~ Hello, all, and happy Wednesday! Are you ready for another punny, snarky card? It’s time for the latest Color Throwdown challenge. Today’s hostess is Wanda and she has a fun color combo for us: Fuchsia, Light Gray, and Black. ~ ~ And here is my punny card: ~ ~ I used Clover and her matching die from Rubbernecker Stamps and the sentiment is called Here in the South. Perfect match, huh?! I colored Clover with my Copic markers. Please find all the challenge details at the CTD blog, and play along with us this week. And check out all... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, y’all! It’s time for another new Color Throwdown challenge! This week Vickie is our hostess and she’s chosen a favorite combo of mine: Orange, Red, and Yellow. ~ ~ I needed a male birthday card and this Bird with Feathers is always a favorite image of mine to use for guys. Just look at that expression! ~ ~ The background was watercolor smooshed and splattered, then I added some dashes and dots around the border. The bird was also watercolored and then cut with the matching die. Now it’s time for you to play along with us!... Continue reading

~ Hello and happy Wednesday to you all! Our hostess for this week’s Color Throwdown challenge is the wonderfully talented Lynn, and here is the combo she’s chosen for us to play with: Aqua, Saffron, Brown, and Yellow. What a great palette! ~ ~ Sounds like a perfect combination for birds and a sky, right? Enter the Rubbernecker Be Yourself adorable birds stamp, which I paired with the RN Best Wishes Etc sentiment. ~ ~ Another “punny” play on words! We would love for you to play along with us! All the details are at the CTD blog. Here are... Continue reading

~ Welcome to the first edition of Keeping Christmas – version 2019! ~ ~ This month I want to show you some ornaments I made for some of my special peeps, using pre-cut wood rounds from Hobby Lobby. ~ ~ I screwed 13/16” screw eye hooks into each round to start. Then I painted each front with white gesso. When that was dry, I stamped images and sentiments from several different stamp sets (listed in the supplies section below) using a black ink that was suitable for use with Copic markers. That’s what I used to color in each image.... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, y’all! It’s time for a new Color Throwdown challenge and I really love the combo that Lori came up with for us to use: Navy, Gray, and Green. ~ ~ I had a super fun time creating my card for today. I just love “punny” sentiments and images, like these from Rubbernecker Stamps. ~ ~ This is a shaker card. I water colored the background using Distress inks, added the Not Hear the Music sentiment, then colored and cut out all the fish from the Fish Group. The gray fish were adhered directly to the water colored... Continue reading

~ Hello, all! I’m here today to introduce you to a brand new beautiful digital image from Power Poppy, called My Favorite Pair. ~ ~ This is what the fabulous Ms. Marcy has to say about this image: An perfectly piled jumble of ripe pears, African violets, and meandering ribbon comprise the second in my series of vintage café au lait bowl bouquets. Think of the fun you can have with this one! As we burrow into our winter wonderlands, the freshness of houseplants in windowsills is sometimes the only green to be seen! Bursting forth with blossoms in purples... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday to you all! It’s time for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge. This week our hostess is Lisa and she’s chosen a great winter color combo for us to play with: Aqua, Blue, and White. ~ ~ I needed a birthday card for my nephew and he loves narwhals, so….. ~ ~ I used the Arctic Pals stamp set from the Essentials by Ellen line, and the PTI Waves Die Cover plate for my background. I added some Glossy Accents for some shine, but then decided I needed more sparkle so I added some Star Dust Stickles... Continue reading

~ Hello, everyone. I’m sorry my Color Throwdown post is late this week. I’ve been out of town at a funeral. So here are this week’s colors: Black, Brown, and White. ~ ~ I thought this would be a perfect combination for my Group of Cats stamp from Rubbernecker. ~ ~ The sentiment is called Adventures, and it’s also from Rubbernecker. Please come on over to the CTD blog to play along and to check out all the wonderful inspiration from the design team! Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy Barbara Anders Broni Holcombe --> You are here! Jodi Collins Lisa Henke... Continue reading

