Catherine Pooler ~ Boldly Blue Birthday

Happy Friday!  StampNation is having a birthday this month! To celebrate, I made another fun birthday card for this Weekend Challenge. 

The challenge is to make a card or project featuring the color BLUE.

For my card, I used some fun Catherine Pooler Designs products. 

I began by created my background.  I took the fun "It's a Jungle Out There" stencil and a whole bunch of blue CP inks; Dress Blues, Daydream, On The Lake, Oh Boy! and Minted and created a jungle themed back drop. I used a blending brush to add some soft Dress Blues ink to all the edges.  I splattered some silvery white and gold metallic inks across the panel to finish it off.

Next I stamped one of the monkeys from the "Going Bananas" stamp set in Rich Cocoa Memento ink.  I colored him in using Copic Markers.  I fussy cut him out.

I then die cut out the "Marvelous Layered Word Die" backing it with the solid layer inked with Dress Blue ink.


To finish off the sentiment I stamped out the wording from the "Hey There Marvelous" stamp set using Dress Blue ink and fussy cut them out.

I adhered everything to the card and then added some iridescent sequins for some bling and shine.

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Hope you'll come and play along!

~ Ally ~

Sweet November Stamps ~ A Fairy Cute Day

We have some more cutie-patooties entering the Sweet November Stamps shop today!

We have 6 new little fairies coming your way!

Today's card features the adorable little "Tia" from the "A Cute Fairy Day" collection.


To set the scene I used a variety of digital mushroom images: Amanita and Pixie Cap.

I had fun dressing her up!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

~ Ally ~

Crafty Meraki - All My Love

Happy Monday all!  Today I'm sharing one of the full cards from the Meraki Genesis for the January release from Crafty Meraki

Today's card features this bright and bold yellow bouquet called "All My Love".

I started by stamping this bouquet in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  Next I used the "All My Love Layering Stencil" set to colorize my image.  I actually used my Copic Air Brush System to color in the bouquet!  After coloring it in, I used it's coordinating die set, "All My Love Dies".

Next I die a background piece of paper for my card panel.  I used the beautiful "Sahara Symphony Background Die". 

Next I popped a frame from the "A2 Frame-Worthy Die" set and adhered my bouquet to the center of the panel.

To add the finishing touches on the card, I stamped out a few sentiments from the "All My Love" stamp set and adhered them to the card.   I also added some the black hearts from the "Black Iridescent Twinkle Treats Sequins".

Yellow is typically not my favorite color to create with so I decided that I wanted that challenge with this card.   I think it turned out pretty good!

Have a great week everyone!

~ Ally ~
 

Sweet November Stamps ~ Snow Glad We're Friends

Happy Saturday all!  Today I'm sharing another fun wintry card I created from the last Sweet November Stamps winter release!

I started my card by stamping this sweet little pair of snowmen from the "Snow Buddy Like You" stamp set using Memento Desert Sand ink.

I kept my Copic coloring very simple and tried to match it to my patterned paper by Catherine Pooler called "Through the Pines" patterned paper.

I die cut my stacked patterned papers using the Prism Studio from their "Stitched Rectangles Dies".

I stamped the sentiment in CP's Cranberry Fizz ink and then used a white gel pen to add some dots to part of the wording.  So simple!

Hope you're having a great weekend!

~ Ally ~

Catherine Pooler ~ Let's Party

Happy Friday!

StampNation is having a birthday this week!  We're turning 14!  Yup... it's been around for 14 years!

To celebrate, we're having a little challenge over at StampNation!  

The challenge is to make a birthday card.

So I pulled out the newest Catherine Pooler ink color, Blue Raspberry. I also pulled out Something Blue, Melon Ice, Garden Party, Limoncello, and Tiara.

I started by making my background.  I used the "Block & Script Birthday Background" stamp set. 


Then I pulled out the "Birthday Cake Remix" stamp set.  I stamped and die cut all of the elements of the 3 layer cake.  I also used some "Halo Embossing Powder" to create the frosting layers.

