Friday, July 31, 2015

Power Poppy's August Release- Day 3!












Hi there and welcome back for Day 3 of Power Poppy's August Release!  I am so glad you popped back in for a visit and I hope you have been enjoying all of the Power Poppy blog festivities this week.  Tomorrow will be the finale with all of the Bloomies getting together for one last hop showing off all of the new stamp sets....and the best part is, they will be available in the store!  Yay!  Have you made a list yet?  ;)  You might be wanting to add this next sweet set to that list.....just take a look at So Grateful...



Ain't she a beaut?  There are two gorgeous images in this set and some beautifully scripted sentiments for expressing your gratitude.  It also come with a couple of little grass and flower bits so you can create a little landscape scene....or use them on tiny tags, or whatever you want to do with them!  ;)  Let me show you what I created with this lovely set....







I started by stamping this amazing image in Memento's Espresso Truffle ink on to Papertrey Ink's Rustic White card stock.  Next, I set in to coloring it up with my Copics....I won't lie, I spent a fair amount of time on this image because I had it in my head that I wanted to color the chair up to look like an old, chippy painted antique chair.  I tried several different colors until I ended up using a combination of Warm and Cool Neutrals with a bit of Earth tones and blues mixed in.....it didn't turn out exactly like I envisioned but I think I just need a little more practice achieving that look.  I colored up the rest of the image and then die cut it with a Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A die.  I sponged on some Ranger Distress inks in Old Paper, Peeled Paint, Frayed Burlap, and Tumbled Glass, added a little gold leafing around the edges with my Krylon 18 KY Gold Leafing pen, hit some of the blooms and pumpkin with my Wink of Stella Clear brush pen, stamped my sentiment, then layered it with another panel of trimmed Rustic White card stock.  

I built my card base and layers around the image panel....the finished card size ended up being 4 7/8" x 6 1/8".  I layered a couple of patterned papers from My Mind's Eye's "Follow Your Heart-Be Amazing" 6x6 paper, added a little punched border with a Stampin' Up! punch and stitched the panels together.  I added my ribbon and notched out a place on my image panel so it could cozy up to my bow and adhered everything together.  The image was popped up with foam dimensionals.  You may notice the chair has a little shine to it....I added Rangers Crackle Accents to the chair to try and give it a chipped texture....which it did, but I think I added it too quickly after coloring (pretty much immediately...;)) because some of my dark gray shading ended up looking a little muddled.  So word of caution here....let your image set for a bit before adding anything to it.  I am sure I was impatient and hurried it along....lol.  ;)




Don't you just love all of the sweet detail in this image?  As always, this was a dream to color up!  Wait til you see the other image in action....equally gorgeous!  So why don't you check out what those wonderfully talented Bloomie sisters of mine have created for your viewing pleasure and make sure you leave them a little love while you're there.  Remember tomorrow is the big blog hop showcasing all of the sets and then you can make some of these (or all of these....;) your own!  Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope to see you back here tomorrow!  Until then, take care!  :)

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

~Katie

Supplies not listed above:  Ink- Tsukineko's Versafine ink in Smokey Gray (for sentiment), Stampin' Up!'s Stampin' Chalk Marker in white for highlighted colored areas; Ribbon and button-Papertrey Ink, hemp cord from Michael's ; Copic colors-  W1, W4, C2, C5, C7, BG53, BG57, E40, E41, E44, R05, R08, R11, R12, R14, R17, R29, R59, Y04, Y15, Y19, Y21, Y26, YR12, YR14, YR15, YR16, YR18, YR21, YR24, YR27, G28, G40, G43, G46, YG21, YG25, and YG91.

Thursday, July 30, 2015

Power Poppy's August Release- Day 2!













Hey there Soul Sisters!  :)  Did you enjoy Power Poppy's Day 1 Release of the Color Me Grateful collection? Well  just hold on to your head phones, 'cause today's release is going to have you reminiscing about good times for sure!  Let's take a peek at Well Played...




Bringing back fond memories?  I had a boat load of those 45 rpm adapter thing-y's but I would be hard pressed to find one of them now.  When I saw that darling little back pack and the "soul sister" sentiment, I knew right away that I would be using them first!  Not too long ago, Matt and I went to a Train concert and so I thought it would be fun to play off of their song, "Hey, Soul Sister" for this card.  




