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Poppy Seed Challenge #2

Are you ready???

 

(for my newer friends that are just learning about the Poppy Seed Challenge, visit this blog post for an explanation) I really appreciate you posting the above graphic on you blog post too... but it's by far not a requirement.

I thought that in honor of St. Patrick's Day green needed to be the color of choice!!!

  

You might have spied this over at Nichole's blog a few weeks ago... but I hadn't had a chance to share it here. I used Baby Button Bits and Polka Dot basics II to create this lovely. My craft knife was used to trim out the pod for the buttons to sit in.

I adore the Large Kraft Coffee bags for gifts... so amazingly easy to create with!

So... here is your chance to bloom! Take the three seeds and make sure you use at least one of EACH on your project. One Button, One Light Moss something and cluster of polka dots. (One dot wouldn't really be a polka dot huh! LOL!)  Five (5) projects will be chosen to be highlighted on my blog. The deadline for entering is Thursday March 25th at 11:30 PM PST.(Mr. Linky will close by itself then) Bloomers will be posted no later than March 28th. Please make sure to enter the exact URL to your project. you MAY enter more than one project... just make sure they have separate URLs please.  Feel free to ask any questions by commenting on this post and I will respond in the comments section!

I'm so excited to see what you all create! Thanks for poppying by friends!

  

Poppy Seed Challenge Bloomers!

All I can say is WOW!!! There were so many amazing projects that made my heart leap and it was SUPER HARD to narrow it down to five. (Why did I choose 5 as the number to showcase initially??? I was crazy!)

Without further ado...

  

(make sure to click on the graphic to see more detail!)

What you can learn from these ladies as well as the other entrants- a) Incorporating Yellow in various color combinations... and you will see different styles and amount of use. b) Subtle as well as obvious ways to use Crystals of every size and shape. c) Some cool flower stamps used in really pretty ways! (I discovered a few that I fell in love with and might just have to pick up!)

1. Karen B.

2. Heather

3. Natalie

4. Dawn S.

5. Jackie S

(these numbers are not placement or anything like that... just a reference for the photos in the graphic.)

If you Bloomers will post a comment to this post, making sure to fill in your current email addy in the provided field, I will email you a little Bloomer blog badge!

Isn't Bloomer a perfect name for this! You ladies planted those seeds and your projects just bloomed!!! Let me tell you all out there though... there are several other Bloomers in the entrants that I haven't mentioned... please take the time to visit the entrant blogs/galleries... it's truly a treat!

To those who participated... Thank you from the bottom of my heart! I wasn't sure anyone would join in. LOL!  Look for another Challenge later this month!!! (sometime after the 15th)

Thanks again my friends and thanks for poppying by!

  

 

Poppy Seed Challenge

I've been wanting to start this challenge for some time now... But life has kept me on my toes. Since my 4 year Blog anniversary is this week I thought I would try it out ... to see if you all are interested in playing along. So let's test the waters! :)

Introducing...

          

My hope with these occasional challenges is to provide little seeds of inspiration for you!

• There will be very little structure... just 3 "seeds" to start with. The seeds I'm talking about are simply elements in three different categories. Color, embellishment and an image element. There will usually be just one of each of these seeds that will be required to participate. (So I would ever required you to used 20 gems or something like that! LOL!)
• I will have a Mr. Linky in the challenge post for you to enter. You will need to make sure that you enter the URL that is specific to your post/gallery page so I can tell which project you are entering.
•  Anything goes... card, pages, altered, tags... whatever comes!
• It would be great if you could copy the challenge image into your blog post, if you have a blog, to inspire others to participate. Everyone learns more when more participate!
• I will try to post challenges at least twice a month and you will have a week to enter! This is such a great way to sprout inspiration when you need it. 
• Five (5) entrants will be highlighted on my blog, showing your great projects and linking back to your blog/gallery.

Here is the official, first ever, Poppy Seed Challenge ....

      

For the first week I chose these three seeds... Crystals (which could be a Rhinestone too or even a gem brad!), a flower image and the use of light yellow.  Here is a little, quick card using these elements.

  

As you can see, the Light Yellow I used does not take main stage! See... it just needs to be there! (btw... you just might spy this little card in an ad soon! Let me know if you do!)

So... whatcha waiting for??? I can't wait to see what you make!!!

You can enter as many projects as you like... just make sure you provide your specific URL where we can see it on the web!

Are you excited??? I sure am! Feel free to ask any questions about this by commenting on this post. I will answer them directly within the comment section. :)

Thanks for poppying by friends!

 

 

• Stamps- Life, Communiques Sentiments, Vintage labels 
• Ink- True Black
• Paper- New Leaf, White, Lemon Tart
• Other- Marvy Clear Stamp Markers, Zva Creative Crystals