You Were Meant to Bee – Colorado Craft Company

HEY FRIENDS! Are you enjoying the new Kris Lauren Meets Big & Bold Bees & Honey release by Colorado Craft Company? Well, in addition to Monday’s blog hop and giveaways (see details below), there’s one more way for you to save – FREE SHIPPING DAYS on August 17th and 18th. As always, I’ve linked supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

And now onto today’s card!

Rowhouse Greetings | Kris Lauren Honey Crock by Colorado Craft Company
Kris Lauren Honey Crock by Colorado Craft Company

YOU WERE MEANT TO BEE
Size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
Featured Products:

  • Kris Lauren Honey Crock by Colorado Craft Company [ SBC | CCC | SSS ]
  • Copic marker coloring (see marker list below)
  • Additional supplies listed in the thumbnails below.

The Honey Crock stamp set includes clear photopolymer stamps with a honey pot, a honeybee, two bee fairies, a honey dipper and dripping honey. The set includes 10 stamps: 6 images and 4 sentiments. The stamps can be used with the coordinating Honey Crock die set, sold separately.

Images were stamped on Hammermill Smooth Cardstock with Nuvo Hybrid Ink in Black Shadow and colored with Copi markers. The sentiment was stamped with Versafine Clare in Nocturne. The design paper can be found in the Black & White Stripes 6×6 Paper Pad by My Favorite Things.

Giveaways!

Don’t forget that Colorado Craft Company is giving away a COMPLETE BUNDLE to ONE winner who uses my affiliate store link to make a purchase. You will get one entry per order and will be notified by email if you have won. AND you’re running out of time to enter the bog hop giveaway! Colorado Craft Company is hosting a giveaway on each participating blog! Simply leave a comment on Monday’s post, then the folks at Colorado Craft Company will announce the winners on their blog. You need to be on the Colorado Craft Company email list or looking at their blog to see if you won. You have until AUG 18th at midnight mountain time to post your comment below. 

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

Rowhouse Greetings | Nancy Sheads

Supplies

COPICS: V20, R20, E000, E00, E11, E21 (skin); E53, E55, E57 (hair); V20, R20, R21, YR21, YR24, YR27, C3, C5, C7 (clothing); BG10, B000, B41, B45 (wings); YR21, YR24, YR27, C6 (bee body)

Rowhouse Greetings | Kris Lauren You Were Meant to Bee by Colorado Craft Company | Color Map

[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.]

New Kris Lauren Release by Colorado Craft Company

HEY FRIENDS! Today we’re celebrating the new Kris Lauren Meets Big & Bold Bees & Honey release by Colorado Craft Company. We’re having a blog hop and a giveaway — details are below. I’ve got two cards for you to check out using two of the new stamp sets. As always, I’ve linked supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

Giveaways!

To celebrate the new release, Colorado Craft Company is hosting a giveaway on each participating blog! Simply leave a comment below on this post, then the folks at Colorado Craft Company will announce the winners on their blog. You need to be on the Colorado Craft Company email list or looking at their blog to see if you won. You have until AUG 18th at midnight mountain time to post your comment below. 

In addition, Colorado Craft Company is giving away a COMPLETE BUNDLE to ONE winner who uses my affiliate store link to make a purchase. You will get one entry per order and will be notified by email if you have won.


Card 1

Rowhouse Greetings | Kris Lauren Beehive by Colorado Craft Company
Kris Lauren Beehive by Colorado Craft Company

BEST DAY EVER
Size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
Featured Products:

The Beehive stamp set includes clear photopolymer stamps with a large beehive, a bow, two bumblebees and a tree branch. The set 10 stamps: 5 images and 5 sentiments. The stamps can be used with the coordinating Beehive die set, sold separately.

For this card, the images were stamped on Hammermill Smooth Cardstock with Nuvo Hybrid Ink in Black Shadow. The sentiment was stamped with Versafine Clare in Nocturne. The background was created using the Cloud Stencil by My Favorite Things and Distress Inks in Scattered Straw and Dried Marigold. I cut a piece of SimonSaysStamp Fog Gray cardstock to 4.25″ x 5.5″ and adhered it to a top-folding A2 cardbase made from Neenah 110# Classic Crest cardstock. Card was assembled as shown.

