It's a new Blossom Challenge at Power Poppy. My electronic cutter doesn't like me today - but I did manage this post using a previous win from the fabulous Power Poppy. I won this beautiful digital stamp from Power Poppy called Black-Eyed Susan - you can get yours here. I colored the stamp digitally. The papers are from Fairy Hugs and Creative Memories...I obviously went shopping through my stash.
OMG! I've been so busy, I feared I missed the Blossom Challenge. I've just been spaced out on STILL trying to get my house back in order after painting - but did get a little back into the swing of things this weekend. So here's a quickie using Teacake with Strawberries (Power Poppy). I colored Teacake digitally and added a digital sentiment from Miss Kate Cuttables.
Okay, I have a crop tomorrow, and all my goodies are packed up - but I still wanted to craft tonight. So I actually colored and created this single-layer card tonight because all I have available are my computer and printer. This cutie is for the Power Poppy Blossom Challenge (Eat Your Fruit and Veggies) with the sweet Tea Cake with Strawberries image by Power Poppy. Thanks, Power Poppy, for sweetening up those strawberries with a delicious-looking cake! It's colored digitally, and I added a new favorite sentiment from We Are 3 (Life Moments) - because I do believe I am in the presence of wonder when there is a delicious dessert in front of me!
Here's one for The Outlawz Monday Greetings - Sweet Greetings - using the adorable Tea Cake with Strawberries by Power Poppy. I made a card inspired by this week's Featured Stamper at Splitcoast - with a frame from Monica's Creative Room Laced Frame collection...adorned with extra strawberries 'cause what better way to send Sweet Greetings?
Today beings a new challenge at Power Poppy. The theme is Going Sentimental, and I don't often make my sentiment the focal point of the card. For my card, I used Poinsettia XL available at Power Poppy. I'd been saving this sentiment for just the right challenge - and this is it.
I really enjoyed this project and hope you do, too. Be sure to stop by the Blossom Challenge to see the Bloom Brigade makes. Can't wait to see what you make, too.
I participated in the Card Make Success Summit a few weeks ago - one of the best presentations was using ephemera. My original thought was how easy....but once I got started, I realized I'm not great at choosing items that work well together. I went a different direction using some foiled background....wish now I would have printed it in red or green.
I had a couple weeks off from crafting, but did spend time watching sessions of the Card Maker Success Summit. Going back now to review some of the techniques there. Lots of foiling....but I never felt the traditional techniques for foiling were worth the trouble or cost. One participant though threw out there that she uses metallic vinyl as her foiling technique. Eureka! So here is a card with a bit of glimmer with the help of a frame cut from metallic vinyl and ironed onto my card front.
My pop of glimmer is the pink/purple frame - it is a little difficult to tell in this photo that it is metallic. The frame was cut using a Laced Frame from Monica's Creative Room. I added some flowers and leaves from my stash. The background paper is from We Are 3's Christmas Textures. The sentiment is from the Spider Thoughts set from We Are 3.
Well, you all know I love me some Christmas, and We Are 3's digital papers are some of my faves. Here is another make using Christmas Textures. I was thrilled with my poinsettia from Power Poppy to complete my card, and even happier to have a beautiful cut with Monica's Creative Room Laced Frame. Woo Hoo!
Wow! Didn't expect to be doing any crafting anytime soon, as my craft room is all packed up while we attempt to get the walls painted...but since our painter seems to be MIA, I decided I'd better unpack some basic tools IMMEDIATELY if I wanted to play along with this month's Blossom Challenge on the Power Poppy blog. The twist this month is Christmas in July - one of my favorite stamps immediately came to mind - Power Poppy's Hollyberries. WooHoo!
I was particularly thrilled with this month's Power Poppy theme of Glassy-Eyed. I could use some practice with glass. I enjoyed playing with this vase. I am particularly fond of the Black-Eyed Susan.
Be sure to scoot off to the Blossom Challenge to see lovely inspiration from the Bloom Brigade. Hope to see you join them - the contest is in full swing.
It's Day 4 of the new Power Poppy Blossom Challenge - although I'm not using "Spring" flowers, I was already creating this card using Power Poppy's Black-Eyed Susan - so I'm feeling pretty good sharing this in the challenge. There is so much inspiration from the fabulous Bloomies - it's mind boggling. There's almost a month to go to get your entry in. Wow! Today I'm sharing a card using papers from the new Graduation collection from We Are 3. They have lovely bright colors.
You know I have tons of scraps in my stash. Kind of a simple design with a Christmas tree from Power Poppy and a computer-generated sentiment - both found in my stash. I had two trees, so I cut out some individual flowers and popped them for dimension. I added a frilly border to my sentiment.
I decided to play with some stuff from my stash. The sentiment is available at ClickChicDesign. I changed the color of the sentiment in Gimp. The flowers are from Power Poppy Pure Prairie Bouquet. I used my Eclips to cut the sentiment and flowers.
Gotta say, the new Life sentiments cheer me up a bit. I used background paper from the Fantasy Textures collection. Thought this was the perfect background with the beautiful colors. Finally, I used some daisies. Please be sure to visit the We Are 3 Facebook Pge to be totally inspired.
I chose to use the gorgeous Fairy Land papers for today's card.
I'm thrilled to be showcasing Sky Scenes. I added to the scene with some Power Poppy Black-Eyed Susans.
The challenge is to CASE a Bloomie, a design team member at Power Poppy. I chose Gloria to CASE - specifically her technique in her Forest Fellas card of November 17 on which her background included subtle snowflakes. Gloria's subtle use of snow in her blue background inspired me here....I wanted to see if I could duplicate the pretty blue background digitally with snowflakes. I'm disappointed in my photo because I'm quite proud of my folds on this elf's skirt....in the photo, I lost that illusion. I pretty much followed Gloria's card design as well, changing out the scalloped frame for a frame scalloped only on one side. Power Poppy is giving away scores of prizes, so this weekend is a good time to join them.
Today I'm showcasing the lovely Hollyberries for the 12 Days of Christmas at the Eclips Users Group. I have to say, this tag is nothing like my vision! The fab holly is Hollyberries from Power Poppy. The tag shape is from SVG Cuts' Thank You for the Music.
Today is Day 7 of the 12 Days of Christmas Tags at the Eclips Users Group. Design paper is Nothing But Freebies' Enamel Gold. Circle is from Monica's Creative Room. Holly is a Power Poppy digital stamp - Hollyberries. The tag is strung on ribbon.