For the sentiment, I used just the letter die shapes of the "Party Word Die" and used 5 of my ink colors.  I wanted a little "let's" word so I pulled that word from one of the sentiments for the "Fall Finds" stamp set.

For the finishing touch, I used some Star Dust Stickles to add some dots of sparkle!

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Hope you'll come and party along with us!

~ Ally ~

Sweet November Stamps & Craft Roulette - Fairy Thank You!

Happy Wednesday all!  Today I'm sharing a sweet thank you card featuring a digital stamp from Sweet November Stamps!

Today's card shows was made a few weeks ago for an episode of Craft Roulette.

For episode #248, the four parameters that the wheel gave us were:

  • Project: Card with a Tag (my tag is tucked under the end of my sentiment)
  • Colors: Disney Colors (I was inspired by Monsters Inc. - blues, purple, lime green)
  • Element: January (time to send out thank you cards for Christmas gifts)
  • Random: Branch(es)(ing) (I used a variety of branchy plant stamps to create my colorful strip)

 Here's my card...


 For this card I used the adorable "Mistletoe Fairy" digital stamp from Sweet November Stamps.


I made the bright panel for our little Copic Marker colored fairy to peeking out from using a variety of fun Distress Oxide inks and some cool, branchy Lavinia stamp sets. 

I added a pre-made foiled sentiment and a stitched tag to the front of the card too.

Join us Friday at 6:10pm CST for the next episode of Craft Roulette!  Hope to see you there!

~ Ally ~

Crafty Meraki ~ Introducing Meraki Genesis

 

Crafty Meraki is celebrating 5 years in business and I'm so happy to joining their amazing team of creative talent!

Today we're celebrating with a Instagram Hop.

BEGIN HERECrafty Meraki Insta

The card I'm sharing on today's hop stars the beautiful new Press-tacular plate called "Crimson Charm".

 

I foiled today's "Crimson Charm Press-tacular Plate" with a simple gold foil and colored in the gorgeous Dahlia using a rainbow of soft Copic Marker colors. 

For my very subtle background, I also foiled a gorgeous background A2 die called "Sahara Symphony Background Die".  Yes... I foiled a die!  It gives you very fine lines but it still gives you a design!

For the final touch of my card, I foiled an entire sheet of the "Gilded Greetings EAP" with gold foil and die cut it using the "Gilded Greetings Dies" to cut the entire sheet out at once!  I love the concept of foiled a number of sentiments all at once and die cutting them all out at once!  So quick and easy!

Thanks for dropping by!  Don't forget to head on over to Instagram for your chance to WIN one of the gift certificates and also check out all the amazing new designs!

~ Ally ~

Crafty Meraki ~ All My Love Sneak Peek

Today I'm sharing another sneak peek of one of the newest products coming from Crafty Meraki

Today we're sharing sneaks of the brand new "All My Love" stamp set, stencil and die!

The whole Crafty Meraki release goes live TOMORROW in the shop!

I hope you'll check out the shop and my blog over the next few weeks where I'll be sharing my projects from this release!

Have a great weekend!

~ Ally ~

Sweet November Stamps ~ Hearts & Bows

Happy Saturday all!  Today I'm sharing a sweet little card featuring brand new digital stamps from Sweet November Stamps!

Today's card shows all three of our little "Hearts & Bows" little girls released today!

From left to right, I used "Hannah Hearts", then "Hallie Hearts" in the middle and finally, "Helena Hearts".


I made my card to use a birthday card so I added the fun "Happy" banner from the SNS "Holiday Banner Sentiment Pack" to Hallie and Helena's hands.

To finish off the card I used some Catherine Pooler Designs "Be Mine Prints" patterned papers with cute hearts and a Be Mine inked sentiment from Studio Katia.

Love this adorable birthday card!

Have a great weekend!

~ Ally ~

Scrap 'N Stamp ~ My Punny Valentine's Hop **PRIZE**

Welcome to the Scrap 'N Stamp My Punny Valentine's Blog Hop!

Today's hop is all about sharing some punny Valentine's Day projects!

