Hi there! I have a super fun, colorful post for you to start your week… the Ellen Hutson Design Ambassadors are hopping with the Power Poppy ladies! You should have arrived here from Kathy Jones’s blog. I am so excited to see Power Poppy at Ellen Hutson. I had the pleasure of meeting Marcy, the owner and ridiculously talented artist behind the Power Poppy designs, at a Daily Marker Road Trip event a few years ago, and so I was extra thrilled when I found out that Ellen would be carrying her gorgeous stamps and dies! Power Poppy designs are inspired by nature, and if you follow @powerpoppy on Instagram, you’ll soon see where Marcella Hawley (artiste extraordinaire) gets lots of her inspiration… from her own stunning garden!
As someone who can kill even the heartiest of green things, I am so happy to be able to cultivate my own “garden” in stamp form using Marcy’s gorgeous stamps. I have two projects to share with you today, one with brand spanking new Power Poppy products, one with some older-but-still-stunning products from Power Poppy, so let’s get started with the details!
My first project uses the new Big Sexy Blooms stamp set, and I have to say… I am absolutely in love with this gorgeous stamp set. Don’t you think that daisies are the friendliest flowers? (If you didn’t hear that in Meg Ryan’s head cold voice from You’ve Got Mail, then you clearly need to go watch that movie ASAP.) I love color (obviously), and so it was imperative to saturate these happy, gigantic blooms with bright and bold color. I began by stamping the Big Sexy Blooms on some hot press watercolor cardstock (nice and smooth) using Versafine Black Onyx ink, then adding some White Satin Pearl embossing powder over the top to create a pretty metallic charcoal. Love this combo… it’s dramatic and elegant at the same time.
After I’d embossed my background, I used the Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers (Tropical and Winter Wonderland) to add some vibrant watercoloring to these huge blooms. I kept the color scheme fairly minimal, keeping to the pink/purple end of the spectrum, accenting with black and gray. The key to getting these super vibrant and saturated colors is layers. I used at least 3 or 4 layers of color on each bloom to ensure vivid color. After I’d watercolored the blooms themselves, I used the black watercolor brush marker to fill in the small areas in the background to ensure that those blooms really popped.
After the watercoloring was complete, I heat embossed one of the sentiments from Strong and Beautiful on some black card stock using white embossing powder, then cut each individual line using my trimmer so that I could stack them. I adhered the sentiment strips using foam adhesive for added dimension.
For my second project today, I wanted to showcase one of Power Poppy’s absolutely stunning older sets. I adore any and all peony stamps (a girl can never have too many peony stamps, in my opinion), and the Abundant Petals stamp set has not only a giant, gorgeous peony, but it also contains a wide variety of other flowers and foliage so that you can build bouquets to your heart’s content! In keeping with my bold and saturated colors from the previous project, I thought I’d do a vibrant fiesta color scheme in shocking pink and bright tangerine.
I began by stamping the blooms from Abundant Petals on some white Copic-friendly card stock, and I wanted something a little different than just plain black, so I used some Smokey Grey Versafine ink. I then used my Copic markers to color these vibrant blooms and die cut them with their coordinating dies.
I arranged all of the blooms in a pretty bouquet on my white A2 card front, then adhered them with dimensional adhesive, finally adding a sentiment from Strong and Beautiful white embossed on a Slate Gray card stock strip. Some Watermelon jewels finished it off with a touch of sparkle!
Now for some fun giveaway information:
We’ve got fun prizes!!! We are giving away $25 to the Ellen Hutson shop and $25 to the Power Poppy shop! To enter for a chance to win, make sure to leave comments at each stop along the hop! Two random & lucky commenters will win! Comment before Sunday, July 7th at 11:59pm PST. Winners will be notified by email.
Your next stop on the hop is Stacey Morgan. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous week!
Oh my!! Stunning!!! I just can’t take my eyes off your cards! Gorgeous coloring in vibrant colors! <3 <3 <3
I wasn’t familiar with Power Poppy until I saw your post, but I’m already a big fan. These stamps (and your wonderful coloring) are gorgeous.
Awesome new stamp sets! I love both cards, but especially the brilliant daisies!
Oh WOW, so STUNNING!! Just LOVING this new release!!
