~ I really can't believe it's the 25th of the month again! And that 8 months of the year are almost gone! Only 4 months until Christmas, y'all! So that means it's time for this month's Keeping Christmas blog hop! ~ ~ This month I decided to use a color combo that is definitely not a standard Christmas combo, based on a diagonally striped/dotted patterned paper that I had in my stash. And here is my card: ~ ~ All of the stamps and dies are from Rubbernecker Stamps and together they worked perfectly together for this holiday card. I... Continue reading

~ Welcome to Wednesday, y'all! Are you ready for the latest Color Throwdown challenge? Lori is our hostess this week and here are the colors she chose: Purple, Blue, Turquoise, and Yellow. ~ ~ I love this color combo and I doubt that I would have ever put them together myself. I did struggle a little deciding where to go with it, but ultimately I chose to go floral with the Watercolor Poppies from Rubbernecker Stamps. ~ ~ Everything was watercolored using Color Bursts (links below). Now it's your time to play along and use these colors. Get all the... Continue reading

~ It's time for a new Color Throwdown challenge, y'all! Our colors this week are Green, Yellow, Light Blue, and Kraft. ~ ~ I wanted to use the super sweet Summer Girl Windy from Rubbernecker Stamps for a calm beach scene with these colors. ~ ~ I used real sand and shells from my local beach (Cherry Grove Beach, SC - which is also part of what's known as North Myrtle Beach) to make this birthday card for a special friend. ~ ~ We would really love for you to play along with us. Check out all the details at... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! It's time for the latest Color Throwdown challenge. The colors this week are awesome: Green, Yellow, Pink, and Lavender. ~ ~ I decided to use the new digital stamp set from Power Poppy called So Succulent. I love it! And the sentiment is from the Power Poppy Juicy Strawberries set. ~ ~ We would love it if you all would play along with us this week! Check out all the details at the CTD blog. And please be sure to visit with the designers for some awesome inspiration. Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy Barbara Anders Broni Holcombe -->... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! It's time for a brand new Color Throwdown! Amy Rohl is our hostess and here are the generic colors she's chosen: Black, Red, Green, and Kraft. ~ ~ I'm keeping my card simple. It's for my 13 year old grandson's birthday, which is today! (HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MILES!) ~ ~ Check out all the details for the challenge over at the CTD blog. Also please visit with all the designers for some awesome inspiration: Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy Barbara Anders Broni Holcombe --> You are here! Jodi Collins Lisa Henke Lori Tecler Lynn Put Vickie Zimmer Wanda Cullen... Continue reading

~ Hello and welcome to the July 2019 edition of the Keeping Christmas blog hop! ~ ~ Each month we create a Christmas card, building our own stash and hopefully inspiring you to do the same. I don't know about you, but when it comes to Christmas cards, I want to be able to produce multiples all at one time. So each month this year I'm trying to create a simple (but hopefully great) design so when Christmas time rolls around, I'll already have my design chosen and ready to produce! This month I pulled out my WPlus9 Winter Woodland... Continue reading

~ It's time for our latest Color Throwdown challenge and I'm your hostess for the week. Our generic colors are Orange, Yellow, and Pink. ~ ~ Sadly, I needed a sympathy card this week. I thought the Rubbernecker Brush Butterflies would work really well using these colors. And I decided to keep the card very simple. ~ ~ Now it's your turn to play along! Check out all the details at the CTD blog and be sure to visit with all the designers for some awesome inspiration. Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy Barbara Anders Broni Holcombe --> You are here! Jodi... Continue reading

~ Hey, y'all! Well, I survived my birthday weekend! I had a blast celebrating with wonderful friends - we danced a lot and listened to the best music on the Grand Strand!! Thanks to everyone who helped me celebrate! And now....it's time for the latest Color Throwdown. Barbara is our hostess and here is her great color combo using these generic colors: Gray, Pink, White, and Silver. ~ ~ I love the texture on that cake, so I decided to use my Pine Needles embossing folder for my main layer. ~ ~ But the star here is the pink Bird... Continue reading

