Copic Ciao (pronounched chow)

Ciao Markers are the perfect choice for the beginner artist, crafter or rubber stamper. These round shaped pens are made specifically for those who want to try markers for the first time. They are the most affordable marker in the Copic range.  not compatible with the airbrush system.

• Alcohol based ink is acid free when dry.
• Double ended marker, with durable polyester nibs, comes with Super Brush and Medium Broad Nibs.
• Ciao Markers come in 144 colors.
• Ciao Markers are refillable and tips are replaceable.
• Solid polypropylene body is both smooth and comfortable, for a perfect, controllable grip
• Electronic production guarantees consistency of both color and output.
• Caps come with an inner seal as well as choke proof venting for small children as a safety feature.
• Body inscriptions and symbols are wear resistant and easily cleaned with COPIC cleaner.
• Grey band around ‘Super Brush’ end makes it easy to see at a glance which tip you are using.

Individual Markers
RRP of $7.25  Our Regular Price: $6.60 each or
Choose your own ‘Baker’s Dozen’ - 13 Markers for the price of 12, plus a free pack of 10 x A5 blending card (reg $3.95)

Sets
Ciao Set – 36 Markers (A, B or C)
RRP of $234.75  Our Regular Price: $230

Ciao Set – 72 Markers (A or B)
RRP of $468.40  Our Regular Price: $460

Copic Marker (aka Copic Original)

With its outstanding performance and creative versatility, the COPIC Marker System provides the ultimate solution for design flexibility.

• Alcohol based ink is acid free when dry.
• Square body profile is roll resistant on working surfaces.
• Double ended marker with durable polyester nibs – comes with Broad & Fine nibs.
• Solid polypropylene body is both smooth and comfortable, for a perfect, controllable grip.
• Durable polyester nibs are easily interchangeable and available in nine different weights and styles.
• Copic Markers come in 214 colors (expandable to 334).
• Copic Markers are refillable with Various Inks.
• Electronic production guarantees consistency of both color and output.
• Great for airbrushing.
• Precise and positive colored capping system provides for instant color selection.
• Body inscriptions and symbols are wear resistant and easily cleaned with COPIC cleaner.

Individual Markers
RRP of $11.65  Our Regular Price: $11.50 each or
Choose your own ‘Baker’s Dozen’ - 13 Markers for the price of 12, plus a free pack of 10 x A4 blending card (reg $5.95)

Sets
Original Marker Set – 12 Markers

RRP of $136.20  Our Regular Price: $130

Original Marker Set – 36 Markers
RRP of $404  Our Regular Price: $395

Original Marker Set – 72 Markers  (A, B or C)
RRP of $823.75  Our Regular Price: $820

Copic Sketch

Sketch is the most versatile marker in the Copic range. Features the same tips as the popular Ciao Markers, in a larger oval barrel pen. Compatible with the airbrushing system.

• Alcohol based ink is acid free when dry.
• Oval body profile is roll resistant on working surfaces.
• Double ended marker with durable polyester nibs – comes with Super Brush and Medium Broad nibs.
• Solid polypropylene body is both smooth and comfortable, for a perfect, controllable grip.
• Durable polyester nibs are easily interchangeable and available in nine different weights and styles.
• Copic Markers come in 214 colors (expandable to 334).
• Copic Markers are refillable with Various Inks.
• Electronic production guarantees consistency of both color and output.
• Great for airbrushing.
• Precise and positive colored capping system provides for instant color selection.
• Body inscriptions and symbols are wear resistant and easily cleaned with COPIC cleaner.

Individual Markers
RRP of $11.65 Our Regular Price: $11.50 each or
Choose your own ‘Baker’s Dozen’ - 13 Markers for the price of 12, plus a free pack of 10 x A4 blending card (reg $5.95)

Sets
Sketch Set – 12 Markers
RRP of $140.95  Our Regular Price: $140

Sketch Set – 36 Markers
RRP of $448.50  Our Regular Price: $445

Sketch Set – 72 Markers  (A, B, C or D)
RRP of $858.60  Our Regular Price: $850

Related Items and Accessories

Memento Ink Pad – Tuxedo Black $11.50
This is our favourite ink for stamping images to be coloured with Copics.  Fast drying, fade resistant, won’t bleed with Copic markers, even coverage and fine impressions.

X-Press It Blending Card – A4 pk 10 – $5.95
If you want the best results from your Copic markers, this is the card you’ll want to use. Super smooth, ultra white and bleedproof, we’ve tried other brands and this one leaves them behind in the dust.

