Stamp of Approval

Every quarter or so, one of my favorite card makers/stamp business owners puts out what she calls a Stamp of Approval collection.  Catherine Pooler and her team of amazingly creative minds put together a box of stamps, stencils, dies, and sometimes mystery ink, for sale.  I've bought quite a few of these boxes over the past year or two.  What I love about the box and its contents is that everything in the box coordinates so well.  Each box has a theme and all the contents are meant to go together so well.  I think it's a perfect way for any level of stamper/card maker to jump right in and create from the minute they open the box!  You can check out Catherine's blog HERE and her online store HERE.

The latest box theme was Celebrate with Friends.  It was the first time the purchaser had a choice between two stamp sets being offered...one was a tea theme and the other a coffee theme.  Of course, there is always the "I Want It All" choice for those of us that just can't choose!!  When it comes to Catherine's products, I simply can't pass up anything...so yes, I bought it all!  😊

Here are the card panels I made the first time sitting down with this box of goodies.  There are so many things that could be done with these products!  In the ice cream card, I think I used stamps from three of the sets to create the bowl and the ice cream scoops!  And with the rainbow card, I used a long pom pom border stamp and curved it to make the rainbow.  With a little imagination, these stamps can be just about a million things!!