Good morning! I am super excited to be part of Catherine Pooler Designs’ newest venture: the Foundations box! What’s in the box? It’s the perfect starter kit for a brand new stamper or just someone looking for some new and exciting products! The box contains the following:
- three stamp sets (Spot On, For Everything, and Amazing Floral) which gives you images and sentiments to create cards for ALL occasions
- 5 ink pads from Catherine’s brand new ink line (Midnight, Orange Twist, Rockin Red, Fiesta Blue and and Grass Skirt)
- an acrylic block that has a great ridged edge for easy gripping
- a pack of pre-scored white notecards
- and maybe a special surprise! 😉
The box will retail for $67 and would be a perfect gift for someone who is interested in getting into cardmaking!!
Catherine asked the designers to limit our supplies to only the contents of the box…initially I thought this would be tough for me as I tend to stay away from one layer cards but I was shocked at how quickly and easily I was able to create a variety of cards! Here’s what I came up with!
One of my favorite aspects of these inks is how smoothly they stamp right out of the box. I tend to stay away from solid image stamps because I hate having to prep a new stamp but these stamp beautifully! The ink doesn’t bead up on the stamp and the coverage is nice and even! Because of the high quality of the ink, generation stamping is a breeze! I stamped the hearts once and then immediately stamped them again without reinking for a softer shade of red! I swiped the red ink pad along a piece of scrap cardstock to get a matching red piece of cardstock and then matted it behind my sentiment.
My second card is super CAS! I used generation stamping again to get that pale shade of blue and mixed inks to get that pretty shade of purple. Another fun aspect of these inks is that they don’t seem to transfer ink onto the pad (seriously, it’s like magic!) so I inked the mug with red ink, then with blue, stamped it once on scrap paper, and then stamped it a second time on my card for that soft shade of purple. I added a few icy blue snowflakes and the sentiment to finish the card!
I think this might be my favorite card of the bunch. Those floral stamps are just fun and again, they stamp so smoothly that this card came together in minutes! I stamped my sentiment and masked it with painter’s tape. Then I stamped my flowers and greenery in a cascade down the card, removed the masking, and added a few accent flowers around the sentiment!
And finally, another fun example of generation stamping. The rose and dots are stamped once, twice, and three times without reinking for that ombre effect! Honestly, I almost can’t believe how well the ink shows up with a third stamping!!
The box goes up for sale tomorrow morning but of course, there’s an opportunity to win one before you can buy it! 😉 You have 24 hours to comment on all the hop stops! The more you comment, the better your chance to win! One random commenter will win the Foundations Box and will be announced Wednesday morning at 9AM!
You should have arrived from Kristie’s blog and Laurel is your next stop! Here’s the full hop list in case you encounter any broken links! Thanks so much for visiting and happy hopping!!
- Catherine Pooler
- Kristie Goulet
- Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
- Laurel Beard
- Kelly Griglione
- Lisa Harrolle
- Deepti Stephens
- Melissa Miller
Gorgeous cards! Love the ombre effect with just using the same ink pad — love the vibrant colors.
The red rose seems to pop each time it’s used…I really like how you’ve used it. Can’t wait to have it!
That floral card is so pretty. I can see using that making technique for so many variations!
Wonderful cards!
I was hoping someone would use the flower stamps! Your cards are so bright and cheery. Love ’em!
Impressive cards, may have to CAS a couple of these!
Love your cards! The heart card is so sweet, and I love the way the red ink stamps red and pink.
The “Because you’re Amazing” card is… AMAZING! Love the generational stamping!
Oh, that card with the hearts is gorgeous! It’s my favourite.
Awesome inspiration for the CAS cards! I too struggle with these types of cards. Glad to know the second generation stamping is just as wonderful as full strength stamping! Thanks for sharing!
Wonderful CAS cards! you should do them more often 🙂 I know some planning must have gone into these great designs, but they look effortless and fun. Love your ink-blending trick! I am looking forward to doing some experimenting with these new inks
Such pretty cards. I love the simplicity of them!
Can not wait for these awesome colors. Love the one layer cards. During this busy time of the year the are awesome.
Love these cards! Cannot wait to try these inks!! 🙂
Lovely cards and this
kit seems to have it
all!
Carla from Utah
Very creative. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
Great cards, thanks for sharing.
Awesome cards!! Love the flower card!!
Jessica you are rocking the OLC challenge – love all your cards.
Very creative. It just shows what you can do with some great basic products.
I think you’re right.The flowers are my fave as well.Beauty’s they are.
Really sweet cards. The heart one is adorable, and the one with the red flowers is just gorgeous!
Love the flowers the colors are amazing
Beautiful cards. I love your designs!!
Love the generation stamping and also how Bright the colors are, they just cheer you up when you look at them.