It’s Michelle here today with a *girly girl* card!  It was to be a baby card featuring the Welcome Little One sentiments….but I buried them in my studio and couldn’t come up with them …so I’ll just have to make another baby card another day! LOL!

I went with the Whimsy Stamps Ruby image and papers from the Prima Firefly Collection.

I used some embroidery around the image to frame it up pretty!

And here are the Copic Markers I used!  I will make another baby card soon…complete WITH sentiments!

Hi everyone!!!  Hope you are having a good week.  It’s only day two of the work week and though I dont’ “work”, I am certainly feeling the strain of it all!!  Today though, I hope to help you with a Tip/Trick to help you in keeping your creative juices moving along!  There’s nothing worse than being all psyched to create and then BAM… a knot zaps all your energy and makes you want to throw in the towel.  NOT today!!!

The image I used today was one of my fav illustrator’s, Saturated Canary, “Sketchie”.  Sketchie loves all things colorful… just like me!! LOL  My card was created with a lovely die cut by Marianne’s Dies, “Scallop Circle Frame and Flowers”.  I LOVE how nicely Marianne’s Dies work but… have you ever had one of those dies that just simply drove you nuts?  You know the ones… with ALL those tiny punches and delicate little pieces that sometimes REFUSE to come out of the die??? Oy vey!!!  Well.. I’m happy to tell you I’ve NEVER had that issue with Marianne’s Dies.  So.. for the sake of my “tip” today, let’s “play pretend”.  Hee

Of course the first thing is running your die through whatever machine you  use to handle your dies.  No problem, right?  It almost almost cuts the first time and you’re good.  Anxious to remove it and put it on your design!

You see all those nice little areas that most often are pieces that you will remove from your cut.  (In this case the outer “horsehoe” shapes are just impressions).

Now this is where things can get tricky.  As I said… Marianne’s Dies have never been an issue for me.  So.. Often, you see those pink areas of papers still left on the die?  A lot of times they are still “floating” somewhat to your die cut piece.  But… even in THIS situation, sometimes fighting those pieces to get them either off your cut piece of off the die itself, can just be a pain.  If you’re like me… when it’s stuck to my cut piece, if it’s a tiny area… I find myself using my paper piercer to individually punch them out.  OR… using it to dig them off my die plate.  Well… no more….

SCOR TAPE to the rescue!!! Yep… that’s right.. Scor Tape!!! A tiny piece is all you need.  Simply tear a small piece off and then… apply it lightly to the pieces you want removed.

And there you have it.  The pieces come up and… you can remove them easily and go for more.  This works on the die itself… or on your cut piece.  Just try not to rub down to hard, especially when you’re removing a piece from your already cut design!  You know how well this sticks and you don’t want to tear or put a piece of Scor Tape where you don’t want it.  Ha!

When you’re done… simply throw the piece away and hurry on to finish your card with your mojo in tacet!!! Yayyy!!!  I hope this helped you lesson your frustrations and keep on crafting away!!!  As always, we appreciate your stopping by and remember to stop over at the store and check out all the fabulous dies available!!  Have a great Tuesday!!!! *HUGS*

Copics I used:

Hello, everybody!  Before I introduce the challenge I want to point out a couple of changes.  You are now able to enter up to 10 challenges and still be eligible for our amazing prize!  I think this is a great step up from our previous 7 limit!

Also, we are going to have to put a two week window on claiming prizes.  If they aren’t claimed we would love to give someone else the chance to win!

Now onto Challenge #22!  Our last challenge was April Showers so it was only fitting for this one to be May Flowers!

THE CHALLENGE:  May Flowers
Create a project that has flowers on it.  You can either color flowers from a stamped image or add them as embellishments.  It’s completely up to you!

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:  SIX Crafter’s Companion Marker Storage Units

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 on Sunday, May 19th 2013 at noon EST.  You will have TWO weeks to claim your 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!

Marie made this absolutely adorable flowery card!  She used the Magnolia – Tilda with Big Tulip Pot stamp, stamped her in Memento – Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with Copics:
Skin: E00, E01, E21, E04, R20
Hair: B41, C3, C5, C7, C9
Tulip: YR000, YR00, YR14, YR01, YR02, Y02, Y00, Y000
Leaves/Grass: G40, YG68, touch of E30
Jumpsuit: BV0000, BV000, BV00, C0, C1, Opaque White Ink
Yellow T-shirt: Y0000, Y000, Y02, touch of YR14
Pot: Y23, YR27, YR24, YR23, YR14
Soil: E20, E27, E30, Colorless Blender
Background: C0, C1, BV000, B00, YR0000

I love how she added a few flowers as embellishments to help tie in the main image!

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

Hi, everyone! I’m excited to announce the winners of Challenge #21!

Just a reminder that the prize for this challenge was sponsored by the amazing Lawn Fawn!

The random prize winner of the Lawn Fawn 6×6 Paper Pad AND Stamp Set of Winner’s Choice is:

 10. Mimi 

Congrats, Mimi!!! Email us at info@markerpop.com with the subject line “MP Challenge #21 Winner” with your mailing info.

The commenting winner of the $10 Gift Certificate is:

sharon gullikson – “Fold and hair are the hardest to color, and get it right. Thank you so much for your tutorial.”

Congrats, Sharon!!! Email us at info@markerpop.com with the subject line “MP Commenting Winner #21″ and your mailing info.

The Top 3 Picks are:

 
 7. Delphine 

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!