Hey everyone! Happy Tuesday!
I have a thing for ink. There, I said it.
I go crazy for colours. Dippy for dye. Potty for pigment. Not-quite-sold on solvent (me and StazOn just aren’t friends. Sorry StazOn.).
You get the picture.
I’d probably class myself as a bit of an ink connoisseur. That’s a bit of a nicer way of saying I’m picky. I wouldn’t go as far as snooty or pretentious – but I can definitely say that some inks would never make it to my table, let alone onto one of my cards.
So when I tell you I’ve gone gaga for the new Catherine Pooler inks, you get how big a deal that is.
Today Catherine is releasing her first collection of these truly amazing inks. Those that ordered the Foundations Box already had a taste of these babies, with the first five colours being included in the box – but today the entire collection of inks (so far – more will be coming!!) are on sale, solo, today!
So naturally we’re here to celebrate that fact – blog hop and giveaway style!
Right, enough chit-chat from me – let’s see an example of what these inks can do!
I used some awesome stamps available in the Catherine Pooler store (including some exclusives!), and then put the inks to play. *smile* I used Flirty Fuchsia, Party Dress, Lime Rickey, Something Borrowed (stamped off a couple of times) and Tiara for the banners, and Tutti Frutti for the streamers.
The sentiment was stamped in Midnight ink, and I added some stamped off Tiara stars to finish everything off.
So I’ve told you how gaga I am for these inks, but I haven’t really told you why yet! Let me give you the lowdown…
- they’re super juicy! So juicy that a normal felt pad just would not do for these dye inks – they have a foam pad instead!
- the colours! Rich, bold, vibrant – everything a colour should be!
- they only require the lightest of taps to transfer colour to a stamp, and they stamp true, and even, and beautiful. Even solid stamps stamp brilliantly without needing a lot of pressure!
- they are also *great* for techniques – generational stamping is a *breeze*, blending is a *cinch*, you can watercolour with them, and they even stay wet longer than normal dye inks, so you can heat emboss with them too!
- they’re just amazing. You need them. Trust me.
If you’d like your info straight from the horse’s mouth, then you can check out this post Catherine put together describing the inks in all their glory! And just for some eye candy, here’s the full collection of inks in all their rainbow-y glory:
Yum!!
Giveaway!
So, how would you like to grab some goodies from Catherine’s store? I bet you’d love to grab some of these inks before they fly off the shelves! We’ve got an awesome giveaway today if you comment on every hop destination! TWO lucky winners will each win a $25 gift certificate to the Catherine Pooler store – so you can cram your cart full of those delicious inks!
Here are your hop destinations – be sure to leave a comment on them all so you’re eligible to win!
Catherine Pooler
Laurel Beard
Chrissie Tobas
Heather North
Taheerah Atchia
Kristie Goulet
Deepti Stephens
Lydia Evans
Ingrid Blackburn
Allison Cope
Melissa Miller
Kelly Griglione
Maureen Merritt
Lisa Harrolle
You have until 5:55pm on Thursday 12th January 2017 to leave a comment, and the winners will be announced at 6pm the same day on Catherine’s blog.
One other thing before you leave – if you are already giddy for these inks and want to snap them up – you can! The inks are available in the Catherine Pooler store right now – and if you are new to shopping at Catherine’s store, this link will even give you 15% off your first purchase!!
Thanks for stopping by! Good luck and happy hopping!
PS: you still have until the 15th to enter my birthday giveaway! Make sure you check it out!
Supplies
Just love the inks, so vibrant.
These cards are definitely party-worthy! Love the new colors.
Beautiful card! Love your chit chat ?
beautiful card!
love the vibrant ink colors
thanks for sharing
cheers
preety
Love the card a beautiful one layer
Ink away! Let’s play!
Adorable card! So fun and happy!
That is such a fun card. The colors are amazing.
I love that you love this ink so I’m just gonna have to love them too!
So simple, yet effective.
I love this fun card. Beautiful colors
What a fun and great card! I love the colors.
Love how well these inks go together. Beautiful!
Love how fun your card is and yet so simple…thank you for the ideas to not overthink! 🙂
Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing!
Fun card and these
inks sound like they’re
wonderful!
Carla from Utah
Festive card! Loving the party ink collection. Such fun colors.
Wonderful card. What you said about these Inks is absolutely true. The colors are vibrant and very juicy. I love them and can’t wait to get the new colors to add to my foundations box colors.
Nice colors! Love your fun card!
Nice and festive with party oclors
I love your card! And everything you said about these inks is true! I’m sad that I’ve bought other inks over the past year. It’s much more fun to have a full collection of colors you KNOW will work well together!
LOVE your card a lot, Taheerah! Those party streamers are absolutely super fun!!
Such a cute cute card. These inks are amazing and I love all the colors. Your design is adorable. TFS.
Great card using the new colors! I’m excited to add the new colors to the Foundations colors I purchased, as well as the reinkers. What a great new ink collection!
You never told us how you feel about the midnight ink since it’s different. I love the card simple yet fun!
What a great and fun card!
The colors on your card make me smile. am so looking forward to my order of the new inks to arrive. There is so much that can be done with them and i cannot wait to “play”
Great card! Can’t wait to get those inks in my hands!!!!
Lovely card. These colors are incredible–so bold and rich.
I love how you added the streamers to the card.
These new beautiful inks, make vibrant and beautiful cards.
What a fun, happy card! The colors are just perfect!
beautiful birthday card
Love your card and how you stamped off the inks to show the color that way. I too am an ink junky
Let’ the party begin! What fun card. Love the streamers.
I’m trying to resist Something Borrowed, but I think your streamers might have been my undoing!
Awesome birthday card! Colors definitely say PARTY!
Taheerah…feel the same way about inks and colors…have been wanting to buy new inks but just didn’t know which to go with…after using the inks in the foundation box…I am sold..perfect all the way around….love your card design
Your card is just darling! Love all
these colors.
Love your card and these inks are amazing! I ordered all of them!!!
Love that you used an older one of the stamp sets from SOA collection. Great card!
Festive card!
Beautiful card
Kathleen
Awesome card. Thanks for sharing. These colors are fabulous.
Wispy ribbons – perfect for these new colors.
Great card. Can’t wait until I can try t hem out.
Great card love the colors.
Very festive card! Doesn’t that black stamp beautifully? Love it!
The simplicity of this card screams AWESOME!!! I love how you stamped the images and the colors ROCK!! TFS!
Awesome card, Taheerah!!
And I hear you about being picky on inks…I’m the same way and don’t even get me started about cardstock! lol 😉 Thanks for sharing.