~ Hello there! There is a new release from Power Poppy today. Two beautiful new digital stamp sets: Hummingbird Paradise and Perched in the Orchids. Wow, y'all! Talk about fabulous! ~ ~ Yes, it's really daunting to try and color up these images after seeing these beautiful masterpieces! But I tried! I used the Hummingbird Paradise with a Mother's Day message in the center of the floral frame. ~ ~ I used my Copic markers for this fun frame of flowers. Then I filled in the background, added a ribbon and called it done! You can head on over to... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, y'all! It's time for this week's Color Throwdown challenge. Our generic colors are Yellow, Orange, Hot Pink, and Green. ~ ~ I used a beautiful Rubbernecker Brush Butterflies stamp and the Fluttering Butterflies die, along with a sentiment from the Happy Birthday stamp set. ~ ~ I stamped the sentiment and stamped and colored the butterfly on a sheet of vellum and layered that over the brightly colored patterned paper. I also stamped a second butterfly, colored it and popped it up on top of the first. We would love for you to play along with us... Continue reading

~ Hello, everyone! It's time for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge. Our generic colors this week are Navy Blue, Coral, Teal, and Cream. ~ ~ For my card I used new-to-me Rubbernecker Stamps for a cool beach scene. ~ ~ I used Copic markers in strokes on Yupo paper for the beachy background. Windy was stamped on watercolor paper and painted with Distress inks. The Wishes die cut was also watercolored. Now it's your turn to play along with us. Check out the details at the CTD blog and please visit with each of our designers here: Amy Rohl... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, everyone! It's time for another new Color Throwdown challenge. Our generic colors are Raspberry, Lavender, Green, and Kraft. ~ ~ For today's card, I used one of the new Spring Digital Blitz images from Power Poppy. It's called Lavender Sprigs. ~ ~ I printed the no-line version of the image and colored it with my Copic markers, then added some shading with Prismacolor pencils. Now, it's your turn to play along with us. Check out all the details at the CTD blog and be sure to visit and leave some love for each of the designers: Amy... Continue reading

~ Hello, everyone! Today brings us a huge digital release from Power Poppy!! There are just so many fabulous new images based on some of the previously released clear stamp sets, but the possibilities with digital stamps are just endless! And what a sale!!! ~ ~ I chose to color up the awesome Seaside Sweetness image under glass....LOVE it!! And I used the sentiment from the Saucer Magnolia stamp set. ~ ~ Isn't that fun? I used the MFT Stripes cover plate and some of the leftover stripes from a previous card for the water likeness. Now please head on... Continue reading

~ Good Saturday morning, everyone! Today is the 25th of the month so it's time for the latest Keeping Christmas blog hop. ~ ~ Today I pulled out some of my favorite floral dies from the Essentials by Ellen line and bunches of scraps in coordinating colors. ~ ~ And this is what I came up with. ~ ~ So, I didn't get multiple cards done this month, but I sure used up a bunch of scraps! Score! Please be sure to continue along with the blog hop: Kelly Lunceford Anita Madden Broni Holcombe - that's me! Claire Broadwater Julee... Continue reading

~ Hi, everyone! It's time for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge! Our generic colors this week are Coral, Aqua, and Navy. ~ ~ So I really wanted to do a beachy card with these great colors, but I needed another wedding card. And the Bouquet stamp from Rubbernecker was the perfect image for it. ~ ~ I love how it turned out! The awesome sentiment is from the Rubbernecker Best Wishes stamp set. I cut both of the layers using the Nested Rectangle Stitch dies. We would love for you to play along! Check out the details at the... Continue reading

~ Good Wednesday morning! I'm hosting the Color Throwdown this week and the colors I've chosen are Aqua, Green, and Gray. ~ ~ I used these colors to make a birthday card for my teenage grandson. ~ ~ I used Rubbernecker Group of Cats and die cut it and the larger mat with Nested Oval Stitch dies. The sentiment is from the Happy Birthday stamp set and the Wishes die, which I layered 3 times. The cat with the cute expression is the only one I chose to color with my Copic markers. ~ ~ Please join us for the... Continue reading

