I am so excited to be part of another wonderful Colorado Craft Company reveal today! Every time there’s a new release, I feel like I fall in love with these stamps a little more. Lots of talented folks are participating in this release blog hop today and I’m excited that one of you lovely people will have the chance to win a $25 gift card if you leave a comment at each stop! Link to all the blogs are at the end of this post.
For today’s card, I decided to marry my love for photography and painting. I used Daniel Smith watercolors, a medium I am still quite unfamiliar with, on Arches Cold Pressed watercolor paper to paint this image from the “Watch This” stamp set.
As usual, I used my favorite Gina K Warm Glow amalgam ink for stamping the image, Princeton Neptune Brushes for the watercoloring and Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils for some subtle shading in the nooks and crannies after the painting was done.
I also created my own envelope for this square 4.5×4.5 card using my handy envelope maker and used another dog image from the same stamp set (colored with a metallic gold pen) to bring it all together.
This time, I decided to stay away from giving this dog clothes, since I wanted to try coloring a more “realistic” painting…did I succeed?
Besides using my own photo from Cabo as a backdrop for this card, I also used “sand” texture from Liquitex to give this a little mixed media feel. I also loved using Dura-lar in place of acetate to mute out the photo in the back so the focus is on the dog. The Hang In There sentiment is from the citrus-berry cupcake stamp from Colorado Craft Company.
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List of all supplies used:
- Daniel Smith watercolors
- Arches Cold Pressed watercolor paper
- “Watch This” stamp set
- Gina K Warm Glow amalgam ink
- Princeton Neptune Brushes
- Water cup/ brush holder
- Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils
- We R Memory Keepers envelope maker
- Sakura metallic gold pen
- Sand texture from Liquitex
- Dura-lar film from Grafix
- Hang In There sentiment
- Embossing Ink
- Gold Embossing Powder
- Heat Gun
- Sizzix Sidekick die cut machine starter pack
- Glue
- Accent Opaque White Cardstock
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Since this is a giveaway blog hop, I trust you’re going to visit all these talented folks and leave them some encouraging comments:
BLOG HOPPERS
Colorado Craft Company- Adrienne Kennedy
Mansi Bhatia <<<<YOU ARE HERE>>>>
INSTAGRAMMERS:
Absolutely wonderful!
So amazing!
Wow, you are a true artist! Beautiful 😍
You re truly inspiring and creative…TFS
I love that you made the dog a Dalmatian!
Your scenes are amazing! Great video! Thanks for sharing!!!
Love the coloring of the dog and using a photo for the background- never would of thought to do that. So creative.
Love your work. My favorite set is coffee house.
Love that you made a dalmatian! I USED TO HAVE A LIVER SPOTTED! The kitty scratching at the door on Home Sweet Home is my favorite AND my real life! Lol
So cute! Love your water coloring
What an adorable dog! Thank you for the great tutorial.
I love your card! I’m really loving all the ways the dogs are colored too.
Loved the beach ball and the spotted dog!!
Oh my, a Dalmatian!!!! So cute! Love all of the color/shading on the card. My favorite set is Home Sweet Home!
I love how you changed the ball to a beachball! Watch This is my favorite set.
Thanks for sharing a new take on this great new stamp set. Wow….a doggie play day at the beach, Your creativity showed a new way to use this adorable set.
Love your scenes! I especially like the beach one with the colorful ball!
OK, THIS is fabulous! I love your little Dalmatian on the beach! Good work with your watercolor. It’s awesome!
Very creative!
Love it!
The fur on that dog is so textured looking. Phenomenal creation.
I love the square card and the watercolouring is gorgeous!
What a fun scene you have created with watercolors and the wonderful Dogs stamp set.
I love your creativity! The dog stamps are certainly my favorite.
I love your cards! Fantastic coloring!
Very cool!
Wow! What talent w the water coloring! Such a soft yet bold look!! I’m def going to have to try this watercolor set!! Thank u for sharing your talent and amazing designs!! Such inspiration! The dogs are just so fun!!! 💕🐾💕
Great card, I loved the beach ball. Thanks for sharing your card and envelope.
Love your dalmatian at the beach. How creative! More wonderful Anita Jeram stamps in the new release. I’m torn between Home Sweet Home and Coffee Time. I guess I have two favorites.
Love your use of mixed media! Can’t wait to make a purchase from this new Anita Jeram collection.
Wholley smokes! That was a fabulous card! Thank you!
Fabulous cards love the background
Beautiful scene for this adorable pup! Love your pretty watercoloring!
