Enchanted Garden release Day five: Floribunda

Good morning! Welcome to the Enchanted Garden Power Poppy release.The inspiration behind these new designs is over on the Power Poppy Blog. Be sure to check it out and all the inspiration behind Marcy's pen. All these sets will be available TOMORROW!!! We have a special Blog Hop for tomorrow as well, so check back!

Floribunda... Kinda sounds like cowabunga doesn't it? Hee hee  Well it sure is a floral masterpiece at that. This is a larger image but I only used a portion of it for my card front today.

After I colored the flowers with various Copic markers I added a die cut edge in yellow card stock and then added my sentiment to the base. Some piercing at the top to tie in the decorative die edge and then a few enamel dots and some sparkle. Voila! 

Check out the designers creations today:

  Leslie Miller
  Barb Walker
  Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Kathy Jones

Enchanted Garden release day four: Summer Berries

Good morning! Welcome to the Enchanted Garden Power Poppy release. The next few days we are going to show off the newest designs by the ever so talented Marcy! The inspiration behind these new designs is over on the Power Poppy Blog. Be sure to check it out and all the inspiration behind Marcy's pen. I know you are just as excited as we are, so let's get started.

This set is already going to used a lot at my house! This is called Summer Berries and oh is it every yummy. I stamped these berries out and colored with various Copic markers. I then delicately cut around the berries and leaves so I could add it to my oval base. The oval base is a decorative die cut and then I also sponged on the oval that is placed on the center. My sentiment and a few jewels to finish it off. Voila! 

Be sure to check out the designers creations today:
  Broni Holcombe
Leslie Miller
Nancy Sheads
Allison Cope
  Christine Okken
  Julie Koerber
  Kathy Jones

Enchanted Garden release day three: Strong and Beautiful

Good morning! Welcome to the Enchanted Garden Power Poppy release. The next few days we are going to show off the newest designs by the ever so talented Marcy! The inspiration behind these new designs is over on the Power Poppy Blog.
Be sure to check it out and all the inspiration behind Marcy's pen. I know you are just as excited as we are, so let's get started.

Now this is just as the title says Strong and Beautiful isn't it? Oh this is such a joy to color. These blooms are beautiful and oh such a great variety.
Used some designer paper for the base and yes more swiss dots texture. I think when I pull that embossing folder out I just can't put it away. ha ha  My sentiment has a die cut heart with twine wrapped through it and some enamel dots to finish it off. Voila 

Check out the designers creation today:

  Broni Holcombe
  Leslie Miller
Barb Walker
Nancy Sheads
  Allison Cope
  Christine Okken
  Julie Koerber
  Kathy Jones

Enchanted Garden release day two: Woodland Carpet

Good morning! Welcome to the Enchanted Garden Power Poppy release. The next few days we are going to show off the newest designs by the ever so talented Marcy! The inspiration behind these new designs is over on the Power Poppy Blog. Be sure to check it out and all the inspiration behind Marcy's pen. I know you are just as excited as we are, so let's get started. 

This is Woodland Carpet and how relaxing does that look? Colored with various Copic markers and a very easy design. Some faux stitching around the base layers and some purple fish tailed ends to bring out the lavendar on the mushrooms. 

Check out the designers creations today:
Jennifer Dove
Rhea Weigand
  Leslie Miller
  Barb Walker
Nancy Sheads
  Allison Cope
  Christine Okken
  Julie Koerber
Kathy Jones

Enchanted Garden release day one: Big Sexy Blooms

Good morning! Welcome to the Enchanted Garden Power Poppy release. The next few days we are going to show off the newest designs by the ever so talented Marcy! The inspiration behind these new designs is over on the Power Poppy Blog. Be sure to check it out and all the inspiration behind Marcy's pen. I know you are just as excited as we are, so let's get started. 

I really like how this turned out. So fresh and summer feeling. This is Big Sexy Blooms and it awesome! I stamped the image and then cut to fit my square card with a yellow card stock layer. Used several Copic markers to color these but left the petals mostly white. Some swiss dots texture to the base and adhered the image panel. Sponged around the sentiment panel and adhered the front with a little yellow slice of card stock. Added some enamel dots and Voila! 

Check out the talented designers today with creations:
Jennifer Dove
  Broni Holcombe
  Rhea Weigand
  Leslie Miller
Barb Walker
Nancy Sheads
  Jessie Banks
Allison Cope
  Christine Okken
Julie Koerber
  Kathy Jones

Masculine thank you

Morning! Yep, another one of the masculine thank you cards from last week. This one is using Wild Mushrooms stamp set. I stamped the image in caramel ink for the center, then off stamped it to the left and the right. The right is more of a shadow look and I wasn't sure at first but I do like how this turned out for a masculine card. 

