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Welcome to the Catherine Pooler Designs, Tropical Treasures Blog Hop. You should have arrived from the amazing Susan Powell.
There is something for everyone in the Tropical Treasures Release. The release is composed of five bundles: Tropical Treasures Collection, Wild & Lovely Bundle, Cabana Prints Bundle, Tropical Accents Bundle and Mother’s Day Bundle. Items from the Stamp of Approval, Tropically Yours Collection are also now available.
Today I am focusing on Pineapples and Smiles and Cabana Prints Patterned Paper. I have four cards to share with you =)
Welcome / Sending Smiles
The Cabana Prints Patterned Paper is gorgeous and makes for amazing die-cut pineapples. I die-cut several pineapples and used them to create my first three cards.
There are several prints and colors in this card. I love how it came together. Start by using the Wonky Triangle Stencil to partially ink blend on white cardstock and trim to 3-3/4″ x 5″. The colors used to ink blend are: Garden Party, Grass Skirt and Skylight. Stamp the sentiment from the Pineapples and Smiles Stamp Set using Grass Skirt ink and then clear heat emboss. Trim a piece of the striped patterned paper to 4″ x 5-1/4″. Attach twine bow to die-cut pineapple. Now it is time to assemble your card. The pineapple is attached with foam tape and the other two layers are adhered with liquid adhesive.
This card uses repeat stamping to create added interest. Repeat stamp Sending Smiles from the Pineapples and Smiles Stamp Set on a piece of white cardstock and trim to 3-3/4″ x 5″. I used the following colors: Mint to Be, Garden Party and Fiesta Blue. Stamp again on white cardstock using the same colors as ombre’ and trim to use as the sentiment. Attach twine bow to your die-cut pineapple. Trim patterned paper for layering to 4″ x 5-1/4″. Now it is time to assemble your card. Attach the pineapple with foam tape. All other items are attached with liquid adhesive.
This card is super quick and packed full of fun colors. Score an inch from the top and an inch from the bottom on a white cardbase. Stamp sentiment from Pineapples and Smiles Stamp Set using Fiesta Blue ink. Attach twine bow to one of your die-cut pineapples. Now it is time to assemble your card. Simply attach the lower two die-cut pineapples to your cardbase using liquid adhesive and the top pineapple using foam adhesive.
Sending Smiles
For my final card of the day, I used the border strip found in Pineapple and Smiles Stamp Set to create a repeat pattern. Use a stamp platform to repeat stamp the border on white cardstock and trim to 3-3/4″ x 5″. I used the following colors: Rose Petals, Grass Skirt, Stone Blue, Lime Rickey, Skylight and Garden Party. Trim a piece of midnight cardstock to 4″ x 5-1/4″. Use Circles Dies to die-cut a midnight circle and a smaller white circle. Also die-cut a piece of striped patterned paper with the smaller circle. Using midnight ink, stamp the sentiment from the Pineapples and Smiles Stamp Set onto the white die-cut circle. Trim patterned paper die-cut circle and adhere above and below the stamped sentiment. Now it is time to assemble your card. The sentiment embellishment is adhered with foam tape. All other items are adhered with liquid adhesive.
Thank you for spending some time with me. Enjoy the rest of the hop =) Tracie
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Blog Hop List
- Catherine Pooler
- Jen Carter
- Kristie Goulet
- Susan Powell
- Tracie Pond *** You are here ***
- Nanette Tracy
- Erica Andersson
- Deepti Stephens
- Lisa Harrolle
- Karen Baker
- Ilina Crouse
- Daniel West
- Ingrid Blackburn
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Super fun and playful cards. Fabulous inspiration!
I really like the way you use a border to make a simple card, but so pretty!
Love your color choices for your cards. Your cards made me smile.
Such lovely cards! Loving the colors!
Thank you for the inspiration for using the paper collection along with the border stamps. Fun and adorable cards!
GORGEOUS cards!!
Tracie, all of your projects make me smile! Super love the pineapple designs!
All of the cards are beautiful but that first one really grabbed me! Love it!
The colors are all so different yet the cards are all so beautiful
Super cute cards Tracie!! I love that top welcome card with those fun color combo strips peeking on the edges.
Very very nice… the cards are so bright and colorful. The colors are beautiful. Thank you for share… 🙂
Great cards. Like the border strip going down the center on the last one.
Truly beautiful cards! I like your style very much!
Fun cards.
Awesome cards.
Wonderful cards. Love your wonderful, colorful, unique pineapples!
Awesome cards!
I love pattern paper and I really love Catherine’s new Cabana pattern pad. So many cool designs. She has so many things and my credit card looks so tired!!!
Love that you used the patterned papers for the pineapples! Great cards, Tracie!
Your cards are just so light, airy, and beautiful. Really like the color choices. Thank you for sharing.
Love all the pretty bright colors on your cards!!
Pretty cards!
The Cabana Prints Bundle is my favorite in this release and I adore your cards here! I’m not sure I would have thought of using the patterned paper for the pineapples but it looks so cool! Thanks for sharing these and for the inspiration. (mardy14@bellsouth.net)
What wonderful cards!! Awesome blog hop!
Awesome cards with these new designs! I’m excited about this Tropical Treasures release!
Such pretty cards! Love all the different ways you used the pineapples! Thanks for the inspiration!
I loved your cards! Very colorful & original! Gave me some ideas to try. Thank you!
I like your style! I would never think to use die shapes the way you have! Pretty!
Fantastic cards. Love the colors and designs.
Thanks for sharing…
Fabulous cards. I really like the pineapples.
Stunning! I love the colors and the pineapples are soooo fun!
Love how the pineapples all have different patterns , adorable cards!!
Fun use of the pineapple.
Such fun cards! Love the colors!
Sich pretty cards! I love the soft colors and floras on your pineapples! The last card is great using a geometric design to draw your attention to the sentiment. I feel some CASEing coming on:)
These cards are wonderful Tracie! Such fun colours.
Oh wow I love your cards!
What beautiful colors!
A nice job on all your cards.
Love the blue and green pineapple – my favorite colors!
I love your use of colors! The first one reminds me of a pineapple limeade!
Great use of color and white space!
Your pineapples are so varied and totally awesome! Love this set.
Beautiful Tracie! I love the repeating sentiment for the background.
Love the twine around the pineapples.
The card with the
layered pineapples is wunderful.
Fantastic cards. thanks for
sharing.
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COLOR my world! Beautiful and creative cards!
Just love these inks…so bright and beautiful to work with
Love the cards!
Amazing cards!
oops, wrong post. Nanette somehow jumped into yours. Strange. So… I really like your first pineapple. Unfortunately, I ran out of money. Perhaps I will get it a bit later on..
Beautiful. I am so happy that I ordered that set. A neighbor and friend has birds and your design is absolutely perfect. Thank you.
Awesome cards!
Love your cards. They are so colorful. Those pineapples are really cute. Thanks for sharing.
Blues and greens together, how can you go wrong. Great cards Tracie.
I love how you achieved such soft yet bright color combinations. Really works works well together. Such fun cards.
I love your cards! They remind me of summer!😊 Your color combos are perfect-thanks for sharing!
I love the different way’s you used the pineapple die. So fun and great way to think outside of the box. Thank you for the inspiration!
Tracie, Wow,Wow! your cards are so colorful and pretty. Love the color of Welcome on your card those pineapples are just amazing, thank you for sharing your amazing ideas. Hugs.