The Power of the Poppy

I was perusing YouTube the other day and watched a wonderful coloring tutorial 

by Jess C of a gorgeous sunflower image from Power Poppy.

I had never heard of Power Poppy before, so of course I popped over

and was blown away by Marcella Hawley's gorgeous artwork.

I recognized her art immediately as one of my favorite Hallmark card

artists. My Grandma always gave me Hallmark cards by Marcella, so I knew

who she was at first sight. I was so excited to think she was now sharing her

incredible botanical artwork with crafters through her rubber stamps and digis.

I picked out two of my favorite images to buy, but I will be collecting them all

as my budget allows. I opted for the digital versions as I like the instant

gratification of receiving them ASAP, and the ability to resize and manipulate as needed. 

After being inspired by Jessie's tutorial, I colored the sunflower image first.

I love how it can be colored any color, not just yellow. I chose to go with

the RV color family like Jess. I used RV69, 19, 09, 06, 04, and some RV02.

I even threw in some C grays for shading, but probably won't do that next time.    

The C's gave the petals a bit of a purple hue, but I felt it wasn't

really needed by the end of my coloring. I have to admit that this image

was a dream to color up. Plenty of detail, but not so much that it took hours

to color everything. I also added some background shading using a dot technique

to give some contrast against the white background.    

Since the flower really is the star of the show, I just matted it up on some

SU Razzleberry and some black card stock, and then popped it on a white card.

I am really into the whole sequin thing right now, but this is the first time I actually

used them on a card. I like how this one turned out. CAS, but yet quite striking. 

I'm going to enter this in the Power Poppy Power and Spark challenge of May Flowers.

I plan to color up the Foxglove image next. It's got Marcella's fabulous little bees in it.

Such a beautiful image. Lots more details and flowers to color on that, one so it may

take me a while to get that one done.

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Lawnscaping - Sparkle it Up

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge - Spring