I started by inking up the back pack in Memento's Tuxedo Black in and stamping on to Papertrey Ink's Rustic White card stock.  I colored the image with Copics and fussy cut it out.  Next, I rummaged through my embarrassingly large 6x6 paper pad collection to find just the right paper....I spotted this darling bordered print from My Mind's Eye's "Dolled Up" pad but the 6x6 size was throwing things off.  To keep the border all the way around, I cut the paper in half along one of the plank seams then overlapped it to a 4" width and sewed a double seam along the plank pattern.  Next I trimmed a bit off the top and bottom and went around with a zig zag stitch.  The card size ends up being just a hair under 4" x 5 1/2".  I adhered this panel to my card base and then die cut out a couple of sheets of the ledger patterned paper from My Mind's Eye's "The Sweetest Thing-Tangerine" pad using a Papertrey Ink's Spiral Notebook Page die.  For my letters, I used another paper from the "Dolled Up" paper pad and Papertrey Ink's Block Alphabet dies.  I went over the letters with my Wink of Stella Clear brush and then coated them in Ranger's Glossy Accents and set them aside to dry.  Once dried, I assembled all of my pieces and fiddled around with them until I liked the arrangement, stamped the sentiment, then adhered everything down and attached the assembly to my card.  For a finishing touch of shine, I added some more Ranger Glossy Accents to the walkman window and the cassette tape window, a bit of Ranger Stickles in Cotton Candy to the little heart patch on the back pack, and a touch of my Atyou Spica Clear glitter pen to the buckle and zipper pulls.





Don't you just love all of the little details on this back pack?  It was so much fun to color!!  And you should see the other fun elements to this set....I am sure you will spy several of them along the hop today.  So are you tappin' your foot or hummin' a snazzy tune yet?  :)  Make sure you check out what all of my incredibly talented Bloomie sisters have created for your little hop down memory lane today and leave them a little love while you're there.  I hope you will be able to pop back in tomorrow for Day 3 of Power Poppy's August Release...and brace yourself for more Marcella bloomin' goodness!  These images will have you positively swooning!  Until then, take care!  :)

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

~Katie

Supplies not listed above:  Inks:  Papertrey Ink's Smokey Shadow and Chamomile inks, and these Copic colors-BG000, BG32, BG53, BG57, R000, R20, R21, R24, R30, R32, R35, R37, RV14, E40, E41, EE42, E43, E44, E81, E84, YR24, YR30, YR31, Y21, Y26, C0, C3, C5, and C7.

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Power Poppy's August Release-Day 1










A very happy hello to you!  I hope you have been doing well since our last get together.  Have you been working on any new and exciting crafty projects?  I have been working on a few... ;)  I am about to bust to share with you Power Poppy's August Release Day 1 set, Happy Crabapple!  Don't you just love that name.  Today's set is the first of three sets being released this month as the Color Me Grateful Collection.  Does this image look a little familiar?  The wildly popular Flowering Branches digital image has been reintroduced as a clear photo polymer stamp set with some pretty spectacular sentiments and darling little bloom-y bits to color up, fussy cut, mask and stamp, or whatever your little heart desires!  How about let's take a peek, shall we?





Wanna see what I made with this gorgeous new set?  




Oh what fun is was to see this old friend!  I was so excited to see Marcella bring this image back as a stamp.  Don't get me wrong, digital images certainly have many wonderful qualities and the possibilities are endless....but there is just something about holding a stamp in your hand, getting it inky and just stamping your heart out, don't you think?  ;)  

For this A2 sized card, I colored up my images with Copics and fussy cut part of the large image (yes, some of the buds and blooms had to be lopped off to work in the space....almost criminal, isn't it...lol)  and one of the smaller images in the set.  My goal was to highlight this gorgeously scripted Thoreau quote.  So much is being said in just a few words.  It deserves to be shown off and what better way than to frame it up with Marcella's beautiful blooms, am I right?  




