Colorado Craft Company | Coloring Lemons with the No Blending Method + Discount Code | Video

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Hello, crafters. Today I have 2 cards to show you featuring the new August 2020 release from Colorado Craft Company. I shared a bunch of cards with Colorado Craft Company stamps last month, and now, when I saw the August release I was immediately inspired and wanted to rush to my crafty corner to stamp and color my heart out!

DISCOUNT CODE + BUNDLE SAVINGS

Use code YANA10 to get 10% off your order over at Colorado Craft Company. This code works on Thursday, August 13th, and Friday, August 14th, 2020.

There are also new BUNDLE Savings that will allow you to save an additional 10-15% off your order and you can add the 10% off code on top of that.

Colorado Craft Company Big and Bold Lemon Zest Shop at: SSS | CCC	Colorado Craft Company Big and Bold Lemon Zest Dies Shop at: SSS | CCC	Colorado Craft Company Big and Bold Italian Tiles Small Shop at: SSS | CCC	Colorado Craft Company Big and Bold Italian Tiles Large Shop at: SSS | CCC
Colorado Craft Company Big and Bold Aloha Pineapple Shop at: SSS | CCC	Colorado Craft Company Big and Bold Hugs and Pears Shop at: SSS | CCC	Colorado Craft Company Big and Bold Avocado Love Shop at: SSS | CCC	Colorado Craft Company Big and Bold Aloha Pineapple Shop at: SSS | CCC
Colorado Craft Company Big and Bold Hugs and Pears Dies Shop at: SSS | CCC	Colorado Craft Company Big and Bold Avocado Love Dies Shop at: SSS

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VIDEO TUTORIAL

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CARD DETAILS

I used the Lemon Zest stamp set for my cards today. At first, I thought I’d stamp just the lemon and do some simple coloring, and I did stamp just the lemon image, but later decided I wanted to add the image of the sliced lemon to this card and even the flower! I changed gears a bit and started by stamping the image of the sliced lemon first. I did use my mini MISTI stamping tool to be able to double stamp my images.

When you double or triple stamp you do need to give the ink more time to dry. I’ve noticed that if I add a ton of ink onto my paper and then go and color over it with my Copic markers it bleeds a bit. So I’ve gotten into a habit of stamping the images, letting them sit for a few minutes, maybe 10 minutes while I get another cup of coffee and then I go to color them and this way I don’t have any bleeding because the ink has had the time to dry. Of course, you can use your heat tool to speed up the drying time, but using a heat tool might warp the paper, so I prefer not to use the heat tool unless I absolutely must.

I have also stamped the same image onto masking paper, used scissors to cut the mask out. I masked my lemon and stamped a flower next to it. With everything masked, I stamped the main image – the lemon itself.

I love to go simple when I color. I have a no blending coloring method that I adore and I think it would work perfectly here. The no blending is exactly what it is – there is no blending taking place. Think of this as a layered stamp look. If you are a regular on my blog & Youtube channel, think of the Coloring Layering with Yana series I have with Hero Arts. You just stamp various stamp layers in various colors of ink, usually progressing from lighter to darker to create a beautiful dimensional looking image.

And this is what the no blending coloring is all about. Watch my video tutorial for the coloring how-to. I used the following marker colors: Y00, Y08, Y15, Y17, YR14, YG03, YG17, G94, G99, W1, W3, B29, E00.

I knew I wanted to color the backgrounds for my cards and so I reached for my dark blue marker and colored one background really dark blue and the other one a light peach color.

I stamped and colored an additional flower and smaller leaves, I cut them out using the coordinating dies. I added a gorgeous sentiment stamped in black, I foam mounted it over the main lemon and added those pretty blooms and leaves. Finally, I embellished my card using jewels -I added a bunch in dark blue scattering them over the background. As for the other card – I added jewels in gold and also some gold sequins and I went with a different sentiment for a slightly different look.

Have fun stamping!

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!

Colorado Craft Company Big and Bold Lemon Zest Shop at: SSS | CCC	Colorado Craft Company Big and Bold Lemon Zest Dies Shop at: SSS | CCC	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ	Neenah 80LB Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ
Hero Arts Misti Mini Black Shop at: SSS | SC | HA	Mini Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ	Judikins Eclipse Art Masking Tape Shop at: SSS | AZ	Simon Says Stamp Masking Paper Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts Ink Pad Intens-ified Black Shop at: SSS | SC | HA	Copic Sketch Marker Y00 Barium Yellow Shop at: SSS | CCC | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker Y08 Acid Yellow Shop at: SSS | CCC | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker Y15 Cadmium Yellow Shop at: SSS | CCC | AZ
Copic Sketch Marker Y17 Golden Yellow Shop at: SSS | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker YR14 Caramel Shop at: SSS | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker YG03 Yellow Green Shop at: SSS | CCC | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker YG17 Grass Green Shop at: SSS | CCC | AZ
Copic Sketch Marker W1 Warm Gray Shop at: SSS | CCC | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker W3 Warm Gray Shop at: SSS | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker G94 Grayish Olive Shop at: SSS | CCC | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker G99 Olive Green Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker B29 Ultramarine Blue Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker E00 Skin White Shop at: SSS | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker C7 Cool Gray Shop at: SSS | CCC | AZ	Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ
Tonic Spring-cut Fine Tip Detail Scissors Shop at: SSS | AZ | TS	Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS | AZ | BL	Pretty Pink Posh Midnight Black Jewels Shop at: SSS | BL	Zig Glue Pen Fine Tip Shop at: SSS

Colorado Craft Company Big and Bold Lemon Zest Shop at: SSS | CCC	Colorado Craft Company Big and Bold Lemon Zest Dies Shop at: SSS | CCC	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ	Neenah 80LB Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ
Hero Arts Misti Mini Black Shop at: SSS | SC | HA	Mini Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ	Judikins Eclipse Art Masking Tape Shop at: SSS | AZ	Simon Says Stamp Masking Paper Shop at: SSS
Hero Arts Ink Pad Intens-ified Black Shop at: SSS | SC | HA	Copic Sketch Marker Y00 Barium Yellow Shop at: SSS | CCC | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker Y08 Acid Yellow Shop at: SSS | CCC | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker Y15 Cadmium Yellow Shop at: SSS | CCC | AZ
Copic Sketch Marker Y17 Golden Yellow Shop at: SSS | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker YR14 Caramel Shop at: SSS | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker YG03 Yellow Green Shop at: SSS | CCC | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker YG17 Grass Green Shop at: SSS | CCC | AZ
Copic Sketch Marker W1 Warm Gray Shop at: SSS | CCC | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker W3 Warm Gray Shop at: SSS | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker G94 Grayish Olive Shop at: SSS | CCC | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker G99 Olive Green Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker B29 Ultramarine Blue Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker E00 Skin White Shop at: SSS | AZ	Copic Sketch Marker C7 Cool Gray Shop at: SSS | CCC | AZ	Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ
Tonic Spring-cut Fine Tip Detail Scissors Shop at: SSS | AZ | TS	Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS | AZ | BL	Pretty Pink Posh Midnight Black Jewels Shop at: SSS | BL	Zig Glue Pen Fine Tip Shop at: SSS