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Gina K Designs January Release Invitation Hop!

The Gina K Design Team is excited to invite you to another fabulous Release Party tonight! The party starts at 7:00 pm Central time in the Stamp TV Release Party Forum. Join us for challenges, contest questions, design team samples, full stamp set reveals and, of course, party chit chat! Everything will go "live" at 7:00 pm Central in Gina's store, so there won't be any long wait to start shopping . . . Hope to see you there! If you came from Tami Mayberry's blog, then you're right where you should be! If not, please go to StampTV where you will find a list of all those participating. Here's a sneak peek of one of the projects I will be sharing with you at the party tonight, from Melanie Muenchinger’s Stately Flowers 3 set: Now head over to Melanie Muenchinger's blog (the illustrator of this beautiful stamp set!), to continue the hop and we hope to see you tonight at the party! Read more →

Pear Tile Coaster

Happy Sunday to you! Today is my last Limelight guest designer post for the month over at the Flourishes blog. I hope you'll join me there, to see how I made this 4" x 4" tumbled marble tile drink coaster with my Copic markers and beautiful Flourishes Pears stamp set! Read more →

Lockhart Cherries Twinchie Magnet

Happy Saturday to you all! Remember the above Inchie Arts Twinchie refrigerator magnets I was doing last summer? Well, I finally finished the set with the cherries pictured on the lower right and you can find the full tutorial on how I colored them with a Copic blending technique over on the Lockhart Stamp Company website HERE . . . I was so honored to be asked to be their first Guest Artist for 2012! You can find the tutorials on how to create the other magnets here on my blog: Lemons & Bay Leaves magnet instructions Okie Dokie Artichokie magnet instructions Perfect Berries magnet instructions I hope you enjoy your weekend! Supplies: Read more →

JustRite Friday Challenge 065

It's Friday and time for another new JustRite Challenge! This one will get you ready for the big Love holiday that's approaching . . . or just give you an opportunity to make a project about something you love. You can find out all the challenge details over at the JustRite Inspiration blog. I wanted to try something different today, and stamped these pretty rosese from JustRite's With Sympathy stamp set onto patterned paper (My Mind's Eye Love Me collection) and then colored them with my Copic markers. The seam binding ribbon was also colored with some of the same Copic markers, for a coordinated look (we all love coordination, don't we?)!! I hope you all have a wonderful weekend . . . thanks for stopping by today! Stamps: CR-03570 JustRite Stampers Clear With Sympathy, Dies: Spellbinders Classic Circle Nestabilities dies, Picot Edge Circles, Grand Calibur die cutting machine Paper: My Mind's Eye-Love Me 6x6 patterned paper Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers: R20, R22, R24, G20, G21, T4 Accessories: White seam binding (dyed with Copic markers) Read more →

More Samples of the New 2012 Copic Colors & Lockhart Stamps!

Today over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom, I played with the new 2012 Copic colors (currently in stock at Ellen's store!) and a beautiful new Lockhart Stamp Company Garden Roses. I hope you'll join me there to also find out a tip I have on making rolling those pretty paper flowers a little easier! Read more →

Paint Chip Bookmark

Today over at the Flourishes blog I'll show you how I made this fun Valentine bookmark using their beautiful Winter Bouquet stamp set on an Inchie Arts white Twinchie Square, colored with Copic markers, and a paint chip sample. I hope you'll join me! Read more →

February Calendar Copic Tutorial

Hello and happy Sunday! I hope you'll join me today over at the Flourishes blog for my Limelight guest post. I have a Copic coloring tutorial, with some airbrushing tips, for my February calendar! Read more →

JustRite Friday Challenges & Copic News

Just a quick note to let you know JustRite's Friday Challenges are back! You can find all the details of the first challenge of the year over at the JustRite Inspiration blog. Challenge #064 is to use this photo as inspiration for your project: Here's my 4"x4" notecard sample for the challenge: I used JustRite's Clear Botanical Butterflies set, stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto ivory cardstock and colored with Copic markers and Atyou Spica Glitter Pens. We hope you'll enter for your chance to win some brand new JustRite products! And speaking of Copic, we wanted to let you all know that Copic has listened to their VALUED customers, and are offering "back to back" certification for Standard and Intermediate classes this year! If you want to take the Intermediate Certification and have not taken the Standard Certification, you will need to apply for the Standard class at the same time you apply for the Intermediate Certification. You can find the applications online HERE. As a reminder, I have all the currently opened Certification Classes listed on my Copic Certification Class page HERE (and one just opened today for St. Louis, MO!) or you can also find them... Read more →

JustRite Stampers 2012 CHA Winter Release 6

Hello and welcome back to another JustRite Stampers Winter CHA stamp set release day! Today the JustRite design team is featuring this deeply etched red rubber cling set (made in the USA!), Sea Shell Bay Labels Twenty-Two: And just as the name says, it coordinates with Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Two Nestabilities dies! I think I used nearly every stamp in this set on my projects . . . I LOVE anything to do with the sea (must be my water astronomical sign!): (Click on any photo for a larger view) The beautiful seahorse label was stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink onto natural white cardstock and then airbrushed with Copic BG53 marker: The rest of the label was colored with Copic markers (colors shown below) and then die cut with the Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Two die (second to largest die). I love how dimensional this label is and all the fabulous details! The round seashell accent is also a stamp from this set. The “Relax in the Sun” accent is the smallest label stamp from this set and matches up with the smallest Labels Twenty-Two die. It is colored with Copics and popped up on foam tape over a Spellbinders Fleur de... Read more →

Photo Canvases!

