Petals and Purrs Collection from Catherine Pooler plus Life Update

 Hello lovelies, it's been awhile! I've been a brand ambassador for Catherine Pooler Designs for several years now and at the first of the year, I joined the Social Media Design Team. I adore CPD products and especially their inks! I have sooooo many! As many of you know, I battled breast cancer last summer and had a mastectomy. My mom and sister are survivors as well, although my mom passed away almost 6 years ago due to other health issues.

Since my surgery, my battle is more with the post-cancer meds that I have to take for the next 5 years. The side effects are numerous and include muscle/joint pain, extreme fatigue and severe mood swings, to name a few. In addition, on January 3rd of this year, my dad who is 85 years old had a stroke which affected his speech. He was diagnosed with apraxia and aphasia post-stroke and although he is mobile and can do some things for himself, my siblings and I made the decision to bring him home to care for him, after his hospitalization and rehab.

I'm not going to lie, it's been extremely challenging for all of us, as we take turns caring for him, taking him to his numerous doctor appointments, going on grocery runs, cooking, etc. Communication on his end frustrates him significantly. He's getting, OT, PT and speech therapy but can't talk, although occasionally, a random word or two will come out when he's not trying. He is also trying to learn to write again and currently struggles with that as well, as his letters get mixed up and thoughts jumbled up in his head.

As you can imagine, I've cut back on my creative commitments and blogging, although I have kept up my project commitments to Catherine Pooler. I do other affiliate promotion when I'm able as well, as that is much easier and less time consuming. So here we are. My first blog post in months, and only because I actually have a few free moments where I'm not totally exhausted and drained beyond belief, haha! I'm still working a full time job too!

Today, the Petals and Purrs Collection is live at Catherine Pooler. My first two cards below feature this collection, but I'm also sharing some other favorite projects that I shared on social media over the last couple months with other CPD new releases. Thanks so much for popping in and listening to me ramble!

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

My intention was to create a one layer card and make some rainbow kittens with Purr-fect Pals stamp set. One thing led to another, and I ended up making fairy wings, haha! I blame Tiktok, after watching way too many videos of pet owners dressing up their pets in costumes and butterfly wings! Have you seen the golden retriever with the light up wings????!!! Absolutely precious!

One thing you should know about me is, if I get an idea, there is no veering from it. I will seek a conclusion and commit to THE END!

I decided to place my cat stamp on an acrylic block and dab one ink color at a time randomly, then spritz with water before stamping.  I would also blot certain areas of my wet ink with a paper towel as needed, to not create too much overlap with other ink colors.

Ink colors:

Tiara, Sweetheart, Mardi Gras, Black Jack

The coordinating outline stamp was done at the end using Black Jack. If there were any splotchy areas missing color, I went in with a wet paintbrush and spritzed ink to touch it up.

I searched through my CPD stamp sets to see if I could find anything that would work for wings and found the perfect thing in the Hops and Peeps stamp set, one of my favorite sets for Spring. Those baby chick "paws" at the bottom of the photo below were perfect. I could have used butterfly wings, but I was on a time crunch and didn't want to fool with too much masking.

To create my wings, I first stamped on my colored cats using Black Jack ink. I did mask a little bit with tape in some sections. Next, I used the "paws" stamps to stamp 6 images on vellum with the Sweetheart ink, then sprinkled with Wow Sparkles in Cotton Candy and heat set it with a craft heat tool. 

Then I took the new Pixie Dust Shimmer, shook the bootle, then placed a few drops on my craft mat, spritzed with a touch of water and grabbed a wet paintbrush to pain the shimmer on my vellum "wings".

I gently heat set the wings, then fussy cut them and placed a small piece of trimmed adhesive strips at the base of the wing to adhere to my cats. This was so fun to do! Did I mention March is National Craft Month?!

Above, is another card I made earlier this week that features these CPD products:

Pixie Dust & Glitz Shimmers
Ink Pads - Sweetheart, Tiara, Black Jack
More Sentiment Banner Dies
Totally Bloomin' Patterned Paper
Flirty Blooms Layered Stencils
Purr-fect Pals Stamp & Die Set
Around The Loop Nested Dies
Party Red & Party Yellow Enamel Dots
Party Mix Cardstock, White Cardstock
Dots and Scallops Dies

The card above is from last months From the Farm Collection and features these products:

Party Mix cardstock
Farm Fresh Stamp/die set
CPD inks - Orange Twist, Cargo

Simple Strips Dies

Lime Rickey Shimmer

White Cardstock

Farm Fresh Patterned Paper

I also died some white twine from my stash for the carrot topper "greens", using the Lime Rickey Shimmer.

