Sunday 3 October 2021

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:




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.



74 comments:

  1. I love that you chose to use just the sentiments from the stamp sets!

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  2. I love the simplicity of your cards and tags

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  3. Wonderful Thanksgiving cards.
    stamping sue
    http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/

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  4. Beautifully crafted cards. Lovely!

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  5. GORGEOUS projects, Jasleen! :)

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  6. These cards are simply elegant!!!

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  7. Love all the beautiful sentiments and your awesome colors you use!

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  8. Love the beautiful Thanksgiving colors you chose.

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  9. Gorgeous fall cards and colors!

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  10. I love the beautiful soft fall colors you used on your cards and tags. They are very calming and so peaceful to look at. Whimsical and perfect for a change from bold colors to this soft palette!

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  11. Great to get more ideas for
    thanksgiving cards. Love that
    tag. The vellum tones down
    the hearts and the gold
    gives it a richness.
    Beautiful. thanks for sharing
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  12. Great cards. I love the muted fall colors and that tag is awesome

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  13. Beautiful fall cards and tag! I love the soft fall colors you used! The sentiments are lovely!

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  14. Your cards and tags are beautiful, the colors are calming, and that awesome card #2 is the one I want to CASE. Love it!

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  15. I love your cards and tag. The colors are so soft. Thanks for sharing.

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  16. Beautiful card and tags. The backgrounds and designs are lovely. Awesome new release.

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  17. I love your autumn cards and tag. Beautiful. The autumn colored hearts are so different I just really enjoyed them. Thanks for sharing.

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  18. What a beautiful sentiment and your card does it such justice. Thanks.

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  19. Jasleen, loved seeing someone making Thanksgiving cards! Thanks for sharing!

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  20. Angie Littlewood4 Oct 2021, 01:58:00

    Thank you for using the Thanksgiving stamp set. I would have completely overlooked it, and the sentiments are just perfect. I love what you did with them.

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  21. I love the entire new release!

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  22. LOVE the leaves and acorns. These look so fally/wonderful

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  23. I like the slim line best. That is so quick and easy but pretty and classy.

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  24. I like the the slimline and agree w/ you that it's good to have the sentiment be the star of the show there. I love that entire set of sentiments, actually. But the card that really made my heart skip a beat was the square one. When I read that you freehand watercolored the background, I was extra-impressed. IDK if I could manage to make the leaves turn out well, much less freehand a bunch of pumpkins. Anyway, I have a ton of patterned paper that I could substitute. Your tag is also beautiful. Love the vellum!
    Lori S in PA

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  25. Sweet and soft! Nice job!

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  26. A great release and I like how your cards inspire the use of the sentiments.

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  27. Marisela Delgado said: Such beautiful cards, but that tag is my favorite! ☺☺☺ mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

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  28. Lovely cards. Acorns always make me think of Thanksgiving too. Love the colors.

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  29. Your projects are so pretty! I love the watercolored background on the first card!

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  30. These are beautiful! Especially love the tag!!

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  31. Love the fall leaves and the fall colors. Your cards are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

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  32. your cards are amazing. Love the watercolor effect on them both.

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  33. Praise the Lord for gratitude. Love the new sets. Especially those acorns. [Bunny]

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  34. Love these ideas thank you.

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  35. Very pretty, love your work!

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  36. I need to send Thanksgiving cards now! Beautiful cards! I JUST LOVE CCC STAMPS!! <3

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  37. Love the first one with the watercolor and Happy Thanksgiving!!

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  38. Your cards and tag are beautiful. I enjoyed the soft muted colors you chose.

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  39. Loving the muted colors with the vellum on the tag. Perfect cards!

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  40. Love your thanksgiving cards. The verses and how you used them really compliment each other. These are such lovely verses.

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  41. Love the soft colors you used on your cards. Thanks.

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  42. Lovely cards with meaningful sentiments.

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  43. Thank you for Thanksgiving Day card ideas! Your cards are elegant!

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  44. Great Thanksgiving cards. So very pretty.

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  45. Your card #2 is enchanting. Love the color choices!

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  46. Your cards are gorgeous--love the Thanksgiving theme!

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  47. Love your watercolors on the Thanksgiving card.

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  48. Beautiful background on the Thanksgiving card. Love all your amazing projects.

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  49. I love how you used the velum, all the cards were great!

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  50. Loved your water colours on all 3 cards!

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  51. I love your quick and easy projects. The water coloring is beautiful and I love the colors. Thank you for the inspiration.

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  52. Beautiful Thanksgiving cards!

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  53. Lovey cards and tag! It is nice to see some of the Thanksgiving stamps featured in this blog hop. Your free hand painting is AMAZING!

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  54. I love these elegant cards! Great job! Suzanne Hue

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  55. I love all 3 of your projects. I love fall & the entire color palette associated with it. Your cards & tag are very beautiful, but I do have a question... When you lay down your watercolor (wash), are you pre-wetting the paper or laying it down on dry watercolor paper? Again, STUNNING & BEAUTIFUL! THANK YOU.

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    1. Thank you so much for your beautiful comments on my work. About your question, in this case, I have pre-wetted the paper before dropping in the colours using my brush. I love to see the colours blend naturally with this wet-on-wet technique. :)

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  56. Beautiful works! I love seeing the traditional as well as the fun to be had with thi release. TFS!

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  57. Great cards..Really love card #2..the sentiment being centered on the beautiful peach card stock and your hand painted background d is gorgeous. Love that ther is white space..very elegant..the twine is such a nice un empowering element

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  58. oooh your cards are awesome - thanks for sharing your take on these new products

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  59. Beautiful cards, love your choice of soft fall colors.

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  60. Marisela Delgado said: I love tags and these are beautiful. mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

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  61. Marisela Delgado said: Great cards and awesome sentiment. mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

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  62. This is so beautiful and I love your design.

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  63. Awesome card and tag designs!

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  64. I loved ur work on this.. U are a true inspiration and Lately, I have started doing painting in my free time.. Thanks for tipsb(wet on wet technique) I will definitely try that. Love ❤

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