Home Sweet Home is my favorite new set!
Absolutely amazing!
Beautiful card. Great mixed media!
What a wonderful card. So very beautiful.
Great scene created. Nice project shares. My fave is the home set.
Beautiful job! You did well with your Daniel Smith watercolors! I love them, too!
I have always wanted to try using photos as a background but I am nervous about how to make it look cohesive.
Such a cute card.
Fabulous cards
OMGosh so fabulous! Love these
My favorite set is Home Sweet Home. Love your card. Beautiful job!
Beautiful card! I love the What This set – so cute.
I love that you made a beach scene with the bright colored ball. SO cute. The mice might be my favorite stamp set…
So beautiful. The dogs are so adorable!
Innovating I saw that Simon Says Stamp has 3 different watercolor cards with Daniel Smith colors (different colors per card) for 2.99, or 4.99 that looks like a great way to explore which colors you might like to try next! Oh, the cards which you may know about, have nubs of color you can rehydrate and use for your own cards. https://www.simonsaysstamp.com/search?currency=USD&q=daniel+smith+watercolor
Beautiful card. I love the bright ball against the black and white of the dog.
Love your take on this stamp set! That’s what I love about blog hops all of the individual designers take on using the stamps. I love all of the new sets by 3 C’s but my favorites are, Home Sweet Home, Hedgehog Day and Coffee House.
Watch This is my favorite….enjoyed your cards!
I love the beach ball! The dogs are my favorite stamps from this batch of Anita Jeram, though I haven’t seen any of hers I am not in love with!
I’m loving those adorable spots on that sweet dog!
Love your card! The use of a photo for the background and turning the ball into a beach ball and just the coloring of the dog is so WOW! Thank you for so many ideas.
Great card and so creative! I love how you used a photo for your background!
Your backgrounds are AMAZING! I Love the pup set! Great coloring!
Thanks for the video and the inspiration of how you made the background. Very creative.
Oh Mansi you nailed it! It makes my feel so wanting for our annual trip to the beach. It’s like it could be anyone of our gorgeous beaches here in Australia.❤️
I love dogs at the beach. What a wonderful scene you created. I love how you make the ball POP with color, and everything else is there but the Dog & Ball stand out.
Love how you have made the Dog & Ball POP by coloring the BALL in bright colors. My favorite set though is the HOME SWEET HOME set.
Love the beach scene – so well done !
Really cute card. I love the colors.
I love how you made the ball into a beach ball! Sweet!
How creative! I really like what you did. My favorite set is the Hedgehog Days set.
Beautiful background, it must have been a lovely trip! My friend had a dalmatian and that beachball would have lasted 5 minutes tops, a true wild child, tee hee. This was so fun to watch! Love the hedges and the doggo. Hang on there is a terrific sentiment for that big ball! Ya, Ms. Anita never gets old!
LOVE your creativity with this stamp set! A Dalmatian on a beach ball… genius!
My fave set are the crazy critters from the Coffee House set but this set is a close second!
Great colors! I love that you made the ball into a beach ball!
Wonderful card, the colouring and scene is beautiful.
Love the bright colors for the ball and the adorable dog.
What a cute card! This is one of my favorite sets of the new release.
All the sets are truly adorable and your card is wonderful.
So pretty!
Love your card as it reminds me of a Dalmatian we used to have but didn’t live near a beach. He would have loved that. But I think the coffee set is my fave.
oh that spotted dog is so adorable!
— Dalis
What a great idea to use that stamped image to create a beach scene. So much fun. Like the idea of using a photo for the background, too. Thanks so much for sharing!
The spotted pup is priceless and my fave stamp!
Love the Dalmation on the beach ball! It is so fun!
I just love your adorable little scenes!! I have a soft spot for dalmatian dogs so fell instantly in love with your black and white dog!!!! Thanks so much for the great inspiration! Stay safe! 🙂
I love your beach scene and that you made a dalmation! These sets in the release are so fun. I’m loving seeing what you are all making with them.
Your beach scene is terrific and I love how you made the dog look like a dalmation. That’s great!!! Another very fun release!!
Love the scene you created Mansi!!!
Fun card!
Very creative! The envelope is fabulous.
Wow!! I love that beach card! All of the details and texture looks amazing! You did an amazing job! Thank you for sharing!
Love how you gave the ball a
rainbow coloring. Great card.
thanks for sharing
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Creative mixing of your photograph and the stamps. Wonderful/.
This is so cool and I love how you used an actual photo for the background!!