~ Hello, everyone! It's time for our latest Color Throwdown challenge. Barbara is our hostess and here are the colors she's picked for us to work with this week: Coral, Blue, Green, and Kraft. ~ ~ I needed a birthday card for my brother-in-law and chose to use the Hero Arts Color Layering Goldfish. ~ ~ The background is water colored and the fish were stamped on PTI white cardstock, then die cut. I also used some Caribbean sequins for bubbles. Now its your turn to play along with us! Check out all the details at the CTD blog. Also,... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! Today there is a new Color Throwdown challenge brought to us by Amy Rysavy, and the colors are Pale Pink, Brown, Black, and White. ~ ~ I made a birthday card for my granddaughter, using Birthday Pig from Rubbernecker Stamps. ~ ~ This is a very simple card! The pig and the happy were water colored and die cut. And in case you can’t find it, her hooves are colored brown! Please check out the designs from the rest of the CTD girls here: Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy Barbara Anders Broni Holcombe --> You are here! Jodi... Continue reading

~ Hello, everyone. It’s time for the April 2019 edition of the Keeping Christmas blog hop! The stash is growing, y’all! ~ ~ As usual, my card is simple and one that can be made assembly-line style. ~ ~ I used the WPlus9 Woodland Wreaths, which is a 4-part stamp, making it super simple to create any wreath. After I made the wreath and die cut it, I also made a red bow to go with it. I added a bow of silver baker’s twine behind that as well. Then I just popped it all up over a couple of... Continue reading

~ Happy Hump Day, everyone! Today our newest Color Throwdown challenge is brought to us by Wanda, and here are the colors she’s chosen for us to play with: Yellow, Orange, Navy, and Green. ~ ~ I needed an anniversary card for my daughter and her husband, and florals are always a good choice for anniversaries, right? I inked up the gorgeous Mondo Sakura from Essentials by Ellen and water colored the flowers. I wasn’t really sure about using the darkest of the challenge colors for the background, but when it was all done, I was glad that I did.... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! We’ve got a great color combo to play with at the Color Throwdown this week, brought to us by our hostess, Vickie. The generic colors are Orange, Yellow, and Blue. ~ ~ I love the look of the painting in the inspiration photo. It looks like giant splashes of alcohol ink, doesn’t it? So that’s what I decided to play with. I used Sailboat Blue, Sunset Orange, Sunshine Yellow, and Cloudy Blue, along with some gold alcohol mixative and alcohol blending solution. ~ ~ I tried to place the colors to resemble a sunset over water. I... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, y’all! It’s time for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge! This week our hostess is Lynn and she’s chosen a great Springtime color combo: Mint, Aqua, Dark Pink, and Green. ~ ~ I used these colors and a Power Poppy coloring sheet called I Can Do All Things for a Baptismal card for a friend of mine and she loved it! ~ ~ I simply printed it and colored it with my Copic markers and a gold gel pen. We would love for you to play along with us! Check out the details at the CTD blog... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! It’s time for another Color Throwdown challenge, and this week our hostess is Lori. She’s chosen a really great color palette for us – Purple, Yellow, Green, and Gray. So versatile! ~ ~ Have I told you lately how much I love this Bird with Feathers from Rubbernecker? I think he’s my favorite, go-to birthday card character. That expression!! ~ ~ I haven’t used a stencil in a while so I pulled out this Mini Numbers Collage one from TCW. I taped it over a piece of Distress watercolor paper and sponged on some Hickory Smoke distress... Continue reading

~ Hello, all! It’s time for a brand new Instant Garden digital stamp release from Power Poppy. ~ ~ Here is what the incredible artist, Marcy, had to say about this fabulous image: The fourth installment of our Café au Lait bowl bouquets is filled with some of my very favorite plants: Hellebores, Ferns, and a luxurious Tree Peony with stems of Spanish Bluebells. Of course I had to call it Bowl of Beauty, because I know that anyone coloring this one will bring forth beautiful results. A polka-dotted vintage bowl can be done in so many sweet ways to... Continue reading

~ Hey, y’all, and happy Wednesday! Lisa has some beautiful colors for us for this week’s Color Throwdown challenge. ~ ~ What a great combo! Perfect for a wedding card, don’t ya think? I do! ~ ~ I water colored the Mondo Hydrangea from the Essentials by Ellen line using Distress inks, and I used a retired PTI sentiment set. It’s a simple card, but I love the fresh spring colors! We would love for you to join us for this challenge! Please check out the details at the CTD blog and all the beautiful inspiration from the design team... Continue reading

