Hi there! Colorado Craft Company has a brand new Anita Jeram release available right now… and it’s so gosh darn cute!! We are celebrating all things adorable with a blog hop, so you should have arrived here from Nichol Spohr and your next stop is Amy Tsuruta. These darling new sets are perfect for people like me, who like the look of sweet little storybook critters, but are terrible at scene building. The new Happily Ever After stamp set has a variety of individual images that are already “laid out” for you, so no masking is required, or you can also use the beautiful (and huge!) wedding scene. Let’s get started with the details on my cute little wedding card!

I started by stamping the little mice sitting by the tree and the wedding cake from Happily Ever After on some Arches Cold Press watercolor paper using Hero Arts’s Contour Ink so that I could do some no-line watercoloring. I then watercolored the images using Schmincke watercolors. I just love the two little mice in this scene; they remind me of my biggest twinkies- waiting patiently for the cake to be cut, but keeping an eagle eye on things so that they don’t miss out!!

I added a pale blue halo around the topmost portion of the scene, allowing the blue sky to fade organically away by adding lots of water to my brush and pulling the color out. One of the things that I love most about watercolor is that you can be super detailed and specific, or you can make just the merest suggestion of a shape, a color, a shadow… and the brain will supply the intended effect. (Usually-ha!) I used a flicking motion to add grass to the bottom of my scene, allowing various intensities of color and going over the same spots I’d already painted a few times as they dried to make the grass look fuller.

Once everything had dried, I heat embossed a greeting from Happily Ever After using Altenew’s Obsidian Black and clear embossing powder. The crisp black with the clear embossing powder helps the sentiment really pop over the soft watercoloring.
Well, that’s all for my project today! To celebrate this latest release, Colorado Craft Company has some fun giveaways:
Colorado Craft Company is giving away one of each of the new stamp sets. In order to be eligible for the giveaway, leave a comment on each blog. The comments will be open until midnight Eastern time on the 16th and winners will be announced by us on the 17th on the Colorado Craft Company blog.
*****(If you can’t find the comment box on my post, click on the title of the blog post, then scroll down to the end of the post, where you should see a comment form.)*****
That’s all for my post today! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy hopping! Here’s the full hop lineup:
Colorado Craft Company- Adrienne Kennedy
Jenn Gross
Bibi Cameron
Jennifer Kotas
Kelly Griglione
Angelica Conrad
Daniel West
Caly Person
Sandy Allnock
Mansi Bhatia
Kassi Hulet
Erin Thompson
Melissa Andrew
Donna Hitz
Nichol Spohr
Emily Midgett
Amy Tsuruta

I recently “found” these stamps. And I love them. Can’t wait to get some of these new ones.
Your watercolor cards are so pretty!
great release. thanks as always for sharing.
Beautiful water coloring,
Gorgeous! I love the watercolored background!
Love these cards
So cute. I love the watercolors.
Your card is beautiful! The coloring is awesome! Thanks for sharing!!!
This is a sweet card. Love the water coloring
Beautiful water coloring!! Your card is absolutely stunning! Thank you for the inspiration.
A beautiful watercolor card. Sweet little wedding scene, this would really be a gift!
I love your sweet little watercolour scene Emily! So pretty and lots of fun for a Wedding card!! Thanks so much for the great inspiration! Stay safe! 🙂
What a lovely watercolored scene!!!
Such a delightful card! Such a fun new release! tfs-stay well.
Emily, it’s just the sweetest! Fabulous no-line water coloring, my friend! and I’ve just now noticed the two little cake-topper mice!
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I like how you watercolored the mousie scene. I think that the wedding stamps might be my favorites from this release. They are so varied and ADORABLE. But I love them all. Really. So it’s hard to choose…..
Adorable card! I love how you used two stamp sets to create this card.
Such a sweet little scene!
Very pretty coloring, Emily. How could anyone not love (and want) the wedding scene images from Anita?
Love how you made it look like watercolors.
Love the water colors! Nice! Love all of the new relase
Great new release. love these mice together…beautiful card…
Emily, you are so creative. Love the scene you’ve created.
This card is totally awesome!!!!
Thinking of the bride and groom that would open this card. Such joy it would bring.
I remember being somewhere when I was young & there was a bench just like this built around a tree. I’m hoping it wasn’t a tree that was still going to grow in girth. It’s a bit of an old fashioned scene & I like that you’ve used it with the table & the wedding cake with those two very tiny mouse figurines on top. How cute it is!
Absolutely stunning and adorable, too.
Beautiful coloring. Thanks for sharing.
Such a cute scene and I love the coloring. Fabulous.
Sweetest set and I love your watercolor magic. The mice are too adorable!
Your water coloring is wonderful! I’ve been trying to dabble with using watercolors for my crafting as well. I have a long way to go. Thanks you for the inspiration.
Pretty card!
Cute wedding card. Love the
couple sitting together on the bench.
thanks for sharing
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Gorgeous cards, love the colouring
Adorable card I love the watercoloring!
Gorgeous card – love the coloring! Thank you for sharing.
Darling image and beautiful watercoloring! I love your sweet card!
Very, very cute!
Love the texture you were able to achieve for this card. The grass looks as if I could run my fingers over it. Also like the use of the two stamps together. Unique interpretation and it makes me smile 😊
Lovely and charming card that is a work of art! This is a wonderful new release.
Dear Emily – Thanks for being part of the hop! I love the colors you chose for this card. It pops! Love this whole collection!
Lori S in PA
So beautiful, Emily. Warm hugs!
Such beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing.
What a darling card!
Happily Ever After is such a cute set!
Love your adorable wedding card! Amazing coloring…
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for telling us where the comment box was. Whew! I would have looked all over.
Love your beautifully watercolored card. I’d take that as a prize.
beautiful water coloring and such an adorable scene
Love this release and your water coloring!
So cute!! I just love how bright and cheery the card is. AJ stamps are so freakin’ cute!! I just love them.
Wow, what fabulous cards you have created. Love them all!
Beautiful watercoloring! Thanks for sharing!
A wonderful release and gorgeous card!
Love the card. Great release
Hi Emily! I love your card. I especially like the rich cheerful colors in your images. I love all the images in this release, but Happily Ever After is my favorite. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
So sweet. I always wanted a seat like that in my backyard. Now I want it to look just like this. Pretty coloring
Just the cutest little image, I love your no line watercolring!
Your card is so charming! You really know how to use color.
Darling! Beautifully colored
Such a pretty card! All of your colors work so well together to make a very vibrant card.
Great, adorable new release! Love your bright and cheerful card – can’t help but smile, Thanks!
Fabulous release and fabulous card. Thanks.
Nice color share.
This card is adorable, Emily. Like you, I love the “story line” impressions found in Anita Jeram’s art. By using just a couple of the features of the set, you still set the story firmly at a wedding! (Do you think any of the foxes from my favorite, A Fox’s Life, were invited?😊)
Love your colors and approach! Thanks for sharing!
So sweet and love your coloring.
Your card is so very sweet. I am glad I recently found you thru this company. You have a great style of color and design!
Beautiful water coloring and charming cards that anyone would love!
Beautiful watercolor card, so sweet. Thank you for sharing this card.
Sweet card design!
wow, absolutely stunning!