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Dare To Get Dirty!

It's Dare to Get Dirty Week at Splitcoaststampers!  If you're a Fan Club Member this is your chance to play along with design team members (aka Dirty Girls, which I am honored to say I am an alumni of!), past and present, in a ton of fun challenges!  If you're not a Fan Club Member, this is the perfect time to become one -- you can get all the info here.  We'd love to have you play with us this week!  There are 33 challenges to choose from - play one or play them all.

Today I'm hosting a sketch challenge ... you'll need to work with this sketch:

 

You can find full details about the challenge, including two more samples from my fellow alumni Dirty Girls and friends, Jami Sibley and Jody Morrow, HERE.  Easy peasy, right?!!

Here's my sample, using one of Karen Lockhart's beautiful new floral images from her Summer 2010 release, Peonies ... my favorite flowers!

 
  
The image is stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa onto Neenah Natural White cardstock and colored with these Copic markers:

 

Coloring these flowers might seem a little overwhelming, but it's a pretty quick & easy process.  I started out with a quick base coat of Copic R21:

 
 
And then used R83 and R85 to variegate the flowers and give them depth, keeping the darker R85 color towards the lower, larger outside petals of the flowers (and the centers).  The orangey red R21 Copic might not normally be used in combination with R83 & R85 but I like the peach contrast it gives with the rose of the R80's for these flowers.

The last step for the flowers is to go back with the first R21 mark and blend the colors together.  An even lighter R20 was used to fill in some gaps between flowers.  The leaves were colored with the YG markers in the photo above and the E's were used on the vase.

I hope you'll be inspired to come try my challenge!

 

Stamps: Lockhart Stamp Company-Peonies
Paper: The Girls' Paperie-Paper Girl patterned papers, Neenah Natural White cardstock
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa ink; Ranger Antique Linen and Brushed Corduroy Distress inks; Copic markers (shown above)
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels Eight Nestabilities die set, Webster's Pages Bloomer Deluxe, twine, foam tape

Red, White & Blue Sketch!

 
Does your heart beat red, white & blue?  Do you like working with sketches?  Then today's JustRite Friday Challenge was made just for you!  I hope you'll join us today over at the JustRite Inspiration blog, to see the sketch I created, along with my sample card ... this beautiful sailboat colored with Copics!  And you could win some JustRite stamps by participating in the challenge!

Wanna Win Some Copics?!!

A new JustRite Friday Challenge has been posted for the long U.S. holiday weekend, and the prize is a set of 12 Copic markers!!  All you have to do is make a card using JustRite stamps and the sketch for my sample card shown above (by June 3) and enter it at the JustRite blog.  Easy peasy fun for you over the weekend, which could win you some great Copic product!  You can find the sketch and details for my card over at the JustRite Inspiration blog.

Enjoy your weekend!

Happy Easter!

 

A very happy Easter to all of you!  I've adored My Favorite Things' sweet new Pure Innocenceline of stamps for quite some time; got some a few months ago and am just now finding the time to play with them.  They tug at my heart strings because they remind me of my two girls!  I'm glad I found this one in my stash and had time to play with her before the weekend flew by!  So I have a step-by-step of how I colored her with my Copic markers . . .

This paper pattern from Basic Grey's Green At Heart 6x6 reminded me of Easter eggs, so that's why I chose it.  I always choose my papers first, then I select my Copic markers to compliment the paper.  Here are the steps I took to color this sweet Easter girl (you can click on any image, to view it larger):

 

I started with a base coat of V01 on her dress, and then added some shading with V12.

 

Next, I added more shading to her dress, using a darker V15, then went back and blended a little with the lighter V01 & V12.

 

For her hair, I started with a base coat of Y21 and then added some darker E31.  If you wanted a dark blonde girl, you could stop here.  I decided to go a little darker and added:

 

E31 for a little more contrast to her hair (and not shown -- a little E25).  Her skin was colored with E50 first, then shaded with E30.  R30 was used for her rosy cheeks.

 

The basket and eggs were colored with the markers shown above left; shadows were added around her with Woo, Wo & W1.

I used CPS #161 for the layout of my card (turned vertical), using a 1-inch circle punch to punch out the sentiment and matched it up to a coordinating Basic Grey Green At Heart Button. 

 

I hope you all have a blessed day!

 

Stamps: My Favorite Things Pure Innocence-My Basket of Eggs
Paper: Basic Grey Green At Heart 6x6, Neenah Natural White cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Antique Linen Distress Ink, Copic markers listed above
Accessories: Basic Grey Green At Heart Buttons,WRM Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper, 1" Circle Punch, embroidery floss, foam tape