Rain Makes Room

Hello, 

It has been a rainy June around here.  I hope that the sun can push through the cloud soon.   The temperature of the water is much colder than normal as a result.    This bird (from Unity) makes me forget about that.  He is just so sweet.  I love that he has arms to hold the umbrella.     I don't know if you can see in the photo but the background is embossed with tiny raindrops.    I freehanded cut the sentiment.  Not sure if I like it or not.   What do you think? 

Copics used: 

Yellow: E13, E11, E00, E000

Red: R39, R37, R35, R32

Blue: BG05, BG02

Mine! Mine! Mine!

Did someone say cake? 

Seagulls (well at least cartoon ones) have such personality.   My favorite seagull is Scuttle from the Little Mermaid.  He gets everything wrong, but he is so lovable.   These guys are more of the Little Nemo variety where they are scavenging for food.  Mine! Mine! Mine!   

To make the sand I sponged kraft card stock with various shades of brown ink then used a stamp that was just a bunch of dots to stamps brown ink on top to add texture.  It worked really well.  I hope you feel inspired.  Have a Gull-Tastic Day!

No copics used

Birthdays Fly By

Hello, 

I love this card.  It is so simple, yet striking.  I'm afraid the photos don'g do it justice.   The background is a 3D Flower embossing folder.  There is so much dimension in this folder.  It is a WOW all on its own.  The hummingbird is die cut from white card stock.   I used distress inks to color the bird.  I intentionally picked colors that blended well together so I didn't have to worry about the colors getting muddy.   

Once the ink was dry. I used my Wink of Stella pen to apply a coat of glitter to the bird.  It just sparkles.  I wasn't sure what I was going to do for a sentiment, but I had this foiled Happy Birthday floating around my desk and it just seemed to fit.   It was meant to be, right? 

No copics today

Flamazing

Hi!

It seems like each summer an a new animal becomes trendy.   We've done sloths, penguins, hedgehogs, and this year it seems to be the flamingo.   Don't get me wrong, I love it.  I love seeing all the new products and creations.  It is like a celebration of that animal.  As far as I'm concerned let's make it official.  🦩🦩🦩. 

Technique Junkies is not to miss out on a trend and they have released some Flamazing Flamingo stamps of their own.   I love the sentiment because it could be used for anything.  It could be a birthday or just a general greeting on its down.  It is so versatile and I think it will get a workout in my craft room this season.  

To create the backgrounds I used Nuvo Pigment Powder.   This powder is highly pigmented powder that reacts with water.   There is a couple of ways you can use this powder, but my favorite is to sprinkle just a tiny (I stress tiny) bit of powder onto watercolor paper.  Then spray the paper with water.  You can move the paper around to move the pigment on the paper.   It isn't an exact science... but I love that you can an organic background instead of a controlled piece.     I used Spellbinders Flamingo die on the blue piece and the stamped the Flamingos on the pink.   I love them both. 

STAMPS: use code TJ10Chris to save 10%:

Flamazing

Flamingos

Paper:

paper from Stampin' Up

Ink:

Versa clair: Amazon

Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook

White gel pen:  Scrapbook or Amazon

Copic Opaque White

Other:

Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue)

Tacky Glue

Nuvo Pigment Powder

White Splatter

Spellbinder Flamingo

No Copics Today

Christmas Blessings

Hello friends!  

It is the first of the month and it is Release Day!  I can't believe how fast last month went.  I had so much fun with all the fall stamps.  This month we are focusing on Christmas.  There are so many great iconic images.  They are all on sale until the 8th of the month.   You can see them all below.  

My favorite is this oversized dove. I love that it fills the entire card!  As always I'd love to hear what is your favorite.  Happy Crafting friends!!

 Materials:

STAMPS: use code TJ10Chris to save 10%:

Dove

Christmas Blessings

Paper:

paper from Stampin Up

Neenah: solar white card stock

Ink:

Versa clair: Amazon

Versamark: https://amzn.to/3vVwAZN  or http://shrsl.com/3q18r

White Embossing Powder: http://shrsl.com/48sk5

Salty Ocean: http://shrsl.com/3gqom or https://amzn.to/3xmBQao

Peacock Feathers: http://shrsl.com/48sju

Blending Brushes: https://amzn.to/3rkTBD4  

Embossing Folder

Stylized Trellis

Other:

Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue)

Tacky Glue

Check out all the cards made by other members of the design team:

Technique Junkies Blog

Debra

Jeanette

Shalana

Pam

Pat

Patti

Michael

Darlene

This is the entire October release:

Chicken In

 Hello! 