Then used again Vibrant Thanks ( A favorite of mine) for the sentiments. More chicken wire for the base and some piercing around the main panel. A few brads and Voila! 

Be sure to keep check back as we have a new release coming this week!  Woot Woot! You never want to miss one of Power Poppy's new releases.  :-) 

Big thank you

Happy Friday! Needed several masculine thank you cards this last week and Big Sexy Leaves was perfect for one of them. I used green ink to match the card stock and stamped a portion of the image. Layered onto a white card stock base. 

The base has a chicken wire texture added before my image panel was adhered. Stamped my sentiment from Vibrant Thanks and a scrap of black paper with a fish tale end. A few enamel dots and voila! 

Pint for dad

Good morning. This is one of the Father's day cards I made this year using O Hoppy Day. The border is stamped using the larger image in the set and only a portion stamped around the edge so I could center the middle with another image in the set. 

Various Copic markers were used to coloring. Pierced a border around the main panel and the center. Added some old CTMH hardware for the sentiment. Voila! 

Have a wonderful day. 

Summer heat means stamping time

Happy Friday! This is a summer feeling card don't you think? Very bright and cheerful which was exactly what I wanted to create for this person. These beautiful blooms are Simply Camellias that I have used several times. Maybe one of my favorite sets? They are stamped on white card stock and colored with Copic markers. 

After it was colored I delicately cut around the stems and blooms so I could add it to the white decorative base. Oh I have not cut around blooms in awhile and I just love it. Then stamped the sentiment to the side at an angle and a few enamel dots. The base has some chicken wire texture and some gingham paper. Voila! 

Be sure to check out the Bloom Brigades creations today: 

  Christine Okken

Wild birthday flowers

Mid week already oh my goodness. Well school is out as of yesterday, but they still have their college classes for another two weeks. But then we are out for summer! Exciting times ladies. HA!  Needed some coloring time so I grabbed Pure Prairie Spirit since it has several different blooms and requires me to think of colors. :-)  

I stamped the image onto white cardstock and colored with a lot of Copic colors. I never take pictures of the markers I use and its a good thing as I used several on this card. My orange needs to be blended a bit ore i think as I look at this. Anyways... Only added a scallop edge to the base and a few jewels for accents. Voila! Have a wonderful day.

Class of 2019

My graduation cards this year. Normally I create the cards in the colors of the school for the graduate. Well this year I have not only our school but a few other graduates and time was limited. So... we all get the classic black, white and gold colors for the year. No one will really know except the ones from the boys school. I am good with that this year.  :-) 

Used several retired items for these also from the die cut numbers to the sentiment themselves. The stars are from ODBD with a few added gold sequins and some textured background. The picture isn't straight because I was in a hurry. But hey I got the picture taken that is success right now. HA! Thanks for stopping by. 

Cup of sweet memories

Happy Friday! This card did not turn out quite like I had pictured in my head. That always frustrates me when that happens, but I think it looks ok. My new dies came in a few weeks back and I am finally using them called A Cup of Java. The cup was perfect for my flower from Sweet Memories. The blooms are colored with various Copic markers and then die cut using the cup base. 

A scallop base behind the cup that I popped up on dimensionals. The designer paper is my color choice with a few added pearls to the corners. My sentiment and voila! 

Check out the Bloom Brigades creations today: 
Christine Okken

Move on over to 18

How about that....18 already. My goodness time sure does fly. Created these in the short amount of time I had for the boys 18th birthday. They fully expected me to not give them a card since we were going in every direction but I did squeeze out these quick designs. 

The background was created using Move the Soul background pieces randomly stamped in various ink colors. I then used my Aqua brush and grabbed one orange ink and flicked the base for some splatters. Die cut the numbers 18 and stamped my birthday sentiments in the corner. Some faux stitching down the left edge and Voila! 

June connect the dots

Happy Monday! The June Dirty Dozen Christmas challenge is up and waiting your creation. Thank you Julie for posting that for me this month. I did have to finish my card between graduation parties this weekend, but I did get it finished. I hope you can play along this month with us. 

My card is rather colorful and I adore how it turned out. The stamp set I used is called Bough Wow Wow. This also comes in digital format if you prefer called Mittens and Merriement. I like how the polka dots rather match the little pom poms in the image. This is colored with various Copic markers and no I did not add any sparkles to this card. I really wanted to but I held off on this one. I scattered a few enamel dots around the edges and the sentiment panel. Voila! Thanks for stopping by today.