"The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge" Blog Hop ~ Power Poppy

 

Hello creative friends!!  Kathy Racoosin of The Daily Marker is unleashing a world of color on her blog and Instagram (@kathyrac) this month, and she wants all of us to join her in the fun! 

The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge energizes us to color something every day — even if only for a few minutes. Whether your love markers or prefer paints, colored pencils or crayons, all media is welcome! CLICK HERE to find out where to share what you are coloring and join the encouraging community of happy colorists. You'll also find answers to questions you may have along the way, participate in contests and more! If you share your work on social media, don't forget the hashtag: #thedailymarker30day and if you use our stamps and digis, add the hashtag #powerpoppy

To kick off the challenge, Power Poppy’s Marcella Hawley has a surprise of epic proportions! She’s giving away Power Poppy’s SOON-TO-BE-UNVEILED MARCH CLEAR STAMP SET RELEASE! That means EIGHT of the freshest, most fun Power Poppy designs to hit the market yet. It's a $144 value! Plus you can enter a friend to win.  Read all the details here!
 

Winners will be announced on the Power Poppy Blog/Instagram/Facebook on Sunday, March 12th, and also over on thedailymarker.com

Also...one more thing that you won't want to miss out on...Power Poppy is offering 25% off all digital stamps for folks all month long - to coincide with the Daily Marker's 30 Day Coloring Challenge.  All you have to do is enter the code:  COLORMEHAPPY at checkout.

For my card today, I used a new Power Poppy Digital image called Vintage Easter Egg.  I went quite literal, and colored the image with a vintage color palette in mind using muted colors.  I also ink distressed around the circle, using Antique Linen (Ranger Distress Ink) to age it up a bit.

 

A few diecuts were used too.  The background panel was cut using Avery Elle's Double Pierced Rectangle Die.  The Stitched circle is from Couture Cuts, and the Scalloped Die is from Spellbinders.  I added some seam binding ribbon and some sweet sequins by Pretty Pink Posh too, as well as a felt heart that I diecut using Primitive Hearts by Sizzix.  The decorative paper is from Pion Design. 

Copics:   Egg ~ E43, E42, E41, E40 Bow ~ V99, V95, V93, V91 Flower and Frame ~ RV99, RV95, RV93, RV91 Leaves ~ G29, G46, G24, G43, G40 Small Flowers ~ YR27, YR24, Y19 Background ~ W5, W3, W1, W0

That sums up my card for today.  

The entire Bloom Brigade has inspirational creations to share today, so be sure to visit their blogs if you haven't already:

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

Today Kathy has assembled a blog hop to give your creativity a jump start with some of her favorite stamp companies & Online Card Class partners.  So, pop back over to the Power Poppy Blog for the full link list of today's huge hop!

  Happy Stamping!! 

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Stamps:  Vintage Easter Egg (Power Poppy Digital)

Paper:  X-Press It, Pion Design, White (PTI)

Ink:  Printer, Antique Linen (Ranger Distress)

Dies:  Double Stitched Pierced Rectangle (Avery Elle), Double Stitched Circle (Couture Cuts), Scalloped Circle (Spellbinders), Hearts Primitive (Sizzix)

Accessories:  Copics, Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Seam Binding Ribbon, Felt, Button (PTI) 

Waltzingmouse Easter Card and Camping photos

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile.  We took a small vacation and went camping for a few days.  I have a few pictures to share after my Easter card.

Waltzingmouse has a fabulously versatile set called A Good Egg.  It's handy for Easter, but not limited to it.  In fact, I have a project that I will be sharing April 1 using this set in a different way.  But for today, it's all about Easter.  

First of all, I stamped the eggs and their decorations with the following VersaMagic inks:  Pink Petunia, Spring Pansy, Thatched Straw and Aspen Mist.

I diecut the oval shape (Floral Ovals and Standard Ovals dies ~ Spellbinders), and layered it over an embossed panel using one of the new Spellbinders M-Bossabilities called Basket Weave.  I first inked it with Latte pigment ink (amuse), and ran it through my embossing machine.

Lastly, I used an Ice White Pearl Pen and glitter to add some sparkly pearls to the Oval border, as well as to the Resplendent Rectangle diecut background pieces, and a Sparkly diecut Exotic Small Butterfly (Cheery Lynn Designs).

Oh, I also added a small little grassy border inside the oval frame using a Fiskars Grass Border Punch.

That's it for my Easter card, now let me share a few fun photos.

This is Lake Lopez in Arroyo Grande California.  It's a beautiful campground filled with an abundant array of wildlife:  Woodpeckers, Deer, Wild Turkey, Quail, Racoons, Egrets, Herons, and an occasional skunk.

