Today I’m featuring a bunch of new products in the MarkerPop store! First, my set of Zig Clean Color Brush Markers, and then My Favorite Things‘ (MFT) new (and a tad older!) stamp & die sets. 

I created a fun interactive card that combines these MFT products: 

• Springtime Critters stamp & die set (just released in April!)
• Springtime Blooms stamp & die set (just released in April!)
• STAX Stitched Dome die set (just released in April!)
• Stitched Oval Word Windows die set (just released in April!)
• Slider Channel Builder die set (released in August, 2016; here’s a video on how to use this die)

 All the images are colored with my Zig Clean Color Brush Markers and my Water Brush onto Distress Watercolor cardstock.

I integrated a couple trusty Lawn Fawn dies into this project, Grassy Border and STAX Large Stitched Rectangle. The patterned papers are MFT’s: Dots & Stripes Neutral and Subtle Plaids. These Pretty Pink Posh (PPP) cupped sequins were such a cute addition to this sweet card:

• Pink Blush 6mm
• Mossy Green 6mm
• Lime Sorbet 4mm
• Lemon Meringue 4mm

And the cute googly eyes on the frog are PPP Silly Eyes 4mm.

Don’t forget to check out and enter our Watercolor Giveaway! Have a great day, and Happy Crafting!

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Markers	Ranger Inkssentials Water Brush – Fine Detail Nib	Ranger Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper 4.25 x 5.5	Ranger Archival Mini Ink Pad Set – Kit 2	Springtime Critters Stamp Set (My Favorite Things)
Springtime Critters Die-namics Set (My Favorite Things)	Springtime Blooms Stamp Set (My Favorite Things)	Springtime Blooms Die-namics Set (My Favorite Things)	STAX Stitched Dome Die-namics Set (My Favorite Things)	Stitched Oval Word Windows Die-namics Set (My Favorite Things)
Slider Channel Die-namics (My Favorite Things)	Grassy Border Die (Lawn Fawn)	STAX Large Stitched Rectangle Cut Set (Lawn Fawn)	Dots & Stripes: Neutral 6×6 Paper Pad (My Favorite Things)	Subtle Plaids 6×6 Paper Pad (My Favorite Things)
Pink Blush 6mm Cupped Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)	Mossy Green 6mm Cupped Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)	Lime Sorbet 4mm Cupped Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)	Lemon Meringue 4mm Cupped Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)	Silly Eyes 4mm (Pretty Pink Posh)
Clear – Zig Wink of Stella Brush Glitter Pen Marker	White Card Shoppe Paper (Bazzill)	Clear Gel Glue (X-Press It)	X-Press IT Glue Pen – 1 mm Fine Point	Adhesive Runner (Crafter’s Companion)

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Join us as we celebrate watercolor all month here on the blog. The Design Team will be sharing lots of great projects and fun techniques. We will have two Challenges this month focusing on Watercolor, and we have Prizes! We will pick 2 winners for a Prima Confections Watercolor Pan Set Of 12 in Pastel Dreams, and a Zig Watercolor BrusH2O Long Detailer Tip. And 1 Grand Prize – The New Winsor & Newton Cotman Watercolor Brush Pen Set of 12.

To enter, join us for each of our Challenges this month and share the contest info with your friends using the Hashtag #mpwatercolorgiveaway

Today I’m featuring the look of coloring white heat embossed images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers! And the stamp set I choose to do this with is the MFT Hog Heaven set (so adorable!). 

I stamped the images onto Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock with VersaMark, then heat embossed them with Wow! Opaque White embossing powder using my Ranger Heat It Craft Tool. Then I used the Zig Clean Color Set of 24 to color the images.

The clouds are die cut from Bazzill White Cardstock Paper using 2 dies from the MFT Puffy Clouds die set. I painted the clouds with Zig Clear Wink of Stella. The scalloped frame is from MFT’s Stitched Square Scalloped Edge Frames set. The stitched square for the card base is from Lawn Fawn’s Large Stitched Square Cut Set. The background hill is the middle die from Lawn Fawn’s Simple Stitched Hillside Borders Cut Set.

Hope this made you smile! Have a wonderful day, and Happy Crafting!

ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Marker Set of 24	Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock 8.5	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad	Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder (WOW!)	The Best Ever Craft Mat (Ken Oliver)
Heat It Craft Tool (Ranger)	Hog Heaven Stamp Set (My Favorite Things)	Hog Heaven Die Set (My Favorite Things)	Puffy Clouds Die Set (My Favorite Things)	STAX Stitched Square Scallop Edge Frames Die-namics (My Favorite Things)
Simple Stitched Hillside Borders Cut Set (Lawn Fawn)	STAX Large Stitched Square Stackables Dies (Lawn Fawn)	Homespun Gingham 6×6 Paper Pack (My Favorite Things)	VersaFine Pigment Ink Pad – Onyx Black (Tsukineko)	Clear – Zig Wink of Stella Brush Glitter Pen Marker
Yellow – Zig Wink of Stella Brush Glitter Pen Marker	White Card Shoppe Paper (Bazzill)	Adhesive Runner (Crafter’s Companion)	X-Press IT Glue Pen – 1 mm Fine Point	Clear Gel Glue (X-Press It)

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Hi Crafters! Have you heard of  Chibitronics?! Well, MarkerPop is carrying them! This system is where you use LED circuit stickers to build circuits and create little lights on your projects!

Here’s their page explaining what’s possible. The following video shows how to complete a simple circuit; there are other videos on the above linked page, too.

On my project I’m using Chibitronics for the first time; my project is very simple and basic; of course you can go detailed and all fancy, too.

Here you’ll see my pencil sketch of where the light is going to be, and the path for the currents to the battery. And in the 2nd picture, you see me pressing the current onto the battery so the light will light up!

Now the background current “stuff” is mounted onto the scalloped background piece. And then you can see the finished product in action!

My project was part of a set I created; here’s my set and how I created it:

This great My Favorite Things stamp set, Make a Wish, and it’s coordinating die set came out in August last year, and I finally ordered it last month! I pulled those 2 sets, some other MFT products, and some Lawn Fawn stuff all together, and I created a fun set of birthday cards! Now, after I show you these cards, I’m going to focus on one of them that has a special feature added to it; you’ll see that later!

I stamped the candles and flames with different Lawn Fawn inks & MFT inks onto Bazzill White Cardstock,

Then I die cut them with their coordinating dies.

Next, I die cut the rectangular white background pieces with the largest die from Lawn Fawn’s Small Stitched Rectangular Stackables die set (and I also die cut the same shape from white foam). In those rectangular shapes, I then die cut the candles and flames into them to create openings. (and, OOPS, I realized later that I had die cut the flames in the wrong direction and had to do them all again… lol!)

I glued a thin piece of white printer paper on the back of the rectangular shapes, and then glued the candles and flames into the openings. I glued the finished piece onto the white foam pieces.

The scalloped rectangular shape is from the 2nd largest die in Lawn Fawn’s Scalloped Rectangle Stackables die set; the papers are from MFT’s Itsy Bitsy Polka Dots 6×6 Paper Pack. I glued the finished candle scenes onto the scalloped pieces. Next, I stamped the different sentiments onto Bazzill White Cardstock, and die cut them using my Mini Misti and dies from Lawn Fawn’s Everyday Sentiment Banners die set and their Extra Sentiment Banners die set.

I added Ranger’s Crushed Pineapple Stickles to the flames to give them a glittery finish; and the final touch was adding Pretty Pink Posh’s 4mm & 6mm Clear Droplets.

Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day, and Happy Crafting!

Make a Wish Stamp Set (My Favorite Things)	Make a Wish Die-namics (My Favorite Things)	Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables Dies (Lawn Fawn)	Scalloped Rectangle Stackables Die Set (Lawn Fawn)	Everyday Sentiment Banners Die Set (Lawn Fawn)
Extra Sentiment Banners Die Set (Lawn Fawn)	Stitched Journaling Card Die Set (Lawn Fawn)	Hearts Die Set (Lawn Fawn)	Itsy Bitsy Polka Dots Paper Pack (My Favorite Things)	Classic Smooth White Card Shoppe Paper (Bazzill)
Lobster Fawndamentals Ink Pad (Lawn Fawn)	Fake Tan Fawndamentals Ink Pad (Lawn Fawn)	Sunflower Fawndamentals Ink Pad (Lawn Fawn)	Jalapeno Fawndamentals Ink Pad (Lawn Fawn)	Deep Sea Fawndamentals Ink Pad (Lawn Fawn)
Butter Fawndamentals Ink Pad – Butter (Lawn Fawn)	Clear Droplets 4mm (Pretty Pink Posh)	Clear Droplets 6mm (Pretty Pink Posh)	MINI MISTI Laser Etched Stamp Tool	Crushed Pineapple Stickles Glitter Glue (Ranger)
Clear Gel Glue (X-Press IT)	Permanent Tape Runner (Crafter’s Companion)	Chibi Lights LED Circuit Stickers Starter Kit (Chibitronics)

