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Let Start 2011 with Tons of Winners!

Written by Ash. Posted in Uncategorized

We’re starting off 2011 with tons of winners!

Our first congratulations are to Challenge #10 Winner Cassie T. our #2 submission. Please email us at info@icopic.com with your mailing address so we can send your prizes to you.

Our second set of congratulations to our Facebook Be a Fan Contest– Thanks to everyone who becamse a Fan of iCopic on FaceBook!
Congratulations to our 20 lucky fans! Please email us your email address so we can forward your gift code.

Winners were chosen by Random.Org and were determined by appearance on our fan list.
447 – Robert Archey
415 – Corinna McGregor
400 – Elayne Dang
388 – Denise Craftconfectionery
365 – Dawn Lusk
320 Carolyn Gimpel King
311 – Susan Neal Moore
272 – Joan Ervin
248 – Sandie Dunne
220 – Joey Misfit
214 -Deeanna Booth Bohnet
188 – Tracy Bell
179 – Josephine Strocchia
134 – Gloria Barganier Westerman
108 – Juliet Poh
86 – Vickie Culver Les
69 – Gini Williams Cagle
36 – Bridgitte Veilleux
19 – Sunday ODell Kiolbasse
4 – Barbara Latham Carrico

With the New Year comes New Copic Markers – we have mention previously Ciao will be adding 36 new colors to it collection. But don’t worry Sketch lovers, in March 2011 we will be adding 12 New Colors to our Sketch collection (Copic Sketch Marker Set 12Ex-5) making it a total of 346 colors for you to choose from.

Last but not least – We would like to welcome our First ever Copic Design Team – our Head Designer Samantha, Wanda, Alyssa, and Linda. We are extremely honored to have you gals as our designers and we want to thank you for your love and dedication to iCopic. We are looking forward to your fabulous posts and beautiful work.

iCopic Color Challenge #12

Written by Samantha Peyton. Posted in Uncategorized

Hi Copic friends!

Have we got a challenge for you! This week’s color combo is a bright and fun one. I can’t wait to see what you make for this one.

As always, to enter, follow these easy steps:
1. Become a follower of our blog, if you aren’t already.
2. Post your original creation with your entry and the link back to iCopic’s Color Challenge on your blog. You can make ANY type of project that includes the use of Copics: greeting card, scrapbook page, altered art, 3D project, illustration, etc. Anything goes as long as Copics are used!
3. The colors need to be as close to the challenge’s color theme as possible.

The challenge starts Monday, January 3rd and will end on Sunday, January 16th (Noon EST). The winner will be chosen by the True Random Number Generator.

This week, one lucky participant is going to win the SP and Company Candy Hearts stamp set!

Candy Hearts Stamp Set

And the designers have some gorgeous inspiration for you:

Linda

(outside)
Colors used R20, 22, 24, Y11, 13, 15, YG13, 25, E00, 11, 34, 35, 37, YR20, 23, 31, C2, 4

(inside)

(treat box to match, how cute is that?!) Tag was colored with R20

Wanda

Alyssa

Enter your project here:

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun ~

Written by Ash. Posted in Uncategorized

Hi all!  This is Alyssa.  I’m another newbie here for the iCopic Design Team.  As the others have said before me, I’m super excited to be starting off the new year with this fabulously talented group of ladies!

Today I’m here to show you a fun little card I made using The Greeting Farm’s Creeper Crew – Thursday stamp.  When I saw this stamp, I just had to have her!  She’s so stinkin’ cute and sassy!

One thing I’m working on this year with my coloring is to play with light sources.  Figuring out where your light source is will help you decide where to add shadows and shading. 

For this example, I chose to have the light source coming from straight above.  The highlighting is left on the ear tips of her hat and down the center of her hat and shirt.  Another thing that will help to *ground* your image is to add a shadow beneath the image.  Thursday has a distinct shadow directly beneath her and also beneath her pigtails.  This is accomplished using cool gray Copics – C1, C3 and C5.  Start with the C5 right next to the image, blend out slightly with C3 and then blend more with C1.  As the ink dries on the paper, you’ll get a nice gradient.  If it’s not completely to your liking, color over the shadow with the Colorless Blender.  This will soften the lines and make it seem a bit more realistic.  For the shadows beneath her pigtails, I drew small circles with each of the C colors in the same order.
Since Thursday is so very sassy, she needed a bit of sparkle!  For her hair, I used Y11, Y21 & Y32.  After laying down some flat color, I squiggled some lines with a gold Spica pen from the A set.  Her belt buckle is colored with the silver Spica pen from the same set. 
When I stamped her, I didn’t get the best impression on her eyes.  To fix this, I used a multiliner to draw her eyes back in all along the lashes, liner and pupil.  Since the multiliner is a Copic product as well, you can color directly over it without any bleeding.  I gave her some blue eyes and then dotted the pupils with a white gel pen.

Once my card was all assembled, I realized that the sentiment needed a bit more punch!  I tried a technique I’ve used in the past that was this weeks Tuesday Tips & Tricks.

These clear rhinestones needed to be jazzed up a bit and bring that pink to the sentiment circle. 
All I did was color over them with the RV14 Copic (available soon in the Ciao!).  I’ve found that I get a better color saturation if I dot the color onto the embellishment rather than try to swipe it on.  I also give it a little drying time and give extra coats as needed. 
Hope you’ve enjoyed this post!  Please let me know if you have any questions or something you’d like to see in the future!  Have a super day!!  :o) lyss
COPICS USED:
B91, B95, B97, C1, C3, C5, E00, E11, E51, E55, E57, RV10, RV13, RV14, R20, W5, W7, 110 Special Black, Colorless Blender; AtYou Spica pens: Gold & Silver

Color Combination #11 Revisited

Written by Ash. Posted in Uncategorized

Hi iCopic Fans! It’s Linda here with my first official post as a member of the iCopic.com Design Team. I am so excited to be a part of this team and look forward to all the challenges and activities coming our way. What a great start to 2011!

Have you started on your project for the Color Challenge #11? After I finished my first card and before I put my markers away, I decided to use those colors again with a different stamp. Here is my creation:

Copic markers I used:
R20, 22, 24, 27, 29
E00, 11, 21, 25, 27, 29, 30, 31
YR 12, 15, 20, 23, 31
W00, 1, 3, 5, 7

Here is a close-up of my embellishment. The dog was a button; I removed the shank from the back so it would be flat to adhere to the twine and flowers. There are so many cute buttons out there from which to choose. I use model railroad ‘rail cutters’ to remove the shanks because they cut flush (flat) against the button.

Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to check back later in the week for Alyssa’s first official post. Have a great day! LC

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