Copic Get Well Car Card

I've had this stamp for awhile. When a friend ended up with a broken leg, I decided it was time to make an upbeat get well card. This is it. I got the layout idea from Jeanne Streiff's card in the January 2012 CardMaker Magazine. I used the following Copic markers: BG0000, C1, C2, C3, C5, C7, RV25, RV29, YR07. I used the larger "Henry" card from the SparkleNSprinkle Stamp Set 251. The card is 4.25" x 5.5". I used Cream and Red 8.5" x 11" Recollections Cardstock for my card base and mats. The striped paper was from some discontinued Close To My Heart product. I stamped the image on Copic cardstock and I inked the base and image paper with Ranger Vintage Photo Distress Ink .

Vintage Santa

Tonight I got to do a project for fun -- the challenge: create a Vintage card. I used a Closet To My Heart Father Christmas Card (CTMH D1449). I used a 4" Nestibilities Scalloped Circle to frame my Santa and a Cricut Art Philosphy 4 1/4" doily behind my design. My sentiment came from Sparkle & Sprinkle's Playful Pengies stamp set (#438). Of course, I used Copic Markers to color Father Christmas:

FACE:

* E00 Skin White

* E02 Fruit Pink

* RV21 Light Pink

EYES:

* B32 Pale Blue

* B37 Antwerp Blue

HOLLY

* YG63 Pea Great

* YG 67 Moss

* R27 Cadmium Red

* $29 Lipstick Red

* Spica 0 Clear

SUIT

* R29 Lipstick Red

* R35 Coral

* C5 Cool Gray 5

CHRISTMAS BALLS

* G02  Spectrum Green

* G05 Emerald Green

* Spica 11 Gold

* Spica 12 Silver

I also used Spica Lipstick Red on the sentiment hat and Sparkle&Sprinkle's Snow White Flocking (FL101). I also used Ranger's Vintage Photo Distress Ink for edging the card.

Color Me Christmas

While searching the stamp aisles, I couldn't seem to find a Christmas floral stamp to use for my latest Copic adventure. Then a thought entered my head! Why not showcase colors and sentiments to create a flavor of Christmas. So that's what I did. I'll admit that when my Michaels Rehoboth manager picked out this Inkdadinkado stamp set for  my Copics class/demo, I wasn't crazy about it. Then I started blending and it made all the difference! I used the following Copic markers on this set:

• R22 Light Prawn
• R24 Prawn
• R29 Lipstick Red
• YG 03 Yellow Green
• YG 67 Moss

My stamp set is Inkdadinkdo 60-30057 Floral Expressions and my card is made with Recollections Kraft Paper Cardstock. The red polka dot paper and green polka dot ribbon are from my stash.

 
 



Copic Whimsies

I thoroughly enjoyed teaching my first Copic class at Michaels last month and I am looking forward to the next session. As I develop new project, I find myself drifting away from my original concept of Lessons 1-2-3-4 etc and moving towards titling by type. I suppose I could have called cute little cards bugsies, but since I don't like insects that much, whimsicals or "whimsies" suits me a bit better. I try to focus on three techniques in each workshop. In this case my targets are Palette Blending, Colorless Blender Techniques and of course basic blending. The . There is sufficent coloring space to practice in and they are totally cute even to a non-bug-lover like me. I also decided to use one layout to create three different "looks". Here are the additonal products I used to make these cards:

COPICS:

• Colorless Blender
• B05 Process Blue
• BG18 Teal Blue
• E37 Sepia
• YR00 Powder Pink

SUPPLIES:

• Naval Orange Bazzill Stock Cardstock
• Navy Blue Cardstock
• Recollections Pastel Printed Cardstock, 8 ½” x 11"
• Recollections Foam Adhesive Circles, ½”
• Recollections Iridescent Adhesive Rhinestones
• Alcohol-free Baby Wipes
• Adhesive

TOOLS:

• Recollections “Don’t Bug Me” Clear Stamps
• StazOn Teal Blue Solvent Ink Pad\
• Potter’s Clay Memento Ink (Dew Drop Collection)
• Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
• Recollections “XXX” Border Punch Item
• Martha Stewart Button Punch
• Scoring Board and Bone Folder

A Bit of Vintage: The Times of My Life

Fashion may call it "vintage", but I call it my history. Last week I completed a two-page layout using Graphic 45 Communique and Romantique papers which revisits our most unusual wedding day. At the time, I was more focused on the marriage than the wedding. I prepared this page from an historical perspective (36 years after the event). My title is a "Memories" stamp from Heartfelt Creations that I received as part of class I took at CKC Valley Forge in August. I colored the flowers in the stamp with Copic markers. This layout is one of about 12 in a scrapbook I'm building titled The Times of My Life.

Change of Plans

I am totally excited about my Copic Class at Clare's. After conducting a customer poll, we discovered that a Copic card class would be a bit more appealing than a scrapbooking one, so we're doing two cards with four images. I changed up the colors so my students would have some greens for their Christmas card-projects between now and holidays' end. I used two colors one one card -- G21 Lime Green and G24 Willow on this card and B93 Green Gray and RV21 Light Pink on the other. I also took advantage of Michael's big sale last week and purchased 24 sheetsof K&Company's Addison Collage paper for about 16 cents a piece. As with the my scrapbook page project, I'm using flowers from Sparkle N Sprinkle's Blossoms Stamp Set #429. My black-glittered buttons are from Recollections which I purchased from Michaels. My class at Clare's Keepsakes is October 12 at 1 PM. The $25 fee includes everything but the markers, adhesives, and cardmaking tools. The kit contents are cut and loaded with everything but the directions. How exciting is that?

Clare's Copic Classes -- Sneak Peek

I had a wonderful time meeting with Clare at Clare's Keepsakes and Scrapbooking Cove in Bethany Beach, Delaware several weeks ago. I will be teaching scrapbooking and Copic classes there in October. I'm really excited about the Copic project because I'll be incorporating the art into scrapbook page designs. I decided that 8"x8" scrapbook pages will work well for our Copic-centered projects. I structure my classes to introduce about four new colors every month. This allows my students to gradually add to their Copic collection In this project I used YR02, R12, R14, and BG05 to color two flowers from Sparkle N Sprinkle's Blossoms Stamp Set #429. I built the pages with discontinued Close to My Heart (CTMH) papers and two CTMH Cardstock Papers -- Pacifica and Cocoa. I used my Plantin Schoolbook alphabet (1 1/4 ") to cut out "PATHS" from Recollections Cream cardstock. I took the photo the day I received my new Canon Rebel, a digital SLR. My friend, Melissa, says I should call this the "calm before the storm" because I took the shot shortly before Hurricane Irene dumped on Delaware. My first Copic class at Clare's is scheduled for Wednesday, October 12 at 1 PM.