Hello and happy Monday!!

Before I show you this week’s color combo, I just want to let you know that two weeks from today, we are going to start mixing things up!! The challenges are going to be rotating to various different things, just so we can keep it interesting here every Monday. You will have to check back on Monday’s to see the new color combo, sketch, technique, or something else!

If you are strictly a color combo lover, never fear because I happen to also run SP Color Combos so I will be sharing a color combo with you every Monday no matter what the iCopic challenge happens to be. You are in for double the fun!

So let’s start this week’s color combo. The official challenge rules can be found in our sidebar.

And the winner for Challenge #20 is Sabine (Card #12). Please email us (info@icopic.com) your shipping address, thank you!

Below I have suggested some markers to get you started, but feel free to use any markers close to the colors given above. (for simplicity I included one marker for each color in the combo but of course, choose 2 or 3 similar colored markers for blending):

• YR18, RV04, and V06

I can’t wait to see what you all make this week!! I am running a little late this week (Spring Break fever! LOL) and will hopefully have a project or two to share with you soon.

Is tomorrow!!!!!

Please join us Saturday from noon to 4PM! There are only a few spaces left for our awesome class with Mindy.

There will also be a very special guest attending our grand opening, Kelly from Lawn Fawn!!

I hope you will stop by for the fun and excitement! Full details about our class and grand opening can be found by clicking here!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

Hello iCopic friends!  It’s me, Alyssa, again here to bring you a card that shows you how to use your Copics for something more than just coloring an image.

Today I’ve used a new line of stamps that iCopic is carrying called Lawn Fawn.  I’m sure you’ve seen these adorable stamps around blogland.  So cute, fun and whimsical!  I’ve used the set Just My Type – a great collection of a typewriter, old rotary phone, scissors and a thumb tack along with some punny sentiments.

 I began by stamping out the phone in Memento Tuxedo Black.  It’s colored in with the new Copic Sketch colors RV63, RV66 and the new to Ciao color RV69 for some deep shadows. 

The accents on the phone needed to be another color, so I went with plain ole white!  But you can’t just leave plain ole white…well, plain.  I added some depth by shading with C1, C3 and 0 Colorless Blender.  These cool grays really make a white stand out in the way it should and work well with the cooler red violet tones. 

I needed a ribbon to work with the card I had in mind but didn’t have one on hand.  I used the Tuesday Tips & Tricks presented by my fellow DT member Wanda, from a few weeks back, of coloring your white ribbon with Copics.  Such an easy and economical way to add just the right color to your projects!

I started with a white striped ribbon.  It has 4 thin satin stripes of ribbon in an organza (???  I think that’s what it’s called) base.  I chose the two newest to the Copic world colors, RV63 and RV66, to color the two middle stripes.

Hey Copic cowgirls and boys! It’s Linda here, and today we are going to mosey on over to the corral and see what’s going on. I heard Wild West Anya from The Greeting Farm is there checking out the horses. Let’s have a look.

Yep, there she is dressed in the iCopic colors for Challenge#20…turquoise, green, and purple. Isn’t she adorable? She looks like she is ready to ride.

Card Recipe:
Wild West Anya stamp
Memento tuxedo black ink
X Press IT blending paper
Copic markers
 E00, 11 (skin)
 BV0000,00,02 (purple)
 B0000, 00, 02 (turquoise)
 G20,21,24 (green)
 R20 (mouth/cheeks)
 YR000, 21,31,23 (hair)

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you take time from your chores today to get out your markers and color!