Happy Power Poppy Friday~October 19th!

Hello there friends!  I hope this post finds you well.  I have a quick little card to share for this week's Power Poppy  Friday.  It has been a while since I have played along and boy was I itching to get back at it!  We are finally getting some cooler temperatures in our area....70's, but hey, we'll take it and with that I decided to jump way past Halloween and Fall themed cards and go straight to Christmas... :)  Is it ever too early for a Christmas card?  I don't think so either....sooo, here is a little Friday inspiration Christmas cheer for you!

I started with my image and sentiment from Power Poppy's Cozy Cupfuls stamp set....after stamping it with Memento's Tuxedo Black ink, I colored it up with Copics and die cut it out.  Next, I stitched my patterned paper and stamped my sentiment.  After giving my image some sparkle with my Wink of Stella clear brush pen, I tied on a little twine and then layered my image panel onto my assembled card base.  This card measures a petite 3 1/4" x 4 1/2".

Don't you just love Marcella's little vignette?  Those packages are the cutest things ever and the mixed font sentiment fits this image perfectly!  As always, her image was so much fun to color up....can't you just see this as a tag colored to match a present perfectly?  Hmmmm, note to self..... :)

So that is all for my card today, but some of my Bloomie sisters have some amazing creations to inspire you this fine day and please make sure you leave them a little blog love when you visit.  I am so happy you stopped by for a visit, and I hope you will come by again real soon....until then, take care!  :)

Allison Cope 

Christine Okken 

Cindy Lawrence    
Julie Koerber  
Katie Sims <------You are here 
Stacy Morgan 
Tosha Leyendekker

~Katie

 Copic colors used:  R20, R21, R22, R24, R29, R39, G20, G21, G24, G28, E40, E43, E44, E47, E50, E55, W0, W2, W5, BG70, and BG72 

A Power Poppy Friday with Cozy Cupfuls!

Hi there and happy Friday to you!  Have you got big plans?  I am looking forward to a couple of quiet days at home.  :)  I thought I would share another card I made using the adorable new Power Poppy stamp set, Cozy Cupfuls.  This time I used the little tea cup complete with it's own Christmas tree.  That Marcella thinks of everything, doesn't she?  I mean, who else could even imagine a Christmas tree in a tea cup, right?  Well, let me show you what I created with this darling image.

I love Christmas cards with a pink, green, white and black color scheme so that is the direction I took here.  I used a die from Spellbinders' Long Classic Rectangles Large set for my main image panel and then layered the card around it....the finished size ended up being 3 3/4" x 6 7/8".  I stamped my image using Memento's Tuxedo Black ink and colored it up with Copics.  I added sparkle with a Wink of Stella Clear Glitter brush pen then added Ranger Glossy Accents on the ornaments.  I used a gold Atyou Spica glitter pen to trim the tea cup and saucer and then a silver Atyou Spica glitter pen for the large ornament hook.  I stitched on the green patterned paper, stamped my sentiment, then added ribbon and attached the buttons with some cream hemp cord.  I stitched the black gingham paper on a white panel and then attached it to my card base.  When everything was dry, I adhered my image panel with foam dimensionals.

I think this is the sweetest image...I love the detail that Marcella added to the tea cup and the ornament in the saucer.  The little tree was a cinch to color up....there is so much detail, I just dotted different colors of green in there and kind of smudged it around with the lightest shade and it turned out great.....definitely a quick color up!

Well that is all for my card today, but my Bloomie sisters have some mighty pretty creations just waiting for you to see!  Make sure you leave them a little blog love while you are there, k?  I am so glad you were able to pop in for a visit!  Hope you have a wonderful weekend and until next time, take care!  :)

Allison Cope 

Christine Okken 

Cindy Lawrence    
Julie Koerber  
Katie Sims <------You are here
Leslie Miller 
Stacy Morgan 
Tosha Leyendekker

~Katie

Supplies not listed above:  Paper- Rustic White card stock from Papertrey Ink, green patterned paper from Carta Bella's "Merry & Bright" 6x6 paper pad, black gingham paper from Making Memories; Other-buttons from Papertrey Ink, ribbon from Michael's, and these Copic colors- YG0000, YG21, YG23, YG25, YG61, YG63, YG67, G29, E40, E41, E42, E44, W1, W3, W5, W7, RV000, RV21, RV23, RV25, RV29, and RV69.

Power Poppy October Release-Day 5!

Hi there friends and welcome!  I hope you have been enjoying all of the wonderful October Release festivities on the Power Poppy blog.  Marcella has added quite a few beauties to her Happiest Holiday Collection.  Have you been able to decide on a favorite stamp set yet?  That's a toughie, isn't it?  Well, today's set is sure to win your heart...say hello to Cozy Cupfuls!

Oh, the sweet little images you will see in this set!  You will have a tough time deciding what to color up first!  :)  For my card today, I chose the little gift grouping with mug of cocoa.  Wanna see?

I colored up this darling image with Copics and then fussy cut it out.  I added some sparkle here and there with my Wink of Stella clear glitter pen and some shine to the mug using Ranger's Glossy Accents.  My card base is die cut from Papertrey Ink's Rustic White card stock using Spellbinders Grand Squares die set.  I used some pinking shears to cut one of the card layers out of kraft wrapping paper and stitched it in place.  I die cut some green print paper with a Spellbinders die from the Classic Squares Large set and stitched it onto a white card stock layer.  I stamped my sentiment then wrapped some ribbon around the panel and added a button with hemp twine.  All of my layers got distressed with Papertrey Ink's Chai and Chamomile inks.  Lastly, I adhered my layers together and secured  my fussy cut image with foam dimensionals and some Collall,

I l-o-v-e the darling little presents and that little deer mug.....sigh.  Now I wanna find a for real mug like that!  ;)  Again, Marcella has thought of every teeny tiny detail to make these images look like they stepped right out of a treasured Christmas memory.  How does she do that?!  

Well, that is all for my card today, but you know what's next.....please make sure you check out what my amazing Bloomie sisters have created to tantalize you with and leave a little blog love while you are there.  I hope you will be able to pop back in tomorrow for one last hurrah....the Power Poppy Blog Hop!  Until then, take care!  :)  OH, and remember....tomorrow all of the sets will be available for purchase in the Power Poppy store!

Christine Okken 

Cindy Lawrence 
Dina Kowal   
Julie Koerber  
Katie Sims <------You are here
Leslie Miller 
Stacy Morgan 
and Marcella Hawley

~Katie

Supplies not listed above:  Ink-Memento's Tuxedo Black; Patterned paper from Melissa Frances' Hone for the Holidays" 6x6 paper pad; Copics- W1, W3, E40, E41, E42, E44, E47, E50, E51, E53, E57, E59, C0, C1, C3, YG61, YG67, R20, R22, R24, R27, and R39.