~ Happy Friday! Who's ready for the weekend? I know I am! Today for Power Poppy Fun Friday, I've colored up the new addition to the Hellebores digital stamp set...the flowers without a glass vase. ~ ~ As I often do, I researched the colors of Hellebores before deciding on a color palette. I really loved the look of the Ivory Prince Hellebores, so that's what I tried to color mine to look like. ~ ~ The Hellebores digital stamp set is available in the Power Poppy shop! Please visit the Power Poppy blog post for today to see a... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, y'all! It's time for the latest Color Throwdown challenge! Jodi is our hostess this week and the generic colors she's chosen are Black, White, and Turquoise! I love this combo! ~ ~ Sadly, I needed a sympathy card this week, so here is what I came up with: ~ ~ I started with a water colored background, then simply added black leaves and a black heat-embossed sentiment. A few rhinestones and some twine were all I needed to complete this CAS card. We would love for y'all to join us this week! Check out the challenge details... Continue reading

~ Happy Fun Friday!! Today I have a CAS card using the tulips from Power Poppy's Spring Border One and a sentiment from Spring Border Two. ~ ~ I actually made two of these cards. One is for a sympathy card and the other for a get-well card. You can visit the Power Poppy blog for a list of all the designers posting their Fun Friday cards today! ------------ I'm also entering this into the CASology 368 - Plant challenge. ~ ~ Thank you so much for dropping by today! Have a great weekend! SUPPLIES: Affiliate links are used at... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday!! I'm hosting the Color Throwdown challenge this week and these are the colors that I've chosen for us to play with: Pink, Blue, and Yellow. ~ ~ I chose to use the Inner Mermaid stamp set, along with the matching dies, for a birthday card for a beautiful young lady. ~ ~ The background was blended using Distress inks and Taylored Expressions Blending Brushes. Then I spritzed it with water and let it dry. The same was done with the pink for the mermaid tail and shell & starfish, before I stamped and die cut them. After... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! Today Barbara is our hostess and she has a beautiful color combo for us to play with. The generic colors are Aqua, Teal, Gray, and Gold. ~ ~ I knew right away I wanted to CASE Kelly Latevola's watercolor cards HERE. They are so beautiful! I had to change the white heat embossing to gold in order to use the design for our color combo this week. So this is my card: ~ ~ The resulting look is not as impactful as Kelly's with her white embossing, but I'm still happy with it. We would love for... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, y'all! We have a beautiful color combo today for the latest Color Throwdown challenge! The generic colors are: Plum, Pink, Peach, and White. ~ ~ I made a soft and sweet birthday card using the gorgeous Saucer Magnolia digital stamp set from Power Poppy. ~ ~ I colored the beautiful blooms loosely with my Copic markers and added some May Arts ribbon. Please be sure to check out all the wonderful creations from the design team here: Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy Barbara Anders Broni Holcombe --> You are here! Jodi Collins Lisa Henke Lori Tecler Lynn Put... Continue reading

~ Yay, it's Friday! Fun Friday, that is! I have a fun birthday card today using the Cuppa Cupcake digital stamp set from Power Poppy. ~ ~ Don't you love that wonky cupcake/teacup tower? So cute! The focal image was printed twice and then I cut out the one that I colored with my Copic markers and popped it up on foam mounting tape. ~ ~ I also added some sequins and some Star Dust Stickles for additional sparkle! Here is a list of the other Power Poppy designers posting their beautiful creations today: Stacy Morgan Leslie Miller Gloria Stengel... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! It's time for a new Color Throwdown challenge, y'all! Wanda is our hostess this week and her awesome color combo is Navy, Yellow, Kraft, and Green. ~ ~ I needed another birthday card and decided to watercolor some poppies as the focal image on my card. I used the Rubbernecker Layered Poppies stamp set and die. I also used the Wishes Die cut, the Nested Rectangles dies, and the Happy Birthday stamp set. ~ ~ Now it's your turn to play along with us! You could win the chance to be a Guest Star Stamper on the... Continue reading

