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Tuesday

Creative Confetti: "Pop" goes the flower

It's Happy Tuesday, Hello all! I bet you are wondering what this title means. "Pop" goes the flower? Well, that's what this week's challenge is all about! I have learned that if you want your image to stand out, you need shading to push it out front by coloring the background in a darker shade to... make it pop!

HOW TO PLAY: Stamp your image for your project, color it up and then color the background too. Make sure that it is a dark color and that will make your image "pop". If you are hesitant to color the background, you can just start with dark card stock, or you can cut out your image and adhere it to a dark card base. Whatever you decide, just go for it. It will be fun. Remember that everyone has a chance to win a $25 gift code to the Power Poppy Shop.

On to my creation!

I will be honest with you, I made this card and when it turned out OK, I wrote this post. Sorry that I have no in-process pictures. I promise that next time I will do better. I do have a surprise later, so stay tuned. For this card, I used the stamp set called Abundant Petals by Power Poppy. After stamping it with Versamark and a champagne embossing power, I colored it with Copic markers. The flower is colored with YR68, YR21, Y17, and Y38. The leaves are colored with YG03, YG17, YG21, and YG67. And, my background is B24.

Here is the surprise that I mentioned before. I am adding this card that I made after taking Amy Schulke's class. It is another example of that dark background that makes everything "Pop".

This card uses the stamp from Power Poppy called Take a Deep Breath. This background has Distress ink in Chipped Sapphire and Mermaid Lagoon sponged on using the masking technique.

Now it is your turn! Roll up our sleeves and start coloring up those images. I can't wait to see what you do to make your flowers POP! Remember you can win a $25 gift code if you enter, so don't forget to link up your creation using the linky below!

Before I let you go, we do need to draw the winner from our fabulous July entries!

Random.org threw all the names in a pot and drew this lucky card maker as our winner....

CONGRATS TO LUCY E.!

Lucy created this lovely card from last week's Make It Your Way Challenge. Her birth month is May and her initials, L & E, which means she had to use a flower and use the colors pink and green. I think she nailed the challenge with this beauty of a card!

Lucy, to claim your prize, all you need to do is email Marcella at bloom@powerpoppy.com and she will get your $25 winning code right to you so that you can make a fun stop to the Power Poppy Shop!

Can't wait to see what you all create this week!

Until next time!

~Barbara

Creative Confetti: Keep Your Distance

It's another fun Tuesday at Creative Confetti, and it's Barbara here to tell you about this week's challenge! By now, we have all been practicing social distancing. As things start to relax a bit, (never forget to wash your hands) let's have some fun with that practice and use a little social distancing on our projects. What do I mean by that?

HOW TO PLAY: Simply create a project that has several images on it. You can have as many as you would like, but they should have space between them. and not be touching. Why not practice keeping your distance on our projects? We all need a little fun about now. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

ON TO MY CREATION

For my card, I used the Perfect Poppy digital stamp set. I selected one of the flowers. Then I erased some of the parts of the flower so that I could arrange them on my card front without touching the next one.

There are a lot of images on this set and I used the one on the lower right. After altering it, I placed three of them on my card. I was also able to make some different sizes. It's so easy to do with a digital stamp.

The sentiment is from this set -- Breathe in Life -- and I hope that my humor is not lost here as I thought it was perfect for these times that we are surviving in.

I love my Copic markers and I used these colors on this card:

Leaves are B24, YG97 YG93

Poppies are R27, YR09. YR02

Background are C1, C3, C5, C7

And... good news! Both of these sets are on sale as I write this challenge.

It's your turn! Share your creations by linking them up below. Every single entry will be in the running for a $25 gift card to the Power Poppy Shop! Since we are not quite at the end of the month yet, stay tuned! Julie will be back next week to draw and announce our April winner!

Stay safe and until next time, Hugs!

Monday

Inspire Me Monday - Breathe in Life

Hello Power Poppy Fans! Nancy here with this week's edition of Inspire Me Monday. I'm back today with a new coloring video featuring the Breathe In Life Digital Stamp (image also available i the Lavender Clear Stamp Set). Lavender is one of my favorite flowers so I love this image.

Coloring tutorials for metals usually show a straight white line down the center of the object to indicate shine, but I decided that I wanted to make that reflection more fluid so that the can would appear weathered and textured. So I created a shine that zig zags down the center which just felt more realistic than a straight white line. Those flowers are so tiny that I didn't worry about coloring them individually. Instead, I focused on the flower clusters, dotting in color to add some variety to the clusters.

So grab a beverage and get comfortable. It's time to roll the video!

STAMPS

Breathe In Life Digital Stamp Set
Lavender Clear Stamp Set (sentiment)

COPICS

BV20, BV23, BV25 (can); V01, V04, V09 (flowers); YG00, YG03, G46 (leaves); E21, E25 (shadow)

Be sure you check out my Power Poppy coloring videos on YouTube.

Thanks for joining me today! See you again soon!