Santa’s Helpers | Simon Says Stamp

HEY FRIENDS! I’m slowly working through my stash of stamps and I came across the Santa’s Helpers stamp set by Simon Says Stamp. I’m usually a one and done kind of crafter — I use a stamp once and I rarely go back and use it again. This mindset has advantages because I don’t get so attached to my stamps that I can’t destash as needed. But it does get expensive to use a stamp set just once and then set it aside indefinitely. So I decided to try to use as many of the images and sentiments from this stamp set and came up with three cards which I have to show you today. As always, I’ve linked supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

Featured Supplies for Santa’s Helpers


Rowhouse Greetings | Santa's Helpers by Simon Says Stamp
Rowhouse Greetings | Santa's Helpers by Simon Says Stamp
Rowhouse Greetings | Santa's Helpers by Simon Says Stamp

I want to note that I tried out a few new to me Copic color combinations, experimenting with underpainting. If you are new to underpainting, I highly recommend taking a look at this article by Amy Schulke of Vanilla Arts to help get your feet wet.

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

Rowhouse Greetings | Nancy Sheads

Supplies

COPICS: Colors marked with an asterick (*) were used for underpaint.

  • Teal: BG45, BG49, *B99 (another combination from Amy, but I can’t find the article)
  • Green: YG03, YG17, *B34 (see Undercover Leafy Green)
  • Red: R17, R27, R46
  • Pink: RV34, RV66, RV69, *YG97 ( see Undercover Lenten Rose )
  • Blue: B93, B95, B97
  • Additional colors: V20, E000, E00, R20 (skin); E21, E23, E25 (hair); BG10, B000, B41, B45 (snow); Y35, YR04 (carrot); W1, W3, W5 (shadows, fur); W7 (belt); W5, W7, W9 (top hat)
Rowhouse Greetings | Santa's Helpers by Simon Says Stamp | 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.]

Snow Cool | Anthony’s Paper Craft

HEY FRIENDS! I stopped by the Stamp Scrap Art Tour show in Westminster this past Sunday and roamed around the various vendor booths. It was nice to get out and talk with representatives of the various companies, especially have these past few years when such events were suspended out of necessity. I have a thing for snowmen so when I saw the Snow Cool stamp set by Anthony’s Paper Craft I knew that I had to color this image. As always, I’ve linked supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

Rowhouse Greetings | Snow Cool by Anthony's Paper Craft

Featured Products

  • Snow Cool by Anthony’s Paper Craft – Anthony’s website is currently offline for updates, but you can contact him directly for purchases. His email address is anthonyspapercraft@outlook.com
  • Feeling of Christmas by Penny Black [ SBC ]
  • Copic marker coloring (see list below)
  • Additional supplies listed in the thumbnails below.

Since the snowmen are marching in such a strong diagonal, I decided to make it a design element for the card. I stamped the image on Hammermill cardstock, stamped the image with Hero Arts Intense Black Ink and colored it with Copic markers (see list below). I cut the image panel on the diagnonal and backed it with design papers from my stash. I stamped one of the sentiments from the Feeling of Christmas stamp set by Penny Black in the lower right corner using Versafine Clair in Nocturne. I covered the ink with clear embossing powder and heat set it so that the sentiment would stand out against the pattern paper.

Rowhouse Greetings | Snow Cool by Anthony's Paper Craft

That’s all for today! See you again soon!

Rowhouse Greetings | Nancy Sheads

Supplies

COPICS: BG000, BG02, B41 (snowman); Y35, YR07 (carrots); R35, R46, W5, W7, W9 (top hat); BV31, BV34, YR04 (bucket hat); RV55, RV63, RV66 (cap); YG03, YG17, G28, E37 (tree)

Rowhouse Greetings | Snow Cool by Anthony's Paper Crafts

[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 3 Kings | Colorado Craft Company

HEY FRIENDS! Ready for another card from the new Anita Jeram release? Well here it is –3 Kings by Colorado Craft Company! A little masking, a little ink blending, a little coloring — and there you have another adorable card.

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

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram 3 Kings by Colorado Craft Company

Featured Supplies

For the previous cards in this release, I relied on masking the stamped image when creating my ink blended scene. This time I masked a rectangular background that I ink blended using Distress Oxides in Lost Shadow and Hickory Smoke and then used Anita Jeram 3 Kings coordinating dies to cut out the image.

Hope you enjoyed today’s project!

Rowhouse Greetings | Nancy Sheads

Supplies

COPICS: Y21, Y26 (crowns); RV32, RV34, YG61, YG63, YG67, B41, B45 (robes); E30, E31, E35, E50, E53 (donkey); RV32, RV34 (halter); E41, E42, E43 (rabbit); E51, E55, E57 (dog); W1, W3 (cat); Y35, Y38 (star); YR20, YR23, YR24, YG61 (straw)

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram 3 Kings 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 Bird Perch Mini | Colorado Craft Company

HEY FRIENDS! Quick post today – I have another project and a new Copic coloring video featuring the Anita Jeram Bird Perch Mini stamp set by Colorado Craft Company. There’s a reason why this stamp set is called Bird Perch that would have been more obvious if I had remembered to stamp the bird. But the rabbit works by himself. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!

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

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Bird Perch Mini by Colorado Craft Companhy

Featured Supplies

Copic Coloring Video

 If the video doesn’t appear below, click HERE to view.

Hope you enjoyed today’s project!

Rowhouse Greetings | Nancy Sheads

Supplies

COPICS: R20, W1, W3, W5 (rabbit); R27, YG61, YG63, YG67 (holly); BV20 (background)

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Bird Perch Mini 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 Sneaky Mice | Colorado Craft Company

HEY FRIENDS! I’m back with a project from the new Anita Jeram release by Colorado Craft Company and it’s full of holiday fun. Here I’m featuring the Anita Jeram Sneaky Mice stamp set. The image is easy to color, but if you need additional help, I have a new Copic coloring video available on my YouTube channel. As always, I’ve linked supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

Featured Supplies

Copic Coloring Video

 If the video doesn’t appear below, click HERE to view.

Giveaways & Blog Hop

Colorado Craft Company is doing two giveaways!
Giveaway 1: Each designer will be giving away a stamp set from this release (your choice) to a lucky winner that Colorado Craft Company will draw from all the comments left on the designers’ social media hangouts. Leave a comment, follow or like and be sure to join our email lists too.
Giveaway 2: Colorado Craft Company will be giving away a complete bundle of this release to one chosen winner that has placed an order using a designer’s affiliate link (HERE’S MINE!). So many chances to win!
GIVEAWAYS CLOSE ON July 31, 2023 at midnight MST. Winners announced August 2nd.

Now it’s time to hop! Check out what our designers have for you!

Adrienne Kennedy
Amy Tsuruta
Amy Young
Bibi Cameron
Daniel West
Donna Hitz
Erin Thompson
Jenn Shurkus
Jennifer Kotas
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Kassi Hulet
Kelly Griglione
Koren Wiskman
Nancy Sheads
Sandy Allnock

Instagram
Adam Karle 
Jasleen Kaur
Joe Sysavath
Laura Inguz
Traci Jenkins

Hope you enjoyed today’s project!

Rowhouse Greetings | Nancy Sheads

Supplies

COPICS: W1, W3, W5, R20 (mice); R17, R27, R46, R39, W1 (stocking); R30, R32. R35, YG61, YG63 (packages); BV0000, BV20 (shadow)

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Sneaky Mice 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.]