colouring

  Hi, we are celebrating our 6th birthday with an Instagram hop. The theme is “favourite” and I chose my favourite ink collection by Catherine Pooler – Date Night, and colouring.  A new technique I’ve been lately is heat embossing with my Catherine Pooler inks.  I heat emboss each doll (and pretend the cat doll is a dog) from the We Fit stamp set and colour them in our favourite colours. Watch the video tutorial below and find the supply … Read More

Do you find inspiration everywhere? I use the Sunshine Bee Designs Woodland Fox stamp and the Catherine Pooler Designs Bushels of Love stamp to make this fun autumnal themed slimline card.  The weather has definitely turned autumnal here in Cambridgeshire and I use the Spa collection of Catherine’s ink for the more subdued low saturated colours.   Milly was having her after lunch sniff around the garden and I was looking at all the fallen leaves from our tree before … Read More

Hey Crafty People! It’s Tasha here, and I’m back with another dose of inspiration for your Saturday morning! This week I’m bringing out the Just Soar stamp set from Catherine Pooler again but I’m ditching the Rainbows for a flurry of beautiful Monarch Butterflies. I just LOVE how this card turned out, it was definitely one of those that you look at and think ‘heck, yeah! I made that!’ ?   Beautiful Monarch Butterflies… I don’t think there is a … Read More

Hey crafty people! It’s Tasha, and I’m back with some more Saturday Inspiration! I’m making and fixing mistakes using products from Trinity Stamps’ latest release. (I know, I know, I can’t put this stuff down, it’s SO GOOD!!) I was happily crafting away making my card for the week when the unthinkable happened…I majorly messed it up!!! So I thought I’d talk a little about the impulse to give in and just chuck it in the bin when we stuff … Read More

Hi, How cute are the Trinity Stamps gnomes? I mix a few different brands on this card with an embossed background with a Pinkfresh Studios stamp and Brutus Monroe embossing powder and layered die cut sentiment by Catherine Pooler Designs. Watch the video tutorial below or over at YouTube.  The products I use are listed throughout this post with the basic crafting needs linked at the bottom in two posts. Like this video? Please give it a big thumbs up … Read More

Hey crafty people, and a happy Saturday! I’m back with some inspiration using the awesome ‘You Rock’ stamp & die sets from Trinity Stamps products to create a super trendy mini slimline card. As soon as I saw the You Rock stamp set from Trinity I knew I needed to have it! My husband is big into music and whilst he definitely sits on the Vinyl side of the fence, I knew that this would make an awesome card for … Read More

Helen has a step-by-step tutorial for this beautiful blue floral card. She used the same stamp set all month for lots of inspiration which you can see at the bottom of this post.  The stamp set used is the Beautiful Day Floral by Catherine Pooler Designs. 1. Cut two pieces of white card measuring 9.5cm by 13.5cm.  Die cut part of a circle die from the bottom left hand corner of one of the pieces of card (photo 1). 2. … Read More

The Made With Love stamp set by Trinity Stamps is not a Christmas themed set but it is perfect for my needs.  I finished a crocheted blanket (started in September 2018) and want a custom gift tag and a matching Christmas card.   If you’d prefer to watch the process (either here on the blog or over on YouTube) the video is below, but read on for the written tutorial.     Shaped Card The base for both my card … Read More

It’s party time in the Paper Tree as we celebrate our 5th Birthday!! We’ve got an Instagram Hop going on, with the chance to win a £25 voucher to spend on your favourite brands at The Little Paper Tree!! The Design Team have all created some fun birthday/celebration card inspiration for you, so don’t forget to head over to Instagram and leave comments on each post for more chances to win!   I have two cards to share this week, … Read More

This bicycle in the Catherine Pooler Beautiful Ride stamp & die set caught my when it first came out, but I’ve only recently got it. It is such a sweet bicycle, with a whimsical nature perfect for creating a romantic bicycle CAS card. To colour this in, I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers adding to the quaint feeling of the stamp. So let’s get started.   Creating a Romantic Bicycle CAS Card   First, stamp the bicycle … Read More