Hi! It's Kathryn here and for 36 weeks some of my dear stamping friends and I have been bringing you an alphabetical journey through the Stampin' Up! colours. This week I would like to share with you the brilliant, bright red, Poppy Parade.

I have chosen to use the Stampin' Blends to colour some of our lovely Designer Series Paper which is a black and white design and is perfect for colouring.

This patterned paper pack is called True Love Designer Series Paper, and it's in our January to June mini catalogue. There are 12 sheets, 12"x 12", beautiful florals on one side and versatile patterns on the reverse.

I chose the Poppy Parade Blends Duo, Old Olive Blends Duo, Dark Daffodil Delight and Light Cherry Cobbler Blends to colour the rose images.

If you have never used Alcohol markers before and have been a bit intimidated by the massive range of colours on the market, the Stampin' Blends are the perfect place to start, to learn how to blend and to have perfectly coordinating dark and light shades, that also match with your Stampin' Up! inks and cardstock.

I have teamed my coloured panel with a Poppy Parade base card and Basic Black card for mats.

The sentiment is from Pretty Parasol stamp set and is stamped in Memento Black ink on Basic White card.  I attached an extra strip of the paper to a Poppy Parade mat and added it to the white layer inside the card.

I am always hesitant to use Poppy Parade because it is such a bright colour . . . but in real life, this card looks amazing! I love how well the Blends have worked on the DSP. I was going to post this card to someone straight away, but I might need to leave it on my bedside table for a few days! LOL

I know my dear stamping friends have been using Poppy Parade this week too, so if you would like to see some more clever creations using this fabulous bold colour, I invite you to pop over to Cathy's blog where she has a list of links to each of the talented stampers and you can check out what they have done with Poppy Parade.

See you again soon!

Kathryn Ruddick

Product List

Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock [121694] $15.25	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154958] $15.50	Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154880] $15.50
Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892] $15.50	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $15.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
True Love Designer Series Paper [154281] $20.00	Pretty Parasol Photopolymer Stamp Set [152663] $28.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25