Hey friends, I'm back with another card featuring the new Frosty & Festive collection from Catherine Pooler Designs. I got really playful with this mini-slimline card. The Snow family just had their photos made for their 2026 Christmas cards, I'm pretty sure Rudolph and Santa can expect a card this year, haha!
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The stamp set I'm creating with today is called Frosty Friends and has quickly become a favorite. I love these adorable snowmen!
To begin, all my images are watercolored with Catherine Pooler inks. I used quite a few colors by pressing the ink on my craft mat, spritzing with water and coloring with a water brush.
I even watercolored the space around the images.
The ink colors that I used are:
Midnight, Garden Party, Cummerbund, Martini, Rockin' Red, Cotton Candy, Hoodie, Mandarin Spice, Icing On The Cake, Deck The Halls
Check out all the luscious CPD ink colors here!
I wanted really clean lines for my stamped images so the coloring would stay within the confines of the stitched design. I adhered my low-tack mint tape around the edges prior to my partial stamping.
I always use a stamp positioner to get the depth of color I need.
I had die cut 4 stitched squares on one piece of cardstock, so I could apply mint tape to the backside and keep everything stable for my coloring. The stitched square that I used is from the Flip-a-Color Combo Dies and measures 1 1/2" inches in diameter.
I also trimmed out some mint tape to cover my colored snowman and splatter on some of the new Sparkle Gold Shimmer.
For the backing of my stitched die cuts, I used the Martini cardstock from the Party Mix cardstock collection. The brown card stock is called Over Coffee and I also did some ink blending to darken it, using Icing On The Cake with a blender brush. I also added a thin strip of Rouge cardstock from the Spa cardstock collection, behind my popped up snowmen, plus a white gel pen as an accent.
Lastly, I added enamel dots, sequins from the Stars Hollow sequin mix and white paint splatters. This was so much fun to make! I love my CPD products! Thanks so much for stopping by.
You can view the entire Frosty & Festive collection here.
Terri
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