Come Let Us Adore Him

 

Hey, Crafty Friends! Today I'm sharing a Christmas shaker card featuring Catherine Pooler Designs new Let Us Adore Him stamp set and other goodies!  Christmas is just a couple months away and it's time to get into 'hyper-mode' on my holiday cards - this one was fun and easy to pull together!

Here's how I created my card:

 

1.  I first layered a snowy pattern paper to the card base and set it aside.

 

2.  Using Honey Bee Stamps A2 Shaker Snow Globe die (solid die), I cut a white piece of cardstock for the background and blended the following Distress Oxide Inks:  Scattered Straw, Faded Jeans, and Chipped Sapphire.

 

3.  To create the shaker element, I used the Honey Bee Stamps A2 Shaker Snow Globe die (outer frame) to cut silver cardstock and acetate. Then cut brown textured cardstock with the snow globe base die and adhered to the bottom of the snow globe.

 

 

4.  I adhered the cut acetate to the back of the silver cardstock snow globe frame using Art Glitter Glue with the Ultrafine Metal Tip. Then on top of the acetate, lined the frame with Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Strips. 

 

5.  I placed some shaker elements/embellishments onto the center of the acetate, removed the backing from the foam strips and 'enclosed'/adhered the ink blended snow globe piece onto the back of the snow globe frame.

 

6.  I then stamped the sentiment in VersaFine Onyx Black ink, the nativity image using Distress Ink Chipped Sapphire and Squeezed Lemon for the angel image then cut them out with the coordinating Let Us Adore Him dies and adhered them to the snow globe.

 

7.  Lastly, I adhered the snow globe element to the card base.

 

 

 

Beautiful Butterflies

 

I'm a mixed media 'dabbler'.  I love the mixed media look and, at times, it's really fun to get a little inky :)  The card I'm sharing today was simple to create and pretty quick to pull together, too!  Below is a brief tutorial...

 1)  I took watercolor paper and embossed it with Spellbinders 3D Beautiful Butterflies Embossing Folder.

2)  I then blended a few Distress Oxide inks (Faded Jeans, Twisted Citron, Scattered Straw & Gathered Twigs) over different embossed images and spritzed with water using Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer to mix up the colors a bit.  Then, dried the piece with a heat gun tool.

 3)  Using a blending brush, I gently rubbed Gathered Twigs over the embossed/raised up images and card edges to create a bit of a vintage look.

4)  Taking some Distress Oxide Black Ink onto a glass mat (or piece of acrylic), I spritzed with water and mixed it with a paint brush (or you could use a Splatter Brush.)  Then, I splattered some of the ink onto the card.  You can also use black acrylic paint.

5)  I layered blue cardstock onto the card base then adhered the mixed media piece onto the blue cardstock.

6) I cut gold cardstock using Catherine Pooler Butterfly Buddies dies and again using black cardstock; cutting out the center 'body' of the butterflies and adhered the centers to the gold diecut butterflies.

7)  The sentiment from Spellbinders Hummingbird Sentiments is heat embossed with gold embossing powder onto dark brown cardstock.  I then popped up the sentiment strip with Scrapbook Adhesive 3D Foam Strips and adhered to the card.

Saturday Coffee Cafe - Mug Shots

 

Happy Saturday and welcome to the Cafe!  I'm so glad you dropped by today to see what's brewing..

Decorating shelves with pretty cups is right up my alley!  I should probably do this in my house because my cabinets are overflowing with mugs...much to my husband's chagrin - LOL.

For my slimline card, I first created the background using Pink & Main's Stained Glass Stencil and brushed on Distress Oxide Ink Antique Linen with one of Pink & Main's Ergonomic Blending Brushes.  The 'shelves' were made from dark brown cardstock cut with Honey Bee Stamps Barn Wood Planks dies.  These adorable mug images are from Catherine Pooler Mug Shots set that I've colored with Copics and the cute planter is from Altenew's Indoor Garden set.

Make today awesome...with a pretty mug filled with your favorite caffeinated beverage!

Saturday Coffee Cafe - Perfect Blends

 

Happy Saturday and welcome to the Cafe!  I'm so glad you stopped in today to see what's brewin'...

 

Coffee and crafting supplies ARE the perfect blend!  I love all different types of coffee cups and use them for many things other than coffee - like holding craft supplies.  I don't know about you, but I could spend hours in an office supply store because so many things there can be used in crafting - right?!

 For my card, I used pattern paper from PhotoPlay Crafting With My Gnomies paper pad.  These super fun images are from Catherine Pooler's Desktop Treasures stamps/dies.  The sentiment is from Gina K Crafty Notes.

 

It's Pumpkin Spice Season

 

Are you joining the fun at the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop?!!! 

The hop is from November 12-November 19, 2021.   LINK UP your Fall/Winter COFFEE, TEA or HOT COCOA projects for a chance to win (pssst...there are TONS of prizes to be won from our fabulous Super Sponsors!! Winners are randomly selected from entries)!  Enter as many projects as you'd like!  This hop is SO much fun and filled with incredible inspiration, too -- see you on the hop!

