Ham it Up!

It's your day! Ham it up! 

I had fun creating this cutie-pie piggy birthday card to give to my sister for her to hand out. I was inspired by the colors at the MFT Color Challenge #144, as well as the MFT Sketch Challenge #495 (too late to add my entry, but still loved the sketch!)

I started with a panel where I inked up some light clouds in yellow and pink, using the Cloud Stencil, and then added some grass with ink blending and a retired MFT set, Ewe Are The Best. I then inked up one of the pigs from Hog Heaven, and colored using ink blending. I used the same technique for a trio of balloons from Happy Hippos.

I finished with stamping a set of three grass lines, and a sentiment from Hog Heaven. Inside, the card reads, Ham it up on your Birthday!

Blue Sympathy

Having to make sympathy cards isn't ideal, but they are needed and I hope the recipients do find comfort in the handmade designs. I needed a sympathy card, and quick, so I created this one layer card with a retried Catherine Pooler Designs Stamp Set, Grateful Hearts.

I started with a blue cardstock card base, and onto it, I stamped a custom floral arrangement in Black Jack Ink with various stamps from Grateful Hearts. I colored the florals and foliage in with colored pencils and added detail with a white gel pen.

I stamped a sentiment from Faithful Flutterings in the center. Faithful Flutterings is definitely a staple set, there are many wonderful and comforting sentiments in the set. I finished the card by inking blending the edges with Stone Blue Ink, for almost a vintage look.

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A Peeking Pet in the Corner

My sister is a veterinarian so I often like making cards featuring her type of patients on cards for her to give out. When I saw the Peeking Pets Stamp Set I knew I had to have it so I could beef up her stash of cards! The mix of dog and cats stamps, along with the many fun accessories for them to wear is absolutely perfect and so much fun!

This clean and simple card started out with a card base made from Ultra Smooth White Cardstock,of course. I lightly brushed on some Polished Ink near the left center, and then stamped and die cut the cute westie dog stamp from Peeking Pets in Black Jack ink and die cut with the coordinating dies. Instead of having him peek up from a line, I angled him and poppped him up from the side of the card and two trimmed pieces in various widths of the 

 Hipster Patterned Paper Pack. I love how this gives the dog a different look!

I adorned the dog with a copic colored birthday hat from the Peeking Pets and coordinating dies, as well as some confetti from the WooHoo Stamp Set.  

I finished the card with a fun, script sentiment from Happy Birthday Many Ways, as well as adding some black details on the eyes and nose with a black pen.

Did you know that Catherine Pooler Designs has an awesome essential tools collection, new items and restocks are usually added every Wednesday...check out the whole collection of new items here!!

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Fly Daddy Lure

My father is an avid fisherman, and I am grateful that he's shared his passion (and secrets) with my son. 

With that in mind, I knew that I had to pick up the Fly Daddy Stamp Set from Catherine Pooler Designs. I put the set with the fun images to use on this card I made for my dad for Father's Day.

I started with an Ultra Smooth White Cardstock base and dry embossed the front with an older embossing plate from Papertrey Ink that has various sizes of concentric circles. I then die cut a tag from Tags, Etc., creating a bold, mixed-media water scene with post-it tape, It's A Boy Ink, Skylight Ink, water droplets and then the Polka Hearts Stencil.

I then stamped one of the lures from Fly Daddy onto the tag and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. I stamped and fussy cut another of the same lure, in Orange Twist (selective stamping on the bottom half), then entirely in Midnight, and then did some selective coloring on the top half with a blender pen and Lime Rickey. I fussy cut just the lure's body and affixed some gold twine to the mouth as well as an eye made from Nuvo Drops. I attached the lure right on top of the gold embossed lure with dimensional adhesive and then attached the tag and bits of scrap colored paper to the card base with a staple. I finished the card with a heat embossed sentiment from a mix of stamps from Honey Bee Designs.

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A Bulldog Sorry

Our furry friends are family indeed, I thought this would be a cute way to send a note of sympathy or thinking of you to family or friends who had a family pet pass away. Or maybe I can send it to an animal lover who has just experienced a trying time? That is what makes cardmaking so awesome, you can customize your card and greeting for just the right moment.

This clean and simple card started out with a card base made from Ultra Smooth White Cardstock, and then covered with the fun diamond pattern from the Hipster Patterned Paper Pack on the bottom two-thirds of the card. I then stamped the little bulldog from the Peeking Pets Stamp Set (which also has coordinating dies) in Sauna onto the left of the card, and a sentiment in Juniper Mist from the One Liners Sentiment Stamp Set on the right.

I finished this clean and simple card with a panel covered in Skylight, and the "sorry" from the My Bad Sentiment Dies, covered in Juniper Mist.

One thing I really appreciate about the patterned paper packs available at Catherine Pooler Designs -in addition to the always fun designs that coordinate with stamp sets, is that they list the colors of coordinating ink on their packaging. There is no guessing when it comes to what ink colors match the paper.

I hope you are having an excellent week, Happy Monday!

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CMYK & Orange Peeking Pets

CMYK: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black. CMYK (plus Orange!) was the inspiration for my card today! Once again, I'm featuring a few items from the Let's Party Collection Peeking Pets Bundle rom Catherine Pooler Designs, which is available now!

As usual, I started with a nice, smooth cardstock base made with Ultra Smooth White Cardstock. I then cut four equal squares, covering each with All that Jazz, Be Mine, Orange Twist and Limoncello Ink.  (The Stitched Square Frame Dies would have worked perfectly, too!) Then, onto each square, I stamped a cute dog image from Peeking Pets with Midnight Ink. Love how the bold backgrounds add individuality to these guys.

I then die cut one of the sentiments from Pawsome Word Dies, and then finished with one of the many sentiments from the versatile One Liners Sentiment Stamp Set. I think I'm going to try a version of this card with the corresponding Spa Colors, and one with each or some of the dogs wearing white glasses die cut with Pet Spec Dies- how fun would that be??

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