COPICS: V20, R20, E000, E00, E11, E21 (skin); E53, E55, E57 (hair); V20, R20, R21, YR21, YR24, YR27, C3, C5, C7 (clothing); BG10, B000, B41, B45 (wings); YR21, YR24, YR27, C6 (bee body); E53, E55, E57 (branch); YG03, YG17, YG67 (leaves)

Rowhouse Greetings | Kris Lauren Beehive by Colorado Craft Company | Color Map

Card 2

Rowhouse Greetings | Kris Lauren Honey Jar by Colorado Craft Company
Kris Lauren Honey Jar by Colorado Craft Company

BEST DAY EVER
Size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
Featured Products:

The Honey Jar stamps set includes clear photopolymer stamps with a honey jar and label, honeycombs, two honey bees, a bow, cherry blossom flowers, leaves and a bee fairy. The set includes 17stamps: 10 images and 7 sentiments. The stamps can be used with the coordinating Honey Jar die set, sold separately.

For this card, images and the sentiment were stamped on Strathmore Series 400 Watercolor Paper with Versafine Clare in Nocturne and colored with Karin Brushmarkers. The panel was trimmed using the A2 Chunky Scalloped Rectangle die set by Simon Says Stamp. The design paper can be found in the Poppin’ Polka Dots 6×6 paper pad by My Favorite Things.

KARIN BRUSHMARKERS105 Henna, 172 Blush, 283 Gold (honey comb); 159 Cool Gray 2, 172 Blush, 264 Arctic Blue, 283 Gold (bee)

Rowhouse Greetings | Kris Lauren Honey Jar by Colorado Craft Company | Color Map

Blog Hop!

Now it’s time to hop! Don’t forget to leave a comment on each designer’s blog for a chance to win. You have until AUG 18th at midnight mountain time to post your comments. 

Adrienne Kennedy CCC
Adam Karle
Amy Tsuruta 
Bibi Cameron
Caly Person
Daniel West
Emily Midgett
Jasleen Kaur
Jenn Gross
Jennifer Kotas
Joe Sysavath
Kassi Hulet
Kelly Griglione
Kelly Latevola
Amy Young
Sandi MacIver
Traci Jenkins
Nichol Spohr

Hope you’ve enjoyed today’s projects!

Rowhouse Greetings | Nancy Sheads

Supplies for the New Kris Lauren Release

[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.]

Anita Jeram Paint the Town by Colorado Craft Company

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). 

As always, I’ve linked supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Paint the Town by Colorado Craft Company

Featured products:

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.

That’s all for me today! Thanks for stopping by!

Rowhouse Greetings | Nancy Sheads

Supplies for Anita Jeram Paint the Town

COPICS: E51, E53, E55 (guinea pigs); BV20, BV23, R35, R37, R39 (paint brushes & jar) YG03, YG17 (grass)

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Paint the Town by Colorado Craft Company | Color Map

[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.]

Anita Jeram Topiaries & Kittens by Colorado Craft Company

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!

As always, I’ve linked supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Kittens & Topiaries by Colorado Craft Company

Products featured:

To start, I created an A2 top folding card base from Neenah Classic Crest cardstock and cut an A2 piece of Simon Says Stamps Cardstock in Fog Gray. I glued the background panel to the cardbase and set them aside.

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.

That’s all for me today! Thanks for stopping by!

Rowhouse Greetings | Nancy Sheads

Supplies

COPICS: W1, W3, W5 (cat); YG03, YG17, YG67 (leaves); E23 (branches); R29, B26, B39, FB2 (blue pot); BG18, BG45, BG57 (teal pot); E07, E09, E13 (terracotta pot); B02 (bird); E31, E33 (sidewalk); E04 (bricks)

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Kittens & Topiaries by Colorado Craft Company | Color Map

[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.]

Anita Jeram June 2022 Release

HEY FRIENDS! I’ve gotten a bit backlogged publishing cards from the Anita Jeram June 2022 release by Colorado Craft Company so I’m going to do one grand review of my FOUR remaining projects. I previously posted two cards using the Stargazers stamp set, one featuring the bears and the other featuring the bunnies as well as a card using the Well Loved stamp set. So here is everything else!

This is going to be a super long post so I thank you in advance if you make it to the end! If you want to just cut to the chase and shop the full release, I’ve listed all of the new stamps and coordinating dies in a separate list below. As always, I’ve linked the supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

So let’s get started!