The cards above featured positive and negative die cuts using January's release in celebration of colored cardstock arriving to the shop! The papers I used were from the Party Mix Cardstock Collection. I also used the Simple Strips Dies and Scripted Sentiment Trio Word Dies. Do you follow me on Instagram? I talked about creating this project, here.

The project above was also made with the Party Mix Cardstock Collection, as well as the Flip-a-Color Combo Dies for swatching. Read my Instagram post, here.

The projects above and below also feature the From the Farm Collection and new shimmers. You can view additional photos on my Instagram here, as well as the torn paper technique that I used for the ink blended sky above.

Thanks so much for popping in, I'm already tuckered out, haha! I'll bet you are too, if you stuck with me this long! I hope you have a great week. If you'd like to shop for any of the products used on these projects, tap here to visit the CPD website. Thank you and blessings to you all!

Terri

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Nativity Christmas Gift Tags for Erin Lee Creative

Hello friends, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! I'm back with a 3rd project for Erin Lee Creative, that features the new holiday release. I decided to make some Christmas gift tags, pull out some supplies and see where my creativity would lead me. It was such a pleasure to just go with the flow and see where I ended up! Scroll down for all the details. I'll have a clickable supply list at the end as well.

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

I'm using 4 different ELC products from the new release:

Starry Night Stencil

Nativity Add-On Die Set

Love Came Down Stamp Set

Jumbo Joy Word Die Set

I must confess, I set out to simply get creative and in the process, completely forgot to photograph the various techniques I used, with the exception of the photo above.

I'm using a tag die set from Scrapbookcom and cut 2 tags with white cardstock and my Platinum 6 die cut machine. Next, I swiped Catherine Pooler ink in Glacier across my tags. I heat set the ink with my craft heat tool, then I used the Starry Night stencil with modeling paste across my inked tags.

I also sprayed some Wendy Vecchi Mica Spray in Buttercup for more "gold stars". This mica spray is retired, so I've linked a similar spray in my supply list.

BONUS TIP: Unscrew the bottle tube feeder and simply tap droplets around your selected area for more control,

Next, I did some partial stamping on each tag using the Love Came Down stamp set. I used clear emboss ink, and simply grabbed my stamp, pressed into the ink and hand pressed onto my card stock in 3 different sections on each tag. Then, I sprinkled white embossing powder, tapped off the excess and heat set the stamping.

After stamping, I ink blended all around the edges of my tag using Catherine Pooler ink in Cargo with a blender brush. This is a dark brown color and really gives it that good vintage feel.

I also used the excess brown ink on my blender brush to blend around the edges of my die cuts created with the ELC Nativity add-on die set: The 3 wisemen, Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus in a manger.

Now, to get REAL creative, I decided to rip a flap off an empty used packing box, peel back the thin top paper layer to reveal the corrugated layers underneath. I then stapled this on the left and right edge, to my tag, adding some stretched cheesecloth from my stash.

It ended up making the perfect little mixed media element for this nativity tag! I also used the little hole reinforcer die that comes with the Scrapbookcom tag die set, paired with the leftover corrugated paper, to create little reinforced hole die cuts, also ink blending over it with the Cargo ink and gluing to my tag.

Next, I grabbed some burlap string from my stash, and decided to wrap it several times near the top of my tag, tying it off into a bow, then hot gluing a little button in the center of each bow. 

Lastly, I used the ELC Jumbo Joy Word Die Set, for another focal element for this tag. The die set comes with the word die and an outline die. I trimmed 4 word dies on white cardstock, adhering 2 together with glue for each tag.  I used super thin, hand trimmed adhesive strips to have them pop up a bit for dimension, then finished off with white paint splatters all over my tags.

Can you see how I got a bit lost in the creative process? I was so absorbed, but I do wish I had thought to take more photos. I really love how these mixed media tags turned out and encourage you to give this a try! Even if you don't have all the extra supplies, find what you have and use it! You could easily unspool some white thread in place of the cheesecloth. Let me know if you have any questions in the comment section.

Please, tap any of the clickable affiliate links for more product information or to shop. These are conveniently provided at no additional cost to you. Happy holiday craft and card making!

