iCopic Color Challenge #19

Hi everyone!

This week's color combo challenge is such a great spring themed color combo! I can't wait to see what you all make this week.

Here is your challenge for the week. As always, to enter, follow these easy steps:
1. Become a follower of our blog, if you aren’t already.
2. Post your original creation with your entry and the link back to iCopic's Color Challenge on your blog. You can make ANY type of project that includes the use of Copics: greeting card, scrapbook page, altered art, 3D project, illustration, etc. Anything goes as long as Copics are used!
3. The colors need to be as close to the challenge’s color theme as possible.

The challenge will end on Sunday, March 6th (Noon EST). The winner will be chosen by the True Random Number Generator.




Brand New Release for Copic CHA 2011


And the winner for Challenge #18 is Tracy Gray (Card #9). Please email us (info@icopic.com) your shipping address and your choice of 4 Copic Ciao markers.



Here is a gorgeous project from the lovely design team member, Linda:

Copics
YG11, 13, 17
E00,02,08,11,19,29,50,53,55
R20,22,24

 

SP Color Combos Participants

1. Deena's card 2. Croppixie 3. Becca Fabozzi 4. Summer 5. Audrey

6. Rene 7. Sandie 8. Laura Visser Anderson 9. Lisa aka Myran 10. Alicia E

11. Michelle 12. Heaney 13. Sabine 14. Melyssa C

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Embellishment Customization ~

Hi iCopic fans!  It's Alyssa here today with a quick and fun card.  First off, I'd like to thank Samantha for helping me out last week.  I've been going through some rough times here, so she jumped in and covered for me.  Nothing like a fabulous design team lead!!  Thanks, little lady! 

When these tough times come upon us, sometimes we need a quick card to show our appreciation.  I decided to use the new and fun SP & Company set, Mix 'n Match: Family.  Such a wonderful and versatile set with a gorgeous swirly font for some of the larger, leading words and a type font for all the members of a family from your grandmother to your niece!
I wanted to use a sentiment as the focal point of this card and was searching my stash for something to alter.  I came across these plain white, paper flowers and decided to customize them for my needs.  I think I have converted myself to altering embellishments with my Copics from now on!

First, I picked out the designer paper I wanted to use on the card and matched my Copics.  I then set about to color the flowers.  These flowers have a nice texture, so all I had to do was lay down my lightest color as the base, swipe the medium red up from the center to about the middle of the petal, and swipe the darkest red from the center out just below the medium red.  The flower is finished off with some die cut felt leaves and a yellow glitter brad.

 The sentiment needed to pop on a simple card like this, so I framed it with a die cut and embossed it.  The absolute best ink for embossing sentiments and finer detail stamps is Versafine Onyx Black ink.   I use a clear detail embossing powder and never have trouble with beautiful coverage.  Some dimensional foam tape pops the designer paper up from the card base and you have a beautiful, customized card for a friend in a matter of minutes! 

Before I go, I have to remind you that iCopic is carrying the 12 new Copic Sketch colors introduced at CHA Winter 2011 along with tons of fantastic new stamps!  They now have Magnolia, Stampavie, and Lawn Fawn, as well as the adorable La-La Land!  Lots of fun goodies and great prices!  Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hope you have a fabulous weekend!  :o) lyss

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Bookmark Your Page

Hi Copic Fans! It's Thursday, and time for a post from me, Linda.
My visual candy for you today is a bookmark.

To make the bookmark I used a Miss Anya image from The Greeting Farm's Miss Anya Collection. These slender images are perfect for bookmarks. iCopic.com carries a wide variety of The Greeting Farm images HERE. The Miss Anya I used came from this collection. Aren't they adorable!

Bookmark Recipe:

Miss Anya image

Copic markers

 B00, 12, 14

 Y000, 000, 11, 13, 15, 21, 23, 35

 YR00, 12, 15, 18

 E00, 11, 31, 33, 37

 R20

 G40, 82, 85

Bazzill cardstock

Basic Grey designer paper

Sewing Machine and thread (I sewed through 3 layers to reinforce the bookmark.)

Sharpie white poster paint pen

I hope you find time to make a couple of these bookmarks. They are quick and easy.

