A thousand sheets of paper: It's Halloween at Colorado Craft Company!

Monday, October 2, 2023

It's Halloween at Colorado Craft Company!

Good morning!

Anita Jeram is back with a Halloween collection for Colorado Craft Company featuring ten never seen before, brand spankin' new stamp sets... along with coordinating dies for each! To celebrate this spooktacular release 3C is giving away a new stamp set from each stop on the hop, so the more you comment the more chances you have to win. Entries will be accepted until midnight mountain time October 5th and winners will be randomly selected by 3C and announced on their blog the next day. They are also doing a HUGE complete bundle giveaway to ONE lucky winner. To be entered for that you have to use one of the designer's affiliate links when you place an order. Those links can be found on the 3C blog and will be included in one of their emails as well. In the mean time, here's the complete list of hop participants for you to check out:

I've got three cards to share with you today. The first combines stamps from the Pumpkin Patch set and the Too Cute to Spook mini set. I started by stamping the sweet little kitten sleeping on the pumpkin, masked it and then stamped the jack o'lanterns on either side. I then masked them off and stamped the stand of lights last. Once all of the masks were removed I had an entire patch of jacks just waiting to be colored up. I really had a lot of fun playing with all of the various light sources and trying to capture the glow of carved pumpkins on a spooky Halloween night.

For my second card I paired the new Halloween Background with the Halloween Friends mini set and a sentiment from the Happy Haunting set. First, I stamped cute the little bat and mouse at the bottom of my card front and then added the sentiment above them. The sentiment comes framed in but I wanted to turn it into a banner so that it would span the entire width of the card, so I used a dark brown Copic marker to sketch in the pennant ends on either side. Once that was done I masked it off and stamped the large Halloween Background to fill the rest of the card. Keeping to a limited color palette in soft, muted tones of the traditional Halloween colors, I colored the background to look like a decorative patterned paper. Next, I added some shading to the banner and then colored in the little critters with a dark background behind them, which lends a nice visual weight to the bottom of the card.

Finally, I made a long slimline card that pairs the Trick or Treating Cats with the cuties from the Wizard Treats set. Together this merry band of costumed critters are ready to brave the dark of night for buckets full of candy! And with their trusty lantern to lead the way, no spooks or specters will keep them from their quest, LOL!

Ok, time to send you on your way. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the hop!

Pumpkins supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Colorado Craft Company (Pumpkin Patch and Too Cute to Spook)
ink- Memento rich cocoa and Versafine onyx black
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Ranger glossy accents
Copic markers:
sky- C2, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9
background landscape- T5, T6, T7, T8, T10
ground- E40, E43, E44, E47, YG91, YG93, YG95, YR30, YR31, Y0000
jacks- E84, E89, YR21, YR12, YR14, YR27, Y000, Y00, Y11, Y15
leaves- Y00, Y21, Y26, E23/Y38, YR16, E07
kitten- W1, W3, W4, W5, W6, N10, Y000
hat- V22, V25, V28
trees/light stand- 100

Happy Halloween supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Colorado Craft Company (Halloween Background, Halloween Friends and Happy Haunting)
ink- Memento rich cocoa
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Ranger glossy accents
Copic markers:
background print- V20/T2, T4/V25, V28/YR21, YR14, E84, Y11/Y21, Y26/G43, T4
banner- E40, E81, E84, 0
background- E43, E44, E47, W4, W5, T5, T6, T7, T8
mouse/candy bucket- N2, N3, N5, R30/YR21, YR14
bat- E42, E43, E55, E57, W5, W6, W7

Trick or Treat supply list:
cardstock- My Favorite Things and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Colorado Craft Company (Wizard Treats and Trick or Treating Cats)
ink- Memento rich cocoa
My Favorite Things double stitched slimline die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Wink of Stella clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
sky- C5, C6, C8, C10
background landscape- T0, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T8
ground- E70, E71, E74, E79, E43, E31, Y000, Y00
tree/sign- E42, E43, E44, E47, Y00, Y11/C4, BV0000, BV00, BV02, BV13, BV25
leaves- Y15, YR15, Y17, E70, E71, E74
wizard/lantern- E40, E41, E42, E43, E47, E55, E57, T6, T8, Y00/V000, V01, V12, V15, V17, V09, BV29, C4, Y00/C4, C7, 100, G20, Y000, Y00, Y11
paper bag mask/candy bucket- T5, T6/E41, E43, E31, E34, YG21, YG17, YG67, BG99/Y35, Y38, YR18
fish skeleton/candy bucket- E41, E42, YR30, YR31, YR24, E97, E99, R20, R21/W5, W6, W7, W9, C1, C3, C5/Y35, Y38, YR18, Y17, E25, YG23
fairy princess- E41, E42, E43, E44, W3, W6, R20/C2, C4, YG01, YG11, BG90, BG93