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  Hi, we are celebrating our 6th birthday with an Instagram hop. The theme is “favourite” and I chose my favourite ink collection by Catherine Pooler – Date Night, and colouring.  A new technique I’ve been lately is heat embossing with my Catherine Pooler inks.  I heat emboss each doll (and pretend the cat doll is a dog) from the We Fit stamp set and colour them in our favourite colours. Watch the video tutorial below and find the supply … Read More

Hey Crafty People! Today I’m sharing some super simple backgrounds ft. new Luxe Inks from Catherine Pooler. I’ve got a Reel over on Instagram, so be sure to head there to see just how easy these backgrounds really are!!! Cranberry Sparkle, Flame & Glitz I swiped each ink pad in turn, diagonally, onto an a2 panel of Neenah 80lb cardstock. That’s literally all I did! 😂 I stamped the Giraffe from the new Take A Peek stamp set, in Midnight … Read More

Hi, are you super prepared and finished all your Christmas cards? I haven’t really started making any yet. This is only my second Christmas card.  The Luxe collection of Catherine Pooler inks is now complete but I find myself drawn towards brighter colours.  I use my favourite from Date Night and use them for heat embossing with cute fun stamp by Trinity Stamps.   Watch the video here on the blog and read on for the written tutorial. If the … Read More

Hi, in today’s video tutorial I recreate this card with the So Very Loved stamp set and Gilded gold embossing powder. I love how just by changing a few colours you can change the whole feel of a card.  Sterling embossing powder and pastel colours give a spring feel and Gilded embossing powder and deeper tones will give an autumn feel.  Watch the video tutorial below and find the products in the shop. Like this video? Please give it a … Read More

Hi, today is The Little Paper Tree’s 6th birthday and the day we move back into our newly refurbished office studio. I have a bright birthday card using a few of my favourite brands, Sunshine Bee Designs digi stamps, Catherine Pooler inks and Trinity Stamps dies.   Using Digi Stamps First, I print Bella Bear Bee and Bella Bear Honey Pot onto Neenah Solar white card. I use Copic markers for the main colouring but use Polychromos pencils to add … Read More

Hi, I really enjoyed drawing the new digital designs in Sunshine Bee Designs ‘Spooky Autumn’ release, and love using them to make actual cards. I shared finished cards on Sunshine Bee Designs Instagram, but chose to keep this lovely one to share with you.  (Click here to visit Sunshine Bee Designs on IG and hop along with the SBD design team)! I had a specific person in mind when I worked on this card.       Hello Lovely card … Read More

Hi, I love the swinging skeleton mini slimline card I shared as a reel a few weeks ago but want to improve the design for a more durable swinging card.  I heat emboss a skeleton from the Shake Your Bones stamp set by Trinity Stamps and made an intentional mess with embossing powder.   Find the list of products I use below the video tutorial.    If the video does not display, please click here to watch on our YouTube channel. Like … Read More

Coffee or hot chocolate? The Fa-Brew-Lous stamp is full of mugs, cups and takeaway cups.  Don’t let the coffee beans in the background stamp limit you to just using this set for coffee themed cards.  They could be mocha drinks, or you could cover the coffee beans with embellishments and make a card for tea drinkers.   In today’s video, I use Catherine Pooler inks for no-line colouring and limit myself to just two ink colours (not counting the ink … Read More

Hey Crafty People, it’s Tasha again and I’m here with another Make-A-Card post. Autumn is my absolute FAVOURITE time of year and I really love making All Things Fall themed cards. This week, I paired some Autumnal shades of CP inks with the new Harvest Rainbow stamp set from Trinity Stamps’ latest release.   Creating a rainbow wash background… Peppermint Scrub Mandarin Spice Sauna Green Tea Eucalyptus I tapped each ink pad gently onto my glass mat, to give me … Read More

Do you find inspiration everywhere? I use the Sunshine Bee Designs Woodland Fox stamp and the Catherine Pooler Designs Bushels of Love stamp to make this fun autumnal themed slimline card.  The weather has definitely turned autumnal here in Cambridgeshire and I use the Spa collection of Catherine’s ink for the more subdued low saturated colours.   Milly was having her after lunch sniff around the garden and I was looking at all the fallen leaves from our tree before … Read More