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Anita Jeram Candy Cane Mice by Colorado Craft Company

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HEY FRIENDS! Just a quick post today. Lots of Christmas things going on — shopping, decorating, organizing — so I’m squeezing in crafting time when I can. But I would be remiss if I didn’t show you this project featuring the new Anita Jeram Candy Cane Mice, part of the new release from Colorado Craft Company. And as always, I’ve linked supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Candy Cane Mice by Colorado Craft Company


I used the main image from the Candy Cane Mice stamp set for my card. The set also includes single candy cane stamp and two individual candies. Coordinating dies are sold separately. All of the image was stamped on Hammermill Smooth cardstock using Hero Arts Intense Black Ink and colored with Copic markers (see marker lists below). After coloring, the image panel was trimmed using Hero Arts Infinity Rectangle dies and I stamped the sentiment using Versafine Clare ink in Nocturne. I adhered craft foam to the back for dimension using Beacon’s 3-in-1 Craft Adhesive. then glued front panel was then glued to an A2 cardbase cut from Neenah Classic Crest.

That’s all from me today! See you again soon!

Rowhouse Greetings | Nancy Sheads

Supplies

COPICS: R20, E50, E51, E53, E55 (mice); R17, R27, R39, R46, W1, W3 (red stocking); YG03, YG17, YG67, G29, W1, W3 (green stocking); R17, R27, R39, R46, C1, C3, C5 (candy cane); R17, R27, R39, R46, YR21, YR24 (candy wrapper); R20, YR21, YR24 (berry); BV0000, BV20 (shadows)

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Candy Cane 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.]

New Holiday Release! Colorado Craft Company

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HEY FRIENDS! It’s time for another Anita Jeram release from Colorado Craft Company. We have bunnies and kittens and mice (OH MY!) as well as two giveaways and a blog hop so be sure to read all the way to the end for all the details. And as always, I’ve linked supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

TODAY’S PROJECT

Anita Jeram Dear Santa by Colorado Craft Company

I have three cards for you today, all created using the Anita Jeram Dear Santa stamp set. The set includes clear photopolymer stamps with a dog, a bunny and a mouse writing and mailing letters to Santa in a snow-covered mailbox. The stamps can be used with the coordinating Dear Santa complete dies set (AJ733-D) and the Dear Santa single die set (AJ745-D) both sold separately. This stamp set includes 7 images and 5 sentiments.

Once I got started, I was quickly on a roll making cards. Coordinating dies are also available for this stamp set, although I didn’t use them here.

All of the images and sentiments were stamped on Hammermill Smooth cardstock using Hero Arts Intense Black Ink and colored with Copic markers (see marker lists below). After coloring, the image panel was trimmed using Hero Arts Infinity Rectangle dies and I adhered craft foam to the back for dimension using Beacon’s 3-in-1 Craft Adhesive. The front panel was then glued to an A2 cardbase cut from Neenah Classic Crest.

So let’s take a closer look!

CARD 1

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Dear Santa by Colorado Craft Company

SIZE: A2
COPICS: Y35, E50, E51, E53, E55 + YG17 (dog + collar); C1, C3, C5 + R17, R46 (rabbit + scarf); E50, E51, E53 + B41, B45 (mouse, scarf); B41, B45 (snow); BG10 (letters)

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Dear Santa by Colorado Craft Company | Color Map

CARD 2

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Dear Santa by Colorado Craft Company

SIZE: A2
COPICS: C1, C3, C5 (cat); Y35, E50, E51, E53, E55 (rabbit); YG03, YG17 (scarf); BV0000, R24, Y35, YG17 (miscellaneous markers, letters, etc.) BV0000 (shadow)

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Dear Santa by Colorado Craft Company | Color Map

CARD 3

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Dear Santa by Colorado Craft Company

SIZE: A2
COPICS: Y35, E50, E51, E53, E55 (rabbit); B000, B02 (scarf); B000 (letter & shadow)

Rowhouse Greetings | Anita Jeram Dear Santa by Colorado Craft Company | Color Map

Giveaways & Blog Hop!

Colorado Craft Company is doing two giveaways!

Giveaway 1: The designers will be giving away a stamp set from this release (your choice) to a lucky winner that drawn from all the comments left on our social media hangouts.

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 affiliate links (HERE’S MINE!). So many chances to win! 3C will randomly draw a name on December 5th. 

Check out all the crafty inspiration from my friends
at Colorado Craft Company!


