A Few (or Five) Good Vibes for your Weekend!

Hello Power Poppy Fans and..... HAPPY FRIDAY! We hope that your week is ending on a creative high note and we hope those creative juices of yours are already starting to bubble ahead of any cardmaking marathon you might have planned! But, if you are suffering from a bit of an inspirational draught, don't worry! We've scoured the world wide web for just the right bits of ingenuity to pique your interest and spark a little inspiration!

LET'S GET TO THE GOOD VIBE HIT LIST! 

1. A Cut Above! A couple of weeks ago for our Creative Confetti Challenge, we dug out an old tutorial from Dina Kowal with a quilted flair -- challenging you to simply stamp, color, cut and reassemble! Click HERE to see the challenge and then head HERE to see Barbara Campbell's amazing take on this challenge! With those lush cherry blossoms and BEAUTIFUL layout, definitely a good vibe!

2. Bit of Sunshine Today's the day my friends! Amy Shulke is at it again, coloring up some Power Poppy goodness and this time, she chose the Saucer Magnolia image to work her magic. She's giving her tips and tricks on really bringing out the best in the color pink! Oh my! Want in on the class? It starts at 11 EST today. But, don't worry! The class will be available for the next few months on her sight to cue up and learn as you go! Click HERE to check it all out!

3. Perky Poppies I'll admit it. Every now and then I get sucked into the social media wormhole, looking for inspiration. I stumbled upon this birthday beauty by Hannelie Bester. If you take a trip over to her Instagram, she has quite a Power Poppy creations that had me smitten!

4. Spring to Life! Well folks, you watched it HERE when the ground over at Ms. Marcella's place was being prepped for the world of a thousand bulbs. Winter came and they just sat there waiting to make their grand appearance and now HERE they are! You'll have to click on over to see this fine woman in her glory, watching these beautiful little petals make their way around her charming abode!

5. Coloring Up Easter With this beautiful holiday just nine days away, now is the time to get crack-a-lacking (with or without the egg) on some creative wishes! Check out this lovely by Sarah a.k.a. craftyratuk using Power Poppy's Vintage Easter Egg Digi. Love the bold color and the splash of sequins Sarah!

And.... if I could include a sixth good vibe, it would be to stay tuned because Ms. Marcella will be sharing the Power Poppy Spring Stamp Steal Who doesn't love a bargain on some beautiful polymer and digital blossoms? 

With that little taste of wonderful thrown before you, I have a little bit more! A few of the Bloomies are on standby, ready to share the beautiful things they've worked on this week to brighten your day!

Christine Okken
Kathy Jones

Thanks for stopping by to get a little jolt of creative inspiration. If you do create and want to share, just leave a link in the comments below or be sure to tag us on social media #powerpoppy!

Until next time...
~Julie 

Inspire Me Monday ~ Spring Inspired Phone Case

Hello fellow Power Poppy lovers! I’m Allison Cope, your hostess for Inspire Me Monday today.

With having such a brutally cold February and start of March here in Southern Alberta, I needed to welcome some fun and flirty Springtime blooms to my craftroom so I printed out a copy of the glorious “Magnolia Sunshine” digital image to create with today.

A little over a year ago I finally got my hands on a new clear case for my Samsung phone and made a customized decorative panel to put on it.  You can see the process of my first phone panel here.

So join me in my craftroom as I create a brand new panel to pop in and accessorize with today!

 Click here to see in HD.

Here’s another quick look at my new Spring inspired phone…

So the next time you pull out your crafty supplies, think how you might use them in your everyday life to bring light and love to yourself and others!

Hope you have an amazing week!  Now go get crafty!

~ Ally ~


stamps: Power Poppy (Magnolia Sunshine)
cardstock: X-Press It Blending Cardstock
inks: Copic Markers

Inspire Me Monday - Magnolia Sunshine with Jessie Banks

Hey everyone! I am finally back on my floral game! I have truly missed painting up flowers. So for today's card I cropped and printed off Power Poppy's Magnolia Sunshine Digital image on some Fabriano Artistico 140lbs hotpress watercolor paper.

I bought these Jane Davenport watercolours, because the tins were so cute and got around to finally trying the paint! You don't need to have the worlds priciest paint to create beautiful bright vivid floral cards! Just look at how those colours work together, I was, overall, impressed with these paints.

I didn't think I was going to have time to get a video of this one together for you all, but I stayed up a little late and got it done, I love filming watercolour and getting to see it all come together again as I edit the video! I hope you enjoy.

Thanks for stopping by, Hugz, Jessie

Inspire Me Monday: Brusho and Colored Pencils

Hello all!   Happy Monday to you all today!  I'm Allison and I'm your hostess today for Inspire Me Monday.

If you haven't already had the chance to check out the newest Power & Spark Challenge for February then you're missing out.  This month's challenge is all about picking up some of those not-so used coloring mediums that we all know we have hiding around.  You know, the ones that get pushed to back of the cupboard or the tin of pencils you keep meaning to use that your honey bought you for Christmas.  We all have 'em!  So now's your time to pull them out and give them a go. 

For more information on the challenge details, visit HERE.

So in honor of this fun challenge, I too, thought I'd pull out some fun coloring mediums that I hadn't used in a while to use on today's card.  So I grabbed some Brusho Crystal Colours and my Prismacolor colored pencils since I typically would grab for my Copic Markers.

Grab a cup of something warm to sip and meet me at my scrappy desk... we're going to create a scene using some different stamps sets and having fun coloring it up with some cool mediums.

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I hope you enjoyed my video today.  Let's see that card one more time...

I used the amazing "Cozy Cupfuls" and "Wreaths Plain & Fancy" stamps on my card today.  Who says these holiday stamp sets have to be used for just holiday cards?!

Thanks for joining me today! I hope I've inspired you to experiment with your coloring mediums - make sure you share your card creations with us on our challenge link up!

Happy coloring everyone!

~ Ally ~

Supplies:
Stamps:  Power Poppy (Cozy Cupfuls, Wreaths Plain & Fancy)
Cardstock:  Canson 90lb Cold Press Paper, Recollections 110lb White
Inks:  Versafine (Black Onyx), Brusho Crystal Colour (Turquoise), Prismacolor Colored Pencils 

Dies: Lawn Fawn (Stitched Rectangles), Pretty Pink Posh (Mini Tags)
Patterned Paper: Echo Park (Head Over Heels 6x6)
Twine: Darice.