Tracie Pond

Cardmaking

Catherine Pooler Designs | Welcome Home Blog Hop

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Welcome to the Catherine Pooler Designs, Welcome Home Blog Hop. You should have arrived from the lovely Catherine Pooler. The Welcome Home release is filled with stamp and die goodness that is sure to make you yearn for Spring.

Hop & Release Schedule

Monday, February 11, 2019 – Blog Hop (9am Eastern) and Facebook Live (1pm Eastern).

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 – Video Hop (9am Eastern) and Early Ordering for StampNation Members (3pm Eastern).

Wednesday, February 13, 2019 – Instagram Hop (9am Eastern) and Live Release (9am Eastern).

Let’s get started with the hop. I have three cards to share with you today and several more in the upcoming days.

Hope Your Day is Wonderful

How about a fun rainbow card to get started?! This card will surely make you smile when you create it. The colors are just so cheerful!

For this card I used the blowing bubbles border dies to create a fun and cheerful rainbow design. Using white cardstock and the blowing bubbles border dies, die-cut at least 7 border pieces. Using direct ink to paper or your favorite ink blender apply rainbow colors to your die-cut border pieces. I used the following colors: rockin’ red, orange twist, limoncello, grass skirt, all that jazz, suede shoes and grape crush. While the borders are drying prepare an A2, 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 inch, top folding white cardbase and a 4 x 5-1/4 inch white panel.

Using sentiments from the awesome & wonderful stamp set, stamp the sentiment on the bottom of the card panel using midnight ink. Allow the sentiment to dry while you are adhering the die-cut borders together with your favorite flat adhesive. Stagger the borders a little bit to get a roof shingle like appearance. Adhere the group of borders to the top portion of the white panel. You will need to trim off the edges. Finally, adhere the card panel to your cardbase with a flat adhesive. To add some volume to the die-cuts gently turn up the bottom edges a little bit.

You are Wonderful

For my second card I created a background using the strolling borders stamp set. The design makes me think of a beautiful brick walkway that one may see in a flower garden. I used a stamp platform to complete the repeat stamping, but it could easily be done with the Catherine Pooler 2-1/2 x 6-1/8 inch stamping block. Use repeat stamping and your favorite color combo to create the background on a white piece of cardstock. I used the following ink colors: seafoam, skylight and daydream. Trim the stamped panel down to 3-3/4 x 5 inch and adhere with craft form to an A2 side folding cardbase. Heat emboss the sentiment from the awesome & wonderful stamp set on vellum cardstock. Trim vellum strip and adhere to your cardbase. To complete your card, adhere a couple of pretty jewels.

Keep Being You

Lastly, I would love to share with you my “favorite” card I created for the Welcome Home release.

This is a circle shaped card using midnight cardstock and the circle dies. Tip: Fold a midnight card base and then place large circle die with just a bit of the top portion hanging off the fold of the cardstock. Run a couple of times through your die-cutting machine. White heat emboss sentiment from awesome & wonderful stamp set on midnight cardstock and trim.

Now the fun part. With a copic friendly ink, stamp the rondi’s window background stamp on a white piece of cardstock. Tip: Use a stamp positioner to stamp background. Leave stamp in place while you are coloring your design. Once the design is colored, re-stamp and clear heat emboss. Color the gorgeous background using whatever colors make you happy. These are the Copic colors that I used: Y00, Y08, RV13, RV21, RV30, C1, B24, V12, V15, V17, BG11, BG15 and BG32. Using a circle die, die-cut background. Using the same circle die, die-cut two to three additional pieces of cardstock to give your stamped piece some dimension. Adhere all of your circles together with a strong liquid adhesive. Adhere to cardbase and then adhere your sentiment to the center of the design with dimensional tape. Finally, add some jewels to finish off your card.

Thank you for spending some time with me. Enjoy the rest of the hop =) Tracie

Leave comments along the hop for your chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to Catherine Pooler Designs. The winner will be announced Monday evening, February 18, 2019 on Catherine Pooler’s Blog

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Comments

  4. Trish K says

    They are all wonderful! My fave is the middle one, the background would make for a great mermaide!

  9. Laura Miller says

    Your cards are quite lovely. The Rondi’s Window background stamp – – you’ve colored and embellished so wonderfully. Thanks for the tips.

  23. Priscilla Thibault says

    The vibrant colors and designs of your cards are very uplifting! Love how you used the new bubble border die as a rainbow.

  25. Priscilla Thibault says

    Your cars are so inspirational and cheerful on this horrible stormy winter day. Makes it feel like spring! The blowing bubbles border die is so versatile, and has a modern yet retro at the same time vibe to it.

  32. scraphousemom says

    I don’t have any border dies yet but I do still have some border punches. I’m going to use 1 of them to make a card like yours!

  33. Stacy O'Dell says

    What a clever use of the border die to make a rainbow on the card like that–I love it! And its been a while since I’ve seen a round card, and that is really awesome, too!

  51. Jacqueline says

    Love how you did the rainbow borders in the 1st card. My fav is also the 2nd one. Those colours and the vellum are a beautiful soft look.

  55. Donna Kalinowsky says

    You chose beautiful colors for all 3 cards. Love them all! I would add one of the white circles to the inside so you can add a sentiment.

  56. Mary Holshouser says

    Love that first card. The layering and the colors
    are fantastic. That is the kind of card I like
    to make. the others are pretty but can’t beat
    the first one. thanks for sharing
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  68. Sharon Perehudoff says

    Tracie, your cards are so stunning and colorful! Love all your cards thank you for sharing.

  71. Star says

    Beautiful cards! My favorite is the second card. I love it when a designer reminds us of different ways to use a stamp like creating a background!

  76. Judy says

    I think the strolling borders card is my favorite but I may go through the blog again and the bright blowing bubbles will be my favorite. I really just like them all 😊

  77. Erika Rodriguez says

    Hey Tracey, love your cards! But can’t get over the second one😍.Thank you for sharing your talent with us.

  81. Melinda Lowry says

    Such fun cards! Thanks for the instructons on the round card – I’m going to give that a try!

  84. Wanda Radler says

    Beautiful Cards Tracie. I really like your last one too – It is beautiful. It reminds me of a stained glass window.

  86. Laura LaHaug says

    It’s pretty much impossible to pick a favorite as all are beautiful. I love the rainbow card because I have always loved vivid color; the scallop card for it’s subtle sophistication and the Rondi’s window card for it’s beautiful color, jewels and general gorgeousness!

  89. Denise F. says

    I love border dies. Your card with the Blowing Bubbles die is my kind of card. Such a big impact with so many possibilities. If you need a bunch of cards quickly this is a great technique!

  96. Mary Heilner says

    So pretty. And my aren’t those border dies something! I love the rainbow colors. Thanks for the inspiration.

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