Copic Coloring Guide Level 3

Just recieved my copy of the Copic Coloring Guide Level 3 in the mail.  This is a great book for anyone who wants to improve on their coloring skills.  I colored the picture above after downloading the image from the CD disc that comes with the book.  I really recommend this book published by Annie's Paper Crafts.  I got mine online from Oozak.com.

MOVABLE MONSTER CARTRIDGE AND CRAFT ROOM

I wanted to show the different size options for the Movable Monster Free download from ProvoCraft on Craft Room for this week.  The large skeleton is about 4 feet long and was cut on 5 layers of 12 inch paper at 11 inches for each layer.  It is so easy on Craft Room because each layer is cut to size automatically.  I then shaded around the edges with W00 Copic Marker for a little contrast.  The smaller version was cut at 3.5 inches and was cut on one sheet of cardstock. 

The small skeleton was assembled by simply glueing the pieces together.  For the larger one I wanted to see it move so I scotch taped the jaw to the skull to keep them seperated and then punched small holes in each of the pieces and added small brads to the joints.  Now the limbs actually are moveable!!

The tree on the card was cut from last week's free Hauntings cartridge download.  Every week they allow you to use a new cartridge to cut with and then it just goes away.  I cut the spiders from Ribbons and Rosettes.  My grandson loves spiders!!  Ugg!!

Copic Coloring Contest

My first new coloring project in a very long time!!  Entered in the Copic Fall Coloring Contest.  See the blog for Copic Markers for details on how tho enter!!  Have a happy Halloween!!

LOVE YOU A LATTE CARD AND ENVELOPE

 This card was so much fun to make, I just had to share it.  First I cut out the coffee bag, scoop, and cup using the I Love You A Latte digital cartridge and the Word Collage Digital Phrases cartridge. I used the Expression 2 machine with Craft Room.   I then ran the coffee bag thru the Big Kick using the Candy Lynn  Burlap Embossing plate.  Before running it thru the machine to emboss it, I inked the plate with Memento Cocoa Brown Ink.
This process not only embossed the paper but also added texture with the ink accents. I also used the My Creative Time  You are Perk-fect stamp set.

For the envelope, I used a large enough envelope and distressed ti with 3 colors of Memento inks.

More Valentine Cards

For these I used the Cricut Victorian Romance cartridge and Craft Room  to cut out the balloons.  I love the layering aspect of Cricut Craft Room, the layers are cut to fit with very little effort.  This program is dowloaded for free from Provo Craft onto the computer and connected by printer cable to cut on the Cricut Expression Machine. The images were cut on white cardstock and printed on my Cricut Imagine Machine. The window and underlay were cut using my new Spellbinders Grand Calibur Machine and the Nestabilities Lacey Ovales die.  I composed the sentiment myself, printed it on pink cardstock and then cut it out using the die in the machine.  The window on the second card was finished with acetate to create a window.

VALENTINE CARDS 2012

This year I am getting an early start of Valentine Cards.  I composed the sentiment myself and printed it off of my computer and  cut it using the Stamping up punch.  The window and boy picture were cut with my Sizzix oval die.  I colored the Magnolia stamp image with Copic Markers. Not sure if the paper is from Stamping Up or Close to My Heart.  It was part of my paper stash.

NEW CLASSES FORMING FOR BEGINNERS AND ACCOMPLISHED SCRAPBOOKERS

New classes are forming in Cornville for adults and children (over 10)  in the lastest techniques in scrapbooking and card making.  Lots of fun projects in store.  All supplies provided.  Three hour class/crop for $25.00.
Mention this blog and get 10 dollars off of your first class.
I look forward to meeting you and sharing the lastest designs in the business.
Call me at 928-649-8880 or email  cornvillecountrycrafts@gmail.com

Saturday Class at the Prescott Hobby Lobby

Thanks to those who attended the class.  I really enjoyed spending time with you.  Hope you learned a bunch and are ready for class next Saturday at the same place from 10 to 1.