The woodpeckers make holes in the surrounding trees and stuff acorns in them for the winter.  They're quite entertaining to watch.

There is also an abundance of wildflowers in the spring.  Here's a picture of a Southern Shooting Star.  I have to apologize for the lack of clarity.  I didn't have my tripod with me, and my hands aren't as steady as they used to be.  But you can see the beauty and uniqueness of this elegant flower.

 We visited a local Ostrich and Emu feeding farm too.  They're all characters and fun to watch.  They all have quite the large attitudes and are actually hard to photograph because they're always moving and walking in front of each other.  The first picture is of a male ostrich.

 

Here's a headshot of an Emu.  He doesn't look very trustworthy to me... (grin).

I had a bunch of full shots, but like I mentioned, they were all jockeying for positions, so I wasn't happy with the photos.

Thanks for dropping by.  I hope you've enjoyed my Easter card, as well as a few of my favorite camping photos.

Happy Stamping!

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Stamps:  A Good Egg (Waltzingmouse Stamps)

Paper:  Vintage Cream (PTI)

Ink:  Pink Petunia, Spring Pansy, Thatched Straw and Aspen Mist (VersaMagic), Latte (a muse)

Accessories:  Floral Ovals, Standard Ovals, Resplendent Rectangles dies (Spellbinders), Exotic Small Butterfly die (Cheery Lynn Designs), Basket Weave M~Bossabilities (Spellbinders), Seam Binding Ribbon, Button (PTI), Rhinestone (Pizzazz Aplenty), Quickie Glue Pen, Crystal Glitter (SU!), Ice White Pearl Pen (Viva Decor), Grass Border Punch (Fiskars)

Waltzingmouse March Release Previews ~ Day 1

Welcome to the first day of the Waltzingmouse March Blog Hop!  I'm so excited to share these new sets with you!  Today we're featuring a charming set called A Good Egg.  And Claire has designed the images so that they can be used for Easter and year round.  I made my first card an Easter one by using the Rocking and Rolling technique with two inks for the sunburst styled egg and framed it using Claire's Opera Tag images and die.  Of course I had to include a chocolate bunny.  

I went a little silly for my second card.  I was making bacon and eggs for my husband and remembered one of the sentiments for this set:  "Keep your sunnyside up", and thought why not make and egg?  I just free-handed the egg white and punched out a yellow piece of cardstock and embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I know pretty corny...but I just couldn't resist.

That's it for me today.  Your last stop is Claire's blog.  

Here's the hop list in case you might have missed a stop along the way.

Anya Schrier 

Becca Feeken  

Belinda Chang Langner 

Clare Buswell  

Edna Morrisedie  

Iwona Palamountain 

Jean Martin 

Jeanne Jachna  

Jen Cuthbertson 

Jennifer Holmes 

Julia Aston  

Karin Åkesdotter 

Kelly Schirmer 

Kim Duran 

Laurie Schmidlin  

Lynn Mercurio 

Renee Lynch 

Sandie Dunne 

Sarah Martina Parker 

Teresa Kline  

                       Tosha Leyendekker  ---you are here

Claire Brennan

 Thank you so much for dropping by.  I hope you've been enjoying hopping along.  Be sure to stop by tomorrow for some more peeks and inspiration!

Happy Stamping!

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Easter Bunny

Stamps:  A Good Egg and Opera Tags (Waltzingmouse)

Paper:  Tangerine (My Mind's Eye), Vintage Cream (PTI)

Ink:  Mango Madness, Pink Grapefruit, Jumbo Java (VersaMagic), Antique Linen (Ranger Distress)

Accessories:  Dies ~ Opera Tags (Waltzingmouse~Spellbinders), Circle (Spellbinders), Doily Round Die (Marianne Designs), Lace (Webster's Pages), Mini Staple (Tim Holtz), Pebble (Prima), Wrinkled Seam Binding, Sewing Machine, Distrezz~it~All (Zutter)

Egg

Stamps:  A Good Egg (Waltzingmouse)

Paper:  Kraft (PTI), Bazill and Watercolor

Ink:  Onyx Black (Versafine), Versamark

Accessories:  Clear Embossing Powder, Circle Punch, Scor-Buddy, Mini-Staples (Tim Holtz)

Hoppy Easter Verve Release Hop

Verve's releasing a sweet little set just in time for Easter. It's called Hoppy Easter, and it has the sweetest little bunny, flower and sentiments. One lucky commenter will win this darling set too. All you have to do is leave a comment on the blogs before Sun. April 1, at 8:00 pm Eastern time, and you will be entered to win. You don't have to comment on every blog, but it does increase your chances. ;)

eta: I used this week's Viva la Verve sketch as my inspiration

I stamped the flower 9x, colored it with copics, added rhinestones and glitter, then layered it with dimensional tape. I planted the flowers in a diecut Flower Pot (Spellbinders), along with some Sizzix diecut leaves and stems.


