Catherine Pooler Inks & Stamps Release Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of the new release for Catherine Pooler Designs!  Today the design team is showcasing the Eat, Sleep & Create stamp set (my personal favorite set from the release), the Create die & the Doodle Garden Background stamp.  

The release is already available in the Catherine Pooler store so if you haven't already checked it out, you can do that by clicking here.  There are 8 new ink colors available that coordinate beautifully with the previously released Spa Collection: Paradise Found ink bundle as well as new stamp sets, dies & a new stencil.  You can check out the Spa Collection: Zen Garden Bundle here.

Create Your Own Sunshine Painted Heart

I loved playing with the new Eat, Sleep & Create stamp set.  I couldn't put it down!  For my first card I was inspired by this quilt.  I thought that the paint strip from that stamp set would be perfect to replicate the heart with.

I started by stamping the middle stripe of the heart which is stamped in the new ink color Spruce (most of the inks used on this card are the new colors).  I then worked my way from the middle to each side.  So starting from the pink color on the left hand side I used Rose Petals, Polished, Shea Butter, Seafoam, Spruce, Skylight, Stone Blue, Daydream & Sugared Lavender.  When I got to the stripe on the very end of each heart I used a post-it note to mask off the top of the stripe so that it would be shorter than the other stripes.

I actually made two cards that are very similar (I'll share the other at a later date) and from it I used the new Create die to cut out the create sentiment.  I stacked it up with two more sentiments and then added a dusting of glitter on top using a Nuvo glitter pen.  The sentiment & little plus signs are also from the Eat, Sleep & Create stamp set.  I love all of these colors stamped together!

Create Happiness Doodled Background
If you were following Creativation you probably saw the gorgeous black & white background from Catherine Pooler's booth.  That background is also a stamp!  Yay!  

For this card I started by using the same paint strip stamp from the Eat, Sleep & Create stamp set that I used on the first card I shared today.  To make the background I lined up all of the Spa inks and then stamped 3 - 4 colors on each row slightly overlapping each stamp.  I love the colors that were made when the colors overlapped.  Once that was dry I stamped the  Doodle Garden Background stamp with VersaMark ink over the top of it and then embossed it with white embossing powder.  I cut a white strip for the sentiment, from Eat, Sleep & Create, and stamped it in Daydream, Polished (coral), Shea Butter inks.

This is what the background looked like prior to stamping & embossing with the Doodle Garden Background stamp.  I just love the colors!  

Keep Hopping
You won't want to miss what the design team has in store today!  Continue hopping for more inspiration!

Catherine Pooler
Jen Carter You're Here!
Tracie Pond  
Melissa Miller  
Susan Powell
Karen Baker
Ardyth Percy-Robb  
Laurel Beard  
Allison Cope
Taheerah Atchia

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Leave a comment on my blog for your chance to win one of two Zen Ink Collections given away each day of the hop or a $45 gift certificate if you already purchased the collection.

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Watercolored Joy to the World

I'm still playing with the new products from Lil' Inker Designs' latest release.  You can view all of the new products here if you'd like.  This card was really simple to make.  I started by stamping the new Joy to the World stamp and embossing it in white.  I then used some cheap shimmer watercolor cakes (found here) and painted a circle around the sentiment in blues. I added a little green randomly.  When it was dry I tied some white twine around the panel and attached it to the blue & white striped paper.  Super simple & easy to mass produce!

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Count Your Blessings

Count Your Blessings

Frantic Stamper has a new release and I love the new Fabulous Florals stamp set & coordinating Fabulous Florals Outline dies.  I used several of the floral stamps for this card in a sunflower color palette.  I die cut my white panel with one of the Pinprick Rectangles dies. After embossing the images in white, I colored them with Zig Real Brush markers.  It was fun to move the color around until I got the mix of yellow and orange that I wanted.  In the center of the flowers I used a mixture of blues and browns.

To create the sentiment panel, I cut a piece of striped vellum and then embossed the "Count Your" sentiment from the new Blessings Stamp Set with gold embossing powder.  I die cut the Elegant Blessings Word die several times and stacked them on top of each other for depth and then attached it on top of some gold thread I wrapped around the panel.

I'm entering this in the Anything Goes Word Art Wednesday Challenge.

Thank you so much for joining me today!

Stamping with Water & Distress Oxide Inks (Video) 3

Hello Friends!  Today I have a technique to share with you on using water to stamp with Distress Oxide Inks.

For the card above, I used Frantic Stamper's new Sun Rays 6x6 Background Rubber Stamp to create the yellow sunny background.  It is easy to do (video tutorial below) and fun to see the results!  The ink I used for this card was Catherine Pooler's Tiara (dye ink) in the middle and Distress Oxide Ink Spiced Marmalade.  I blended those colors onto the background and then "inked" my rubber stamp up with water.  Yes...water!  Then I stamped and this is the result that you get!

