SCS - QFTD119

This card is for the Queen for the Day 119 challenge at SCS!  The QFTD this week is Mary - (stampercamper).  I CASEd one of her lovely cards - kept the layout and butterfly theme, but changed the colors and sentiment.

Thanks for looking!

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  Welcome Poppies by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.
Paper:  MFP Sunrise Orange CS; MFP Scrambled Eggs CS
Ink:  Tuxedo Black
Accessories:  CL Butterfly; EF Border punch

Thanks for stopping by - later gator!

MFP's Tutorial Time on SpeedyTV - Positive/Negative Masking - Lagene Sands

Today is Friday, June 29th and time for Tutorial Time on SpeedyTV.  This week, one of the designers for Tutorial Time on SpeedyTV, Lagene Sands, is going to show us Masking Using Positive Negative.  This was a really interesting and fun tutorial that Lagene set out for us to use to make a card!  Hop over to SpeedyTV and click on the Tutorial Time Challenges tab and check out this wonderful tutorial!  And, if you enter your card - you are eligible to win an awesome prize!

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  Dogwood Blossoms by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.
Paper:  MFP White Premium Heavy 140 lb. CS; MFP Bubble Gum CS
Ink:  Copics: R85, 83, 81;  YG07, 05, 03 and E37; Daffodil Delight; Marigold; Pretty in Pink; Blushing Bride
Accessories:  Versamark; Gold Embossing Powder; Heat Gun; Spellbinder's Labels 20 dies

Thanks for stopping by - I appreciate your visit!  Later gator!

CCEE 1226 Challenge - 06-28-2012

This is my final challenge for the month of June over at CCEE.  Be sure and check back next Thursday for one of our other DT members who will be handling the July challenges!   For this last challenge, I suggested we make a tag or a card with a tag.  Why don't you make your card and join us over at CCEE and link it up for everyone to enjoy!  We'd love to have you join us!

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  A Beautiful Day by Verses Rubber stamps
Paper:  Breezy Blue CS at Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.
Ink: Soft Suede
Accessories:  Blue Ribbon from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.; CL Fanciful Flourish; Generic Tag

We hope to see you over at CCEE this week and be sure and check out the beautiful cards/projects from our very talented DT!!

Big Bear! BIg Bear!

For any of you that have ever seen the movie The Great Outdoors starring John Candy, Dan Akroyd - there was a scene where John Candy was running through the woods being chased by a big bear.  He makes it to the cabin, enters and slams the door.  Totally out of breath he says, "Big bear, big bear!" And, lo and behold, the door is pushed off the hinges on top of John Candy and the bear starts bouncing up and down on the door (on top of John Candy).  This is one of the funniest movies ever! 

This card is for the SCS TSC0629 challenge to make a masculine card with wildlife.

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  North American Woods by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.
Paper:  MFP Deepest Mahogany CS; MFP Hazelnut Tan CS; MFP White Premium Heavy 140 lb. CS
Ink:  Soft Suede
Accessories:  Sizzix EF; Scissors and Pop Dots

Thanks for stopping by - later gator!

Speedy Fox Beginner Copics Tutorial - 06-26-2012

SPEEDY FOX - BEGINNER COPICS TUTORIAL

Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Kathy Bradley

HERE IS THE LINK TO SPEEDY TV WHERE MY TUTORIAL IS FEATURED.  BE SURE TO CLICK ON THE BLUE LINK AND IT WILL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO MY TUTORIAL!  THANKS!!

          Let me begin by saying – I am not an expert with Copics by any stretch of the imagination.  I have been using Copics for a couple of years and still have much to learn.

           Copics are alcohol based markers and the two basic types of Copics are Sketch and Ciao.  I prefer the Sketch – mainly because it feels better in my hand.  You never have to throw out a Copic – you can buy a refill and also buy new nibs if necessary.  The Sketch Copic has two usable ends – the brush nib and the chisel nib.   The brush tip is what is used for coloring images. 

