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How I Refill My Copic Markers

As 2016 winds down and New Year's festivities are getting underway, I thought I would share a little annual Copic maintenance I usually do during slower times of the year (or whenever I get the chance!). And that is refilling my Copic markers. My personal favorite and quickest-for-me way to refill markers (because most of the time I refill whenever I run across a too dry marker while I'm coloring) is the Drip & Dab method (detailed fully below). If you look closely at a top view of the chisel end of the marker, you will see a small gap on each side of the nib. I add drops of the refill to the side of the nib and ink is drawn down into the marker. To show the process, I put together a quick video since it’s a question I am asked a lot. (Caution: This was my first video attempt, so I appreciate your patience during my learning process! It is intentionally slow, so you can see my full process, which really doesn't take that long when you get going at a normal pace! It probably only takes about half the time of this video to refill a... Read more →

Tin Pins

Today over in Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom I'm sharing these two cards made with Darcie's Heart & Home Tin Pins: I hope you'll join me there, to find out all about these sweet little dimensional tin embellishments and their coordinating Copic color matches! Hugs & Happy Christmas Eve Eve! :) Read more →

12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2016 & A BIG Giveaway!

It's that time of year again -- Always my favorite post/project! Head over to Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom today, to find all the instructions on how I created this year's tag! Leave a comment on that blog post, to be entered into the drawing for a $25 gift code to Ellen's store! AND create your own tag with mine or any of the other 11 challenge themes (posted daily from the 1st to the 12th), to be entered into the grand prize drawing for a $150 gift code to the store -- Read about that opportunity HERE!! Also . . . On the 12th Day of Christmas Stamp-n-Storage Gave to Me . . . 'Tis the holiday season and Stamp-n-Storage wants to show their appreciation to customers in a special way, so they've planned 12 days of FREE GIFTS! Starting Monday, December 12, they will be giving away one Stamp-n-Storage product each day on their Facebook page!! You may recall Stamp-n-Storage makes the ink pad, marker, and refill combo holders I love and use (4 holders are shown below): Check their Facebook page next week to see what all they will be giving away! Read more →