Trail Mix Release with Catherine Pooler Designs

Happy Release Day!! The Trail Mix release has the perfect name, as it has a great mix of trail theme goodies!

I'm sharing a project that features the Happy Trails items of this release.

As is typical with a CPD release, you can shop this new release several ways: 1) the I Want It All Bundle 2) smaller bundles in the collection 3) stamp set and die bundles 4) all items individually.

This I want it all bundle includes:

Getaway Ink – A NEW Ink color in full size pad, refill, mini pad and side label
Summer Camp 12×12 Patterned Paper
Party Greens Enamel Dots
Getaway Embossing Glitter
Rusted Root Embossing Powder

Happy Trails Bundle:

Happy Trail-ers Stamp Set & Dies
Peak View Stencil

Glamper Life Bundle:

Glamper Life Dies
Getaway One Liner Sentiments Stamps
Trail Mix Patterned Paper

Wilderness Collector Bundle:

Wilderness Collector Stamps and Dies
Tufted Cover Plate Die

Peeking Forest Bundle:

Peeking Forest Friends Stamps and Dies
From Me to You Sentiments Stamps
Just You Word Die
Trail Marker Dies

AND, while supplies last you can get the Gone Camping stamp set for free with a purchase over $50 by adding it to your cart and then using the code CAMPING during checkout. There are coordinating dies you for this stamp set that you can add onto your order.

The entire theme of this release is camping… which stirred up a lot of fun memories for me…

When I was in college at Texas Tech, one of our favorite things to do on weekends was to go camping in Palo Duro Canyon. It wasn't too far away and since the Lubbock area gave us few other weekend getaway options, it was a place we would go often. We could go to the rec center and rent equipment super cheap.

Some of my favorite college memories include camping there. I was usually with fellow members of Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed service fraternity. We would go as a large group of 50 or so people, but then some of us went in smaller groups also.

One of my best friends in high school, Jason, was the friend that convinced me to apply to Texas Tech. I really had no idea that the school even existed before he started putting pamphlets in my locker. Then when we got there, we were both looking at different organizations, and somehow we both wound up at the APO info night.

There are very few memories of college that don't involve Jason.

As you probably can expect from reading this far, Jason passed away a few months ago.

When this release was announced to the design team, a flood of memories came to mind. And as I craft with these items, I've spent even more time with these memories. Memories that had faded over time came front and center.

That's a big part of card making isn't it? Memories come to mind as we are crafting, whether we are making a card for the person in our memory or for someone else.

The power of crafting still surprises me even after all these years!

I'm excited to share this card from this release that features the Happy Trails bundle:

How fun is this? The camper image and the sentiment come from the Happy Trails stamp set and dies, and then I used the sun part of the stencil (Peak View Stencil) behind the sentiment.

The patterned paper and color palette are different and fun! The addition of the new Gateway Ink Color, with the rest of the color selections, pushed me out of my comfort zone – which I enjoy!

I colored in my images with my favorite OLO Markers, they work beautifully with them.