Hi friends! I am happy to be helping my friends over at Colorado Craft Company share their new Anita Jeram release for March 2022. This release is full of the darling little critters that we love, and as I was creating my project, I kept thinking how utterly relatable all of these little scenes are. They don’t just show a cute critter up to some silly antics, but rather they are little vignettes of real life-whether that’s parenthood, kiddos, holidays, friends, marriage… The scene that I watercolored for today’s card comes from the new Family Love stamp set. My husband and I have two sets of twins, ages 8 and almost 2, and while we don’t have quite as many kiddos as the family seated on the couch, sometimes it really feels like that with all of them crawling all over us haha! Let’s get started with the details.
I began by stamping the main image from Family Love onto some watercolor paper using black pigment ink, to which I added clear embossing powder and heat set to make the lines super crisp and stark. I used my Holbein watercolors to add blues, purple, and gray to the couch and critters, creating a dark background so that the light gray mice could pop with minimal shading necessary. I die cut the finished image using the coordinating die.
Next, I wanted to create a kind of “wallpaper” in the background, so I began with a panel of medium blue cardstock, then lightly blended some darker blue ink in the center. Over the top of the ink blending, I placed a botanical stencil and added a subtle touch of tone-on-tone blending to create a bit of interest to the background.
I stamped the greeting from Family Love onto another rectangle of the same blue cardstock used for the card base and heat embossed the greeting using black pigment ink and clear embossing powder. I popped both the image and the sentiment up using foam adhesive. I love how you don’t have to do a ton of stamping to create a sweet little scene-the Anita Jeram stamps do most of the stamping work for you!
Well, that’s all for my project today! To celebrate their newest Anita Jeram release for March 2022, Colorado Craft Company is giving away one stamp set to commenters on each stop on the blog hop. Simply leave a comment on this post by midnight on 3/31/2022 to be entered to win! You can stop by the Colorado Craft Company blog for more information on the hop.
Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!
OMG! These mice are sooo cute! I love your colors and coloring!
Your coloring of the cute mice family really pops!
All those blues make the happiness of the mouse family pop!
This is so adorable Emily! I love wallpaper background too. Anita Jeram critters are the cutest and I always look forward to when CCC has a new release.
Love the colours and the wallpaper.
Love the use of the blues
Such a sweet scene. I love your color combination.
Love the use of a background stamp for the wal paper here
This card is absolutely amazing! The use of the grey, purple and blues is so unique. Thanks for the inspiration.
Love the colors! Very different.
Love the blue background, as it makes your scene pop! Thanks for sharing your card, and the chance to win.
The blues are amazing. Thanks for the details. Such a clever saying, too.
Tish Rowe
Fabulous background and really sweet card, Emily. Love that stamp set, too.
Beautiful card! I love the blues❤️ What a great release. Thanks for sharing!
Love it!
Oh my this is so dang cute.
Really like how you made the wallpaper background for the scene. So cute!
The mice are adorable: your coloring is fabulous.
Fun card. Everybody is cozy and
doing their thing. thanks for sharing
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Super cute card. Reminds me of my daughter’s house. She only has 2 kids but sounds like 5! Love Anita’s images.
So eye-catching!
Yes, “A Whole Lot of Love”. Love the sentiment, love your card.
Awesome designs….great background
Absolutely love the colors you choose
Love that family of mice, probably living in my garage somewhere. Cute color take.
Really nice coloring on this card Emily; I really like the blue with the white mice, and the wallpaper is really a nice detail. The purple pillows really pop too. Very nice. Thank you so much for sharing.
Oh too pretty! Love
the stamp, colors and
the background.
Carla from Arizona
Love the blues and wallpaper effect! Awesome card!
This is so cute! I love all the gorgeous blues!
I love the colors you chose for this sweet card! I am a big Anita Jeram fan! I look forward to her new releases! Thank you
I love the Anita Jerum characters. Your card is darling.
I love the colors you chose. Right down to the yellow pop of the couch legs. Too cute! Thanks for sharing.
