Bee Kind Toile & Always Here

Another round of Power Poppy beautiful today!  I know I’m getting to sound like a broken record, but we’re only half-way through!  I have two more cards to show you with two amazing sets. 

We’ll start with the amazing set Always Here.  This is a previously released digital image - Heart Abloom, now available in polymer, with some beautiful sentiments included.  I love the variety of flowers and fruit included, and how each of the elements sing spring!  

I really had an awesome time colouring this one.  I wanted each of the flowers to have their own palette, and yet have everything tie together cohesively.  So, you’ll see how bits of colour carry over between the colour of the flowers.  After I had coloured the heart, I trimmed it out with a tiny border and set it aside because I wanted to create a funky background.  

I might have mentioned before that I’m not an “early adopter” of anything, so I know Distress Oxide inks have been around a while aready, but this was my first time using them to create a background.  This is Distress Oxide Evergreen Bough.  I sponged it onto the background in layers working on creating a Ombre feel.  So, more ink on top and less layers on the bottom.  I spritzed the cardstock to let the oxidation happen and then used my heat gun to dry between layers.  I really like the dreamy effect it has.  

After I layered the main image over the background I spritzed the whole thing with a shimmery spray.  You might be able to see a bit of it on this photo above.  It sure looks pretty in person!  

For accents I added some shimmery ribbon, twine and clear sequins.  

On the inside I added another thin strip of the background I worked on and a sweet little sentiment and snail from the set.  So cute!  

Now we’ll move onto what I think is the most unique set Marcy has in the collection this month!  

It’s Bee Kind Toile!  This amazing LARGE set has so many elements included to help you create your own toile designs, frames and focal elements, and showcasing BEES! It is so precious!  Since I have two friends who have bee hives, I know where some of these cards will go...

  

There’s something about toile that speaks French Country to me, so I tried to create that sort of elegant simplicity in the design.  I have a pretty frame made from parts of the set which I trimmed out carefully to frame the amazing bee skep!  I gave some grayscale colour to the design, with pops of yellow.  This card would perfectly for our B&Wwith a Splash of Colour Challenge going on right now, where you can win a $50 gift card to the store!  (perfect timing don’t you think?)

The set has a beautiful honeycomb stamp, which I can’t wait to use, but because I also had a honeycomb stencil, I decided to use it with some embossing paste to give it some rustic dimension.  After it was dry, I sponged some warm yellow ink and made it my background.  A lovely Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles die cut in black becomes the card base. 

A wee yellow gingham bow finishes off the design.  So sweet!  I am going to love creating unique designs with this set!

Have you seen Marcy’s amazing Giveaway News?  

The whole gang is bringing you design inspiration with these two sets today, be sure to visit!

Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Julie Koerber
Kathy Jones
Katie Sims
Stacy Morgan
Tosha Leyendekker
and Marcy at the Power Poppy Blog