Harvest Hugs | Catherine Pooler Designs “Autumn on Main”

Today I’m sharing another card featuring the beautiful new “Autumn on Main” Collection from Catherine Pooler Designs! For this card, I wanted to play with some unexpected Autumn colors and pair those fresh aquas and greens with the gorgeous warmth of the new Copper Shimmer. I love how striking these colors look together!

I started by creating my own fun marbled, watercolor effect background paper using Melon Ice, Aquatini and Uptown inks. I dabbed and layered the inks to build up lots of variation and texture, allowing the colors to blend and mingle together. Once I was happy with my background, I added a splattering of the new Copper Shimmer for a little sparkle and warmth. Those tiny copper flecks look so pretty against all of that turquoise and green!

Next, I took a piece of Catherine Pooler’s Favorite White Cardstock and painted it completely with Copper Shimmer. Once it was dry, I die cut the beautiful new “Willow Silhouette” Die from my handmade metallic cardstock. I absolutely love how this turned out! Painting the cardstock first gave me a gorgeous custom copper paper with lots of beautiful shine and texture.

For the greeting, I reached for the new “Harvest Duo Word Dies.” I die cut the delicate scripted “harvest” word and colored it with Uptown Ink, then layered it over the coordinating white shadow die cut. That deep teal really helps the sentiment stand out against the colorful background.

I wanted to turn my greeting into “harvest hugs,” so I did a little selective stamping with one of the sentiments from the “Autumn Greetings” Stamp Set. I stamped just the word “hugs” in Uptown Ink and cut it out with its coordinating die. I love being able to stretch my sentiment stamps by using just a portion of a greeting!

To finish the card, I layered my marbled panel onto a little peek of Uptown-colored cardstock before adding it to my white card base. The combination of those cool jewel-toned colors, the crisp white and all that beautiful copper shine makes this such a fun take on an Autumn card.

StampNation members can shop the new Autumn on Main Collection today! Everyone else can join in tomorrow when the entire collection goes live in the Catherine Pooler Designs shop at 9am ET.

You can shop Catherine Pooler Designs here:
https://shop.catherinepooler.com?aff=49

Happy crafting! 🍂🩵✨

~ Ally ~ 

Grateful for You | Autumn on Main

Today I’m sharing a more masculine-inspired Fall card featuring some fabulous new products from Catherine Pooler Designs’ “Autumn on Main” Collection. I love how this card proves that Autumn designs don’t always have to be filled with traditional oranges, reds and yellows—the monochromatic gray palette paired with touches of copper gives this one such a cool, modern feel!

The star of today’s card is the adorable new “Fall Silhouette Dies.” This set includes three different silhouette designs featuring some beautiful seasonal foliage—a maple leaf, a saw-toothed leaf, and a grouping of oak leaves and acorns. They’re such a fun way to add Fall imagery to a card while keeping the overall design clean and graphic.

I began by die cutting the different Fall Silhouette Dies several times down one side of a panel of Hoodie cardstock. I love how the circular designs create an almost patterned effect as they trail down the card front.

For the layer underneath, I used another piece of Hoodie cardstock and had a little fun with some splattering! I added the gorgeous new Copper Shimmer, along with splatters of white and black acrylic paint. My goal was to have all of that beautiful texture and sparkle peek through the open areas created by the leaf dies. Once the die-cut panel was layered over top, the splattered background became a really fun feature within each silhouette.

The Copper Shimmer is especially striking against the Hoodie cardstock. Depending on the light, you get these little flashes of warm metallic copper mixed in with the black and white speckles. It adds just enough shine without taking away from the masculine feel of the card.

To finish everything off, I chose the “Grateful for You” greeting from the new “Autumn Greetings” Stamp Set. I white heat embossed the sentiment onto coordinating Hoodie cardstock and then cut it out with its matching die. I popped the greeting up over the Fall silhouettes for a simple finishing touch.

I really love the understated look of this one! The tone-on-tone gray cardstock keeps it clean and masculine, while those little pops of Copper Shimmer bring in just the right amount of warmth for an Autumn card.