~ Hi, all! I was invited by my super-talented friend, Wanda Cullen, to be her guest for the 5th anniversary of the Fusion Card Challenge. ~ ~ I used both the sketch and the photo for my inspiration. My butterflies are from the Mini You Give Me Butterflies from Flora & Fauna. ~ ~ Please be sure to head over to the Fusion blog for links to all the wonderful creations of the design team and their guests. And thank you Wanda for inviting me! Flora & Fauna Mini You Give Me Butterflies Shop here: SHOP SSS Stitched Rectangles dies... Continue reading

~ Happy New Year to you all! The Color Throwdown challenges are back for the new year! Today, Amy Rohl is our hostess, and here is her great color combo: Yellow, Green, Black, and White. ~ ~ Don’t you love it when you can use two completely unrelated stamp sets together for a fun card? That’s what I did here. ~ ~ I used the MFT and Essentials by Ellen Good Friends stamp and die set, along with a sentiment from the WPlus9 Southern Sentiments set. Everything is water colored and I added some Nuvo drops for some more dimension.... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! I’m hosting this week’s Color Throwdown and it will be our last one of this year. I chose a classic Christmas color combo: Red, Green, Kraft, and White. ~ ~ I decided to use a mix of whimsical and elegant elements for my card: Penguin stamp and die and Magic of the Season sentiment, all from Rubbernecker. ~ ~ This is my design for this year’s grandkids Christmas cards. One down, seven more to go!! ~ ~ We’d love for you to play along! You have the opportunity to become our first Featured Stamper of the week... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! It’s time for the latest Color Throwdown challenge! Our fearless leader, Barbara, has a great combination that’s perfect for a Christmas card – Salmon, Red, Green, and Gray. ~ ~ So that’s what I made – a Christmas card with an unconventional image! ~ ~ I used Layered Poppy and the Most Wonderful sentiment from Rubbernecker Stamps for my card. The Layered Poppy is a two-step stamp so it’s super easy to stamp. I added a little bit darker red with a watercolor brush to the flowers, then splattered the red across the layer. I thought the... Continue reading

~ Hey, y’all! Can you believe there are only 4 weeks until Christmas?? I think I’d better start shopping!! In the meantime, how about some more Christmas inspiration using the latest color palette from the Color Throwdown challenge? Amy Rysavy is our hostess and here are the colors she’s chosen for us: Silver, White, Black and Gray. ~ ~ I love the monotone concept and decided it would work perfectly with this new digital image from Power Poppy – Snowy Church. I also used the sentiment from the new Paperwhites and Juniper. ~ ~ I used my Copic markers (from... Continue reading

~ Good Wednesday morning! It’s time for the latest and greatest Color Throwdown challenge. Here are the generic values for this week’s colors: Green, Kraft, Brown, and Cream. ~ ~ I needed a couple of masculine birthday cards and the Deer Family Die Cut from Rubbernecker Stamps was perfect! I used it along with the Watercolor Forest and a vertical sentiment from the Happy Birthday stamp set. ~ ~ I die cut the deer from both brown and kraft cardstock and sponged the edges of the lighter colored deer with some brown ink. For the background I smooshed 3 Distress... Continue reading

~ ~ It’s the 15th of the month and that means there is a brand new Instant Garden digital release at Power Poppy Snowdrops and Tea Roses is just breath-taking! ~ ~ Here is what Marcy has to say about this beautiful digital image: The first in a series of bouquets nestled inside vintage French café au lait bowls. Festive enough for Christmas cards; cozy enough for a winter’s afternoon coloring session. This scene features a trio of hybrid tea roses arranged with crisp white snowdrops and variegated holly. Be open and adventurous with your coloring, ie: berries can be... Continue reading

