HEY FRIENDS! I’m off to the hospital shortly to check in on my mom and discuss her care plan with staff. Another day on the road and not in the studio, but what are you going do?!? My washer decided to flood the kitchen yesterday adding to the chaos in my life right now. Repair scheduled for 9/27 so I’ll be adding the laundromat to my already crazy schedule.
Today I’m featuring one of the images from the Mistletoe stamp set by Penny Black. Another favorite of mine! And if you keep scrolling, you’ll see that I have a Copic coloring video for you!
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HEY FRIENDS! Things have calmed down a bit here on the home front. I’m trying to get back into the studio to do some coloring. Today I have have TWO cards featuring images from the Heartwarming stamp set by Penny Black and the Joyful die from CZ Design. As always, I’ve linked all supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.
For my second card, I stamped the penguin image on a piece of X-Press It cardstock using Hero Arts Intense Black Ink. As before, I colored the image with Copic markers (see list) and trimmed the panel using the A2 Layers die set. For something different, I decided to inset the sentiment so I used the A2 Layers die set to cut the sentiment directly into the image panel. I applied a piece of double sided adhesive to the back of the cutout and inlaid the sentiment which was cut from blue mirror cardstock. I added a 1/4″ strip of design paper along the bottom of the image panel. Next, I cut an piece of Gravel Gray cardstock to 4.25 inches x 5.5 inches. Finally, I adhered all of the layers to an A2 card base as shown to finish off the card.
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HEY FRIENDS! I’m back today with another holiday card featuring the Anita Jeram Santa Bunny stamp set by Colorado Craft Company. This is one of my favorite stamp sets so I’ve colored it a few times in the past. But we’re approaching a new holiday season so it’s time to pull it out again.
I trimmed a piece of Strathmore Bristol Series 300 with one of the dies from the A2 Layers Die set by Waffle Flower. Next I stamped the image using Hero Arts Intense Black ink and colored the image with Copic markers (see list below). I stamped the sentiment on a scrap of Bristol using Versafine ink. In my original design, I stamped the image panel directly, but subsequently smeared the ink. So I created a fishtail tag and stamped the sentiment on that. I used the next size of die from the Layers set to create a coordinating panel. I have a assortment pack from Concord & 9th which comes in handy when you need a solid coordinating color. I cut an A2 panel from Red Hot cardstock by MFT Stamps and an A2 top folding card base from Neenah Classic Crest. Finally I assembled the layers as shown.
That’s all for today!
Supplies
COPICS: Colors marked with an asterick (*) indicate markers used for underpainting. R20, W1, W3, W5 (Santa bunny); R37, R39, R59, *B34, W0, W1 (Santa’s coat); C4, C6, C8 (belt); YG03, YG17, *B34 (bag); BV000, BG10, B0000, B000 (snow)
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HEY FRIENDS! Today I have projects featuring the new Winter Holiday release by Colorado Craft Company. This release includes stamp sets from both Anita Jeram and Kris Lauren. So get ready for a while lot of cuteness! Be sure to read to the end for the blog hop links and information on the giveaways from Colorado Craft Company.
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This was my favorite image from this release. I loved that the cat bought a fish and net as presents and the mouse had mouse-sized presents (but of course!). The colors for this image and the next are very similar to the one used by Anita Jeram (see the image on the back of the packaging). When I’m short on time and stuck on a color scheme, I sometimes translate the artist’s coloring into Copics, adding some variations.
Like the last image, I used colors similar to those supplied by the artist on the packaging. I don’t usually think to add details like stripes to the stockings so I made a point of doing it here.
Giveaways & Blog Hop
Colorado Craft Company is doing two giveaways! You can enter to win as many times as you wish. Entries will end on December 3rd at Midnight (ET). Winners will be announced on December 5th on the 3C Blog. GIVAWAYS NOW CLOSED. Giveaway 1: All designers will be giving away one clear stamp set to a lucky winner drawn from all the comments left on our social media hangouts. Leave a comment, follow and like! Giveaway 2: 3C will also give away be giving away a complete bundle of EITHER the Anita Jeram or Kris Lauren release (your choice) to one randomly chosen winner that has placed an order using your favorite designer’s affiliate links (HERE’S MINE!). When you visit their blogs you can then hit their links to the 3C shop to be entered.
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HEY FRIENDS! Another quick post! Today is my parents’ 75th wedding anniversary so I’m running off this morning to spend some time with them. But I had Friday to myself (no Black Friday shopping for me!) and I made a bunch of cards that I’ll show you in the coming days. The first is one featuring the Beary and Bright stamp set by Penny Black. As always, I’ve linked supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.
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I think we can safely say that I have a thing for coloring cute animals. My mother loves teddy bears so this will probably be the card that I send to my parents this year. This is a great set for combining images and you can fit multiple images on the same panel. This will make my mom smile!