CARD 1: Anita Jeram Garden Party

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Garden Party by Colorado Craft Company | June 2022 Release

Products featured:

I stamped the images from the Anita Jeram Garden Party stamp set using Nuvo Hybrid Ink in Black Shadow on a piece on Hammermill 100# smooth card stock cut to 4.25 x 5.5 inches. The image was colored with Copic markers as follows:

  • Cat combo 1: W1, W3, W5
  • Cat combo 2: C1, C3, C5
  • Cat combo 3: E00, E04
  • Grass & foliage: YG03, YG17, YG67
  • Blanket, furniture, bow ties & drinks: RV55, RV63, RV66, B00, B04
Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Garden Party by Colorado Craft Company | Color Map

After coloring the image, I trimmed 1/8″ off each side of the panel. I trimmed a piece of Simon Says Stamp 100# cardstock in Fog to 4.25 x 5.5 inches and adhered it to a cardbase cut from Neenah Classic Crest 100# cardstock. The sentiment from the Anita Jeram Garden Party stamp set was stamped on a piece of scrap white cardstock using Versafine Clair in Nocturne.

CARD 2: Anita Jeram Mice Bride

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Mice Bride by Colorado Craft Company | June 2022 Release

Products featured:

I stamped the images from the Anita Jeram Mice Bride stamp set using Nuvo Hybrid Ink in Black Shadow on a piece on Hammermill 100# smooth card stock cut to 4.25 x 5.5 inches. The image was colored with Copic markers as follows:

  • Mice: W0, W1, W3, R30
  • Bouquet: B63
  • Foliage: YG01, YG03, YG17, YG67
  • Flowers: RV55
  • Bricks: E04
  • Ledge: C0, C1, C2, C4
  • Sidewalk: BV31, BV34
Rowhouse Greetings | Mice Bride by Colorado Craft Company | Color Map

I did some freehand drawing to create the background of this image so you’ll have to use the photo for reference. The brick on the wall was created using the Salvaged Brick Stencil by Honey Bee Stamps. I positioned it in place and colored in the bricks using the E04 Copic marker.

For the sky I used two stencils: Sunrise Radiating Rays Stencil and the Clouds Stencil by My Favorite Things. For the sun, I used Distress Ink in Squeezed Lemonade and Scattered Straw. For the sky, I used Distress Ink in Speckled Egg.

After the ink was dry, I prepared the area of the sentiment using the Cottontail Embossing Powder Tool by The Rabbit Hole Designs. I stamped the sentiment from the Anita Jeram Mice Bride stamp set with Versafine Clair in Nocturne, covered it with Clear Embossing Powder by Simon Says Stamp, and heat set it.

I trimmed a piece of Hammermill 100# smooth card stock using the largest die in the Folk Edge Rectangles die set by Pinkfresh Studio and adhered it to adhered it to a cardbase cut from Neenah Classic Crest 100# cardstock. I trimmed the image panel so that it would fit in the center of the die cut piece and glued it in place.

CARD 3: Anita Jeram Time of My Life

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Time of My Life by Colorado Craft Company | June 2022 Release

Products featured:

I stamped the image from the Anita Jeram Time of My Life stamp set on a piece of Strathmore Series 400 Watercolor paper using Versafine Clair in Nocturne and colored the image using the following Zig Clean Color Brush Markers by Kuretaki:

  • Left cat: 010, 091
  • Scarf: 022
  • Right cat: 091, 070
  • Grass: 041
Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Time of My Life by Colorado Craft Company | Color Map

I stamped the sentiments from the Anita Jeram Time of My Life stamp set with Versafine Clair in Nocturne, covered them with Clear Embossing Powder by Simon Says Stamp, and heat set them.

I trimmed 1/8″ off each side of the image panel. I cut a piece of Simon Says Stamp 100# cardstock in Fog to 4.25 x 5.5 inches and adhered it to a cardbase cut from Neenah Classic Crest 100# cardstock and assembled the rest of the card.

CARD 4: Anita Jeram Paint the Town

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Paint the Town by Colorado Craft Company | June 2022 Release

Products featured:

I stamped the image from the Anita Jeram Paint Town stamp set on a piece of Strathmore Series 400 Watercolor paper using Versafine Clair in Nocturne and colored the image using the following Zig Clean Color Brush Markers by Kuretaki:

  • Guinea pig: 050, 060, 070
  • Paint brush: 010, 030,50, 070
  • Jar: 025, 030, 031, 041
  • Rainbow: 025, 031, 041, 050, 070
  • Grass: 021
Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Paint the Town by Colorado Craft Company

I trimmed the image panel and a piece of Black Licorice Prestige Card Stock by My Favorite Things using appropriately sized dies from the A2 Matting Basics A and A2 Matting Basics B die sets by Spellbinders. I trimmed a piece of Simon Says Stamp 100# cardstock in Fog to 4.25 x 5.5 inches and adhered it to a cardbase cut from Neenah Classic Crest 100# cardstock and finished assembling the card.

OK – that’s everything! Until next time ….

Rowhouse Greetings | Nancy Sheads

Supplies

[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.]