~ Happy Hump Day!! It’s time for the latest Color Throwdown challenge! Vickie is our hostess this week and she’s chosen one of my favorite Christmas color combos for us to play with: Red, Aqua, and Silver. ~ ~ So of course I made a Christmas card using the awesome Polar Bears stamp set from Rubbernecker Stamps. ~ ~ I also used the Magic of the Season sentiment and Watercolor Forest stamps for my winter scene. This could easily be a one-layer card. I stamped the bears, then the sentiment, on water color paper. I water colored the sky using... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! Are you ready for the latest Color Throwdown challenge? This week our hostess Lynn has a beautiful Autumn color combo for us to play with: Slate Blue, Orange, Brown, and White. ~ ~ What a great combo! I chose to make an Autumn inspired birthday card using the adorable Party Dog stamp set from Rubbernecker, along with the Fall Leaves Stack Die Cut set. ~ ~ I water colored the background, and I colored the cute little dog with my Copic markers. I die cut the leaves and water colored them, then I used a brown pen... Continue reading

~ ~ Hello, everyone! It’s my pleasure to present to you the latest digi image from Power Poppy! It’s a beautiful floral spray featuring a fabulous poinsettia. ~ ~ This is what Marcy has to say about it: One of our most popular holiday clear stamps is now available as a resizable digital download. Straight from the set "Winter Wonderland" without any alterations, we have the gorgeous floral spray that will bring a splash of decadence to your holiday cards! A Poinsettia is surrounded by frilly Anemones, Dusty Miller leaves, and Pepperberries. Of course we want you to color these... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, everyone! Are you ready for the latest Color Throwdown challenge? This week our hostess Lori has a great versatile combo for us! Red, Kraft, Aqua, and Orange. ~ ~ I needed a birthday card for a very special young man, so I pulled out my Taylored Expressions Balloon Buddies stamp set with matching dies. Everything was colored with my Copic markers and the background was sponged in Tumbled Glass using the Tim Holtz mini stencil set 21. ~ ~ We really hope you will play along with us! Please visit with the rest of the design team... Continue reading

~ Oh my goodness! Can you believe there are only 2 months until Christmas? We all better get busy on our Christmas cards, right? Since it’s the 25th, we’re trying to inspire you to do just that over at the Keeping Christmas challenge and blog hop. ~ ~ I made a couple of simple water color cards this month. I used the same stamp/die set, PTI Warmest Wishes for both of them. Using the same supplies while you’re creating is a great way to make multiple cards and get ahead of the game! Here is my first card: ~ ~... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday, y’all! It’s time for a brand new Color Throwdown challenge and this week our super talented hostess Lisa has chosen a great Autumn color combo for us: Dark Teal, Rust, and Cream. I really do love this simple palette! ~ ~ I chose to use the awesome Neat and Tangled Oak Leaf stamp set and matching die for my card. I also used the Lifestyle Crafts Tide embossing folder for my teal background. And I added a little bit of gold for a pop! ~ ~ So I wonder what you will choose to create using these... Continue reading

~ Happy Wednesday! Here are the colors for this week’s Color Throwdown challenge: Green, Kraft, and White. ~ ~ What a beautiful, simple palette! And here’s my card: ~ ~ I used a Power Poppy Graceful Still Life image. Please be sure to visit with the rest of the designers for some wonderful inspiration: Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy Barbara Anders Broni Holcombe --> You are here! Jodi Collins Lisa Henke Lori Tecler Lynn Put Vickie Zimmer Wanda Cullen Birgit Edblom - October Guest Designer ~ Thanks for dropping by! SUPPLIES: (Affiliated links used when possible at no cost to you)... Continue reading

~ As much as I’ve been trying to fight it, it seems that Autumn is upon us. It’s October and although we have a couple of more days of 80+ degree weather coming up this week here on the lower East coast, after that the highs will be in the 70s for a while. I can live with that. At the Power Poppy shop and the Power Poppy blog Autumn is in full swing and you just won’t believe the awesomeness of the latest digital stamp set called Painting Pumpkins! ~ ~ There are 3 sets of pumpkins and 4... Continue reading