Counting Blessings | Stamp of Approval | Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to the second day of Blog Hops celebrating the Counting Blessings Stamp of Approval Collection. If you have arrived here from Chrissie's blog then you are right on track and your next stop would be Justine's blog. 

A little about Stamp of Approval or SOA:  Stamp of Approval is a hand picked, exclusive collection of products that were designed just for the box that releases quarterly. This box is full of stamping goodness and they sell out really quickly. So be sure to subscribe to the Wait List so you will be emailed when the collection goes on sale on August 16th, 2017 (9AM for the Wait List and 6PM it will open to the public)

Please head on over to Catherine Pooler’s website (the founder of Stamp of Approval) to sign up on the Waiting List, this is the best way to make sure you get YOUR Stamp of Approval box. Wait List members will be notified first through email when the box goes up for sale one hour before the collection is released to the general public! So make sure you sign up for the Waiting List so that you don’t miss out on your Stamp of Approval box!

Join StampNation, there will be a special live pre-release PJ party on Tuesday night, August 15th at 10 pm ET for StampNation members. Ordering for the new collection will open up for all StampNation members during the live party!

FOR MORE DETAILS AND INFORMATION, PLEASE HEAD OVER TO CATHERINEPOOLER.COM

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I have a couple of cards to share with you all and I also I will be posting a few cards now and then on my blog using this Counting Blessings Collections.

This is the first time I'm using a Texture Paste (Ranger). I wasn't quite sure how this would look on my card! But I think stenciling through Geo Trio Stencil took away all my fears, it just looks fantastic! :)

I started by die-cutting the Brown card stock with a 'tag die' from Tags,etc.dies set. Then I placed the negative piece of the tag on a white card stock, traced a line and applied CP's Pixie Dust Ink with a blending tool and foam. I added droplets of water and removed the excess ink with a tissue paper.

Next I stamped the Pumpkins from Autumn Blessings in Tiara, Tiki Torch and Orange Twist Inks, fussy cut them and kept aside. I stamped the sentiment from 'Good Things' in Midnight Ink on the ink blended panel.

Finally onto the main card base I adhered the brown panel and over that I adhered the Pumpkins! they look so cute together! :) And that finishes my first card..

Here comes the second one!

I started by ink smooshing the white card stocks with It's a Boy ink and I let the panels air dry completely.

Next I stamped the solid floral image from 'Bloomin' Bouquet' in It's a Girl ink also stamped the outline flower with the same ink and water colored the image with the same ink as well. Next I die-cut the leaves from 'Fallen Leaves Dies' and water colored it with Melon Ice Ink. 

Then adhered all the layers with glue and foam tape, stamped the sentiment from 'Bloomin' Bouquet' in Midnight Ink. I just love the font, so cool!

Finally embellished the card with Stardust Stickles and that finishes the card :)

BLOG HOPPING & A GIVEAWAY

There is lots more Stamp of Approval inspiration coming next! Check out all the fantastic designers below and leave comments on EVERY stop for a chance to win this gorgeous Counting Blessings Collection. Winners will be announced on AUGUST 17th on Catherine Pooler's blog.

Catherine Pooler

Laurel Beard

Kristie Goulet

Ardyth Percy

Chrissie Tobas

Deepti Stephens (you are here)

Justine Hovey (your next stop)

Thank you so much for visiting and leaving me a beautiful comment ;)

Stamp of Approval - Naturally Inspired Collection Blog Hop - DAY TWO

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Day Two of Stamp of Approval Naturally Inspired Collection Blog Hops. If you have arrived here from Chrissie Tobas blog then you are right on track. And your next stop would be Kristie Goulet. We, the design team have a loads of inspirations so please stop on all the spots and leave comments for a chance to win the entire collection. If you miss the hop kindly start again from HERE.

A little about Stamp of Approval or SOA:  Stamp of Approval is a hand picked, exclusive collection of products that were designed just for the box that releases quarterly. This box is full of stamping goodness and they sell out really quickly. So be sure to subscribe to the Wait List so you will be emailed when the collection goes on sale on June 7th.

Please head on over to Catherine Pooler’s website (the founder of Stamp of Approval) to sign up on the Waiting List, this is the best way to make sure you get YOUR Stamp of Approval box. Wait List members will be notified first through email when the box goes up for sale one hour before the collection is released to the general public! So make sure you sign up for the Waiting List so that you don’t miss out on your Stamp of Approval box!