I stamped the "Easter Wishes" sentiment, with Smokey Gray Versafine, onto the larger Charming Banner dies, folded it a bit, and added a couple of pearls.


And lastly, I paper pieced the darling bunny with dp from MME's "Be Happy" Follow Your Heart" line.


That's it for my card.

Be sure to visit the other girls' blogs to see how they can inspire with this sweet set. Here are the links:

Amber

Tosh <--- you are here ;)

Andrea

Maureen

Janelle

Charmaine

Amy

Teresa

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Stamps: Hoppy Easter (Verve)
Paper: Be Happy (Follow Your Heart My Mind's Eye), Vintage Cream (PTI)
Ink: Smokey Gray (Versafine), Pumice Stone (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Charming Banner dies (Verve), Flower Pot, Floral Doily Motif, Classic Ric Rac, Classic Petal and Standard Circle dies (Spellbinders), Flowers & Branch and Branch with leaves dies (Sizzix), Pearls and Rhinestones (Pizzaz Aplenty), Small Exotic Butterfly die (Cheery Lynn Designs), Quickie Glue Pen, Glitter, Distrezz-it-All (Zutter), Sewing Machine

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter my friends!! Hallelujah!! He has Risen!!
We will be celebrating Easter with my DH's family today and I hope you all have a day filled with Blessings. I, for one, count myself blessed beyond words as I reflect on the significance of Christ's resurrection

I know this card is secular, but Easter eggs are a fun memory of mine: decorating, hiding, finding. Although we like to focus on Christ's resurrection, we also have fun playing games, such as finding eggs. So this card is a celebration of youth. I used a variety of Verve images and dies. The little chick and basket come from the set Chicks Rule, and the eggs and sentiment are from the set Egg-stra Special. The sentiment is framed with A Cut Above Charming Oval Die.

The basket is on a Labels 18 (Spellbinders) base, and is hanging from an Elegant Post (Spellbinders). The doily underneath was made by cutting a Parisian Motif (Spellbinders) diecut piece in half.

That's it from me today. I hope you have a Blessed Easter!!
Happy stamping my friends!!
Tosh

Stamps: Chicks Rule, Egg-stra Special (Verve)
Paper: Vintage Cream (PTI), Doilies laser cut (Basicgrey), Sparkling Spring (Prima)
Ink: Smokey Gray (Versafine), Old Paper (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Charming Oval Die (Verve), Copics, Labels 18, Parisian Motifs, and Elegant Posts (Spellbinders), Pearls (Zva Creative and Kaisercraft), Flower Punch (Punch Bunch), Glitter, Quickie Glue Pen, Embroidery thread

Easter Blessings

It's the beginning of a new week! A fresh new start! Love that. Actually, doesn't Monday usually feel like the beginning? Hmmmm

Anyway, I have a card to share with you that I made awhile back for the sketch Amber designed for the first VLV sketch challenge this month. You can find all the details Here. I used the sweet little flower from the Verve set Chicks Rule, and the sentiment from the set Egg-stra Special.

That's it for today. Be sure to stop by each day this week. I have a lot to share!!

Happy Stamping my friends!!



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Stamps: Chicks Rule, Egg-stra Special (Verve)
Paper: White (PTI), Sparkling Spring (Prima)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories: Labels 1 Die (Spellbinders), Copics, Pearls (Kaisercraft), Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Lace (Wild Orchid Crafts), Button (PTI), Bakers Twine (The Twinery), Rhinestones (I-Rock), Distrezz-it-All

Viva la Verve Inspired

Amber has some wonderful sketches and inspirations over at the Viva la Verve forum found HERE. I used this past Friday's as a starting point for this card, and the third photo as the inspiration. I LOVE the cross from Verve's set Everlasting Life. It's so beautiful pieced.

This card is pretty straight forward. No special techniques. I just followed the sketch, did a bit of sewing and added some glitter and buttons. Woila...easy.

Thank you so very much for stopping by. I hope your week is off to a fabulous start!
Happy Stamping my friends!!




Stamps: Everlasting Life
Paper: Inspire (Memory Box), Imaginisce, Suede Brown Dark (Prism), Neenah Natural
Ink: Vintage Sepia (Versafine), Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Labels 8 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Buttons (PTI), Glitter (Doodlebug), Sewing Machine, Border Punches (EK Success and Fiskars), Dimensional Tape (Scotch)

Easter Egg Hunt at Rubbernecker!!