Adrienne Kennedy CCC
Amy Tsuruta
Amy Young
Bibi Cameron
Daniel West
Donna Hitz
Emily Midgett
Erin Thompson
Jennifer Kotas 
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Kassi Hulet
Kelly Taylor
Michelle Lupton
Nancy Sheads
Sandy Allnock
Sandi MacIver

Instagram
Adam Karle
Jasleen Kaur
Joe Sysavath
Mansi Bhatia
Traci Jenkins

That’s all for me today!

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.]

Inspire Me Monday: Small Stamps, Big Impact

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HEY FRIENDS! I’m over on the Power Poppy blog today for Inspire Me Monday with some examples for using all those small stamps in your stamp sets for a big impact. So hop on over to the Power Poppy blog to see the full blog post.

See you back here soon! In the meantime, be sure you check out my Power Poppy coloring videos on YouTube.

Sledging Party by Lili of the Valley

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HEY FRIENDS! I’m back with another edition of Nancy and Jill Color Together! If you saw last month’s post, you know that Jill Killeen of Killeen House Studio asked me to participate in a monthly challenge with her where we would color the same image and see how we each interpreted it. This month, I selected Sledging Party by Lili of the Valley for our challenge. As always, I’ve linked supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

Rowhouse Greetings | Sledging Party by Lili of the Valley

This image was a little more complicated than I expected. Once I started coloring, I realized that I had to sort out all the arm, legs, scarfs and mittens. So to keep things simple, I selected specific color combinations and used them throughout. This simplified the color scheme and provided continuity in the image.

Enough about me! Here’s Jill’s interpretation!

Killeen House Studio | Sledging Party by Lili of the Valley

A few similarities with mine – I suspect that we used some of the same combinations, although rumor has it that Jill used nearly 50 markers! Check her full blog post for all the details.

That’s all for today!

Rowhouse Greetings | Nancy Sheads

Supplies

COPICS: V20, E000, E00, E11, E21, R20 (skin); R17, R27, R39, R46 (reds); B93, B95, B97 (blues); YG03, YG16, YG67 (greens); C1, C3, C5, C7 (grays); Y38 (yellow)

Rowhouse Greetings | Sledging Party by Lili of the Valley | 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.]

Holiday Gift Tags

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HEY FRIENDS! Today I’ve switched gears to make some holiday tags for gift packages. I recently purchased a new to me Penny Black stamp set called Jolly Follies — I have a soft spot for all of the Penny Black critter images — so I paired it with a few Avery Elle stamps from my stash as well as a large layer tag die also from Avery Elle. As always, I’ve linked supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

Rowhouse Greetings | Jolly Follies by Penny Black and Merry Circle Tags by Avery Elle

FEATURED PRODUCTS:

Tag 1

Rowhouse Greetings | Jolly Follies by Penny Black and Merry Circle Tags by Avery Elle

COPICS: E30, E31, E33, E35, E37 (mouse); B12, B24, B26, B39 (scarf); R17, R27, R39 (bow); C3, C5, C7 (lamp); V20, BG10, B000, B41 (snow)

Tag 2

Rowhouse Greetings | Jolly Follies by Penny Black and Merry Circle Tags by Avery Elle

COPICS: B000, B41 (snow); YR04 (carrot); E23 (branches); C3, C5, C7 (hat); R17, R27, R39 (hat band, scarf & mittens); R27, YG03, YG17, YG67 (stocking)

Tag 3

Rowhouse Greetings | Jolly Follies by Penny Black and Merry Circle Tags by Avery Elle

COPICS: R17, R27, R39 (ribbon); R27 (berries); YG03, YG17, YG67 (holly leaves); Y21, Y26, Y28, E23 (bells); B000, B00, B01 (dress); R20, E30, E31, E33, E35, E37 (mouse)

For each tag, I used the largest tag die in the Easy Layer Tag Die set to cut the background from Hammermill smooth cardstock. The images from the Jolly Follies stamp set were stamped using Hero Arts Intense Black Ink. I used sentiments from the Merry Circle Tags stamp set which I stamped using Versafine Claire in Nocturne. I used the “To” and “From” stamps from the Jingle stamp set. I added clear Wink of Stella to embellish the snow on the lamp in Tag 1 and the bells in Tag 3.

Since the Copic ink bleeds through the paper, I cut another tag from Neenah cardstock to glue to the back. For the third tag, I also stamped all the sentiments on the back since they were not used on the front.

That’s all for today!

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.]