COPIC CREATE A BOOK CLASS WITH JENNIFER DOVE THIS WEEKEND

Sadly, the weekend is over but the memories will be etched in my memory forever.  The entire experience can be summed up in one word; awesome!
Jennifer is as nice in person as she is on her blog.  She is extremely talented and I was fortunate to have been at her retreat.
I am now anxious to get started sharing the knowledge she passed on to me and 37 other fabulous ladies!!
I will start by scheduling class at the Hobby Lobby store in Prescott Valley on Saturday October 29th and Saturday November 5th.
Email me at cornvillecountrycrafts@gmail.com or call at 928-649-8880 for more information.

We will be learning water, snow and transparency.  I will provide a review for those who need to go back and review a few techniques!

Past Month Has Been Very Busy

First 10 days in San Deigo with Gavin and family, then 4 days in Durango, Colorado doing a Heritage weekend full of events!

COPIC CREATE A BOOK CLASS WITH JENNIFER DOVE THIS WEEKEND

Hello,
The class in Chandler starts today and I am so excited I could pop!!!
It looks like Jenn will keep us busy from tonight on through Sunday night!!  Will have more to post when I get back.  I am scheduled to teach an advanced Copic class on Saturday the 29th at Hobby Lobby in Prescott, Arizona.  Hope to see some of you there!!!

SENTIMENTALS CARTRIDGE AND COPIC MARKERS

Hello everyone, so sorry I have not blogged in at least a month.  Trip to San Diego and company here at home have kept me busy.
Yesterday I finally put together a card that has been going around in my head for awhile.  I wanted to use the desk, and chair image from the Sentimentals Cartridge and the mirror from Lacey Labels. I cut the layer on the desk  a bit larger to give the allusion of four legs on the desk.  Not sure it  worked but here it is.  I then colored the images using my Copic markers.  The backroound paper is Teresa Collins from a paper stack I bought through MY Steals.  I could have printed some similar designs using the Imagine Baby Boutique Cart, but since this one looked more like wallpaper, I decided to go with it.  The card is 5 inche square and so needed a matching brown envelope.  I used the envelope on the Imagine machine using the Imagine More Cartridge and just used the cut only function on brown cardstock (No need to use up the ink on the Imagine when doing a solid color when my paper stash is full of solid 12 inch cardstock!). 
I distressed the edges of mirror, the desk and the chair with Galaxy Gold Brilliance inkpad,  I also used the gold inkpad and a sponge to distress the finished card.  I love the effect of the gold so I outlined the desk and chair with a gold fine tipped pen.
I am trying to figure out the perfect Sentiment for this card.  Any ideas??

SWEET TOOTH BOXES AND FLOWER SHOPPE CRICUT CARTRIDGES

Here are a few boxes I made using the 3D cartridges from Provo Craft.  I recieved a brand new Gypsy from Provo Craft customer service and used it to get the lid and the box to match sizes.  I used paper from my stash and even printed the blue flower with my Imagine machine and the Flower Shoppe Cartridge.  When I bought my Imagine machine, I had no idea it would fill in images from my standard carts with prints from the Imagine Cartridges.  I did not even use my Copic Markers on these boxes.  The maximun size, however, is 4" square to cut from a 12" by 12" sheet of paper.
I distressed the edges of the flowers and the light colored box with gold and brown ink pads and a small sponge.  I also cut a liner about 1/4 inch smaller than the outside box for stability, then assembled it and put it inside the the original box.
I then sprayed the flowers and lids with spray adhesive and covered them with glitter from Art Institute of Glitter in Cottonwood, Arizona.  I call the Art Glitter store the happiest place in Cottonwood and will be teaching a class on August 27th on these boxes.  Every student will take their box home with them to use as a gift box or just a to enjoy themselves.  More information can be obtained at the Art Glitter Institute or call 928-639-0805

