Happy Anniversary to Us!

Hey Everybody,
It's been so long since I've been able to just sit down and make a card for my personal use. Everything I do right now is for the classes I'm teaching. But tomorrow is our 18th Anniversary and of course I had to make something special for my husband. I thought I'd share it with you.

This is an image from: http://www.buysassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/ called "Pirate Penny"

I just love doing fashionistas.



Colors Used as follows:
Sand- E53-31-33-37-57-77
Skulls- E40-41-42-43-44
Gun- C3-5-7-9 & barrel E21-23-25-27
Sword- C0-2-3-4-5
Trunk- E23-25-27 & Brass E81-87
Skin- E11-13-15-R21
Hair- E30-31-33-35
Eyes- YG11-17
Boots- 100, C9 & C1 on buckles
Feather- RV99-95-91
Hat- 100, C10-9-7-5
Pants- YG99-97-95-93
Shirt- RV99,95-93-91

I colored some small crystals with various Copics to mimic jewels. I also put dots of Liquid Pearls in White Opal (which I've decided I do not like this stuff as it is impossible to get the dots rounded-Viva Decor works better).

I really really enjoyed coloring this image.

Hey Everybody!

Hope you are all doing good. It's so hard to find the time to keep up with everything. Blogs, Facebook, artwork + all the other everyday things in life.

I taught 2 more classes last Saturday. One on "Skin, Hair & Eyes" and another on "Shadows & Shading". It is awesome to be able to help people learn to like their Copic Markers.

I can't wait until the newest colors are available. Yeah! On the 12th I will teach a class on "Wood, Bark & Fencing".

I learned a new really really cool way to color backgrounds around your images. It is a kind of watercolor effect. I'm not sure which class I'm going to put it with, but maybe the Fashion Class. It is my new favorite thing to do right now with my markers.

Okay, well if any of you ladies that came to the last classes have any questions, please feel free to email me. Or even send me a pic of your work and I will try to help you any way I can.

FASHION CLASS

All of us Ladies love fashion. In this class, we will focus on all kinds of Fashion Attire. This will give everyone a chance to use all kinds of different color combinations in pinks, violets, blacks & reds. What about wedding dresses? (My personal fave to color). We'll also cover making clothing look Vintage and Pastel. For this class in particular, you will need the following Copic Marker Colors: C0, C1, C3, C5, C7 C9, BV00, BV02, BV04, BV08, W1, W3, E30, E31 & C. Blender.

Here's some examples:

Vintage
Image by Tiffany Doodles

Wedding
Unknown Source

Fashion
Image by Stamps Happen (Rubber)


Keep watch for upcoming class times & dates.

Skin, Hair & Eyes Class

The 2nd class that is scheduled is on "Skin, Hair & Eyes". It's pretty obvious what you will learn in this class. You will leave knowing the basic color grouping for skin. But you will also have a chart of all skin colors to use. Same with Hair. We will color one of the combinations, but you will have a chart for home that has all the most common combinations on it.We'll also do a very brief tutorial on eyes. It's pretty cool! You will need the following list of Copic Markers for this class- E000, E00, E11, R20, E53, E55, E57, Y11, Y21, YR21, N2 & .35 Black Multiliner.

Here are the sample cards that you will see posted at Daisy Lane.













Image Source: Unknown Source (Digital)























Source: Charmed Cards & Crafts Digital




















Source: Magnolia (Rubber)

More Loralie Designs Stamps

Well, I received my new stamp sets from Loralie Designs yesterday. I had to sit down and make a couple. I absolutely love doing this type of coloring.

This one is called "For You". I did her in Copics. I'm playing with a new method for skin. First I laid down E00 all over. Then I used E02 around the edges of her face and lightly feathered it inward. I then took E11 and put a very thin shadow line all around her hair and "shadowed areas" and then added her R20 blush and then took E00 and blended it all together.

I did the same on her arms but only put the shadows next to her body. I then used E04 and added the darkest shadows you see on her eyes, under her chin and arms.

This next one is called "Charlotte".

I again used the same method on her skin, but used E000 all over, E00 for shading, R20 for blush and E02 for thin shadow.

Blended all together with the E000. I then used the E04 for dark shadows again.

