catherine pooler designs

Hello! It’s me, Natalie, here with the first of two cards made using the Catherine Pooler Designs Starlight Stamp. I chose this stamp because it’s so versatile – stars are great for any occasion and this set comes with a few funky sentiments too. As always, if you want to try your hand at this make, you can find the product links at the bottom of this post.   Background Cut and fold a 5”x5” card blank from white cardstock. … Read More

Hi, it’s Alison and it’s my turn on the blog today. This month we have been challenged to make interactive cards, so I have made a spinner card using the Catherine Pooler Stamp of Approval box. Stamping I began by cutting a piece of Bristol Smooth Card into a 7.5 inch square using my Tim Holtz 8.5 trimmer. Placing this piece of card into my Tim Holtz stamp platform and placed the Catherine Pooler Mod Square stencil centrally on to it. … Read More

Hello Janet here with another CAS (Clean And Simple) card for you. It’s nearly that time again, so I made a Christmas card using the newly released set by Avery Elle leaving lots of white space. Embossing A Card Base I opened my card base embossed the front side only using the Stained Glass die by Catherine Pooler Designs. Check your diecutting machine for how to emboss with a die.   Diecutting I diecut a small wonky scalloped frame from an … Read More

Hi it’s Janet, I love the new Stamp of Approval Collection – instantly falling in love with the Cabana Tiles die! As soon as I saw this die I had loads of inspiration and just had to make lots of cards.  See all the other inspiration with the Tropically Yours collection HERE. Diecutting I used a sheet of the gold card from the Tim Holtz metallic paper pad and die cut all the Cabana Tiles dies out twice – my dies … Read More

Hello, Janet here with two birthday cards using stamps and dies from the latest Stamp Of Approval collection, some Catherine Pooler stamps and Avery Elle stamps.  I love mixing and matching brands to make my cards.  Just because your products are from different brands doesn’t mean you can’t use them together.  The Stamp Of Approval collection – Tropically Yours – is limited in number.  See more SOA inspiration HERE. Using Left Overs For the first card I used the ‘left … Read More

Hello my crafty friends! Laura, here today with another fun, dimensional card tutorial. Yes, you arereading the right blog. I know it’s not my regular post day, but I just couldn’t wait to share my third card using the Cabana Tile Dies from the awesome Catherine Pooler Tropically Yours Stamp of Approval Box. If you haven’t heard about this box yet, you need to keep reading, my friend! Its a collection of stamps, dies, stencils, and more – all specifically … Read More

Hi, I have been having so much fun making lots of cards with the Tropically Yours Stamp Of Approval collection with breaks to play with Milly.  Milly is our rescue Jack Chi, she is 4 years old and was left on her own for 12 hours a day and not taken for walks either! She was rescued a few months ago and we adopted her in July.  Some photos of our gorgeous pup have been showing up in the Instagram … Read More

Hello, Janet here with a quick clean and simple one layer card.  As soon as I saw the Cabana Tiles die in the Stamp Of Approval Tropically Yours collection I knew I would be making a lot of cards with it.  There are still some SOA boxes in stock – but they are at a limited amount so don’t wait too long!     There are 6 stamp sets and one die set in this Stamp Of Approval box but … Read More

It’s Janet’s time again to showcase a CAS card I made with the new Stamp of Approval Collection. Stamp Of Approval is a quarterly collection of specially selected craft goodies.  This Tropically Yours collection has 5 clear photopolymer stamp sets, 1 red rubber background stamp and 1 die set.  When I saw the Cabana Tiles dies I knew that I would try and dry emboss with them amongst other cards I have created with this die, as I love it, … Read More

Hi it’s Janet, the theme we had for May was to make some rainbow coloured cards.  I love making rainbow cards so I really enjoyed making these cards using Concord & 9th stamps and Paper Smooches Die and Catherine Pooler Inks.  I love these inks! They are so easy to get a great impression everytime! There is a corresponding video to go along with this blog post. You can view it by clicking HERE. Don’t forget to click on the … Read More