I'm so excited to share the new Chicken Stencil and Stamp Combo. This set is genius! The sentiments made me chuckle! TE released the products today. I'm so excited to share them all with you. I made a video for so you can see how easy this card is to make. STAMPS: Just Chicken In: http://shrsl.com/45i6x Just Chicken Dies: http://shrsl.com/45i73 Chicken Stencils: http://shrsl.com/45i72

INK: Memento Ink: https://amzn.to/3vkAR86 or http://shrsl.com/3grmo Versafine: http://shrsl.com/45i75 Paper: Neenah: https://amzn.to/3E5SnAE Other: Bearly Art Glue: https://amzn.to/3LXS2CW Tombow Glue: https://amzn.to/3XSusOT Sticky Mat- http://shrsl.com/3x312

Click here to watch video.

No copics used today

Unpaid Therapist

Welcome, 

We all have that person we lean on when things are rough.  I love they created a special stamp to celebrate that relationship.   Gosh they are so cute!!

Materials 

Unpaid therapist stamp

Copics listed below- 

Copics used:  Best place to buy copics

Blue: B18, B16, B14, B12

Green: G46, G43, G40

Grey: C3, C1, C0

Fluff: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44

Brown: E18, E15, E13

Red:R05, R02

Yellow: E15

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20

Regular or Decaf?

 Welcome, 

This is one of the cards that I will be teaching at Akron 2022.  My favorite part of this card is the spilled coffee background.  I used four colors of distress oxide ink to create the coffee look.  I made a similar card a few years ago.  You can click here to see how I did it.  

All the materials are linked below:

If I were to make this card again, I would put the punchline- :Honey it's Monday...Don't even play.. on the inside of the card.  I think it would add to the joke. 

You can see how I made this card here.  

Materials:

Ink:

Distress Bundle- good deal on Amazon

Antique Linen- scrapook or Amazon

Walnut Stain- scrapbook or Amazon

Vintage Photo- scrapbook or Amazon

Rusty Hinge- scrapbook or  Amazon

Distress Micro Glaze- scrapbook  or Amazon

Tools:

Glass mat--scrapbook or Amazon

Stamps: RubberNecker Rubber Stamps.  

Owl- 

Coffee

Copics: Best deal as of posting - click here

Brown: E47, E44, E43, E42, E41, E40

Blue: B18, B16, B14, B12

Steam: W3, W1

Eyes: Y32, Y38

Orange: YR07

Paper: 

Glossy Cardstock- Scrapbook 

Happy Bird-day (with coloring video)

Greetings, 

We all know the old saying..  " A little birdy told me..."  I love this take on it.  It is about time someone put an end to that chatty little bird.  😁   I made a short coloring video if you are interested in seeing how I colored this image. 

Materials: 

Penny Black A Little Bird

Penny Black Bird Day

Speech Bubble dies-- similar to the one I own

Avery Elle- Wonky Frame

 Copics used:

Grey: W7, W5, W3, W1, W0

Red: R39, R29, R24, R14

Green: YG17, YG13

Yellow: Y28, Y26, Y15, Y13, E13

Ground: E44, E43 E42

Chubby Snowman

 Welcome, 

This snowman must have been in quarantine for a long time.  He definitely gained the covid--19lbs.   Personally I love chubby snowman.  It just makes him more adorable.   

I used my colored pencils to color this card.  I love the way the white colored pencil pops off the darker cardstock.   I think you could use any brand of pencils to do this.  However, for about $2.50 (less if you use a coupon) at Michaels/Joannes you can buy a prismacolor white pencil.   In my opinion, it gives the best creamy white results.  It is a nice thing to have in your stash.  

No copics today- I used my prismacolor pencils to color

Birds of a Feather

 Greetings, 

I've been pushing myself to use my stencils a little bit more.  They are really easy to use, but for some reason I just don't think to use them.   I love how the fun background it created for these two crazy birds.  What do you think? 

Materials

Stencil is from Taylored Expressions

Birds and Sentiment can be found here. 

Copic colors used:

Blue: B06, B04, B02, B01, B00

Yellow: Y38, Y35, Y15, Y13, Y11

Green: YG09, YG06, YG03, YG01

Red: R39, R29, R24, R14

Orange: YR07, YR04, YR02

Shadows: W5, W3

Background C2, C1

White gel pen

Hen House

Hey chicks,

The talk around the hen house is..... that these chickens are hilarious.   I hope you enjoy!

