CCC Christmas in July Release Free Shipping Days

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!

Adam Karle 

Amy Tsuruta 

Bibi Cameron 

Kelly Griglione

Daniel West 

Donna Hitz 

Emily Midgett 

Erin Thompson 

Jennifer Gross 

Jennifer Kotas

Jessica Frost-Ballas 

Joe Sysavath 

Kassi Hulet 

Mansi Bhatia

Nancy Sheads 

Amy Young

Sandy Allnock

Traci Jenkins

Nichol Spohr