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Workdesk Wednesday

It's been a while since I shared What's on my Workdesk Wednesday, so here's today's:

I had been working on some new Copic color selections to add to JustRite's collections and am happy to announce they are ready to be shared!  You can find the new color chart to download from JustRite's site HERE, and you can find the new collections HERE and singles HERE.  I also have the chart available for download on my Copic FAQ & Color Chart page of my blog. 

The new colors/collections include:

 4 new Trio collections: Hydrangea Trio, Raspberry Trio, Moss Trio, Tahiti Trio

 2 new Quad collections: Ivory Quad and Neutral Gray Quad

 2 new singles (RV17 and E23) added to 2 Trios, making them Quads: Latte Quad and Red Violet Quad

For a total of:

22 new singles, 4 of which are the new 2011 Sketch colors: RV63, RV66, YG61 and E23

Enjoy!

Copic Updates-Workdesk Wednesday

I have a few Copic updates for you today . . . and here's what's on my Workdesk Wednesday!

First -- I'm very excited to finally have these in my studio ... the new 2011 Copic Sketch colors and Marianne Walker's (Copic's Product Specialist) Shadows & Shading - A Beginner's Guide to Lighting Placement:

 

I can't wait to play with those new colors!  If you haven't been able to find them yet, I know Ellen has received her second shipment of them -- you can find them in her store HERE.

A lot of you have asked how and when you could get Marianne's Guide.  They are in stock at the Copic warehouse and your local Copic retailer can order them for you, or I know Ellen also currently has a supply of them HERE.  Some of the material in this book is covered in the Intermediate Copic Certification class, so I can't wait to read it and refresh my memory!  It also includes four clear placement guides that help you with the proper placement of shadows.  I'll be showing you some tips with those over the next few weeks.

Second -- I also wanted to let you know new Copic Standard AND Intermediate Certification classes just opened recently in Columbus, Ohio for May 12 and 13.  You can find out more information about those classes and applications HERE.  I've also updated my Copic Certification Classes page with a HUGE list of upcoming class locations (some tentative), so you can see if one is scheduled in your area this year!

 

Workdesk Wednesday - Copics!

Here's what's on my workdesk today:

 
(Copic storage units are from Studio 3 Solutions)

I've been doing my annual coloring of a new Copic color chart, getting ready for when those pretty, new 12 Sketch colors arrive (they have begun shipping to retailers!), so I can add those color swatches to my chart!  In case you missed it, I have updated my downloadable Copic color chart with the 12 new Sketch colors -- you can find it on my Copic FAQ, Color Charts &Tutorials page of my blog.

Coloring a new chart each year accomplishes two things -- It makes sure I test each of my markers to see if they need refilling AND ensures I have an accurate color chart.  Since Copic ink is dye based (in an alcohol solution), the colors *can* fad over time, especially when exposed to a lot of light.  Plus, since Copic has added new colors the last two years, I've needed an updated chart each year!

Just a note: I've also updated my Copic Certification page with some tentative locations for the new Intermediate classes.  There will only be about 10 Intermediate classes held this first year, so be sure to register to receive email updates if one is scheduled anywhere near you!

I'll be back tomorrow with another new JustRite Stampers March release stamp set!

 

Workdesk Wednesday

You all cracked me up with all of your comments on my first Workdesk Wednesday blog post!  Yes, my desk is usually messier than that first photo, but remember -- I had just done a MAJOR cleanup!  Here it is today, back to it's usual in-the-middle-of-working-on-too-many-projects-at-once mode:

 
(Copic storage towers can be found at Studio 3 Solutions)

I knew it wouldn't stay that clean for very long -- I still have some remnants left over from last week's projects!  Those images in the middle are some Lockhart stamped images on Copic X-Press It Blending Card that I started coloring for my February calendar (yep, back to running late on that, too!).  This is as far as I got Monday evening when I decided I needed to run some errands yesterday morning after taking my kiddos to school.  We had an Arctic cold front hit North Texas overnight (wind chills are below zero!), and I wanted to get what errands I needed run and stock up on some groceries before the possibility of being snowed & iced in again for a few days.  Last week we had a few inches of ice for 3 days, temps that didn't get out of the teens, and then 6 inches of snow on Friday -- our schools were closed for 4 days.  I know that's not unusual for a lot of you further north, but I don't think we've ever had that many snow days in one one school year! 

We got enough sleet this morning that the streets are frozen over and we're stuck at home again, so I'll be working through this pile on my desk today!  See that stack of clear Iris photo storage boxes on the left?  Those are full of some new JustRite stamp sets I need to make samples with, so I better get to it!  Hopefully I can squeeze in getting my calendar finished later today, too!

Hope you are staying warm where you are -- we're not expected to get above freezing until Friday!

 

Work Desk Wednesday & Giveaway Winner!

While recently doing a bit of *rare* blog surfing, I came across this different "challenge" of sorts: "What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday".  It's just as the name dipicts -- share a photo of what's on your work desk!  So I thought I might play along occasionally, if that's something you all might be interested in seeing?  Let me know in the comment section of this post, OR if you think this kind of blog post should get the gong (do you remember that game show?!!), then let me know that, too, and I won't do it any more, okay?!!  So here's what was on my work desk early this morning -- my 3rd grader's school project to make a potato into their favorite storybook character!

 

Ha!  She chose Horton from Dr. Suess's Horton Hears A Who!  We found a photo on the Internet of Horton and printed it out (thank goodness we guessed correctly at the size)!  She colored Horton with some Copic markers (C1 & N4) and then cut him out.  

 

We taped his ears to some wooden skewers (bits that were laying on my desk from yesterday's blog post project!) and stuck them into the potato.  Horton's face was stuck onto the potato using some white head straight pins (in the eyes!).  The potato is sitting in a plastic cup we cut off short to make a display/holder.

Then my husband asked where Horton's little puffy flower thing was and I guess I didn't remember the story very well, but immediately knew what we could use:

 

Flower Soft!  We used a little pom-pom (from my bag of chalk/pastel applicators) and wrapped a Flower Soft wire around it, then covered it in Flower Soft's glue and sprinkled the closest thing I had to pink Flower Soft (Sweet Pea, I believe) onto the pom-pom!  Needless to say, my daughter was thrilled with the outcome when she took it to school this morning!

 

Now on to my 4th Blogoversary Giveaway #2 winner!  Random.org chose:

 

Who is:

 

52 - Lynn said...

Sharon, thx so much for all you do.
You have:
A) taught me so much!!!
B) led me into so much trouble!!!
THX THX THX!!!!!!

Congratulations, Lynn!  Please email me with your mailing address and I'll get your JustRite stamp package in the mail to you!  Now for some great news . . . I've saved the best for the last: I hope you'll check back here on Friday when I'll have my final, biggest, Blogoversary giveaway prize package posted . . . you don't want to miss it!  :)

Hugs,