Month: May 2012

31

May

Shading Yellow: a Copic Tutorial
12 Comments   art, Coloring Tutorial, copic, copic tutorials, tutorial, Uncategorized
I've seen this question come up A LOT lately! Maybe its from the warmer, sunnier weather :) This little bit is something I learned when I used to do a lot more painting but the idea totally applies to copics too. If you try to shade yellow with a grey/black it usually turns out green and just kind of icky. I always encourage you to experiment and find your own likes but Y26 and Y28 are my go...
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29

May

Royal Treatment Card Speed Coloring
6 Comments   card, card making, Coloring Tutorial, copic tutorials, speed coloring, tutorial
Today I'm back and I'm ringin the bell, rockin on the mic while the fly girls yell! Oh, right. Today I'm back with part 2 of yesterdays card walk thru with the Speed Coloring portion of the card. Royal was stamped with Grey Flannel on XPress It then colored with Copics: Skin: E000, E00, E02, E04, E07, R00, R01, R02, RV95, BG10, BG90Hair: E51, E53, E55, E57Dress: BG10, BG11, BG90, BG93,...
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28

May

Cupcake Challenge
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Happy Memorial Day US peeps! Or Happy Monday to everyone else :) Today I am guesting over at Cupcake Craft Challenges (thanks tons for inviting me!) and the challenge is "Royal" make something that is majestic and royally awesome! I thought it was the poifect chance to use Royal (eh, eh?) on a card. I stamped Royal on Xpress It with Memento's Grey Flannel ink for a change of pace and...
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27

May

PI and MME Hop!
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A weird Sunday post from me! :3 Don't be afraid be awesomely happy bc the reason for the post off schedule is to not only show you my card but to invite you to hop along with Paper Issues for a theme that is sponsored by My Minds Eye! The theme this go is called Honeybee, so if you have a project that fits in with the theme LINK UP! I'm using lots of hexagons in my creation to fit the...
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25

May

Sketch: Portrait
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This is a little sketch I did while watching House. If you want to get weepy watch the last few episodes. I have a couple to go so no spoiling it for me! I was thinking of doing some cameo/portrait style digis for the shop, kind of like this one. I'd love to hear your thoughts on!...
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24

May

50 Days and counting
14 Comments   business
50 Days and counting until I'll be leaving for CHA. I've been racking my brain figuring out what I want for a booth design. I've emailed and talked to some very helpful people (props to Smock and Marianne!) and pinned the crap out of the interwebs to pull my ideas together (my favs are the ones above). Now I'm waiting for a few quotes and such back to be able to finish up my design. Then in a...
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23

May

Beach Buddies
11 Comments   card, card making, crafting
Ok, this is officially my fav card for the week :) I just love how bright it is and had a lot of fun with it. I used Tia, the crab and sentiment from the Beach Day Buddies set being featured today on the Some Odd Girl blog along with the cloud stamps from the Sunny Mae set and the stitching stamp from Thank You Mae. I got in a few new colors of Memento Dew Drops and find had at it lol. I need...
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22

May

Hey There Hotness!
9 Comments   card, card making, crafting, Uncategorized
Yes, I'm talkin to you! And you, and you AND you! Today's Inspiration posts over at Some Odd Girl are all for Sunny Mae! Sunny Mae comes with everything to make you able to create your own sunny day. heh, love the pun with her. I was totally going to go nuts with the sunray but when I saw this paper in the MME This & That 6x6 it was all over and the idea was stuck in my head. It had to...
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21

May

Under the Sea Mae
13 Comments   card, card making, CAS style card, crafting, Uncategorized
Its release day! :DD There's been a lot of requests for some Mermaid stamps and I had SUCH a hard time staying mum as I've been sitting on these and couldn't spill! :3 I was fit to burst yo! The Odd Girls have a lot of inspiration on the Some Odd Girl blog today so make sure to check it out! I had a lot of fun coloring her but it took me a couple tries to figure out how I wanted to do her...
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18

May

Speed Coloring – Windy Day
20 Comments   art, copic, speed coloring, Uncategorized
This is a piece that sort of took on a life of its own. I drew this while watching Game of Thrones (I don't watch much tv but that's not to miss as I heart the books!). I was afraid the inked product wouldn't match to the pencil but I really like how it turned out. I inked her with black copic Multiliner and the grass and clouds with grey. I really like the contrast just in the line work that...
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