Catherine Pooler: All That Jazz Blog Hop

Howdy all!  Happy Sunday one and all! Welcome to Day 1 of the Catherine Pooler Designs “All That Jazz” Blog Hop! If you have happened upon the blog hop today, please start at Catherine’s first blog post here.

Today I’m sharing a few cards that I made with some of the brand goodies being released on Tuesday March 20th.  If you are a StampNation member, you will be able to shop on Monday March 19th... woohoo! 

So come and check of some of this new release with me today.

I made the first two cards thinking that I could use part of one to make the other.  It works out brilliantly that way!

I began making my first card by stamping the arrays of different blooms from the “Grateful Heart” stamp set in Black Jack ink on CP’s Premium White Cardstock. I created some masks for each spray using Stamping Mask Paper by Inkadinkado. Then I took my All That Jazz ink and lightly sponged it around my blooms.

I had a ball coloring in my flowers using Copic Markers and then I added some stamped mini flowers in All That Jazz and Peppermint Scrub ink.

Then I die cut the new “Wonderful Die” word right across the whole panel and saved it for my second card.  I added a white embossed “You Are” also from the “Grateful Heart” stamp set using Versamark ink.  I die cut Vellum using the “Tags, Etc. Die” and added it to stamped and sponged All That Jazz back ground.

And here’s my second card using the die cut Wonderful from the first panel.

This card also features the new “Music Notes Background” stamp. I also used the word “Friend” from the “Everyday Mod” stamp set.

For my final card I just had to feature some kind of rainbow so I inked up a piece of CP’s Premium White Cardstock using Shea Butter, Polished, Rose Petals, Sugared Lavender, Stone Blue and Seafoam ink and die cut the Wonderful using the “Wonderful Die”.  I pulled the die cut from its back ground and set it aside.

Next I took a piece of white cardstock and die cut the word again. I pulled it from its back ground and then stamped a variety of cool greenery from the “Grateful Heart” stamp set using Black Jack ink.  I then took the same 6 inks from the wonderful die and added tiny same colored flowers in and among the flowers. I then added the rainbow die cut back in.  The added "You" stamp is from the "Bloomin' Bouquet" stamp set.

Now…. take a look at these amazing creations today made some amazingly talented designers...

Catherine Pooler

Josefine Fouarge   

Melissa Miller  

Jenny Colacicco

Karen Baker

Justine Hovey

Ilina Crouse  

Maureen Merritt

Allison Cope – you are here!  

Ingrid Blackburn - go here next!

Be sure to visit the blogs and comment to win.  We’ll randomly choose a winner from FIVE different blogs to win two free ink pads from our shop along with FREE shipping on your order!  Winners announced on Friday, March 23.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope I’ve inspired you to create too today!  Happy creating!

~ Ally ~

supplies: (all Catherine Pooler Designs products unless otherwise indicated)
stamps:  Grateful Heart, Music Notes Background
cardstock:  Premium White Cardstock, Vellum
inks:  Black Jack, All That Jazz, Seafoam, Rose Petals, Stone Blue, Sugared Lavender, Polished, Shea Butter, Tsukineko (Versamark), Copic Markers 
dies:  Wonderful
other: Sukura (White Gel Pen)

Power Poppy: Go Green!

With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, I decided to Go Green with the newest episode of Inspire Me Monday over on the Power Poppy Blog! 

Here’s a little sneak peek of my creation for this week using the digital stamp, “Wish You Luck”:

I hope you’ll take a moment and pop on by to view my quick video tutorial!

Have a great week everyone!

~ Ally ~

Lucky Little Leprechaun

St. Patrick’s Day is only 1 week from today so I made sure that I got my little green treats sent off to my family this week.  I thought I’d share the process of my Copic colouring with you of my little leprechaun.  I just think he’s so adorable!

Grab a drink and join me at my desk today…

To view in HD, click here.

Here’s a quick look at my image and the Copic marker listing…

And here’s the finished card once again.

I used the Concord & 9th "Lucky" stamps and dies to create the sentiment.

Thanks for joining me today.

~ Ally ~

stamps: Drawn by Krista (Leprechaun), Concord & 9th (Lucky)
cardstock: Recollections (80# White, 110# White, 110# Black)
inks: Catherine Pooler Designs (Grass Green, Melon Ice, Black Jack), Copic Markers
patterned paper: MFT (Tiny Check Brights 6x6)
dies:  Concord & 9th (Lucky)

Masked Birthday Wishes

TGIF everyone!  After close to a month of almost no creating, I’m back in the saddle for another week.  I will probably be off next week as I have to have a second surgery for this year.  Good bye uterus… lol!  Trust me… it’s a good thing.

Now, let’s create!

Today I’m creating with a few Power Poppy clear stamps; Sweet Memories (Sweet Peas), Vibrant Thanks (Zinnias), Countryside Bouquet Deluxe (Cosmos) and Party Time (sentiment).

L (above left): I die cut some letters to spell “HAPPY” using some stamping masking paper.
R (above right): I placed them on my die cut piece using a ruler to ensure they were straight.  I pressed down the masks using a bone folder for good contact.

L: I stamped all of my images using Memento “Tuxedo Black” ink over top of the masked letters.
R: I traced the masks using a Copic Multiliner 0.25 before removing them.

L:  Then I removed the masks.
R: I applied a layer of BV20.  I also used a Copic Blender to help soften the edges of the BV20.

L: I added some BV23, blending it out with BV20.
R: I added some darker purple BV25 and blended it out with BV23.

L: I added a slight line of BV29 to the bottom and left sides of all of my letters.  Then I added G20 to all of the greenery as my base color.
R: I added some G40 and G46 to some of the leaves and bases of the blooms.  I blended them with the G40.

L: I colored the Zinnia and Cosmo blooms using YR21, then YR12.  Blending them again with YR21.
R: I colored the Sweet Peas with R11 then R12 and then blended them with the R11 again.

L: To brighten my greenery, I added some touches of YG01 and then a bit more of G43 to darken some areas.
R: I stamped just the “BIRTHDAY!” part of the stamp from the “Party Time” stamp set on a piece of white cardstock.  Then I trimmed it into a thin strip.

L: I added the greeting strip to the card front using foam adhesive.
R: I cut a piece of stripped white and black diagonally striped patterned paper to put on my card front and then colored in a few of the strips to match the colors in my card.

And here are all the Copic Markers I used again for my card…

I just love the end result!  What about you?

Don't forget to check out my fellow Bloom Brigade creations shared today...

Allison Cope

Cindy Lawrence-- go here next!

Kathy Jones
Tosha Leyendekker

Power Poppy Blog

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my tutorial today.  I hope I inspire you to try some letter masking today.

~ Ally ~


Supplies:
stamps: Power Poppy (Sweet Memories (Sweet Peas), Vibrant Thanks (Zinnias), Countryside Bouquet Deluxe (Cosmos) and Party Time)
cardstock:  Recollections (110# White Cardstock)
inks: Memento (Tuxedo Black), Copic Markers (see list above)
dies: MFT (Little Letters), Sizzix (Rectangles; Dotted)
other:  Inkadinkado (Stamping Mask Paper)