Thanks for stopping by! Linda C.

BTW, today is my 32nd wedding anniversary. If you're interested you can drop by my blog and see me from the 70's with my 'Farrah' hair! lol  LC

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Birthday Fun Card

It's Wednesday...you know what that means! Wanda here! It's my turn to make a project here on the iCopic Blog! Today's card features the lovely Birthday Anya stamp and a retro color palette with a new shape. I used tons of markers on this one...and I tried a new color of hair. Let me know what you think!

The finished card is about a four inch square. I used the largest size round scallop nestie and then fit the smaller circles inside. I put one gingham circle with the pattern straight up and down (red one) and the other gingham circle on a diagonal (blue one) for visual interest. I crammed a lot of stuff on that little card - lemme tell ya!

These are all the Copics I used on this one!


I tried a new color combination for hair this time, so I thought I would share it. I wanted really soft light golden hair. You'll see that all of my colors were not from the same color group. I was winging it!








The final result and close up of the coloring:

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News News News

Hi everyone! Samantha here!

Rather than having a Tips and Tricks segment for you this week, I would like to tell you about all the brand new items coming to the iCopic store. because there are just so many new and great things coming.

This month and next, we will be introducing a bunch of new products, some of which are below. I hope you have been saving your pennies because these new products are super!

12 brand new never-before-seen Copic colors are coming! These 12 new colors will be available in the Sketch markers. These these new colors are available for pre-order in the iCopic store. Click here to see them now.
I can't wait to get my hands on these new colors. I am determined to own the entire collection!

And also, there are now 36 more colors available in the Copic Ciao markers. These are already available for purchase in the store.



Also a couple of  new instructional DVDs available in the DVDs section. Make sure to take a peek at those.

And last but certainly not least, there are going to be LOTS and LOTS of new stamps and new stamp companies showing up in the iCopic store including stamps from. . .

La-La Land

Magnolia 

Lawn Fawn

and

Stampavie

Please feel free to browse all of what iCopic has to offer. The design team will continue to showcase some of our beautiful products here on the blog every week day so make sure you are signed up to be a follower here. Also, be sure to stop by our Facebook page because some news is posted there too. If you have questions, please send an email to info@icopic.com .

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iCopic Color Challenge #18

Hi everyone!

This week's color combo challenge is such a great spring themed color combo! I can't wait to see what you all make this week.

Here is your challenge for the week. As always, to enter, follow these easy steps:
1. Become a follower of our blog, if you aren’t already.
2. Post your original creation with your entry and the link back to iCopic's Color Challenge on your blog. You can make ANY type of project that includes the use of Copics: greeting card, scrapbook page, altered art, 3D project, illustration, etc. Anything goes as long as Copics are used!
3. The colors need to be as close to the challenge’s color theme as possible.

The challenge will end on Sunday, February 27th (Noon EST). The winner will be chosen by the True Random Number Generator.




And the winner for Challenge #17 is Kathy Bradley (Card #4). Please email us (info@icopic.com) your shipping address.


Here is a project that I whipped up for the combo:

Enter your project below!
SP Color Combos Participants

1. Donna Vallee 2. jengd 3. Rene 4. Tameko

5. Dawn C. 6. Heaney 7. darling Ho 8. Sabine

9. Tracy Gray 10. Nemo

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Filled with Color Card

Hello everyone!

Samantha here, filling in for Alyssa today!  And I have a nice colorful card for you featuring a brand new stamp set from SP and Company. This stamp set is called Lucky Day.

The rainbow was colored in with the following Copic colors:

• Purple Layer: BV02, BV04, and BV13
• Blue Layer: B00, B02, and B05
• Green Layer: YG11, YG06, and G14
• Yellow Layer: Y02, Y06, and Y08
• Orange Layer: YR00, YR07, and YR16
• Red Layer: R00, R29, R59

To get the very lightest area in the center of the rainbow, I used the colorless blender (number 0) to push the color towards the ends of the rainbow.

And as you can see, the red part ran a little bit because I colored it too quickly after the yellow layer and my yellow layer wasn't all the way dried yet!  When coloring with Copics, you do have to be a little patient and let touching areas dry before coloring them.

