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Boo and a farewell ~

Written by Ash. Posted in Uncategorized

Hiya friends!  Hope you all are having a wonderful and warm week!  We were hit with a very wet snowstorm on Tuesday/Wednesday that tore through the trees around my area like a tornado.  So sad!  As I’m typing this up on Thursday night, I’ve just heard from my hubby that our power is back on!!  Yay!  We won’t have to endure another night in the house without heat!!  With that being said, I apologize for the lighting of the photos…no power means no light box!  Oh, the horror!!  lol 
I wanted to make a fun little Halloween card for you today.  I chose to work the sassy little devil from The Greeting Farm’s Naughty or Nice set.  Since the challenge here on the iCopic blog this week is orange and black, I thought I’d do a little doodling and draw her sitting in a bed of flames.  I mean, really, isn’t a devil supposed to be in flames?!?  Truth be told, my husband drew the flames for me – he’s the artist in the family, I just like to color!  lol
icopic naughty flames
He drew them lightly with a pencil first and then outlined them with a 0.3mm Copic multiliner.  I used the multiliner specifically because I didn’t want the black lines to bleed at all.  Her purple outfit is supposed to be a little gauzy and see through, so I colored and shaded her skin tone first and then went over it with BV02.  On the flames I used an embarrassing number of markers and then went back and added some shine and glitter with Lemon and Orange AtYou Spica pens.  Unfortunately, I couldn’t capture the shimmer in any pics I took – sorry!  You’ll just have to use your imagination.  ;o) 
icopic naughty flames dHere’s a little close up along with the list of Copics:
BV02, BV08, BV13, BV29, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9, E00, E02, E11, R20, R24, R29, R59, YR12, YR18, Y11

Now for a little extra news…I’m sorry and saddened to say that I need to end my term on the design team with iCopic.  I’ve had so much fun and pushed myself to try things that I wouldn’t have otherwise.  Unfortunately, I feel that my time is just being stretched too thin with a new promotion at work, family and my want/obsessive need to always give you all my best.  I kind of like my family ;o) and we have to put food on the table {gasp!}, so I’m refocusing my energy and opening the door for someone new and fabulous to work with this amazing company and the wonderful artists on the design team.  It’s been so great to get the encouraging comments and sweet thoughts from all of you!  Thank you!  And Thank You, iCopic, for allowing me to be a part of your team for this time!  Farewell friends!
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Pot of Gold ~

Written by Ash. Posted in Uncategorized

TGIF!  I don’t know about you, but October is flying by for me!  I got the sweetest little set from SP and Company stamps the other day and just had to stamp it out.  It’s called Lucky Day.  I felt the need for a little sparkle and lots of color, so I stamped out a pot of gold and a rainbow to play around with.

icopic lucky

The rainbow is colored in three shades of each color – R24, R27, R29; YR04, YR07, YR18; Y11, Y15, Y26; YG17, YG23, YG25; B14, B18, B24; BV02, BV13, BV17 – giving a small highlight right at the bend of the rainbow.  The cauldron is colored in cool greys.  Cool greys are used for metal pieces – C3, C5, C7.  It’s a blue toned grey so it works well for that *cold* feeling. 

Here’s a little detail shot of the gold prize!  I colored it first with Y28 and then went over it with a Gold AtYou Spica pen.  I really didn’t need the base color.  When covering an item with glitter, I always color the item a base color because I get better coverage; however, with the AtYou Spica pens, you get great color coverage and great glitter coverage!   Check out that sparkle!!

icopic lucky d

Thanks for stopping by!  *May You Always Find the Gold at the End of the Rainbow*, my friends!!  Have a spectacular weekend! 

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happy Feet Santa ~

Written by Ash. Posted in Uncategorized

Hello!  So glad it’s Friday…well, kind of…I’m working a 12 hour shift today and have oodles of work to do!  Oh well!  At least I get to color cards in my spare time ;o)  I’ve got a new little guy to share with you today that I’ve dangled in front of you before.  I know I’ve mentioned how much I am in love with the Wild Rose Studio line of stamps…well, now I have the new Pickle the Penguin character to show you!!  This is Pickle with Sledge – such a great stamp for your holiday collection! 

icopic pickle

I colored him up to follow along with the pattern paper – just trying to follow my own suggestions {wink!}.  The presents are colored with Copics while the bows are made super sparkalay with AtYou Spica pens.  I used a little Flower Soft and glitter for the snow at his *happy* feet and a little white flock and glitter for his hat and scarf trim.  The card base and mats are a smokey gray color to tie in with his coloring.  So fun to put it all together! 

icopic pickle detailLast, but not least!, the super sweet sentiment is from SP & Company, Bold Sentiments II.  Not your typical Santa but a giving little penguin nonetheless!  Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Hope you have a super inky weekend!! 

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COPICS ~ BG15, BG23, BG49, C5, C7, E29, E57, R24, R29, W3, W5, W7, YG17, YG23, YG25, YR04, YR12, YR24, YR30, YR31

Kiki LaRue Latte with Pumpkins

Written by Ash. Posted in Uncategorized

As soon as fall got here I started hearing all the happy comments of how excited everyone was to get their hands on their pumpkin lattes again. So, what a perfect opportunity to mask together Kiki LaRue Latte and Swiss Pixie Fall Scene?
If you missed Sami’s post on how to mask two stamps together you can see that here.
I masked in both ways, two stamps together and then I also created a mask for my airbrushing. Here’s some pics of that process:
I had lined my stamps up with my Stamp a ma jig (is that the name?) so I could stamp the images in the exact same place twice. Then I cut out the second one to use as the mask.

I airbrushed my sky in with B21.
It’s hard to see but I also airbrush in the ground with E31. But that got covered up eventually with some fall mix Flower soft.
Can you see her little bandana? That was a ball to doodle with my black copic multi liner and added dots with my copic opaque. Here’s a close up of that:
One last close up of that adorable brad by Milton (that btw.. matches Kiki’s Latte cup!!)
Colors I used:
Ok, I think that about covers it! Geesh, did I hold you hostage long enough? Now you are free to roam blogland and I hope your surfing will bring you to our Masking Challenge this week!
Hugs~

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