~ Well, it’s the 25th of the month so how about another Keeping Christmas card…the 3rd one this year, so far! ~ ~ This year I seem to be leaning toward a CAS style; cards that are easy to make multiples of. ~ ~ I had an assembly line going for this one. I stamped, die cut, and colored all the SSS Christmas Essentials berries with my Copic markers first. Then I stamped the sentiment on all the white card bases, and shaded them with a Copic marker. All that was left to do was to adhere a strip of... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, y’all! It’s time for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge! Jodi is our hostess and here is the great color palette she’s chosen: Red, Yellow, Green, and White ~ ~ Sadly, I need a sympathy card so I chose to use some lovely flowers with these colors. ~ ~ Florals are always a good choice for condolences. The stamp set I used is a 4 part one from Rubbernecker called Wildflowers in the Wind. So there is no coloring at all. Each of the colors you see is a different stamp, and it’s easy to line up... Continue reading

~ Good Wednesday morning, everyone! Today’s Color Throwdown challenge is brought to us by the oh-so-talented Amy Rohl. Here are the generic colors: Light Blue, Brown, and Orange. ~ ~ I needed a masculine birthday card and the darling bear from the All Inside stamp set from the Essentials by Ellen stamp line is always a perfect choice for that. ~ ~ I airbrushed a background and colored my bear with my Copic markers, then used a paper towel and some Colorless Blending Solution to make the bear “fluffy”! This qualifies my card for the Addicted to CAS Challenge #154... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, people! I hope wherever you are it’s warm and sunny. There’s a little bit of a chill here in the South and I am NOT a fan! Moving right along, it’s time for a new Color Throwdown challenge and I’m hosting this week! The generic colors I chose are Purple, Lavender, Gray, and Kraft. ~ ~ Power Poppy recently released a couple of sets of new digital images. They are based on the clear set Natural Beauties, and they are SO pretty. I chose to use the tulip image from the Spring Border One set. It was... Continue reading

~ Hello and happy Wednesday! Today our Color Throwdown challenge is hosted by Barbara and her inspiration photo and color combo are really beautiful! The colors are Coral, Blue, Green, and Kraft. ~ ~ I just had to use my favorite little surfer guy Zeke from Rubbernecker and create a beach scene with these great colors. ~ ~ I used the “smooshing” method to create the water colored background to mimic the sky in the inspiration photo, with a sandy beach below. Zeke was colored with my Copic markers. Now it’s your turn to create something and share it with... Continue reading

~ Hi, everyone! It’s the 25th of the month so I have a new Keeping Christmas post for you today! ~ ~ Today I’m showing a card that would work perfectly for multiples. The crystals, which are from a discontinued Hero Arts stamp set, were stamped on watercolor paper and very loosely water colored with a water brush and Distress inks. ~ ~ I drew on the hanging lines with a metallic silver pen, stamped the sentiment, and added a sequin. And that was it. So simple, but I love how it turned out. Please be sure to visit with... Continue reading

~ It’s time for this month’s brand new Power Poppy digital image release – Clover & Pansies. And it’s beautiful! ~ ~ This is what Marcy says about this new image: The third installment of our Café au Last bowl bouquets overflows with spring favorites. Four-leaf Clovers and their pom-pom-like flowers, Pansies in a variety of sizes and patterns, and sprigs of Forget-Me-Nots make for a rich look. Color your clovers in shades of green for St. Patrick's Day, or go for the more unique dark purples and pinks with contrasting stripes. The symbolism of the botanicals in this bouquet... Continue reading

~ Hello and happy Wednesday! It’s time for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge, folks! Amy Rysavy is our hostess and here is the great color palette she’s chosen: Rust, Purple, Gray, and White. ~ ~ And here is my card using the Rubbernecker Dog with Big Eyes for a friend’s birthday. ~ ~ The pup was water colored and die cut using the matching die. A really simple but fun card! We’d love for you to play along! Check out all the details at the CTD blog. Here is a link to each of the DT members’ blogs: Amy... Continue reading