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New Stamp News

Hi Copic Lovers! It's Linda here, and I am so excited to be sharing some news with you today. As you already know iCopic.com carries stamps from Your Next Stamp (seen HERE), but have you heard that iCopic.com soon will be carrying the new YNS 'World Kids' stamps? Yes, you read that correctly! What? You haven't seen them? Well, here is a preview of some of the YNS 'World Kids'.

 This is Erin.

This is Pierre.

This is Asha

Here is Anika.

Here are two cards I made using Anika from Holland. The first card was made for the CHA release of the 'World Kids' in January 2011. Isn't she cute holding her tulips?

Recipe for second card:
YNS 'Anika' stamp (comes with a kitty stamp also)
Memento tuxedo black ink
X-Press It Blending paper
Copic markers:
  E00, 11, 31, 35
  R81, 83, 85, 89  (I also used these colors to dye the ribbon to match.)
  YR20, 21, 23 (The shoes are paper-pieced with the BG paper and shaded with markers)
  G20, 99
  YG91, 99
Basic Grey Paper
Twine, button, paper fasteners, dyed seam binding
Nestabilities

Be sure and check back for more details about new stamps arriving at iCopic.com. Also iCopic.com is on Facebook where announcements are made by Ashley. Don't forget the Color Challenge from Monday.
Thanks for stopping by. LC

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Glassy Card

HIYA! Wanda signing in with my weekly post for the iCopic Blog! I colored this image quite a while ago and it is one that I use as an example in my Copic classes. I finally turned it into a card! A shabby, vintagey card! I think it nicely illustrates a different way to use your Copic Markers to achieve a soft, glassy feel.

Here are the colors that I used - you can see I used very light shades in four different color families. When coloring, I left a lot of white space in the center of the bottles. I did this so that the images would appear see through, just like glass. I used my colorless blender pen extensively to push the color out the back of the paper (see pic below) so that just a very small amount of color was left.

Here is the back side of my image. See that there is more color on the back than on the front!? That is because I kept using my blender pen over and over until I got the effect I wanted.

 Here is a close up of the coloring of the bottles...

I hope you will give this new technique a try with your markers! Have a wonderful week...until I see you again!

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Tuesday Tips and Tricks: Youtube Hop

Hi everyone!!

Do you ever try to find some good videos on Youtube just to be completely overwhelmed with choices?

Well today, I am going to send you on a lovely little Youtube hop and show you some of my favorite Youtube videos about Copic Airbrushing! I have watched countless videos and these are just a small handful of the best ones out there.

I hope you enjoy your little hop and gain some ideas for ways to use the airbrush system!

Video 1

Creating a Horizon Line

Video 2

Making a Background (and Grass Mask)

Video 3

Another Masking Technique

Video 4

Creating a sunset

Video 5

Airbrushing Acrylic

Well I hope those videos inspired you to get our your airbrush systems and start experimenting! Have a great day!

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iCopic Color Challenge #17

Hi everyone!! Happy Valentine's Day! I hope your day is fabulous!

Here is your challenge for the week. As always, to enter, follow these easy steps:
1. Become a follower of our blog, if you aren’t already.
2. Post your original creation with your entry and the link back to iCopic's Color Challenge on your blog. You can make ANY type of project that includes the use of Copics: greeting card, scrapbook page, altered art, 3D project, illustration, etc. Anything goes as long as Copics are used!
3. The colors need to be as close to the challenge’s color theme as possible.

The challenge will end on Sunday, February 20th (Noon EST). The winner will be chosen by the True Random Number Generator.





And the winner for Challenge #16 is SillyP (Card #1). Please email us (info@icopic.com) your shipping address and your choice of 4 Copic Ciao markers.




And here is some great inspiration for you:

Linda made this gorgeous card using the Mix n Match Occasions stamp set from SP and Company and the R85 Copic marker to color the pearls.

Alyssa made this beautiful card:

Enter your project below!
SP Color Combos Participants

1. Christina G. 2. Leah Ann Gast 3. Nemo 4. Kathy Bradley

5. Rene 6. Heaney 7. Lisa C 8. Becca Fabozzi

9. Sandie 10. Lisa T

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