Hi everyone! I’m Allison Cope and I’m guest designing on Catherine’s blog today! Today I’d thought I’d have some fun with the newest Stamp of Approval collection, “Home for the Holidays”. I just love a non-traditional teal and red color combo for holiday cards so that’s where my fun began. …
Hand Stamped Wrapping Paper with Jen
Hi, this is Jen from Jen’s Ink Spot here today with a fun Christmas-present wrapping idea using products from the Home from the Holidays Stamp of Approval collection. Wrapping Christmas presents doesn’t have to be tedious and boring. Why not add a little flair to your presents this year? I …
Exploring Patterns with the Christmas Cookies Snowflake with Ardyth
Hello! It’s Ardyth and I’m happy to be here on Catherine’s blog today with a couple of cards that I made with goodies from the Home for the Holidays Stamp of Approval Collection. Does this happen to you? When I got this wonderful collection of goodies, I worked my way …
Custom Envelopes with Josefine
Hi everyone! It’s Josefine and today I wanted to share some envelope art with you. I don’t know about you, but I usually send my cards in a normal envelope – without any decoration. Time to change that. The “Say it in Diamonds” and the “Happiness Enclosed” stamp sets are …
Who’s There Cover Plate Halloween Card with Ardyth
Hello! Ardyth here with a very simple Halloween card using the new Who’s There Cover Plate from the Kind of Batty release. I just love all those spooky eyes looking out of the card! I started by cutting a panel of white cardstock with the cover plate. Then I used …
You are Kind with Chrissie
Hi everyone! Chrissie here today! I’m excited to be on Catherine’s blog, sharing this card! To start, create the card base. Trim a piece of white cardstock to 4.25 x 11 inches. Score at 5.5 inches and fold. Trim another piece of white cardstock to 3.75 x 5 inches. This …
Watercolored Leaves for Fall Card Making with Laurel
Hello there! Laurel Beard here with you today sharing a colorful Autumn card using some products from the Kind of Wonderful release. I chose to use bold colors to really showcase the details of this layering set but also added a watercolored effect too! You can do both! …
Clean & Simple Rose Garden Thank You Card with Ilina
This is Ilina guesting on the Catherine’s blog today. Today I am featuring the Rose Garden stamp set along with the coordinating dies to make a hand made thank you card. I love layering stamps and these roses are just wonderful. To make this card I started by stamping …
Ink Blending and Embossing Glitter – Joseph’s Coat in Reverse
I have been playing with ink swiping on my cardstock (I used watercolor cardstock) to create a fun colorful backgrounds. When I was done with this technique I thought they would make some really cool die cut star accents! <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: …
Rose Garden with Ashlea: Faux Embroidery Hoop and Color Combos for Ink Layering
Hello crafty friends, it’s Ashlea! I’m so excited to be on Catherine’s blog again today sharing some beauty from the Kind of Batty release. This was actually the very first card I created with this release and I just knew with the bright fall-ish colors it was the one I …
BOO! with Jen – hand made card for Halloween
Hello! Jen Carter here with you today from Jen’s Ink Spot. Today I am sharing a cutesy Halloween card. The Spider Web Background stamp is such a cool design! I made that my starting point. I started with a piece of lime green cardstock and stamped the Spider Web Background …
Believe in Yourself with Lydia – layered roses encouragement card
Hello there and welcome! It’s Lydia here and I’m so happy to be sharing a card using the gorgeous new release from Catherine. To start I stamped Angled Squares Background directly onto my card base using Black Jack Ink, I love how bold this is but it has a softness …
Blinged Out Flamingo with Jenny
Hi Everyone! It’s Jenny here, and I’m joining you today with a card I created using using the new Tropically Yours Stamp of Approval Collection. I don’t know about you but this collection really gets me in the mood for a vacation (and a pina colada!) The new ink color …
Hello Gorgeous with Ashlea
Hello crafty friends! Ashlea here, and I’m so excited to be on Catherine’s blog today showing one of my favorite cards I created using the Tropically Yours SOA collection. For this card I wanted a strong, dominant pattern, so I used the zig-zag border stamp all the way up my …
Stand Tall Flamingo ATCs with Josefine
Welcome to a fun day of craftiness. It’s Josefine and I wanted to share some cute ATCs with you. ATC is short for Artist Trading Card. These measure 2.5 x 3.5 inches and are meant to be shared with your friends. I started by stamping the Canvas Grunge background on …