I had so much fun making these photo canvases, using a transfer technique! (Photo credit: Susan Karlsson from Five Days Later Studio) I hope you'll join me today over in the CLASSroom for all the details on how you can make some, too! Read more →

JustRite Stampers 2012 CHA Winter Release 5!

Today’s JustRite Stampers Winter CHA stamp set release is this red rubber cling set, Warm & Cozy Medallion Labels: I’ve been on a scrapbooking fling lately, since we had family photos made last month, so here’s an 8-inch family page (click on photos for a larger view): (Photo credit: Susan Karlsson from Five Days Later Studio) I thought one of the wonderful quotes from this set would be the perfect accent to a family page, it reads: “Home is such a happy place where love is shared together” -- love that! I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto some solid paper from Basic Grey’s Little Black Dress 6x6 paper pad and then die cut it with JustRite’s new custom Nested Medallion Label dies, manufactured by Spellbinders. The quote was placed in the center of the largest pretty medallion, stamped onto gray paper and also die cut with the custom coordinating die. The photo is accented with peach paper from the same collection -- it accents the peachy tones in the photo that I printed with a cool colorized Photoshop action I love. (Our faces aren’t really THAT peachy, I think the paper confused my camera, LOL!) I made... Read more →

Flourishes Limelight Designer!

Good morning, everyone ... I'm excited to be the Limelight Designer for Flourishes this month! I've always loved their gorgeous stamp designs, so I was very honored to be asked to design with them! I hope you'll check back in each Sunday this month, for some pretty Flourishes inspiration! I'm starting off the month with one of my very favorite Flourishes floral images, the Lenten Rose set, colored with my Copic markers, of course! You can find out all the details on how I created this card (or artwork piece?!!) over at the Flourishes blog today! Happy Sunday! Read more →

2012 Copic Color Charts & Classes

Just a quick PSA to let you know I've updated my free downloadable PDF Copic color charts with the new 2012 colors added (previewed at left, the download is not watermarked)! These charts are blank so you can color in the colors that you own, for easy color selection reference. For quick future reference, you can find the charts on my Copic FAQ, Color Charts & Tutorials page, HERE. Here's the one-page landscape version -- just like in the past, it includes space for you to color in all 358 Copic colors and the 24 Atyou Spica Glitter Pen colors: Download 2012_1-PG_Copic Blank Color Chart_Sharon Harnist New this year (since the page was getting a little crowded and because some of you asked for it!) is a 2-page portrait version! (Again, your download will not be watermarked). Download 2012_2-PG_Copic Blank Color Chart_Sharon Harnist If you missed it earlier this week, I did a visual comparison of all the new 2012 colors and how they fit into the existing Copic spectrum -- you can find that post HERE. And between that and this post this week, you can find a few coloring samples, where I've used some of those new colors!... Read more →

JustRite Stampers 2012 CHA Winter Release 4!

Before we get started with today’s JustRite Stampers Winter CHA stamp reveal, JustRite wanted to be sure everyone knows that they are making room in their warehouse for all of these fabulous new 2012 CHA release stamps sets, which is 21 new Cling and Clear stamp sets, with 2 new Custom Dies! So they are having a $10 retirement sale to retire all their JustRite Original 1 5/8" stamps and 2" stamps! You can click the graphic below for more details: Today's featured stamp set is this sweet “love” red rubber cling set, Your Special Day: Besides love themed occasions, this set is also great for many other occasions as well. I used the pretty medallion label stamp from the set that coordinates with one of JustRite’s new custom die sets, Nested Oval Medallion Labels (manufactured by Spellbinders): To create this wedding/anniversary photo card (yes, that’s me and my wonderful husband almost 18 years ago on our wedding day!): The photo frame was created by stamping one of JustRite’s new background stamps (Vintage Wallpaper) with Versamark ink onto light pink cardstock. The opening was die cut with Spellbinders Petite Classic Oval Nestabilities dies and then popped up on foam tape... Read more →

JustRite Stampers 2012 CHA Winter Release 3

Today’s JustRite Stampers Winter CHA stamp release is this red rubber cling set, Always and Forever Medallion Labels: The labels in this set coordinate with JustRite’s TWO new custom medallion label die sets (manufactured by Spellbinders!) -- Nested Medallion Label Dies: And Nested Oval Medallion Label dies: I combined Always and Forever with JustRite’s Scrolled Vine red rubber cling background stamp: For this “Love”/Valentine card: And I love that this set is versatile enough to use for almost any occasion you might need -- thanks, anniversary, birthday, thinking of you, just a note! The Scroll background was stamped with Weathered Wood Distress Ink onto ivory cardstock and then colored with Copic C1 marker. The beautiful red lacy strip in the center is another new upcoming Winter CHA JustRite cling set that will be revealed at a later date (Lace Borders Two -- isn’t it beautiful?!!). It was stamped with Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink. The background is mounted to a dark gray card base. The label was also stamped with the Weathered Wood Distress Ink onto ivory cardstock, colored with Copic C1 (stripe background), N3 (borders) and R22. It is accented with rhinestones and mounted on foam tape to the card.... Read more →