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!
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* Anita Jeram Bird Perch Mini | Colorado Craft Company [ 3C ]
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.
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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!
HEY FRIENDS! Another quick post — today I’m featuring the Life’s A Beach digital stamp by Jane’s Doodles. I’ve been coloring images for Jane Doodle’s for a few months now and this image always makes me smile. Jane has been converting her legacy images to digital stamps, but she recently joined Creative Expressions for her new clear stamps. She had an introductory release of a few holiday stamps that you can find on Simon Says Stamp.
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* Life’s A Beach Digital Stamp | Jane’s Doodles [ JD ]
Ultra Smooth Cardstock for Alcohol Markers | Spectrum Noir [ AZ ]
Nesting Rectangle Infinity Dies | Hero Arts [ SBC ]
I usually use Hammermill cardstock for my Copic coloring because I like the bright white color of the paper. For some reason, this time it just wasn’t working for me. So I switched to Spectrum Noir’s Cardstock for Alcohol Markers and got better results. I used to use this cardstock all the time because I could buy it locally, but when AC Moore shut down, I switched to Hammermill.
HEY FRIENDS! Today I have THREE cards using the Layering Peppermints Stencil by Simon Says Stamp. Now that July is here, it’s time to start thinking about holiday cards, especially those that can be made in bulk. Stencils make quick and easy backgrounds for cards so I experimented with three different layouts using the same products.
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Layering Peppermints Stencil | Simon Says Stamp [ SSS ]
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 bottom 1.75″ using Mint Tape.
Place the background for the Layering Peppermints Stencil on the top portion of the panel and ink blend using Distress Ink in Spun Sugar.
Remove the background stencil and replace with the detail stencil. Ink blend using Distress Ink in Lumberjack Plaid.
Trim panel to 4″ x 5.25″ or use the same size die in the Infinity Rectangle Die set to create a finished edge.
Using the Merry Word Die, cut twice from white cardstock and once from black cardstock (I used Licorice Black cardstock by MFT Stamps).
For the sentiment, I used the “Merry & Bright” stamp from the Printmaking Pines stamp set by Simon Says Stamp. I positioned the stamp in my Misti and placed a small piece of Mint Tape over the word “Merry.” I inked the stamp using Versafine Clair in Nocturne, removed the mask, and stamped the sentiment. This results in just the “& Bright” portion of the stamp appearing on the panel.
Assemble the layers as shown.
Card 2
Details
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 4.0″ x 5.25″ or use the same size die in the Infinity Rectangle Die set to create a finished edge.
Cut three strips of pink cardstock to 0.125″ x 4″ (I used Simon Says Stamp Cardstock in Cotton Candy).
Cut a piece of Hammermill cardstock to 4.25″ x 5.5″, position the background for the Layering Peppermints Stencil, and ink blend using Distress Ink in Spun Sugar.
Remove the background stencil and replace with the detail stencil. Ink blend using Distress Ink in Lumberjack Plaid.
Trim panel to 2″ x 3.25″ or use the same size die in the Infinity Rectangle Die set to create a finished edge.
Trim a piece of white cardstock to 2.5″ x 3.5″ or use the same size die in the Infinity Rectangle Die set to create a finished edge.
Assemble the layers as shown and stamp sentiment using Versafine Clair in Nocturne,
Card 3
Details
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 1.75″ using Mint Tape.
Place the background for the Layering Peppermints Stencil on the bottom portion of the panel and ink blend using Distress Ink in Spun Sugar.
Remove the background stencil and replace with the detail stencil. Ink blend using Distress Ink in Lumberjack Plaid.
Trim panel to 2.75″ x 5″ or use the same size die in the Infinity Rectangle Die set to create a finished edge.
Cut a piece of striped design paper to 0.25″ x 2.75″ and adhere to the panel as shown (I used a sheet from the Black & White Stripes 6×6 Pad by MFT Stamps).
Using the Merry Word Die, cut twice from white cardstock and once from black cardstock (I used Licorice Black cardstock by MFT Stamps).
HEY FRIENDS! Today I have a familiar image with a bit of a twist. As you can see, I have used one of my favorite images from Colorado Craft Company — Anita Jeram’s Bunnies and Robin — but I set aside my trust Copic markers to check out the new kid to the alcohol marker neighborhood — OLO Markers. I’ve held off purchasing other alcohol markers as they came on the marker because I already had a full set of Copics and saw no reason to invest elsewhere. But I was curious about OLO Markers. Then my friend Jill Killeen raved about them and Jennifer Dove started using them at her Boot Camp so I decided to take the plunge and purchase a set directly from OLO.
So first, let’s talk about these markers. OLO Markers is a system of 128 half markers which you can connect together using an OLO Connector Ring. Each half marker contains 2ml of ink and uses OLO’s patented free-flow ink technology to use over 90% of the ink in the marker. You can custom build your marker so that you can have a different color on each end or the same color on each end with different nibs (brush or chisel). When you need a refill, you simply purchase a new ink cartridge, remove the nib and empty cartridge, insert the new cartridge and get back to coloring. OLO explains this much better than I can so be sure that you check out their website for more information. And take a look at Jill’s blog post where she goes through the pros and cons of the markers.
So I purchased 128 brush markers which I combined using the collector ring to create 64 markers where each end is a different color brush marker. If you’re interested in these markers, you can either buy directly from the company or purchase marker collections from Simon Says Stamp which I have linked below in my supply list.
The price point is more affordable overall than Copic markers. So OLO Markers are a good alternative if you’ve wanted to take the leap to alcohol markers, but have been put off by the price of Copics.
The first thing I did after receiving my markers was to purchase Sandy Allnock’s OLO Marker Hex Chart. Sandy’s Hex Charts arrange colors in visual order rather than numerical order so you can easily see blending colors. Sandy suggests that you create your selected hue by looking 2-5 spaces away from the initial color to locate a light and dark. For today’s project, I picked some combinations by relying on the OLO Color System and others by using the Hex Chart as Sandy suggested.
I stamped the image on Hammermill cardstock using Hero Arts Intense Black Ink and colored the image using the OLO Markers listed below. I trimmed the image layer using the Stitches of Love die set and then assembled the card as shown.
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