Good morning! Free Shipping Days have just started over at Colorado Craft Company and it’s a great time to pick up the fantastic new Christmas in July release!! I’ll be sharing some inspiration using the release today and tomorrow and I highly encourage you to check it out! Also, Colorado Craft Company will be giving away the FULL release bundle to one lucky winner! To enter you MUST shop through an affiliate link! If my cards inspire you I’d be very grateful if you’d consider shopping through my link. You can shop via my link HERE! Thank you! And there’s another giveaway opportunity to check out at the bottom of my post!
I have to say, when I saw the adorable Christmas Hats set I just knew I’d have to attempt to color them like my crazy furry duo, Gambit and Havok. I stamped the two images with copic-friendly ink, masked them off and blended my background. I used chipped sapphire, pine needles, and salvaged patina distress oxide ink for my blend and I like the slightly non-traditional holiday feel it gives my card! It also pairs really nicely with Christmas red!
I removed the masks and colored the images with copic markers. I used toner grays for the ground and neutral grays for the dog and cat to give them a little contrast. Once I was done coloring and the background was completely dry I stamped the sentiment from Holiday Quick Cards onto the panel and heat-embossed it with gold glitter embossing powder. Finally I added a little nuvo crystal glaze to the dog’s nose and the pom poms and sprinkled the pom poms with glitter to finish the card!
In case you haven’t seen my furry duo, here’s the inspiration for my card:
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Wonderful card and love how it matches your pets! Thank you for sharing.
Perfection❤️ And so stinkin’ cute👍🏻
I love your card and your pets. My favorite set this release is the Christmas hats set. Sooo cute.
Oh my gosh, your card is adorable. Your coloring is great, looks just like your sweet fur babies
So, so cute!
Thank you for sharing your techniques for these cards. I love your adorable pup and kitty on your post picture. I am looking forward to your next card. Have a great day.
Love your cards, and the inspiration! They are perfect!
What a fun Christmas card – your coloring is amazing!
I am always awed by your ink blending – pure art!!
So cute! I am going to be borrowing your blending colors. Love that combo!
I love your sweet pets! Your blue blended background is amazing! Love the gold sentiment!
Love those sweet pups on your card
Simple, but soooo very sweet for all pet lovers! Love your background blending.
A great card for animal lovers! I must confess though that my favorite set is the sweaters set!
Such pretty cards. Getting inspirational for my cards.
Wonderful dog for Christmas. I have 2 dogs. Wonderful cat for Chrismas. Daughter has a cat. She moved into a new apt and I have been helping her move and playing with the cat each day.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Fabulous card! Your critters are so lively (and your pup inspiration is adorable). I love how you colored your critters and your bright blue background.
Loving the cards.
Awwwwwe. That’s your pup. A.dor.a.ble!
Eeek!! This card is so adorable and how fun that you were inspired by your own furry duo. LOVE IT!
Cute!!!😍
The colors are great and really highlight the cute critters.
they were adorable and then i saw the photo – now they are double adorable. great job
Love the inspiration for your card!
Your fur kids are so cute, what kind of dog do you have?
Thanks for sharing, and for sharing a pic. of the two of them!
What an amazing card. Love the cute scene you have created.