Monday, March 31, 2014

Tilda Makeover

Happy Monday!

Connor and I had another busy weekend.   Connor was asked to teach at a Zumbathon this weekend.  We put on our dancing shoes, burned some calories and raised money for a good cause.    To celebrate surviving our three our workout we met my Dad for lunch.  He was nice enough to drive down from Rochester to help Connor fix our garage door.   It is so nice to have that working again!  It is the little thing, right?!

I was also able to catch up on some of thing that have been lingering on my craft table for a while.  I originally colored this image about 18 months ago.   At the time I was so proud of how it turned out.   Recently,  I pulled the card out and I was surprised at how much I've improved.  I wanted to recreate the card and compare.   I think it important to remember that using copics is a journey.  We are all constantly improving.  This just serves as a reminder.  I wonder where I'll be 18 months from now.

Here is the older card:







Here is the updated card:








Copics used for new card

Blue: B00, B12, B14,
Dark Blue: B16, B18, B39
Hair: Y21, E31, E33
Skin: E000, E00, E11
Gold: Y00, Y15, Y26
Boots: E41, E42, E33
Socks: W1, 0
Ground: W3,W1,W0
Fine Glitter on stars

Here is a side by side look at the cards.  What look do you like better? Do you like the rosy cheeks of the old Tilda or the softer look of the new card?  Do you like the chunky glitter on the old card or the finer glitter of the new card?
New Card
Old Card

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Easter Tulips

Happy Thursday Friends!

I've been working hard this week trying to catch up on things.  I must be working too hard... somebody is keeping her eye on me.  



I have another Easter Card for you today. I used a tulips stamp that I bought last year.  I was excited to ink it up.  It was a lot of fun to color.  




close up of the tulips.  I cut them out after I colored them.
Copics used:

Orange: Y15, YR02, YR04, YR09 
 (you can do an easier orange YR04, YR07, YR09)
Green: YG03, YG61, YG63, YG67
Yellow: Y11, Y13, Y15
Blue: B01, B00, B000, B0000
color the flowers first then do the sky

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Watercolor Day

Happy Monday,

I came across this image this weekend, and it made me laugh.

 I couldn't agree more!  It is time for daffodils and bunnies.   I know I'm dreaming of warmer days.   It might be a little early for this card, but I couldn't help it.  I love the sweetness of this card.  I'm in love with the soft watercolor look of this card.  





Copics used:

Pink: R20, R21, R22
Green: G43, G46
Hat: E50, E51, E53
Sand: E30, E31, E33, E35
Skin: E000, E00, E11
Hair: Y21
Butterflies: BV13
Sky: B00, B000- only did a little of this I didn't want to overpower the image.