The card is made up of some simple layers (some die cut, some trimmed) with some stitching and dry embossing thrown in here and there.  The sentiment panel got a little gold leafing to frame it out and then I attached the fussy cut blooms with Collall.  I have mentioned this product before but it bears repeating....this stuff is great when you are adhering delicate, fussy cut images and want them popped up.  I will admit there is a little practice that needs to take place because it can get a little messy...the drying time takes a bit but that is good because it gives you a little time to apply it where you need it to really pop up even the tiniest of buds.  Love this stuff!  :)  

So, that is all for my card today but you know there are some a-mazing creations compliments of my Bloomie sisters just waiting for you to see.  Make sure you leave a little blog love while you're there and then I'd love it if you could pop back in tomorrow for Day 2 of Power Poppy's August Release.....I can't wait to show you what Marcella has come up with next!  Until then, take care!  :)

Christine Okken       
Katie Sims <------You are here
Leslie Miller 
Stacy Morgan 
Tosha Leyendekker
and Marcella Hawley

~Katie

Supplies:  Paper-Vintage Cream and Scarlet Jewel card stocks from Papertrey Ink, Carta Bella's "Beautiful Moments" 6x6 paper pad; Ink-Ranger Distress Ink in "Old Paper", Stampin' Up!'s Crumb Cake marker, Papertrey Ink's Chamomile ink; Dies- Spellbinders dies in A2 Fancy Postage Edge, Labels Twenty, and A2 Matting Basics B; Papertrey Ink's Linen/Canvas Impression Plate; Other:  Atyou Spica Clear glitter pen, Collall, foam dimensionals, Krylon 18 KT Gold leafing pen, and these Copic colors-RV10, R81, R83, R85, R89, E40, E70, E71, E74, E77, E79, V12, G28, G40, G43, G46, YG21. YG91, Y13, and BV02. 

Friday, July 3, 2015

Power Poppy's July Power & Spark Challenge

Hi there and a happy Friday to you!  I hope all is well with you.  Things have been a little quiet on the blog front lately....I have been getting caught up on some way overdue projects around the house (does one ever truly get caught up with that?!) but I'm so happy to be back today to play along in Power Poppy's July Power & Spark Challenge.  This month's hostess is the incredibly talented and super sweet Leslie and she is calling out all of us paper hoarders collectors.  :)  You can check out all of the details here.




That's right.....it's time to break out those pretty papers and get to creatin'!  But before you tear into those stacks of paper pads, lemme show you what I did for this challenge, k?

I hadn't had a chance to color up those adorable flip flops in the Best Day Ever set yet, so I thought that would be a fun image to use for this card.  I paired it with some sweet beach-y colored papers and kept the card super simple.  I started by stamping my image with Memento's Tuxedo Black ink onto some cream card stock, colored it with Copics, then fussy cut it out.  Next, I die cut my main panel and stitched the first of my three patterned papers on it.  I stamped the sentiment then adhered my colored image and a threaded button to my die cut panel.  My card base is 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" cream cart stock. I layered two more patterned papers, rounded the top corners of my card base and the patterned papers layer, did some more stitching, and adhered everything together.  




I used my Atyou Spica Clear glitter pen and my Stampin' Up! Stampin' Chalk white marker to add a little shimmer and highlights to my blooms.  




Aren't those the most darling little flip flops?!  AND, that sentiment is adorable too!  Now, are you ready to get going on your own designer paper triple play creation?  Well, before you do...make sure you check out the lovlies that some of my Bloomie sisters have created for your inspiration. Leave them a little blog love while you're there and then start tearing into your stash of designer papers!  :)  Make sure you link up your finished project on the Power Poppy blog  for a chance to win a stamp set of your choice!  Yay!  Thanks so much for stopping by today and until next time.....take care!  :)

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

~Katie

Supplies not mentioned above:  Paper-Vintage Cream card stock from Papertrey Ink, patterned papers from My Mind's Eye's Stella & Rose "Mabel" 6x6 paper pad; Ink- Dark Chocolate ink from Papertrey Ink Other- Spellbinders Labels Eleven die set, wooden button and string from stash, foam dimensionals from Stampin' Up!, and these Copic colors- E50, E53, E55, E57, E59, Y18, Y21, Y28, YR27, R01, R05, R08, R17, and R27.