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Coloring with Copic and Bic Markers

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 14:00:00 +0000

Welcome to my Blog!

Today I wanted to share with you my experience with coloring with Copic and Bic Markers. I have both sets of the Bic Markers, Ultra and Ultra fine. I bought one set from Target and the other set from Amazon. They are really affordable especially if you are just starting out and do not want to invest a lot of money. The Copic markers that I have( Ciao and Sketch) I bought from Michael's and Ebay. I prefer the Ciao because the are slightly less expensive that the Sketch, and they do the same thing.

To begin you must have a either a coloring stamped image or a digital image you can print off to color.
There are tons of sites online that sell images for coloring, just search and find something you like.
I do not have alot of stamped images I can color in my stash, so I went online, found an image and started coloring with just Bic Markers. Coloring with just Bic Markers was ok, but for skin, it just did not give me the range of skin tone colors that I wanted. On to my favorite resource, You-Tube, to see if someone has found a way to color with them and of course there was video..yay!! I need a blender pen, so off I go to Michael's with a coupon to buy a blender pen. I bought a Copic sketch blender marker, tried that technique and let's say I really liked that way that looked. . You need to put down a layer of blender ink on your image, then color with the Bic Marker. It does make the colored image smoother looking, but again I was not able to get the range of skin tones with the Bics. I researched some more about Copics, found a great blog site where the blogger gives you a list of 36 Copics for newbies. It is a great guide to go by for newbies The site was debbiehodge.com, Sept 2011 post.

So, I have my image, my markers and now I need paper. As for paper, there are a lot of papers to color with, you just have to choose what you like. I bought a sample pack of Copic Express Blend It and Gina K Design. I like them both, but I did notice the difference in coloring with just Bics or just Copics.
For just Copic coloring only, I like the Gina K, it did not bleed as much. For just coloring with Bics, I like the Copic Express Blend It. This is just my experience right now, as I practice more, it may change, who knows, but for now either one will work.
Below are examples I colored. I practiced for about 2 weeks and created some color combos that I liked.

This is my coloring notebook. The image is from Saturated Canary. The markers were Spectrum Noir,
I sold those a while ago, the coloring system was confusing to me..lol!!

These are my Bic Markers both the ultra and the ultra fine and my Copic CiaoSketch skin tone colors.

Basically, for the skin tone I would use the Bic colors as the shadow and blend with the Copics

For the clothing, eyes , lips I used just the Bic Markers

Have a great day!
Kim

January Birthday Cards

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 14:00:00 +0000

Hi Ya'll

Today I am sharing the cards I made for January birthdays!

Have a great day!

Kim

2013 December Birthday Cards

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:00:00 +0000

Greetings All!
I hope you are having a fantastic day!

Today I wanted to share with you cards I made for my December Birthdays list.
I really loved how all of these turned out!

Enjoy!
Kim

2013 Christmas Cards

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 14:00:00 +0000

Happy Belated Holiday Greetings!
I hope you had a wonderful, wonderful Christmas and New Year
I wanted to share with you the cards I made for Christmas 2013. As always I used my Cricut Expression and various carts. Paper and embellishments from Wally World, Michael's, Stampin Up and Dollar Tree.
Glitter: Stickles Glitter glue, Sakura Glitter pin. Stamps: Hero Arts, Stampin Up, Michael's

This set was made for DH clients and friends

This set I made for my co-workers

This set I made to mail out to family and friends

Have a Great Day!
Kim

Halloween Goodie Bags

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Hello Everyone

Here's pictures of Halloween goodie bags I made. I used my wonderful Cricut Expression, of course. I finally used my Cricut Jukebox and love it! No more replacing each cartridge, yea!! Ok so I have a gypsy too and I used that to find the images..lol!!, just not cut. I used 3 Cricut Cartridges, PaperDoll Dress-up for the images, Paper Pups for the Boo sentiment, I cannot remember which cartridge I used for the Halloween sentiment. I really should write this stuff down:) The designer paper was from the clearance section at Hobby Lobby. It included Halloween and Christmas designer paper, 50 pieces total for 5.00! The black cardstock was from Michaels, Recollection brand. The clear bags I bought from Tuesday Morning, a while ago. Perfect for goodie bags!

Enjoy the day!
Kim

Birthday Cards

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:00:00 +0000

What's up my bloggie Peeps:)

Remember earlier in the year when I said I was going to make cards to send to my family each month for their birthday. Well it is going well and I have really enjoyed creating and sending the cards to my family.

The first one is for my brother-in-law. He is a golfer, so I thought I would do a card with a golfing theme. I used my Cricut Expression and cricut cartridges, Sports Mania for the golfer image and Plantin Schoolbook for the sentiment on the front. The paper is from Teresa Collins 8x8 paper pad called Fabrications. I love this paper stack! You can't really tell in the picture,but I used glossy accents(CTMH brand) on the golfer image.

