BLESSINGS | CATHERINE POOLER DESIGNS

Hello my dear lovely crafters! How are you doing? :) Today's card is a bit 'one layer card'. The reason behind this card was - we often neglect small stamps from the set and we don't often use them on our cards. So I decided to give them some love by seasoning them on this 'Fall Themed Card' ;)

Products from Catherine Pooler Designs

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• Autumn Blessings Stamp Set
• Rockin Red Ink Pad
• Tiki Torch Ink Pad
• Grass Skirt Ink Pad

CARD DETAILS

I started by stamping all the tiny images from Autumn Blessings Stamp Set on a white card stock with Memento Black Ink and colored them with Sizzix Permanent Pens. I used two shades of color for each image and I feel it's more comfortable to use two shades rather than using many shades of markers at a time!

Then I stamped the Pumpkin in Tiki Torch followed by Rockin Red. The technique I used was Rock n  Roll or Tone on Tone or Ombre Stamping Technique. I didn't get the result properly but I liked it! These pumpkins are looking very artsy and they added more interest to the over all card design. :)

I also stamped the bold sentiment from the same set with Versafine Sepia Ink. I fussy cut all the images with scissors and adhered over the card panel as shown above. I wanted the sentiment in the center and the tiny images surrounding it.

Lastly I finished the card by stamping tiny images with Grass Skirt and Versafine Sepia. This card is screaming 'fall', right!

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COUNTING BLESSINGS | CATHERINE POOLER DESIGNS

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Stencil - Marching Leaves Stencil

Stamps - Bloomin' Bouquet and Autumn Blessings stamp sets

Ink - All that Jazz, Tiara and Midnight inks

Stencil - Marching Leaves stencil

Stamps - Bloomin' Bouquet and Autumn Blessings Stamp set. 

Inks - Pixie Dust, Bellini and Midnight Inks

Stencil - Marching Leaves

Stamps - Bloomin' Bouquet and Autumn Blessings

Ink - Melon Ice, It's a girl and Midnight Inks

HOW I MADE THESE CARDS

• I placed Marching Leaves stencil over the white card panel which is smaller than the main card base and applied Pixie Dust, Melon Ice and All that Jazz inks through the stencil with the help of ink blending foams.
• On some white card stock, I stamped one of the solid flowers from Bloomin' Bouquet in Bellini, It's a girl and Tiara inks.
• Also on another white card stock I stamped the bold sentiments from Autumn Blessings in Midnight Inks.
• I fussy cut all the flowers and sentiments with a pair of scissors.
• Then assembled and adhered all the elements with glue and foam tape.
• Finally I embellished the cards with sequins and black dots.

That's all for today. I will be back tomorrow with few more cards from Counting Blessings Collection. Thank you for visiting :)

BOLD ONE LAYER CARD | CATHERINE POOLER DESIGNS

This color combo is very new to me and I think I didn't use these colors on my card before, I guess so!! This card was inspired by one of the cards I made a while ago. You can check that card HERE. All the products I used to make this are from Catherine Pooler Designs Stamp of Approval Naturally Inspired Collection. 

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CARD PROJECT DETAILS

I started by inking up and stamping the solid feather stamp from Birds of a Feather Stamp Set  with Tiki Torch, All That Jazz and Tutti Frutti inks by Catherine Pooler Designs.

These are such gorgeous colors and I think these would be great for both boys and girls. 

Then I inked up the bold BEST sentiment from Simply the Best stamp set in Midnignt ink and stamped over the previously stamped image followed by the Friend stamp. I love that crisp, clear and clean impression which always comes with Catherine Pooler inks when stamped!

I also added splashes of black paint to enhance the beauty of the design. I hope you like it and I also made a video for you, enjoy! :D

Be the Best version of you | Catherine Pooler Designs

Hello everyone! Today I have two cards to share with you all. Here is the first one! I used Bloomin' Boutique Stamp Set from latest SOA Counting Blessings Collection and Midnight Ink on my card. These Stamp of Approval/ SOA boxes sell out quickly but do not worry these items will be for sale in the Catherine Pooler shop on an individual basis in a few months The shop turned one so today is the last day to earn double points on your order! Click here to check out the shop.

I started by stamping and masking the flowers in Antique Linen Distress Ink and pencil colored the images with Faber-Castell color pencils. It took me four hours to complete the whole coloring process, if possible I will make a video and share it with you :)

While coloring the images, I slightly changed the shape of the flower and I think it still looks pretty cool! I also added shading to the solid images i.e., leaves! :)

Once the coloring process was done, I added tiny droplets of black and white paint to enhance the beauty of the design.

