MO MANNING HOBSON HALLOWEEN CARD

I fell in love with Hobson as soon as I saw him and purchased both versions.  He is as cute as can be and so much fun to color.  For the Happy Halloween, I printed the text on black card stock on my laser printer and then foiled in green.  I also printed up extra pumpkins and fussy cut everything to layer.  The background is blended distress inks and then cut with Lawn Fawn Snowy backdrop die and layered over MFT sour apple card stock.

COPIC SKETCH MARKERS USED:

BV 23,25,28  N5, N3

YR4, YR15, YR27, YR68, E08

YG01,YG03, YG17, YG23, 

ONLINECARDCLASSES: WATERCOLOR FOR CARD MAKERS- No line watercoloring

This is my first attempt at no line coloring.  I stamped the Mama Elephant Three Amigos with Distress Ink Antique linen and used Distress inks to color the images.  I tried to follow Kristina's directions but found I had a bit of the lines showing (as dots) around the little cards.  The paw print is from MFT You Make My Tail Wag and the paper is Fancy Pants Time Spring.

JENNIFER DOVE (just4funcrafts) SUNFLOWER STAMP BIRTHDAY CARD

Ooh, I had so much fun coloring this stamp.  It is my step-daughter's big 50 birthday so I made this for her.  Colored with copics of course!

SIMON SAYS STAMPS FARM ANIMAL BIRTHDAY CARDS

I love coloring these little animals for cute and quick birthday cards.  

SIMON SAYS STAMPS FARM ANIMALS
CLEAR AND SIMPLE GRASS STAMP
LAWN FAWN CARD
SIMON SAYS TILTED BANNER DIE AND SENTIMENTS
SIMON SAYS STICHED SLOPES AND HILLS

KURETAKE CLEAN COLOR REAL BRUSH STORAGE SOLUTION

I love these brush watercolors except for the fact that the ID numbers are sooo small and located at the bottom(why?) of the pen.  So here is my solution for saving my eyes. PTouch the number and stick it on the cap! Simple and easy.  I did also put the colors on top but when I put a few drops of glossy accents on, the colors changed somewhat so not a reliable color reference for me.  I did print up Jennifer McGuire's blank color chart and that was really useful.  For storage, I had a 72 Copic Wallet that I wasn't using for my copics and it works perfectly for the brushes, the stay upright, are easy to see and are totally portable.

30 DAY COLORING CHALLENGE

YES! In the midst of having painting done in the house I finally had a chance to post some of the coloring I've been doing.  No cards made yet (typical) but lots of coloring.  Here is Gnomes from MFT, obsessed with these adorable little guys.  

COPIC ORGANIZATION- GRRR and AHA!

I have had a major problem with copic storage.  I love to look at them all lined up neatly in my craft room but I like to sit with my husband in the evenings and color while I am bored  am watching tv.  Here is what I first used.  I know a lot of people have created their own storage using these plastic grids from Home Depot but I found that my pens didn't pull out easily and occasionally the cap caught and pulled off.  Made me crazy.

I then invested (on sale) a full set of Crafter's Companion Ultimate Pen Storage

                                                       

which worked GREAT!  Except......Not portable.  When I took the Copic Certification classes a few years ago, Copic was just coming out with their large totes and we each got one for taking the class. Woohoo!  I really found the little bag thingies that came with the tote irritating, the pens would fall over and I spent too much time searching for colors.  A few nights ago just before falling asleep, I started to wonder about putting separate cardboard boxes in the tote.  The small postal boxes fit perfectly!  I used 8 1/2 boxes.  I cut them to 4" tall and used the leftovers to create dividers.  This gives me the perfect solution, organized AND portable!  Now I can color like a fiend for Kathy's 30Day Color Challenge! The Daily Marker