A Calendar

I have been acquiring the PTI Year of Flowers stamps over the past year or so.  My mother in law loves flowers and used to have a florist business so I thought I'd make her a desk calendar using all the YOF stamps.  I've been loving the look of coloring on kraft paper so that's the route I took.  I colored and punched the holes for the binding...right through some of the flower names!  So I cut strips of patterned paper to put across the top and went from there.  All in all, I love the way it turned out.  

 The front, the tab tucks under the "2013".

 I used very pale colors on an embossed Morning Glory, didn't do any shading and then stuck the die cut '2013' over.

 The tab folds under and creates an easel type stand.  There is a strip of kraft to hold the front in place.

 I didn't keep track of the Copic colors I used.  I know that I used the Special Edition ones because they were easy to keep on my desk. These are Carnations.

 Violets, if I do any more of these I think I'll try to put the flower titles in kind of the same place.

 Daffodils, I outlined everything in T3 for definition.  I also thinks it helps keep all the images cohesive.

 Sweet Peas. I like how these turned out.

 Lilies of the Valley; white colored pencil is great on kraft paper.  Gotta remember to do it AFTER all your Copic coloring is done.

 These Roses look like velvet in person.  So rich looking.

 Larkspurs

 I used the fluorescent purple, I think it's the truest purple.  The yellow in the middle of the flowers is with colored pencils.

 I like this stamp but don't really like the way I colored it.  I was trying to creat some highlights with white pencil but don't like how it came out.

 Marigolds; the darker more saturated colors are so rich looking on the kraft.

 Mums

 I know the reds for the Poinsettias came from the special edition set, the ketch pens with a brush tip and a fine tip instead of the chisel.  I layered YG over the greens to get that yelowish cast that poisettia leaves sometimes get.

Made by me.

Supplies for Calendar

Stamps:  Year of Flowers ; all 12 months(PTI)

Dies/Impression Plates: Calendar page, Limitless layers ovals (PTI)

Cardstock:  Kraft, New Leaf dots and stripes (PTI)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Other: Copic Markers (a bunch), colored pencils 

Christmas Tags - Take 2

I got onto this Christmas Tag roll.  Rediscovered the Essential Glue Pad along with Glitter Ritz microfine glitter for some pizazz on these snow globes.

I stamped a bunch of the snow globe circles along with the Santa, tree and snowman inside with Memento Ink then colored everything in with Copics. After that I used the Essential Glue Pad to stamp the "Snow" part of the set on top of the colored design.  Sprinkled with glitter and ta-da! Too bad you can't really see the sparkle, it's there though.

The little bag they are in is die cut from a Tim Holtz die called 'In The Bag' using silver shimmer paper from PTI.  I seem to have this problem with the paper scoring too much so that is goes all the way through.  So I scored the bottom part of various Tag Sale dies and hooked that over and under where the bag is scored all the through.  Finished everything off with a  Holly die cut, some bakers twine and sparkly gems.  All that's wanting is someones name on the tag...

Supplies for Snow globe tags

Stamps:  Winter Snow Globe, Mistletoe and Holly(PTI)

Dies/Impression Plates: Mistletoe and Holly, Tag Sale #3 (both PTI), In The Bag (Tim Holtz)

Cardstock:  Neenah Solar White, Silver Shimmer (PTI)

Ink:  New Leaf, Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy (all PTI), Memento Tuxedo Black

Other: Copic Markers (R46,G43,Y35, R81, YR68, BOOO, E50, C1 and black Spica pen), red bakers twine, Queen & Co  Twinkle Goosebumps embellishments

Acetate Overlays

This is a card I designed for the Scrapbook Expo class that Kara and I taught in San Diego. She really encouraged me to go for it, it was agony because I am my own worst critic. I always feel like I have to get it right the first time, I don't expect that from anyone else, guess I'm weird. I colored in the Karen Lockhart blueberry shoe with my Copic pens (I don't remember which colors I used, didn't keep track). I do know that I airbrushed the background after masking off the shoe. The paper is all by Graphic 45, great line of paper. The rub-ons are by K & Company, way cool because they came with the jewels.












Close up of the shoe.

This is another of the overlay cards but with the "Lilacs" stamp by Karen Lockhart. I once again have no idea what color Copic pens I used!

Close-up of the pitcher and the lilacs, I love the vibrancy of Copics. I did this after I became an official Copic instructor (in LA during CHA).