Fun with Loralie

These new Loralie stamps are fun to color with Copic Markers. They have larger are for shading and the possibilities for clothing accents are endless! This Birthday Girl and sport stylish capris are casual jeans. Add some stripes, flowers, dots, or whatever your imagination wants to do. These also work great for paper piecing with decorator paper. Once you finish with the girl, you can decide what kind of birthday cake you want. Make it a layer cake or a delicious chocolate cake. Then when you are finished with the coloring, you can trace the outlines to create a fun dimension to the image. If you are looking for tips or just want to make these cards, you can also sign up for a class at The Stamp Shoppe in Wisconsin. The next class is schedules for Tuesday, November 1st at 6:00. Come in and see the other fun images!

Tulip Basket

I'm a little late with my post again this week. I think that the Labor Day weekend messed me up a little! Anyway...here is my creation for Heartfelt Creations using the woven basket stamp. I love this basket, because there are so many of the Heartfelt Creations flowers that fit in the basket to create a basket of different seasons! Be sure to check out the blog this week to see wonderful samples from the Design Team. Many of the cards are made with past release stamps and there are a few sneak peaks of their Christmas Collection that will be shown next week!

Sketch Saturday #84

Christmas is over, but winter will be here for awhile, so...Here is a little winter cheer. I used the Sketch Saturday Challenge for this card. I have had this American Craft ribbon in my stash for over a year and I decided I really wanted to use it. So this card was designed around the ribbon. I use a snowflake cuttlebug folder on the background. Since the card is square, I embossed one side, then moved the folder and embossed the otherside. I like the look because some snowflakes are more embossed than others. It gives it the illusion of some closer than others. I stamped Sidney's Fort and colored his hat to match the color theme. I didn't want all circles for the sentiment, snowflakes, so I used a small label nestie to give some different shapes. The corners seemed too plain, so I added extra embellishments. Happy Freezin' Season to all!!

You make like SWEET

This sweet teddy is from Whippersnapper. This is one of the cards that we make in the Whippersnapper II class. We use Copic markers and white gel pen for the coloring. The frame is with the Labels 4 Nestabilities and the Copic Airbrush. I think I really like the airbrush system from Copic! My husband got me set up with an air compressor now, so I have been doing a lot of experimenting. We do have airbrush classes coming up at The Stamp Shoppe. One will be taught by Jane Bosi on Sept. 24th at 6:00. Give us a call if you are interested!!

Copic Class II

Saturday morning's class with Kathy Sanders was Copics with Colored Pencils. We colored this teddy bear in that class. Using the colored pencils to give "texture" to the bear and to create the illusion of transparency on the balloons. I finished my card with the oval piece that Kathy demonstrated on, in the afternoon with the Nestabilities and Copic Airbrush, and one of the NEW nestabilities Labels. The funnest birthday saying is from Amuse and seemed to fit with the "light" feeling of the card. Again, there was lots covered in this class. The coloring wasn't exactly how I wanted it to turn out, but remember...Practice makes perfect!

Copic Class I

We had classes at The Stamp Shoppe this past weekend. Kathy Sanders from Whippersnapper Designs came to teach some coloring technique classes on Friday night and Saturday morning. This was a sample of one of the cards we did in the Friday night class. We learned about how the light shines on objects, where to put highlights and shadows. These stamps were from Impression Obsession and colored with copic Markers and used some Prismacolored pencils. There was much information...now to practice, practice, practice. If you would like to see some of Kathy's work, check her out on Splitcoaststampers.com under colorin' kate.

Copic Classes

Kathy Sanders is coming to The Stamp Shoppe to teach 2 Copic classes, August 28th and 29th. She has been using and teaching Copic marker techniques before Copics were even being so widely used in the stamping world. The girl on the right is one of the cards that will be taught in the friday night class. This is a beyond the basics Copic class where there will be advanced coloring techniques with shadowing, shading and highlighting. She will also be introducing colored pencils with the copics on stamped images for added depth, in this class. The bear with the balloons will be taught in the Saturday morning class. That is the Colored pencils with Copics. The techniques that will be taught are pencils adding texture to the bear to make him furry and making images appear transluscent. There is limited space and only a few spaces still available. If anyone is interested, please call or email immediately. These are two classes you don't want to miss!

A Cute Chick

I love these Sarah Kay images! They are so cute. I colored her with copic markers to match the paper. The round tab was a new sizzix die that I just got and was looking for a fun way to use it. It worked great to slip onto the stamped image and filled in with a Prima flower to match the background paper. The edges of the image was sponged with distress ink to age the paper. Using the other side of the paper, I cut out another piece to add some extra color and an extra matting piece. Scuff the edges of the flowered paper and you have a antique looking card!

More Copics

This card along with the Girl with the Watermelon will be taught in the More Copics class. We are focusing on Skin tones and Hair coloring. This is a High Hopes stamp. These stamps work well with the Copic Markers because of the big open spaces. Using the Cuttlebug on the brown paper gives an added dimension and then use a white pigment ink to rub over the raised swirls to make it stand out! Check out our class calender on our web page...thestampshoppe.com.

Birthday Surprise!

This is one of the sample cards Heidi and I created for the Sayner Stamp Convention. She colors the image and hands it to me with a piece of designer paper....I get to make the card! She deprives me of sleep....and provides me with caffeine until we both crash!

The image on this one is Whipper Snapper, is colored with Copics and highlighted with Inkssential White Pen.

I added doodling to the image to define it. I used the corner punch in a different way, tucking it under the image for just a little added pop of color. Nestabilities were used for the sentiment, which was popped up on a foam dot. Prima flowers, gems and some metallic ribbon add a festive feel to the card. Designer paper is Cloud9 Design. ~michelle~

It Was A Cloud9 Birthday!

We're enduring grey skies and snowbanks here....but this card is just SO cheery, I love it!
I used white for the card base. Designer paper is by Cloud9 Design. The stamps are by WhipperSnapper and are colored with Copic markers, highlighted with white gel pen and Prismacolor pencils. The lucious ribbon is by May Arts. The flower sequins are by Hero Arts.
~michelle~

"Hoppy" Day

Hoping your day is just "hoppy"! I didn't have a stamp that said Hoppy Birthday, so I used my labeler to say what I wanted. I used the new Branches cuttlebug on the background after I stamped the dragonflies. The branches looked a little like water ripples on this card. The clouds were made by sponging a light blue on the cloud template. The coloring was done with Copic markers. I love using the blending technique with the frog to give it a more natural yellow/green color. If you are interested in learning more how to use Copic markers, we are having Kathy from Whippersnapper Designs coming on Saturday, Oct. 4th to teach a class with the Copic markers. Email us if you want more details, space is filling fast!! Have a "hoppy" day!

Copic class

Tuesday, I went to Milwaukee to become certified in Copic markers. We have been using these markers for years now. I have always like the look I got when using these fabulous markers, but I wanted to learn some more techniques...which I did. I will be having Copic classes at the store. Here is one of the cards we will do in the class.