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Christmas is two months away but don’t wait until December to start your Christmas Card making. We’ve gathered inspiration using Catherine Pooler inks for traditional and modern stamped cards. Have you already started your cards? Click on any underlined word to visit the shop.     Mix Party and Spa Pair Samba and Eucalyptus for bright modern cards.  Keep is super simple by stamping on a card base and finish with a few tiny embellishments. Samba ink pad and refill … 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 again, here for another Make-A-Card Saturday! Today I made super easy faux dip-dyed backgrounds using some of my favourite Catherine Pooler blue ink shades. I also wanted to see how much different the same design would look using Spa inks against Party inks. If you aren’t familiar with Catherine Pooler’s line of inks, they are separated into two lines of colours; you have the toned down, sedate Spa line and the brighter, more in your … Read More

Hi, I decided to ease myself back into card making with some simple stamping with the Blossoms and Thoughts stamp set by Catherine Pooler Designs.   If the video does not display, please click here to watch on our YouTube channel. Like this video? Please give it a big thumbs up (you can do this on Youtube, right under the video) and share it with a crafty friend!   Written Tutorial To save on card, I test stamp background patterns on printer … Read More

Hey crafty people! I’m back with some more inspiration to share, and I’m easing into the New Year with a super simple, scaled back design. I grabbed a couple of my Pinkfresh Studios stamp sets and my Catherine Pooler inks to create the focal point and sentiment for my card. Grungy stamping Using my stamping tool I stamped the middle diamond from my Pop Out Diamond rubber stamp set in Peppermint Scrub, then I skipped the next one and added … Read More

Hey crafty people! It’s Tasha here, with my weekly dose of inspiration. Today I’m sharing an idea for a masculine card that could fit any occasion.  One of my favourite things to do is ink blending; I find it so relaxing and I absolutely love the huge variety of results that you can get! I grabbed one of my Catherine Pooler stencils and two of her inks, Daydream & Juniper Mist from the Paradise Found collection, so that I could … Read More

Hey crafty people! I hope you & yours are well! ❤ This week’s inspiration comes in the form of an Autumn Rainbow wreath using Trinity Stamp’s co-ordinating stamps, dies & co-ordinating stencil.   I got these in my recent crafty haul and I couldn’t wait to get to play with them!! As soon as I saw them I had Laura Bassen’s voice in my head: ‘if you’ve got a leaf, make a wreath’. So that’s what I did. ?   … Read More

Hey crafty people! Tasha here with your weekly trip to our virtual crafty space! Firstly, did you see my haul & a half unboxing video for the Birthday treat that I got myself? If not, you should check it out! I didn’t get much, just one or two things really…??…I can’t even type it with a straight face!! ?? I got my first ever Catherine Pooler inks to try them out and see what all the fuss is about… You … Read More

Have you seen the To Go Gift cardholder die by Catherine Pooler? I have two ‘cards’ that use the Best In Patch and Pumpkin Season stamp sets. There are two dies in this set to make the take out cup with gift card holders, and the cup sleeve to slip in the take out cup and hide the gift card. Trim off the two flaps to use this die on as a traditional card. Watch the video tutorial below or … Read More

Hi, I have a Fun Forest slimline card using the new Catherine Pooler ink colour – Deck The Halls. I use other green shades of CP inks to see how this new colour will work with the other colours. Fun Forest stamp set seems like a good choice for stamping the green shades of ink. The video process can be seen here on YouTube. This is a great stamp set that can be used all year round. Just by changing … Read More