I used the Ferris Wheel die for the main image.  I love that the little chairs are a separate die so that it is easy to mix & match!  I die cut the tickets with the new Tickets die.  A fun feature to this die is that it perforates in between each ticket so you can tear the tickets off to make an even more realistic looking ticket.  I stamped the sentiment with the new clear Life is a Carnival Stamp Set.  

To see how easy it is to make a background like this, please view my video below.

I hope that the video helps to show how easy it is to create your own unique backgrounds!



Here is a card I made using one of the backgrounds you saw in the video.  For this one I used Spiced Marmalade, Worn Lipstick, Wilted Violet & Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Inks and water.  I again die cut the Tickets die in three different colors and stamped the sentiment and outline with the Life is a Carnival Stamp Set.



When the background was dry, I added part of the Carnival Skyline as a silhouette in black. The Ticket Booth was fun to put together mixing and matching different bright carnival like colors. The little purple star banner was stamped with the new clear Circus Stamp Set.  I added glitter enamel dots on the ticket canopy to look like lights

Be sure to check out the entire new line of Frantic Stamper's 6x6 red rubber background stamps!  You can see them all HERE.  And, if you'd like to check out the Distress Oxide Inks you can find those in the Frantic Stamper store too.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #411 & a Goodbye

Welcome to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #411!  This week the challenge is to use a watercolor theme on your card.  All of the details, including prize information, can be found on the Cupcakes Inspiration blog.  I hope you'll be able to play along!  This week our sponsor is Inspired by Stamping.

This is also my last post as a design team member with the Cupcakes Inspirations Challenge.  It was a hard decision to make, but with my son entering high school next school year I know I'll be even busier than I am now and I just have to let some things go.  I will definitely still play along with the challenges when I can!  I've enjoyed this team so much and am sad to say goodbye!

Watercolor theme!  How fun!  This card, I will admit, was super simple to put together.  I die cut the scalloped frame with dies from Gina Marie Designs called Scalloped Stitched Nested Rectangles.  I used Bristol Smooth cardstock to create and started by first embossing the sentiment in white from The Stamp Market called Thank You So Much.  I then used Zig Markers to watercolor the background.  To finish, I added some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

The theme this week is "watercolor".  You can choose to use the cupcake graphic for inspiration if you'd like but you don't have to, as long as your card or project fits the theme.

I hope you'll join us this week for the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #411!  Thanks for stopping by!

Flashback Friday with Lil' Inker Designs

Hey everyone!  Today is Flashback Friday on the Lil' Inker Designs blog and I'm sharing 3 cards over there today.  My cards feature Doodled Daisies Stamps, Doodled Daisies Dies, Vintage Label Sentiment Stamps, Vintage Label Die, and the Mom Word Die.  And what is even better is that these products are all on sale for a limited time!  They are perfect for creating cards for moms and for Spring!  Here's a little peak at my cards. Complete cards and details can be found on the Lil' Inker Designs blog.

Shop here: Lil' Inker Designs Store.  See the entire post here.  Thanks for stopping by!

I hope you'll join me!

Lil' Inker Designs April Release: Day 2

Welcome to day 2 of the Lil' Inker Designs Release!  All of the products being shown today are currently available in the Lil' Inker Designs store!  If you are following along in the blog hop you should have come from Heather Hoffman's blog.  

Be sure to leave a comment on each designer's blog to be eligible to win the big prize from Lil' Inker Designs this month!

I have two graduates in my family this May; one from 8th grade and one with his Masters!  So needless to say this graduation stamp set came at the perfect time for me!  I started by diecutting the background with the Quilted Stitched So Sunny Die.  I then die cut my watercolor paper with the new Silly Stitched Square Dies.  I stamped the sentiment & a few extra stars from the Grad Class stamp set in VersaMark and then embossed it in white.  I used my Zig Real Brush pens to make the orange background.  I added stars that I had die cut with both the Starry Sky die & the Stitched Stars die set.



For my last card I started by die cutting that awesome background with the new Cover Up Die: Stitched Quatrefoil die.  Isn't that a cool background?  Next I used the Color Blocking die to create the diagonal pieces at the bottom and then stamped the sentiment from the Apple of My Eye stamp set.  For the apple shaker I used the new Apple Shaker Die.  I used my Zig Real Brush markers again to make the apple background and then put the larger apple on top.  For the stem of the apple I die cut another leaf to give it a little more texture.  Also, if you're looking for a good teacher set, this is a stamp & die set you should consider!

Grad Class stamp set

 Cover Up Die: Stitched Quatrefoil die

Apple of My Eye stamp set
 Apple Shaker Die

Silly Stitched Square Dies
Quilted Stitched So Sunny Die

 Starry Sky die
Stitched Stars die set

Color Blocking die

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Thanks for visiting my blog today!  All of the Lil' Inker products that I've used (and more!) are available to purchase right now in the Lil' Inker Designs store!  Your next stop on the blog hop is over to Jessica Frost-Ballas' Blog. 

