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:

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