I’m thrilled to be back today on the Coffee Loving Paper Crafters Blog with another card as the December Guest Designer. Today I’m featuring Super Sponsor Catherine Pooler Mug Shots stamps & coordinating dies. I stamped, colored and die cut three of the mugs and attached them with foam tape for dimension on a card … Read more
We're still BLING-ing in the Holidays at Jingle Belles this week. I chose to start by covering my designer paper snowflake card front with a Silver Pearl Swirl Bling from Eyelet Outlet. Next I added sentiments from the Concord & 9th Big On Christmas stamped in Catherine Pooler Wintergreen Ink. I used foam … Read more
When I was out of town with my sister, a co-worker needed a sympathy card. She shared that my stash of sympathy cards that I keep at the office was subsequently depleted, so I needed to make a few to restock my stash. I like to use silhouette images in masculine tones, so they will … Read more
While I had my red, white & blue papers on my studio table, I decided to use them to re-stock my birthday card stash. I started with this week's Freshly Made Sketch and never before used products from Catherine Pooler for Ardyth's #shopyourcraftstashsummer2024. I die cut the Catherine Pooler Bubblin' Die from white cardstock and … Read more
I continue to have fun at the #marchprintingchallenge with GelliArts on Instagram. For the Metallic theme on Day 4, I used two shades of Metallic Silver Paint and the Totally Dotty Stencil from AALL & Create. For Day 5's Tissue Paper theme, I found this wonderful tissue paper flower at Create/Exchange … Read more
I've continued having fun with Tania Ahmed and her GelliPrinting January Challenge #gelprintjanuary2024 on Instagram this week. Day #7 was Ombre. I had fun creating wonderful ombre blends with just two colors of Catherine Pooler ink … the trick for me was using a separate brayer to roll & blend each color (it kept … Read more
I'm still having fun creating Index Card Art. For day 22, I just combined a random collection of gelliprints, which I thought produced an Unexpected result. I finished with some snark that can also be unexpected (but then again, when it comes from this mouth, maybe not so much). Day 23, … Read more
I needed a Thinking of You card to send in the mail to my current Chemo Angel assignment. I'm linking-up at the Just Us Girls Thinking of You Clean & Simple Card Challenge. I stamped the sentiment from Catherine Pooler Notable & Quotable Stamps in Catherine Pooler Crushed Violet. Next I added strips … Read more
For some unknown reason, I was feeling a bit snarky this afternoon. I decided to channel the snark and join the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers O is for Ombre Challenge. I used several colors of Catherine Pooler inks to attempt to create an Ombre Gelliprint for my card base. I settled on blue … Read more
It's the end of Week Three of creating art with the annual ICAD (Index Card a Day) Challenge on Instagram (come follow me at @smilynstef). For Day 15 Sea Glass I felt a little lost. I decided I would try gel printing on an index card to create the milky look of … Read more