Butterfly and Hexagon Slimline Card

Hello friends. I'm back today with another project featuring the new Hops and Peeps stamp set from Catherine Pooler Designs. I also have some hexagon dies from Creative Expressions that I incorporated into this project as a pop up element. Scroll down for some creative details! You'll find the product links at the end of this post. All of these products can be found at Scrapbook.com and guess what? They're featured as new and hot products of 2022!

(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.)

First, let me tell you about the hexagon dies. They're part of the Canvas Collection from Creative Expressions and are one of the new and hot products of 2022! As of this writing, there are only 3 left in stock so if you want to get your hands on this set, hurry! You can also click to be notified when it's back in stock. They have other shapes as well so check them out here!

I did some ink smooshing with my hexagon die cuts, using the Catherine Pooler Inks in the photo below. I sometimes use mixed media paper for my ink smooshing and I used Canson which you can find locally at Walmart. The great thing about these hexagon dies is you can use them as a pop up feature and fold like a box. However, there are nesting hexagon dies included in the set that can cut the center for making shaker elements. 

The tabbed die is super easy to fold as well. I used some small glue dots from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L to adhere my tab corners.

For my slimline card base I used Neenah cardstock and I also trimmed a top layer of cardstock and embossed with a Cuttlebug 6x8 embossing folder in a filigree design. I've had it awhile and I don't believe Cricut sells them anymore but this folder from Creative Expressions is very close to what I used.

My butterflies are from the Catherine Pooler Hops and Peeps stamp set and guess what? Yup, another featured new and hot product for 2022 from Scrapbookcom! My butterflies were stamped on Canson mixed media and watercolored using the same 3 Catherine Pooler Inks that I used for my hexagon boxes. I have some retired gemstones from Nuvo that are hot glued to the center of my butterflies and strips of paper from Catherine Pooler's new Happy Mama paper pack add more color and interest to my card. My butterflies are popped up on a foam circles, but I needed 3 stacked foam circles for each hexagon box to pop it enough so it didn't sink in the center.

 

I'm a big believer in using what you have and that included the sentiment. It's from a retired Hello Bluebird stamp set that was gifted to me. I wanted a one-liner sentence and since I didn't have any newer sentiment stamps that fit the bill, I pulled out this set. I love it and happiness is timeless!

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Thanks so much for popping in and I hope you'll find something you like in the shop. Also, thanks so much for shopping my affiliate links which are provided for your convenience and doesn't affect your purchase cost in any way. Have a great day!

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Spring Chick Card

Hello lovelies, it's been a minute since I last blogged. I've had some major computer and network issues at home that I thought I'd never see resolved but finally, they're resolved!  Nothing worse than life issues intruding on your creativity, am I right? 

Today's card features the new Hops and Peeps stamp set and other products from Catherine Pooler Designs, along with many other products that you'll find linked at the end of this post. Scroll down for some creative 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.)

Deciding on ink colors was my first priority. I absolutely love the many colors of Spring but pinks, yellows and greens are my absolute favorite colors. I used Catherine Pooler Coral Cabana, Catching Rays and In The Park to stamp my sentiment. Isn't it just gorgeous? My Misti stamp positioner helps to accomplish multiple stamping without messing up a thing. For my little chick, I colored with Copic Markers and you can see the markers I used at the end of this post under the shopping links.

I cut my egg using dies from the Catherine Pooler new Egg Hunt dies, then did some ink blending with Coral Cabana and Catching Rays, leaving a little white space in the middle. Then I used my blender brushes along with my heart stencil from Scrapbook.com and inked over my egg with the same colors.

Bonus tip: If you leave your die cut in place on your cardstock after cutting and tape your metal die in place, you can carefully ink blend with your stencil and leave a white edge around your die cut. (as pictured above)

The background die is actually one I've had in my stash that hasn't been used much, although I do love it. It's from Reverse Confetti and I stacked my white cardstock and a piece of Happy Mama patterned paper for one cut, running it through my die cut machine several times. Then I just switched out the white window for my patterned paper window. Easy!

All of my papers and cardstock are adhered flat except for my chick and egg which is popped up on adhesive foam circles for dimension.

 I just love this happy spring card so much! I'll be using these stamps and dies a lot for spring tags, treat bags and more. And of course, more cardmaking! Thanks so much for popping in. I've provided convenient affiliate links below at no additional cost to you, if you see something you like. Thanks for your support!

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