornaments.  I used a gold Atyou Spica glitter pen to trim the tea cup and saucer and then a silver Atyou Spica glitter pen for the large ornament hook.  I stitched on the green patterned paper, stamped my sentiment, then added ribbon and attached the buttons with some cream hemp cord.  I stitched the black gingham paper on a white panel and then attached it to my card base.  When everything was dry, I adhered my image panel with foam dimensionals.

I think this is the sweetest image...I love the detail that Marcella added to the tea cup and the ornament in the saucer.  The little tree was a cinch to color up....there is so much detail, I just dotted different colors of green in there and kind of smudged it around with the lightest shade and it turned out great.....definitely a quick color up!

Well that is all for my card today, but my Bloomie sisters have some mighty pretty creations just waiting for you to see!  Make sure you leave them a little blog love while you are there, k?  I am so glad you were able to pop in for a visit!  Hope you have a wonderful weekend and until next time, take care!  :)

Allison Cope 

Christine Okken 

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

~Katie

Supplies not listed above:  Paper- Rustic White card stock from Papertrey Ink, green patterned paper from Carta Bella's "Merry & Bright" 6x6 paper pad, black gingham paper from Making Memories; Other-buttons from Papertrey Ink, ribbon from Michael's, and these Copic colors- YG0000, YG21, YG23, YG25, YG61, YG63, YG67, G29, E40, E41, E42, E44, W1, W3, W5, W7, RV000, RV21, RV23, RV25, RV29, and RV69.

It's the Power Poppy October Blog Hop!

Hello there!  I'm so glad you could stop by today!  Power Poppy's October Blog Hop is today and you know what that means....all of the gorgeous stamps you have been seeing this week are now available for purchase in the Power Poppy Store!  Yay!  But before you jet outta here, let me show you what I made using the incredibly detailed Olive and Oak Expanded stamp set...k?

This glorious set is an expansion of the wildly popular Olive and Oak digital image.  We have all seen some amazingly colored samples from not only the Bloom Brigade but also our sister team the Instant Gardeners.....man did they ever show this image off to perfection!  Soooo, I thought that I might do something a little different here.  I took a page out of the incredibly talented and super sweet  Cheryl Scrivens' design book and kept this image fairly simple.  She had designed a card with this set and left it completely uncolored and it was fabulous!  Here is the link to that beauty!  For mine, after stamping my image in Memento's Tuxedo Black ink, I just colored the acorns and olives.  I did a fair amount of sponging with Papertrey Ink's Chai and Chamomile inks and also a little Ranger Distress Ink in Frayed Burlap.  My sentiment was stamped with Stampin' Up!'s Cajun Craze ink.  I spritzed some ink from SU!'s Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, and Pumpkin Pie markers around the leaves for a hint of color.  To finish this card off I rounded the top right corner , stitched a strip of patterned paper from Papertrey Ink and added some PTI ribbon in Terracotta Tile.  Oh...I also added sparkle around the image with my Wink of Stella Clear glitter pen.

Talk about a quickie card here.....it came together in a snap!  You could very easily mass produce this for your Fall card making.

I don't think I was able to get a shot so you could see the sparkle, but it is there...I promise! :)  

That is all for my card today but make sure you check out what all of my Bloomie teammates created for you using all of the new additions to the Happiest Holiday Collection.  You are in for a real treat...and then after that, you can make some of these amazing sets your very own...like, today!  I am so glad you were able to stop by today for a visit.  I hope you have enjoyed seeing this new release as much as we have enjoyed creating projects for you!  Until next time, take care..... :)

Allison Cope 

Christine Okken 

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

~Katie

Supplies not listed above:  Paper-Rustic White card stock from Papertrey Ink; Other-We R Memory Keepers 1/2" Corner Chompers and these Copic colors-E23, E27, E30, E33, E37, E70, E77, and E79.

Power Poppy October Release-Day 5!

Hi there friends and welcome!  I hope you have been enjoying all of the wonderful October Release festivities on the Power Poppy blog.  Marcella has added quite a few beauties to her Happiest Holiday Collection.  Have you been able to decide on a favorite stamp set yet?  That's a toughie, isn't it?  Well, today's set is sure to win your heart...say hello to Cozy Cupfuls!

Oh, the sweet little images you will see in this set!  You will have a tough time deciding what to color up first!  :)  For my card today, I chose the little gift grouping with mug of cocoa.  Wanna see?

I colored up this darling image with Copics and then fussy cut it out.  I added some sparkle here and there with my Wink of Stella clear glitter pen and some shine to the mug using Ranger's Glossy Accents.  My card base is die cut from Papertrey Ink's Rustic White card stock using Spellbinders Grand Squares die set.  I used some pinking shears to cut one of the card layers out of kraft wrapping paper and stitched it in place.  I die cut some green print paper with a Spellbinders die from the Classic Squares Large set and stitched it onto a white card stock layer.  I stamped my sentiment then wrapped some ribbon around the panel and added a button with hemp twine.  All of my layers got distressed with Papertrey Ink's Chai and Chamomile inks.  Lastly, I adhered my layers together and secured  my fussy cut image with foam dimensionals and some Collall,

I l-o-v-e the darling little presents and that little deer mug.....sigh.  Now I wanna find a for real mug like that!  ;)  Again, Marcella has thought of every teeny tiny detail to make these images look like they stepped right out of a treasured Christmas memory.  How does she do that?!  

Well, that is all for my card today, but you know what's next.....please make sure you check out what my amazing Bloomie sisters have created to tantalize you with and leave a little blog love while you are there.  I hope you will be able to pop back in tomorrow for one last hurrah....the Power Poppy Blog Hop!  Until then, take care!  :)  OH, and remember....tomorrow all of the sets will be available for purchase in the Power Poppy store!

Christine Okken 

Cindy Lawrence 
Dina Kowal   
Julie Koerber  
Katie Sims <------You are here
Leslie Miller 
Stacy Morgan 
and Marcella Hawley

~Katie

Supplies not listed above:  Ink-Memento's Tuxedo Black; Patterned paper from Melissa Frances' Hone for the Holidays" 6x6 paper pad; Copics- W1, W3, E40, E41, E42, E44, E47, E50, E51, E53, E57, E59, C0, C1, C3, YG61, YG67, R20, R22, R24, R27, and R39.