Tracie Pond

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Catherine Pooler Designs | Zen Garden Blog Hop Day 2 + Giveaway

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Hello Everyone! Welcome to Day 2 of the Catherine Pooler Designs Zen Garden Blog Hop. Today we are showcasing the LOVE GROWS STAMPS and DIES. CP Zen Garden Tracie Pond 800 6

For my first card, I created a flower garden of echinacea or more commonly known as coneflowers. It is cold and snowy in Michigan, but it will not be long and our echinacea will be growing. The purple ones are the most common variety, but we have several different colors. This stamp could also be used as a daisy. Stamp the flowers on a card panel. Create a couple of masks for the flowers. These make stamping the stems easier. Apply the masks and stamp the stems. Stamp sentiment. Adhere card panel to card base. I also added glossy accents and nuvo aqua shimmer glitter gloss to the flowers.CP Zen Garden Tracie Pond 800-13

(Love Grows Stamp. Cardstock: CP White and CP Smoke. Ink: Black Jack, Sugared Lavender, Icing on the Cake, Spruce, Versafine Onyx Black. Miscellaneous: Glossy Accents, Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss, Post-its, adhesive.)CP Zen Garden Tracie Pond 800 7

For my second card, I again was inspired by flower gardens. I must be ready for Spring. I stamped a floral background on a white panel, 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ and cut down to 4″ x 5-1/2″. Then I adhered the panel to a white card base and added a thin black strip of cardstock along the left border of the card panel. Use the thanks die and die-cut three times. Glue together and then  heat emboss with clear embossing powder. I applied two layers of embossing powder. Adhere sentiment to the card and then add nuvo drops to the centers of the flowers. This was a super fun card to create. CP Zen Garden Tracie Pond 800-14

(Love Grows Stamp Set. Thanks Die. Cardstock: CP White, CP Midnight and Neenah 110# Classic Crest Solar White. Ink: Shea Butter, Green Tea, Eucalyptus, Sugared Lavender and Royal Treatment. Miscellaneous: Wow Clear Embossing Powder, Nuvo Jewel Drops – Orange Marmalade and Adhesive.)CP Zen Garden Tracie Pond 800 8

For my final card for today I was inspired to use all of the beautiful inks in the Spa Collection. With the help of the MISTI and the long stem from the Love Grows Stamp Set this was quite simple to accomplish. Position the stem in the MISTI leaving room to move your card panel around. Stamp in rainbow order, moving your cardstock 1/4″ each time. Stamp the sentiment and heat emboss with clear embossing powder. Adhere panel to card base with craft foam and adhesive. This card makes me happy. It may end up in a frame in my craft room.CP Zen Garden Tracie Pond 800-15

(Love Grows Stamp Set. Cardstock: CP White and Neenah 110# Classic Crest Solar White. Ink: Spa Collection and Versafine Onyx Black. Miscellaneous: WOW Clear Embossing Powder, Craft Foam and Adhesive.)

BLOG HOP PRIZE

There are four days of blog hops. Two sets of Zen Garden Inks will be given away for each blog hop day. If you already have them a $45 GC will be issued. Comment at each stop in the hop to increase your chances to win. Good luck.

BLOG HOP LIST

Day 1 of the hop can be found on Catherine’s blog. I will be back tomorrow for Day 3 of the hop.

Thank you for spending some time with me. This is an amazing release and I hope you were inspired. I am looking forward to seeing all of your creations.

SUPPLIES

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Comments

  7. Melody M says

    Wow! I like all your cards but I too like the last one with all the colors. I think it will look lovely in your stamp room!

  8. Danielle Gibson says

    I love your first card – love the colors and just gorgeous. But, I also really liked how you used the stem in your last card – very creative and not an idea I would have thought of. Thanks for sharing!

  9. Kym Maxwell says

    Absolutely beautiful cards!!! I am dying for Spring and warmer weather as well!! I love this set!! Thanks for the fabulous inspiration!!

  10. Christy Borfitz says

    Gorgeous cards, Tracie! I love the embossed “thanks” on the second card and those colors are beautiful! I will be trying the stem rainbow on the last one. It is so creative!

  11. Jan Arnold says

    All of your cards are great! I love the last especially because it reminds me to look at my stamps for their shapes. That’s so creative and so cute ! Thanks for sharing your creativity!

