Club Sursee will Have Your Heart

CatherineClub Sursee, Floral

The February Club Sursee was a big hit with subscribers. Members raved about this pairing of goodies and if you aren’t a subscriber, you can now pick these stamps and dies up in our shop. Learn more about Club Sursee here. Feburary’s shipment for subscribers included for Basic Subscribers: In …

How to Use the Aztec Border Die

CatherineFloral

The Aztec Border Die was created to cut a southwestern inspired pattern through the front of a card or a card layer.  Use as an accent for your handmade card as a border or lay several of them side-by-side to create a full background using this border die.  Try layering …

Watercolored Love Grows with Ilina

CatherineCPD Ink, Encouragement, Floral, Watercolor

Hi everyone, Ilina here today taking over Catherine’s blog. Did you know that Catherine’s inks are amazing for watercoloring? The colors are so vibrant even when used for watercoloring due to the high pigments in the ink pads.     For my card today I used Love Grows stamp set. …

Watercolor Wash with Melissa

CatherineCP Designs, CPD Ink, Floral, Ink Blending, Stamp of Approval

Hi everyone! I’m so honored to be guest posting today on Catherine’s blog. I absolutely love the products  in the Naturally Inspired Stamp of Approval collection so I thought I would share a card I created using products from that collection along with a few of Catherine’s amazing inks. I started by creating a …

Tropical Treasures Release Blog Hop

CatherineCP Designs, CPD Ink, Encouragement, Floral

Happy Tropical Treasures release my friends! What do you do during a snowstorm that paralyzes the city? You plan a TROPICAL THEMED Stamp of Approval release, of course! That’s exactly what happened last winter here in Raleigh. We began brainstorming stamp ideas with flamingos, palm trees, tropical flowers and stamps …

You are Loved with Tracie Pond

CatherineCP Designs, Embossing, Floral

Hello Everyone! It is Tracie and I am happy to be here today sharing a fun layered card using product from the All That Jazz release. I may have mentioned before that I do not sketch my cards prior to creating them or have an exact design in mind. I am …

Inspired by Nature with Deepti Stephens

CatherineCP Designs, CPD Ink, Floral, Spring

Hello everyone! This is Deepti Stephens and I am so happy to be here as a guest for Catherine’s blog. Today I have a simple water color card for you made using the stamps from Naturally Inspired SOA Collection. This card was inspired by the image I saw on Google Images. So …

Masked Blooms from Amy

CatherineCPD Ink, Floral, Masking

Hi everyone! Amy Kolling here with a floral card using the Bloomin’ Bouquet stamp set. This stamp set lends itself to many, many techniques but I wanted to share one using just direct stamping and simple masking. My goal was to make this is a one-layer card as well by …

Making Images POP with Maureen

CatherineCP Designs, Floral, Gallery, Projects

Hi there, it’s Maureen here highlighting some of the products from the Naturally Inspired collection. Sometimes (most of the time in my book!) simplicity is best.  Stamping the images from the Wildgarden stamp set in black and contrasting with just a little color is sure to make your design pop, …