Super cute card, Emily! I love the way you shaded the mice so that they still appear to be white, but have great depth and dimension. Very nice photography as well.
Adorable card! Love the cute mice and the colors are amazing…
Thanks for sharing.
Love all the blues on this card! Very well done. I love the new release from CCC, The new Anita Jeram stamps are my favorite
Using tone on tone for the sofa and background really makes the mice stand out. Love it.
Beautiful cards and coloring! I love how the focal point of the mice just pops out.
Cute scene in shades of blue with a pop of purple.
Now that’s a mouse family I would love to have jump on my couch! They are so adorable. Love the coloring – the card is so much fun! Thank you for sharing!!
The blues and purple are just beautiful together and loved that you added the stenciling to the background.
Emily, I love all of the blue….it makes me feel happy!
Fantabulous blue based card! How sweet and adorable these new stamp images are! I cannot wait to get my hands on my own set!
What a beautiful card! I love the blues and purples!
This is such an adorable card Emily. I love the beautiful background. Another super release. Thanks so much for your great inspiration 😊
So cute. Love your card. Those mice are like everywhere on that couch. I just keep seeing more.
This is so BLUEtiful!!😜😂I LOVE IT!… And then, there’s that pop of purple. The backgd looks like coll wallpaper. Wonderful job.
Love how “true to life” your card is with your wonderfully large family! Great design as always!
Love your color combo on this adorable scene! Such a cute image!
Wonderful card! Love the blue!
Fabulous color choice!
So pretty!
Fantastic coloring choice. blue on blue is so-good.
Such a fun new set by Anita! And your coloring is always impeccable. Such a cute card!
This is ADORABLE! What a fun set!
Love the blues and purples, they really set off the mice nicely. And that background is fabulous!
Love the blue/purple colours, Emily. So cute! I love the way you’ve used these cute sets. Thanks for the great inspiration. Have a happy day. Lori xx
Ok…this set and your card are too adorable to mention!
Love these colors! Dark blues are my absolute fave.
Very pretty. I like the blue color. Delightful card! Fantastic new release.
I would describe this as Joyful Noise. Imagine having 9 little ones.
Love the colors you used for the stamp and the mice family are so cute!
so adorable, love it!
How cute the limited palate is. Such adorable rodents, too!
So cute! These little mice are so adorable … I wouldn’t mind if they jumped all over my couch. The coloring is perfect – thank you for sharing your project
Ohh this is so cute and I love that blue!!!
Beautiful card! I love this family image, and loving sentiment. Cool coloring.
Love all the blue and the beautiful background!
I love this new release!!
This is so cute!
Love the card. Good tip on heat embossing the stamp lines for a crisp line.
Love that you made the image the focal point!
Love your adorable card
this is just adorable – thanks for sharing
Hi Emily, I LOVE Blue. This is the first time I have seen your blog and I will be coming back. I am happy to fine someone who likes to use water colors and colored pencils. Your Family Love cards is so nice. I would have never thought to use so much blue, but it beautiful. I love the purple cushions on the couch. I am looking forward to your next card.
Love the blue blue card. Love the background. Love all the mice all over the couch.
So adorable! <3 love these!
What a darling scene ! As a blue lover, I love your choice of colour and the fact you use it for the whole card. BTW your background is stunning. Thanks so much for the beautiful inspiration and for the chance to win.
Love how you made the mice “pop” and the added stencil detail in the background, beautiful!
I really like your card Emily. We only had 2 children a little under 3 years apart. The 2 of them could act like 4 or 6 children on any given day! “Sit still” doesn’t mean very much when they’re at the active age.
wow, amazing ideas with the colours!
Nice project share. I like the limited color use.
Love the shade of blue with this sweet image.
Wow! This is sooo beautiful! Adorable image! I love the blue and gorgeous background!
Sooo beautiful! Adorable image! Gorgeous background!
I love what you did w the background here! It really makes the main image stand out!