 

The leaves have mostly fallen in our neck of the woods, but we're still having some nice fall weather days thankfully.  My card features a wonderful stamp set from Catherine Pooler called Pumpkin Season featuring many fall favorites: pumpkins, plaids and pumpkin-spice coffee!

Rise and Shine!

  

Looking forward to sharing more coffee/tea themed projects this week as the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop continues through Friday, 3/26!

The hop is from March 19 - 26, 2021.   LINK UP your Spring/Summer COFFEE OR TEA projects for a chance to win (pssst...there are TONS of prizes to be won from over 60 Super Sponsors!! Winners are randomly selected from entries)!  Enter as many projects as you'd like!  This hop is SO much fun and filled with incredible inspiration, too -- see you on the hop!

My card today features these adorable cup images and sentiment from Catherine Pooler MUG SHOTS stamp set!  The pretty paper is Carta Bella SUMMER 6x6 paper pad.

 

  

See you on the hop!

Catherine Pooler Stamp of Approval: The Key

Have you checked out Catherine Pooler Designs January Stamp of Approval Collection: Adoring You yet?!  It's filled with incredible goodies and endless creating possibilities! 

A special THANK YOU to Catherine Pooler for giving me the opportunity to play with several of the sets in this collection and share my creations with you!

Today's cards feature:

The Key Stamp Set

Catherine Pooler Designs Inks

If you haven't tried Catherine Pooler inks yet, all I can say is there is a new fan here!  Check out this resource for all the great features of these inks! 

For my first card, I created a background by smearing the Tutti Fruiti stamp pad onto my craft mat, spritzing the ink on the mat with water, then dabbing white cardstock into the wet ink.  I then blended Tiki Torch over the entire background creating the result you see here.  I split the inked background into three sections; using two on my first card and one section on the next project.  I stamped the images and sentiment from The Key stamp set from the Adoring You Collection in Midnight ink.  The top key was stamped on kraft paper and fussy cut.

For my next card, I white embossed several of the key images onto black cardstock (and one of these days, I'll figure out how to white emboss on black cardstock without getting so many 'roaming' white speckles on my card - lol!)  I then stamped one of the heart images from The Key stamp set, cut them out and then arranged them.  As I said above, I used one of the background sections on this card and stamped one of the sentiments from The Key stamp set.

My projects featured just one of products included in the January Stamp of Approval Collection!  Be sure to check out the total collection HERE.

Catherine Pooler January Stamp of Approval: Happy Together

Catherine Pooler Designs January Stamp of Approval Collection: Adoring You is here!  Hope you've been enjoying all the sneak peeks of the goodies included in this wonderful collection.  I'm really excited to have had the opportunity to play with a few of the new sets!!

For both cards featured today, I used these products:

 Happy Together stamp set (SOA Collection) 

Party Collection Ink colors

For my first card, I stamped the branch image in Icing On The Cake ink then did the leaves in Lime Rickey and leaf detail image in Midnight.  These sweet birds were stamped in different colors from the Party Collection and the detail in Midnight.

Ok, so I had not tried Catherine Pooler inks before working with the new Stamp of Approval sets.  I, obviously, live a very sheltered life.  These inks are fabulous! Check out this resource for all the great features of these inks!  On my second card, I blended the inks for the background and then spritzed water for a water-resist look!  I then stamped the birds and branch in Midnight and drew a line with a black glaze pen.  The 'moon' was cut from silver glitter cardstock and the sentiment was silver embossed.

My projects featured just one of products included in the January Stamp of Approval Collection!  Be sure to check out the total collection HERE.

Catherine Pooler January Stamp of Approval: Congratulations

Have you heard?  Catherine Pooler Designs has a new Stamp of Approval:  Adoring You!!  I'm so excited to have the opportunity to try out several of the sets in this new SOA Collection!

This is the first time I've used Catherine Pooler Designs inks.  I know, you're probably wondering if I've been living under a rock.  I think I have been.  These inks are amazing!!  They are so rich and vibrant. The consistency allows you to apply clear embossing powder (it will stick!) for a raised look. They react to water allowing for cool backgrounds.  Check out this resource for all the great features of these inks!

For both cards featured today, I used these products:

 Congratulations stamp set (SOA Collection) 

Party Collection Ink colors

For my first card, I stamped the 'congratulations' word stamp several times in different ink colors from the Party Collection then used one of the geometric shapes for the bottom and another at the top stamped in Midnight.

For the next card, I used one of the geometric shapes and stamped using several different Party Collection ink colors.  I love how the little geometric shape, when stamped in a row/grid, creates such a fun background pattern!  I then stamped another of the 'congratulations' words onto vellum.

My projects featured just one of products included in the January Stamp of Approval Collection!  Be sure to check out the total collection HERE.

Crafty Friends

Hey, Crafty Friends!  Come on over to the Butterfly Reflections blog to see the details of my first project I'm sharing as a Butterfly Reflections design team member!