I forgot to mention, before stamping the flowers, I die-cut a water colored panel (canson montval 300gsm) with scalloped edged die from Tags,etc.dies by Catherine Pooler Designs.

Finally I adhered the die-cut panel over the brown card stock and adhered the brown card stock over the white card base. And finished the card by stamping the beautiful sentiment from Bloomin' Boutique. 

Here comes the second one! For this I used - Everyday Mod Stamp Set, It's a Boy Ink, Midnight Ink, Fiesta Blue Ink, CP's Card Stock and Leaf Motifs stamp set (counting blessings) collection.

I started by stamping the diamond background stamp in It's a boy ink and filled the few other diamond areas with CP's midnight ink. Then I took another small panel and ink blended the portion with Fiesta Blue Ink and added tiny droplets of water for some water color look.

I stamped the leaf from Leaf Motifs in Midnight Ink, fussy cut it and adhered over the small panel. Then stamped the sentiment from Everyday Mod Stamp Set. Finally adhered the smaller panel over the main card base and finished it with a few clear sequins :) 

I hope you like these cards, thanks for visiting! :)

Overlap Stamping | Catherine Pooler Designs

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I am here with a card made using one of my favourite techniques - Overlap Stamping Technique. You can check my previous posts with this stamping technique HERE and HERE. This is such a fun, easy and stress free technique. There is no need to mask your images at all, you can just go with the flow and the good thing about this technique is when two colors overlap eachother they automatically creates another beautiful color.

I used Amazing Floral  and For Everything stamp sets from the Foundations Box

and the inks I used- Tiara, Tiki Torch, Rockin' Red, Flirty Fuchsia, Party Dress, Mid Night, Lime Rickey and Grass Skirt. All from Catherine Pooler Designs.

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• Full Ink Collection Complete Bundle HERE
• Party Collection: Spring Fling Bundle
• Party Collection : Life of The Party Bundle

I have a video for you showing how you can achieve this overlap stamped look on your cards. But I used other products from Catherine Pooler Designs in my video. :)

I used Yay Stripes and Butterfly Notes stamp sets from Catherine Pooler Designs in the above video. This Butterfly Notes is a part of Stamp Of Approval Lovely Notes Collection. 

SOA | Counting Blessings Collection | Overlap Stamping

I love a few stamping techniques a lot! To name a few - Masking, Overlap Stamping, Ombre Stamping and etc. For this card I used Overlap Stamping Technique which you can learn about it HERE.

For this card I used the floral and leaf images from Bloomin' Bouquet and the sentiment from Leaf Motifs from the brand new Stamp of Approval Counting Blessings Collection. 

Please head on over to Catherine Pooler’s website (the founder of Stamp of Approval) to sign up on the Waiting List, this is the best way to make sure you get YOUR Stamp of Approval box. Wait List members will be notified first through email when the box goes up for sale one hour before the collection is released to the general public! So make sure you sign up for the Waiting List so that you don’t miss out on your Stamp of Approval box!

Join StampNation, there will be a special live pre-release PJ party on Tuesday night, August 15th at 10 pm ET for StampNation members. Ordering for the new collection will open up for all StampNation members during the live party!

I started by inking up the solid flower from Bloomin' Bouquet in Something Borrowed Ink and stamped and overlapped the image at the bottom of the card front. Then I inked up the leafy image from the same stamp set in Rockin' Red Ink and stamped over the floral image. Finally stamped the sentiment from Leaf Motifs Stamp Set in Midnight Ink and added splatters of black paint to complete the design.

Thank you so much for stopping by. See you soon :) Be sure to head over to catherienpooler.com to know more details about the collection, the blog hops and the prizes. :)

What do you do when you are bored?

What do you do when you are bored? Well.. I love making pretty simple things when I am bored like be it a simple stamped pattern, be it a simple doodle or just anything simple! I really enjoy myself being simple. 

Last few days was really gloomy and I really don't have any energy or mojo to do anything creative. We were in grief and was very sad because of the demise of my dad. It's been a year already and I still feel that the incident happened yesterday. I badly badly miss him. Things were alright when he was here :(

Going to cemetery, visiting my dad's grave and his first memorial service all pushed me into great grief and that grief lead me to a kind of depression and that depression lead me to boredom and lack of energy. I do not know how to explain but those who faced and went through all this will definitely understand my situation.

To kill that boredom and get back to my daily routine, I started making cards with simple designs! And also I doodled a little, I will show you the full project in the next post. 

I used the products from Catherine Pooler Desings - Stamp of Approval - The Perfect Reason Collection.

I started by stamping the pattern on white card stocks in Sweet Sixteen and Pixie Dust Inks and Tiara and Tiki Torch Inks. For creating the pattern I used Circle and Floral stamps from The Perfect Reason Stamp Set and sentiment is from You Did It stamp set.

