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Copic Coloring Guide Level 3: People

Good morning and welcome to a very special blog hop!  I am excited to announce my participation and publication in the new Copic Coloring Guide, Level 3: People!

Authors Colleen Schaan and Marianne Walker have partnered up again with the team at Annie’s and some of the most talented artists and designers in the industry to bring you a quality publication packed full of techniques, theory, tutorials, and inspiration.  The 64-page book is the next step in the Coloring Guide series, offering information and educational material for crafters of all skill levels.

From the how and why behind choosing colors and coloring skin, to the tips and techniques for coloring hair, to the helpful hints on how to create realistic looking clothing and fabric, this book presents information in an easy-to-follow format.

An included CD contains all of the hand-drawn images used in the tutorial section of the book, along with the assembly instructions for all of the projects, and a number of blank reference charts.

Each participating designer is hopping today to give you a peak at their favorite project from the book -- and a chance to WIN your own autographed copy! 

I'm beyond thrilled and honored to have my card project featured on the cover! 

The darling Copica Girl I used is a digital image from Saturated Canary.  Isn't she adorable, carrying an apron full of Copic markers?!!  She reminds me so much of my youngest daughter, always searching for "her" set of markers to use!  You can find all the detailed instructions on how to color this image in the book!

To help kick off the celebration of the new book, each designer on the hop is giving away an autographed copy of the book . . . signed not only by Colleen and Marianne, but also by the individual designer, too!  Please comment on this post for your chance to win your signed copy of mine! 

Commenting will be closed at midnight on Friday, October 26th. Winners will be announced on the individual designer's blog (look for my winner announcement on Saturday, October 27!).  Good luck!

Jane Allen

Melissa Andrew 

Michele Boyer

Jennifer Dove

Beate Johns

Sharon Harnist  <=You are here!

Melanie Holtz

Michelle Houghton

Debbie Olson

Claudia Rosa

Colleen Schaan  

Marianne Walker

Can't wait to see if you win a copy? Copic Coloring Guide Level 3: People is now available at many stamping and scrapbooking stores, including my favorite online Copic retailer, Ellen Hutson LLC!

Happy Friday!  ~ Sharon

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED AND THE WINNER HAS BEEN POSTED. THANKS FOR ENTERING!

On the First Day of Christmas . . .

I found a new (at least to me!) toy over the weekend . . . Dymo has a new 3/8" label maker called the Caption Maker.  What's different about this one is that it's PINK and has three interchangeable font wheels that you can take out and change mid-sentence or even mid-word!  I've used the upper & lower case here, there's also a lower case cursive font.

If you click on the hyperlinked text above, that will take you to Dymo's site so you can see what the label maker looks like and also the fonts.  But the price listed there is more than what I found with a Google search.  I also got mine for less at my local Michael's . . . but I'm not certain you could find it in your local Michael's.  This is a new prototype store Michael's is trying out in my area, since they are based here, and they had a lot better product than I've seen in other Michael's stores.

Sorry my sentiment isn't showing up too well here, if you click on the photo for a larger view, it may be better.  That's due in part to Dymo's new clear tape that I used to emboss on (OH, the possibilities!) and then applied it over some of the patterned paper I used in my project.

I just had to rave a little bit about my new toy here . . . to see the rest of this project, please visit the CLASSroom today!

On another note, I just wanted to share something else I was excited to see over the weekend.  I received my new November PaperCrafts magazine and was flipping thru it, when I saw this Spellbinders ad:

 

These are both my projects that I've shared with you here on my blog: Sleighbells Ring and Apron Box & Invite.  Isn't that a pretty ad?  Thanks for sharing in my excitement!

I hope to have another project for you tomorrow using Taylored Expressions' darling little Trick or Sweet gouls, witches & goblins!

Faux Stitching Card #7

I finally received my comp copy of the Stamper's Sampler Take Ten June/July magazine these cards were featured in . . . turns out they used the opening paragraph I sent them as the whole article!  It also turns out the card recipes & instruction are a bit off, so pay closer attention to these instructions!  ;)   The pink/red Roses in Winter card I showed here was not in the article.  Here are the instructions on the last card that IS in the article:

 

Printed papers are from Stampin' Up's Enchante collection and they were layered onto a pale plum card base.  A double row of faux stitching "holds" the papers together on the left side, and the right corners were also stitched.  Pewter brads anchor the lower left corner.

The focal image (SU's Happy Harmony) was stamped by inking the rubber directly with Stampin' Write Markers: perfect & pale plum and sage, then stamping onto vanilla cardstock.  The flower centers were highlighted with 2-Way Glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  The sentiment was stamped in perfect plum.  It is matted with sage cardstock and accented with a Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware swirl clip and eggplant grosgrain ribbon that really does match better in person!  The image is then mounted with dimensionals to the card.

I hope these cards & article inspire you to try faux stitching on your cards!

Faux Stitching Card #6

Time to change up that straight faux stitching with a little zig-zag!  Sorry the colors are looking a little off in this photo -- this card is a perfect plum base and has the swirl from Carte Postale stamped down the left side in perfect plum classic ink.  For the quilted piece, I cut squares of four different patterns of designer paper from the Enchante collection and adhered them to a strip of pale plum cardstock.  Then I faux zig-zag stitched the strips together by piercing every other hole in the Stampin’ Up paper piercing template and then connecting the holes with perfect plum Stampin’ Write Marker.  This strip was adhered about ¾” from the left side of the card.

The focal image is the butterfly from A Touch of Nature stamped in Timber Brown StazOn on vanilla cardstock.  I wanted a softer look, so I used a blender pen with classic ink pads to color the butterfly with plum & celery.  The Fancy Flexible Phrases sentiment was also stamped in Timber Brown StazOn.  The corners of this piece were clipped with the Ticket Corner Punch and matted with celery cardstock.  The edges of both pieces were sponged with cocoa ink.  The piece was mounted with dimensionals to the card.

A tab was created with the small oval punch (other half is wrapped around to the inside of the card), the edges sponged and adhered to the lower right side with a gold brad.

All supplies by Stampin’ Up!