Keep calm - eat Chocolate!

 

Hello, dear Copic fans,

Today, it is my (Barbara) turn again to inspire you to projects with your Copic Markers.

When you read this post, I will be in Hagen at Germany's oldest stamp-fair, the Stempel-Mekka.

I will meet other stampers, shop-owners, participants of my classes  etc., a lot of people I only meet once or twice a year, and I am really looking forward to it.
Of course, I am especially looking forward to meet Diny and Anni there!
 Some years ago, we started kind of a swap, giving small selfmade presents to each other. As I am part of several stamper's forums, I need a lot of these presents - actualy, I made 60 of them.

This year, I decided to make my first atcs - Artist Trading Cards.

According to Wikipedia, "Artist trading cards (or ATCs) are miniature works of art about the same size as modern trading cards baseball cards, or 2 ¹⁄₂ by 3 ¹⁄₂ inches (64 mm × 89 mm), small enough to fit inside standard card-collector pockets, sleeves or sheets. The ATC movement developed out of the mail art movement and has its origins in Switzerland. Cards are produced in various media, including dry media (pencils, pens, markers, etc.), wet media (watercolor, acrylic paints, etc.), paper media (in the form of collage, papercuts, found objects, etc.) or even metals or fiber. The cards are usually traded or exchanged. When sold, they are usually referred to as art card editions and originals (ACEOs)."

Some time ago, I had a stamp for the backside made with 

my name and blogaddress:

First, I cut pieces of white paper half a centimeter smaller than the atc and stamped the chocolate and the sentiment on it.

Then, I made a mask of the chocolate stamp...

...and sprayed E33 with my Copic-Airbrushsystem on it.

Then I removed the mask and coloured the darker parts with E35.

Now I blended the darker parts with E33.

 After that, I used the airbrush again and sprayed E21 on the card.

 

I used W1 to spray a thin shadow.

Finally, I added a little spray of E25 placing it into the air-grip

 with the brush-nip to the front.

To finish the cards, I glued the paper onto the atcs, 

filled the stamped atc-text and put them into transparent sleeves.

I used staples to fix a bit of chocolate to the sleeve, 

slipped in my card and here we are:

I am really looking forward to the Stempel-Mekka, it is always so much fun!

Big Hugs

Barbara/Kreativmonster

New Challenge

Hello Copic Fans,  
It's me again, Barbara/Kreativmonster for the Copic Marker Europe Blog Challenge.

Thanks for all your beautiful entries to our last Challenge "Favourite Colour/s".
  Again, it was hard to choose our favourite out of all the fantastic projects. The winner will be announced on Wednesday, 18.09.2013. 
Here is our new challenge for you:

Photo Inspiration

We want you to be inspired by this photo, that could be the colours, the structure, the texture or something else.  

Here are some inspirational projects from our talented DT-Ladies (and me):

Franz

Kjersti

Barbara/Kreativmonster

So now, it's your turn! Show us your work, and you can win  

3 sketch markers of your choice. 

As usual, we want you to use your Copics for your project.

Of course, we are happy about participants from all over the world, but we can only send Markers to winners who are living in  Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. 

Enter your link in Mr Linky

before the end of 15th October.

The winner will be announced on Friday, 18.10.2013.
To enter visit our Challenge page 

We are looking forward to see your creations!

Hugs

Barbara/Kreativmonster

for CME team

Honey

Hello Copic fans!

Kjersti here, and today I have a shabby chic card for you.

The beautiful SC image is called Honey, and I have 

used the new papers from Kort & Godt.

The colours are inspired from the gorgeous papers - 

and the photo-inspiration for our current challenge.

Here are the copics I have used:

Skin: E11,E21,E00,E000,E95,E93

Hair: E35,E53,E51,E57

Brown: E44,E43,E42,E41

Pink: RV95,RV93,RV91,E71,E70,V000

Wish you a wonderful week!
Hugs Kjersti:)

A wonderful red combination...

Hi everyone, Åsa here today with some Copic Colouring inspiration.

I often find red as a very hard ink to colour. So I wanted to give you my favourite colour combination.

Though it's a hard colour, I LOVE the effect it gives. It makes the images really pop and be the main focus on the card.

For the card I have used papers from Maja Design and Bilmålarna, together with the beautiful Noor Design Butterfly die. And some roses and leafs in matching colours.

