Stamp of Approval Naturally Inspired Blog Hop!

 Hi everyone and welcome to Day 1 of the Stamp of Approval blog hop for the release of 
Catherine Pooler's brand new
 Naturally Inspired Collection

Thank you so much for joining us today.  This is the 1st of 3 days of Blog Hops.  During these three days you're going to get to see all of these wonderful products in action and you'll also get a chance to win a Stamp of Approval box for free!!  All you have to do is leave comments on each blog on the hop today, Monday and Tuesday.



The Stamp of Approval Naturally Inspired Collection is a wonderful mix of 4 stamp sets and 3 die sets that were made to coordinate beautifully.  For this Collection Catherine Pooler has also included a couple bonus items.  First, you're going to love the clear sparkly WOW! embossing powder called Wanderlust, inspired by Catherine herself (her name is right on the label, woohoo!).  And finally,  I'm excited to say there is a brand new ink color in this box!!  That's right, a new surprise ink color made especially for this Collection!


And don't forget, with every 
Stamp of Approval box, Catherine always includes a PDF Project Guide with pages and pages of inspiring projects from the SOA designers.  They include colored pictures, supply lists and step by step instructions so that you can jump right in and start creating as soon as your goodies hit your mailbox!


Schedule of events:

•    StampNation members, join the pajama party Tuesday night, for the pre-release!

• Email notifications go out on Wednesday morning to everyone on the wait list so be sure to sign up

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• The official sale starts on Thursday, June 8th at Catherine Pooler Designs online store!
  

Reminder:  These boxes sell out really quick so if you're not on the email list be sure to sign up today! 
 The items in this box won't be available for individual purchase for many months so this will be your only opportunity to get them early.  I wouldn't want you to miss out on all of this fun!



OK, are you ready?  Introducing........
The Stamp of Approval Naturally Inspired Collection:

For my first card I had some stamping fun with the Wild Garden stamp set.

Stamps: Wild Garden, Medallion Mix-Up (Stamp of Approval Naturally Inspired Collection).
Ink: Tiara, It's a Girl, Tutti Frutti, It's a Boy, Pixie Dust, Garden Party, Lime Rickey, Grass Skirt, Midnight (Catherine Pooler Designs).
Paper:  Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs).
Accessories:  Spiro Doily Die (Stamp of Approval Naturally Inspired Collection), dimensional tape.



Check out that beautifully cut Spiro Doily Die!  The pretty blue circled stamp from the Medallion Mix-Up stamp set coordinates beautifully!

Speaking of the Medallion Mix-Up set, my next card showcases it as a background pattern  using some beautiful Catherine Pooler ink colors.

Stamps:  Medallion Mix-Up, Simply The Best (Stamp of Approval Naturally Inspired Collection).
Ink:  Bellini, It's a Girl, Garden Party, Melon Ice, clear emboss (Versamark).
Paper:  Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs), black cardstock, vellum cardstock.
Accessories:  Best Die (Stamp of Approval Naturally Inspired Collection), Wanderlust sparkling embossing powder(WOW!), dimensional tape.



If you look closely you'll get a glimpse of the Wanderlust embossing powder.  Gorgeous sparkle!  It's all over the stamped background and also on the Best Die

The Simply The Best stamp set is a great set to work with.  It includes a bunch of words that will come together so that  you can build a number of different phrases to personalize your cards.  There are also other stamps in this set, including this fun banner stamp! 

Stamps:  Simply The Best (Stamp of Approval Naturally Inspired Collection).
Ink:  It's a Girl, Party Dress, Bellini, Midnight (Catherine Pooler Designs).
Paper:  Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs).
Accessories:  Lattice Frame Die (Stamp of Approval Naturally Inspired Collection), dimensional tape.

The Lattice Frame Die set is a set of three coordinating dies that give you many different design options.  I used two of the dies here.   The outside frame in white and then another frame cut slightly smaller in pink for a beautiful matted look.

For my final card for today's hop I used this gorgeous, large feather stamp from the Birds of a Feather stamp set.

Stamps: Birds of a Feather, Medallion Mix-Up (Stamp of Approval Naturally Inspired Collection).

Ink: Tiara, Tiki Torch, Aquatini, Midnight (Catherine Pooler Designs).

Paper:  Premium White Cardstock (Catherine Pooler Designs), black cardstock.

Accessories:  Lattice Frame Die (Stamp of Approval Naturally Inspired Collection),  Ebony Black Nuvo Crystal Drops, bakers twine, fun foam.

Check out the crisp details in these feathers!  And the scripted word sentiment and background coordinate beautifully.

OK, you know the drill! 
Leave a comment here in my comments section before you leave, for your chance to WIN!!  Catherine Pooler is giving away one of these awesome Stamp of Approval  boxes each day of the blog hop  so the more blogs you comment on the better your chances are of winning. 

The THREE WINNERS will be announced Friday, June 9th on Catherine Pooler's blog.  Don't delay ordering your box though because you might miss out.  If you are chosen as a winner and you already have a box on the way,  Catherine will issue you a $100 gift certificate towards your next purchase at Catherine Pooler Designs online store! 

Leave your comment and then hop on over to my friend Maureen Merritt's blog!

Catherine Pooler
Melissa Miller
Lisa Harrolle <---you are here!
Maureen Merritt <---go here next!

Kelly Griglione
Jen Carter
Ardyth Percy-Robb



Come on back on Thursday!  I'll be celebrating release day with more goodies from this collection!

Thanks for stopping by!  Happy Stamping!