TGIF!!!  It’s been a week…let me tell you!  Alyssa here with a squeaky clean cutie for you from the Crafthouse Press line of rubber stamps.  Meet Dandelion Bathtime!

Hi everyone, Kelli here!  Today I have more of a masculine card to share with you!  It’s using the adorable Footy Luka by La-La Land Crafts!  My dad and my fiancé love football so I was so excited to receive this stamp!!!  I admit that I struggle a little with masculine cards because I always wants to embellish with rhinestones, glitter, pearls, etc.  So for this card I tried to keep it simple and the girly embellishments to a minimum (exception of one little bow), hehe.  First I stamped this cutie in Memento, Tuxedo Black Ink and colored him with my Copics which I’ll list together at the end.  The background paper is from the Wild Rose Studio, Kalahari Dreams 6×6 Paper Stack.  I think the orange and the green were great matches for his uniform and the grass.

In this close-up you can see the faint blue shadow around him.  I used B0000 and the Colorless Blender to achieve this look.  It’s a little hard to tell in the picture, but I dotted the football with my Colorless Blender to help give it the texture of a real football.  Also, to accent the laces on the football and his shoes, I used a white gel pen so they’d stand out more.

Copics:
hair:  E31, Y35, Y21, Y11
skin:  YR00, E00, R20 (cheeks)
shirt, shorts’ stripe, socks:  YR18, YR16, YR15
shorts, shoes:  B26, B24, B21
football:  E29, E37, E35
soles, shoe spikes: C7, C5
grass:  G24, G21, G20
sky:  B0000, 0 (Colorless Blender)

Thanks for stopping by!  🙂

Dana here and look at this romantic stamp I had the privilege to ink!!

That is from Stampavie by Penny Johnson and is called Scent of Sweet Memories. I really want all of them!! They are so romantic and feminine.. I adore them!
Here’s a close up:

I really had fun using this soft pastel palette. I didn’t have any papers that really matched all of the colors I wanted so I just created my own. I stamped all over a white piece of cardstock with a postal script stamp I had in my stash with white pigment ink and heat embossed with white embossing powders. Then I ink distressed over that with Tim Holtz Distress Inks using Dusty Concord, Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick. My seam binding was also dyed using Spun Sugar Distress Ink.  I just ran the stamp pad right over the seam binding. Then I misted it slightly with water using my mini mister and crinkled the ribbon up. I used my heat tool to dry it quickly before creating my bow. Here’s a close up of that:

The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn Sophies Sentiment set. Other supplies I used but haven’t mentioned yet are Memento Ink and X-Press Tape.
You still have plenty of time to enter our Pastel Coloring challenge and I cannot wait to see what you create : )

Hugs~

Hey everyone! Samantha here and today’s Tuesday Tips and Tricks segment is all about Copic marker storage. First, I am going to show you my storage methods and then I have found links to some great Copic storage ideas that I have found.

So to get started, I made a video showing you my permanent Copic storage. This is how I store my markers UNLESS I plan on taking them somewhere.

It just so happens that iCopic.com sells two storage racks that look almost identical to my storage container shown below.

The only difference I can tell is that this one has smaller (but many more) cubbies. Click here to see the product page for this storage rack!

And also this one, which might be the exact same one that I have:

Click here to see the details on this storage rack!

When I went searching for Copic storage ideas for you guys, I came across the Artic Stamp Queen, who happens to store her Copics in the little Ikea bins I showed you in the video (hers are green, while the ones I showed you in the video are pink).

Now, if I plan on taking my markers with me somewhere, I pack 72 of them into my handy dandy marker wallet:

There are many sized wallets and iCopic just recently got them all back in stock. Click here to see all Copic storage available now! These wallets are AWESOME for traveling because they fold up nice and small and then when you want to color, they fan out so you can see all your colors. I seriously take this thing with me anywhere, the doctor’s office, on vacation, in the car for long traveling. If you are wondering how it is possible to color on the move, then watch one of my older videos about how I streamline my coloring process, click here!

Now, I want to show you some of my favorite Copic storage ideas I have found on the internet!

Karen has a wonderful tutorial on how to create your own storage containers out of foam board:

On the StampTV discussion board, there is a great post about all the different ways that people store their Copics (including some photos!).

And you could always find a cute little cubbie or bin to store your markers in like the people below did.

Like this one I found on the Limetart Blog:

This one I found on the Papercraft Memories Blog:

And finally this one from our very own designer Alyssa:

Do you have a great Copic storage idea? Show us in the comments section below! We would love to see your method.