Hello! It’s day one of Colorado Craft Company’s free shipping days. Shipping in the US is free and $6.95 off international shipping through July 20 at midnight mountain time.
In addition they are doing two giveaways this month. First, when you use a Colorado Craft Company designer’s affiliate links, you will be entered to for a chance to win the Entire July Release! In addition, when you use my affiliate links to make a purchase, I get a small commission which helps me continue to bring you great content!
To enter the second giveaway, one person from each blog or instagram post will be picked to win one set from this release. The more comments you leave, the more chances to win. The giveaways end July 21st at Midnight MST. At the bottom of this post you’ll find the list of designers.
1. Stamp one sweater from the Sweater Weather stamp set on masking paper. Fussy cut it out. All of the sweaters are the same shape and size so you only need one mask!
2. Stamp the first sweater from the Sweater Weather stamp set on the far left side of a slimline panel with Intense Black Ink. Place the mask over the stamped image.
In order to fit all of the sweaters on the panel, two needed to hang off the end. If you use a Misti, the other end of the panel will need to hang out the end of it. If you have a Memory Misti or if you stamp with an acrylic block, you won’t need to worry.
3. Stamp the next sweater. Remove mask from previous sweater and place over this one.
4. Repeat step three until all sweaters have been stamped.
Before stamping anything I lined up and spaced out how the sweaters would be placed. This assured me they would all fit well.
5. Color the images with Copic Markers. Since I used so much red, I colored everything else first, except the shadows, to make sure the ink didn’t spread.
6. Add Hero Arts Mist Core Ink to the edges of the panel with a blending brush. It’s a subtle detail but it softened the white panel.
7. Stamp the sentiment from the Sweater Weather stamp set with Intense Black Ink.
8. Add shadows with Copic Markers. I add the darker gray first, then go over it and a little outside the line with a lighter gray. This softens the shadow. If you want it more crisp, don’t overlap the colors other than at the edge to blend them. Finish off with the blender marker to soften the edge and the ends of the shadows.
9. Place panel on an slimline card base with double sided adhesive tape.
10. Add snowflake sequins with Bearly Art Precision Glue. Place a jewel in the center of each snowflake. Add a few extra jewels throughout. Add white gel pen highlights.
1. Arrange and stamp the stamps from the Chillin’ Gnomies stamp set close together on a white A2 panel being careful not to leave awkward gaps. Tape it in the center of a Misti to prevent it from moving.
Some people start in the middle and work out from there. I usually start at one end and work towards the other.
2. Repeat step 1 until panel is full. It looks better to the eye when some images are hanging off the sides.
3. If there are any gaps, adds all stamps like the snowflakes or present to fill them in.
4. Color images with Copic Markers. The colors I used are listed below.
5. Add shadows as described for the first card.
6. Add red and green Copic marker dots throughout panel.
7. Place panel on an A2 card base.
8. Stamp the sentiment from the Chillin’ Gnomies stamp set with Embossing and Watermark Ink on Pitch Black cardstock. Sprinkle with White Detail Embossing Powder and heat set. Add to card with thin foam squares.
9. Adhere white pearls with Bearly Arts Precision Glue and add white gel pen highlights.
Remember to use my Colorado Craft Company affiliate links to be entered to win the entire collection. Leave me a comment below for a chance to win on set from this release. Tell me what other stamps from this release you’d like me to use.
I’ll be sharing two more Colorado Craft Company cards on my blog tomorrow. Thanks for visiting!
Thanks for your clear explanations of your process. And i love how it all turned out.
I absolutely LOVE the gnome card with the scattered stamps and pops of red and green!
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Two fantastic cards! Great colouring!
Loving the Christmas sweater card! And thank you for the clear and detailed instructions. Well done.
Very Cute! Love the stamped images as background.
So sweet. Using the chillin’gnomies stamps as a background is great
I love these cards! Nice work and thanks for explaining all.
Great card designs and lovely coloring. It’s so nice when you can create 1 mask and then stamp away!