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What a stunning card! Love it!
Wow, what a strong colors.
gorgeous coloring – so eye popping
I love both of these gorgeous cards! Power Poppy always has wonderful stamps and I love how you colored these. So stunning!
Great colors and wonderful sentiment! Love Power Poppy!
So beautiful. Loving it 💕
Both cards are gorgeous and the coloring is over the moon! Love them both! 🙂
WOW, the colors are so vibrant. Nice job shading.
I have never heard of Power Poppy until this hop. Your cards are absolutely beautiful; love the bright colors you used.
Wow! These are colored so vividly…what beautiful cards!
Wow! Your colouring is just amazing! So happy that Power Poppy is now available at Ellen Hutson!
Gorgeous colors on these beautiful flowers! Beautiful cards!
Stunning! I love the bold yet dark coloring of the first card!!! Great contrast!
Your cards are beautiful!
Your dramatic coloring is stunning! What fantastic products to show off on your two cards today too! thanks!
Both cards are beautiful! I love the embossing and bold colors you’ve used! I have thought about getting the peonies stamp and your card is out-of-this-world!
Gorgeous cards Emily.
Love all the colours!
Between Marcy’s designs and your coloring it’s like art upon art! So beautiful and I love that you used such strong colors on the first card to complement the sentiment. Thanks for sharing the layering tip,too!
Great and amazing cards!
Beautiful, Emily! I love the gorgeous vibrant colors you chose!
I love blog hops because they inspire me to create–thank you.
Both cards are so vibrant and dramatic. Great design and the black background does make the flowers pop on the first card. That pink peony makes a statement all on it’s own. Lovely!!
Wow, stunning cards with those vibrant cards.
Wow! Emily, your cards are gorgeous! Thank you for sharing!
Looks like I’m not the only one who loves pinks and purples. Gorgeous cards, especially the first one.
These stamp sets are fantastic! I love the strong and beautiful sentiment. This is on my to-buy list now!
Stunning cards! I especially like the colors in the first card.
Brilliant cards!!
Such vibrant beautiful colors and designs
Thanks for sharing two cards, Emily…the vibrant colors of each design is so lovely to see. tfs
These blooms are gorgeous! I’ve been coloring more muted hues lately and I want to rush home right now and pull out my brightest inks and color some flowers!!
Wow! Love these florals and how you colored them.
Such strong colors for these florals! Awesome!
Oh my gosh, your flowers on both cards are JUST. SO. GORGEOUS! You inspire me so much, I love seeing your amazing coloring skills!
Two very different coloring techniques. Can’t pick a favorite
Gorgeous cards Emily. I love your colour choices.
Thank you so much for sharing.
T x
Wow what beautiful Flowers. Amazing expressive Coloration .
WOW!! love the dramatic and rich coloring on both your cards, those flowers really pop off the page.
XO
Your use of color is so amazing Emily. I am going to try more layers to achieve more saturation. I love both cards.
Wow! Gorgeous cards! Love the colors!
I love your bright and cheery cards!
Gorgeous cards!
Pretty Pretty cards!
Fabulous cards, great images and colours.
Fabulous colors!
I love these cards! I also love these stamps–the flowers are so detailed and your coloring really brings out the beauty of these flowers. Thanks for sharing!
Love your bright coloring that just bring these images to life.
I have recently “discovered” Power Poppy…I’m truly in love with all beautiful talent that is shared. I wish I could illustrate as Marcella but the next best thing – I can color! Your coloring is STUNNING
Stunning cards Emily, I love the bold and bright colours and off course the awesome Power Poppy stamps! Thank you so much for sharing your stunning inspiration.
WOW gorgeous, bright, vibrant coloured cards. Thanks for sharing them on this blog hop.
Gorgeous cards, so cheerful! I love the vibrant colors
Your cards are stunning, fun and bright!
I love these beautiful flowers! Wonderful cards!
Fabulous cards and colors.
These are so beautiful! 🙂
Beautiful, colorful cards. I like the embossing on the first one.
What stunning cards! Real showstoppers!
Wow, beautiful cards, so vibrant.
Love the big colorful daisies!
Gorgeous cards!! Love these florals.
wow, amazing colours!