I LOVE when Catherine Pooler Designs issues a new release, but this one is extra special to me… Why? Because I designed and illustrated two of the products in this release!!
But first, I want to welcome you to Day 3 of Catherine Pooler’s Kind of Batty Blog Hop ( <– click to start on Day 1). Be sure to comment for a chance to win along the hop! There has been some fun, fun creations and inspiration “hoppin’ around” the last three days! You will want to see these!
This is a two-part release — Going Batty and Kind of Wonderful, thus it is called Kind of Batty 🙂 There are also two new ink colors, Wow embossing powders and Nuvo Drops in the shop! Today, I will be focusing on the Kind of Wonderful part of the release.
I’ve been bursting at the seams to be able to share this with you and have been holding it all in for the last few months! The wonderful Catherine Pooler invited me to move forward on this design that I had sketched and shown to her and I was thrilled to comply 🙂 So I created the Kind of Wonderful Stamp Set and the coordinating Three of a Kind Die Set.
This stamp set has many additional words in the set that can be arranged in quite a few different phrases! To help show off these sets, I am also using the Hello Autumn Stamp Set also included in this release. It’s a beautiful multi-layer stamp illustrated by Traci Reed. This set includes a great coordinating die set, as well.
The Three of a Kind Die Set has three layering dies, which each can also be used on its own, too. There is the (small) contour die, the (medium) cookie-cutter die, and the (large) background die.
To create a set of cards like this, start off by stamping “Kind,” with colors from Life of the Party Collection; Flirty Fuschia, Party Dress, Aquatini and Tiki Torch and then die-cutting them with the small die. (I used glossy cardstock in my example today for that top layer). On a piece of white cardstock, turn each pad up-side-down and smear on gently to make four pieces of matching cardstock. Then use the medium die to cut the second layer. With the large die, make four black die-cuts. Layer and glue them, as shown below. This arrangement of layers creates such nice dimension!
Center each assembled piece in the center of four 3.75″ x 5″ white cardstock panels. With Midnight ink, stamp any additional words from the stamp set that you wish. The ones used today are “You are Kind of (1) amazing (2) wonderful (3) awesome (4) special.”
The Hello Autumn Stamp set has four different leaves (and a pair of acorns), each with four steps. Pretty cool, huh? Since the main sentiment we are working with has so much detail from the little floral elements to the three-layer dies, you may want to just use a single layer, the first step, of each type of Hello Autumn leaves. As you can see below, you can still add a few, little touches of fun. In these examples, I again matched the ink.
The Party Dress card shows the spines of the leaves penned with a black fineliner.
The Aquatini card has some black Nuvo drops placed in the center of each leaf to appear as flowers.
The Tiki Torch card has black Nuvo drops placed randomly around the edge.
The Flirty Fuschia card’s leaves were detailed with a white gel pen.
These cards were completed with a black 4″ x 5.25″ cardstock layer and then adhered to a white card base.
These were SO much fun! I can’t wait to see what YOU create!
PRIZES! There are three days of blog hops, with three prizes to give away! One commenter from all the blogs will be chosen for each day to win a $25 gift certificate to CatherinePooler.com. Good luck!
Day 3 – August 17
- Catherine Pooler
- Kelly Martin
- Tracie Pond
- Susan Powell
- Laurel Beard
- Ilina Crouse
- Ingrid Blackburn
- Ardyth
- Nanette Tracy – You are HERE
Day 2 – August 16 – Start HERE
Day 1 – August 15 – Start HERE
Thanks so much for hanging out with all of us today!
Nanette
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Lovely lovely cards. Thanks so much for sharing!
Thank you, Nancy 🙂
What a cool idea to use white embossing powder. NICE.
Thank you, Sharon 🙂 That is actually part of the stamp, rather than embossing powder.
Gorgeous cards Nanette, love the colours just beautiful. Wow! got to love this stamp and die cut set wow. Thank you for sharing and being apart of the wonderful new release.