~ Hello, everyone! It's Wednesday and time for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge! Amy Rysavy is our hostess this week and the colors she's chosen for us are Pink, Gold, Black, and White. ~ ~ This is really a beautiful palette. Since the inspiration photo is fairly CAS I decided to go with that for my card. I used my new Essentials by Ellen set called Voices in My Head. It is SO much fun! ~ ~ See how simple!? I stamped the image and sentiment and cut it out with my Rubbernecker Nested Oval Stitch die. I lightly... Continue reading

~ ~ Christmas in July SALE 30% OFF all Holiday Stamps, Digitals, and Dies Use discount code JOLLYJULY Sale ends Thursday, July 12 at midnight central In-stock products only POWERPOPPY.COM Over 30 classic clear stamp designs, including O Holy Night, Heaven and Nature Sing, Cozy Cupfuls, Christmas Corgis, and so many more! Over 30 classic digital downloads, including Amaryllis, Ultimate Poinsettia, Mittens and Merriments and many more! Continue reading

~ Yes, it's time for another new Color Throwdown challenge, y'all! This week our generic colors are Red, Green, Black, and White. ~ ~ What a great summer combo! July is a month full of birthdays of friends and family for me. So here is one of the masculine cards I needed this month using the MFT Picture Perfect stamp set (yes, again!) I thought this little guy was perfect! ~ ~ I also had a helper (or maybe a camera hog) while taking the pictures of the card. ~ ~ Little Miss Sunshine likes to be the center of... Continue reading

~ Hello, everyone! I'm honored to be participating in the joint Power Poppy and Ellen Hutson blog hop today, featuring images from the new Enchanted Garden collection at Power Poppy. All of these images are available as of today! ~ ~ I chose to use the gorgeous new Big Sexy Blooms image for my card today. ~ ~ I water colored only one of the flowers as a variation on the highlight technique. The sentiment is from the new Strong and Beautiful stamp set. ~ ~ *PRIZES* We've got fun prizes!!! We are giving away $25 to the Ellen Hutson... Continue reading

~ Hi, all! I'm back today with another preview of one of the new sets from Power Poppy's new Enchanted Garden collection. This one is called Summer Berries. All of these sets will be available in the Power Poppy store on July 1st. Here is Marcy's comment about this set: Both classic and new illustrations are featured in this summer-centric clear stamp set. A tumbling vine of ripe raspberries makes for the juiciest of focal points, while a sweet bird among strawberry stems is a gentle image you can color up in minutes. A strawberry cluster can be both a... Continue reading

Hello all you Power Poppy fans! It's Day 3 of the previews for the awesome Enchanted Garden release! And today the star of the show is Strong and Beautiful! All of these sets will be available in the Power Poppy store on July 1st. This is Marcy had to say about it: Whether colored to the nines or stamped in a single ink, this illustration makes a gorgeous statement. An unfurling peony bloom is offset with ferns, lenten roses, and bluebells in a combination you won't find anywhere but Power Poppy. No matter how you rotate or crop this exuberant... Continue reading

~ Hello, y'all! It's Wednesday again so let's see what our Color Throwdown challenge combo is for this week: Blue, Orange, Gray. ~ ~ That really is a great color palette! I needed a birthday card for a friend, so I pulled out my new (to me) Picture Perfect set from My Favorite Things. The images are SO cute, and so quick and easy to color! ~ ~ The sentiment is from another MFT set in collaboration with Ellen Hutson LLC called Good Friends. Now it's your turn to make a paper creation using our colors of the week. Then... Continue reading

~ Hello, everybody! It's time for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge and this week Lynn has a fabulous color palette for us to play with! The generic colors are Pink, Aqua, Lavender, and Mint. ~ ~ I love this combo and I love the inspiration photo, don't you?? I pulled out my Essentials by Ellen Inner Mermaid stamp and die sets, and watercolored the mermaid tale, a shell, and an ocean background. ~ ~ After the background was watercolored, I used a Wonky Rectangle die to cut it down and then ran it through my Big Shot using a... Continue reading

~ 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