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
Valra French says
Beautiful Cards! I like the use of masking tape to make white space for the sentiment. It really stands out!
cindyromandaversandy Daversa says
I really just want to play with this collection now! Your cards are so amazing!
Nicki says
Every card I’ve seen using the red ink; I love. Wonderful cards.
Lurdez Castello says
Awesome cards
Karen Kreider says
Love your simple desigs…such an impact with little effort!
Christina Lucia says
Thanks for sharing!!! Love the simplicity of the cards!
Theresa says
I love the composition of all your cards. So pretty!
Arlene D says
Amazing how quickly you can make such a variety of CAS cards with the stamp sets!
Marjorie King says
I love the colors for the inks. Can’t wait for them.
Denise Bryant says
Pretty cards! Love that sweet mug and the snowflakes… so simple and so darn cute!
Andrea Dulaney says
I really like the blue flower card. It is very beautiful.
D.Ann C says
Every on of these is a delight! I especially love the shower of hearts!
Sherry says
these are really cute single layer cards! Thanks for the inspiration. Can’t wait to try these sets and inks out!!
Diana Bibey says
Very pretty.
Lynn Fletcher says
Wow! Love the purple color you created using Catherine’s new red and blue inks. Love all the stamps and how you used them to show the creativity in each card.
karen.o says
Gorgeous cards but I have to pick the red flowers as a favourite, its so bright and cheery.
stamperjoyce says
Beautiful cards! I love that you showed how we can get a purple color without having waiting until the purple pad is available… but being the purple fiend I am, I know I’ll be first in line to get the purple inkpad anyway.
Jean Maxwell says
Very nice cards thanks for sharing
Donna Hawkins says
Love the cards! You ladies rock this design thing!!!
FeM says
Awesome card. This kits looks good.
thelifeofalawstudent says
Straight up cannot pick a favorite from your cards…I love them all! Great ideas!
Jane G. says
i love the simplicity of your cards; beautiful. I can’t wait to try the new inks.
Rose T. says
Lovely cards!
Rose T. says
Love your cards!
pinkheelscreative says
Wow! I love all your cards! The ink is so vibrant. Those red flowers trailing across the card are so beautiful! The heart card is perfect.