Copic Various Ink – Blender – $15.95
For wonderful blending effects with minimal pens, you can’t go past the ’0′ or colourless blender. Grab a Various Ink in this popular colour and you’ll be able to refill your marker time and time again. Can also be used for your favourite alcohol ink techniques on gloss card.

That means a lot of items left in stock have drastically reduced prices. It also means that when they’re gone, they’re gone for good.

To make room for the new, we need a good clear out and tidy up.
We’re also destashing our homes and workshop area, so this clear out is going to be HUGE and ruthless.
We’ll be putting together some grab bags that will be so full of goodies that you’ll wonder if we’ve lost our minds.

The changes to Scrappindipity will be happening gradually (both in store and online) over the next few months.
We’re adjusting our sails and setting a slightly different course for ourselves -we’re excited about the direction we’re heading off in and hope that you will be too.  These changes will enable us to continue serving you with the enthusiasm and passion that you know us for -- with an extra burst of energy and a dash more creativity.

If you’d like to stay up to date with what’s happening at Scrappindipity, please subscribe to our feed, and sign up to our newsletter using the box below or shoot an email to bec@scrappindipity.com.au to get yourself on the list.

Until next time,

-Bec & Lorri

PS: Here’s a fabulous version of a fabulous song -- enjoy!

If you’re looking for information on Copic Markers and the copic set colour charts, you can find them here.

What a class!

It was our first class upstairs in the beautiful Rialtos Function Centre, and the venue was a definite hit.
Think chandeliers, mirrors and sheer curtains. Oh and plenty of elbow room!

Linda made sure that everyone had a wonderful time and the room was abuzz with everyone inking, spritzing, dabbing, scribbling, scraping, moulding, mixing, pouring and embellishing along to cool tunes and the hum of heat guns.

Lunch was a delicious round table with fresh sandwiches, homemade spicy pumpkin soup (Thanks Brenda! You can cook for us anytime!), homebaked bread, oh and cupcakes of course!

The process was deliciously messy with splattering and spritzing at every turn, all coming together into palettes of gorgeous shimmering colour.

This is the wonderfully friendly group that participated in the class with a view of all the amazing and unique art that was created. Megan volunteered to be behind the camera for this one, but at least her canvas wasn’t camera-shy.

Ps: We’ve decided that we can squeeze a couple of extra people into the Scrapware Spectacular with Linda in the evening of Thursday 27th May. If you’d like to create some delicious textural, wearable pieces like those you see on Linda’s blog, send the shop an email or give us a call on Tuesday.

Step one – Apply gesso with a palette knife so that some areas are thicker than others.

Step two – heat with embossing heat tool/paint stripper gun on low setting. Keep moving the heat around the piece until the gesso starts to form a skin on top and blister up.

Step three – using a clean piece of paper, press down on the bubbles to squish them down. You may need to protect your hands from the heat, the surface will be hot hot hot.

Step four – paint!

step five – you can add another colour of paint over the top, and wipe some away to highlight the texture. rub’n'buff will also highlight the texture beautifully.

You can see one example of this technique in the image below.

Join Lorri, Bec and special guest Linda Baldock for a full day of creating and getting your hands dirty!
Sunday 23rd May from 10am – 4pm at a cost of $100 with all materials provided.

You’ll create a mixed media canvas of your own design and learn heaps of techniques along the way.
We will provide a light lunch and some yummy treats to keep your energy up!

Limited places available, so book fast!

Linda will also be joining us for an evening class featuring new release products from Scrapware.
(I’ll upload sneak peek pictures as soon as we have them. )
Thursday, 27th May from 7pm-10pm at a cost of $35 with all materials provided.
This workshop is all about chipboard, and if you have seen Linda’s blog & work you will already know that she is on the design team for Scrapware, and her chipboard creations are totally amazing. In this class we will get to play with chipboard and try our hands at the many ways of altering it, grunging it up and putting all those little pieces to good use!

I seem to say that every year (don’t we all?) and it’s always a reminder about how precious each and every moment is.

Mum and I have had a lot to deal with in the last couple of months, dealing with Nana’s illness and squeezing in as much time with her as we could before she passed away.

In previous years we have closed the store only for a few days over the chrissy break – reopening between boxing day and new years eve.  This is going to be a tough christmas for our family, and Mum and I have decided that we are going to take this opportunity to have a short break, spend some time together and prepare for the new year.