You'll be seeing a lot of these ladies for a while as I play around with them.

It's 2:46am and I'm still AWAKE!

Help, I can't sleep! About once a month I have several nights where I can't sleep. Might as well make good use of the time (vs laying in the dark listening to my stomach growl like a lion cause I refuse to eat this late or early). Here are two cards I just popped out.



This first one is for some friends Anniversary next week. The image is from KarenDoodles who I just discovered today(oops! Yesterday.) I really like her images (still love you Tiffany). I cut out the fence the other day from my Cricut Pagoda cartridge and it just didn't work on that project. But was perfect here. Colored in Copics and I almost always use Pearlescent Chalk by Pebbles for my BG. The cardstock is my favorite way to do cards-I buy boxes of pre-done CS & env by DCWV or Bazzills. It really speeds up the process. Most of the time I have 40% off coupons and grab them at HL for around $6 for 40 or 50 cards per box. What a deal!



This second card is for a client. My husband does remodeling and has been working for a really sweet couple. The gentleman keeps on making lunch for our guys. He loves any excuse to BBQ. Not that many customers do this, so he deserves a handmade card. This image is also a KarenDoodles digi. I used a sizzix embossing folder for the brown paper on top. Colored in Copics of course.


Well, I'm still hungry! See ya'll on the morrow.

2nd Entry for the TiffanyDoodles Challenge

Hi, my husband has been gone all evening, so I thought I would do another card for Tiffany's challenge. This time I actually used one of her images. LOL It is again done in Copics. The CS is Fairy Princess Wands -Blue by Cloud9Design. The rest is just plain old CS. I used my Cricut Wild Card cartridge to cut out the swirly streamer and the sentiment.

I followed the layout design by Jenyfur at torn-paper.blogspot.com

Suzanne Deans Online Copic Classes

Good evening, I wanted to post something for the weekend. I am taking the online Copics classes offered by Suzanne Dean on Scrapbitz.blogspot.com

If you are interested in Copics at all, I think her classes are worth the money. I skipped Class 1 and went right to Class 2 and have finished Lesson#3 so far. I am definitely learning to fine tune my techniques. Here are two cards I colored a week ago and just turned into cards. I'll post some this week showing progress.

The first one is a stamp by 'stampingbella' called Miranda the Teacup girl. Isn't she adorable!

This second on is another 'stampingbella' called Bessie Lulu. It's done in Prismacolor & Gamsol.

I can't wait for someone to get pregnant so I can use this stamp for them.

It's been raining here, but as of tomorrow it is supposed to head into the mid 70's for the rest of this week. Can't wait to go out and mow my lawn for the first time.

My hubby bought some Huge Pumpkin seeds and is going to try and grow the biggest pumpkin he can. He's got about 20 of our friends doing the same thing. It's unbelievable what all is involved in growing a 200+ pumpkin, but it will be fun. I'll post pics as the summer goes on. Have a great week in whatever you are doing!!!

LOCAL COPIC CLASS INFORMATION

My first Copics Techniques class will be held on July 20th (Tues) from 7 - 9:45pm.
Location: Bond County Housing Authority Community Center 220 E. Winter St. Greenville, IL

In each class you can turn your images into cards. I'll provide cs & envelopes.

Class#1 July 20th Basic Copic Information and Technique-we will go over A LOT of stuff including how to color skin as your first technique & DK Brunette Hair

Recommended Copics to bring: E000, E00, E11 or E02 & R20, E53,E25 & E29

Class#2 July 27th (Same place & time) Shading & Shadowing in Clothing.

Recommended Copics: B21, B24, B29, R39, R81, R83 & R85

Class#3 August 3rd (Same place & time) We will cover landscapes, grasses & leaves.

Recommended Copics: G99, YG67, YG63, YG03, G20, G16 & Colorless Blender

Class#4 August 10th (same place & time) Blonde & Redheads

Recommended Copics: Y11,Y21, Y23, YR23, E35, E97, E99, E13, E17, E18, E19, E39

You will need your own Copic Markers or I can purchase the ones you will need for you.

The class fee is $15.00 and an additional $4.50 for each Copic marker you need me to bring for you.

Call me at 618/581-7594 or contact me on email: prismadonna@aol.com