Thursday, June 30, 2022

New Anita Jeram release at Colorado Craft Company!

 


Good morning!

Welcome to the new Anita Jeram release blog hop with Colorado Craft Company. There are six adorable new sets being added to the store, along with their coordinating dies, so there is plenty to get excited for! To celebrate this release 3C is generously providing a chance to win one new stamp set (winner's choice) at each stop along the hop. Simply leave a comment on this blog post and you are entered into the blind drawing! The giveaway ends on July 3rd at midnight mountain time and winners will be announced July 5th on the 3C blog.

Here's a quick list of all of the talented designers sharing inspiration in today's hop:


Both of the cards I am sharing today feature the wonderful Stargazers stamp set with the bears being the stars of the show on this first one. I paired the two bears looking up at the sky with the Well Loved mini stamp set, turning this cute duo into an even cuter trio. Together they are watching the night sky with wonder as the stars twinkle above. To create this look I first stamped and colored the bears and ground then masked them off so I could use my Copic airbrush system to color in the night sky. I then left the mask in place while I used a paint brush and some Dr PH Martin's bleed proof white to flick the stars into the sky. By gently tapping the brush above the paper you get a great, natural spray of speckled white dots. I then used the pointed end of my paintbrush to add the shooting star, dragging the ink out across the paper to create its tail.  


 

Next, these two sweet bunnies are also part of the Stargazers set. I love how they are laying out feet to feet, taking in the vastness of the dark sky above. They have quite the unobstructed view from atop their hill as I did my best to color in the treetops of the forest extending out beneath them. I used the same technique as above to create the starry sky and both sentiments were heat set using white embossing powder so they would show up on the dark background. 

Alrighty, I won't keep you any longer as I'm sure you are anxious to check out the rest of the hop. Have fun and stay crafty my friends!    


Bear supply list:
cardstock- My Favorite Things and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Colorado Craft Company (Stargazers and Well Loved mini)
ink- Memento rich cocoa and Versamark watermark

Hero Arts detail white embossing powder

My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 2

Dr PH Martin's bleed proof white

Copic markers:
bears- E50, E53, E30, E31, E55, E34, E43, E44, E49

grass- YG03, YG63, G94, G99, BG96
sky- B14, B16, B18, BG45, BG09, B99, BV29, 100

Bunny supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Colorado Craft Company (Stargazers)
ink- Memento rich cocoa and Versamark watermark

Hero Arts detail white embossing powder

My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 2

Dr PH Martin's bleed proof white

Copic markers:
bunnies- W1, W2, W3, W4, W5, R20

grass/trees- YG03, YG63, YG17, G94, G99/YG00, YG01, G43, BG90, BG93, BG96, BG99
sky- B16, B18, B26, B37, B39, BV13, BV17, BV29, 100

84 comments:

Jan J. said...

These are amazing cards! The night sky is done so well, the characters so sweet. I love the quote from "Yellow," one of my favorite songs.

Linda Gorman said...

Your cards are awesome. Beautiful coloring! I love this release❤️ Thanks for sharing!!!

jamie mastin said...

Gorgeous! I love the shooting star!

Connie said...

I really,love these 2 cards! I can’t wait to get these stamps!

Donna Walls said...

OMGoodness...such great scenes..those bunnies have my heart!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Stunning coloring!

I Card Everyone said...

Amy, this will be my choice from the release! We are heavily into star gazing, and my husband has taken up astrophotography! [even more pricey than card making, lol!]
I love your night skies, and darling scenes!
=]

anni said...

Beautiful card scenes! Amazing coloring!

Mary-Anne V said...

Beautiful and encouraging cards.

Kim Hadad said...

Your cards are amazing. I love how your did the grass and the sky.

Anne said...

feet to feet bunnies looking to the starry sky is my favorite! sooooo cute!

Linda BL said...

The night sky cards are amazing! Love them both, but am partial to the one with the bunnies. What a great release.

sharon g said...

These are both so cute. The animals are just precious

Kiwigirl said...

Amy, amazing cards! Love the stamps!

MadeByMeghanK said...

WOW! Your skies are amazing! I LOVE these cute critters!

Sandra W. said...

These cards are amazing.

Unknown said...

Your background is amazing!! Think this is my favorite set in the release.

Glenna said...

WOW These are stunning. Absolutely beautiful thank you for sharing these

L said...

Love your ink blending for the night time skies.
Your cards are adorable!

April said...

Fabulous cards! I am loving the new release!

Jade C. said...

Beautiful cards, the stamps are great for summer.

Becca Yahrling said...

Absolutely fabulous!!!

RobiW said...

Stargazers set is definitely a winner! Beautifully done.

Christine Kiehl said...

Truly amazing work! Incredible work! Love her work as well, so very much!

Marianne said...

Amazing coloring..stunning!

Teri S. said...

Amy, you've made the mist beautiful cards plus you've used my favourite stamp set from this incredible release!! Those bears from Stargazers have lumbered into a corner of my heart. Your night skies are "WOW". I think it is so clever incorporating lines from songs for some of the sentiments.