Thanks so much, Sharon! 🙂
These cards are gorgeous. Black and white with a pop of color is always so beautiful, but that die just makes it all even more fun. Such a beautiful set. I can’t wait to play with that kind die.
Thank you, Debbie 🙂
Love your cards
Thank you, Barbara 🙂
Congratulations on your new product designs – just fabulous! Love your fresh and fun cards designs.
Thank you, Dana 🙂
Great cards. I love the beautiful colors. This release is so exciting.
Thank you, Cyndi! It’s exciting for me, too 🙂
Lovely colors and very pretty.
Thank you, Nana 🙂
These cards are lovely. Your kind dies and stamp set are my absolute favorites from this release and I love all the cards made with them. I can’t wait to see what you create next.
Thank you so much, Ellen!
Your kind dies and stamp set are my favorite from this release and I have loved all the cards made with it. Great design and I can’t wait to see what you create next. Well done!! 🙂
So pretty and colorful!
Thank you, Sue!
Beautiful cards!! I love the bright colors!
Thank you, Laurie 🙂
Love this stamp set and die that you designed. How exciting for you. The lovely detail in the Kind die really shows on your pretty set of cards.
Thank you, Denise 🙂
I really love how you show us a series of monochromatic cards – yet using the same layout, etc. “KIND” is the focal point but I love how you used different images to embellish around.
Thank you, Laura 🙂
I KIND of love every one of these beautiful cards and the colors are wonderful. Congratulations on designing such an amazing set!
Thanks so much, Tami!
Absolutely stunning cards! Love, love, love your design and the colors are perfect! 🙂
Thanks so much, Amy!
I can’t wait to see what designs are next of your list. This detailed kind so is so cool. It’s unique and in a class of it’s on.
Thank you, Brandy!
Congratulations Nanette on having your ideas come to life in such an amazing stamp and die set. I’ve loved playing with them. You made a great set of cards with them.
Thank you, Susan! I’m so glad you like them!
Bright and cheery set of cards. You did a kind of wonderful job.
Thanks so much, Jill 🙂
Love the different colors you used the your word kind. They are cool looking. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful weekend.
Thank you, Teresa! You have a great weekend, too 🙂
How exciting to see your designs made into a stamp set! So much fun.
Thank you! It has been very exciting!
Your cards are KIND’a wonderful! Love the sentiments and simple design.
Thanks so much, Susan 🙂
You did a fantastic job of designing.
the “kind” is so pretty and the leaves are
amazing. The DT did a fabulous job
of coloring and highlighting them.
Keep on designing – you are wonderful.
thanks for sharing
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Thank you so much, Mary 🙂
Such fantastic cards.
Thanks for sharing…
Thank you, Jeanne 🙂
Great cards!
Thank you, Donna!
Great cards!
Thank you, Dorothy 🙂
Love the cards. What a versatile set.
I love this KIND stamp/die set! Your set of monochromatic cards is stunning!
Thank you, Karen!
Love how bright and colorful your cards are! 🙂
Thank you, Kelsey 🙂
These are so lovely! I like the monochromatic look and I love the ‘kind’ word with the pretty florals on it.
Thank you, Becca 🙂
The bright, happy colors just make the word KIND stand out on the card. the receiver can’t help but be happy when they see this one.
Thank you 🙂
Congrats on your fabulous designs! I love the Kind of Wonderful Stamp Set and the coordinating Three of a Kind Die Set! So many mix and match possibilities! Love your set of cards and the pretty colors you used!
Thank you, Denise!
These cards are awesome! Thanks for showing us how to create a card with several different looks – this is one you could use for so many things!
Thank you, Lori 🙂
Oh my! The kind cards are such a delight! They are making my “idea mind” really moving around. I love the different color combinations and can’t wait to get my hands on stamps!
Thank you, Marcia 🙂
LOVE your creations – both Stamp/die AND your cards Nanette! So excited to hop along with you today. Your cards are fabulous. 🙂
So privileged to hop along with all of you, too 🙂 Thank you!
Love your kind of cards!
Thank you, Elizabeth 🙂
Awesome cards