The new “Autumn on Main” Collection is almost here! StampNation members get to shop early tomorrow, and the collection opens to everyone on Wednesday. 🍂🧡✨

~ Ally ~ 

Copper Blessings | Catherine Pooler Designs “Autumn on Main”

There is just something about creating Fall cards that makes me happy—the warm colors, beautiful leaves, rich metallics and all those cozy Autumn details! Today I’m sharing a card featuring the brand new “Autumn on Main” Collection from Catherine Pooler Designs. This collection is packed with everything I love about the season: gorgeous leaves, harvest-inspired images, pumpkins and gourds, bold patterned papers and some really fabulous new dies!

For my card, I reached for the beautiful “Fall Flourishes” Stamp and Die Set. This set includes five wonderful Fall images—a maple leaf, an oak leaf, a stem of wheat, an acorn and a chestnut—and I couldn’t resist using every single one!

I stamped all of the images and colored them with my Copic Markers, building up lots of layers of color to give them plenty of dimension. I especially love how the greens, yellows, oranges and reds blend together on those beautiful Fall leaves. They really became the stars of the card!

For the background, I began by die cutting a piece of kraft cardstock with the “Tuffed Cover Plate Die”. I love the subtle stitched texture this adds without competing with all of those colorful images.

Next, I used the “Around the Loop Nested Dies” to create a modified oval opening in the center of the panel. Before popping the panel up onto my white card base, I blended a little Spiced Ink along the inside edge of the oval. That touch of warm color helps define the opening and adds even more depth to the design.

Once the background was in place, I arranged all five of my Fall Flourishes images around the oval, overlapping and layering them to create a full harvest-inspired cluster. The wheat tucked behind those colorful leaves adds such a pretty bit of texture!

Of course, this card needed a little sparkle, so I pulled out the new Copper Shimmer and added splatters across the kraft background and some of the Fall images. The warm copper shine is absolutely perfect with an Autumn color palette.

For the finishing touch, I used the “Harvest Duo Word Dies” to create the large “Blessings” sentiment. I die cut the word from beautiful copper metallic cardstock and paired it with the coordinating white cardstock shadow layer. I love how that shiny sentiment stretches right across the center of the card and ties in perfectly with the Copper Shimmer splatters.

I absolutely love how this card turned out! It has all those rich, warm and colorful elements that make Fall crafting so much fun.

The new “Autumn on Main” Collection will be available in the Catherine Pooler Designs shop on Wednesday, but StampNation members get to shop early on Tuesday!

You can shop Catherine Pooler Designs here: https://shop.catherinepooler.com?aff=49

Happy Fall crafting, everyone! 🍁🌾🧡

~ Ally ~ 

Back to COOL with Sweet November Stamps

It’s time to head back to school, and the new First Day digital stamp collection from Sweet November Stamps is filled with adorable images for creating cheerful classroom scenes! The collection includes a variety of sweet students, a teacher, a crossing guard and plenty of school-themed accessories, including desks and lockers.

For my card, I combined Eliza, Kenny, Lainey, Tanner and Mrs. James with the Teacher’s Desk images to create a busy first-day classroom scene. One of my favourite things about working with digital stamps is being able to resize, arrange and layer the images until the scene looks exactly the way I imagined.

Once everything was printed, I coloured the entire scene with a rainbow of Copic Markers. I had so much fun choosing different colours for each child’s clothing, backpack and shoes. All those bright details give every student their own personality and capture the excitement of arriving at school for a brand-new year.

I kept the classroom background simple so the colourful characters would remain the focus, adding a soft green chalkboard wall, a neutral floor and a few subtle shadows beneath everyone’s feet. The playful “Back to COOL!” greeting was the perfect finishing touch for this happy school scene.

The new First Day collection offers so many possibilities for back-to-school cards, teacher appreciation projects, lunchbox notes and scrapbook pages. I can’t wait to create even more school adventures with these adorable characters!

Happy Saturday all!

~ Ally ~