Monday, April 23, 2018

Catherine Pooler - Celebrate Friends Stamp of Approval

Hey folks!

It's that time again! It's time for the new Cathrine Pooler Stamp of Approval. This release is called Celebrate Friends and it's sooo cute! This is a part of a Blog Hop folks and there is a Blog Hop Prize!!!

BLOG HOP PRIZE!!

Three random winners will be chosen from the comments along the hop to receive $97 Gift Certificate for the Catherine Pooler SHOP. Winners will be announced April 26, 2018 on the Catherine Pooler BLOG. So be sure to leave comments folks!


Just in case you haven't heard of the Stamp of Approval Collection...This is an exclusive collection, the products were designed FOR the box, they are brand new, and they won't be available again for many months. These collections traditionally sell out cuh-razy fast folks. The only way to guarantee you get one is by getting on the waitlist which you can do HERE.

I don't have a video to share today folks, but both of the cards I'm sharing with you are super easy!


For my first set of cards, I started by ink blending a 4.25" x 5.5" panel of Catherine Pooler CARDSTOCK. I used FLIRTY FUCHSIA, PARTY DRESS, ORANGE TWIST, TIARA, GRASS SKIRT, and AQUATINI

I blended at an angle starting from the top left and working to the bottom right. If you're interested in seeing how I did this, I have a video where I show I how did something like this. You can see that HERE.



Once I was sone with the ink blending, I mixed Ranger Transparent GLOSS Embossing Paste with Nuvo ICE WHIE Pure Sheen Glitter with Ranger Transparent GLOSS Embossing Paste then applied it over the SCATTERED CIRCLES Stencil. 

I set the panel aside to dry. You could heat set it, but I would let it set for at east 15 min before you add any heat to the paste. If you like the way embossing paste looks when it bubbles up then you could totally heat it right away.


After the panel was dry, I die cut it using the CELEBRATE and SWEET Die. For the first pass with the SWEET Die, I made sure to line it up so it fades from the FLIRTY FUCHSIA to the TIARA. Same with the second time with the same die. On the third pass, I turned the die sideways so it cut from AQUATINI to TIARA.

I stamped sentiments from the Whoohoo Stamp Set with Catherine Pooler MIDNIGHT BLACK Ink. Then I trimmed down all three panels to 4"x 5.25" and mounted them on to Catherine Pooler White NOTECARDS with foam tape to give them some dimension.


For my next card, I used more Catherine Pooler WHITE Cardstock and die cut the HOORAY Die. Then I covered the die cut with VERSAMARK Ink and heat embossed it with WOW MERMAID TAILS Embossing Powder.

I adhered the die cut to a 4" x 5.25" panel of Catherine Pooler WHITE Cardstock.  


Since I had already adhered the die cut, I had to careful stamps but images, but it was doable. I used the Catherine Pooler CIRCLE Stamp Block and stamped a sentiment from the Woohoo Stamp Set under the die cut with MIDNIGHT BLACK Ink.

I also stamped all three balloons from the Woohoo Stamp Set with PARTY DRESS, TIARA and AQUATINI. Wanted to add balloon strings so I took a black pen and a ruler and added lines just so they met up with he die cut.

I finished off the card with ICE CUBE Jewels from Little Things from Lucy's Cards.

That's it!

I hope you enjoyed my cards today! DISCOVER more projects on my Youtube Channel. Do be sure to subscribe if you haven't and also tap that notification bell so you don't miss any future videos. As always Thanks So Much for stopping by!

Until next time.

Be sure to HOP along for more inspiration!

Cynde Whitlow YOU ARE HERE!

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123 comments:

  1. Love your birthday cards!!! Love all the sparkle and dimension in your projects! :-)

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  2. Love the simplicity of your cards Cynde!!! Those word dies just pop! :)

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  3. Gorgeous cards! CP Inks are so bright and beautiful!

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  4. I love the blended colors in your cards!

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  5. Love the cards! Thanks for showing your wonderful ideas,

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  6. Beautiful colorful words on your cards!

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  7. Love the Beautiful cOlours on your words!! TFS\!

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  8. Simple cards with a pow factor. I really like these.

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  9. I really like the way you blended the colours and then diecut the sentiments. Very eye catching and appealing!

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  10. Great set of cards with fabulous color combinations!!!

