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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

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

Hey crafty people, it’s Tasha here, and today I’m sharing a trio of Urban Oasis colour combinations using the newest set of mini ink pads from Catherine Pooler. The gorgeous Boho Feathers stamp set inspired me so much that as soon as my parcel arrived, I grabbed some a2 panels of Neenah 80lb & my MISTI and got to stamping!!!   A Trio Of Urban Oasis Colour Combinations I split the inks into three combinations, and I did the exact … Read More

Hey Crafty People! It’s Tasha and I’m back with another Make A Card Saturday, using the fabulous Doxie Birthday set with some gorgeous Catherine Pooler inks. With a bit of simple masking, you can make a one layer card with the look of layers of images & background! 😉 One Layer Card Designing… Whenever you are stamping/blending layers onto a single panel, you need to stamp out the image that you want to be at the very front. Then you … 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

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

Hey crafty people! It’s Tasha and I’m back for my Make A Card series, and this week I’m offering up some inspiration and talking limiting your colour palette. I do love adding lots of colour to my projects, but sometimes it’s nice to strip that back and challenge oneself to do something completely different.   Ink Blending A Soft Background… I used the fabulous Cloud Border Slimline Stencil from Trinity Stamps, along with two of the inks from Catherin Pooler’s … Read More

Hey crafty people! It’s Tasha, and I’m back with some more Saturday Inspiration! I’m making and fixing mistakes using products from Trinity Stamps’ latest release. (I know, I know, I can’t put this stuff down, it’s SO GOOD!!) I was happily crafting away making my card for the week when the unthinkable happened…I majorly messed it up!!! So I thought I’d talk a little about the impulse to give in and just chuck it in the bin when we stuff … Read More

Hey Crafty People! In this week’s Saturday Inspiration I am striving to be colour brave. I am creating a fun ink smooshed background with black, line art stamping. I chose the Love You Bunches stamp set from Trinity Stamps and then I took inspiration from their packaging & branding to select my colours. Trinity use quite an unusual & striking colour combo for their packaging, and I’m trying to stretch myself artistically by finding inspiration for colour combos everywhere.   … Read More

Hello, crafty friends and welcome back. I hinted in my previous post that I might have a special bonus rainbow card for you (even though May is over!) and today I’m going to make good on that promise. 🙂 I’m here today to share this fun and easy technique with you to create your own abstract looking background.   In case you haven’t heard, The Little Paper Treehas been adding loads of new brands of stamps & dies, stencils, inks, … Read More