It's Christmas time with a NEW Stamp of Approval Box from Catherine Pooler! Welcome to Day 2 of the blog hop featuring this wonderland of winter goodies!
Introducing the Winterhaven Collection
This Stamp of Approval box is called Winterhaven and I found the contents to be very versatile!
If you are unsure what the Stamp of Approval Box is, it is a quarterly hand picked, exclusive collection of products that were designed just for the box. The stamps, dies and other fun products in the Stamp of Approval Collection won’t be released for individual sale for several months over at the Catherine Pooler store. Be sure to subscribe to the Wait List so you will be emailed the purchase link when the collection goes on sale on August 16th! These boxes do sell out quickly! And last quarter they sold out in record time!
Joy to the World is one of my favorite Christmas carols. I can remember singing it as a child and we sing it to this day along with more modern Christmas worship songs. It captures the Christmas holiday perfectly in a few short stanzas and inspired this clean and simple card.
For this card I started with a medium gray cardstock (the new gray cardstock Smoke & Mirrors from Catherine would be a perfect choice!). I scored a line on the right & bottom edges with my score tool. I die cut the Joy Wreath included in the collection out of white cardstock. I die cut the joy from the same die set out of a plum cardstock and stacked three of them on top of each other. I used the beautiful 'Tis the Season Stamp Set from the collection to stamp the leaves in Mint to Be ink (if you don't have this ink, you need to try it! It's my favorite ink! You can see the entire collection here.). I fussy cut the leaves but there is a add on die collection for this set 'Tis the Season Dies that you can purchase when the release goes live on Tuesday...yippee!
For the sentiment I used the Here We Come A-Caroling Stamp Set to stamp the sentiment. I masked off each word and stamped them separately with Black Jack Ink. You can also see in this picture that I used a glitter pen (Nuvo) to add some glimmer to the top of the Joy die cut.
All is Calm, All is Bright
To continue with the caroling theme this next card uses a line from Silent Night. Silent Night is another favorite Christmas carol, in fact it could by at #1.
I combined several products included in the Winterhaven collection on this card. I started by creating my sky by blending Fiesta Blue, Something Borrowed, a hint of Pixie Dust & Midnight inks. I then flicked water onto the background to create the splotched stars. I die cut the glittered white snow landscape using and the adorable houses with the Winterhaven die set. So many fun combinations can be made using this die set (winter or otherwise!). I die cut the light, bench & carolers from the add-on die set called Here We Come A-Caroling die set which will be available in the store at release, and stamped them with the coordinating Here We Come A-Caroling Stamp Set in Black Jack & Midnight ink. I made the light to "glow" by sponging a tad bit of Tiara ink around it. Last, I stamped the moon in Tiara (and added a touch of glimmer from a pen) and the sentiment in Midnight, also from the Here We Come A-Caroling Stamp Set.
Keep Hopping!
To see more from this amazing collection, be sure to visit all of the designers who are posting today!
Jen -- That's Me!
Also be sure to visit Catherine's blog tomorrow for more sneak peeks from this collection. And come back here on Tuesday, October 10th at 6PM EST for more projects from me as we celebrate Release Day!
Here's Your Chance to WIN!
Comment to win! One winner will be chosen at random from each day's comments and announced on October 11th on Catherine's blog. The winners will each win one of the Winterhaven Stamp of Approval boxes and if you already purchased it, you will be issued a Gift Certificate worth $100 towards a future purchase!
Thank you so much for joining me today!
