Good morning! I’m so excited to help celebrate the Grand Opening of Catherine Pooler’s Store! The store will open for good this afternoon so head over to subscribe to Catherine’s newsletter to get email notification when the store goes live! And of course, there’s a giveaway to go along with the celebration and you can find that info at the bottom of my post!
I made three cards using the Enchanted Garden stamps and dies and the All About You stamp set and Two Yous dies! These are both really versatile stamp sets and I really enjoyed playing with them! My first two cards use the same coloring technique with the Enchanted Garden stamps.
I love how closely the dies cut…I’m not a big fan of wide die borders and these are perfect! To start I stamped the images onto white cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed them with white embossing powder. Next I used a sponge dauber to add color to the center of each flower before blending it out to the edges. I used Picked Raspberry, Dried Marigold, Abandoned Coral, and Mowed Lawn distress inks. Once they were dry I used the coordinating dies to die-cut each flower. Next I stamped the sentiment from Enchanted Garden onto white cardstock with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. Then I layered the flowers and greenery onto the card surrounding the sentiment. I adhered them with a combination of regular adhesive and foam mounting tape for a variation in dimension. Finally I added a sprinkling of sparkling clear sequins.
My second card uses some of the leftover flowers that didn’t fit on the first card. They were so pretty that I didn’t want to throw them away so I used them to make a more CAS card. I stamped a sentiment from All About You with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder. Then I layered the flowers and greenery around the sentiment and adhered them with a mix of foam mounting tape and regular adhesive. I also added a few sparkling clear sequins to finish the card.
My last card was intended to be more fall/autumn colors but I’m not quite sure that comes across…oh well, I still like the way it looks! 😉 For this card I stamped the flowers onto watercolor paper with versafine and heat-embossed them with clear embossing powder. Then I used zig markers and a waterbrush to blend color onto the watercolor paper. I set them aside to dry and then die-cut them with the coordinating dies. I splattered some black acrylic paint onto a white card panel and let it dry overnight. I layered the flowers across the card panel and then adhered them with regular adhesive and foam mounting tape. I die-cut part of the sentiment from the Two Yous die set with black cardstock and adhered it over the flowers. Then I stamped the rest of the sentiment from All About You onto black cardstock and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder before cutting them down to label sizes. I adhered them on an offset angle and then added a sprinkling of black sequins to finish the card.
I hope this gives you some more ideas on how to use these beautiful stamps! If you missed them in the Stamp of Approval box, you can get them now! 😉
To celebrate her grand opening she’s giving away three $25 gift certificates to random commenters. The more you comment, the better your chances of winning! Comments will close Thursday, September 1st at noon EST and the winners will be announced later that day on Catherine’s blog!
You should have arrived from Kristie’s blog and Ingrid’s is your next stop! Here’s the whole list in case you get lost or encounter a broken link!
- Catherine Pooler
- Emily Leiphart
- Maureen Merritt
- Lisa Harrolle
- Kristie Goulet
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> YOU ARE HERE!
- Ingrid Blackburn
- Chaitali Narla
- Laurel Beard
- Amy Kolling
- Heather North
- Allison Cope
- Kimberly Wiener
Thanks so much for visiting and have a wonderful day! 🙂
Beautiful cards!
I loved your cards, the colors and embossing! Thank you for the “how to” directions. I am a bit leery of heat embossing, but you have inspired me to give it another try!
Your style and color choices are so beautiful and I could just stare at your cards all day because they make me happy!
Very beautiful cards
All three cards are lovely. I always seem clueless on what to do with floral stamps, but you have totally inspired me to give them another go!
Jessica, you’ve done a beautiful job of arranging your flowers and picking your colors.
All of your cards
are gorgeous! The
flowers are so pretty.
Carla from Utah
Hi Jessica! Your cards are always beautiful.
Love what you have done with the flowers! They are so pretty and natural looking!
You won my heart with these cards. The softness and beauty call to me.
All the flowers are just gorgeous!
Jessica: I love your cards, so elegant. They truly are gorgeous!!!
The enchanted garden set is dynamite snd your renderings- fabulous ! At first I was thinking how wonderful these stamps are with the white embossed outline, then I saw your final card- a totally different look with just the change to a black outline! Just goes to show the set’s versatility… thru the inking and your designs!
Beautiful floral cards. Love the fonts on the text. Thanks for sharing.
As always your cards are gorgeous. Beautiful design and colors. Number three has to be my favorite. Fantastic job.
Absolutely gorgeous, I love all the bright colors.
I love your style. I cannot wait to CASE your cards.
Your cards are beautiful, thanks for sharing! How is Merlin doing with CHF?
Aww Claudia, thank you so much for asking. He’s doing surprisingly well. We’re still getting use to juggling the CHF with kidney disease and learning what our new normal will be but we’re thankful for every day that we get with him!
Beautiful cards. Love the colors in each one.
What bright and cheerful cards! Love them!
Love your coloring.
Looks to me like you did Catherine up proud…beautifully colored diecut flower for 3 remarkably designed cards. These dies do cut close to the stamp line…me likey. And your last card does look more fall-ish than the other two.
and your cards make me smile. So pretty.
three wonderful cards Jess – love your designs and colors!
Woooo hooooo … I’m off to shop!!!!!
Love your cards!