Love how you created that background! No need for patterned paper. That was a lot of beautiful coloring.
Absolutely LOVE the sweater card and design!!! Great idea on the background card as well.
I appreciate your step by step on how to make these beautiful cards! 😍
Absolutely adorable!
Cute cards, nice coloring!
Your cards are so adorable – especially the sweaters! Thanks for the inspiration!
Love the background you created with the Santa gnome. Too cute. That slimline sweater card rocks! How can it not bring a smile to peoples faces. Superb colouring/blending.
The sweaters are really cute, not ugly at all 🙂 Great job coloring.
Awesome cards. Love the sweaters best.
Your Gnomies are really chillin’ on your background card. Love your style
❤️❤️❤️ your whimsical cards!!! Sooooooo stinkin’ fun 😊 Thanks for inspiring me!
Both cards r well done & explained in a way one can totally understand. I especially like the card that u made ur own background. Thanks for sharing ur talents w/ us!
Your cards are so cute! I love how you colored everything 🙂
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Adorable! Perfect staging for these cute but beautiful cards, too!
Thanks so much for sharing the creative inspiration!
Blessings,
C
Super cute! All of them!
Both cards are so cute. Love love the sweater card. Thanks for the inspiration.
Two great cards. There is nothing ugly about those sweaters 🥰. I love the gnome one as well. Great job 🤗
Two great cards. There is nothing ugly about those sweaters 🥰. I love the gnome one as well. Great job 🤗
I am just smiling over all of the cards posted–even though it is in the 90’s!!!! Thank for Sharing!
Love your cards! I was hoping someone would do the sweaters. Thank you for the detailed instructions. I would not have noticed the shadows if you hadn’t mentioned them in the instructions. The coloring is gorgeous!
Oh my–your cards are so cute!
What a creative way to use these stamps differently. May I borrow your brain? Beautiful!
These are so cute!
These are so fun
Adorable cards! Love them both!
Both cards are fabulous!
Delightful cards! I really love the fun sweaters! Adorable images on your second card too!
I love these! So beautiful!
I love how you made the background with the stamps ! I wouldn’t have thought to use stamps that big for a background, Im going to try it!
Adorable cards! Nothing ugly about those sweaters. Thanks for sharing.
Definitely NOT an ugly sweater card! Left me feeling warm and cozy!
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I love how you personalized all the sweaters and lined them up to fill a card. So fun and clever.
Both are darling! I LOVE the sweaters! Awesome coloring!
Very cute cards.
Love the Christmas sweater card.
Wow! Those sweaters are amazing 🤩
Love the sweaters!
Such cute cards! Love the festive colors and designs.
Thanks for sharing.
Such great Gnomie cards! Loving this new release. Thank you for sharing.
I don’t know which one I like better! They are both amazing and that red…
Simply adorable cards.
Thank you for sharing your techniques for these cards. I love polar bears! I am looking forward to your next card. Have a great day.
oooh such beautiful coloring – love your work
Cute cards! I love this release!
Fabulous designs and beautiful coloring! I love the sweaters!
Oh absolutely love these cards…sweater card is just gorgeous
Awesome cards! I didn’t know I couldn’t live without the sweater stamps until I saw your slimline card. Thanks for the great tutorial too! Can’t wait until this set gets here.
Fantastic Cards! So adorable, bright, and fun. I love them.
Wonderful coloring. I need to practice and practice more at coloring.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
These cards are fabulous. I love the way you colored the images, and especially the great designs you made.
Awesome cards!
Fun, gorgeous cheerful. I love these sweaters! What a wonderful job of coloring!
I don’t think you can get more fun than this!! Love the patterned paper made with stamps.
So cute! Thanks for the pointers on things like blending shadows — I’m going to try that.
random stamping for the win – great job
These are wonderful!
Thanks for the inspiration!
Love your cards. Great coloring and design.
I like the combo for the sweaters. Nice designs and layouts.
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