Peppermint Presents

 There have been some amazing projects being created from Catherine Pooler Designs latest release, This Christmas Collection. I adore how the car stacked with presents can make for a cute and simple holiday card.

I started this card by stamping an Ultra Smooth White Cardstock base with the Candy Cane Background Stamp in Cranberry Fizz Ink. I then die cut a fun panel with such a cute dot detail from the Scallop & Dot Dies. I then stamped onto black paper and white heat embossed the cool car from Wrapped and Ready and die cut it with the corresponding Wrapped and Ready Dies.

Before adhering the car to the panel, I stuck an Action Wobble Spring on the back, so that the car wiggles as it moves "down the road." I finished the card with a white heat embossed stamped sentiment the from the Santa Approved Stamp Set onto a strip colored with Cranberry Fizz Ink.

It is so much fun to pull this out of an envelope and see the car wiggle and wobble!

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MFT Superstar 2021 Contest

I look forward the the MFT Card Design Superstar Contest every year, it always makes me stretch my supplies and think of them in new ways. I'm showcasing a card in each one of the categories. Wow, there are some fantastic entries and I'm inspired and in awe of each of them.

This first card is an entry for the Color Virtuoso category. I was very intrigued by the Copic Blending Free Coloring technique by Yana Smakula. I thought it would be challenging to try to color the cute critters from the retired MFT set, Forest Friends. So that is what I did!

I used the coordinating DieNamics and then added some MFT cardstock for the grass, and some clouds cut from the retired Cloud 9 DieNamics. I finished the card with a stamped sentiment, also from Forest Friends.

This next card is my entry for the Clean & Simple Genius category. I wanted to mimic the look of a shark swimming from the depths of the ocean. I started with a white panel, die cutting a circle with the A2 Circle DieNamics, and then followed with a half inch smaller circle, etc. in shades of blue cardstock, finally ending with a one inch circle with the black showing through. I mounted this to a cardbase with dimensional adhesive. 

I finished the card with a copic colored, fussy cut shark from BB Friends with Fins, some fussy cut hearts and a stamped sentiment from that same set.

This last card is my entry for the Innovation Master category. I sat and stared with my MFT stamps and DieNamics laid out in front of me and the vision of a cat clawing it's way down some curtains came to mind.

I started by die cutting the two Essential Sentiment Rip Strips DieNamics onto some MFT cardstock in a slimline panel. I then mounted the panel to another panel covered with gray ink and the Small Brick Wall Stencil. The brick panel was then mounted to a slimline card base.

To make the interactive part of this card, I fussy cut two kittens from BB Cool Cat, then adhered an acetate strip between them, first stamping and heat embossing an arrow from Interactive Labels at the bottom of the acetate strip. The cat was then adhered to the top of one of the rip strips using strong adhesive.

I stamped, colored and fussy cut a kitten from BB Cat-astrophe, adhering him to the bottom of an already ripped strip. I finished the card with a stamped and heat embossed sentiment, also from Cat-astrophe. To make this card interactive, the recipient would pull down the acetate strip, ripping the purple cardstock from the card base, dragging the kitten down the "curtains".

I had super fun creating these cards, each was a challenge for sure, but one I certainly enjoyed!

A Krafty Car

I'm continuing to showcase cards I made with the This Christmas Collection from Catherine Pooler Designs, the newest release that features all things holiday. I thought it would be quite the challenge to color the car from the Urban Holiday Bundle Wrapped and Ready set in as many ways as I could. 

I stamped the car from the Wrapped and Ready Stamp Set with clear ink onto kraft paper and heat set with gold embossing powder. I then colored the image with water and various Catherine Pooler Inks. I learned from fellow Brand Ambassador, Melissa, that the Ranger Distress Ink Palette available in the shop makes for a perfect watercolor palette. You simply drop colors of ink into each well and rehydrate with water when you are ready to watercolor! I then die cut with the corresponding Wrapped and Ready Dies

I then die cut a frame from the Scallop & Dots Dies and covered the frame with embossing ink and gold embossing powder as well. I adhered the frame to a card base made from Ultra Smooth White Cardstock and added a sentiment from the  Near or Far Sentiment Stamp Set, also heat embossed.

The car was attached to the car using some dimensional adhesive, after splattering white paint to mimic snow. The end result is a card that is easily mass produced but adds the touch of homemade elegance.

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A Tree Shaker

I'm excited to hear if you picked up anything from the This Christmas Collection from Catherine Pooler Designs now that it is here?! Whether you'll be home or away, whether you'll be sending classy and elegant or modern and fun cards, or nostalgic or cute, the This Christmas Collection has got you covered!

The car from the Urban Holiday Bundle is utterly fantastic, however, the little tree in the Wrapped and Ready set holds it's own cuteness! I created an easy shaker for my card today.  

I first cut out a panel of Ultra Smooth White Cardstock from the Scallop & Dots Dies-which might be my new favorite die set ever...It pierces tiny holes on the inner frame and creates a lovely scallop border on the outside frame. I then covered the panel with a clear acetate enevelop and filled it in with some sequins from the Wintergreen Sequin Mix. I bordered the raised panel with a frame cut from the Decked Out Patterned Paper and cut with the Scallop & Dots Dies.

I topped the shaker with the cute tree from the Wrapped and Ready Stamp Set, colored with Catherine's collection of Copic Markers she's now carrying (as well as a gold pen), and die cut with the corresponding Wrapped and Ready Dies. I finished the card with a stamped sentiment the Near or Far Sentiment Stamp Set-this was my favorite combination of stamps from that set.

The end result is a super simple, well contained shaker that doesn't have too much bulk. I can't wait to send this to someone special this holiday season.

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