          The letters/numbers on a Copic marker give you needed information to be enable you to blend your colors:  For example: let’s take the Copic YG05.  The YG is from the yellow/green color family; when you match the first number “0” it will keep the tones on the same level; and the last number “5” lets you know how light or the dark the shade is.  For my coloring sample, I used R27, 24 and 22 – which gives enough variation for blending.  You should always try to keep 2-3 numbers between your Copic colors.  As another example, my leaves for my project will be colored with YG 25, 23 and 21.  Remembering this will help you purchase your Copics.  If you randomly pick B04, B18 and B99 which are lovely colors, however, they won’t blend – because as you can see the B is for the blue family, but the middle number for the tones and the last number which reflect how light or dark they are – just won’t blend properly.  When purchasing your Copics, select colors you know you’ll constantly utilize and remember to purchase them in their blending groups.

 
          Again, there is a lot of information about Copics from different sources on coloring, but just remember – it’s what works best for you.  I’ve seen many tutorials that teach Copic coloring – using your lightest color first and adding the darker colors – and that’s fine if it works for you.  However, I found that laying down my darkest color first and going backwards to the lightest works best for me – that doesn’t mean it’s the “right or proper way” – it just means it works best for me. 

          Two more things before the tutorial – when you are pulling colors and blending – a light touch (almost like a sweeping upward motion) works best when blending.  Using a heavy touch only puts more ink down and will not blend your colors.  Secondly, the type of paper you use is important.  I have tried every type of card stock on the market and what works best for me is Premium Heavy White 140 lb. card stock from Mark’s Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.  I’m not saying that because I am on two design teams for Mark’s Finest Papers, a HeinrichCo., I’m saying it because it lets me blend my colors perfectly.  I don’t have any bleeding between colors on the surface of my image.  Again, you will have to find the paper that works best for you – but, remember - a good paper is important.

 

          Okay, let’s get started! 

           I chose an easy image to color from a stamp set called Love Remains by Mark’s Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.:

     Tools for Coloring

Image is from Love Remains stamp set by Mark’s Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Stamped image to be colored

First and darkest color to go down – R27.  Only color small portions of your image at a time because if you lay too much color down – it will dry before you can get the next color down to blend.

The next color is R24 – I lay it down and pull some of the R27 up into it to blend it out a bit.

Now our final red color – R22.  Lay it down and I gently pull some color up from the bottom to the top to blend it out.  Next, we’ll go onto more petals.

I lay down R27 again into a few new areas – remember to not color too much of the image at once – or the color will dry.  The key to blending is that the colors are wet and blend easily.

 As you can see, the process is ongoing – now it’s R24 again – sweeping color from R27 up into R24 – not too much – you want to see the blend.

Okay, now we are back to R22, pulling from R27 and 24 so it blends out.

We continue the same process throughout the rose bud until it’s completely colored and blended.  R27 at the top of the bud.

R24 pulling a bit of R27 up into R24.

Now the final portion of the bud.  I want it just a little lighter, so I am going to take the final petal of the bud and put down R24 and not R27.

 You can see that on the final petal – R24 at the base of that petal is not as dark as the base of the other petals where I used R27.

Okay, I've put down R22 pulling up from R24 (softly) and not putting down too much color - so that it all blends.  Remember, when it dries - it will lighten a bit.

This is the final bud colored – now we’ll move onto the leaves.

 Now I’m laying down the darkest color YG25.  Leaves are usually different colors – so, we’ll try to make it look like a real leaf.

Our next color is YG23 – lay it down and pull some YG25 up to blend out the two colors.

Our last shade for the leaves is YG21 – lay it down – and pull up from the other colors to blend it out – remember light sweeping upward motions.  [Note:  I hold my Copic almost on its side when I’m coloring – so I get that light sweeping motion].

 Now we’ll start our next leaf.  Again, I want this leaf a bit lighter than the other, so I’m starting with YG23 instead of YG25.  Lay down the color.

