Hoppy Snowflakes ~ Power Poppy

Hello everyone.  It's been quite awhile since I've posted and I'm very sorry.  Life has a way of interrupting our plans and expectations sometimes, and I haven't been able to stamp like I'd like to. But I'm back, and excited to share my creation with you today.

I had fun combining two very different Power Poppy stamp sets:  Grandma's Snowflakes and O Hoppy Day.  There are quite a few birthdays that we celebrate in December, and I've been told (I don't drink beer, so I'm going according to what others have said), that beer is best when it's really, really cold.  So, I thought...snow is cold...why not combine these two sets for some fun, to celebrate a friend's birthday.

I started by diecutting a piece of kraft cardstock, left it in the die, and taped it to my surface.   I masked off a 2 1/4" stripe on the bottom third, and then sponged on some Whisper White (SU!) pigment ink.  I removed the masking and stamped the Grandma's Snowflakes.  

Then, I stamped the O Hoppy Day image with Gray Flannel (Memento) Ink and colored it with Copics.  I used Liquid Applique for the foam, and the sentiment was stamped with Onyx Black (Versafine).  Lastly, I splattered on some white acrylic paint, and voila...you can see more detail below.

That's it for my project today.  Be sure to check out the following Bloomie blogs for some incredible inspiration!!! 

Christine Okken
Julie Koerber

I hope you are enjoying getting ready for Christmas.  I actually have all my gifts wrapped and under the tree and am ready for the festivities to begin.  The Leyendekker Christmas get-together is actually this very evening.  It's quite a big deal because we usually have 80+  there.  My in-laws are 90 and 91 years, and have 8 children who are all married.  There are 29 Grandchildren and 30 Great Grandchildren with 2 on the way.  And...most live in California.  Only 3 Grandchildren live out of state with their spouses and kids.  It can be a bit crazy.  :)

I hope you have the most Blessed Christmas!!!
  Happy Stamping!

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Stamps:  Grandma's Snowflakes, O Hoppy Day (Power Poppy)

Paper:  Kraft and White (PTI)

Ink:  Whisper White (SU!), Gray Flannel (Memento), Onyx Black (Versafine)

Dies:  Scored and Pierced Rectangles (Spellbinders)

Copics:  Glass:  YR 24, YR23, YR21 Wheat ~ E44, E43, E41 Hops ~ YG67, YG23, YG13, YG00 Leaves ~ BG99, BG96, BG93, BG90, YG91, YG00  

Accessories:  Liquid Applique, White Acrylic Paint

O Hoppy Day ~ Power Poppy

 

 

Howdy everyone!!!  I hope you are enjoying the Power Poppy Previews.  I tell you, these stamp sets are so fun to work with.  I just adore Marcella's unique twists to her images.  Today, I'm sharing two cards that feature Ales.  This set is called O Hoppy Day, and it has already come in handy for me a couple of times.  I chose to make my first card a Dark Ale.  Now, if I'm honest, I have to tell you, about a year ago I didn't know there were much differences to beers because I don't drink them.  Now, my son makes his own beer and is starting a garden to grow hops, so I know more than I ever wanted to.  hahahaha  

Below, you can see I popped the glass up to give it some dimension.

I love the bottle caps that Marcy included in this set, so I decided to make my first card a tri-fold card and include a belly band with the bottle cap on the front.  I just adore that sentiment!!!  I also stamped the barley in a pattern on kraft cardstock for the front of the card.  It's so easy to do with a Misti, and if you don't have one, the stamps are clear, so it's much easier to line them up precisely.

For my second card I needed a lighter Ale for a Brother-in-law.  I included some foam on top by adding some Liquid Applique.  I thought it was a super fun and effective addition.

Below you can see how I made the foam spill over the side using the Liquid Applique.

For the inside, I just had to include the bottle cap again.  I can't help myself.  It's so perfect!

