Inspire Me Monday: Celebrating Cheryl

 

Hello friends! Lisa here hosting another edition of Inspire Me Monday and this week we have a very special theme. Last week the Power Poppy family lost a kind, beautiful soul when Bloomie Cheryl Scrivens was called to her Heavenly Home. Cheryl was known for her sweet comments, the wonderful encouragement she gave to so many and for her deep faith. What better way to honor such a fabulous soul than with an Inspire Me Monday that CASE's Cheryl's Power Poppy creations.

CASE Cheryl

Cheryl created so many wonderful projects that I had a hard time narrowing it down to one. Because we have leaves changing and fall is in the air here in southcentral Alaska I decided to CASE her card that features the digital set Painting Pumpkins.

Cheryl's Painting Pumpkins Card

When CASE'ing this card I used the general layout but switched from a square card to an A2 size. When choosing my patterned paper I wanted to use contrasting designs like Cheryl did and I tied them together with a brown strip of cardstock across the middle.  I love how she created her own designs on the pumpkins with a sentiment and hand drawn "doodling" (as she called it) but I decided to leave mine plain.

Here are some more of  Cheryl's creations:

For this Inspire Me Monday we would love to see your cards that have been inspired by Cheryl. Please feel free to share your links in the comment section, and if you'd like to share your memories of Cheryl we would love that also.

Creative Confetti: Birthday Wishes!

 

Hello friends! It's Tuesday and that means it's time for a brand new Creative Confetti challenge! Can you believe we're easing into the middle of October already? I love October for a few reasons but my favorite reason is that it's my birthday month! My birthday was Oct.11 and my husband and I headed to one of my favorite places in Alaska - Seward. It's a wonderful little town and I love escaping to there every year.

So what does this have to do with Creative Confetti you ask? Well, let's get a birthday card made this week! I always seem low on birthday cards in my stash so now is the perfect time to get one or two added to the pile.

HOW TO PLAY: Create a birthday card, it's that easy!

On to my creation....

Since I have a fall birthday, I decided to use an autumn-themed image on my card. I went with a pumpkin filled with flowers, an image found in the Season's Seatings digital set, which you can find HERE.

I brought my copics and image with me on our trip so I could color at the end of the evening. Thankfully, I usually print out 2-3 copies of the same image so I can have several on hand and that turned out to be a good thing. The dreaded marker blob happened as I was getting to the end of my coloring on the first image I started. Needless to say, my husband heard me utter some colorful words and then I grabbed the backup image I had brought with me.

Does the layout look familiar? I used the layout from Julie's Creative Confetti Sketch on Sept.29th, which you can still play along with! 

I was going to put my sentiment on the front but after hemming and hawing about it for a while I finally decided to leave a sentiment off the front and I added it to the inside of the card instead. The birthday sentiments I used can be found in the clear set Party Time. This set is retiring but you can currently still grab one HERE at a discounted price!

Want to join me this week? Simply create, post and then link up using the linky below! As we always say, if you get those fingers inky and play along, each and every link is an opportunity to win a $25 gift code to the Power Poppy Shop! 

Thanks for stopping by!

~Lisa

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Digis on the 5s: Season's Seatings

Hey hey, it’s Tuesday — and in place of Creative Confetti, today we have a new digital download to share. I’m reviving my schedule of releasing remixed illustrations on the 5th and 25th of the month:  “Digis on the 5s”. Look for familiar illustrations with new sentiments on these release days. On the 15th of each month, you’ll find a brand new digital download offering direct from my drawing board.

Today’s digital stamp release features a favorite illustration inspired by fall in the garden, updated to be even more versatile:

Season’s Seatings shares the rustic chair with a pumpkin bouquet from our So Grateful clear set — PLUS a second image of the pumpkin with dahlias and daisies in a larger format, ready to be the star of your card.

Season’s Seatings may satisfy your pumpkin spice cravings — coloring this image in shades of nutmeg, cinnamon, clove, and ginger, with plucky green accents! We have two stylish sentiments you may find yourself using again and again. Wouldn’t you love to see what the Instant Gardener designers did with this new digital set?

Barbara Walker

Cheryl Scrivens

Rhea Weigand

I am now officially in the mood for FALL! Thank you for joining us today.