Colorado Craft Company | Cardmaking & Coloring in Graphic Style. Video + Giveaways (Now Closed)

Hello! Today I have something very special to share with all of you and I also have a giveaway to thank you for being my loyal subscribers and viewers. There are 5 giveaways sponsored by Colorado Craft Company.

Colorado Craft Company is a newer stamp company. I have shared a video and several projects with their products back in July 2019 and January 2020 and I had an absolute blast creating with their stamps. What I love most about their designs is their huge size. The images, especially in their Big & Bold line, are very large and easily take center stage on an A2 card and can readily be used on larger projects.

I have 3 cards to share with you all featuring their new Big & Bold stamp line, the new designs for July 2020. These are available exclusively at Simon Says Stamp for the first 2 days after the launch, so July 3rd and July 4th, and after that, on July 5th they will also become available on the Colorado Craft Company’s website.

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VIDEO TUTORIAL

Watch the video tutorial below or on Youtube to learn how I made the cards I’m sharing today.

BIG & BOLD SETS BY COLORADO CRAFT COMPANY

Each of the Big & Bold sets features one large size image that easily takes up the entire space of an A2 card and the stamp sets also have a number of coordinating sentiments done in various styles to complement the image.

Because of the size of these images, you have the freedom to really go to town with your favorite coloring mediums and add as many details as you like. You also have a lot of room to dress up your cards with additional mediums and add in more detail with a white pen for example, or glossy accents.

CARDS DETAILS

I started to work on my cards by stamping my images in Copic Marker friendly ink, Simon Says Stamp Intense Black, on white cardstock. I’ve done some prep work and have picked the colors of markers I wanted to use to color my flamingo. I tested various combinations and I also tested various alcohol markers, not just Copics. I ended up deciding to use RV10, RV21, and RV23, those are Copic markers and 453 marker, which is a Nuvo marker by Tonic Studios.

Included in the flamingo set is beautiful tropical greenery. I stamped it in black ink and my idea was to color it, cut it out and layer over my bird. I also stamped a sentiment, it reads Tickled Pink that we are friends. I adhered my panel to the A2 white side folding card base, next I added Pink Blush Jewels from Pretty Pink Posh and covered the image with Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen to add some shimmery shine to my flamingo.

The hummingbird card features some masking. I stamped the image of the hummingbird, masked it and stamped flowers cascading from the top down. I ended up having 4 flowers creating a busy floral background for my bird. I used very similar marker colors to do my coloring. I went with RV10, R83, and RV19.
The leaves were colored using Altenew markers and I used G702, G715, and G554. The bird was colored using:

• E13, E37, and E79 for the beak.
• The head was colored using YG00, YG03, and YG17.
• The face was colored with RV10, R83, RV14, RV17.
• the neck was colored with E000, E02

I also used a B000 marker to color the background light blue. I love this trick – using my Copic markers to add color to the background. I stamped a sentiment in black ink on a separate piece of paper, cut it out and foam mounted onto the card. Next, I used a white pen and cleaned up the flower stamens a bit and again used a Nuvo shimmer pen to add shimmer and shine to my bird.

I’ve found the peacock image the hardest to color using my no blending method. I think that is probably because I’ve never colored a peacock before and I just had no idea where to start. To make things easier for myself, and you can use this trick also, I used a pencil and sectioned the image indicating what color each section needed to be. That made the coloring so much easier! In a way, this ended up being like paint by number.

GIVEAWAY (Now Closed)

Now let’s talk giveaway! I have 5 stamp sets to give way to 5 of you. 5 people can will, each will receive 1 new stamp set.

To enter the giveaway, subscribe to my blog newsletter, you can do so HERE and comment below letting me know your favorite lip color.

I’ll pick winners on Jan 6th or 7th and will email you if you’ve won.

Winners are sharonsyc, Autumn Bell, Joan Bettati, Cindy Schmidt and Sabina. Winners have been contacted (if you don’t see an email from me, please check your SPAM folder). Congratulations!

SUPPLIES

I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

CCC Big Bold Tickled Pink Flamingo Shop at: SSS | TS / CCC	CCC Big Bold Hope Sings Peacock Shop at: SSS | TS / CCC	CCC Big Bold Hummingbird Delight Shop at: SSS | TS / CCC	CCC Lovely Legs Baby Congrats Shop at: SSS | TS / CCC
CCC Lovely Legs Sky Lantern Sympathy Shop at: SSS | TS / CCC	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ	Neenah 80LB Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ	Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts Misti Regular Black Shop at: SSS | SC | HA	Hero Arts Misti Mini Black Shop at: SSS | SC | HA	Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp High Dive Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ	Spellbinders Circle Replacement Foam Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ	Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ	EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ
Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Masking Paper Shop at: SSS	Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ	Pretty Pink Posh Sea Glass Jewels Shop at: SSS | PPP
Pretty Pink Posh Pink Blush Jewels Shop at: SSS | PPP	Copic Sketch Marker Rv17 Deep Magenta Shop at: SSS | Blick	Copic Sketch Marker RV10 Pale Pink Shop at: SSS | Blick | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker RV14 Begonia Pink Shop at: SSS | Blick | AZ
Copic Sketch Marker RV21 Light Pink Shop at: SSS | Blick	Copic Sketch Marker RV19 Red Violet Pink Shop at: SSS | Blick	Copic Sketch Marker R83 Rose Mist Violet Pink Shop at: SSS | Blick	Copic Sketch Marker YG00 Mimosa Yellow Shop at: SSS | Blick | AZ
Copic Sketch Marker YG03 Yellow Green Shop at: SSS | Blick | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker YG17 Grass Green Shop at: SSS | Blick | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker B000 Pale Porcelain Shop at: SSS | Blick | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker RV23 Pure Pink Shop at: SSS | Blick | AZ
Copic Sketch Marker E000 Pale Fruit Pink Shop at: SSS | Blick | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker E02 Fruit Pink Shop at: SSS | Blick | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker E13 Light Suntan Shop at: SSS | Blick | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker E37 Sepia Shop at: SSS | Blick | AZ
Copic Sketch Marker E79 Cashew Shop at: SSS | Blick | AZ	Altenew Artists Markers Set A Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | PPP	Altenew Artist Markers Set B Shop at: SSS | SC | SB	Tonic Rich Reds Nuvo Creative Pen Collection Shop at: SSS | TS / CCC
Tonic Woodland Greens Nuvo Creative Pen Collection Shop at: SSS | TS / CCC	Tonic Rosy Pinks Nuvo Creative Pen Collection Shop at: SSS | TS / CCC	Tonic Aqua Shimmer Pen Nuvo Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ | TS / CCC	Simon Says Stamp Big Momma Foam Tape Roll Shop at: SSS
Sakura Classic White Gelly Roll Pens Set of 3 Shop at: SSS | SC | Blick | AZ	White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