Guess what came in my mail yesterday? Yep, you guessed it, my COPIC CIAO markers that I ordered from Hanna Stamps. I ordered one of each of the 5 sets she has. I really loved how they were organized seasonally! FUN! So I immediately began to color . . . and I was surprised by how much of a learning curve they have, I mean, I had heard that they did take some learning, but WOW! I threw out at least a full page of images that did not look right when I colored a spot on them, so I tried again. But, I am proud to say, I finally managed to get an image to look decent enough for it to adorn a card. YAY! This is the stamp I refer to as Booty Bella and it was the first time I managed to get her inky! Here are the sites that helped me to figure out coloring with these babies:
http://ilikemarkers.blogspot.com/
and
http://ellenhutson.typepad.com/
and
http://ellenhutson.typepad.com/
Without those two sites, I would never have figured it all out. Ellen's site had great tips on how to color with the markers as well as a whole assessment of different inks and how they work with the copic markers. Super useful stuff. The I Like Markers blog is all about copics and there is TONS to learn on there. I know I will keep learning as I play! Anyway, on to my card!
I saw today on SCS that in the Stamping Bella forum, they had a sketch challenge going (and we know I can't resist one of those). I followed the sketch for this card. When I put the image against the card stock, the image popped and the card stock seemed to just blah away. It needed something to make it stand up and say hello too, so I sponged the edges of the creamy caramel and then I stitched with the sewing machine and white thread around the edge. Oh and about the image, I tried a few of the inks I had, but none seemed to produce a crisp enough image with no smudging, even with heat setting, so I decided to emboss it and I was pleased with the results.
The other cool thing on this card, when I was looking for the perfect prima flower, I could not find just the right color, so I decided to color them with my markers. It made them looks almost fuzzy, but they match perfectly!!! I was so excited about that. So how do you think I did on coloring? Any tips???
Stamps: Stamping Bella Paper: Stampin' Up, Creamy Caramel, Whisper White Ink: Versafine Onyx Black Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Copic Ciao Markers, Dotted Organdy, Prima Flowers, Clear Dew Drops, SU circle punches
I saw today on SCS that in the Stamping Bella forum, they had a sketch challenge going (and we know I can't resist one of those). I followed the sketch for this card. When I put the image against the card stock, the image popped and the card stock seemed to just blah away. It needed something to make it stand up and say hello too, so I sponged the edges of the creamy caramel and then I stitched with the sewing machine and white thread around the edge. Oh and about the image, I tried a few of the inks I had, but none seemed to produce a crisp enough image with no smudging, even with heat setting, so I decided to emboss it and I was pleased with the results.The other cool thing on this card, when I was looking for the perfect prima flower, I could not find just the right color, so I decided to color them with my markers. It made them looks almost fuzzy, but they match perfectly!!! I was so excited about that. So how do you think I did on coloring? Any tips???
Stamps: Stamping Bella Paper: Stampin' Up, Creamy Caramel, Whisper White Ink: Versafine Onyx Black Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Copic Ciao Markers, Dotted Organdy, Prima Flowers, Clear Dew Drops, SU circle punches
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