The theme of our collection is NATURALLY INSPIRED so I am naturally inspired by Nature. I love beautiful and colorful leaves, flowers and birds. And I went with the water color technique! :)

image source from google images

I made several cards with this beautiful collection but today I will be showing you two cards and in the next coming days I will show you more! I will try to make more and more cards with this collection :)

This card features Birds of a Feather and Medallion Mix-up stamp sets.

inks used - rockin' red and midnight

I inked up the beautiful feather and spritzed some water and stamped repeatedly on the card base. Stamped the message on a die-cut circle and wrapped and tied a simple knot with white twine.

This card features Wild Garden, Simply the Best stamp sets and the Best Die.

inks used - melon ice, garden party, sweet sixteen, pixie dust and midnight

I applied the same technique for this one also as mentioned in the above card. Die-cut the word best and sponged the ink at the bottom and adhered it onto the card base. Also stamped the sentiment beneath the die-cut as well.

Make sure to leave a comment on each blog because Catherine is giving away one of the Naturally Inspired Stamp of Approval collections for EACH day of the hops.   That is 3 boxes!  The more times you comment, the more chances you will have of to win! (If the winner has already purchased a box, they will be refunded!)

You've got until Thursday at 9:00AM EST to get those comments in. The winner will be announced on Catherine Pooler's blog!  Good luck and happy hopping!

BLOG HOP LIST

Catherine Pooler 

Chrissie Tobas 

Deepti Stephens  (you are here)

Kristie Goulet 

Justine Hovey 

Jill Hawkins 

Kimberly Wiener 

Stamp Of Approval | Candy Cane Lane Collection Blog Hop

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Day 1 of Stamp of Approval  Candy Cane Lane Blog Hop. I'm so happy to have been part of this incredible and awesome event. If you have arrived here from Laurel Beard's blog then you are right on track and I'm your final stop for today! If you miss the hop start again from HERE. 

A little about Stamp of Approval or SOA:  Stamp of Approval is a hand picked, exclusive collection of products that were designed just for the box that releases quarterly. This box is full of stamping goodness and they sell out really quickly. So be sure to subscribe to the Wait List so you will be emailed when the collection goes on sale on September 22nd.

Please head on over to Catherine Pooler’s website (the founder of Stamp of Approval) to sign up on the Waiting List, this is the best way to make sure you get YOUR Stamp of Approval box. Wait List members will be notified first through email when the box goes up for sale one hour before the collection is released to the general public! So make sure you sign up for the Waiting List so that you don’t miss out on your Stamp of Approval box!

So now let's move on the cards! I made three cards for this Blog Hop and I will make more with this Candy Cane Lane Collection! Cute Stuff!! Just a note, my cards are incomplete without splatters, Glitter and Sequins. And I'm sorry that I  won't be mentioning this in the every card description! I thought of keeping the description short and simple. The glitter, sequins and splatters will be the common thing! So let's get started!

This card features Merry and Bright Boughs Stamp set. I simply ink blended the background with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink and spritzed some water for that whimsical look. Then stamped the beautiful images Holly Leaves, Ornaments and Berries with Archival Jet Black ink, Versafine Sepia ink and Carnation Red ink respectively.

Next I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set with Archival Jet Black Ink and that finishes the first card!

The next card features Hip Holiday and Candy Cane Lane Stamp Sets. I water colored the striped background with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink. Then I stamped the images on another paper in Versafine Sepia and Carnation Red Ink and die cut them with co-coordinating dies!

Once all my die cut pieces are ready, I arranged and adhered them. Finally Stamped the sentiment from the Candy Cane Lane Collection with Archival Jet Black Ink. 

 Here comes the final one! And this card features Candy Cane Lane, Merry and Bright Boughs and Hip Holiday Stamp Sets. I took a water color paper and ink blended the background with Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink. Then stamped the branch/leaf thing with Versafine Sepia ink and Bird with Carnation Red Ink.

