Leaves

Hello there! I'm super excited to be the Guest Designer over at The Male Room Challenge!!! YAY!!! A GIANT thank you to Helen and the team for this wonderful opportunity!!!

This time around the challenge theme is "leaves."

Autumn is my favorite season. It's also my husband's favorite season---primarily because he's a hunter and a football fan---but also because we love autumn hiking adventures here in the mountains---the crisp air and the colorful leaves covering the trees and trails. So that was my inspiration for my card:

I die-cut all of my pieces for the branch, leaves, and acorns from white cardstock. I added ink to each one with blending brushes and a selection of Catherine Pooler inks. I splattered the leaves and acorns with metallic gold watercolor and then assembled the pieces onto my card popping up one of the acorns for a little dimension.

The sentiment was hot foiled with copper foil and then die-cut with the coordinating die. I love the touch of shine it adds :)

Thank you for visiting!!!

I hope you'll join us over at The Male Room Challenge! I look forward to seeing your creations!!!

Have a fantastic week!!!

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Supplies:

Ink: Sand Castle, Icing On The Cake, Ginger, Terracotta, Whipped Honey, Sauna (Catherine Pooler)

Cardstock: Vintage Cream, Kraft (Papertrey Ink); Basic White (Stampin' Up)

Dies: BotaniCuts - Mighty Oak (The Greetery), Deckled Rectangles (Stampin' Up)

Hot Foil Plates & Dies: Joyful Thanks (Catherine Pooler)

Glimmer Foil: Copper (Spellbinders)

Embossing Folder: Timber (Stampin' Up)

Other: Metallic Gold Watercolor (for splatters)

Adhesive: 1/4" Double-Sided Tape (Scrapbook.com), 1/8" Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up), Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue 

Have A Roaring Good Time

Today I'm playing along with this super fun sketch over at The Paper Players Challenge:

Here's my card:

 

This just might be the most adorable wild cat ever! And I do believe he/she's having a roaring good time ;) 

 

I'll be giving this card to one of my neighbor girlfriends. She's turning 40 in September, and she's heading to Costa Rica to celebrate.

Hope you're having a great week!!!

Thanks for visiting!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Birthday Fiesta (Catherine Pooler)

Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko), Jet Black StazOn (Tsukineko)

Copic Sketch Markers: YR15, YR16, YR18, YG07, YG09, N4, B02, B04

Stampin' Blends: Light Daffodil Delight (Stampin' Up)

Glitter Pen: Clear Wink Of Stella (Kuretake)

Cardstock: Basic White (Stampin' Up)

Patterned Paper: Peruvian Market 6x6 (Catherine Pooler)

Dies: Scallops & Dots (Catherine Pooler), Birthday Fiesta (Catherine Pooler), A2 Layers (Waffle Flower)

Baker's Twine: Essentials Pack (Stampin' Up)

Adhesive: 1/8" Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), 1/4" Double-Sided Tape (Scrapbook.com), Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up)

 

Make A Wish

Super quick post today to share a card I made using the current sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches Challenge :)

I recently ordered some new-to-me goodies from Catherine Pooler!!! I think this Birthday Fiesta set is so totally adorable!!! And the bright and happy colors in the Peruvian Market patterned paper are fabulous!!! L.O.V.E.!!!

Thanks so much for visiting!

Have a wonderful week!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Birthday Fiesta (Catherine Pooler)

Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko), Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Copic Sketch Markers: RV14, YR04, R35, B04, G14, W1, W0, N4

Stampin' Blends: Dark Daffodil Delight (Stampin' Up)

Glitter Pen: Clear Wink Of Stella (Kuretake)

Cardstock: Basic White (Stampin' Up), True Black (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: Peruvian Market 6x6 (Catherine Pooler)

Dies: Birthday Fiesta (Catherine Pooler), Scallops & Dots (Catherine Pooler)

Baker's Twine: Charcoal (The Twinery)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (Scrapbook.com)
 

Happiest of Birthdays

 

Have I mentioned how much I absolutely LOVE these Beautiful Butterflies from Catherine Pooler Designs?!?!!! I simply cannot stop creating with them!!!

I made this card to enter into the March 2023 Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge: "Anything Goes."

I was inspired by a card I saw on the Catherine Pooler website in the product description section for the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set. I chose my triad color combo (Sangria, Sauna, Bay Breeze) by using the free downloadable color wheel (for the Spa Collection of inks) available at Catherine Pooler Designs. I'm totally diggin' this combo!!! How about you?!?!!!