Brenda McKinley said...

As usual your cards are so dang cute!! I love CCC and Anita's images!

Bunny said...

Amy, I really love the bunnies on the grass gazing up. This is cute. [Bunny]

Lauryne Cunningham said...

Gorgeous night skies! I love your cards!

corysnana said...

Just gorgeous, Amy. Your night skies are amazing and so perfectly capture the feel you create with the sentiment and images!

J Cochran said...

Adorable! I don't know which one is cuter, the stargazing bears or the stargazing (on their backs even!) bunnies!! Wonderful cards. :D

Unknown said...

Beautiful coloring! Thanks for including the specific colors.

Vanessa Zhong said...

I love your skies, but I'm most impressed by the green hedge you created behind the bunnies. It makes for an awesome card.

Liz said...

Love the stargazers and your amazing coloring. I chuckled at the stargazers laying on the ground - so cute!
Liz E

Yvonne said...

These cards are adorable. What a wonderful release. The two bunnies laying on the grass looking up at the stars reminded me of my childhood. So sweet!

Alexandra Y said...

Incredible cards! You are a master at creating stunning scenes!

Laceysocks said...

I love your backgrounds for these cute images. I especially like the way you have done the ground! Great job!

Barbara said...

Wow, those skies are so perfect!

Jeanne Beam said...

Both cards are absolutely gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing.

cincinnattigirl said...

I just had to buy this set as yours were so lovely

JHixon said...

I really like this set and your cards! We have done this many times as we are blessed to live where there is little light pollution and enjoy star gazing.

Mary Holshouser said...

Fantastic cards. Love the bear
teaching the children about
the universe. thanks for
sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

Talitha said...

Love your cards and this stamp set. Thanks.

Denise Bryant said...

I love the star-gazing bears and bunnies! Wonderful scenes with beautiful night skies!

Geri S said...

These are so sweet! The Stargazers is one of my favorite sets cuz it brings back great memories of doing the same!

Amelialesley said...

Such beautiful colouring!

Margery C said...

Lovely card. The bunnies feet to feet are so adorable.

ccoots said...

I love your cards. The vivid colors are great!

Deb G said...

Wow! Do beautiful!

Glenna said...

Amy the colors in your cards are stunning!
I love what you have created!
Thank you

GreeneGoddess said...

And they were all Yellow!
Love that quote. The Stargazer set is stunning. Anita's stamps are always so fun!

Ellen Jarvis said...

Simply wonderful cards! I'm off to buy, buy, buy!

Unknown said...

Beautiful cards! The colors in the night sky are vivid.

Mary Reiner said...

I LOVE what you have created!

SHartl said...

Gorgeous night skies and scenes, and I do love the sentiment too.

Stella said...

I love these Amy. The night sky is awesome and the little characters are perfect.

Gina K said...

Love your backgrounds! Thanks for including your copic colors, too.

Carol McCready said...

Your cards are amazing love the sky scene you created. And as always the animals are so stinking cute

Vickie Leaf said...

Amazing. I love the art and that you include instructions for me to try.

Glenna said...

the bold backgrounds are beautiful on your cards

Avinmor said...

Your cards are adorable! I ordered Star Gazers and I'm so excited to try them. Thank you for sharing your creativity.

Carol E said...

I just love the bears card thank you so much for sharing them.

Giselle said...

Wow, just wow! Your cards are amazing!

Gail Spresser said...

Loving these bears and rabbits under the stars! Thank you for sharing.

Laurie G said...

Love that dreamy sky….perfect!

Sherry M said...

Thank you for sharing. I love your cards.

Gab said...

Just adorable!

sgmom4 said...

So cute!

Jeanne Rice said...

Such a great release. Love your card.

Karenladd said...

These scenes are just charming and so beautifully colored. I love the little rabbits gazing at the sky.

Chellynn said...

Thank you for the inspiration. Look forward to more of your work.

Glenna said...

Hi Amy,
I really love your cards they are so rich with color

Maxine said...

Hi Amy, Love hoe you added the mini bear to your scene. I think this would be a great Father’s Day card!

Roxy T said...

I love how you got the second cub in there!

vickie said...

Such cute cards! Love them both.

Kim Becicka said...

Lovely as always.

Bev Gerard said...

What a glorious night sky for stargazing! Such a darling stamp set, like teddy bears come tp life!

Valerija said...

So sweet cards. Love them both.

Talitha said...

Great cards! I love this release!

Jeannie H said...

Gorgeous cards.

Carol Wortman said...

Beautiful peaceful make a wish kinda sky. Those bunners remind me so much how mom and I would watch clouds in the sky. Tee hee neither of us wanted to lay on the ground at night, but daytime was different. Precious precious cards.

Sue D said...

cute critters and love the night skies.

Tina Z. said...

These scenes are charming ...

Beejay said...

Such great designs!