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HEY FRIENDS! Today I have another project featuring the Anita Jeram Just Add Snow stamp set, part of the new release by Colorado Craft Company. I love the Anita Jeram bunnies (and mice and cats!) so I knew that I would have to color up this image. As always, I’ve linked supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

Featured Supplies

• * Anita Jeram Just Add Snow by Colorado Craft Company [ 3C ]
• Anita Jeram Mittens and Kittens by Colorado Craft Company [ 3C | SBC ]
• Nesting Rectangle Dies by Hero Arts [ SBC ]
• Distress Inks in Salvaged Patina, Mermaid Lagoon, and Uncharted Mariner
• Copic marker coloring (see list below)
• Additional supplies listed in the thumbnails below.

Step by Step Instructions

• Cut card base from Neenah Classic Crest 110# cardstock to 4.25″ x 11″ and score at 5.5″ for a top fold card.
• Cut a piece of Hammermill cardstock to 4.25″ x 5.5″ and mask the top and sides at 0.75″ using Mint Tape (1 inch tape).
• Stamp the image from the Anita Jeram Just Add Snow stamp set as shown using a Copic compatible ink (I used Memento in Tuxedo Black).
• Stamp the image on a piece of Mint Tape (4 inch tape) or other masking paper. Fussy cut the image and mask the stamped image on the panel.
• Mask the bottom panel below the stamped image to create a rectangle. At this point, the only exposed area is around the stamped image. See image for reference.
• Ink blend the area around the image using Distress Ink in Salvaged Patina. I do this as a bse layer because it’s easier to ink blend multiple colors on top of ink instead of dry paper.
• Starting at the top, ink blend from top to bottom using Distress Ink in Uncharted Mariner, Mermaid Lagoon, and Salvaged Patina.
• Remove the masking over the stamped image and color with Copic markers (see marker list below).
• Select the snow image from the Kittens and Mittens stamp set and position across the top of the image area. Stamp with Versamark Ink, cover with white embossing powder, and heat set.
• Remove all the masking.
• Stamp the sentiment using Versafine Clair in Nocturne.
• Trim the panel using the Nesting Rectangle Infinity Dies from Hero Arts.
• Assemble layers as shown.

Hope you enjoyed today’s project! See you again soon!

Supplies

COPICS: R20, W1, W3, W5 (rabbit); BV0000, BG0000, BG10 (snowman)

[Compensated affiliate links used when possible. In addition, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Items marked with an asterisk (*) were provided by a store or the manufacturer. All other items were personally purchased.]

HEY FRIENDS! May and June are prime birthday months amongst my family and friends and I’m always scrambling for birthday cards this time of year. Today’s project features the Happiest Wishes stamp set by Simon Says Stamp. As always, I’ve linked the supplies that I used with compensated affiliate links where possible at no cost to you.

Featured Products

• Happiest Wishes by Simon Says Stamp [ SSS ]
• Happiest Wishes Wafer Dies by Simon Says Stamp [ SSS ]
• Outside In Stitched Heart Stackables by Lawn Fawn [ SBC | SSS ]
• Cloud Stencil by My Favorite Things [ MFT | SSS ]
• Hummingbird Textures Stencil by Spellbinders [ SBC | SSS ]
• Outside In Stitched Heart Stackables by Lawn Fawn [ SBC | SSS ]
• Paper Pouncers by Picket Fence Studios [ SBC | SSS ]
• Copic marker coloring (see marker list below)
• Additional supplies listed in the thumbnails below.

Step by Step Instructions for Happiest Wishes

• Cut card base from Neenah Classic Crest 110# cardstock to 4.25″ x 11″ and score at 5.5″ for a top fold card.
• Cut a piece of smooth white cardstock (I used Hammermill) to 4.25″ x 5.5″ Stencil the background as shown using the Hummingbird Textures Stencil using Pawsitively Saturated Ink by Simon Says Stamp. For the lines, I used Citrine; for the splashes, Bubblegum; and for the circles, Seafoam.
• Die cut the heart from a piece of smooth white cardstock (Hammermill) using the Outside In Stitched Heart Stackables die. Stencil the clouds as shown using the Cloud Stencil by My Favorite Things and Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass.
• Stamp the image from Happiest Wishes on Hammermill cardstock using Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black. Color with Copic markers (see list below). Trim image using the Happiest Wishes Wafer Die.
• Assemble layers as shown.

Hope you enjoyed today’s project!

Supplies

COPICS: RV55, RV63, RV91, RV95, W1, W3, W5, W7 (cat); RV55, RV63 RV95, (balloon)

[Compensated affiliate links used when possible. In addition, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Items marked with an asterisk (*) were provided by a store or the manufacturer. All other items were personally purchased.]

HEY FRIENDS! Have you missed me? It’s been several weeks since I posted. I wanted to take some time off during the holidays so that was intended. The part that was unintended is that I fell and broke my leg on Christmas Day. It’s a really bad pilon break and I’ll be off my feet for awhile.

I was on bed rest for a few weeks, waiting for the swelling to subside so that I could have surgery. That finally happened last Thursday afternoon. I spent the night in the hospital and came home the next afternoon.

I’m slowly recovering, but I’m not back to coloring yet. The pain has subsided pretty much and I’m starting to spend more time out of bed, but being upright still makes me dizzy. But I’m on the other side of surgery so I feel like I’m finally on the road to recovery.

I have some unedited video of coloring projects that I’ll work on in the meantime and when I’m more mobile, I’ll get back into my studio and start coloring again.

Hope the start of your new year has been less dramatic!