Thank you so much for visiting!!!

Have a wonderful day!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies (Catherine Pooler), sentiment from Dried Treasures (Catherine Pooler)

Ink: Sangria, Sauna, Bay Breeze, Icing On The Cake (Catherine Pooler)

Cardstock: White (Catherine Pooler), Basic White (Stampin' Up), Cocoa Bean (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: Painted Butterflies 6x6 (Catherine Pooler)

Dies: Beautiful Butterflies (Catherine Pooler), Scallops & Dots (Catherine Pooler)

Twine: (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), 3D Foam Squares - Large (Scrapbook.com) 

Hope This Brightens Your Day

Spending some time in my studio today and playing along with Freshly Made Sketches.

Here's the sketch:

...and here's my card:

I'm continuing to have loads of fun with my newest Catherine Pooler purchases!!! The colors in the Painted Butterflies 6x6 paper pack are absolutely gorgeous and so inspiring!!! And I love the sentiments and mix of fonts in the Encouraging Words Sentiments stamp set.
 

I hope you're enjoying your weekend!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies (Catherine Pooler), Encouraging Words Sentiments (Catherine Pooler)

Ink: Whipped Honey, Sauna, Wintergreen, Sea Glass, Clay Mask, Terracotta, Icing On The Cake (Catherine Pooler)

Cardstock: White (Catherine Pooler), Basic White (Stampin' Up)

Patterned Paper: Painted Butterflies 6x6 (Catherine Pooler)

Dies: Beautiful Butterflies (Catherine Pooler), Stitched Circle (MFT)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), 3D Foam Squares - Large (Scrapbook.com) 

Sending Happy Thoughts

 

Happy Saturday! Today I'm playing along with the current CAS Colours and Sketches Challenge.

My card features some recently released goodies from Catherine Pooler Designs :) I'm having so much fun creating with these Boho-themed products!!! They're so totally fabulous!!!

I'll be snail mailing this one to my SIL for her birthday later this month :) I hope she loves it!

Thank you for visiting!

Have a lovely weekend!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies (Catherine Pooler)

Ink: Whipped Honey, Sauna, Apricot, Ginger (Catherine Pooler), Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: White (Catherine Pooler), Basic White and Evening Evergreen (Stampin' Up)

Vellum: White (DeNami Design)

Patterned Paper: Painted Butterflies 6x6 (Catherine Pooler)

Dies: Beautiful Butterflies (Catherine Pooler), Stitched Circle (MFT)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal) 

Hang In There

Hello there! Today I'm sharing a card I created using this fantastic sketch over at Just Add Ink:

My card features some super fun new goodies from Catherine Pooler!

I used the Hang In There stamp set (which was free with purchase while supplies last) and the coordinating die. I absolutely LOVE that macrame wall hanging image---it's so unique and totally fabulous!!! Here I inked it up in Spruce, Sage, and Matcha inks (Catherine Pooler) to create an ombre effect. Fun!
 

I heat embossed the sentiment in gold. Always tough to capture in photos. Here's another view:

Thank you for stopping by!

Have a great weekend!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Hang In There (Catherine Pooler)

Ink: Spruce, Sage, Matcha (Catherine Pooler), VersaMark (Tsukineko)

Embossing Powder: Queen's Gold (Ranger)

Cardstock: White (Catherine Pooler), Kraft and Cocoa Bean (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: Painted Butterflies 6x6 (Catherine Pooler)

Embossing Folder: Pinewood Planks (Stampin' Up)

Dies: Hang In There (Catherine Pooler), A2 Layers (Waffle Flower), Fishtail Flags STAX (MFT)

Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal), 3D Foam Squares - Large (Scrapbook.com)

 

Thanks A Bunch

 

Happy Labor Day to everyone in the US! Today I'm sharing a card for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

I've really been enjoying the Gardener's Treasures Bundle from Catherine Pooler!!! Isn't that patterned paper gorgeous?!?!!! LOVE the colors! And the images in the Dried Treasures stamp set are absolutely fabulous :)
 

Thanks a bunch for visiting!

