HEY FRIENDS! Today I’m back with a quick post featuring the Anita Jeram Getting Ready stamp set by Colorado Craft Company. This card accomplishes two goals — focus on my holiday cards using supplies from my existing stash. As always, I’ve linked supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.
GETTING READY Size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches Featured products:
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HEY FRIENDS! I’ve been cleaning up my studio and going through my stash. Since I now make samples for multiple companies my stamp and die collection grows quickly. I have limited time for crafting, so my designer deadlines are always the priority, but when there is a lull, I like to circle back and look through my personal stash for stamps that that have gotten lost in the shuffle. I love the Brush Stroke Stamps by Penny Black so they were perfect for what I had in mind.
I also seem to have a growing collection of waterbased markers. I suffer from full set syndrome so I can’t just buy a few markers of any given brand. Eventually, I have to have them all! I was pretty proud of myself that I’ve been getting by with only 12 Zig Clean Brush Markers. However, on Saturday, I went to the Creative Keepsakes Convention in Lancaster and at the very last display in the very last booth I came across individual Zig markers for sale. I was good – I was offered a great deal on a full set, but I stuck to expanding my current set to 24 markers, plus a handful of new colors not found in the sets. But I also had $30 in vouchers from Michaels, so I added to my collection of Tombow Dual Tip Markers.
<sigh> Did I mention that I already have a full set of Karin Brushmarkers? And let’s not forget my 358 Copic markers. Luckily I don’t feel the need (for now!) to try out all the new brands of alcohol markers.
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So I looked through my stamp stash to find a few stamps that I could use with my water based markers and settled on a couple of older Brush Stroke stamps from Penny Black. These stamps are perfect for direct to stamp coloring. I did not videotape my coloring, but I did watch a lot of Penny Black & Jill (PB & J) videos on YouTube to see how it’s done. Here’s an example of the technique for creating one layer stamping using Tombow markers.
Both cards were made the same way. I started with a piece of Canson Montvale Watercolor Paper cut to 4.25″ x 5.5″ and stuck it in my Misti Stamping Platform. This is a situation where you really need to use a Misti because you will be stamping the image repeatedly as you work through the colors.
I positioned the Brush Stroke stamp in place (either At Grace or Softly) and used Karin Brushmarkers to apply ink to the various elements of the stamp. As you’ll see from the instructions below, I colored on the leaves and flowers in separate steps.
For the sake of simplicity, I’ll explain the remaining steps using the first card (At Grace) as an example:
With the watercolor paper and the stamp in place in the Misti, apply ink to the leaves, working from light to dark. I started with 210 Apple Green as a base coat on all of the leaves and stems and added 228 Lush Green to the darker areas such as the base of the leaves.
Lightly mist the stamp with water and stamp the image. The ink will dry on the stamp so you will need to lightly mist the stamp to reactivate the ink. I used the Distress Sprayer and held it several inches away from the stamp while spraying.a
Use a waterbrush to lightly spread the ink, filling in areas of the stamped image as necessary. My favorite waterbrush is the Zig Medium Waterbrush. It’s hard to find, but it’s the one that I keep going back to (and stock up when I find them!).
Apply ink to the flowers, working from light to dark. I started with 264 Artic Blue as a base coat and added 207 Cyan to the darker areas such as the base of the petals.
Lightly mist the stamp with water and stamp the image. Wash, rinse, repeat as needed.
Take a good look at what you’ve got so far. If it looks OK, move on. I decided that I needed more depth and definition in the flowers so I added 305 Egyptian Blue to the deepest parts of the flowers or anywhere that needed a little more definition between petals. A little goes a long way so just a few dots of color and then blend it as needed.
Honestly – go look at the video from Penny Black. What I just tried to explain will make more sense when you see it done by Jill Foster. Next time, I’ll turn on the camera!
That’s all for me today! If anyone is looking for me, I’ll be rummaging through my stash for the next project!
Supplies
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Hey friends! I couldn’t resist this image from the recent release from Colorado Craft Company. Here I’m featuring the new Anita Jeram Paint the Town stamp set colored with Copic markers (see marker list below).
To start, I created an A2 top folding card base from Neenah Classic Crest cardstock and cut an A2 piece of design paper. I glued the background panel to the cardbase and set them aside.
I stamped the image from the Anita Jeram Paint the Town by Colorado Craft Company on a piece of Hammermill Smooth Cardstock. After coloring the image with Copic markers (see list below), I trimmed the panel to 2.75″ x 4.25″.
Next, I cut a piece of Black Licorice Cardstock by My Favorite Things to 3.75″ x 4.25″ and stamped the sentiment along the bottom with Hero Arts Pigment Ink in Unicorn. I sprinkled Nuvo Embossing Powder in Glacier White and heat set the powder.
Finally, I applied craft foam to the back of the image layer and assembled all the layers as shown.
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HEY FRIENDS! I’m still on a roll coloring Anita Jeram images. Today I’m featuring the Kittens & Topiaries stamp set by Colorado Craft Company – it’s one of the older images, but I’m just getting around to coloring it. I’ve got plenty more in my stash to color up so stay tuned!
Next, I stamped the image from the Anita Jeram Topiaries & Kittens on a piece of Hammermill Smooth Cardstock using Nuvo Hybrid Ink in Black Shadow. Afterwards, I trimmed the panel to 4″ x 5.25″. I positioned the Salvaged Brick Stencil by Honey Bee Stamps in place with Mint Low Tack tape by Scrapbook.com and colored in the brick pattern using an E04 Copic marker.
To finish, I adhered a piece of craft foam to the back of the image panel using Beacon’s 3-in-1 Advanced Glue and assembled the layers as shown.
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HEY FRIENDS! Lots to show you today — FOUR projects to be exact. Why? Because it’s Christmas in July over at Colorado Craft Company and we’re celebrating with a blog hop, a BIG giveaway, free shipping days, and lots of inspiration projects from the designers.
Colorado Craft Company is offering FREE SHIPPING DAYS on July 19th & 20th (FREE US and $6.95 off International orders).
They are also giving away one stamp set of the winner’s choice per designer. Be sure to visit each designer below to increase your chance to win. You have until midnight mountain time on July 20th to post your comments! Winners will be announced on the Colorado Craft Company email and blog.
AND they are doing a HUGE complete bundle giveaway to ONE lucky winner. To enter, just shop from my affiliate link to Colorado Craft Company for your purchases.
Today’s Inspiration!
And here are today’s Christmas in July card projects and of course I’m kicking it off with Anita Jeram! Need more inspiration? Be sure you read through to the bottom and check out the links for the blog hop.
For the card base, I cut a piece of Neenah Classic Crest to 4.25″ x 11″ and scored at 5.5″. I also cut a piece of cut a piece of Simons Says Stamp Cardstock in Fog Gray to 4.25″ x 5.5″ which I glued to the card base. For the background, I cut a piece of white cardstock to 3-7/8″ x 5.25″ and a piece of design paper to 3″ x 5.25″, gluing the design paper to the white cardstock as shown and then to the card base.
Check out what the other designers have for you. Don’t forget to leave a comment on their blogs to increase your changes of winning one of the giveaway prizes.
That’s all for today! I’ll have more for you to see tomorrow. Until then ….
Supplies for Christmas in July
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