Card Concept- Christmas in July

Hello friends! We have another fun challenge for you over at The Card Concept! This time we are celebrating Christmas in July and Julie has chosen an amazing inspirational photo! I hope you enjoy the challenge and play along with us!

I made four Christmas cards! It was fun!

Power Poppy Duo

Hi Crafty Pals! I have been busily crafting this week and decided to play along with the current Power Poppy Challenges; Power & Spark "frame it up" challenge and a Colour Challenge. 

I had lots of fun, colouring my digital power poppy stamps with my Copics. This first card is for their frame it challenge...I coloured their Sunflower image with my Copic markers and paired it with a Verve Sentiment. 

The next card is for their new Colour Challenge! I kept my design simple and clean...something I like to do when creating cards for mailing to others. I used the Power Poppy GERBERA DAISIES DIGITAL STAMP SET. 

Aren't the colours so pretty together? I am always up for a Colour Challenge! 

I decided to colour the gerbera daisies in the fun, bright colours...I love it when florists have the blue daisies! Although my favourite gerberas are the burnt orange type!

Hello Friend {Power Poppy, Inspired by All the Little Things & Power Poppy}

Today we have a brand new inspiration challenge over at Inspired by All the Little Things! It is my turn to host and I chose a watercoloured floral image for the inspiration. My good friend, Nancy Leppek, is our guest this week and she created a stunning card! I also wanted to link up to the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge. 

 

I was inspired by the arrangement of flowers and I couldn't help it! I picked up some digital images from Power Poppy last night. She is having a sale and I could not resist! So I inked up the floral set  called Ranunculus in my copic markers and kept the design simple. The sentiment comes from a SugarPea Designs stamp set called Funky Wreath – Spring Addition. I tried to leave some white spaces...to add some visual interest.

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you are stamping away today or doing something crafty!

Viva la Verve & Power Poppy

Today marks the final day of my Spring Break! Did I get loads accomplished? Nope! But I did rest and nurtured my soul! I feel SO good compared to the start of the break! That has to count for something!

Today I played along (finally) with the first Viva la Verve Sketch Challenge for March! I loved the layout and decided to use a new Power Poppy digital stamp I picked up! I am SUCH a floral lover. 

I coloured the image with my Copic markers and matched it with a sentiment from SugarPea Designs. everything is matted with black paper to make my coral blooms pop! 

Power Poppy Challenge {Just for You}

Tonight I wanted to play along with the month long challenge at Power Poppy. The challenge is called "Stretch Yourself" to create a Tall Card and to do something or use something new! Well, I decided to ink up a new Stampin' Up rose stamp that I recently purchased for the first time!

Using Ranger Archival Ink, I stamped the rose onto watercolour paper. Then I watercoloured the image with distress inks...using pink, red and green. Then I stamped some french script and ink spots from an old set called "Fall Foliage". I stamped the background and sponged the edges in River Rock. A simple. vellum butterfly with two rhinestones finishes it off!

My poor camera is without batteries and I didn't charge them this week...so I am using my phone to take the photos. A little darker than usual. I hope you don't mind!

Happy weekend! I hope you get the chance to get crafty!