Flower, Flowers, Flowers

Hi Everyone,

I had a great night last night creating some cards using my copics.

The current challenge at The Emerald Faerie Garden is .........

Flowers, Flowers, Flowers.

This is great considering I love using flowers & have bought ALOT of them recently.

I decided for this creation to not make a card, but rather a wall plaque.

Here it is:

Image: Isabelle (Emerald Faerie)

Copics:

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, RV00

Clothing: YR02, YR04, YR07

Grass: YG61, YG63, YG67

Hair: E41, E42, E43, E44

Butterfly: B01, B02

Other:

Flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts)

Metal Corners (Wild Orchid Crafts)

Chipboard (Collections)

Off White Paint (Jo Sonya)

Distress Crackle Paint - Rock Candy (Scraptivate)

Until next time

Melissa

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Prismacolor meets Copic

Hi Everyone,

As you may well know that I absolutely LOVE my Copic Markers. After seeing many cards done with Prismacolour Pencils & Gamsol, I decided to give this a go.

I found Gamsol & another product called 'Zest-it". I gave them both a try & found that I liked the Zest better.

Anyway, I decided I would try & colour the wonderful Teddybo bears with it & I must admit that I love the texture that it gives the bears.

So my copics didn't feel left out, I created this card & used them to colour the orange card stock. I found that the Copics & Prismacolor Pencils work really well together.

I have decided to enter this card into the current Teddybo Challenge ......

CAS - Clean & Simple.

Image: Teddybobea_tabs_002 (teddybo)

Colour:

Prismacolor Pencils

Copic: YR07

Until next time

Melissa

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Baby Boom

Hi Everyone,

Over at the Creative CAS blog the current challenge is ...........

BABY BOOM.

I finally got a card done for this challenge, the last challenge I had one done & by the time I loaded it, the collection was 'closed'. Oops!!

Anyway here is what I have created for this month

Copics used:

BG11, BG13, BG15

E0000, E000, E00, RV00

Cardstock: BG13

Image: Ashee Emerald Faerie

Other:

Ribbon

Glitter

Flowers

Quote - Rub on

Until next time

Melissa

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Susan's Sketch - Mad for Markers

Hi Everyone,

Over at the Mad for Markers Challenge Blog, the new challenge is............

Susan's Sketch.

I love using sketch's to create, so here is my inspiration for you on the wonderful sunny day here in the Blue Mountains.

Copics Used:

Skin: E0000, E000, E00,, RV00

Clothes: B91, B93, B95, YG61, YG63, YG67

Hearts: R29

Shoes: E41, E42, E43, E44

Cardstock strips: B99

Image: Whimsy Stamps

Here is a copy of the sketch:

Until next time

Melissa

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Mad for Markers - Favourite Copic Colour Combo

Hi Everyone,

The current challenge over at the Mad for Markers Challenge Blog is ........

Favourite Colour Combo.

So I am here today to (hopefully) bring you some inspiration.

Copics Used:

Skin:E25, E23, E11, E21, R32

Hair: E25, E47, E49

Clothes: RV000, RV32, RV34

B91, B93, B95

Stamp: Nahla (The Greeting Farm)

Other:

Chipboard (Collections)

Printed Tissue (Collections)

Swarovski Crystals

Metal Corners (Wild Orchid Crafts)

Flowers & Leaves (Green Tara)

Pin

Beaded Trim

Until next time

Melissa

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Christmas Tag

Hi Everyone

Here is a tag that I made for my Copic 'spray' Tutorial (the post below).

I thought I would share the Copic Colours I have used.

I was sooo lucky to have won 3 of the Christmas images from Make it Crafty.

I have used one of these images on this tag & hope that I can get some more done today, so I will share when finished.

Copics Used:

R46, R59

B91, B93, B95

BG000, BG01

E43, E44, E47

E0000, E000, E00, RV00

C1

Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28

Reinkers: 0, R46, R59

Image: Floppy (Make it Crafty)

Other:

Glitter

Making Memories Slice Machine

Letter Stickers

Until next time

Melissa

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Copic 'Spray' Tutorial

Hi Everyone,

The weather here is cold & wet, so what a wonderful day to sit & 'play'.

I have been asked by several people what I mean when I say 'Copic Sprays' so I thought I would put together some instructions just in case you want to have a play too.

I use these sprays for just about everything, to colour cardstock, flowers, chipboard etc.

I must admit that I like everything to match!!

What you will need:

Mini Mister

Copic '0' blender

Copic Reinkers

Cardstock

Heat Gun

Covered workspace

Well ventilated area

Step 1:

Gather '0', reinkers & mini mister

Step 2:

Filling the 'spray' bottle

I start with filling the mister with 1/3 of '0' blender.

On the reinker bottle you will find small line markers.

I then add 2 or 3 of these markers of each colour to the mister.

Step 3:

The filled 'spray'

Replace the cap & you are ready to spray

Step 4:

Using the 'spray' cover the entire piece of cardstock

Step 5:

Saturate the cardstock with the 'spray'

Step 6:

Heat cardstock using the Heat Gun

(Make sure you are in a well ventilated area)

Allow the puddle of ink to move around & make 'runs'.

Continue adding more 'spray' until you are happy

Step 7:

Finished cardstock

Step 8:

Use the cardstock as you wish

Finished Creation using 'Sprayed cardstock'

I hope you have found this tutorial useful & please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

I would love to see your creations using this 'spray' technique.

Until next time

Melissa

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