Copics used:

Chickens: N0, N1, N2, N4,N6, N8, N10
Red: R29, R24, R14
Yellow: Y21, YR23, YR24, YR27
White Gel Pen

Red Bird

Greetings,

I think sympathy cards are some of the hardest to make.   I try to keep the card simple so that the focus is on the sentiment.   I used this new set from Altenew.  You can see it here .   This is becoming one of my new favorite sets. I use it to create soft backgrounds for my characters to stand in or infront of.

On this card I used a really old bird from SU.  It has long been retired.  I did find a similar one and it is linked below.  I used a black and white gel pen to add some details to the bird. There is a close up below.

Leaves used:  Altenew
Similar bird: Bird

No copics today

Hey There (Pelican and Friend)

Hey there!

I love simple and silly.  I'm not sure if that is an octopus or squid, either way he is cute.  I like the pop of pink against the blue and yellow. 

Copics used:

Sea gull:  W5, W3, W1, W0, -
Beak: YR12, Y17, Y15, Y13
Squid: R55, R52
Rock: N7, N5, N3
I sponged the water with blue ink

Flower Perch- in copic-- video included

Hello,

My crafty friend Lisa and I were chatting the other day about how different stamps can look different depending on how you color.  We thought it would be a fun idea to see how each approached a stamped image.   We picked Penny Black's Flower Perch.

We picked the image because we thought it would look amazing in both watercolor (she is awesome with watercolor) and copic.   Other than that we didn't have a plan.  Here is how my card turned out.  Click here to go to Lisa's watercolor post.   Please be sure to leave her a comment and tell her hello!

Here is the video I made showing my process:
(If you are in your email the video won't play. You need to go to youtube or my blog)

Okay...so I made two of them.  Practice. Practice Practice.
Copics are listed in the video.

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Hummingbirds

Welcome,

Today's card was inspired by Jennifer McGuire.  I love the ideas of putting the hummingbirds around the sentiment and inlaying them.  I made one in white and then one in a blue green.

Copics: 

Green: YG09, YG06, YG03
Blue: BG15, BG13, BG11

Purple Rain

Welcome to day 3 of my Easter series,

This card could be used all Spring, not just for Easter.  I used some Pale Plum (retired) paper from SU to make the background.  I think the purple paper give a very happy feeling to the card.

Copics used:
Blue: B05, B02, B01, B00, W2, W0
Red: R35, R32
Yellow:Y38, Y35, Y15, Y13, Y11
Orange: YR07, YR04
Purple: V12, V15, V17
Shadows: BV23

Hello Beautiful

Hello Beautiful,

I know this stamp by Avery Elle was meant to be for Valentine's day, but I thought it could work for just about anything. Do hearts ever go out of season?  I colored the peacock feathers to look like a rainbow.

Copic colors

Teal: BG09, BG07, BG05
Red: R39, R37, R35
Pink: RV66, RV63
Orange: YR04, YR02
Yellow: Y15, Y13
Purple: V17, V15

Stamp used: Peacock

Penguin gift

Hello all,

I'm playing a little more catch up today.  This penguin cutie was colored up for Christmas, but many of you thought this could be used for a birthday card.  I love the creativity. 

Copics used:

Black: N9, N7, N5, N3, N1

Yellow: Y17, YR12

Purple: V01, V12, V15, V17

Red: R14, R24, R29

White: E40, E41, E42, 

Blue: B12, B14, B16, B18

Green: G21, G24, G28

Snow: B00, B01

white gel pen and glitter

Yikes! and BlueBird Buddies

Hello friends,

It has been far too long since I've sat down and shared some cards ideas with you.  This fall/holiday season has been crazy busy.   Last year I did 4 craft shows, this year I signed up to do 10.  It was ambitious but I'm glad I did it.  I learned a lot.  I met a lot of really nice people.  It kept me really busy making cards. 

I'm looking forward to having my weekends back and getting back on more of a regular schedule.  I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. 

I want to sneak in a few Christmas cards before the New Year.   This is what we were busy making in class just before Christmas. 

Copics used:

Blue: B02, B04, B06
White: E50, E53
White: E40, E41, E43,
Green: G21, G24, G28
beak: Y17, YR12
Red: R27, R14