Happy Power Poppy Friday~April 5th!

Hello there and a very happy Friday to you!  I am so glad you could stop by today.  I have a quick post to share with you for Power Poppy's Friday inspiration.  I just had to take part in that darling Julie Koerber's current Creative Confetti Challenge over on the Power Poppy blog.  Make sure you check it out here and play along with us!  It's all about turning your art work into a grid....I think it looks like tiles, what do you think?  :)

For my card, I used the lovely spring inspired stamp set, Natural Beauties.  I started by stamping my image with Memento's Tuxedo Black ink on to white card stock and  coloring it with Copics.  Next, I die cut my image, then used my paper trimmer to cut it in to nine equal squares.  I layered some dark gray card stock with some patterned papers, stamped the sentiment and adhered everything to my die cut card base.  The finished card measures 4 1/2" square.

Don't you just love all of these beautiful spring flowers together in one adorable image?  Marcella really packed so much detail here and as always, it is a dream to color!

One last little close up of Marcella's Natural Beauties... :)  

So that is all for my card today, but some of my Bloomie sisters have cards to share with you, so please make sure you check them out and leave them a little blog love while you are there.  Also....make sure you check out the Creative Confetti challenge over on the Power Poppy blog and get to creating your own art grid.  Make sure you link up your project so we can all see your handiwork!  I thank you again for stopping by today and I hope you will come by again soon.  Until then, have a great weekend and take care!  

Christine Okken     

Julie Koerber  
Katie Sims <------You are here 
Stacy Morgan 

~Katie

Power Poppy's March Stamp Release~Day 1!

Hello, hello, hellooo! I am so glad you could pop in today for Day 1 of Power Poppy's March stamp release!  Let me just tell you, Marcella has been at it again and has a stamp release like you will not believe!  Eight, yes....eight new stamp sets will be revealed over the next several days and they are all stunners!  But don't just take my word for it...you can see for yourself today....starting with this darling new stamp set, Natural Beauties.  

Pretty sweet little image, right?  Well, just you wait....I'll bet you will be able to spy them all along the hop today!  For my project, I chose to use the wee little trillium with mushrooms for my main image and then used the lily of the valley and star flower along with the trillium for some background stamping.  My idea was to make a gift bag using a simple brown paper bag.  I like to use these for gift cards.  :)

So I started by stamping my bag with my background images.  Next, I went to work on my belly band to hold the bag closed.  I started with a tag die cut, stamped my sentiment and  trillium and colored it with Copics.  After some distress inks, and some added detail with a Sakura white glaze pen and a Wink of Stella Clear brush pen it hit me that I could turn this tag in to a mushroom.  So, I cut out the mushroom top using some red card stock and an oval die.  I cut both ends off the oval to serve as the front and back of my mushroom cap.  Next, I took a couple of circle punches to add the spots to my mushroom cap then added some white card stock in between the front and back layers.  I added the assembled mushroom cap to my tag to form the mushroom stem.  All that was left was to add the ribbon and button to a strip of patterned paper and then attach the assembled mushroom.

Just look at those teeny tiny little mushrooms!  They are so adorable, don't you think?  I did add some shimmer to the centers of my punched dots on the mushroom cap with the Wink of Stella pen but I am not sure if you can see it in the photos.  

One last look at these darling images.  Don't you just love wee images that you can use on tags?!  The detail on all of these are really incredible!  

Ok, so now that I have shown you my project I can't wait for you to see what my Bloomie sisters have created for your inspiration! Oh, the beautiful cards you will see....truly.  :)  I thank you for your visit today, and I hope that you will stop back by tomorrow for Day 2 of our Spring Fling stamp release!   Until then, take care!  

**Oh, oh.....I can't believe I almost forgot to share a little tidbit that I know you are going to l-o-v-e....Marcella will be offering coordinating dies for some of the stamp sets this release! How exciting is that?!  Stay tuned on the Power Poppy blog for more intel on this amazing development at Bloom Central!  ;)  

Allison Cope 

Christine Okken 

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

~Katie

Supplies not listed above:  Paper- PTI Rustic White and Pure Poppy card stock, green patterned paper from scrap box; Ink- Memento's Tuxedo Black, PTI's Chai and Chamomile, PTI's Dark Chocolate, Versafine Onyx Black, Ranger Distress Ink in Frayed Burlap; Other- paper bag from Stampin' Up!, ribbon and button from PTI, oval die from Spellbinders, tag die from PTI, circle punches from Stampin' Up!, Stampin' Up! spritzer tool with Crumb Cake and Early Espresso markers, and these Copic colors: R22, R24, R29, G40, G43, G46, G28, E40, E41, E44, E47, E50, E51, E55, E57, B0000, B000, C1, C3, and C5.