YG21 – lay it down and pull up from YG23 – lightly blending.  If you pull too much color from the other color(s) – you won’t see any difference in the colors you’ve attempted to blend out.

Okay, my finished image.  As I said, I am the farthest thing from an expert, but I thought I’d share what I know.  I struggled in the beginning – trying the technique of light Copics to dark Copics first – it didn’t work for me, so I use my darkest colors to my lightest colors – and that does work for me.  But you will just need to experiment and figure out what does works best for you and your Copics.

This is my completed card.  I just cut my image panel to fit over the red panel.  I selected an embossing folder and ran it through my Grand Calibur and then popped it on the red card, added a little red ribbon and a small sentiment from the set stamped down in the corner.

          I hope you didn’t get too bored with the step by step – which is why I picked a small image to color.  I hope you beginners might have learned a little bit and that you’ll keep going and enjoy your Copic coloring. 

Thanks for checking this out!!

There's Magic in the Air challenge 06-25-2012

Geez, the last 2 weeks have flown by - as it's time for another challenge at There's Magic in the Air (every 2 weeks)!  This week, CarrollAnn, one of our DT members, has given us the challenge to make an invitation to a party, dinner, luncheon - whatever!  I have chosen to use Beached Boat by Paper Cupcakes.  Check out the wonderful images at Paper Cupcakes!  So, how about joining the very talented DT and link up your cards - you might win a prize.

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  Beached Boat Digi - Paper Cupcakes
Paper:  Simple Stories Documented DP; Chocolate Chip CS
Ink: Copics:  Boat: 427, 24, 22; Wood: E25, 23, 21; Grass: YG95, 93, 91; Bucket:  N1, 0; Gull: N0; Rope YR24 and Holtz Weathered Wood Distress Ink and Tea Dye Distress Ink
Accessories:  Hemp Twine (knotted); Paper Distresser

Thanks for stopping by - later gator!

Squigglefly Challenge - Rhonda's Rowdy Rascals - Pink Bow and/or Button

It's Monday and time for a new challenge at Squigglefly - this week given by Rhonda's Rowdy Rascals to make a card with a pink bow and/or pink button.  My cute little image has a pink bow on top of one of the gifts and I have a pink button on  my red ribbon.  So, check out the DT cards over at Squigglefly's challenge blog for some inspiration.  Collect your pink bow or pink button and make a card up for the challenge - you could win a prize!  And, while you're in the neighborhood, check out the wonderful images at Squigglefly's on-line shop - tons to choose from!

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  Birthday Bear by Diane Carubia for Squigglefly
Paper:  White premium heavy 140 lb. CS by MFP; My Mind's Eye Just Dreaming DP and a piece of blue cs scrap
Ink:  Copics:  Bear: E25, 23, 21, 11 and R20; Gifts: YR04, 02, 00; R85, 83, 81 and 20; Balloons: R27, 24, 22 and YG07, 05 and 03
Accessories:  Spellbinder circle dies and red ribbon

Thanks for stopping by for a visit - later gator!

FOSTV Challenge 26 and Speedy Fox & Friends 113

This card is for two challenges at Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.:  Speedy Fox & Friends 113 - to use score lines on your card/project; and FOSTV Challenge 26 to make a 4th of July card.  My score lines are in each corner of the red mat behind the image and the 4th of July is the red/white/blue flower and red/white/blue border punches.

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  Oopsy Daisy by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.
Paper:  MFP White Premium Heavy 140 lb. CS; MFP Cherry Slush CS; SU Night of Navy
Ink:  Copics:  Flower: R24, 22; B14, 12; YG07, 05, 03 and B06
Accessories:  EK Border Punch

Thanks for dropping by - later gator!

TTSTV - Heat Embossing

Today is Debbie Moran's tutorial on heat embossing for Tutorial Time on SpeedyTV.  Jump over to SpeedyTV and take a look at the DTs' cards and then get your card ready to enter the challenge - you could win a nice prize!