  29. Laura Miller says

    I’m partial to the card that reminds you of coneflowers. I have several varieties and here in OH, I too am ready for spring.

  33. Denise Terry says

    Your “Smile” card literally made me smile! Rainbows are awesome but this take on one was just so clean, simple, and happy. Thanks for sharing!

  34. Nana Griffin says

    These are all lovely. I am partial to the flowers but a great way to use the stem differently.

  35. Michelle Hackett says

    I love how you can take such simple images and create something so whimsical. Great job.

  39. Diane Durbin says

    Okay, the little cone flowers really did make me smile. And I loved the Smile card – another clever use of the stem.

  40. Joanne Guarino says

    I am loving the flowers and did not realize that one is a coneflower! The colors are amazing. Never would have thought to use the stem the way you did on the last card! Brilliant! Thanks for sharing.

  42. Cathy Lillie says

    Very pretty cards! Your coneflower card is my favorite! It’s good to see flowers again, even if they’re not the real thing!

  62. becab33324 says

    Love those coneflowers; they are so cute!
    All of your cards are adorable. Love how you
    stamped a rainbow of color on the last one.

  63. Kathy Doyle says

    Your cards make me think Spring! Such fun flowers and colors! I agree, I would frame your rainbow smile card!

  68. Jill D. says

    I love flowers and gardening. The colors in your cards are so pleasing to the eye. Just like the garden. Can’t wait to get these inks.

  73. Darylene Foster says

    Love the color combination on your cards. What a wonderful way to display the flower stamps!

  81. Carol DuFrene says

    my favorite card is the one where I think the flowers look like they are dancing….what a happy card ….made me smile too 🙂

  83. Wanda Radler says

    Such beautiful cards. I love your rainbow one the best and what a great way to show off Catherine’s beautiful inks and how well they go together!!

  86. Annalisa says

    Somehow I missed that coneflowers are the same thing as echinacea. I learn so many things on these blog hops! I love all your cards, but that simple rainbow makes me swoon. I swear, I would just sit there petting it. Thanks for sharing your card and botany knowledge with us!

  92. Tracy Steinbach says

    Wow using the stem to make that beautiful rainbow of color is a super clever idea! Now you know I’m going to be looking to see if I have anything on hand to try your idea! Thanks so much for sharing your lovely cards

  94. Patti Hughes says

    I love the detail of these cards! The last one is deceptively simple… as long as you have perfect lining up skills! But the image looks amazing.

  98. Mary Holshouser says

    Wonderful cards. Love the simple cornflowers on the first card.
    The wavy lines on the last card is fun. All of the cards
    were great. thanks for sharing
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  99. Marcia L Rollins says

    Yioes! Stripes! A rainbow! How clever to use that image that way; thanks for sharing it.

  104. nancy y says

    I love the coneflowers, one of my favorite flowers! And the rainbow stems are so creative and fun!

  106. Susan G. says

    Love your cards. Very creative. Thank you for the inspiration and the opportunity to win these scrumptious new inks. I do so want to try them.

  107. Cynthia says

    Beautiful cards. I like how you think outside the box with the rainbow card. Thank you for sharing.

  110. Char Hauser says

    I love these cards. You used the stamps in very creative ways.
    The colors you chose are super.

  114. Angie Andrews says

    I love the last card and how you showed a way to go outside the box. It’s nice to see other ways to utilize what we have and put a new spin on it. Thank you for sharing.

  115. Amy Lemmon says

    Tracie,
    I love that you went “out of the box” by using the large stem to create your visual. Thank you for sharing your creations with us.
    Amy

  116. Sharon Gullikson says

    WOW, I love your style. The rainbow is really different and pretty. It shows off the gorgeous colors well. My echinacea will be coming up soon–I live in Southern California. Land of freezing cold winters 🙂

  120. Sharon Perehudoff says

    Gorgeous cards and choices of colors! Like the last card great ideal for sure,rainbow stems are awesome. Do have to say this release sure does Rocks. Thanks for sharing and great tips by the way.

  121. Melinda Lowry says

    Wow! Great cards. I love coneflowers and am anxiously awaiting spring as they start to regrow. I really like your use of colors in the second card, too. And that stem stamp is going to be fun for creating designs!

  129. Karen K. says

    Such a creative use of the flower stamps from the coneflower to the rainbow stems! Love your cards!!

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