~ How about another masculine birthday card today? I posted one here on Wednesday, and needed another one for an upcoming birthday next month. ~ ~ I didn't want florals, but I wanted to watercolor something from nature, so I chose a small branch from the Power Poppy Woodland Carpet stamp set that could be used for a partial background/border for the card. I loosely water colored it and smooshed the blue everywhere else. Then I splattered 3 of the colors on the background. The sentiment is from the Power Poppy Strong and Beautiful set. This was a really simple... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, y'all! I hope you are all staying home and staying safe & healthy. Perfect time to play along in some card making challenges, don't you think? Well, we have a brand new Color Throwdown challenge for you today. The generic colors are: Red, Black, Gray, and White. ~ ~ I just happened to need a masculine birthday card, and these colors are perfect for that! I knew I wanted to use the MFT Picture Perfect stamp set because guys really love the animals and their funny expressions. So here is what I came up with: ~ ~... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! It's time for a brand new Color Throwdown and the color combo we're playing with this week is super bright and fun! The generic colors are Orange, Green, Pink, and Yellow. ~ ~ I pulled out my cute little chicks stamp from Rubbernecker and an Easter sentiment set along with some bright colored cardstock and my copic markers for my card. ~ ~ It would be great if you would play along with us! Check out all the challenge details at the CTD blog and be sure to leave some love for the designers: Amy Rohl Amy... Continue reading

~ Hello, fellow shut-ins! Is that how you feel too? It's a good thing I love being at home, I guess! It's time for a new Color Throwdown challenge! How is that for a way to stay busy? Here are the generic colors for this week: Pink, Gray, Green, and Kraft. ~ ~ I love the colors and I love that table setting!! I decided I wanted to play with a recently retired Power Poppy set called Sassy Succulents. I think it worked out well with our colors. ~ ~ Now, since you all have extra time on your hands,... Continue reading

~ Happy Friday! I sure hope you are all staying home and staying safe and healthy! For the Power Poppy Fun Friday this week, I colored up the fantastic new Wash Your Hands coloring page that Marcella created to remind us to stay healthy, while giving us a beautiful new image to color and have fun with! This image is available to download and color at the Power Poppy store for only $1.99! ~ ~ This was so much fun to color! If you look at this next photo at full size (just click on it), you will see that... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, y'all! Are you ready for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge? Today Lisa is our hostess and the generic colors she's chosen are Pink, Purple, and White. It's a great color combo! ~ ~ I spotted the latest CAS(E) this Sketch challenge and knew I wanted to play along, so this is what I came up with: ~ ~ I used a circle die to cut a stencil, then used my TE Blender Brushes and some Distress ink to make the row of circles. Then I needed a smaller image and this cat dragging his little blankie... Continue reading

~ Hi, all! I have a card to share using one of the Power Poppy stamp sets on sale starting today. Just in case you didn't see the announcement yesterday, it's part of a huge sale starting at NOON today. ~ ~ So here is my card using the Power Poppy Azalea stamp set: ~ ~ So have you ever seen azaleas with those colors? I had not until I visited a friend's house last weekend. Around a large live oak tree are 5 azalea bushes; 4 white and 1 hot pink. However over the years, the white flowers have... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, everyone! It's time for the latest Color Throwdown challenge and Jodi has a great color palette for us: Teal, Coral, Green, and Cream. ~ ~ The colors just called out for a water-themed card, so I pulled out my Hero Arts Color Layering Goldfish and created an cute anniversary card. ~ ~ My teal turned out a little lighter than I intended, but it still works! Now it's your turn to play along. Head on over to the CTD blog to see the details for the challenge, and to check out all the inspiration from the design... Continue reading

