Power Poppy Love One Another

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I think I have mentioned this before but I love to color flowers.  Any kind of flowers.

I love that there are so many options with colors and textures that you can do with 

flower petals and flower leaves.  Some of my favorite flower images are created by

Marcella Hawley at Power Poppy.  She comes up with the most beautiful arrangements.

Today I am coloring the "Love One Another" digital stamp set by Power Poppy.

I just love the irises and tulips together in this arrangement.  The color possibilities are endless.

I also love the adorable bugs that have been added to the image as well.  The luna moth and

the luna moth caterpillar were really fun to color.  I can't believe that weird 

looking caterpillar becomes such a beautiful moth.

Copic Markers Used:

Iris: V01, V04, V05, V09, Y11

Tulips: RV30, RV32, RV34

Leaves: YG03, YG17

Luna Moth: G40, G43, BG10, E25

Luna Moth Caterpillar: G40, G43, YG21, E25

Bug: R05

Shopping List:

Power Poppy "Love One Another" Digital Stamp Set

The Stamp Doctor "A2 Cad Layers #1" Die Set

Copic Markers

Prismacolor Pencils

Lawn Fawn "Strawberry Polka" Paper

Tombow MONO Adhesive

Come join us at Passionate Paper Creations and Friends facebook group for

lots of inspiration and discounts to our sponsors.  Thank you Power Poppy

for being our sponsor of the week.

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Power Poppy Tulips

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Have you considered taking online Copic Marker coloring classes?  

If you haven't you should give it a try.  I just took a fantastic class by Rhea Weigand

at PassionatePaperCreations.com.  Rhea teamed up with Marcella Hawley from Power Poppy to develop an amazing class using the Tulips digital image.

I learned so much in this class and really enjoyed learning new Copic skills.

Here is my final card using what I learned in this fun class

For all the details for this card jump over and sign up for Rhea's class at PassionatePaperCreations.com

I hope you enjoy the class and the beautiful cards you can make from it in the future.

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Power Poppy Luminous Bouquet

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Power Poppy really has the most fantastic floral images for cards!  I just love 

how Marcella Hawley arranges the flowers into amazing displays.  This image is 

called Luminous Bouquet.  It has such an interesting array of flowers.  

They all have great texture that really work well together.  There are so 

many different colors you can use for this image to make it unique 

and different every time you color it. I pulled the sentiment from another

one of Marcella's stamp sets called Loving Tulips.

Copic Markers Used:

Japanese Peony: RV10, RV11, RV13, RV14, RV17, Y35

Hydrangea: B60, B63, B66, V12

Oxalis Leaves: YG03, YG17, V06, V09

Clematis: V05, V06, V09, Y38, R35, R37, R39

Periwinkle Vine: YG21, YG03, YG17, YG67

Shopping List:

Power Poppy "Luminous Bouquet"

Power Poppy "Loving Tulips"

Momento Ink "Bamboo Leaves"
Tonic Studios "Tim Holtz Stamping Platform"

Tombow MONO Adhesive

Copic Markers

I love when Power Poppy is the sponsor of the week at Passionate Paper Creations and Friends Facebook page.  We always have so many beautiful cards to share.

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Power Poppy Wish You Luck

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My brother in law was just recently married on St. Patricks Day.  

It was a beautiful wedding in Hilton Head South Carolina.  Since both the 

brides side and the grooms side are both Irish and they were getting married

on St. Patricks Day I thought this wonderful image from Power Poppy was 

appropriate for their wedding card.  This image is called Wish You Luck.  

I just love that is a bridal bouquet of shamrocks.  What a creative idea 

for a bridal bouquet.

Copic Markers used:

Flowers and Ribbon: B12, B14, B16, B18

Clover: YG21, YG05, YG06, YG09


Shopping List:

Power Poppy "Wish You Luck"
Creative Basics "Fancy Rectangles Build a Card Die Set"
Creative Basics "Fancy Squares & Little Things Die Set"
Tombo MONO Adhesive
Rhythm n' Blues Cup Sequins
Citrus Cup Sequins
Copic Markers
3D Pop up Squares


Power Poppy is the sponsor of the week at Passionate Paper Creations and Friends Facebook Group.  Join us this week for a wonderful discount and awesome inspiration from the team.

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Faery Ink Shy Rose Fae Fairy

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Today I am sharing another beauty from Faery Ink Designs!

I just love this image, the Fairy is so lovely.  The image name is Shy Rose Fae Fairy.
Her wings and the rose were so fun to color.  I wanted to go with colors
that were bright and cheery.  Bright pink and peachy orange felt like the
perfect colors for the rose and her wings.  I decided to use the sentiment
Lovely Friend from Power Poppy's Loving Tulips stamp set.

Copic Markers Used:

Skin: E50, E51, E21, E11

Hair: E13, E15, E19, E18

Shirt: BG75, BG78
Rose and Wings: YR000, YR00, YR02, RV02, RV04

Shopping list:

Faery Ink "Shy Rose Fae Fairy"
Power Poppy "Loving Tulips"
Fancy Squares and Little Things Dies
Momento Ink "Teal Zeal"
Copic Markers
Tombow MONO Adhesive
3D Foam Squares


I hope you like the image I used from Faery Ink.  To see more wonderful cards using their images please join us at Passionate Paper Creations and Friends Facebook Group.  We hope to see you there.


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Di's Digi Stamps Candle Light Mice

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This week I created a card that I have never tried before.  I made a Double Gate Fold Card.

I started with 2 pieces of white cardstock that were 8 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches.

I used my Scor-Pal and scored both pieces of cardstock at 2 1/8 inches and at 4 1/4 inches.

