Stay Cozy with Frosty & Festive

Hello crafty friends!

There’s something about a sweet little snowman that makes a winter card feel instantly cheerful, and today’s card features one of the adorable new snowmen from the Frosty & Festive Collection from Catherine Pooler Designs!

This new release is packed with so many fun winter crafting possibilities. You’ll find everything from snowmen and birds to fabulous sentiments, beautiful forest-inspired fronds, and some really fantastic new cover plate dies. There are lots of pieces that can be mixed and matched for Christmas cards, winter cards, and those cozy projects that can carry you well beyond the holiday season.

For today’s card, I reached for the new Frosty Friends Stamp Set and coordinating dies. This set includes four sweet little snowmen, snowy accent images, and four adorable greetings. I couldn’t resist this little guy all tangled up in his colorful Christmas lights! I stamped him, colored him with my Copic Markers, and die cut him before adding him to the front of my card.

I wanted the background to stay soft and frosty, so I created a simple snowy landscape using Cotton Candy Ink. I gradually built up the color with three layers of ink, making each layer a little heavier and deeper than the one before it. I love how the different intensities of pink create the look of rolling snowy hills while still keeping the whole card light and whimsical.

To carry the wintery feel up through the rest of the panel, I stamped several of the snowflakes from the Jolly Jingle Stamp Set using Cotton Candy Ink. The tone-on-tone pink snowflakes are subtle, but they add just enough detail to make the background feel wonderfully snowy without taking attention away from my little Frosty Friend.

For one final touch of sparkle, I splattered the entire panel with the new Sparkle Gold Shimmer. Those tiny flecks of gold add such a pretty bit of shine when the light catches them and look especially lovely against the soft pink and white background.

I finished the card with the sweet “stay cozy” sentiment, keeping everything clean and simple so that adorable snowman could remain the star of the show.

The entire Frosty & Festive Collection is available now in the Catherine Pooler shop. If you love cute winter characters, versatile sentiments, snowy elements, and beautiful dies, there are so many fun goodies in this release to play with!

You can shop the new release here:
https://shop.catherinepooler.com?aff=49

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope this little pink snowy scene inspires you to pull out your favorite winter stamps, add a little sparkle, and create something cozy! ❄️💕✨

~ Ally ~ 

Pulling Strings for a Happy Halloween

Halloween is creeping closer, and that means the Sweet November Stamps Halloween release is almost here too! I couldn’t resist getting into the spooky spirit a little early with this eerie little card featuring one of the new wonderfully creepy Creepy Dolls.

There are three dolls in the collection—Kelly, Jackie and Wendy—and for today’s card I chose Kelly Doll with the Strings. There is something about her dangling marionette-style pose, cracked porcelain face and those wonderfully creepy details that makes her perfect for a Halloween card. I love how she looks as though she has just appeared onstage for her own spooky little performance!

I colored the entire scene with Copic Markers, keeping Kelly’s dress in bright blues with pops of vivid green. I also worked in some of my fluorescent orange Copic Markers to create a subtle glowing effect throughout the background. That extra bit of eerie warmth really helps set the mood and makes the whole scene feel like it is lit by some mysterious Halloween stage lights.

The finishing touch was the perfectly playful sentiment, “Pulling Strings for a Happy Halloween.” It ties the whole marionette theme together and adds just the right bit of humor to this delightfully creepy card.

I had so much fun coloring Kelly and bringing her spooky little stage to life. She’s eerie, quirky and just the right amount of creepy—exactly what I love for Halloween! Keep your eyes peeled because the new Sweet November Stamps Halloween release is coming soon! 👻🎃

~ Ally ~ 

Raking Up Some Fall Fun with Sweet November Stamps

There is just something about crisp autumn days, colorful leaves and all the fun activities that come along with the season! For today’s card, I pulled out the adorable “Fall Gathering” stamp set from Sweet November Stamps. This sweet set was released last Fall and features six little girls and guys enjoying all kinds of autumn adventures. It also includes fun scene-building extras like leaves, squirrels, chipmunks and a pumpkin.

I decided a slimline card would be the perfect way to showcase several of these cute kiddos together. I started by creating a subtle patterned background on my card base, stamping the individual leaf images and the tiny acorn all over in a soft neutral ink. I love how this adds just a little extra detail without distracting from the colorful characters.

Next, I added my slimline frame from Waffleflower and placed a different kiddo into each of the windows. From raking leaves to pushing a wheelbarrow full of colorful foliage, each little scene has so much personality! I also tucked in the fun “Let’s Rake Up Some Fun!” sentiment from the stamp set near the top.

Of course, all of these sweet characters were colored with my Copic Markers, using lots of warm and cheerful Fall colors. I kept the rest of the card fairly clean and simple so those adorable images could really shine.

Such a happy, playful Fall card and a fun reminder that sometimes revisiting an older favorite stamp set is just as inspiring as playing with something brand new! 🍂🍁

Have a great weekend!

~ Ally ~ 

Sweet Sorceresses – Meet Mab!

Today I’m sharing another card featuring the brand new “Sweet Sorceresses” digital release from Sweet November Stamps! Meet Mab, one of four adorable little witches in this magical collection. I just love her oversized witchy hat, sweet little cape and all of those wonderful details just waiting to be colored.

This card was created for Craft Roulette, and last week’s parameters gave me such a fun jumping-off point:

• Project: ATC Card – Artist Trading Card
• Colors: Produce Aisle colors – blueberry blues, lettuce greens and lemon yellows
• Element: Tree(s) – I added a little hand-drawn branch detail to Lo’s hat
• Random: Use Three Circles – Lo’s three little dress buttons were perfect!

I created the small ATC-sized colored panel first, coloring Lo and the background with my Copic Markers in bright blues, greens, yellows and a touch of pink. I love how the colorful rectangle pops against the mostly white card front while allowing parts of Lo to extend beyond the edge of the ATC. I popped the colored panel up for a little extra dimension and paired her with one of the fabulous “Halloween Sentiments” — “You’re the Hocus to My Pocus.” How perfect is that?

Lo is part of a series of four Sweet Sorceresses, each with her own adorable personality. Even better, if you purchase the complete Sweet Sorceresses Bundle, you’ll also receive the coordinating “Hut” digital image for FREE! That special bundle offer is only available through September 12th, so be sure to grab these magical little witches while the bonus is available.

I had so much fun combining the Craft Roulette challenge with this sweet new release. Lo definitely brought a little colorful hocus pocus to my crafty table! 🧙‍♀️✨

~ Ally ~