Stamp of Approval Blog Hop

Hi everyone!  My dear friend Catherine Pooler invited me to be a designer for the newest Stamp of Approval Lovely Notes Collection.  I feel like I am a legit designer now.  Like it is official now that I am invited to be a designer.  It was on my bucket list to be asked to design for someone.  Can you feel me channeling Sally Fields?

If you are not familiar with Stamp of Approval,  it is a collection hand picked by Catherine.  Some stamps are designed by her and others are a collaboration with stamp companies.  These are exclusive to the SOA collection, so you won't be able to find these anywhere else (at least not for a while).  These collections only come out every quarter.  They sell out quick and to get a jump on the collection,  signing up for the wait list.  You are not obligated to purchase, you just get a notification for your chance to purchase when it is available.

The next collection is about to be released.  As a matter of fact it is releasing on July 13th.  Members of Stamp Nation will get a notification one hour before the public.

I missed out on the first collection but managed to get the last two.  It was like getting a present in the mail.  A present from me to me :)

This time I was sent my box early.  These are the cards that I made.

I used the background stamp that is in the collection.  I stamped it in my MISTI with Versamark and then used clear embossing powder.  For the focal point sentiment, I did selective stamping with my MISTI.  I used the die that was included in the kit.  I found that the center curve of the die would fit the stamped image.

For this card, I stamped the backgroud out twice, once in Delicata Gold Glitz pigment ink and once in Versafine Onyx Black ink. I used clear embossing powder on the black and gold embossing powder on the other one.  I cut down the background and overlayed a gold strip of the pattern.   I stamped the sentiment in black and also embossed it with clear.  I used black strips along both edges and under the sentiment.

Catherine Pooler
Heather North
Emily Leiphart
Allison Cope
Nina-Marie Trapani
Iliana Myska--- You are here.

Giveaway:
There will one box collection for each day of the blog hop, so be sure to subscribe to Catherine Pooler's Blog.  Entries close on THURSDAY at 9am EST.  The winner will be posted that morning.  If you already bought one and you win,  you will get a refund.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the video.