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23 January 2012

iCopic Weekly Challenge #66

Welcome to another iCopic Weekly Challenge. This week we are on challenge #66. It’s Sheri and I am super excited to be able to kick off this week’s challenge with you!

The Challenge: BV Color Family
Create a project that features Copics from the BV, or blue violet, group! Purples seem to be one of the lesser used colors in crafting so let’s give those BV purples some love this week!

To join this week’s challenge just add a direct link to your challenge project below. Projects are due on Sunday, January 29 at noon PST. A winner will be chosen at random to receive this week’s prize. The winner and top 3 picks be showcased right here on the iCopic blog Sunday evening!

This week’s prize is a special $15 gift voucher!

Now, here is my inspiration project for this week. If you’re like me, the BV collection is a bit of an under utilized set. However, once I started coloring, I found myself really loving them! Madden from The Greeting Farm is a fun girl, isn’t she? Perfect for a little BV hair, in fact! Also, you might be able to see there is even a bit of BV04 in the airbrushed background.

Normally I’m a pick-my-papers-first, color-second kind of girl, but this time I colored Madden first and picked out my papers afterwards. So much harder! LOL. But, to help bring the papers together, I used a bit of Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Fired Brick around the edges…

and I think it worked.

Thank you so much for visiting the iCopic Blog today and I look forward to seeing everyone’s BV projects. 🙂

Hair: BV0000, BV000, BV01, BV04 BV11

Skin: E000, E00, E13, R20

Shirt: R000, R22, R27, R29

Pants: W0, W1, W3, W5

Shoes, C1, C3, BV000

Background airbrushed with C3, BV01

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13 January 2012

Feeling a Little Blue?

Written by Ash. Posted in Uncategorized

Hi there! My name is Sheri and I cannot even tell you how over the moon, excited I am to be a part of this super talented team. Just a little about myself. I have been a crafter for quite a few years and have been stamping for about 10 years or so. However, stamping took on a whole new twist for me when I found Copic Markers and from then on, I was smitten. I live and work full time in Southern California, I am happily married, and am a mom to one incredibly gorgeous daughter, both inside and out. I’m also lucky enough to be a grandmother to THE two most perfect grandchildren.

Now…onto the card that I made for this week’s Blue Challenge. The stamp is the darling Tilda with Lace Jeans from Magnolia. I air brushed the sky and while I had my air brush going….I darkened my first layer of patterned paper with B95, to better match my colored image….cause I’m a stickler like that. 😉

Tilda’s Jeans ~ B91, B95, B97

Tilda’s Shirt & Lace 0, C1, C3

Hair ~E25, E31, E34, E37, E41

Skin ~ E000, E00, E13, R20

Shoes ~ W0, W1, W3, W5

Sky and patterned paper ~ B95

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Tilda with Lace Jeans

Copic Airbrush Systems – Starter Set ABS-1N w/ Aircan 180

Thank you so much for visiting!

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29 December 2011

Cheers!

Written by Ash. Posted in Uncategorized

Hello iCopic Friends! It hardly seems possible that a brand new year is just days away. What better way to celebrate than with a little fun card making. My card features the adorable Lawn Fawn set called Happily Ever After. The adorable champagne flutes and cheers sentiment were just perfect for a festive New Year’s card. I colored the champagne using YR21 and YR23 and added some glitter to give it sparkle.

Now is a perfect time to treat yourself to some new stamps for the New Year! Be sure to check out the iCopic Clearance Sale for some wonderful buys on lots of stamps and accessories. You’ll be sure to find something you will love.

Thanks for visiting and Cheers to a Wonderful New Year!

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13 December 2011

Tuesday Tips & Tricks: Gift Tags

Written by Ash. Posted in Tips & Tricks

Hello Friends! It’s Rachel here with this week’s Tuesday Tips and Tricks. Can you believe Christmas is next week? Where did the time go? It’s crunch time, so I thought the perfect tip to share with you this week would be quick and easy gift tags. Start off by choosing a large image with a simple shape. This adorable gingerbread cookie image from the Cutest Gingerbread Man stamp set by SP & Company is perfect. The shape is simple to cut out and large enough to add a sentiment. I simply stamped the gingerbread onto Kraft cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, cut out the image and sponged Vintage Photo Ink all over to make him toasty. I used a white gel pen to add icing, some Christmas Red Stickles for buttons and some pink shimmer chalk for the cheeks. I stamped the Be Merry sentiment on the back and added my to and from message. I finished off the tag with some Cherry Divine Baker’s Twine.

There are so many other wonderful stamp sets you can use to create gift tags. You can also even use dies to make it even easier. These adorable mittens by CC Designs would be wonderful to use for gift tags too. Be sure to check out all the wonderful products at the iCopic store for more gift tag inspiration.