That's it for my projects today.  For some more "hoppy" inspirations, make sure you visit the following Bloom Brigade Blogs:

Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Kathy Jones
Katie Sims
Marcelly Hawley
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker---you are here

Thanks for visiting!!  Be sure to stop by tomorrow for some Fall vignettes!!  They are super charming.

  Happy Stamping!!

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Dark Ale

Stamps:  O Hoppy Day (Power Poppy)

Paper:  X-Press It, White and Kraft (PTI), Gray (Bazzill)

Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento), Hickory Smoke (Ranger Distress)

Dies: Standard Circles and Scored and Pierced Circles (Spellbinders)

Copics:  Ale ~ E49, E47, E18, E17, E15, E13 Foam ~ E50, E51, E53, E55, E44, E43, E42, E41, E40 Glass ~ T4, T3, T1 Wheat ~ E44, E43, E41 Hops ~ YG67, YG23, YG13, YG00 Leaves ~ BG99, BG96, BG93, BG90, YG91, YG00

Accessories:  Scor-Pal, Corner Punch (SU!)

Pale Ale

Stamps:  O Hoppy Day (Power Poppy)

Paper:  X-Press It, White and Kraft (PTI) You are Here (Simple Stories)

Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Dies:  Standard Square, Standard Circle (Spellbinders)

Copics:  Ale ~ E08, YR27, YR68, YR24, YR04, Y17, Y08, Y21, T4, T2, T1, T0 Foam ~ T2, T1, T0, E50 Hops ~ YG97, YG95, YG91, YG11 Barley ~ E43, E42, E41 Leaves ~ YG67, YG17, YG13, YG11, YG91

Accessories: Liquid Applique

 

 

Hops and Barley ~ Power Poppy

Hello, hello, hello!!!!  I hope you all had a great week and are looking forward to an even better weekend!!!  I'm looking forward to a "no pressure" kind of weekend.  No plans...nothing demanding...just going with the flow and getting done what gets done.  Does that make sense?  I'm not putting any pressure on myself.

We did, however, just get done celebrating my son's 28th birthday, thus the "Beer card".  Power Poppy's Hops and Barley digital stamp set could not be more perfect for him.  He is a beer "connoisseur"... according to this family.  He LOVES craft beer.  So much so, that he has just finished designing and building a fenced in garden plot to grow hops.  He did offer to share part of it with his wife to grow some herbs and vegetables though.  What a guy right?  ;)  I, myself, thinks beer tastes like what I would imagine gasoline would taste like.  No matter how much I've tried (and I have tried different brands...even ice cold), I just can't develop a taste for it.  So, I don't get this whole "craft beer craze".

All that being said, I really enjoyed coloring this no-line version of Hops and Barley.  I love Marcella's creative mind.  What a perfect set for Beer lovers!! 

I just used Copics, and left it in the diecut framing after cutting and sponged some Antique Linen and Pumice Stone Distress Inks around the borders to highlight the image even more.

Below is a close-up of the colors.

That's it for my project this week.

I hope you'll visit the following Bloom Brigade Blogs for some more Power Poppy Inspiration!!
 
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Katie Sims
Tosha Leyendekker
 

Thanks so very much for dropping by.  
  Happy Stamping!!

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Stamps:  Hops and Barley (Power Poppy Digital)

Paper:  X-Press It, Black (PTI), Bazzill

Ink:  Printer, Antique Linen and Pumice Stone (Ranger Distress)

Copics:  Hops ~ YG67, G23, YG13, YG00 Leaves ~ BG99, BG96, BG93, BG90, YG91, YG00 Wheat ~ E44, E43, E42, E41, Y00

Dies:  Scored and Pierced Rectangles (Spellbinders)

Accessories:  Copics

 

Masculine Short Stacks with Sassy Succulents ~ Power Poppy

 

Hello again!!  How has your week been?  My heart goes out to those suffering from flooding, or hurricane threats.  And the fires...well, we're getting the smoke from some, but we're not in any risk other than suffering from allergies because of the poor air quality.  So, I'm counting my blessings, and praying for those who are suffering right now.