Today's card features the cool "Feelin' Fizzy" stamp set by Catherine Pooler.  This fun stamp set features some cool soda pop bottle shapes, liquid images to fill each bottle and some fun retro sentiments and shapes!

I started by die cutting my popped up panel using the Prism Studio "Nesting Stitched Rectangle" dies for the outside and then the "Nesting Stitched Circles" dies for the inner circle.

I then stamped my die cut elements; the soda pop image, the straw and arrow.  I used Catherine Pooler inks; Be Mine and Party Dress inks.  I used Onyx Black ink from Versafine for the black outlines.  I used the corresponding dies to die cut those 3 items.

Next I positioned my sentiment within the circular window and stamped it using the black ink.

Then I used some CP Twilight ink and added some of the fun bubbles across the top panel.  I also added some cool star shapes from the "Feelin' Fizzy" stamp set across the panel and inside the circular window.  I used some Cotton Candy and Be Mine inks. 


Next I adhered all of the die cut images.  I had to use some 3D foam to add some of the items through the window.

We also have a fun sale on right now...

Now through January 15th we have our Punny Valentine Sale - 20% off!

NOW... check out all the other projects that our design team has to share!!

Here's our hop list...

Scrap'n Stamp
Meghan
Allison
Kate - go here!
Tara
Deepa

Now for the GIVEAWAY...

 GIVEAWAY DETAILS!!

  1.  Hop along and LEAVE A COMMENT on each designers blog post.
  2.  One lucky WINNER will be chosen to receive a $50 gift certificate to the store.
  3.  Winners will posted on the Scrap 'N Stamp blog sometime in mid to late January.  Good luck!

Thanks for stopping by!  Happy hopping and GOOD LUCK!

~ Ally ~

Crafty Meraki ~ Sneak Peek: Lucky Lanterns

Today I'm sharing another sneak peek of one of the newest products coming from Crafty Meraki

Today we're sharing sneaks of the brand new stencil coming to the shop!  This product is called "Lucky Lanterns Stencil".


This stencil has so many possibilities!  I can't wait to share the whole thing with you next week.

More Crafty Meraki to come!!

~ Ally ~

Crafty Meraki ~ Sneak Peek: Crimson Charm

Today's my very first share of my brand new design team!  Today I'm sharing a sneak peek of one of the newest products coming from Crafty Meraki!

Today we're sharing some sneaks of the brand new "Crimson Charm Press-tacular Plate"...

This beautiful Chrysanthemum bouquet is so striking!  The two blooms are paired with some beautiful berries.

I chose to use some purple foil with today's Press-tacular Plate and then color it with purple Copic Markers!

I will be sharing the full card next week once the release has gone live.

Stay tuned for more Crafty Meraki sneak peeks this week!

~ Ally ~


Sweet November Stamps ~ Bring on the Java!

Happy Saturday all!  Today I'm sharing a delicious card featuring stamps from Sweet November Stamps!

Today's card shows one of the adorable mice from the "More Than Coffee" clear stamp set.

For the card, I stamped my little mousey and colored him in using Copic Markers.  Then I used a craft knife to cut out a void in the cup.  I backed this with clear acetate and also a matching piece of colored cardstock.

I popped some of the adorable "Coffee Lovers Sequins Mix" to the inside of the shaker element.   The coffee bean sequins in this mix are adorable!


I popped the oval and shaker element on some fun coffee bean paper from Catherine Pooler.

To finish off the card, I stamped the sentiment using an ombre effect using CP "It's a Girl" and "Do-si-do" inks.

I hope you're having a great 2025 so far!

~ Ally ~

Crafty Meraki ~ Creative Team Announcement & a Prize!!!

I am excited to announce that for the beginning of 2025, I will joining the Crafty Meraki Creative Team!

Stayed tuned for lots of Crafty Meraki fun this year!

We actually celebrating today over on Instagram with an introductory hop to meet the team and we're also giving away a gift certificate to the shop!

You can join us HERE!

I hope you have an amazing and crafty 2025!

~ Ally ~

 
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