National Craft Month Celebration with Right at Home Stamps

Today I am hopping along with Right at Home to celebrate National Craft Month.  This blog hop celebrates our favorite hobby and we hope to bring the crafty community together for a day dedicated to our passion.   Right at Home is releasing a brand new stamp set that I think you all will love called Make Something Beautiful. I have two very different cards to share today featuring this fun stamp set.

I started by stamping the cute camera image from Make Something Beautiful on patterned paper and then hand cut it.  I punched a small circle for the center and added a little flower sequin for the flash.  The sentiment is also from the same set.

I went a totally different direction with this last card.  I first stamped the sentiment where I wanted it and then I stamped the images from the Make Something Beautiful stamp set, framing the sentiment.  I watercolored the images with a mixture of regular cake watercolors and shimmer watercolors for a little shine.  To finish it off I added a few sequins.

If you would like to win this adorable stamp set, stop on over to the Right at Home blog.  Those who hop along and comment on the blogs on the hop will be eligible to win!

Your next stop on the hop is to Jill's blog.  Thank you for joining me today!

To visit all of the participants on the list, here is the full blog hop order.

Nicole // RAH Blog

Holly

Laurie S.

Laurie C.

Amy K.

Jen -- You are Here!

Jill

Chrissy

Lisa

Linda

Cheryl

Eva

Tracey

Marcie

Laurie W.

Amy S.

Other Supplies:

Dies: Gina Marie Designs Scalloped Stitched Nested Rectangle Dies

Patterned Paper: Bloom by Crate Paper

Twine: The Twinery Stone Twine

Watercolors Regular: Michaels

Watercolors Shimmer: Yasutomo Pearlescent

Elephant Love

Frantic Stamper has a new release out and the theme is baby (with a few other elements thrown in!).  I love the little Mom & Baby Elephants dies!  I die cut them with a few different patterns to mix and match.  I adhered them to a panel that I had die cut with one of my favorite dies from Frantic Stamper called Elementals #14: Square Basics.  That die cuts the scalloped border and the inside stitched square.  I chose three different ink colors and stamped the watercolor brush strokes with the Paintbrush Strokes stamp set.  The little hearts that are between the elephants are left over pieces after diecuting the elephants ears. Lastly I stamped the sentiment from the new Welcome Baby stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you have a great day!

Lil' Inker Designs February Release: Day 2 + a Video

Welcome to day 2 of the Lil' Inker Designs Release!  All of the products being shown today are currently available in the Lil' Inker Designs store!  If you are following along in the blog hop you should have come from Heather Hoffman's blog.  

Be sure to leave a comment on each designer's blog to be eligible to win the big prize from Lil' Inker Designs this month!

This bunny...oh my, isn't he so cute?  And he has a partner in crime too that I didn't use on this card, but you must check out the entire set called Bunny Buddies Die Stamp Bundle here!  I stamped him on a panel that I had die cut with the Wonky Rectangles dies that I seem to pull out quite often and then colored him with copics.  I stamped the sentiment also from the bundle and embossed it with white on black cardstock.  This set is great for masculine cards! 

My last card today features a few new dies and the Rustic Spring stamp set I showcased yesterday.  First, let's talk about the background.  I used the new (GENIUS!) die called the Color Blocking Die to create the background.  I pieced three pieces of patterned paper perfectly together to make a fun mix & match background.  On the green/white & yellow striped pieces I also used the Quilted Stitched So Sunny Die to cut those cute little sunshines into the paper which added more dimension.  I created a video on ways to use this die with a tip on an easy way to get all of your patterned papers lined up every time.

The best tip I can give you is to cut all of your papers at the same time when you use the Color Blocking Die die (thank you Chrissy Larson for sharing this game changing tip!!).  This ensures that all of your angles are the same and you can then easily line up the papers on your card.  Also when you do this, you'll have enough pieces to make 2 - 3 cards using the leftovers!

For the main image, I die cut the vellum mat with the Stitched Mats Rectangles dies. I also die cut & embossed the houses & tree from the new Rustic Spring Stamp set and the previously released Rustic Christmas sets (they have matching die sets too that you can see here).  I used my palette watercolors to color the houses and the tree and used foam tape to pop them up.  I die cut the new gorgeous "Blessed" die which is one of three dies in the Brush Script Spring die set.

Bunny Buddies Die Stamp Bundle

Color Blocking Die 

Rustic Spring Stamp set

Rustic Spring Die Set 

Rustic Christmas

Rustic Christmas Dies 

Quilted Stitched So Sunny Die

Brush Script Spring die set

Wonky Rectangles dies

Stitched Mats Rectangles dies

Don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win!

Thanks for visiting my blog today!  All of the Lil' Inker products that I've used (and more!) are available to purchase right now in the Lil' Inker Designs store!  Your next stop on the blog hop is over to Jessica Frost-Ballas' Blog.