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  11. Your die cut words are very striking. I love how you used the Scattered Circle Stencil to add extra interest to the ink blended cardstock and then used the new dies to cut out Sweet and Celebrate. Thank you for sharing your technique. All your cards look amazing.

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  12. When your juices flow, they flow. I love all the cards and different ombres you used.

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  13. WOW.. I love how you did the rainbow shades on everything! So pretty. Love the look of just even coloring the balloons! Lovely! Great release from Catherine Pooler

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  14. I love the elegant simplicity of your cards. They have a big impact. Smiles, Darby

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  15. I am in love with the dies in this set.

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  16. Love these die cut sentiment cards! Especially the ombre ones!

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  17. I love these clean and simple bold cards!

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  18. I really love the Ombre look on your cards. I also love how Clean and Simple they look. I'm not really great at making this type of card but I think I'm going to give it a try. Your are stunning! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  19. You nailed CAS for certain! I have no favorite .... I love all of them!

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  20. LOVING your clean + crisp designs!

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  21. Clean and simple and so elegant! Awesome, inspiring cards!

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  22. I love all your cards. How you sponged and then die cut the sentiments was great.

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  23. Love these...clean and simple with a touch of glam...perfection!

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  24. Great color combinations! Such simple designs yet so full of fun!

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  25. Such sweet cards! I love the CAS designs!

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  26. Love your ink blending with the word dies. Beautiful!

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  27. Great color pallet and video tutorial! Thank you! Beautiful cards!

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  28. These cards are beautiful. I would love a close up to see the detail of the texture paste and glitter.

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  29. Fun cards! I love the simplicity of your style. I think those balloons will be fun to play with!

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  30. Love the ombre sentiments and also how you placed the balloons. Great cards! =)

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  31. Party girl! Such crisp and fun cards!

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  32. So fun. Love how the words just pop out. Great cards.

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  33. these cards are great. Love the simplicity combined with the sparkle.

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  34. Thanks for sharing such sweet and simple cards. Maybe instead of CAS we can change it to SAS.

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  35. Fabulous CAS designs!! Just ADORE all of this new release!!!

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  36. Beautiful cards. Love the simplicity of them.

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  37. Love your wonderfully CAS designs, each has a wonderful pop of color. Fantastic!

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  38. Love the shading of colors on the sentiments.
    Plain and simple is the way to go.
    The balloons add a lot of color to the second
    card - sweet.
    thanks for sharing
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  39. Love your cards - very cool! I can't wait to get this kit...

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  40. I really like your hooray card! Thanks for sharing.

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  41. Beautiful clean and simple cards! Love the color gradient effect! Thanks for sharing your work!

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  42. The multicolored die cut words looks great! I'm glad several are included in this set.

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  43. These are great cards. They are so simple but really pack a punch. Thanks.

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  44. Simply beautiful. I love how you let the sentiment shine on your cards.

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  45. Wow love those sentiments on each of your cards.
    Stunning and gorgeous choice of colots.
    Thank you for the sharing the inspirations!

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  46. Your cards and lovely, colorful and inspiring. So many possibilities to use these amazing dies.

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  47. Wow!! The colorful sentiments on the white cards are really pretty!!

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  48. I love the simple designs and yet they look elegant! Very pretty and I love the colors!

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  49. Love the clean CAS look of your cards. I'm unable to detect the effects of the embossing paste you say you added, but I have to confess I don't really miss it either.

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  50. Beautiful cards! Wonderful ink blending

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  51. Gorgeous cards! Simple designs and colorful makes it so elegant. Thank you for sharing your ideas. Got to love the blog hop cause learned so much as you go along.

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  52. A wonderful job on color blending and using those dies. Great cards!

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  53. Love how quick and easy these cards look. Love all the colors on the die cut word. Thanks for sharing.

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  54. Simple, sweet, yet very colorful. LOVE THEM!

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  55. Awesome designs here.
    Love the last card.
    Carla from Utah

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  56. Love how you used the new stencil, and the colors on the sentiments. Can't wait to give these ideas a try

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  57. I absolutely love these. I love the clean and simple!

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  58. These are so clean and simple and I love them all. I feel a note card set in the making.

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  59. Wow, simple but elegant, love them!

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  60. Love these simple cards where the color really packs a punch! Well done!

