Spring Pansies

I made this for a StampNation callenge, Think Spring. I love Spring! I think of flowers, colour and butterflies, and I love the soft colours of the English gardens. I stamped and embossed the pansies on vellum from Stampin' Up!'s Flower Shop stamp set, and coloured them by using chalk on the reverse side of the vellum.

Catching up on SN Challenges :)

Here are some cards I've made this week. I've been going back over old challenges and being inspired. I find that if my mojo is low, which it has been since the busyness of Christmas, the best way to get it back is to enter challenges!

SN Challenge #105 Anything Goes

This week's challenge at StampNation is Anything Goes. That means anything goes! Whatever we are working on we can post to join the challenge. StampNation challenges go on forever, even though it is the new one for this week, we have forever to join and post our creations. This is a taste of the card I created as part of the Design Team...

If you'd like to see the whole card, and see what the other Design Team players created, go to

 http://www.catherinepooler.com/pages/stampnation/

You'll get more information about StampNation and why I love it so much!

CAS (Clean And Simple)

I made this 'Thinking of You' card for the StampNation CAS Challenge #14. I used two different Sizzix dies, and two embossing folders.

And this one, 'Birthday Wishes', is for the StampNation CAS Challenge #15. I'm really enjoying these clean and simple cards!

Happy Butterflies

Happy Butterflies was made by using embossing paste and a butterflies stencil. I cut the butterflies out, and made a card for them!

New SN Challenge #105 Holiday Song Inspiration

Time for a new challenge! I love this one!! The challenge is to make a card based on a Christmas carol or holiday song. Above is a taste of my card for the StampNation Design Team for this challenge. What carol or song inspired me?

 

StampNation is a place for anyone who is passionate about papercrafting and who wants to grow.  They have over 300 videos, lots of challenges that are available all year round, a classroom of amazing techniques, and much more. I love it there and I know you will too. 

 

Click here to check it out : http://www.catherinepooler.com/pages/stampnation/

Crayon Resist Halo

I saw something I liked and wanted to give it a try. I don't know how what I saw was made, but I decided to use the crayon resist technique by using the crayon around the stamped and embossed image. It looks a lot like a halo, so I'm calling it the 'Crayon Resist Halo Technique'! I'm really happy with the results.

Seize the Sketch #9 Challenge

I just made this card for my daughter, and am going to enter it into this week's Seize the Sketch Challenge...

I used Very Vanilla, Blushing Bride Cardstock, and Trust God and Papaya Collage stamp sets.

CASology Week 73: Ribbon Challenge

This is my first attempt at a CASology challenge...

I used a scrap piece of DSP, Sweet Essentials stamp set, Cherry Cobbler & Whisper White cardstock, rhinestones, and Whisper White Organza Ribbon. So quick and easy.

I'm submitting this to this week's CASology Challenge

SN Challenge #104 Snowflakes

Hi there! Today SN's new challenge went live, and it was my first card up as a SN Design Team member! Here's a taste of what I created...

There are more samples from the other Design Team members, and they are stunning!!!

Why not jump over there right now and check out StampNation and if you're passionate about papercrafting I encourage you to join this amazing community! You will be so glad you did!! 

 

http://www.catherinepooler.com/pages/stampnation/

Technically Speaking

Today is the day! 

Chupa's classroom at StampNation, "Technically Speaking" opens today with the kick off of her first EVER video tutorial!!

To celebrate this special occasion and her first video, Chupa decided to make this video public, for now.  But in just two short weeks, the only place you'll be able to see it is on StampNation. Then, every other week, Chupa will be adding a new exclusive tutorial to her Technically Speaking forum in The Classroom at StampNation.

You can view Chupa's video here on her blog.

Click here to learn more about StampNation's benefits & to join now!

Designing for the StampNation Design Team

Wow, I've been so busy since getting back from holidays! I've got some exciting challenges coming up for StampNation and I'm busy designing for them. The Aussie & New Zealand girls are doing a Secret Santa this year, and I was up late last night making my gift for my special sistah. Hope she likes it!!!

I had fun playing with washi tape the other day. I hope you like them! They were such fun to make :)