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Hello, today I have a bright and fun slimline card featuring the Doxie Birthday Party stamp set. I use the wrong side of my stamps to create a fun background with Catherine Pooler inks. Watch the video tutorial below. Click on any underlined word to find that product in the shop. Like this video? Please give it a big thumbs up (you can do this on Youtube, right under the video) and share it with a crafty friend! Leave a … Read More

Hey Crafty People! It’s Tasha and I’m back again for our Make-A-Card inspiration and this week I’m featuring some brand new Catherine Pooler products. Let’s make a simple birthday card design, using repeat & multi-generation stamping; this week I’m featuring some brand new Catherine Pooler products.     What does repeat & multi-generation stamping mean?? These are two simple techniques, that I combined to create a super easy card, really quickly…but it is so much more impressive than just simply … Read More

  Hi, today I am comparing Brutus Monroe Aqua Pigments with Catherine Pooler premium refills for a faux dip dye effect on watercolour card.  I turn the backgrounds into finished cards with the Mountain of Thanks stamp and coordinating dies by Catherine Pooler and some black heat embossing.   Watch the video tutorial here on the blog and scroll to the bottom for the product list. Like this video? Please give it a big thumbs up (you can do this … Read More

Hey Crafty People!! It’s Tasha and I’m back for my weekly Make A Card series. Full disclosure?…I kinda forgot last week! 🤦‍♀️ I did post my Reel over on Instagram but I don’t know how, I just forgot to post my blog post. Oooops! You should definitely check out last week’s Reel because I made watercolour backgrounds using Catherine Pooler Reinkers, and I had another background left over, so I’m turning that one into today’s card. I think I’ll call … Read More

Hello, for today’s card tutorial I have two quick and easy rainbow cards comparing the Party collection and the Spa collection of Catherine Pooler inks.  Both cards are finished with Brutus Monroe Alabaster heat embossed Good Day rubber stamp sentiment.   Watch the full video tutorial below right here in the blog and read on for the written tutorial.  All the products I use are linked within the tutorial and available from the shop. Share your Catherine Pooler rainbow cards … Read More

Hey Crafty People! It’s Tasha here, and I’m back with another dose of inspiration for your Saturday morning! This week I’m bringing out the Just Soar stamp set from Catherine Pooler again but I’m ditching the Rainbows for a flurry of beautiful Monarch Butterflies. I just LOVE how this card turned out, it was definitely one of those that you look at and think ‘heck, yeah! I made that!’ 😉   Beautiful Monarch Butterflies… I don’t think there is a … Read More

Hello, I love finding new ways to use my craft products. I was looking at this die and instead of just “sun” thought “sunrise over a hill”. For my video tutorial today I use the Sunray slimline cover plate die by Catherine Pooler Designs as a scene for the Trinity Stamps adorable Mouse House mouse. Watch the full video tutorial right here in the blog and then read the written tutorial.  All the products I use are linked within the … Read More

Hey crafty people! It’s Tasha again, here for another Make-A-Card Saturday! Today I made super easy faux dip-dyed backgrounds using some of my favourite Catherine Pooler blue ink shades. I also wanted to see how much different the same design would look using Spa inks against Party inks. If you aren’t familiar with Catherine Pooler’s line of inks, they are separated into two lines of colours; you have the toned down, sedate Spa line and the brighter, more in your … Read More

Hello! Today I am sharing five card ideas using just one die – Birdie’s Branch by Catherine Pooler. And also ink blending with Catherine’s amazing inks. All the ink blending is on Bristol Smooth card, with premium 110lb white card and Raven black card for the card layers. The sentiments are heat embossed in Alabaster white embossing powder onto black card.   I hope you are inspired to use your dies for multiple cards and will try these ideas.  Share … Read More

Hi, I want to re-create the nail polish spinner card I mentioned last week.  That card was made the same way as the gnome rainbow beard spinner.  This card needs a few alterations.   The brad needs to be in the middle of the circle to keep the ‘spin’ even. I need to find a way to attach the rainbow spinning element to the brad.   The Nail Polish Bottle card die by Honey Bee Stamps is beautiful and big. Watch … Read More