Terri

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Ranger US HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Neenah Card Front Solar White 5.5 x 4.25 inch 25 pk Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Scrapbook.com Premium Clear Embossing Ink Pad Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Catherine Pooler Blending Brushes - 4 pk. Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Catherine Pooler
Neenah A2 Card Front Panel 25 pk Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Refillable Permanent Adhesive Runner - 49 feet Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Dina Wakley Heavy Acrylic Paint - White Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Dylusions Paint Brush Set Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Brutus Monroe Alabaster Embossing Powder Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Artis Glue Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Tim Holtz Distress Palette Knife Set - 2 pc Shop at: Scrapbookcom	3mm Adhesive Strips 160 ct. Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Reverse Tweezers Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Sizzix Hot Glue Gun Shop at: Scrapbookcom	White Project Grip Mat Shop at: Scrapbookcom	ELC Starry Night Stencil - 6x6 inch Shop at: Erin Lee Creative
ELC Love Came Down Stamp Set Shop at: Erin Lee Creative	Stamperia Modeling Paste - White Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cut System - Tool N One Bundle Shop at: Scrapbookcom	ELC Nativity Add-On Die Set Shop at: Erin Lee Creative
Catherine Pooler Ink Pad - Glacier Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Catherine Pooler Ink Pad - Cargo Shop at: Scrapbookcom	All Purpose Craft Scraper Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Yay Tag Die Set Shop at: Scrapbookcom
Simon Hurley Solar Spray - Golden Hour Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Buttons Galore Treasure Box Collection - Sea Salt Shop at: Scrapbookcom	ELC Jumbo Joy Word Die Set Shop at: Erin Lee Creative

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Pumpkin Pie Sideways Card feat Catherine Pooler Designs

Hello friends and Happy Thanksgiving! I took a little time out of my holiday meal prep to create this card that features Catherine Pooler products. I love, love, love pumpkin pie which is what inspired me to sit down and make this card. This is also the second card in my Sideways card series, which focuses on offset or off to the side focal points. It can be decorative edging, stamping, whatever floats your boat! Scroll down for details! Tap any of the highlighted text throughout this post for additional product information.

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

I'm using two different stamps from Catherine Pooler, Fall Calls for Lattes (sentiment) and Flavors of Fall (pumpkin pie). For my sentiment, I opted to trim a portion of a larger stamp quote to get the words 'harvest wishes". I do this on occasion and I can always use a stamp positioner to put my quote back together and stamp the entire wording, for future use.

To stamp my pumpkin pies, I used Amber ink for the crust and Orange Twist for the pie filling. I then went in with a waterbrush to color in some Mandarin Spice for the pie, to give a little depth, and touched up my crust with a bit of Cargo ink, which I also used for my sentiment.

To add a little separation between my pies and wording, I adhered a thin strip of plaid paper from the Right At Home paper pack, and a dark green houndstooth paper as the backing for my card panel, procured from the Bushel And A Peck paper pack.

This was a fairly quick card to make and such an enjoyable process. I'm looking forward to diving into some pumpkin pie tomorrow! Thanks so much for stopping in and I hope you enjoy the holidays! If you missed the first card in my Sideways Series, check it out here.

Terri

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Bestie Girl Foiled Card for Spellbinders

Hello friends, time is drawing to a close if you'd like to join any of the Spellbinders Clubs this month and receive the current selections. Today's card features the Stamp/Die of the Month selection and the Glimmer Hot Foil Club Kit. Scroll down for details!

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

This Stamp and Die Club Kit is called, Go-To-Girl and it's the cutest set ever! I had so much fun coloring up the image that's featured above. Plus, there are numerous sentiments which is always a plus when  making a purchase.

The Glimmer Hot Foil Club Kit is called, "Luxe Loops" and it's such a cool, trendy design. I opted to do some tone on tone foiling with some dark pink cardstock using my Glimmer Hot Foil System and the foil included with this months kit, Bright Pink. Keep in mind, selection on the foils you receive does vary.

I also sealed my foiling, using my Platinum 6 die cut machine. This, and the Glimmer machine, go hand in hand when foiling. You simply remove your platform, then run it through the Platinum 6 to seal it.

All of my coloring was done with OLO Markers. Here are the colors that I used:

OR2.5, O2.4, RV0.2, YO2.3, OR1.4, OR4.4, RV0.4, YG8.5, OR3.4, RV0.1

Spellbinders sells OLO Marker sets on their site, however, if you're looking for specific individual markers, you can find them on the OLO Marker site here.

Also, if you look closely at my die cut girl above, you'll see she was adhered to a second die cut outline with my green cardstock. This was offset just a bit and helps to not only tie in all the green colors together, but let her stand out a bit amongst all the pink.

 

Thanks so much for popping in today. Remember, if you wish to try out any of the Club Memberships, you are under no obligations. You can cancel at any time. Some crafters find a particular month may not be their style and opt to skip a month by canceling, then re-joining.  

Get all the details on all the club memberships, here.

See you next time, and Happy Thanksgiving!

Terri

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