Next I fussy cut the leaves and die cut the bird with the coordinating die and adhered them on to the card panel. I added perfect pearls for that pearly look. Finally stamped the sentiment from Candy cane Lane with Archival Jet Black Ink. I adhered a silver glittery washi tape on the edge of the card base and foam mounted the water colored panel on top of it. :)

And that pretty much finishes the cards for today. I hope you like them and I hope you got inspired. Thank you so much for stopping by. Take care!

BLOG HOPPING & A GIVEAWAY

There is lots more Stamp of Approval inspiration coming next! Check out all the fantastic designers below and leave comments on EVERY stop for a chance to win this gorgeous Candy Cane Lane Collection box!

Catherine Pooler

Jeanne Jachna

Kristie Goulet

Kelly Griglione

Laurel Beard

Deepti Stephens ( You're here!) 

STAMP OF APPROVAL BLOG HOP

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Day 2 of Stamp of Approval  Lovely Notes Collection Blog Hop. (Click here for Day 1) I'm so happy to have been part of this incredible and awesome event. If you have arrived here from Lisa Harrolle blog then you are right on track and your next stop would be Laurel Beard blog. 

A little about Stamp of Approval or SOA:  Stamp of Approval is a hand picked, exclusive collection of products that were designed just for the box that releases quarterly. This box is full of stamping goodness and they sell out really quickly. So be sure to subscribe to the Wait List so you will be emailed when the collection goes on sale on July 13.

Please head on over to Catherine Pooler’s website (the founder of Stamp of Approval) to sign up on the Waiting List, this is the best way to make sure you get YOUR Stamp of Approval box. Wait List members will be notified first through email when the box goes up for sale one hour before the collection is released to the general public! So make sure you sign up for the Waiting List so that you don’t miss out on your Stamp of Approval box!

So now let's move on to the cards that I made with beautiful stamps and dies from Stamp of Approval box. :)

My first card features the Lovely Flowers Stamp Set (Catherine Pooler Designs). Hand Painted Thanks (Neat and Tangled) and Lovely Flowers and Dies (Catherine Pooler Designs). I stamped the whole background with tiny dots stamp that comes in Lovely Flowers with Black Soot Distress Ink. The reason why I chose the distress ink for stamping is that I wanted to have that irregular and splotchy and faded look in the background. 

Next, I die-cut the banners from Lovely Flowers and dies, colored with the same distress ink and adhered it on to the card base. I adhered a strip of gold washi tape, I love gold details on my cards! Stamped the 'thanks' from Hand Painted Thanks on to some white card stock, fussy cut it and foam mounted it on to the washi tape along with some golden string! I added three golden sequins to compliment the design!

Now let's move on to the second card design! This card is pretty by the way with all the beautiful floras and colors! And this card features Lovely Flowers Stamp Set.

I ink smooshed the background with Peacock Feathers and Seedless Preserves Distress inks. While the panel was drying I stamped all the flowers on a white card stcok with Hero Arts Neon Inks.

I heat embossed the leaves from the set with Gold Embossing Powder. Fussy cut all the images and adhered it on to the card base. I also stamped the sentiment from the same set with Archival Jet Black ink, fussy cut it and adhered it on the floral arrangement!

And now let's move on to the third card and this card features Wonderful Wreath (Catherine Pooler Designs) with a video! :)

This card is very dimensional and involves lots of stamping and fussy cutting! Of course, the previous card also has got lots of stamping and fussy cutting involved. I pulled out the stamps and stamped all the images with Memento Grape Vine, Archival Ink Carnation Red, Versafine Vintage Sepia Ink and Versamark Ink. And heat set the few images with Gold Embossing Powder from Ranger.

I added tiny droplets of gold and black paint on to the background and you can say that it is my signature style :P None of my cards were complete without gold, splatters, glitter and sequins!

And that pretty much finishes the cards for today. I have made a video for you from start to finish showing you how I put the Wonderful Wreath card together. I hope you like it. If you like the video please give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my YouTube Channel. 

BLOG HOPPING & A GIVEAWAY

There is lots more Stamp of Approval inspiration coming next! Check out all the fantastic designers below and leave comments on EVERY stop for a chance to win this gorgeous Lovely Notes Collection box!

Catherine Pooler 

Laura Bassen 

Maureen Merritt 

Miriam Prantner 

Lisa Harrolle 

Deepti Stephens (You're here! :D )

Laurel Beard (your next stop)