We're dreaming of a Pink Christmas!

Hello all, and welcome to a whole new month of excitement here on the Power Poppy blog. With the arrival of November comes a whole new Power & Spark challenge, new digital stamps (Get ready — one is coming at you on Saturday) among so many other fun things to share! Also, stay tuned because if you played along with us for the Power & Spark challenge for October, you might be this month's winner of a free stamp set -- WOO HOO! 

If you are looking for design power to ignite that creative spark, check it out peeps!

HOW TO PLAY: This month, we’re not dreaming of a white Christmas, we are positively pink! Tosha Leyendekker is our hostess with the mostess and here’s what she has to say about this little challenge she’s ushering in for all of us:

“I love vintage, so I often think of white and pink for Christmas décor. I thought it would be fun to feature pink on a Christmas Card. So, for this month’s challenge, let’s THINK PINK and make it a Pink Christmas.”

THE OFFICIAL RULES:

• Use Power Poppy stamps for this challenge if you have them. If not, it’s a great chance for you to WIN some! 
• Link your creation below using our Linky (please use the exact URL from your post instead of a generic blog address.)
• Please mention Power Poppy in YOUR blog or gallery post with a link back to THIS challenge
• The winner will receive a free clear or digital stamp set of choice from the Power Poppy Shop
• Enter as many cards as you’d like, as long as they fit the theme of the challenge! 
• Deadline to enter is November 30 @ 8:00pm EST. At that point, we’ll draw the winner randomly and make the announcement right here on the first Friday of December!

And for that bit of inspiration to get you on your crafty way, check out how Tosh put her challenge in play! Just look at all that sparkle, will you? And those die cut accents that make her whole card grab your attention! I personally love how she took a very traditional image from the Holly Golightly stamp set, turned it on its head colorwise and fashioned this striking display for the holidays! You can visit Tosha's blog (see link below) to read up on how she created this wonder!

Did you play along with us this past month for October’s Make It Move Challenge with Ally Cope? The entries were INCREDIBLE. Such creativity across the board! Well, cross your fingers now because Random.org threw all the entries into a big virtual hat and this is the number it pulled....

Which means the winner is.......

* LOUISE from JemLou Productions! *

This card is fun on so many levels. For starters, Louise created a wreath using greenery from Power Poppy’s digi stamp, Glittering Glass Santa (how clever!) and a vignette from the clear stamp Bottlebrush Holiday as the base for her shaker card. The second fun fact was that she was inspired by our friend Kathy Racoosin's Inspire Me Monday post HERE to create the card this way. Well, we are super fans of Kathy, so that's a cool little tidbit. And third, just check out Louise’s coloring and design!

Thanks, Louise for playing along! To claim your prize, all you need to do is shoot us an email at bloom@powerpoppy.com and let us know what clear or digital stamp set you would like us to send your way!

Now it is time to turn things over to our colorful cast of creative characters also known as the Bloom Brigade so they can show you some of the crafty fun they’ve been stirring up this week!

Ally Cope

Christine Okken

Cindy Lawrence

Katie Sims

Stacy Morgan

Tosha Leyendekker

Thanks for stopping by and seeing what we were up to today. Like I mentioned at the beginning of this post, be sure to check back here tomorrow for another addition to our Power Poppy Instant Garden! This set is cute, quirky with just the right dash of whimsy to share a little of the holiday spirit with others! PLUS, coming up Monday, another edition of Inspire Me Monday to kick off your creative week with the talented Colorista Jessie Banks! Hope to see you all back here soon!

~Julie

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