Welcome to Catherine Pooler’s Hello Sunshine Blog Hop & Giveaway! It’s full of Summer-y fun; flowers, ice cream, bikini’s, fonts, pretty die frames, new papers and much more!

These next two cards are made with the Sunshine Flowers and Whimsical Flowers stamp sets. Both have sentiments embossed on a shape from the Fitted Frames die set. Notice how Catherine’s inks blend so beautifully!

I used the Urban Oasis collection of inks for the background of the card above. The flowers and sentiments really stand out with WOW’s Gold Rich Embossing Powder! The bold blending was done with Tim Holtz Blending Tools.

The soft blending of the Party Dress ink on Sand Dunes cardstock was done with a Picket Fence Life Changing Brush. The flowers and sentiments were embossed with the softer-hued WOW Platinum Embossing Powder.
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What gorgeous backgrounds! I just love the simplicity of gold embossing on a colorful background and yours are just stunning! TFS!
These cards are great. I love the colors on the first one, I love this release, actually I love every CP box the mailman brings! I also laugh every time my husband calls and tells my box from “Crafty Pants” has arrived😊
Love the intensity of the first card.
Your embossing on the cards is striking. I smiled as soon as I saw them on your blog. You did an incredible job using the new releases. I only hope one day to make something as beautiful as you did.
Your ink blending is fabulous!! I love the embossed sunflowers, gorgeous!!!
I love those backgrounds! 🙂
LOVE your ink blended backgrounds! So pretty, Nanette!
Awesome backgrounds for your pretty cards! Love the colors and designs!
Both cards are awesome.
Love these cards. Awesome backgrounds.
You color palette is bold and beautiful! I love both of these cards.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful embossed cards!
Love the embossing! Such elegant cards! Thanks for your ideas!
GORGEOUS ink blending, Nanette!
Very beautiful and striking cards! TFS!
These are so pretty. I love your embossed backgrounds
Beautiful backgrounds on these wonderful cards. Love the colors you used.
Beautiful cards Nanette! The colors are amazing and I love the embossing. 🙂
Love the beautiful backgrounds on your cards.
Absolutely gorgeous cards! TFS.
Love the colorful backgrounds you created!
Bold and beautiful colors, that make this card.
Beautiful cards and ink blending!
Great cards, Nanette. Love the gold embossing on the first one. Thanks for sharing.
I love the party dress ink on the sand dunes card stock. So pretty together. Tour cards are lovely.
A wonderful job on the ink blending on these.
Love the colors and all of your cards! The embossing is wonderful and really adds just the perfect touch to your cards!
My favorite new collection and I love your cards!
You are a rockstar with these cards. WOW!
FABULOUS cards! Great colors and embossing.
Love these cards, especially the one with the gold embossing. Best release ever!!
Such gorgeous cards!
Thanks so much for sharing…
Terrific card! I love the colors you used for blending the background!
Beautiful cards! I especially like the craft with the gold embossing. What a neat idea.
These cards are absolutely stunning! And the embossing!! Love it!
Beautifully embossed cards!
Those embossed flowers are amazing!!
nice layout ideas. can’t wait til my order arrives and I can start playing.
I adore the lighter embossing on dark backgrounds! Lovely cards!
Like the color variety
Gorgeous cards. I love how you did the backgrounds – very pretty colors.
Hi Nanette! You did an amazing job on these cards. I never think to ink blend over kraft but you show here that it can be done so beautifully. And I am totally loving your use of these large sentiments. Perfect!
The ink blending on kraft card stock is lovely – I often forget about kraft card stock and the amazing cards you can create using it! Thanks for the inspiration!
Love the colors used for blending and the embossing really pops.
Beautiful! I love your color combinations.
I wouldn’t have thought to use Party Dress on Desert Storm card stock! Of course I will now have to try all the colors on it to see how they look!
What gorgeous backgrounds! I love the gold embossing!
Great cards!
Love these cards Nanette! Especially love how Party Dress ink looks on Sand Dunes card stock. So pretty!