The second card is for my sister. The paper was from a paper mat stack,All About Girlss. I bought it from ACMoore, really cute paper. The image is a Bella Stamp from Stampin Bella. They were having a clearance sell on these particular images and I bought a lot of them! I colored her with my pink Sakura glitter pen and Spectrum Noir makers. I matted her to circles I cut using my spellbinder circle scallop dies. The sentiment is from CTMH

The Third card is for my niece's husband. I used Colorboc Kraft paper from Wal-Mart.
The black cardstock is Recollections from Michael's. The button from my stash and the sentiment from Stampin Up.

Enjoy!
Kim

60th Birthday Cake

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Hi Blogland !

I made this wonderful birthday cake for my mother in law's 60th Birthday party.
It was a 3 tier, buttercream frosting and vanilla cake. The colors were royal blue and silver. I added royal blue satin ribbon bows on two of the tiers and crystal cake bling around each tier. I got the crystal ribbon at Hobby Lobby and it was just enough to put around each tier. She loved it! Oh and I also made some water bottles labels to coordinate with the theme of the birthday party. I forgot to take a picture of those, but they were really easy to make! ( Sorry for the blurry picture, I took it with my cell phone)

My Mini Bill Planner

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Hi, Ya'll:)

Today I wanted to show off my latest project, what I call my bill planner. So for years I kept track of what bills needed to be paid in a little 5x7 notebook. I think I have had that notebook for about 7 years now. Well, it is on it's last leg and I needed something to replace it with. So, I got to thinking why not make one. Since I liked the idea of the envelope mini album, it is just condensed version of one. I have two pockets made with envelopes, I printed some lined paper to write on and put it all together with my BIA(bind it all). I made a pen to match as well The paper pack used was Recollections Everyday Moments. I love, love that paper pad, it is soooo pretty! Sooo, check it out below!

Bloggie Love
Kim-

Envelope Mini Album Kathy Orta Style

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Hello lovely Blogland

I have finally tried my hand at making a mini album. Now, you know mini albums tutorials are all over the web. So I chose to follow, You Tuber Kathy Orta. It was simple, but I would suggest you watch the video several times and get all the supplies first. I did not do that, so I had to stop and re-start a few times..lol! I got through it and I think it turned out really cute!. Since, I really did not know what I was doing I chose to use some really inexpensive, but cute paper from Wally World. It was the Colorbok Paper collection Fresh Linen. It really is cute paper, see below. They had two different kinds of paper stacks for this one. One paper pack had more paper, while the other had more stickers, etc.

I used black cardstock I found at Tuesday Morning, I think it is called Paper Studio. It was only 1.99 so I got all they had that day:). I added a little bling on the front with some Boa feathers I got from Wally World. I am really happy with the way it came together.

Ok, so I did a video to show you guys what I did, so ..umm.. let's just say amateur attempt at video making..lol! Anyway, check it out below.

Blog for you soon-
Kim

Daughter's Graduation Party Decorations

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:30:00 +0000

My daughter graduated from high school this year..sniff..sniff. They grow soo fast!
Anyway, we through a graduation party for her and I made all the decorations. Know let me say, I do not know how people do this all the time..but this was a lot of work! It was fun, but whew! She is going off to VA Tech in the fall, so I incorporated both her current school colors orange and black and her new school schools, orange and maroon in the design. My advice for those who have not done this before, start early!!! lol!! I used my cricut, YourStory, SCAL and several cartridges for most of the decorations. The poms, poms were made from plastic table cloths, really easy to make. I found the tutorials for the poms, the water bottles labels, the chocolate graduation hats and the banner on the internet.

Enjoy!

Kim

Vertical TP Roll Mini Album

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 13:14:00 +0000

I finally made my first mini album. I started small and made the toilet paper mini album. I watched the you tube tutorial by My Sisters Scrapper. She does the best, most thorough tutorials I have seen on You Tube for mini albums! Don't you just love you tube! Everyone is soo generous with their knowledge, its just great to be able to learn from such wonderful, creative people. I used scraps from two left over 6x6 paper pads, Authentique and MME Lost and Found. The black ribbon is from the dollar tree, the sticker was from a leftover Teresa Collins paper pack, the black cardstock is paper studio corduroy I bought at Tuesday Morning. I was happy with the way it came together. It is now sitting on my desk at work. Love it!

Enjoy!

Kim

Birthday Card

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:01:00 +0000

I have really enjoyed creating and sending my family members cards on their birthday.
Here is one I just sent recently to my niece's. His birthday was his month.
I created one for his sister as well, but I forgot to take a picture. They were both created using the Paper Doll Cartridges.

Enjoy!
Kim

Wedding Card

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:30:00 +0000

So, today I am showing another card made with the Bella Stamps. This is the wedding couple image. I kept it simple, just black and white, with a little bling with silver glitter glue and gems. It is really cute. I love the way the card turned out.

Enjoy!

Kim

Farewell to a friend card

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:30:00 +0000

A very good friend of mine, I've worked with for 10 + years is leaving. So, I made this card for her to wish her good luck on her new journey. The card image is from Stampin Bella. I have wanted some of their stamps for sooo long! Recently, they had this big clearance sale and I bought alot of the Bella stamps.. great score!! I colored the image with my Spectrum Noir markers, first time using those on an actual card. Pretty happy with the results!

