Catherine Pooler ~ A Little Soft & Sweet Thinking of You

Today I'm sharing a card that’s full of gentle color and heartfelt sentiment—perfect for sending a little love to someone special. 💛💜

This card features the beautiful new "With Love" stamp set and coordinating dies from Catherine Pooler Designs. I absolutely adore the mix of florals in this set—they're whimsical, easy to color, and perfect for a variety of occasions.

To build my background, I pulled out the dreamy "Dreamy Damask Layered Stencils". I softly blended four of my favorite Catherine Pooler Designs inks across the stencils: Serenade, Honeycomb, and Seafoam. These pastel hues create a soft and serene backdrop that lets the sentiment and florals shine.

To add dimension and a little playful detail, I framed the floral cluster using the lovely scalloped panel from the "Dashes & Ruffles Dies". The bubbly edges give the whole card a charming touch that pairs beautifully with the elegance of the damask pattern.

The sentiment, “Thinking of You,” comes right from the "With Love" stamp set and is nestled among the layered die-cut flowers. I used a combination of yellow, soft orange, and lilac tones to color the blooms, adding soft shading for depth and dimension.

This card is a gentle reminder that a handmade message can brighten someone’s day—whether it’s a friend, family member, or someone who just needs a little pick-me-up.

All supplies used are available now in the Catherine Pooler Designs shop. I hope this inspires you to mix your favorite inks and stencils for a delicate background of your own!

Happy crafting! 💐

~ Ally ~ 

Craft Roulette ~ Violet Artist Bouquet

TGIF!!  Hope you're having a great week - three cheers for the upcoming weekend!  Today's card is this past week's entry for Craft Roulette.  This will be my 60th submission.

The four parameters that the wheel gave us this week were:

• Project: Thinking of You
• Colors: Fairytale (lots of bold purples this week)
  
• Element: Hears or Ears (the buzz of the bees)
  
• Random: Stamped Background (script and dots stamped in the background)
  

So this week's card features the "Artistic Bouquet" from Power Poppy.  I decided to match the purple hues of my background panel for my bouquet's color palette this week.

For my background I inked it up using some CP Drive-in ink and then used some water to stencil a little bit of the fun Aall & Create stencil through it.  Then I added some dots and gold heat embossed them and also a CP retired script font stamp too.

Make sure to check out Craft Roulette over on YouTube and join us every Friday at 6:30pm CT for a brand new episode! Hope you'll join us tonight for the next episode with Desiree Kuemmerle!

Hope you have a great week!

~ Ally ~

CP ~ Quilted Thinking of You

 

Today is the day that StampNation can shop the Ex Libris collection EARLY!  Come and check out all the latest products from Catherine Pooler Designs!

We have 4 small bundles that you can choose from.  Each bundle when purchased, gives you a small discount!  Check out these fun Ex Libris mini collections...

 

Don't forget, we have FOUR brand new Spa Collection of CP inks being released too!  You can purchase them separately or as a bundle or a bundle including their refills.  Don't forget your label stickers!

Today I'm using the amazing "Cross Your X's Cover Plate Die" and the fabulous "Gardener's Notebook" patterned papers to create this fun  thinking of you quilt-looking card! 

I stamped my beautiful greenery from the new "Notable & Quotable Sentiments" stamp set in Eucalyptus ink then used the solid leaf stamp from the "Fresh Picked Floral" stamp set with Wintergreen ink and filling in the leaves. 

Next I die cut one of our fun new "Nested Hexagon Dies" and stamped a sentiment out in Ginger ink.  I just love all the fun patterns and texture on this card!  A few sparkly "Wintergreen Sequins" and my card was done!

What do you think?!?!  I hope I've inspired you today!  Now go and create something fun!

Have a great Tuesday!

~ Ally ~

 

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Meet Martini & Uptown!

It's Day 2 of the newest Catherine Pooler Designs ink reveal!

Today we are revealing the next 2 inks in the Luxe ink collection. So far, we started off with Cranberry Fizz and Deck the Halls inks from last year and we've revealed the first two new inks, Glitz and Flame, yesterday.

So today, I want to introduce you to...

Martini and Uptown!

These two beautifully tropical feeling colors are perfect for some frawns and skies, so I pulled out my "Leave Me in Paradise" stamp set and dies and created this simple framed panel.  I used the new "Notecard Layers Dies" to create the white frame.

I used my Gelli plate to create a softer backdrop for the center panel of the frame.

I just had to add some bling too... some Wintergreen sequins!  The sentiment is from the beautiful "Give Thanks Sentiments" stamp set.

Join me again tomorrow for the final reveal of the last 2 colors in the Luxe collection!

See you soon!

~ Ally ~

 

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New CP Inks... Meet "Serene"

The first of TWO new Beach Retreat inks from Catherine Pooler Designs have been revealed as of yesterday.

Meet "Serene"... a beautiful soft, subtle purple...

I decided to pull out my brand new Gelli Plate from GelliArts and create a multi-layered background of just Serene ink.

Then I stamped the gorgeously large butterfly from the "Butterfly in Bloom" stamp set in Black Jack ink and colored it up with Copic Markers.  I fussy cut it out and applied it with some foam tape across my back ground.

A few fun "Oak City Sequins" echoed the splatter of coppery-gold paint across the back drop.

Have you seen them??!?! Are you jumping up for joy yet?!?! Catherine now has color coordinating ink pad side labels for ALL of her ink colors!!!!  HOORAY!

I hope you'll join us today at 12 noon EST on the CP Facebook page to welcome the final two Beach Retreat ink colors! 

Hope you get inky today!  Happy creating!

~ Ally ~

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