Catherine Pooler's Tropically Yours Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of the Tropically Yours Stamp of Approval blog hops. This is seriously the best SOA yet. I love every single item in the collection.

If you haven't heard of Stamp of Approval before it is a hand-picked collection of exclusive stamping supplies created by Catherine Pooler Designs. These collections contain everything you need to make a ton of cards. And in case you need some inspiration, it even comes with a PDF download of sample cards complete with instructions.

So when can you get yours?
July 18th is the day!
The Tropically Yours collection will be released at 9am on July 18th to the people on the wait list. Not on the wait lest yet? Click HERE to remedy that. Then at 6pm sales will be open to the general public. 
BUT if you're a StampNation member you will get early access to purchase on July 17th - just one of the many perks of being a member.

I have three more cards for you today.

My first one features:

- Canvas Grunge Background stamp

- Good Vibes Borders stamps

- Fearless Pursuit stamp set

- Leave Me In Paradise stamp set

- Leave Me In Paradise dies (add on)

- Coral Cabana ink (add on)

This card is very different from all the others that I've made with the collection and it's one of my favorites too.

I started by stamping the Canvas Grunge Background stamp with versamark ink onto a piece of watercolor paper and then heat setting it with white embossing powder. I used the ink smooshing technique with Coral Cabana, Green Tea and Over Coffee ink. Start with the lightest color, smoosh the ink pad onto a craft mat, give it a few sprays of water and then pounce the paper into the ink. Dry with a heat gun between each color. Using stamps from the Good Vibes Borders stamp set and some Icing on the cake ink, stamp partial images in the corners. It doesn't show the patterns very well but it does add a lot of texture.

I stamped the sentiment from the Fearless Pursuit stamp set with Icing on the Cake ink, cut it down to just the size of the sentiment and sponged the edges.

I inked up all the leaves from the Leave Me In Paradise stamp set with versamark ink without removing them off the package and stamped them onto vellum. And check this out. All the Leave Me In Paradies dies fit and I can cut them out all at once! Love that!

My next card features:

- Tropically Yours stamp set

- Tropically Yours dies (add on)

- Good Vibes Borders stamp set

- Fearless Pursuit stamp set

The bottom piece is stamped with the Good Vibes Border stamps, Midnight and Coral Cabana ink. The dot is from the Fearless Pursuit stamp set and stamped with Lime Rickey, Aquatini and Limoncello inks.

The top piece is stamped with the Tropically Yours stamp set, Lime Rickey, Coral Cabana, Limoncello, Aquatini and Midnight inks. The sentiment is from the Good Vibes Borders stamp set and the dots are from the Tropically Yours stamp set.

I add both pieces to a piece of midnight card stock and embossed a couple border stamps in the space in the middle.

The flowers are stamped using all the same ink colors with the Tropically Yours stamp set, cut out with the coordinating dies and then added to the card.

My last card is much cleaner and simpler than the other two.

This card features:

- Tropically Yours stamp set

- Fearless Pursuit stamp set

- Stand Tall stamp set

- Stand Tall dies (add on)

I started by covering the base of a card with a leaf image from the TropicallyYours stamp set using Lime Rickey ink. The flamingo is from the Stand Tall stamp set, stamped with Midnight ink and cut out with the coordinating die. I used a blender pen and some Coral Cabana ink to color him in. The sentiment and the dots are from the Fearless Pursuit stamp set and inked with Midnight ink.  

THREE commenters will be chosen at random from all the comments on all the blogs (one each day) to win the Stamp of Approval Collection! If the winner has already purchased their collection, they will receive a $100 gift certificate.

Entries will close on Friday, July 20 and will be announced on Catherine's blog.

So be sure to check out every stop and leave a comment for your chance to win.

Here's the list from today's hop and in case you missed yesterday's you can click HERE.

 Catherine
 Chrissie

Karen

Susan (you are here)

Justine ( GO HERE NEXT)

 Ashlea

Kelly

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Happy Stampin'
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