Adhere the two large 4 1/4 inch sections together and fold on the score lines to get the Double Gate Fold.  See picture below to see what the fold will look like.

Now that I have my Double Gate Fold Card I needed to decorate it.

I started with the adorable image from Di's Digi Stamps called "Candle Light Mice".  I thought these two were just adorable.  I colored the image with my Copic Markers and then cut die cut it with my Double Stitched Circles dies.  Which gave me this adorable round image to use.

I felt like the inside of the card needed a little something extra.  I decided to use my new Nuvo Aqua Flow Watercolor pens to create a watercolor background and my Dancing Snowflake Frame to frame the sentiment from Power Poppy's Peony Muse stamp set "Sending Love and Light Your Way".  I thought the sentiment went so well with this image because they are lighting the candle.

Double Gate Fold image so you can see how the card folds.

Copic Markers used are:

Mice: E31, E33, E35, E57, E79, R81, E51, E53

Holly Leaves: G24, G28, G29

Holly Berries: R24, R29, R59

Candle: E41, E42, E43, E50

Candle Light: YR15, Y00, Y18, Y21

Shopping List:

Di's Digi Stamps "Candle Light Mice"

Power Poppy "Peony Muse"

Merry and Bright 6x6 Paper Pad

Double Stitched Circles Dies

Dancing Snowflake Frame

Copic Markers

Tonic Studios Nuvo Aqua Flow Watercolor pens - Evergreen Fern, Spiced Ginger, Red Apple

Scor-Pal Eighths

Tim Holtz Stamp Platform

Tombow MONO Adhesive

Di's Digi Stamps are the sponsor of the week over at Passionate Paper Creations and Friends Facebook page.  Come join us for some amazing cards.

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Power Poppy Fall Haul

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Today I would love to share with you my card I made using the beautiful digital 

image from Power Poppy called Fall Haul.

I love everything having to do with Fall!  

This image is the perfect representation of fall for me.    

There are so many types of pumpkins and gourds this time of year to give you inspiration.

My favorite activity during the fall is going pumpkin picking with my children and husband. They would love filling this amazing wheelbarrow with pumpkins to put on our front stoop.

Cardstock is from open stock at my local craft store.

Copic Colors used are:

Wheelbarrow: E33, G94, G99

Pumpkins: YR04, YR09, YR12, YR14, YR15, YR23, YR24, YR68, 

Pumpkins Continued: Y38, YG21, YG67, G07, G09, G29, G43, G46, R89 

Gourds: E21, E50, E51, G21, G24, G29, YG21

Grass: YG91, YG93, YG85, YG97, YG99

Berries: R59

Shopping List:

Fall Haul

Fancy Rectangle Build A Card Die Set

Copic Markers

Sizzix Textured Leaves

Entering into Power Poppy's Hues to Use

Power Poppy is the Sponsor of the Week over at Passionate Paper Creations and Friends 

Facebook Group.  They have a great members only discount, so come on over 

and check it out for all the details.

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Power Poppy Gladiolus

I love to color flowers and to be outside in the garden.  If you give me a row of stamps to choose from and one is a flower that is most likely the one I will choose to use.  If it is a nice day out you will most likely find me out in my flower or vegetable garden.

This weeks sponsor at Passionate Paper Creations and Friends is Power Poppy and all of their stamps are right up my coloring alley.  The beautiful images are created by artist Marcella Hawley.  I just love her work and there isn't an image that she has that I would not love for my collection.

Today I chose to color the Gladioli Digital Stamp Set.  I love Gladiolus flowers.  They come in so many colors.  I have them growing in my garden here in Maryland and I can't wait for them to bloom.  The Gladiolus can grow to over 3 feet tall so you should stake them when planting to make sure they have the support needed for their beautiful flowers when they bloom.

The Gladiolus grows from a corm instead of from a bulb.  I was new to corms when I picked up some gladiolus at the store so I did lots of research on the best ways to grow them.  If you live in zone 7 or above you can over winter your corms in the ground with no problem but I live in zone 6 so I have to dig up my corms before the first frost to ensure their survival for the next planting season.  

Corms are replaced every year by the Gladiolus with growth of a new corm. The new corm forms at the shoot base just above the old corm.  As the plants grow and flower, the old corm is used up and shrivels away. The new corm that replaces the old corm grows in size, especially after flowering is done.  Corms can form many small cormlets called cormels, from the bottom of the new growing corms.  The cormels are used to propagate additional Gladiolus.  If you continue to dig up your corms every year you will have continuous Gladiolus because of the small cormlets that eventually grow into large corms.  Soon your garden will be full of beautiful Gladiolus.

OK enough about growing the flowers lets show you some cards made with this beautiful Gladioli Digital Stamp Set by Power Poppy.

For these cards I used my wonderful Creative Basic Dies and embossing folders.  

For the first card I wanted to share some pink Gladiolus.  I used Fancy Rectangles and Layers Die Set and the Picnic Quilt Embossing Folder.  I just love the pattern the embossing folder leaves on your card stock.

Copic Markers I used:

Flowers: RV21, RV23, RV25, RV29

Leaves: YG21, YG03, YG17, YG67, YG99

For the second card I wanted to share some orange Gladiolus.  I also used the sentiment from Power Poppy's Loving Tulips Stamp Set.  I used my Fancy Circles Die Set and the Basic Stitched Flags Die Set.  It is amazing to me how different an image can look when you just change a some of the colors.

Copic Markers I used:

Flowers: YR12, YR16, YR68, R05

Leaves: YG21, YG03, YG17, YG67, YG99

Come join us at Passionate Paper Creations and Friends where you get awesome discounts to sponsors like Power Poppy.  There is one on there now and you can purchase a beautiful image by Marcella Hawley for your collection.