Paradise Found Release Blog Hop Day 2 - Catherine Pooler Designs

It's blog hop time!  Welcome to Day 2 of the Paradise Found Blog Hop featuring the newest release from Catherine Pooler Designs.  This release features:

• Plaid Background Stamp (rubber cling)

• Winter Woodland Stamps and coordinating dies.

• Wonderful Time of The Year Stamps and coordinating dies.

• Birds of a Feather Dies

• Small Doily Die

Of course the 8 beautiful new Spa Collection ink pads are also available NOW!

1. Royal Treatment
2. Mandarin Spice
3. Eucalyptus
4. Juniper Mist
5. Green Tea
6. Daydream
7. Sauna
8. Peppermint Scrub

 

I made a couple cards for the blog hop today using some of these great new products.  For my first card I used my personal favorite, Winter Woodland Stamps.  The die set is on my wish list but for this card I went ahead and did a little fussy cutting instead.

I stamped the trees, deer and Bunny using Icing on The Cake.  That ink is a little dark so I did some second generation stamping to achieve this lighter shade.  I used the rock and roll technique to add some shadow along one side of each tree.  Then I used the same rock and roll technique on the other side using clear Versamark ink and some white embossing powder.  This added a beautiful frosty snow affect to the trees.

As you can see, I stamped three of the trees directly onto the card front along with some white embossed snowflakes.  I cut out two more trees and raised them with some dimensional tape.  This gave some awesome depth to the woodland scene.

I had the most fun with this cute little deer and bunny.  Because I used second generation to stamp their bodies, they were a nice light brown with great texture!  I added some shadows and depth by using a brown Prismacolor pencil.  This really brought them to life for me and was so easy.  The nose and bow were stamped with Peppermint Scrub.  The blanket is actually half an ornament that I stamped from the Wonderful Time of The Year stamp set with Daydream ink.  The little bird is also stamped with Daydream.

I just had to add some of that wonderful Plaid Background stamp along the side of this card using Eucalyptus ink.  One small strip really catches your eye.

For my next card I used the Wonderful Time of The Year stamp set.  The new inks worked wonderful with this card.   The combination of stamps and inks really gave this card a nice traditional feel.  I started out by stamping the sentiment in Midnight ink directly onto the front of the card base. The I stamped the pine branches all around the outside of the card base using Eucalyptus Ink.  I added just a touch of a green Kuretake watercolor marker to the stems and blended them lightly with a water brush.

I stamped and then cut the ornaments out by hand.  I don't have the dies for this set yet but the are definitely a must have!   I used Peppermint Scrub, Sauna and Juniper Mist for the ornaments. The hooks and snowflakes were stamped with clear Versamark ink and embossed with Metallic Gold Sparkle by Wow.

I popped the ornaments up with some dimensional tape and it's ready to mail!

Along with all of these new items, Catherine Pooler  has also added the Naturally Inspired Collection to her online store.  If you didn't have a chance to order this Stamp of Approval Collection last spring, now is your chance!  All of the items are available for individual sale over at the store.  Here are just a few samples of the cards I've made using this awesome collection of stamps and dies!

Naturally Inspired Collection




OK friends, you know the drill! 

• Click the links below to visit our Design Team blogs, get inspired and leave them some love!  
• If you missed Day 1 of the hop you can start that HERE.  
• Be sure to check in tomorrow over at Catherine's blog to hop along with Day 3!
• You’ll have through Friday, November 17 at 11:55 am eastern to leave comments.  
• We’ll randomly pick 3 winners for $25 gift certificates to our shop!

Before you head off to Chrissie's blog, be sure to leave a comment below for another chance to win!

Catherine Pooler
Ilina Crouse
Laurel Beard
Kristie Goulet
Jill Hawkins
Maureen Merritt
Lisa Harrolle <---you are here
Chrissie Tobas <---go here next!


 Thanks for stopping by. 
 Have a great day!!