Power Poppy Hop Day!

Hello Everyone!!  It's finally here - the Power Poppy Hop Day and all the sets in the Abundance Collection that have been showcased by the Bloom Brigade over the last four days are available to purchase in the store RIGHT NOW!!!  WOOHOOOOO!!!!  Today we have one more brand new set to tempt you, which I think may just be my favourite......UNDER GLASS!

I've used a base of white topped with Wild Wasabi and then another piece of white cut with A2 Divine Eloquence.  Around these layers I've attached some green ribbon.  I've stamped the image and sentiment from Under Glass in Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics.  I've cut this with Labels 28 and while it's still in the die, sponged a little Antique Linen ink.  I've affixed this to front of the card and accented with a green bow and a few clear rhinestones.

Stamps -  Under Glass (Power Poppy)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Wild Wasabi, White
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Antique Linen
Accessories - Copics, Green Ribbon, Bow Easy, Clear Rhinestones

Let's have a peek at which of the sets the Bloom Brigade are showing off today and make sure you swing by these blogs and leave a little love!

Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Julie Koerber
Kathy Jones
Katie Sims
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker

The Power Poppy Blog

 And one last thing - there's a special sale on but only until August 5th!!  That's one special you won't want to miss with all this gorgeousness being released this month!!  :)

That's all from me today, thanks for popping by, enjoy the hop and hope you are inspired to stamp!  :)

Dahlia!

Hello Everyone!!  It's Day 4 of the Power Poppy Abundance Collection Release and today do we have a whopper for you!!  Let me introduce you to Dahlia XL......if you love your flowers BIG, then you are going to love this one!

I've used a black base and topped with white card cut with 5x7 Detailed Scallops die.  I've stamped the Dahlia XL onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics, trimmed it and then cut through the middle.  I've attached the two pieces to a black card base and then stamped the sentiment from Dahlia XL in Versamark ink in the middle and embossed in white.  To finish I've accented with a few sequins.

Dahlias come in a range of colours, but I was taken with this one called Ken's Rarity - don't you think it's pretty!!??  :)

Stamps - Dahlia XL (Power Poppy)
Paper - Black, White, X-press It Blending Card
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark
Accessories - Copics, Spellbinders 5x7 Detailed Scallops, White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Sequins

Don't miss the Bloom Brigade's creations using this set, pop by these blogs and leave a little love!

Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Julie Koerber
Kathy Jones
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker

The Power Poppy Blog

That's all from me today, thanks for popping by and hope you are inspired to stamp!  :)

Pure Prairie Spirit

Hello Everyone!  It's Day 2 of the Power Poppy Abundance Collection Release and today we are getting our Prairie on!!  Big Blooms, Beautiful Butterflies and Brilliant Sentiments await with this new clear set!  Let me introduce you to Pure Prairie Spirit!  If you love to colour, this set will have your fingers twitching with a large bouquet with four sentiments!

I've used a base of Sweet Sugarplum and layered with cream.  Next I've stamped this large prairie bouquet and added the two lovely butterflies from Pure Prairie Spirit onto X-press It Blending Card and then coloured with Copics......lots and lots and lots of Copics!!  I did colour some blue in and around the bouquet but then decided to sponge all around with Memento Summer Sky.  I've trimmed this to a 4 3/4 inch square and matted with cream and Chocolate Chip card.  I then stamped the sentiment from Pure Prairie Spirit and cut it out with Circle Nestabilities and then added a double notched tag underneath in Sweet Sugarplum and popped it up on foam tape.  To finish I've added some pink enamel dots.

Stamps - Pure Prairie Spirit (Power Poppy)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Sweet Sugarplum, Cream, Chocolate Chip
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Summer Sky
Accessories - Copics, Circle Nestabilities, Pennant Flags Dies, Pink Enamel Dots, X-press It Foam Tape

Want to have a peek at what the Bloomies have been creating with this set???  Make sure you pop by these blogs....

Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Julie Koerber
Kathy Jones
Katie Sims
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker

The Power Poppy Blog

That's all from me today, thanks for popping by and hope you are inspired to stamp!

Vibrant Thanks!

Hello Everyone!!  It's been a while coming, but the brand new POWER POPPY RELEASE is finally here and you've landed here on Day 1!!  For the next FIVE days the Bloom Brigade will be showcasing five new clear sets with a Blog Hop on July 30th - the day all the sets that you've been drooling over will finally be available to purchase!  Today we have a beautiful new set with three fabulous images and an assortment of matching sentiments!  Let me introduce you to.....Vibrant Thanks!

I've used a base of Baked Brown Sugar and layered with some DP.  Next I've created layers of cream and some more DP, wrapped a green ribbon around the layers and then cut a piece of X-press It Blending Card with a stitched rectangle die.  I've stamped the Zinnias and sentiment from Vibrant Thanks in Memento Tuxedo Black and then coloured it with Copics (YR00, YR12, YR09, E11, Y11, G40, G43, G46, YG00).  I've then sponged a little Antique Linen around it and finished with a few enamel dots.

Stamps - Vibrant Thanks (Power Poppy)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Baked Brown Sugar, Cream, Kaisercraft True Love DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Antique Linen
Accessories - Copics, Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, Green Ribbon, Enamel Dots

The Bloom Brigade have lots of gorgeous samples to show off today, so make sure you pop by these blogs.....

Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Julie Koerber
Kathy Jones
Katie Sims
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker

The Power Poppy Blog

That's all from me today, thanks for visiting and hope you are inspired to stamp!!  :)

Touch of Paradise

Hello Everyone!!  Today I'm playing with the July release stamps and dies from Our Daily Bread Designs and this month it was all about summery tropicals!  A lot of people think of the dry outback when they think of Australia, but I live in the sub-tropical coastal area and around here you will find Bird of Paradise plants a lot!  So when I saw the latest release, well of course I had to pick that one, but it was a hard choice let me tell you!  I was also thrilled to see that there was a selection of tropical themed dies for Frangipani (I have one of those in my back yard!), Hibiscus (every colour of the rainbow around here!) and a beautiful selection of leaves and ferns!  Looooooovely!!!

I've used Aloha for the bird of paradise image and the sentiment and accented with leaves from Frangipani Dies and a leaf shape from Tropical Leaves Dies.  Excitingly, the image has a matching Bird of Paradise Die! 

I've used a base of peach card and layered with spotted Boho Bolds paper and then layered with the matching solids from Boho Bolds and topped with white card cut the Lattice Background Die.  Across this I've attached some white and golden yellow ribbon.  The feature panel is white cut with Pierced Circles Dies and I've airbrushed it with yellow and orange Copics while still in the die.  I've stamped the Bird of Paradise image from Aloha twice onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics and then die cut with the matching Bird of Paradise Die.  To make it look a little more like a bird of paradise plant, I've surrounded these with green leaves cut with Frangipani Dies and Tropical Leaves Dies and airbrushed these with a darker green Copic marker.  To finish I've stamped the sentiment from the Aloha and die cut it with Pennant Flags Dies.

Stamps - Aloha (ODBD)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Peekaboo Peach, White, ODBD Boho Bolds Paper Pad
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - ODBD Dies: Bird of Paradise, Frangipani, Tropical Leaves, Pennant Flags, Pierced Circles, Lattice Background; White and Golden Yellow Ribbon, X-press It Foam Tape

For my second card I've used a base of kraft card, trimming the corners.  Across the top I've added a piece of purple solid paper and spotty green paper from Boho Bolds.  Around this I've added white and purple ribbons.  I've stamped the image from Aloha, coloured withe Copics and cut it out with the matching Bird of Paradise Die.  I've added a die cut leaf using Tropical Leaves (also Copic airbrushed) so it didn't look quite to bare.  I've then stamped the sentiment from Aloha direct to the card face and accented with some enamel dots.  To finish I've added a purple bow and green button.

Stamps - Aloha (ODBD)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Kraft, ODBD Boho Bolds Paper Pad
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - ODBD Dies: Bird of Paradise, Tropical Leaves; White and Purple Ribbons, Bow Easy, Button, Enamel Dots, Twine

Want to have a peek at what the Breadsticks have been creating for today??  Make sure you swing by these blogs!!

Cathy * Lisa * Sandee * Dawn * Kathy * Lori * Diana

The ODBD Blog

That's all from me today, thanks for visiting and hope you are inspired to stamp!  :)

July Power & Spark!

Hello Everyone!!  It's the first Friday of a new month and that means it's time for a brand new Power Poppy Power and Spark Challenge!!  This month our lovely hostess is Ally and she's challenged you all to.....Copy a Bloomie!

What does that mean??  Find a card or project made by any member of the Power Poppy Bloom Brigade (look to the right side of my blog and under the Bloom Brigade pic for the list of names), and do your own take on it!  Easy right?!  AND - don't forget there is a $50 Shopping Spree to WIN!!  Find all the details on the Power Poppy Blog!

I chose TOSHA's beautiful card found HERE to copy!  I've used the same layout (different dies though still round) and her idea for seam binding (not something I use very often) and switched out the sequins for buttons.  I've used a very different colour palette because it's a cold, wet Winter day here in Australia and I felt like using some warmer hues to pretend it's a little warmer!!

I've used a base of cream and layered with apricot card and some Wild Rose Studio DP.  The panel is more cream and more Wild Rose Studio DP.  Around this I've added the seam binding and topped with a wooden heart button.  I've printed the DIGI image, Sunset Sway onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copic Markers.  I've cut this out with Pierced Circle Dies and while in the die, I've sponged some ink around the edges.  I've matted this with cream card cut with Stately Circles Dies and popped it up on foam tape.  To finish I've added some round wooden and brown buttons.

Stamps - Sunset Sway (Power Poppy)
Ink - Printer
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Cream, Apricot, Wild Rose Studio Meadow Harvest DP
Accessories - Copics, ODBD Pierced Circles Dies, Spellbinders Stately Circles, Seam Binding, Buttons, X-press It Foam Tape

Don't miss all today's gorgeous creations, by checking out the POWER POPPY BLOG!

Cindy Lawrence

Kathy Jones

Stacy Morgan

Tosha Leyendekker

 

ALSO ~ a heads up about the delay in shipping of stamps and dies and excitingly there is 20% off DIGIS!!  Don't forget to use the code VACATIONDIGIS at the checkout!!

That's all from me today, hope you play along this month, thanks for visiting and hope you are inspired to stamp!!  :)