Enjoy!
Kim

Birthday Cake for My Niece

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:30:00 +0000

I made this number 10 birthday cake for my niece this month.
This was her request, a number 10 cake with Hello Kitty on it. I carved the number"1" out of a 10 inch square cake. The number "0" is just an 8 inch round cake. I printed the Hello Kitty from the web onto edible image paper. The Happy Birthday, I cut using my cricut cake machine and a sheet of edible image paper.

Enjoy!
Kim

Birthday Card

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Here is a card I made for my sister for her birthday this month. This is a z-fold card. The paper base is from paper I bought from Tuesday Morning for like a $1.99. It is gray and has a shimmer to it, really pretty! The decorative paper is from a paper pack from Michael's recollection collection, Everyday Moments. I love this paper! I used the scallop spellbinders for the inside oval.

Enjoy!
Kim

Happy Mother's Day!!

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Sun, 12 May 2013 19:30:00 +0000

For Mother's Day, I made a card and 2 bookmarks for my MIL.
The bookmarks are extra special, because they are of my daughter's artwork. She is a really gifted artist and I am very proud of her!

Enjoy!
Kim

Birthday Trifold card

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:00:00 +0000

Hello crafty peeps!

Here is a card I made for my sis for her birthday. This was my first trifold card and I was sooo pleased with the way it turned out. The paper I used was from Teresa Collins paper pad I bought off my craft channel. I think the paper pad is called Fabrications.

Enjoy!

Kim

Birthday Card Set

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:00:00 +0000

My sister asked me to make her another set of birthday cards, this time more for adults.
I made a ton of cards for her and used a variety of papers and my cricut.

Enjoy!
Kim

This set was actually made out of a set of cards I bought from AC Moore around Christmas.

This set I used the Happy Birthday Cuttlebug folder, some twine and ribbon. Simple and cute!

This is last set I used paper from the 6x6 Authentic Paper pad. I love this paper!

This is a baby shower card she asked me to make. It turned out sooo cute!
I used the New arrival cart for the rattle, the words and blinged that out with glitter glue..

This is the sympathy card she asked me to make as well.

This card was just an extra one I created. It was an idea I had and it turned out nice.

Birthday Cards for Family

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:00:00 +0000

This year I decided that I would make and send birthday cards to my family on their birthday.
I know I like my birthday to be acknowledged by someone. So I asked everyone for their birthdate and I am set to create. Below, I have posted the cards I have created for January and February.

Enjoy!
Kim

This was for my Nephew, who just turned 13 in January

This was for my Niece, who will be turning 18 this month

Kim

It's snowing!!

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 14:55:00 +0000

Yea, it's snowing again. I love to see the snow fall, it's soo pretty. Here is a picture of the last snow fall we had last month. Beautiful right?:)

Happy Holidays!

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 20:00:00 +0000

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!
I did:) We started a fire in the fireplace on Christmas Eve, listened to our favorite Christmas Songs and enjoyed the evening. I am truly blessed.

Now for my Crafty Talk:)....I handmade my Christmas Cards again this year. I sooo enjoyed creating these cards this year!
I used 2 different paper packs from American Crafts found at AC Moore. A combination of stamps from different places, CTMH, Stampin Up and Michael's 1.00 Spot. For the Snowflakes, I used the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge and the ribbon is from Dollar Tree, White Satin. They have this ribbon year round, so a great bargain when you are making a lot of cards during the holidays!

This card was sent to Family. I thought the Snow family was soo cute, they had glittered accents so pretty!

The next 4 cards went to friends and coworkers

These two cards were made for my DH clients.

Happy Holidays!
Kim

Happy Halloween(Belated)..hehe!

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Hello Peeps!
I meant, well I tried to post my halloween candy creations on halloween, but did not get to it.

So here they are, a day late, but still cute!

Thanks for looking!
Kim

Cardstock Mini Album

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Hello Blogland:)

Last week, I was looking for inspiration for a birthday gift for my MIL. So, of course I checked my favorite go to spot..Pinterest! (I luv that site!) There, I came across this Pin for a cardstock mini album tutorial by tkdgalsamm. OMG, this was exactly what I was looking for and it was so eeeeasy!! For my design, I used two different types of patterned paper, Stampin Up Love Letter and Teresa Collins Fabrications. Both of these papers had the color scheme I was looking for which was red, black and cream.
The base of the card and the mini album was black cardstock that I had gotten from Tuesday Morning for $1.99. (Great deal on that! ) I just followed along with the video and TaDa!.. see my pretty mini album and matching birthday card below!

noreply@blogger.com (Kim) — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:30:00 +0000

It's been awhile since I last posted and let's just say life interrupted:) Now, I did create a few cards, just did not have the time to post. So here they are.

This was for a coworker of mine whose father passed way in May.

This for my DH for Father's day from the kiddos!

This was for my DH birthday

This was for my nephew's graduation from High School

Enjoy!
Kim