October Release | Blog and Instagram Hop with Colorado Craft Company

 Welcome to the October new release blog and instagram hop from Colorado Craft Company. I'm delighted to have been invited to be a part of new product reveal as well as a fun hop. And how can a reveal be complete without a fun giveaway! :) Please read my complete post to know all the details.

Let me share what I have made using the new release, which includes Thanksgiving- and Halloween-themed stamps. I made a couple of Thankgiving cards, and a tag, with the beautiful sentiments as the focal point. I've featured the stamp set namely Savvy Sentiments ~ Gratitude Slimline

I found all the sentiments very meaningful and heart-warming; that's why I decided to make these the hero of my cards and the tag.

Card #1:

My first card is pretty quick and easy to make. I started off by a watercoloured wash over an 8 by 3 inch panel of Arches watercolor paper (100 % cotton, cold-pressed) using fall colours from Whitenights watercolour set. After letting it dry, I stamped of the sentiment using Versafine onyx black ink. Mounted the panel on a Sizzix textured pastel card stock in as a base (measuring 8.5 by 3.5 inches). This is one of those easy-to-mass-produce cards.

Card #2:

The second card features a beautiful sentiment from the same stamp set, which was gold-embossed with Ranger's embossing powder. The tiny acorns were watercoloured using Whitenights Watercolours. The background panel was made by free-hand watercolouring of some leaves and berries to give the card an autumnal feel. If you enjoy free-hand watercolouring like me, you can try any free-hand patterns such as tiny pumpkins, maple leaves, or mushrooms in the background, paired with a nice, meaningful sentiment.

Tag:

This one was a last-minute plan and I love it when last-minute plans turn out beautiful. :) I had a few tag diecuts in my stash and I decided to put one of those to good use by painting some loose hearts in fall colours and pairing it with a similarly diecut vellum tag with the gold-embossed sentiment over it. Don't you think vellum and gold look elegant together, especially when accompanied by some watercolour ;)

I hope my projects inspire you to create something quick, simple, and pretty. I would love to hear your feedback. :)

Giveaway:

Colorado Craft Company would be randomly choosing 9 winners who would be getting one stamp set each of their choice. To participate in this giveaway, please leave a comment here to win a stamp set of your choice. There are  some amazing  designers participating in this hop, and to increase your chances of winning, leave a comment on their blogs as well as instagram posts. You have until midnight mountain time, Wednesday, October 6. 

You can find me on instagram here: @eternallygreetful

Hop List:

Here's a list of the fabulous artists joining me for this hop and giveaway:

Adrienne Kennedy CCC

Bibi Cameron

Nichol Spohr

Jennifer Kotas

Daniel West

Emily Midgett

Kassi Hulet

Melissa Andrew

Donna Hitz

Amy Young

Kelly Griglione

Jasleen Kaur--------------->> you are here

Instagramers:

Joe Sysavath---------->>> Your next stop

Traci Jenkins

Chris Dayton

Check out the entire line-up of newly released stamps and dies here:

Disclaimer: Please know, I have an affiliate relationship with some of the companies and the product links found on this blog. I love the products that I use and find joy in creating with them. I will occasionally try out a new product and will give you my honest opinion.  If you purchase products from these links, I will receive a small portion of your purchase at no additional cost to you.  I appreciate and thank you for your support.

Some cards with Colorado Craft Company-- September release

I was super happy when I received an email from the kind folks at Colorado Craft Company inviting me to create projects using their products. They loved the cards I had made previously using their stamps (you can view those HERE and HERE) and it is very generous of them to send me their entire product line of stamps and dies from the September release. I absolutely love their adorable stamps with co-ordinating dies. I'm sharing a few cards I made in the past few days using these. 

Card #1:

Card #2:

Card #3:

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