I do have a masculine card to share with you today, that I created by combining two different Power Poppy Clear stamp sets:  Short Stacks and Sassy Succulents.  

I needed a masculine card for my dad's birthday, and I love the packages from the Short Stack set.  I didn't want to make him a card with tulips and a cupcake though, so I thought, why not add a couple of succulents.  So, I got out my Misti, put the clear stamp in it and taped off the tulips and cupcakes with repositionable tape.  I inked everything up, removed the tape and stamped the image onto some X-Press It cardstock.  So...now I have just two packages.  I was able to easily line up the two different succulent pots from the Sassy Succulent set and the end result is what you see above.

I thought the latest Hues to Use it colors were perfect for a masculine card, so I worked with those colors and used some perfect dp from Simple Stories to highlight it.


That's it for my project today.  Be sure to check out what the following Bloom Brigaders have to share though...they are always fabulous at inspiring creativity!!

Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker---you are here

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!  Thank you so much for dropping by!!

  Happy Stamping!

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Stamps:  Short Stacks, Sassy Succulents (Power Poppy)

Paper:  X-Press It, Rad (Simple Stories)

Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Dies:  Nesting Postage Stamps Infinity Dies (Hero Arts)

Accessories:  Copics

Play Ball with Power Poppy

 

Hello my creative friends!!!  I have a patriotic, sporty, Power Poppy Birthday card to share with y'all today!  Julie, appropriately so, chose red/white/blue colors for the Hues to Use challenge this week, and I thought, a baseball card would fit perfectly with those colors since, in my humble opinion, baseball is America's sport.    I know some may disagree, but that's how I feel ;)  Mainly because I love baseball.

I took Power Poppy's Play Ball stamp set and stamped the equipment collage five times just so I could color and cut out the top baseball bat and one of the balls for my grouping.  

For the fence, I just took Hickory Smoke Distress Ink and ran it lightly over white cardstock until I achieved the look I was going for.  I then cut it into strips, trimmed off the corners and lined the strips up. 

For the inside, I added some scrap pieces of the dp I used on the front, as well as a stamped banner (I stamped the image on red and blue cardstock and adhered the cut blue piece to the red banner.  I also used my Misti to make sure I was able to line up the sentiment perfectly inside.  

Since it's the beginning of the month, there's a new Power and Spark challenge too being hosted by our dear Ally.  She's challenging you to CASE one of the Bloomies.  Click HERE for all the details.

Power Poppy is also having a great sale while Marcella is on Vacation.  All Power Poppy Digis will be 20% off from July 6-14.  So be sure to head on over to the Power Poppy!!

For some more inspiration, head on over to the following Bloomie Blogs:

Cindy Lawrence
Kathy Jones
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker---you are here

That's it for me today!  I hope you had an awesome week, and have an even better weekend!!

  Happy Stamping!! 

 

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Stamps:  Play Ball (Power Poppy)

Paper:  X- Press It, Kraft and White (PTI), Sweet Freedom (Pink Paislee), Work Hard, Play Hard (Carta Bella)

Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento), Hickory Smoke and Antique Linen (Ranger Distress)

Dies:  Stitched A2 Banners and Rectangles (JustRite)

Accessories:  Copics, Distrezz-it-All (Zutter), Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Mini Stapler (Tim Holtz) 

Power Poppy ~ Sweet Petunia Hop

Happy Friday y'all!!  Today is an exciting day for sure!!  The Power Poppy Bloom Brigade is teaming up with the Sweet Petunia Team to do a blog hop featuring the Misti and the new Misti Creative Corners!!  I tell ya, the Misti is a definite "go-to" tool for me.  I use it OFTEN!!  Seriously!  And I'm super excited to show you how I used it and its new Creative Corners.  They are easy, fun and super handy!!

I have two projects to share with you today, and I'm going to start with my Lavender card, using Power Poppy's Lavender clear stamp set, and Misti's Creative Corners.   