I stapled the sentiment strips for some interest and embellished the cards with sequins. I hope you like the cards, please do not hesitate to do simple things once in a while or when you are bored like me. Making simple things is the best medicine for depression. Keep doing! Good Luck <3

Overlap Stamping Technique | Catherine Pooler Designs

Hello everyone! Today I have a very simple, fun and easy stamping technique called Overlap Stamping. Overlap Stamping Technique is nothing but layering of images. This is such a fun and easy technique, you don't need to mask your images at all. You can simply go with the flow! The good thing about this technique is when the colors overlap each other they automatically create another beautiful color. Such a wonderful and stress free technique :)

For my today's project, I used Yay Stripes and Butterfly Notes stamp sets from Catherine Pooler Designs. This Butterfly Notes is a part of Stamp Of Approval Lovely Notes Collection. If you know me, I like using bright and happy colors on my projects but this time I went with pastel shades.

The inks I used - It's a Girl, Sweet Sixteen, Bellini, Melon Ice, Mint To Be and Midnight Inks. All these gorgeous and lovely inks are from Catherine Pooler Designs.

I started by stamping the butterfly on a smaller panel with the inks mentioned above in a random and overlapped manner. I cleaned my stamp with a cloth in each intervals.

I love how the images overlap and creates another beautiful color. Once the stamping part was done I went ahead and added splatters of black paint with a thin paint brush. I love doing this and I strongly believe that these splatters add so much interest to the card!

Onto the main card panel I stamped the striped line from Yay Stripes stamp set in Midnight Ink. Finally I added the smaller panel over the main card base with foam tape. :)

I've also filmed a video for you where I've shared everything in detail. I hope you like it! Thank you so much for visiting. See you soon :)

The Perfect Reason Stamp of Approval Blog Hop Day 2

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Day 2 of Stamp of Approval  The Perfect Reason Blog Hop. (Click here for Day 1). If you have arrived here from Kristie's blog then you are right on track and your next stop would be Amy Kolling.

A little about Stamp of Approval or SOA:  Stamp of Approval is a hand picked, exclusive collection of products that were designed just for the box that releases quarterly. This box is full of stamping goodness and they sell out really quickly. So be sure to subscribe to the Wait List so you will be emailed when the collection goes on sale on February 8th.

Please head on over to Catherine Pooler’s website (the founder of Stamp of Approval) to sign up on the Waiting List, this is the best way to make sure you get YOUR Stamp of Approval box. Wait List members will be notified first through email when the box goes up for sale before the collection is released to the general public! So make sure you sign up for the Waiting List so that you don’t miss out on your Stamp of Approval box! Release party for StampNation Members have a release party on February 7 at 11 pm eastern and The box goes up for sale on Wednesday, Feb. 8th at 10am. StampNation members get the sales link one hour earlier at 9am EST!.

So now let's move on to the cards that I made with beautiful stamps and dies from The Perfect Reason Stamp of Approval box. :)

This card features The Perfect Reason stamp set and Mod Squared Stencil. 

I placed the stencil on main card base and applied Party Dress, Orange Twist, Tikki Torch, Lime  and Fiesta Blue inks through the stencil. I stamped the flowers with Party Dress and Flirty Fuchsia and the leaves with Grass Skirt and Lime Rickey inks. I adhered the flowers and leaves with foam tape and stamped the sentiment with Midnight Ink.

This card features Paisley Peacock and You Did it stamp sets

On standard white card stock I stamped all the images with Flirty Fuchsia, Rockin' Red, Something Borrowed, Party Dress, Orange Twist, Fiesta Blue and Tikki Torch. Finally stamped the sentiment in Midnight Ink.

This card features The Perfect Reason and Everyday Mod stamp sets

I stamped the flowers with Something Borrowed, Rockin' Red, Party Dress, Grass Skirt and Lime Rickey inks. On a piece of white card stock I ink blended the background with Lime Rickey Ink and adhered all the flowers over it and stamped the sentiment with Midnight Ink.

Enjoy the video! :)

And that pretty much finishes the cards for today. I hope you like them and I hope you got inspired. Thank you so much for stopping by. Take care!

BLOG HOPPING & A GIVEAWAY

There is lots more Stamp of Approval inspiration coming next! Check out all the fantastic designers below and leave comments on EVERY stop for a chance to win this Oh so Gorgeous 'The Perfect Reason Collection!'

Catherine Pooler 

Allison Cope 

Laurel Beard

Kristie Goulet

Deepti Stephens (you're here)

Amy Kolling (your next stop)