ONLINE CARD CLASSES PATTERN PLAY

                                                  

What a wonderful 5 day class with amazing teachers.  I was able in the midst of having the flu to finish one card using the stamp resist technique (on a card that I have been unable to finish for months)  The image was colored months ago but I just couldn't decide how to finish it.  I started rummaging through my pattern papers and found these two papers.  The stripe is from BG Aspen Frost.  I then used Impression Obsession Greenery and heat embossed with clear.  Then I used a Distress ink pad - bundled sage? - and added color.
I decided to leave the embossing on to give the bottom part of the card some heft and shine.  Cut the pattern up and voila! used two techniques for patterned paper.  

Copic Coloring at Altitude, Mammoth Lakes CA

We are up in the Eastern Sierras for a week enjoying the beautiful, cooler weather, hiking and biking.  Aside from our aged labrador having breathing problems it has been very relaxing.  When we come up here I usually bring all my copics and a lot of images to color, no paper, cardstock or card making stuff as it is just too much. The most important thing to remember when using your Copics at altitude is to remember to open them from BOTH ends at the same time the first time you use them.  That way the pressure equalizes and you don't get ink blobbing all over your paper.   Here are a couple of coloring projects that I have worked on and will make into cards when I get home.  

Justinklined Poppy Corner

Here is a detail.  

Justinklined Gardener's Harvest

I have left the wheelbarrow uncolored for now since I may want to 

co-ordinate with a paper.

The reds are better in the original but I am pretty happy with the way this

turned out.  It was hard to get the bluish tint to the 

large cabbage leaves.

And last but not least a pic of the boats at Lake George a few days ago. 

I was hoping to get a photo of the Momma Bear that comes around

to steal fish from the fishermen on an almost daily basis.  

I walked around the whole lake but no luck.

JUSTINKLINED BIRTHDAY CARD

This glam digital image from Justinklined.com was the inspiration for a card for my step-daughter.  I wanted something that reflected her love of shoes and fashion and I  also wanted to work a little outside my comfort zone of softer colors. I decided that the sole of the shoe had to reflect ultimate glamour so it just had to be RED and the high contrast palate of black, red, grey, silver and white just flowed from that.  I colored the image with copics and then made the card more three dimensional card by turning my middle layer. Of course I had to use some bling (the letters, rhinestoes and Atyou Spica on the shoe.  

Supply List:

Justinklined.com fashion shoe

Copics and Atyou Spica
Copic Xpress It paper

Spellbinders Lacy Circles die

Cheery Lynne Fanciful Flourish die

Memory Box Macarena Corner die 

Neenah solar white

Rhinestones are from Michael's

Patterned paper Making Memories Wedding 8x8 (stash)

Red paper from stash 

Bling letters from stash