I knew I wanted to make a "sentiment square", so I took the two right angle magnetized corners and put them together to form a square.  Now the magnets do not want to be close together when they are the same side, so I flipped one angle upside down, and they pieced together beautifully so I could stamp the sentiment around the square.  I put the L-ruler along the bottom to keep the magnet square in place, and removed it when I wanted to stamp along the bottom.

I also used the Misti to place the lavender bag image directly in the middle of my sentiment square.  I stamped the bag a second time on a scrap piece of paper to color, burnish, and pop up with a dimensional square right in the middle to give the bag some depth.  The edges are all glued down flush with the base.

Next, I have a masculine card to share with you, using the Power Poppy clear stamp set Move the Soul.   I have to tell you, I had an awesome time creating the background for this one.  With the Misti, and its Creative Corners right angle triangle, it is so easy to create a sentiment pattern on an angle.  I love how lined up the background is. 

The Misti has measurements along the side and bottom, so it's easy to position the triangle and stamp every time.  I just slid the triangle down in 3/4" increments each time to stamp the checkered strip.  Easy-Peasy!

The next step was equally as easy to add the "congrats" sentiment with the same triangle. 
 

Lastly, I gold embossed the stars from the same Move the Soul set.  I used Versamark ink and Gold Embossing Powder (Ranger) and unlike the rest of the background, I free-handed the stars because I thought it would take too long to stamp the stars and emboss them using the Misti...too many steps for me.

Now since it is the first Friday of the month, Power Poppy is issuing another Power and Spark challenge, which this time is provided by our dear, dear Julie!!  She has graciously provided 3 different sketches to try.  I used the middle sketch, with the banner, for my masculine card today.  I hope you will take the time to try out one of these 3 sketches.  I think they're super fun!! Besides, each time you participate, you have an opportunity to win some free Power Poppy stamp sets!  Now, that is inspiration if you ask me!!


That's it for my projects today.  I've provided a link list to all those participating in the blog hop today so you won't miss a one.  Each one of these gals is super creative and clever, so you'll want to make sure you stop by each of their blogs for some more inspiration and if you leave a comment on each blog, you will be entered to win one of two $25 Power Poppy Gift Code, or a Misti/Mini Misti.  Winners will be announced April 14 on this page of the Sweet Petunia blog for the Misti, and the Power Poppy blog for the gift code.  How cool is that!?!?!

Power Poppy

Lydia Fiedler

Julie Koerber

Ilina Crouse

Christine Okken

Jeanne Streiff

Cindy Lawrence

Maureen Wong

Ally Cope

Kia Gibson-Clapper

Kathy Jones

Ceal Pritchett

Tosha Leyendekker---you are here

Giovana Smith

Stacy Morgan

Katie Sims

My Sweet Petunia

Thanks a bunch for dropping by!!  I hope you've been inspired today!!  Have a super awesome weekend!!  And...

  Happy Stamping!

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Lavender

Stamps:  Lavender (Power Poppy)

Paper:  X-Press It, White and Kraft (PTI)

Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento), Smokey Gray (Versafine)

Dies:  Classic Square (Spellbinders), Anja's Square Dies (Marianne Creatables)

Copics:  Bag ~ E47, E44, E43, E42, E42, Tags and Lavender ~ V17, V15, V12 Leaves and String ~ G28, G46, G24, YG23 Background ~ W5, W3, W1, W00 

Accessories:  Misti and Misti Creative Corners, Dimensional Tape, Enamel Dots (Teresa Collins)

Congrats

Stamps:  Move the Soul (Power Poppy)

Paper:  White and Black (PTI), Gold (Denami)

Ink:  Black Soot (Ranger), Versamark

Dies:  Stitched Fishtails (Elizabeth Craft Designs), Stitched Rectangles (Waltzingmouse)

Accessories:  Misti, Misti Creative Corners, Eyelets (SU!), Gold Embossing Powder