Sending a Little Sunshine

Not every day can be a sunny day but the April Showers Bring collection from Catherine Pooler Designs reminds us we can "weather it together"! The collection will be releasing Wednesday, April 14th at 9am EST (early ordering for StampNation Members-Tuesday the 13th!)

Today I am featuring the delightfully over sized Sunburst Strips Cover Plate Die that is part of the Rainy Days Extra Bundle. This cover plate allows for so many different techniques...it is sized at 4 3/4" x 6" for lots of options in your card designs! I die cut an Ultra Smooth White Cardstock panel with the Sunburst Strips Cover Plate Die and with the Blending Brushes, covered each section with the following ink colors for a soft sun ray look: Pucker Up, Samba, Chiffon, and Hot Tub.

I then splattered the rays with a bit of water and some After Dark IzInk. Love the look of this combination! I adhered the rays to a card base, stamping a sentiment from the April Showers Stamp Set in Midnight. I finished the card with a strip of my all time favorite and most used patterned paper pack, Black Tie Gala.

With the Sunburst Strips Cover Plate being slightly larger than an A2 card size, it offers the ability to use the die on a slimline card too, and can be used both vertically and horizontally.

I have more cards to share featuring the April Showers Bundle of the April Showers Bring collection! Please check back for more inspiration! 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!!

New products aren't available until they are released, they are listed in bold. But all other products are available now!

Affiliate links are used, I appreciate your support!

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Catherine Pooler Designs:: April Showers Bring Release

April showers bring fun and cute stamps! This month's theme with the newest release from Catherine Pooler Designs is all about the weather...sunny mornings and cloudy afternoons. The April Showers Bring collection will be releasing Wednesday, April 14th at 9am EST (early ordering for StampNation Members-Tuesday the 13th!)

I have some cute and fun cards to share for this release, how cute is this cuddly bear with his teeny tiny umbrella?! You can't help but smile, right?

As usual, my card today started with a Ultra Smooth White Cardstock base, I stamped some abstract rain drops int he background from the Puddle Play Stamp Set in Suede Shoes, Something Borrowed, All that Jazz, Fiesta Blue, Aquatini, Cummerbund and It's a Boy Inks. I then inked up the solid cloud from April Showers Stamp Set, die cut it with the corresponding April Showers Dies and heat embossed some Halo Embossing Glitter over the top and adhered onto the card. Another layer was the super cute bear stamped with the Puddle Play Stamp Set in Icing on the Cake, die cut with Puddle Play Dies and colored selectively with Copic Markers.

I added an orange strip of  paper to ground the bear and finished with a sentiment from the Puddle Play Stamp Set in Suede Shoes. I really like how this cute bear can bring a smile!

Not every day can be a sunny day but the April Showers Bundle reminds us we can "weather it together"! I'm excited to showcase more cards soon from the April Showers Bundle of the April Showers Bring collection! Please check back for more inspiration! 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!!

New products aren't available until they are released, they are listed in bold. But all other products are available now!

Affiliate links are used, I appreciate your support!

Catherine Pooler Designs Ultra Smooth White Cardstock Shop at: CPD	Catherine Pooler Designs Aquatini Ink Shop at: CPD	Catherine Pooler Designs It's A Boy Ink Shop at: CPD	Catherine Pooler Designs Fiesta Blue Ink Shop at: CPD
Catherine Pooler Designs Something Borrowed Ink Shop at: CPD	Catherine Pooler Designs Suede Shoes Ink Shop at: CPD	Catherine Pooler Designs All That Jazz Ink Shop at: CPD	Catherine Pooler Designs Icing on the Cake Ink Shop at: CPD
New Mini MISTI Shop at: CPD	Catherine Pooler Designs Chalkboard Frame Dies Shop at: CPD	Catherine Pooler Designs Happy Birthday Many Ways Stamp Set Shop at: CPD	Catherine Pooler Designs Peeking Pets Stamp Set Shop at: CPD
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Chalkboard Cat

I'm hosting a color combo/photo inspiration challenge over at StampNation!

I went a fun and cute direction, instead of my normal inclination to use florals.

My card started with a base of peach cardstock. I then created my own chalkboard sign using the ChalkBoard Frame Dies and green cardstock. I white heat embossed a sentiment using the Happy Birthday Many Ways stamp set. I did keep the embossing a bit messy, to mimic how messy a chalkboard is.

I then die cut the cat and the party hat using Peeking Pets Die Cuts and stamped using the corresponding Peeking Pets stamp set. I colored the cat and the hat in with Copics. To represent the paws that are holding the sign, I stamped and trimmed off the headband on the headband stamp from the same set.

The card is clean and simple, but is great for a masculine or children's card.

If you are a StampNation I hope you have the opportunity to play along!

Affiliate links are used, I appreciate your support!

Catherine Pooler Designs Midnight Ink Shop at: CPD	Catherine Pooler Designs Icing on the Cake Ink Shop at: CPD	New Mini MISTI Shop at: CPD	Catherine Pooler Designs Chalkboard Frame Dies Shop at: CPD
Catherine Pooler Designs Happy Birthday Many Ways Stamp Set Shop at: CPD	Catherine Pooler Designs Peeking Pets Stamp Set Shop at: CPD	Catherine Pooler Designs Peeking Pets Dies Shop at: CPD	Precision Craft Glue by Bearly Arts Shop at: CPD