Christmas Gift Holders

Yes I know Christmas is over, but during the silly season I had no time to do any blogging and this one I thought was worth showing.

This Christmas gift holders were made for all the pre-school teachers at Willoughby Community Pre School.  I can’t thank the teachers enough for all they have done for Hugo’s growth and development.

So thank you Di, Libby, Jan and Helen in the Blue Room I am sure Hugo will miss you all immensely.

The stamp is a 4 separate Mo Manning digistamps.  This would be the first time I have ever used a digistamp but was very happy with the result.  The best thing about digistamps is that you can manipulate them to whatever size you like and line them up nicely and print out.  You can see on close up the each of the characters in time out it’s quite funny.

For colouring I used both copic sketch markers and prisma pencils.  I hadn’t used pencils before but they really do add more detail than just copic alone.

The copic were great fro blending shades of colours and the prisma pencils to add details like blush I thought was fantastic.

Inside I used Unity Stamp Co and Stampin Up! stamps and covered it with dazzling diamonds.

Vintage or Modern Your Choice!

I have been playing with the different Memento colour inks this week. I used rich cocoa and tuxedo black to see what the outcome would be.
So here I used the same colour set of Copic Sketch Markers on both the Gertie’s and the result was quite dramatic.

You can see by using the Rich Cocoa ink as the base turns Gertie  very vintage  and when used with Tuxedo Black as the base it has a more sharp modern look about her.

I am still new to the Copic markers so the colour is a little flat and needs more highlighting but I guess the more practice the better you become.  I am loving the Copic markers the detailing and how you can blend colour together is absolutely amazing.

Here I have used a stamp from Stamping Bella’s Lulu Collection which isn’t available for sale online.  But if your interested in purchasing from this collection please send me an email.

Thanks for stopping by.

Memento in Tuxedo Black & Rich Cocoa,  Copic Sketch Markers, 2 way glue pen, dazzling diamonds, Stamping Bella’s Lulu Collection – Gertie, x-press Grapic blending paper.

Little Birdie Thanks

This is another one of the cards we have made this term for Crowies Craft.  The little birdie is super cute!

I love the simplicity of this card, yet it has so much impact!  I used copic markers to colour the birds with Xpress IT blending paper.

I did try and colour this card with normal whisper white cardstock and really noticed the difference.  The colours don’t blend as well and the colour doesn’t show up as rich as it does on special designed cardstock.

The lined notepaper came from a special Stampin Up! designer paper serious but I got the students to use a white piece of cardstock and rule lines on it which gave the same impact.

Cardstock/Paper:  Whisper White, Real Red, Summer Picnic Designer Paper, Xpress it blending card paper.  Stamps: For Everything Stampin Up!   Inks/Markers:  Copic sketch markers, memento ink tuxedo black. Other:  Scallop Square Punch, Spiral Punch

All Smiles for the Love of Copic Markers

A very good  friend of mine has been raving about copic markers.  At first I thought yeah there a “nice to have item” but… I could live without them.  BUT I was wrong I absolutely NEED them and can’t live without them.

I initially ordered my first set of from an overseas sight and was really excited that I could find a supplier.  To my dismay they were OUT OF STOCK!!! and when they finally had them back in stock I was no longer allowed to purchase the product as you now ONLY can purchase them in the country you live in!!

Today was a good day, I have finally hooked up with a local supplier and have placed my 1st order with them today....YEAH!!!

So the good news is I now able to sell copic markers to all those that also “NEED” these awesome products.

So if you need the copic markers let me know and I can see what I can do (all smiles)