Love the colorful card and envelope using Anita Jeram’s new release. Thank you for sharing.
So cute! I love beachy scenes.
The beach scene is my favorite, the dura-lar adds dreamy feel.
Anita Jeram is my very favorite illustrator so I am always excited for her new releases. You do her stamps proud and I know she would be pleased with your inspiring cards! A spotted dog–first I’ve seen him done that way and I love it!!! Thanks
Lovely coloring!
Your coloring is absolutely amazing!!
love your work – beautiful:)
I normally would pick the dogs but Mice making coffee with a French Press?? Oui Oui!
Super cute! I love your creative coloring, especially the spotted dog! Great job!!
Love your card Mansi! I love the spotted dog. Watch This is also my favorite set of the release. TFS.
I am so impressed with your style of watercoloring that I’ve bookmarked your video so that I can rewatch at my convenience. You went the extra mile adding spots to the dog and your work is so colorful and eye-catching. I look forward to seeing more of your creations in future blog hops.
Such cute cards! Love how you colored the dog on the ball!
Your work is do creative! I love how you “see” the stamps. I have two favorites in this release. Watch This and Coffee House.
Wow, just gorgeous. My new favorite set is Coffee House.
So adorable! My favorite set is Home Sweet Home
I’ve never seen the combined use of a photo and watercolor, mixed media on a card, but I may just be too sheltered. It’s wonderful and makes me think I should break somewhat from the status quo and tap into my core loves. My favorite set of this release is Home Sweet Home, but the Watch This! set will make it into my hands because I can see ways to combine the two. Thank you for sharing your creativity and giving me pause.
Really cute card – my new favourite set is Coffee House
Such a fun card, love that you turned the simple ball into an eye-catching beach ball!
You definitely achieved the look of a painting in your card!! It is just lovely. I need to try watercoloring.
Very clever idea!
Wonderful card! Thanks for sharing…
Love your mixed media card and envelope. What a brilliant idea to use a photo as the background, wow! I will have to try that idea. Thanks so much for inspiring me.
So creative. Love this card!!
Adorable! I enjoyed your video, and appreciated your commentary. Thank you for the inspiration.
Cute, cute, cute! Inspires me to create myself!
I like how you set the dog on a beach ball on the beach! Clever!
Love your cards. I love these stamps. I can’t decide if the Coffee House or Home Sweet Home is my favorite.
Thanks
Ang
Very artsy card with the combination of a photograph and a stamped and watercolored illustration. Love your watercoloring and your beautiful envelop for this card. Fabulous !
I LOVE how you combined the photo & the awesome coloring!
I absolutely love the fun in your voice! It sounds like you are enjoying yourself. That makes me so happy and ready to go right away to start painting! Thank you!
Beautiful card and the envelope to match is a wonderful idea!
Hi, Mansi – I believe this is the first I am visiting your site. Wow! I am hooked. You have such a great way of talking viewers through your work and a sensible approach about buying (I need to channel that!!). I adore this dog (my aunt had a dalmatian and now a good friend does – lovely dogs) and I enjoyed watching you paint. You gave me inspiration. I really appreciate your comments about DS watercolors since I do not own any of them and am intimidated to start with them.
Good luck with a vacation this year – I hope you can manage even a short getaway.
Lori S in PA
Very charming card. You really captured this pooch’s personality!
Fabulous, creative card! Loved watching you paint and hearing your process! Thanks for all the inspiration. This is my favorite stamp set, and it is again new in the hands of an amazing artist.
Love your water coloring. Great stamp sets! TFS
Beautiful card! Love the way you’ve colored with the DS paints, & the photo bkgrd turned out great. Can’t decide on my fav- the sweet doggies, or the coffee themed stamps. Love it all!
Adorable watercoloured scene with this sweet pup, and the envelope is so bright and happy.
Oh my gosh – delightful and creative. Thank you for inspiration!
A very fun beach scene with this cute pup and an amazing envelope to pair with it! Your beach side scene reminds me of a place in K-bay where we used to go to swim. 🙂 Couldn’t take our dog, but still a fun place. 🙂
This is so cute! I love the beach scene and the way you turned the big ball into a beach ball! Making the dog spotted was also clever. I wasn’t crazy about this dog until I saw your version. I like the dog balancing the ball on his nose. Thanks for sharing.
I absolutely love this dog stamp set and die. Your use of color really inspires me.
Love the black and white dog. Super cute
Love the scene you created for this cute dog.
Absolutely wonderful!