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  61. love your CAS cards - very creative:)

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  62. Those variegated die cut greetings are delightful!

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  63. Your cards kept getting better and better--too hard to choose a favorite! Love them all!

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  64. love these clean and simple cards, the ombre sentiments are spectacular!

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  65. so pretty - love the bright colors with white!

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  66. I really like the simplicity of these cards. They would make a great gift set. Beautiful!

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  67. What a great way to get a bunch of use out of one blended panel! I love all the white space with the bright colors. Thanks for sharing with us!

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  68. Love your cards Cynde! You know...as I go through this blog hop...the cards that seem to resonate the most are the ones that are just CAS! Like yours! That pop of color with the die cut word...and everything else kept so simple! Love them!! Thanks for sharing!!

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  69. Your cards are simplicity with the wow factor! Love them! Great job!

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  70. Your cards are awesome! The word dies are my favorite because there make such a great focal for a beautiful simple card.

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  71. Great cards! I love how you colored the words.

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  72. I love the simpleness of the cards!! So pretty!!

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  73. Beautiful cards - love how you inked the sentiment dies. Very pretty!

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  74. Wonderful cards. Love the colorful sentiments and balloons.

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  75. So elegant! Wow the OMBRE using die cut SWEET and CELEBRATE! I love it!

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  76. Wow, wonderful cards and ideas! Thanks so much for sharing on this fun blog hop!!

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  77. Your clean and simple designs certainly make the message clear.

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  78. So cute - love the simplicity and the crisp, clean look.

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  79. I really like how you got 3 cards from one blended background. The cards are simple but so fun. Those large sentiments are really great!

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  80. I really love all of the script die cuts in this collection, so I especially love your simple and beautiful cards using them here today! I like the idea of creating the color panel and then die cutting out the words all from the same panel. Turned out great!

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  81. Just love your colors on the Sweet and Celebrate cards.
    Hooray card is awesome!! Now I need to get some embossing powders. Love the name MERMAID TAILS .

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  82. I love the way you did the colors on the dies. The look so elegant and could be used for so many different reasons.

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  83. CAS work at its finest! WOW you can make a powerful and stunning statement with simplicity. TFS

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  84. Wow, I love the simplicity of these!!! They are just striking!!! TFS

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  85. Such gorgeous cards! Love this SOA collection!

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  86. I love the blended backgrounds on your cards. I think they are all fabulous! I know I will be borrowing your designs! Thanks!!

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  87. Love these cards! So clean and simple!

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  88. I like how you used the word dies an different ways to make the fantastic cards.

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  89. I love bright colors and color blending so much. Naturally, I adore everyone of these cards.

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  90. Wow! These are gorgeous CAS designs. I can't wait to make a bunch of cards just like this one! Thanks for sharing. :D

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  91. Love how you used those new hand-lettered word dies. Love the blended colors. Gorgeous. I love all the new stamps, dies & especially that new dotted stencil. I love this new SOA collection.

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  92. Cute classy cards with these great bold sentiments.

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  93. I love the simplicity and color blending of your cards. Gorgeous!

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  94. Love love love the colourful diecuts. So striking on your cards. I can't wait to get a box!

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  95. I love your card designs, clean, simple yet striking and beautiful. Thanks for inspiring me

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  96. Cute cards! So simple but yet so striking!

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  97. Love all of your card designs!! ❤️

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  98. Love the pretty color combos on your fun cards! Awesome collection!

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  99. Love those color fades! I'm really excited for this SOA! Thanks for sharing!

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  100. Super cool cards, you have inspired me...thank you

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  101. Loving that hooray die more and more

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  102. Love how the colors pop against all the white space!

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  103. Love your cards. I have to get out the paste and glitter!

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  104. Fabulous clean and simple designs!

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  105. Love these clean and simple cards with pops of colour. They show-case those new dies so wonderfully. You really made the most of your colour-blended piece.

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  106. Oh I do love the look of ink blending. Very nice cards. Thanks for sharing your talents.

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  107. So colorful! I wish I was more confident with blending, these look great! Thank you for sharing.

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  108. So pretty and colorful. This is a great box.

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  109. Cynde, Your cards are simple, but, oh so beautiful!

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  110. Four cards, I actually thought you had used foil on the words they are that bright and shiny. Wow I adore them ! Your hooray card is funky, I like the patterns on the balloons xxx

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