~ Happy Fun Friday! Today I'm sharing a card I made using the new Shimmering Flight digital stamp set from Power Poppy. ~ ~ Isn't that image beautiful?? I made it smaller so that I could use it as an focal accent on my card. ~ ~ That turquoise pendant is so gorgeous!! I don't know if you can tell but I added some gold accents in the "stone" and then added some silver accents in the base of it. Friday is the day that the Power Poppy design teams share their creations over on the Power Poppy blog. Be... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! It's time for another great Color Throwdown challenge, y'all! Amy Rohl is our hostess and her colors and inspiration photo are awesome! ~ ~ Our generic colors of the week are Lime Green, Green, Black, and White. I just loved the watercolor look of the shamrock and went with that for a birthday card for my pastor. ~ ~ This was a perfect opportunity for me to use the Mega Greetings 4 stamp set and coordinating die from Altenew again. This was so simple, but it really has a big visual impact! We 'd love for you... Continue reading

~ Hello, everyone! Happy Friday! Today I'm sharing a birthday card that I made using one of the digital images from the Power Poppy Big Ole Bow stamp set. This one image is really all you need, but I did add a sentiment from the Tulips in Hobnail Pitcher stamp set. ~ ~ There are some other Power Poppy designers sharing cards today. Be sure to check out the list and links at the Power Poppy blog! I'll be sharing this card with these challenges: Creative Confetti: Just Color Stamplorations Clean & Simple Card challenge ~ Thanks so much for... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! It's my turn to host the Color Throwdown challenge this week and I've chosen some soft spring colors for us to play with: Pink, Orange, and Blue. ~ ~ I went with the hearts theme in the inspiration photo to create a birthday card for a dear friend, using one of the images from the Power Poppy Va-Va-Valentines digital stamp set. ~ ~ We would absolutely love for you to play along with us this week. Please check out the details at the CTD blog and visit with each of the designers to see their awesome creations:... Continue reading

~ Well, y'all, it's Wednesday again and time for another brand new Color Throwdown challenge. Just look at the gorgeous inspiration photo we've got for you this week. The generic colors are Hot Pink, Aqua, Kraft, White. ~ ~ I sure wish I was there!! I needed a get well card for my granddaughter and I thought she would get a kick out of the duck and the "punny" sentiment from the On The Farm stamp and die sets from Papertrey Ink. ~ ~ The die cuts are from the Silver Linings die set from Ellen Hutson LLC. I used... Continue reading

~ Good Friday morning, everyone! I wanted to share a birthday card that I made for a friend using the Power Poppy Strong and Beautiful stamp set. ~ ~ I used the single flower and the fern frond images to stamp around the oval that would be die cut later. The flowers were stamped in Antique Linen. After I water colored them and let them dry, I stamped them again in gray ink for more definition. ~ ~ The ovals were die cut in the water colored panel and also in the card front, so the sentiment oval is actually... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! It's time for another fun Color Throwdown challenge! This week our colors are Gray, Lime, Purple, and Fuschia. What fun! ~ ~ I used the Pretty Pink Posh Hummingbird Thanks stamp set along with one of the sentiments from the Simon Says Stamp You Matter stamp set to make a birthday card for my sister. ~ ~ You can't really tell that the sentiment is heat embossed in that photo so here is another photo from an angle. ~ ~ Fun! I love keeping the boldest colors contained in a small space! Now it is your turn... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, y'all! I hope your week has started off well! Today we have a brand new Color Throwdown challenge for you! Our generic colors are Purple, Green, and Gray. ~ ~ I've used a gorgeous digital image from Power Poppy called Time to Fly for my card. ~ ~ The sentiment is from the Season's Seatings stamp set, also from Power Poppy. I think it works perfectly with this image! I was a little concerned if I would be able to pull off such a complicated image using only 3 colors, but I think it actually has more... Continue reading

~ Hello, everyone! It's time for a new Color Throwdown challenge and this color combo is really beautiful - Dark Blue, Light Blue, Pink, and White. ~ ~ Isn't that inspiration photo lovely? I kept with the floral theme and used Power Poppy's Blossoming Cherry digi stamp. ~ ~ I love this beautiful flowering branch of cherry blossoms! Perfect for our color combo today! We would love to see what you come up with using these colors! Check out the details at the CTD blog and visit with each of the designers for some great inspiration! Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy... Continue reading