It’s Easter Bunny Treasure Hunt Tuesday @ Rubbernecker Stamp Co . The Bunny Treasure if you find it, will be a free image. However, to receive the Treasure a purchase of any size is required, and your treasure must be claimed between 4:00 am PST until 9:00 pm PST today (7:00 am EST - 12:00 am EST). Not only is today Treasure Hunt Day, but for every $50 in stamps purchased, you will receive one FREE stamp. For your first clue, head on over to Jeanne's Blog: Inky Paws

While you are on the Rubbernecker Homepage make sure and read about the Rubber Bucks Monthly Drawing AND the FREE stamp offer:

*** Each month you can qualify to win $100 coupon good for Rubbernecker or Stamp Oasis stamps! For every $20 you spend, your name is entered once into a drawing.
*** For every $50 you spend on Rubbernecker, Stamp Oasis or KK Originals stamps, you get to choose a FREE stamp!

***For more chances to win blog candy go check out:

Sherry’s blog

and

Shelly’s blog

I'm so excited!!! Leslie Miller and Linda Duke are going to be Guest Designers for Rubbernecker!! And Shelly is now an official member!! Woo-Hoo!! I have their blogs linked on the right. Ya gotta go check them out if you haven't already. These girls are outstanding stampers, and their blogs are awesome!!

Isn't this chick adorable?!?! His name is Chip, and can be found at Rubbernecker Stamp Company. I paper pieced his egg the last time I used this stamp, so I wanted you to see that you can color it too. The sign is a stamp from Rubbernecker's Winter Holiday section called Holiday Sign Post. I just cut off the post and added the greetings part from the Christmas sentiment Holiday Greetings. The flowers are a variety of punches by SU, CarlaCraft and EK Success. I used a sakura sparkle gellyroll pen for the faux stitching.

Supplies:
Stamps - Rubbernecker - Chip, Holiday Greetings
Paper - Memory Box Layette Collection, Bazzill, Papertrey White, SU Certainly Celery, Lovely Lilac
Ink - Ranger Black Soot Distress Ink
Accessories - Flower punches, rhinestone brads, ribbon, copics, nestabilities, scotch dimensional tape, hot glue, hole punch

Bunnies 4 Sale

I made this card for SCS's Inspiration challenge!! I loved the blue and white scene!! I just had to play. Now that I see these images together, I realize mine looks green. I had a hard time with the stickles and the lacquer, thus the dark bg. I assure you it's blue. I stamped the image on Papertrey White cs and colored it with copics. Crystal Ice Stickles were added to the filler and the bunnies bows. 3-D crystal lacquer coats the heart. The frame was cut with nestabilities by Spellbinders, and the scallops at the bottom were done with a scallop scissors by fiskars. The lattice is a diecut by Cuttlebug. I used a white Sakura souffle pen for the doodles.

Supplies:
Stamp - Rubbernecker - Bunnies for Sale
Paper - Bazzill Basics Poolside collection Trio of Trios, Papertrey White
Ink - Ranger Black Soot Distress Ink
Accessories - Copics, Crystal Ice Stickles, 3-D Crystal Lacquer, nestabilities, Cuttlebug diecut, Sakura white Souffle pen

Hi There Chickee!!

Isn't this chick just adorable?!?! I love that you can piece the egg or color it...the possibilities are endless!!! You can find this guy at Rubbernecker. I decided to piece it with Basicgrey Two Scoops Paper. The very bg piece that is embossed with the new cuttlebug Rough Diamond folder, is also from the Two Scoops pack. The flower piece is Autumn Leaves Paperbilities paper that I got at Walmart yesterday. It worked perfect with the Basicgrey. The sentiment is from the Hero Arts Thinking of you Messages. The sentiment can be found at Stamper's Dream.

I gave it a little sparkle with my Quickie Glue Pen and Ultra fine glitter, and added the Adorn it jewels around the edges and in the flower. The jewels can be found at Papertrey.

Oh, and I made this card according to the Sketch challenge at SCS. Check it out if you haven't already. That about sums it all up.

Supplies:
Stamps - Rubbernecker - Chip
Stamper's Dream - Thinking of you Messages
Paper - Basicgrey Two Scoops, Autumn Leaves Paperbilities, SU Cameo Coral, Certainly Celery, Papertrey White
Ink - Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral
Accessories - Adornit jewel stickers, SU oval punch, Cuttlebug Rough Diamond folder, scallop scissors, copics