Catherine
and I got to meet a couple years ago at Creativation, but this year was
extra special as it was her first year as an Exhibitor. And man, did
she kill it, with winning Best New Exhibitor! So proud of her. And her
team. They are a fun group to hang out with, that's for sure! I only
demo'd the Catherine Pooler Inks for a bit the first day, but often
ended up back in their booth the whole rest of the weekend. The top
right photo always makes me laugh ... Catherine is getting ready to be
filmed and asks the camera man how her hair looks. "Long," he replies.
Hahahaha! The last photo is me, Catherine, Ingrid Blackburn (Design
Team), Susan Furr (Director of Sales), and Shawna Clingerman (illustrator,
including the gorgeous background wall). Good times!
One of the new products that I desperately wanted to play with is the Stained Glass Coverplate
designed by none other than Julie Mogford (previously co-owner of
Winnie & Walter!) Folks, this die is amazing! I came up with 6
different ways to use it on your card (besides just layering it on top
of a background). Let's take a look ...
1) Only remove select negatives.
This can result in many different patterns, but most of them will have a
modern feeling to them. To go along with the modern style, I kept the
sentiment simple (from Love Grows).
2) Make a See-Through Card. Start off as in example #1 by just removing select negatives, and then cut away that same shape in the card base below. This will allow you to see through to the inside of the card. It's nice to adhere colored or patterned paper inside. Also fun to tuck the sentiment into the negative spaces so it's suspended over the card.
4) Cut even more sections, and layer them randomly. Another
fun look! This smaller panel is the perfect size for the "love"
sentiment from Love Grows. A mini-attacher keeps all the layers together
behind the heart. One of the flower middles is used to stamp around the
border of the panel.
Here's
what they look like after being cut. When you assemble them, just turn
each section so the lines don't match up too much.
5) Make a Dream Catcher! Once
I got the courage to cut into the paper, I started thinking of shapes
and what could be done with them. I'm sure there are a ton of shapes in
this design, but I focused on the large circle in the middle.
I
blended some ink on the circles, and wrapped the edge with silver
thread. I was a little worried about the feathers after running out of
them mid-project. Then I remembered all those annoying stems that
sometimes poke out of my down pillow inserts, unzipped the pillow
covers, and harvested my own feathers. I'm happy to say, all of these
feathers came from my family room pillows! I finished the strings off
with a few seed beads.
6) Use your scraps! After cutting a circle out of the middle of the die, I was left with an interesting frame. I watercolored an Aqua background, stamped a sentiment, and adhered a few of the flowers to complete the card. I love that there's texture around the card, but it doesn't take away from the focal point design.
Hopefully now you see why I love this Stained Glass
cover plate so much! There are just so many different ways to use it.
We didn't even get into layering multiple colors (which looks amazing,
by the way!) If your budget isn't allowing you to buy this cover plate now (or if it's sold
out already) you can probably use these same methods with another cover
plate that you already own. Except maybe the dream catcher! I think that idea may be unique to this cover plate : )
Your next stop on this hop is the lovely Kittie Caracciolo!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
-Kelly
-Kelly
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