Hello, everybody!  It’s time for Challenge #27!

THE CHALLENGE:  Lovely Locks
We want to see those lovely locks.  Color hair on your project!

You may play along with other challenges, but excessive challenge pile-ons (more than 10) will result in disqualification for our amazing prize. As always, have fun creating!

THE PRIZE:  $15 Voucher to the MarkerPOP.com Store!

One entry will be chosen at random to receive our prize. Three additional entries will be chosen for the Top 3 based on their amazing coloring skills. The prize winner and top three can all proudly post their brag buttons on their blogs for the world to see!
Entries are due by Sunday, August 4th 2013 at noon EST.  Winner will have TWO weeks to claim their prize.

We are continuing our comments contest as well. Leave a comment on one or more blog posts between now and when our challenge winners are announced for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate!

Michelle created these awesome cards showing FOUR different hair colors!  She stamped the Whimsy – Apple Blossom stamp in Memento – Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with her Copics.  All the Copics used are shown in the last two photos below.

The patterned papers are from the My Mind’s Eye – Sweetest Thing Tangerine 6×6 Paper Pad and the My Mind’s Eye – The Sweetest Thing Bluebell 6×6 Paper Pad.  There’s a variety of Cheery Lynn Designs dies used on the cards as well.

I love how all the cards use the same stamped image but they all look completely different!  That’s definitely a great way to get the most out of your supplies!

Here you can see which Copics were used for each hair color:

Here are all the Copics she used:

We can’t wait to see what you come up with for this ‘Lovely Locks’ challenge!  🙂

Hi, everyone! I’m excited to announce the winners of Challenge #26!

The random prize winner of the $15 Voucher to the MarkerPOP.com store is:

Congrats, Asha!!! Email us at info@markerpop.com with the subject line “MP Challenge #26 Winner”.
You have TWO WEEKS to claim your prize.

The commenting winner of the $10 Gift Certificate is:

Laura N – “Can’t wait!! MarkerPOP has the BEST giveaways!!”

Congrats, Laura!!! Email us at info@markerpop.com with the subject line “MP Commenting Winner #26″.
You have TWO WEEKS to claim your prize.

The Top 3 Picks are:

 36. Ann Marie Governale 

Congrats again everyone! Make sure to grab your brag buttons for your blogs (they are at the bottom of the blog).  See you all back here tomorrow for our next MarkerPOP! Challenge!

Do you remember these???? Shrinky Dinks?? Ha!  OMGosh I hadn’t thought of these in YEARS!! (Ok wait… not THAT many years!!! 😉  )  But seriously… have you tried stamping on them???  Talk about FUN!!!  Even my daughter had to get in on the act.  And of course, it’s not even so much about the coloring or stamping for her.. it was more about WATCHING it shrink!!!  I could color blocks all day just to sit and watch them go down in size.  My project today serve two areas… 1) I had been dying to mess with these since I found them… and 2) I REALLY wanted something special and handmade I could give to my fellow planner friends as a RAK (random act of kindness).  Ta Dah!!!  Enter  the Shrinky Dinks!!!

THIS is where my Shrinky Dink ended up!!  I took this adorable Sherri Baldy image, “Princess Sparkle” and made her into a cute page marker that I could send off to my friends.  Soooo fun!!!  I can’t wait to hear how they like them!!!  Here’s how this fun Shrinky Dinks work….

The come in a pretty thick sheet and my pack came with some creme color sheets, brown and black sheets.  I took a clear which when you pick it up you realize, one side is rough and frosted.  Basically, sanded for you ahead of time so your colors, stamped image, etc. adhere to it well.

I stamped my image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and let it sit for about  five minutes before beginning to color it in.

Now don’t worry so much about how light it appears when you color it.  I used my Copic Sketch markers to fill in my image.  As you can see below.. I added some pretty bright colors but because of the frosted rough side, it doesn’t look so bright.  Wait for it…  Next I cut the image out pretty close to the lines.

And THIS is how she comes out of the oven.  WAY brighter than you expected, right?   As you can see, it’s possible to do some shading but honestly, it’s a bit tough to do, as you can see in my hair.  I definitely highlighted it but since things “scrunch” up so much in the shrinking process, it’s kind of hard to keep the colors separated.

Here you can see the difference in size (my daughter stamped one to color and it’s not perfect, but she didn’t care. Ha!)

I glued the large style paper clip to the back and it’s done!  Ready for your pages, or your planner.  I’ve already done an adorable frog for myself and I can’t wait to make more personal paper clips for all my friends.  You can make earrings, necklaces and brooches as well with these fun sheets. Give it a try.  I bet you’ll become addicted.

Thanks for stopping by today and remember to stop back tomorrow for even more inspiration from the Design Team!  Have a fabulous Saturday!  *HUGS*

Copics I used:

Good morning! Tracy here today.  It’s such a sad day for me!!  Today is going to be my last post as part of the Markerpop family. ;-(   It was a huge decision to step down as I LOVE this company and team. It’s hard to believe I have been apart of it for a year an half now.  I have been struggling lately with time, mojo and more. So sadly I said goodbye to all but one of my teams! Yikes! I’m not going to know what to do with so much time on my hands!!  Maybe, just maybe, my mojo will come back and I will get back to creating and posting and who knows maybe Markerpop will make some room for me in the future!!! ;-))

For my last post I used a Pure Innocence stamp from My Favorite Things.

Notice I did some paper piecing on her…..stinkin’ cute!!  I added some shading to the paper pieced items as well. The rest of her was colored with Copic markers. The paper is Doodlebug “Flower Box” and the cardstock is  Bazzill Cardshoppe Cardstock – Candy Hearts  and Easter Grass.

The image is Cute as A Button by MFT.  The button die is a border die from MFT as well.

Copic colors used:

Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13, R20
Hair:  E42, E43, E44, E47

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you all around in the crafty world….I know me, I won’t be able to stay away for too long!!! I have met so many people, who I now call my friends  in this business. Crafter’s are a great bunch!!

Goodbye!!!! ;-))

Hugs,
Tracy Valure