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  Island Life by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.
Paper:  MFP Nutmeg Tan cS
Ink:  Versamark
Accessories:  Gold embossing powder and gold twine (MFP)

This was very hard to catch a good picture of - so I hope you can see the details of the pretty stamp!

Thanks for stopping by - later gator!

MFP BLOG HOP DAY 4 (6-21) - SILLY SHELLS

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 

               June Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are:

Welcome Poppies Featured June 19

I'm In Stitches Featured June 20

Island Life Featured June 21

Silly Shells Featured June 22

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on June 23, 2012 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday June 22, 2012.

Lois

Vicky

Anne

Pat G.

Karen H.

Patty P.

Mary

Marilynn

Pam

Debbie

Nancy

Bonnie

Kathy

Brenda

Toni

Tangii

Thrifty Stamper

Sue

Kelli

Janine

Tammylee

Janis L.

 

Mark's Finest

Sand, sun and surf - and, of course, seashells!  I had a really fun time working with this new set!  Lots of possibilities!

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  Silly Shells by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.
Paper:  MFP Hazlenut Tan CS
Ink:  Night of Navy
Accessories:  Blue/White Twine

Be sure and check out the blogs of the other SR DT members and be sure to leave comments - the more you leave - the better your chances to win a new stamp set!

Your next stop on the Hop is Brenda.

Thanks for stopping by - later gator!

His First Love

This card is for Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge.  The image is so true - a guy's first love is always his car, truck or Harley!

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  His First Love by Lynne Stansbery for Squigglefly
Paper:  Simple Stories Generatons DP; MFP White Premium Heavy 140 lb. CS
Ink:  Copics: Truck: E19, 17, 15, 13, 11; Exhaust: C4; Wheels: C1; Jeans: B95, 93 and 91; T-Shirt: YR04, 02, 00; Skin: E00, 000; Boots: E25
Accessories:  Spellbinder's Deckled Rectangle Dies; Hemp Twine

Thanks for stopping by - later gator!

MFP BLOG HOP DAY 3 - June 21 - ISLAND LIFE

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's 

              June Blog Hop!

        This month's New Stamp Set Releases are:

Welcome Poppies Featured June 19

I'm In Stitches Featured June 20

Island Life Featured June 21

Silly Shells Featured June 22

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on June 23, 2012 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday June 22, 2012.

Lois

Vicky

Anne

Pat G.

Karen H.

Patty P.

Mary

Marilynn

Pam

Debbie

Nancy

Bonnie

Kathy

Brenda

Toni

Tangii

Thrifty Stamper

Sue

Kelli

Janine

Tammylee

Janis L.

 

Mark's Finest

The third set being showcased this week during the Hop is Island Life by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.  Are you ready for some island breezes, sun and sand - then this set is for you!

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  Island Life by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.
Paper:  MFP Breezy Blue CS
Ink:  Night of Navy
Accessories:  Hemp Twine and MFP Lighthouse charm

Card 2 Recipe:

Stamp:  Island Life by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co. and Silly Shells by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.
Paper:  MFP Breezy Blue CS and MFP Hazlenut Tan CS
Ink:  Soft Suede
Accessories:  Seashells

Be sure and hop along to the other members of the SR DT for some awesome cards and projects.  Your next stop on the Hop is Brenda!

Thanks for stopping by - later gator!

CCEE 1225 06-21-2012

This is my third challenge this month over at CCEE and I've asked the ladies to make the "dreaded masculine" card.  When I make a masculine card, I know I can't decorate it or frilly it up as usual.  This would appeal to my husband - plain, no ribbon, flowers, etc.  So why don't you make a masculine card, join us over at CCEE and link it up for everyone to enjoy!

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  Gullible by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.; Scenic Selections by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.
Paper:  Hazlenut Tan at Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.
Ink:  Soft Suede
Accessories:  Red/White Twine from The Twinery

We hope to see you over at CCEE this week and be sure and check out the beautiful cards/projects from our very talented DT!!