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(at the end of my post I share how I store & transport my Copic markers!)

Eek! I think I’m in love! Today I broke out my new Lawn Fawn Scalloped Box Card Pop-Up Cut Set and created an oober-fun birthday pop-up box! If you haven’t seen this die and how it works, here is Lawn Fawn’s video:

Isn’t that fun?! OK, so for MY box, I pulled out a ton of Lawn Fawn (LF) stamp & coordinating cut sets, and some other LF stamp OR cut sets on their own:

• Elphie Selfie
• Critters in the Jungle
• Year Two
• Year Four
• So Much to Say
• Grassy Border

I stamped the images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto X-Press IT paper, and colored them with my Copic markers. 

I used papers from 2 new Lawn Fawn 6×6 paper pads to decorate the box: Perfectly Plaid and Watercolor Wishes.

This project was so incredibly fun to make, and I can only imagine all the possible scenes I’ll be able to create using this fun die set!

OK, now I’d like to throw in how I store my Copic markers, and how I transport them.

I have a wonderful collection of Copic Sketch markers; it has taken me almost 3 years to get to this point! When I’m coloring, I want them organized, and easily accessible. After much trial & error while experimenting with different storage solutions, I was finally thrilled when I discovered the Crafter’s Companion Untimate Pens and Markers Storage Units. You can get them in Clear (with a light tint of blue), or Black; I have the Clear ones. Here is an image of my markers and where I keep them on my work table:

(in this pic you can see the neighbor’s house still under construction and the mud pit it’s sitting on!):

Then there are the times when I need to take my markers with me; when that’s the case, I pull out my Copic Empty Clear Storage Cases. They come in different sizes for different Copic markers (Original, Sketch, or Ciao). I have 4 of the cases that hold 72 markers each, and that’s enough to transport my markers.

So that’s it! Make sure you head over to our Copic 30th Birthday Giveaway post because you still have time to enter !

Scalloped Box Card Pop-Up Cut Set (Lawn Fawn)	Elphie Selfie Stamp Set (Lawn Fawn)	Elphie Selfie Cut Set (Lawn Fawn)	Critters in the Jungle Stamp Set (Lawn Fawn)	Critters in the Jungle Cut Set (Lawn Fawn)
Year Two Stamp Set (Lawn Fawn)	Year Two Cut Set (Lawn Fawn)	Year Four Stamp Set (Lawn Fawn)	Year Four Cut Set (Lawn Fawn)	So Much to Say Stamp Set (Lawn Fawn)
Grassy Border Die Cut (Lawn Fawn)	Perfectly Plaid Rainbow 6×6 paper pack (Lawn Fawn)	Watercolor Wishes 6×6 paper pack (Lawn Fawn)	Copic Sketch Markers	Blending Card Paper – Bright White (X-Press IT)
Memento Dye Ink Pad – Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)	Classic Smooth White Card Shoppe Paper (Bazzill)	Clear Wink of Stella Brush Glitter Pen Marker (Zig)	Yellow Wink of Stella Brush Glitter Pen Marker (Zig)	Acrylic Block 3.5″ Round with 8 grips with Guidelines (Lawn Fawn)
Acrylic Block 2.5″ Round with 8 grips with Guidelines (Lawn Fawn)	Acrylic Block 1.75″ Round with 8 grips (Lawn Fawn)	Stamp Shammy (Lawn Fawn)	Clear Gel Glue (X-Press IT)	Permanent Tape Runner (Crafter’s Companion)
The Ultimate Pens and Markers Storage – Blue (Crafter’s Companion)	Stamp & Die Storage Pockets (Avery Elle)

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