Have a wonderful day!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Dried Treasures (Catherine Pooler), sentiment from Full of Flowers - Singles (Taylored Expressions)

Ink: Terracotta, Apricot, Wintergreen, Tranquil (Catherine Pooler); Amalgam (Gina K)

Colorless Blender Pen: N00 (Tombow)

Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah), Basic Gray (Stampin' Up), Soft Stone (Papertrey Ink)

Specialty Cardstock: Bristol Smooth (Koh-I Noor)

Patterned Paper: Gardener's Notebook 6x6 (Catherine Pooler)

Dies: Dried Treasures (Catherine Pooler), Stitched Banner Duo Dies (Pretty Pink Posh), A2 Layers (Waffle Flower)

Embossing Folder: Polka Dots (Provo Craft)

Twine: Gray (Pretty Pink Posh)

Adhesive: 1/4" Double-Sided Tape (Scrapbook.com), 1/8" Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn) 

Happiest Of Birthdays

Hello there! Today I'm sharing a card I created using this lovely sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches Challenge:

 

I used some fabulous new-to-me products from Catherine Pooler including: Dried Treasures stamps and coordinating dies and Gardener's Notebook 6x6 Patterned Paper. Soooo in LOVE with all of these goodies!!!

I hope you're enjoying your weekend!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

With Sympathy

Hello there! Today I'm playing along with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: "Anything Goes."

I've been having some more fun making panels with Masking Magic (Gina K) and ink blending.

LOVING this color combo! I blended Hot Tub, Bay Breeze and Sea Glass from Catherine Pooler and then stamped those gorgeous butterflies (from Taylored Expressions) in Juniper Mist :) The sentiment is heat embossed in Queen's Gold (Ranger).

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a fantastic day!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Aflutter (Taylored Expressions)

Ink: Hot Tub, Bay Breeze, Sea Glass, Juniper Mist (Catherine Pooler), VersaMark (Tsukineko)

Embossing Powder: Queen's Gold (Ranger)

Cardstock: White (Neenah)

Specialty Cardstock: Gold Sparkle (MFT)

Embellishments: Gold Glitter Enamel Dots (Stampin' Up)

Other: Masking Magic (Gina K)

Adhesive: Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal) 
 

Mountains Of Thanks

Hello there! Today I'm sharing a thank you card I made for one of my husband's colleagues. She loves mountain adventures so I thought a card featuring Catherine Pooler's Mountain Of Thanks stamps and dies would be a perfect fit :) I'm also linking this up to the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - "Anything Goes."

I used a strip of Pixie Dust Sparkle Cardstock (Lawn Fawn) to ground the mountains and also die-cut the clouds from this same sparkly goodness!

I hope she likes it!!!

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!!!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Mountain Of Thanks (Catherine Pooler)

Ink: Juniper Mist and Flirty Fuchsia (Catherine Pooler), Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: White and Kraft (Ink To Paper), SnoCone (MFT)

Specialty Cardstock: Pixie Dust Sparkle Cardstock (Lawn Fawn)

Dies: Mountain Of Thanks (Catherine Pooler), Border Bling - Skinny Postage Frames (Ink To Paper)

Adhesive: Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal), 1/8" Double-Sided Tape (Lawn Fawn), 1/4" Double-Sided Tape (Scrapbook.com), Glue Tube (Lawn Fawn), Thin 3D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives) 

Happy Everything

Have you ever made a bridge card? A few months ago I watched a couple of videos by two super talented crafters: Natasha Valkovskaya and Caly Person demonstrating this technique, and I added it to my "list of things to try." Well, the current AAA Birthday Challenge to create a 3D project was just the kick in the pants I needed to make that happen ;)

Check out my first bridge card:

This was so much fun to make!!! I'll link the videos below as they are awesome and provide perfect instructions and lots of tips for making these kinds of cards :)

I love that they fold down flat and can still be mailed in a regular A2 size envelope. And when they're popped up they're so super cute!!! Here's a look at this one standing up:

Since I enjoyed the process of making this one so much I decided to make another with the same layout but a different color combo:

 

And here's a closer look:

Here are the links to the videos that inspired my creations:

Natasha Valkovskaya

Caly Person

I hope you'll give it a try! Let me know if you do!

Thanks for visiting!

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Supplies:
Stamps: Mountain Of Thanks (Catherine Pooler); sentiment from Happy Happy Happy (Lawn Fawn)
Ink: Juniper Mist, Twilight, Flirty Fuchsia, Lime Rickey, Grass Skirt (Catherine Pooler)
Distress Oxide Ink: Tumbled Glass and Mowed Lawn (Ranger)
Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah)
Stencils: Cloud (MFT); Drifts and Hills (MFT)
Dies: Mountain Of Thanks (Catherine Pooler); Everyday Sentiment Banners (Lawn Fawn); Stitched Borders 1 (Pretty Pink Posh)
Adhesive: Double-Sided Tape (X-Press It and Lawn Fawn); Connect Glue (Gina K)