CRICUT IMAGINE MACHINE

Yes, I did take the leap and buy the Cricut Imagine!  I got a really good deal on it and have seen it on ebay for 160 dollars!!  The machine is so cool!  It will print and cut out images from both my original file of cartridges and the new Imagine cartridges.  Hooked up to my Gypsy it can do everything my Expression 2 can do and more.  The major drawback right now is finding replacement ink cartridges (although I do not need them yet, I like to have a couple on hand just in case because it is a long drive to find one around here!)
I am waiting for an RMA label for the my Gypsy though, because it has a charging issue (it is over a year old but they will still fix it for me at no charge!)  Love the customer service at Provo Craft!!
I do not have any pictures of projects to post yet, but I will soon.  I have been playing with it working on my grandson's second scrapbook. 
I have seen some posts asking why anyone would need a machine that prints when you can cut out images on printed paper or use the Copics to color the images yourself.  I actually felt that way myself until I got into researching the Imagine.  I must admit, I am a gadget freak!!!  I love learning about the latest gadgets and figuring out the bugs.  I did the same thing recently with the IPhone Tiffany got me for Mother's Day.
I am hoping technology will keep my brain cells from drying up with old age!!! 
I wish I could update you on the new program from Provo Craft that is to replace Design Studio called Craft Room, but so far they don't have a release date.

USING JUST-RITE STAMPS DOWN BY THE SEA

I am missing the ocean as the weather gets hotter! 
This is a template card with at least three layers.  Hope you like it!  No special occasion card, just one I felt from my heart!
I used the Just-Rite stamp set and colored the images with my Copic markers.  I love the way the template pops out in 3D!!
I cut out the ovals using Lacey Labels Cartridge and Design Studio to get them just the right size for the stamps!

THE RHYME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

3D CARD

I attended an all girls Catholic high school in Connecticut.  I had a nun English Literature teacher, Sister Ambrosia, who had a passion for, of all people, Edgar Allen Poe and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.  She inspired me to memorize the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, and I can still speel off this and many other verses from that poem.
Here is to all of the teachers who inspire their pupils as she inspired me.  By the way, all of my classmates hated her and laughed at her.  I thought she was the smartest person alive!!!

CRICUT AND COPIC PROJECT

Here is a card I saw on a blog I subscribe to and changed it to use my Copic markers.
First I cut the jars from the Doodlecharms Cartridge using the shadow mode at 51/2 inches.  I then flipped one side and welded them together on my Gypsy.  I then cut the normal jar image at 5inches.

I think I cut the fish using Paper Dolls for Everyday  The bubbles came from A Child's First Year
I then folded the welded jars to make the card.  I used the Copic BG000 for the shadows on the jar and Y25 and 28 for the lid.  I used Y13 and Y08 for the fish, and accented with YR68. I then used the BG000 again for the bubbles and added a line of Bahama Blue Memento Marker on the bubbles.  I coated the fish and the bubbles with Diamond Glaze and let them dry.
The sentiment was done using Office 2007 and cut out with an oval punch from Stampin Up.

I HAVE BEEN BLOGGER DELINQUENT

Sorry I have not been keeping up my blog very well.  I have been making cards, just not getting them up on the blog.  Here goes though, today is a catch up day!!  This is one I made this morning after I was reminded that Sunday is Father's Day.   Since my dad passed away in 1990, I have not been able to focus on Father's Day until my son became a dad in 2010.  This is a card I designed for him, using several recent photos and a template demonstrated by Debbie Olsen on her blog.

COPIC MARKER COLORING GREENS AND WATER

I tried to duplicate the colors on the stamp which is called "Water Fairy" from Janlynn.com.  I am not big on fairies per se but I do love this stamp.  The colors I used are BG93, G0000, G12, G99, YG 93, YG 23, Y0000, YR 000, E 00, E29, E31 and R01.  My redition came out a bit darker than the image on the stamp, but this was my first attempt and I will keep working on it while in San Diego next week.

CHANCE TO WIN THE NEW ANNIVERSARY EXPRESSION2 MACHINE

Just follow this link and win a new machine, to be given away tonight!!

http://www.cricutholiday.com/2011/04/enter-here-to-win-new-cricut.html