Sooner rather than Later: Adoring You Stamp of Approval Blog Hop

Monday, January 7, 2019

Adoring You Stamp of Approval Blog Hop

Hi everyone! I'm really excited to be helping showcase the latest Stamp of Approval box, Adoring You, from Catherine Pooler Designs today. You should be arriving from Lea Lawson's blog. The Stamp of Approval box is a hand-picked collection of exclusive stamping supplies delivered right to your door. Released quarterly, these supplies (greater than $100 value) are designed to go perfectly together.

This really is a packed box! It includes five stamp sets, one of which is a red rubber background and another of which is a 6x8 set, and one cover plate sized die.

For my cards today, I set out to create a couple cards that use the products in unexpected ways.

This first card features the large sentiment from the Happy Together stamp set. It was stamped in the center of my panel in Peppermint Scrub ink. Using a MISTI, I actually double stamped it to get a darker look.

I thought that the branch from the Happy Together set could also double as a vine, so I stamped it repeatedly around the the sentiment in Green Tea and Eucalyptus ink. I then went back and using the leaf image from the Sweet Home Wreath stamp set added leaves to the ends of some of those vines. I also added some hearts to the ends of some of the vines using the small heart stamp from the Happy Together set in Peppermint Scrub.

I also used a few Prismacolor penciils to add a bit of shading to the stamped images to give them a bit more depth/shading.

My second card focuses on the Adore die. As mentioned previously, this is a cover plate sized die that evokes a paneled door with a fan light. For this card, I cut the die five times: twice from black cardstock, and once each from three shades of green.

I trimmed the outline/webbing of the black die cut pieces down to just the fan light portion. Using a piece of black cardstock as a base, I adhered the outline and then inlaid the green pieces with the lightest green in the center progressing to the darkest on the outside. These were then adhered to a square card base.

The sentiment is from the Congratulations Sentiments set.

I couldn't resist making a third card because the stamp set that initially caught my eye when I opened the box was The Key stamp set and I really wanted to ink it up, so I whipped up a really quick and simple card using the set.

The set has a variety of keys and lock images. I random stamped the different lock images with Versamark on some dark blue cardstock, and then clear embossed.

One of the keys was stamped with Versamark on the same colored cardstock, embossed in gold and fussy cut.

The sentiment, also from The Key set was stamped with Juniper Mist ink on white cardstock. and popped up over the background and a strip of gold mirrorboard cardstock. The key was then popped up slightly over the sentiment strip.

Be sure to leave a comment here and at each stop along the hop. Two lucky winners will receive a gift certificate for $25 to spend in the Catherine Pooler shop. Winners will be announced on Catherine's blog January 14th. Your next stop on the hop is Ingrid Blackburn, but I have the whole hop list below in case you get turned around. If this box is something you've got to have, head to this link to get on the waitlist. Waitlist members get first crack at the box when it's available for order on January 9th.

Good luck and happy hopping!