Curling Up with a Good Book

Today's card is the one I made for this month's Gerda Steiner Designs Progressive Challenge. I love participating each month... and then after the first of the following month, I get really excited to see what image will show up in my inbox for that month. This month's image is called Cat in Bookshelf. If you didn't participate last month and therefore didn't get it for free, don't despair. You can purchase it HERE... and then, when you play along this month, you too will receive next month's image for free.

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Supplies Used

Digital Stamp: Gerda Steiner Designs Cat in Bookshelf colored with Copic Markers

Papers: Archiver's Brown, Recollections White, and SU Bravo Burgundy CS and DP from my scrap file

Embellishments: Brads and XOXO from unknown vendors

Love You More

Oh my goodness!

oh. my. goodness.

I've been hearing all the rave and thought I needed to check this out for myself.

Stampers on FB keep raving about Catherine Pooler inks. They say the coverage is amazing. That the colors are rich and beautiful. That... that... that...

So... I watched a few YouTube videos and then placed an order. I started small. I ordered the Midnight one, since it is a Copic-friendly and I also ordered one color - Rockin' Red (which I've not yet used, but to my defense, the order just arrived a couple of days ago). Today's card is the first time I used the Midnight. WOW! Look at how beautifully the image is stamped! First time.

This stamp is an older wood-mounted stamp in my collection. I've found that in the past year or so I rarely use my wood mounted stamps, instead opting for the cling-mounted and clear ones so I can use my stamping platforms and have the opportunity to re-ink a second (or third) time, if needed, for complete coverage. I thought using a wood-mounted stamp with this ink would be the ultimate test.

Oh my goodness! oh. my. goodness. It passed the test with flying colors!

The only down side to the Catherine Pooler Midnight ink is it does slightly stain the stamp... but I knew that before I used it. Catherine Pooler openly says that. That's okay, though... since it stamps so beautifully.

Yep, now I'm one of those people - raving about Catherine Pooler ink (and I've only used it once).

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Supplies Used

Stamps: Whipper Snapper Designs The Big Cheese and Penny Black More Than Cheese stamped with Catherine Pooler Midnight Ink and colored with Copic Markers

Papers: Recollections Black and White and SU Sahara Sand CS and all other papers from my scrap file

Embellishment: Heart-Shaped Brad from an unknown vendor

Today Will Be Awesome

I had happy mail this week - surprise happy mail. I wasn't expecting to receive anything from the owner of the Craftaholics R Us Challenge who is my long-distance (long, long distance) online friend Janis. She mailed me a precious and beautiful card and tucked inside were three cute little two-sided cards that could be used for journaling, scrapbooking, or in my case, card-making. THANK YOU Janis!

The little cards all had rounded corners and they were a delightfully fun PINK! So I used them all three on the same card... and I rounded the corners on my card to match the rounded corners on the three cards Janis sent.

I didn't stamp anything on my card, instead I used a gorgeous die cut on it for a pop of color.

I served on the Frantic Stamper design team in 2017. It was an amazing experience that stretched me in ways I'd not been stretched before. Each month an assortment of precision dies (as well as a stamp set) would arrive at my house... and I cut, glued, and created. Sooooo... I have a wonderful assortment of Frantic Stamper dies. The Aloha Hibiscus flower on this card is one of the Frantic Stamper precision dies I received during my tenure on their design team.

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Supplies Used

Three 2-sided cards from Janis

Paper: SU Cucumber Crush, Pixie Pink, and Yo Yo Yellow CS and Recollections Light Pink Stripes DP

Die: Frantic Stamper Aloha Hibiscus

Embellishments: Brads from an unknown vendor

Friends Make Life More Fun

FYI - I have two blog posts today. This one and the one that went live on my blog at midnight. It features Eyelet Outlet products and is a fun CACTUS kind of card. Please check it out, too, either by scrolling on to the next blog post or by clicking HERE.

This is the 9th... which means it is a 3 Musketeers day! Kelly, Barb, and I have been doing these posts monthly for more than three years.  I was the host this month (which means I picked out the image we used).

I had so much fun deciding what we three would create with. I finally decided to use a Unity stamp set called "3 Snowbuddies" because snow always makes me think of Kelly and the three of us got to hang out (with a bunch of other friends, too) at Barb's house in January... so the sentiment seemed perfect.

All the FUN we have is greater together!

Be sure to head over to Barb's blog and Kelly's blog, too. I always love seeing what they've created.

We three are 

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Supplies Used

Stamp Set: Unity 3 Snowbuddies stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers

Papers: Recollections Black and 110# White and SU Almost Amethyst CS and Creative Expressions and Paper Studio (Holiday Magic Snowflakes) DP

Embellishments: Stickles Glitter Glue and a Snowflake Brad and Washi Tape from unknown vendors

SaveSave

Stick With Me

Succulents seem to be all the rage right now. They seem to have personality. So I decided to make a card featuring succulents.

The idea for this card actually started in a unique place - it all started with a roll of Cactus Washi Tape. Yep... Washi Tape!

The roll of Washi Tape came from the Eyelet Outlet online store... HERE. It's a super wide and gorgeous Washi Tape. And WOW! Look at the price... so reasonable.

So, the thing is, when you have Washi Tape that is that gorgeous, you just have to use it, right? (There's no need to hoard it because there is a lot of tape on that roll.)

Not only did I use the Cactus Washi Tape, I also bordered it with skinny green Washi Tape from Eyelet Outlet... and then I added a strip of Black Pearls on the two edges to finish off the look.

I added a stamped Cactus and two adorable Butterfly Brads from Eyelet Outlet to finish off my card design.

Here's the inside of my card:

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Supplies Used

Eyelet Outlet Products: Black Pearl Strip, Butterfly Brads, Cactus Washi Tape, and a skinny Washi Tape

Stamp/Die Set: Jillibean Soup Stick with Me Cactus stamped with Memento Ink and colored with Copic Markers

Papers: Recollections Black and Ivory and SU Garden Green CS and Paper Studio Wooden Fence DP

Eat More Hole Foods

The Hole Foods stamp set from The Project Bin not only has gorgeous donuts to color/ink and create with, it also has some really fun sentiments. I decided to use two of the sentiments on my donut card today - one on the front and the other one inside.

And look at that... I even have donut designer paper to use on my card. How fun, right?

I hope you'll head over to The Project Bin's online store and check out all of the stamp sets.

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Supplies Used

Stamp Set: The Project Bin "Hole Foods" stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers and a Spectrum Noir Sparkle Marker

Papers: Recollections 110# White and SU Apricot Appeal and Early Espresso CS, AMuse Studio Gingham, Paper Studio Donuts DP, and other paper from my scrap file

Embellishments: Recollections Rhinestones and SU Ribbon

An Adorable Nurse and Her Teddy Bear

I am so excited that Craftaholics R Us is having a Get Well Challenge this week because it was the perfect excuse for me to ink up my favorite nurse stamp. In fact, it may be the only nurse stamp I own.

Isn't she a cutie with her teddy bear?

I also used my My Favorite Things Band Aid die set for the very first time making this card.

I hope you'll dig out your get well types of supplies 

and play along in the challenge!

March 7 - 13

Theme: Get Well

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Supplies Used

Stamps: Penny Black Wishing You Well and Unity Taking Care of You stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers

Die Set: My Favorite Things Band Aids

Papers: Recollections Black and White and SU Blushing Bride CS and DP from my scrap file

Embellishments: Brads from an unknown vendor