What Flower Are You?

Over at Power Poppy Stamps, one of the challenges this month is What Flower Are You? And that was easy for me. While I love the smell of carnations, the look of hydrangeas and the Old World Rose I've got growing in the flower bed, I'd have to say I'm more of a lilac. I love lilacs, I was in a play in college where I sang about lilacs (and drew the poster design with lilacs), my mom had lilacs all over our yard, and I'm an April baby, so spring (when lilacs are in bloom) is kind of special to me.

I love the florals at Power Poppy and this is one of my favorites. I used some blues (colored pencils, watercolor markers and then glitter markers) for this one, even though the lilacs at my moms are purple because I like blue!

You can see a tiny bit of the sparkle on the top flowers in this pic, but irl, it's got lots of glitter.

The beautiful papers are Carta Bella Flower Market. I enjoyed coloring this image...and kept adding to it to get more color variation. If you want to join in the challenges this month (there's a new one each week), head to Power Poppy's blog.

Happy Saturday!

Chark

Power Poppy School Challenge

I love the digis over at Power Poppy and when I have a chance, I sit down and color some up. They have a new challenge each week and you can link up all month, and I was super inspired by the Back 2 School challenge. You have to raid the kids' stash and use school supplies—isn't that fun?

Here's my card, using the Power Poppy Lilac stamp. My mom had lilacs while I was growing up and I loved their strong scent and lovely purple flowers made of mini blossoms. Today I colored mine blue with my fabulous Tombow Dual Brush markers, but I can almost smell them anyway!

For my three school supplies, I used a staple for the patterned paper flags, a manila file folder that has been embossed with wood grain and a tab that says August that I sacrificed from my calendar. 

I'm not sure how many people still use file folders, but planners are definitely important to keeping the school year straight! And I sneaked in an extra supply if you count the regular copy paper I printed my digi stamp on. I don't often use fancy paper unless I'm planning some major mixed media.

Thanks for the inspiration, Power Poppy! Join in the challenge for a chance to win here.

Happy Wednesday!
Chark