Copic Creations Challenge - Pleats and Folds

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So last time's challenge from the Copic Creations team was a little well.. CHALLENGING!

Challenges are supposed to be that way! For those that did enter, be sure to check out the Copic Creations blog to find out the winner of the last challenge.

The challenge this turn is to color Pleats or Folds and we are being sponsoring by Stamping Scrapping and they are giving away not 1 but 2 prizes for the winner's choice Magnolia Tilda or Edwing from the Bon Voyage collection and an additional surprise! In honor of this prize, the CC team have all use Magnolia images for our cards today!

Here's mine...

Since the challenge is to color pleats or folds, i chose this Magnolia image that i actually received in a magnolia image swap but I thought she was just perfect with the folds in her shirt and then again in her hairbow.

The biggest thing to remember when coloring a pleat or fold is that where there is a shadow, there must also be a highlight on the opposite side. This is because when the fabric bends and the lowest point (that is your shadow) there has to be a highest point which of course is going to be your highlight.

Following this "rule" will give your colored image a lot of dimension.

For this image i used the following colors...

Skin: E00, E21, E000

Hair: E21, E25, E27

Shirt, Bow & Patches: R81, R85, R89

Pants: B91, B93, B95, B97, B99

Shoes & Hat: E31, E55, E57

Now be sure to check out the rest of the Copic Creations design team with all they have in store for you today... and even if you weren't here looking for my My Time Made Easy blog hop post, go ahead and scroll down. Lauren has hidden 2 $50 gift certificates!!!! You just might find one of them!

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Black and White copic color plus videos and a image swap for soldiers!

Ok, you all know my obsession with black and white, yes?

Well, this past month in the copic club i help to run, we used grey copic markers to get the feel of a black and white photo. After running the club/class twice as well as filming a video and doing a step by step photo demo my my own of town students, i ended up with about 8 or 9 black or white colored tildas! That doesnt even include the ones that are partically colored! haha! I made 3 of them into cards. I plan to send the rest of the precolored images to my dear friend, Michelle. She is hosting a colored image swap for soldier cards. You can read all about her swap HERE

The reason i decided to turn 3 of the images into cards is because i did something different with each of the images. The main layout of the card is the same, but each is slightly varied because i was trying to use up scraps for the cards! Go me!

Here's the first card... just a "black and white" card with no extra colors added...

Pretty yes? I used warm grey copics for this. Because i didnt have the patterned paper i longed for (not to self... find some awesome grey patterned paper! Anyone know of any!???), i used some grey cardstock that i love because it's the perfect warm grey from hobby lobby of all places. I used my new stampin up background. Inked it up in some craft white ink (actually from CTMH and it's called white daisy, but any would do) and created myself some patterned paper. :) For the "negative" version of this i used the same background stamp, and inked it up in going grey ink from Stampin Up. The thinking of you sentiment doesnt show up as nicely as i would have liked, but oh well.

Here's card 2... This time i used RV93 (a very dusky grey purple color.... this whole color family is just really really pretty, not too purple, not too pink, not too grey.... love it!) and colored in Tildas lilacs.

Unfortunately, i couldnt get these to photograph to show their real beauty. I guess the black and white is just harder to capture. But i LOVE how this card turned out! Just a subtle and soft pop of color. Can you have a soft pop? I guess thats kinda an ironic thing to say?

And here's my last card... Same thing as before, only this time i added flower soft to the petals in her basket and the ones floating around her...



I'm still learning flower soft, but all i did was dab the flowersoft glue on the flowers (and the flowersoft glue appears to me just like any liquid white glue except maybe it dries a little faster? i added glue all over and then then applied the flowersoft and it had already dried in some spots and i had to add more glue. The flowersoft used was "Lavender" and it definitely pops out on the card. A very neat effect! I can think of a lot of stamps (like cottage windows surrounded by flower pots!) to color in black and white and then use flower soft on!!!! It would be sooooo pretty!

So those are my 3 cards... and as promised... here are some video tutorials of what i did... again, maybe not the bestest job filming... i'm still learning!


and here's video 2... just a continuation of the first video but i was running out of time!

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Give a gift of cookies

Today I made a tag using Baking Tilda from Magnolia Stamps. And just so you know... Magnolialicious is having a 30% off the newer fall/halloween images. I'm sitting here looking at the screen, hopping back and forth from this post to the store page trying to talk myself out of buying. I'm not supposed to be spending! I think i'm gonna lose.

Anyhoo - now that i've become a stamping fanatic and am slightly addicted to my blog hopping, i see entirely too many cute ideas for gift giving. And because of such, it's impossible to simply give someone a kind gesture anymore. Like, baking someone cookies. SOMETHING would need to accompany those cookies! But this time instead of making a card, i decided to make a tag! I would be terrific to to just tie to the basket or in this case since i didnt have a basket handy, i wrapped the cookies in a simple piece of flannel fabric i had left over from a baby blanket i made a friend nearly 2 years ago! (i'm almost as bad saving scraps of fabric as i am paper and cardstock!). Put your cookies in a plastic baggie first, but then wrap the fabric up and around and it's super cute, without anyone feeling like they need to return your tupperware (or basket).



The Deets
Stamps: Baking Tilda (Magnolia Stamps), Wild Daisy (Heidi Grace), Monogram Stamp (Justright Stamps)
Paper: Regal Rose, Wild Wasabi (SU!)
Ink: Regal Rose, Wild Wasabi (SU!), White Daisy (CTMH)

Thanks for stopping in today!

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Magnolia for Whiff of Joy Challenge

I found a new blog and i'm in love! I absolutely LOVE her style. And whats more, she's coming out with her own stamp line called Whiff of Joy. She posted a sketch as a challenge for a position as a guest designer. I would be honored to take that spot on! But my card cant hold a candle to her cards! I would definitely suggest checking her blog out! CHECK IT OUT HERE!

Here was her sketch...


and she has a new sketch today that i cant wait to try.

Ok, onto the deets of my card...

Supplies:
Cardstock: Bazzill Cheddar, Bazzil Walnut, Bazzill Whirlpool
Patterned Paper: Crate Paper (Blue Hill Collection)
Stamps: Magnolia Tilda with Marguerites, sentiment is Heidi Grace
Accessories: PTI Aqua Mist Ribbon, bellas baubles, eyelet by We R Memory Keepers, Chipboard tag from the dollar spot at Target
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black and all edges are inked with Colorbox Chalk inks (amber clay, chestnut roan, prussian blue and wisteria
And image is colored with Copic Markers

All of the colors are based out of the patterned paper scrap i had from crate paper. I just ADORE crate paper! And since i'm a bit of a bazzill connoisseur i just happened to have matching bazzill colors. :) Creating the right purple for her top was a wee bit tricky. I had to combine copic violet and copic grey. I need some different purples i've decided.
The Tag i stamped the sentiment on is from a set of self adhesive chipboard i got at target for a buck! I actually adhered the bazzill to the sticky side of the chipboard and then sanded the edges to get it the perfect size.
There are actually a lot of different layers on this card as i used a LOT of pop dots. However, it's hard to get that feel from the 2d image. The layers are super fun in person. :)


Thanks so much everyone and wish me luck!

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