Our last day of trading for 2009 will be Wednesday 23rd December.
We will reopen on Tuesday 5th Jan 2010.

We wish you all a very merry christmas, and hope that you will take the christmas holidays as an opportunity to spend some time with your loved ones.  Time really does fly.

I wanted to post here to apologise for our absences and early closes over the last couple of weeks. We recently received some terrible news about my Nana (Lorri’s Mum) and have been by her side ever since.

What we originally thought was a pulled muscle in her back was actually the first signs of a lung cancer that had moved to her bones – the pain had been building for 4-5 months and then we finally demanded some more scans be done to see what the problem really was after the escalating doses of pain-killers weren’t having any effect.

Unfortunately things are not looking good for Nana, the cancer is now throughout her body and her brain and there isn’t any treatment that will fix it. She’s currently undergoing radiation treatment in the hopes that it might bring the pain down a little – and pain management is the only important thing for her at this stage.

As I’m sure you will understand, receiving such a devastating diagnosis for a member of your immediate family is quite a shock, and we’re all doing our best to support each other through a difficult time.

I will be back at the store tomorrow (Tuesday 23rd Nov) to open as normal. And I will also make arrangements for our friends to watch the store for us when Mum and I are otherwise engaged to minimise the inconvenience for our customers.

Thanks for your understanding.
-Bec

Opening times for the next few weeks are as follows:

Mon 23rd Nov – Closed.
Tues 24th Nov – 9.30am – 5.00pm
Wed 25th Nov – 9.30am – 5.00pm
Thurs 26th Nov – 9.30am – 5.00pm
Fri 27th Nov – 9.30am – 5.00pm
Sat 28th Nov – 10.00am – 4.00pm
Sun 29th Nov – Closed
Mon 30th Nov – Closed
Tues 1st Dec – 9.30am – 5.00pm
Wed 2nd Dec – 9.30am – 5.00pm
Thur 3rd Dec – 9.30am – 5.00pm
Fri 4th Dec – 9.30am – 5.00pm
Sat 6th Dec – 10.00am – 4.00pm
Sun 7th Dec – Closed
Mon 8th Dec – Closed
Tues 9th Dec – 9.30am – 5.00pm
Wed 10th Dec – 9.30am – 5.00pm
Thurs 11th Dec – 9.30am – 5.00pm
Fri 12th Dec – 9.30am – 5.00pm
Sat 13th Dec – 10.00am – 4.00pm

Start out by covering your background surface with one or two colours of acrylic paint. I’m working on a pre-cut ATC base by Scrapware.

You don’t need to be precious about how you apply the paint, just slap it on quickly – if you leave it thick it will take longer to dry, so because I’m impatient, I usually work with lots of thin layers. To start with I used a bright yellow and pink…

Once that’s dry, grab your next colour and give it another coat, not going quite all the way to the edges this time. I’ve used a watered down orange…

Then another quick coat of bright green…

See that little bit of crackle detail? An accidental product of impatience by heating the paint with an embossing gun to dry it quicker. We’ll go into crackle effects in another tutorial.

Once that’s all dry, add another colour. (Teal in this case) I applied this layer a little thicker than the others, and again, not quite all the way to the edges.

Extra tip – Uneven coats of paint create great textural effects. When an uneven coat of paint is partially dry, flip your card over onto a clean piece of paper. The not-quite-dry paint that was applied thicker should lift away in places revealing some of the colours from underneath.
This step isn’t essential for the technique, but can be fun to play around with.

Once the teal is dry, another coat of pink (which looks purple because of the teal underneath) goes on smoothly. Give it a few seconds to dry a little, then flick the painted surface with water. I like to do a series of small flicks from a paintbrush first, and then one medium sized ‘puddle’. Use a babywipe or paper towel in a dabbing motion to soak up the water (and wet paint). This will allow the colour to show through from underneath.

Once the last layer of paint is mostly dry, grab your sandpaper and sand through the layers of paint so that the underlying colours show through. It can be easier on your arms if you dampen either the painted surface or the sandpaper first, then you’ll need less pressure to get the paint up.

Now you’ll have a shabby, colourful, worn looking background ready to create on.

I used mine for this month’s ATC swap. The theme for November 09 is ‘layers & texture’.
If you’d like to join in, you can get all the details by looking here. I’ll upload the swaps and my creations at the beginning of December.