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Introducing a New Line over at Colorado Craft Company (+GIVEAWAYS!)

10 Feb

Good morning!  I’m so excited to be hopping along to celebrate the newest line from Colorado Craft Company!  Kris Lauren with Pretty Little Lines is the newest artist for Colorado Craft Company and she has some of the cutest designs! I fell hard for the napping mouse in This is the Life Toadstool and that’s what I used today!

This is the Life Toadstool by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Colorado Craft Company

I started by blending a background of Tattered Rose, Festive Berries, Aged Mahogany, and Black Soot distress oxide ink on a panel of heavystock cardstock.  I let it dry completely and then stamped the grass and sentiment from This is the Life Toadstool with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder.

This is the Life Toadstool by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Colorado Craft Company

Next I stamped the mouse, mushroom, and ladybug with versafine and heat-embossed them with clear embossing powder. I colored them with copic markers and then die-cut them with the coordinating dies.  I used the following colors:

  • Mouse: R0000, R00, R02, T0, T2, T4, T6
  • Mushroom: E40, E70, E71, E74, E77, R35, R37, R39, R89
  • Ladybug: R35, R37, R39

I adhered the images to my blended background with foam mounting tape and then added a few white gel pen accents.  Finally I added a little nuvo crystal glaze to the ladybug and the white spots of the mushroom for a little extra shine!  And that’s it!

Be sure to check out the full release from Colorado Craft Company and I’d love to know your favorite! Thanks so much for stopping by and have an amazing day!

To celebrate the release, each designer on the hop is giving away a $25 gift card to Colorado Craft Company! To enter leave a comment here and/or on my corresponding instagram post for a chance to win!  Comments must be left before 11:59 PM MT on February 14th, 2022 and the winners will be announced on February 16th!  

You should have arrived from Jennifer and Kassi is your next stop!  Good luck and happy hopping!

Interested in the products I used?  To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!

This is the Life Toadstool stamps
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This is the Life Toadstool dies
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Comments

  1. Laurie Fowler says

    February 13, 2022 at 10:02 pm

    All I can say is ADORABLE!

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  2. ann Ito says

    February 13, 2022 at 10:37 pm

    Love your card and the background is fabulous!

    Reply
  3. Marsha Freer says

    February 13, 2022 at 11:30 pm

    Love your blended background, Jessica…and that mouse is just darling!

    Reply
  4. Scraporcraft says

    February 14, 2022 at 3:15 am

    Nice card share. I like the ground created for the scene.

    Reply
  5. Sandra Baggarly says

    February 14, 2022 at 8:07 am

    Love your red background! Gorgeous card.

    Reply
  6. Tara Prince says

    February 8, 2023 at 10:13 am

    so adorable

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