The wonderful image is from Sureya on Deviant Art and is coloured with the following Copics:

Skin: E11-21-00-000-R20

Eyes: E47-44

Hair: E49-47-44-43-42

Shadows: W5-3-1-0

And finally my favourite RED combination:

R59-37-35

Hope you like it.

Big hugs

A birthday gift

Hello everyone!

This is Kathrin here today sharing another creation with you.

Here I used one of the brand new digi stamps by Whiff Of Joy. It's called King for 1 Day but to me "he" looked more like a "she" and so I made a girlish creation.

I used greys to color the mouse, aded pink and a blue-ish purple. Not a good idea, as I saw later on. It's really hard to see a difference between some of the purple areas to the light grey colored ones. 

When coloring the balloons I was adding a light shade of the balloons in the back so they seem to shine trought the front ones.

The saying is by Stampin'Up, the banner die by La-La-Land Crafts. The crown paper is by Magnolia. 

I went with these colors to color the image in:

Mouse: W0, W1, W2, W5

Ears/tail: R00, R20, R22

Pinks: R85, R83, R81

Purples: BV 34 BV31, BV20, V20

Greys: C4, C1, C00

and the colorless blender in the center of the balloons.

I have to apologize for the bad pictures - it was very sunny outside and so the colors didn't turn out brighter. I tried it with flash but that was even worse. I will replace these if the light is better today.

Hugs

Elke and her bear

Hello dear all Copic friends,

It’s Cinzia here again just  sharing  with you another  card  I made for Copic Marker Europe blog.

This time I choose  one of the latest digi image by Mo Manning,  a very cute image, a little girl with her beloved puppy bear  on a seesaw joined to an apple tree…  she’s too sweet and tender, and for me she represents the incoming  fall!

The gorgeous image is called “Elke and bear”, the sentiment is from “LOTV”, the papers are Magnolia from the new collection “Sea Breeze”, the dies are: Magnolia Doohickeys “Swirl”, a doily die by Cheery Lynn design, EKSucces flower punch, the flowers are a mix between WOC and Prima

Here is a close up of the colored image:

Copic  Markers:

Skin: E0000, E000, E11, , R00, R20

Hair: E 70, E71, E74,

Dress and hat:  R81, R83, R85, RV000, RV91, RV93, RV95

Bear: E40, E41,E43, E44

Tree and apple: E70, E71, E74, YG11, G24, G28, R32, R35, R37

Thanks for dropping by and  visit me today and for your lovely comments.  

Have a terrific Sunday!!!  J

Hugs,

Goodbye Summer with Hula Hula Tilda

Hello Hello everybody copic friends!

 

It's Franz here again with a new copic coloured image and card.

Summer is ending :( and I couldn't miss the chance to use this lovely Summer Tilda from the latest Magnolia collection:

 

 I used the no line tecnique and I had lot of fun on colouring her, especially her very long hair and her funny skirt.

 

 

Here is the complete list of Markers I've used:

 Skin:
E0000-E000-E00-E11- pencils for cheecks;
Hair:
 E21-E25-E29-E50
 Skirt:
 V11-V15-V000-Y15-Y11:
Sand
 E11-E00-E00

I hope you liked it and you feel a little inspired! :)

Thanks for stopping by,

Franz. 

Follow your dreams... Alice in Wonderland

Hello dear all Copic friends,

It’s Cinzia here today to share with you the  new card  I made for Copic Marker Europe blog.

For this work I used an  image by Make it Crafty,  one of the latest digi image from the Wonderland collection, this is Alice that is going to start her adventure in wonderland!!!

  

The gorgeous image is called “Curious Alice”, the sentiment is from “LOTV”, the papers are Maya Design from the “Vintage Spring Basics” collection, the dies are Magnolia Doohickeys “So wrapped lovely”, Spellbinder “Opulent Ovals”, Joy! Crafts cutting and embossing corner, Go Create label die.

Here is a close up of the colored image:

And now a close up of some details…

 

The inside of the card that is decorated too:

Copic  Markers:

Skin: E0000, E000, R00

Hair: E50, E51, E53

Dress :  B91, B93, B95, B97

Apron: C00, C0, C1, C3, C5

Thanks for dropping by and  visit me today and for your lovely comments.  

Enjoy the rest of the week!!!  J

Hugs,

Back 2 School

Good day Copic fans!

♥ ♥ ♥

It's been 20 years since 

 I graduated

and now 

I'm back to school again

this time escorting my little girl.

Yesterday was her 

first grade - first day.

This kind of occasion

requires a card.

First day Fay by Mo's digital pencil

was just what I needed.

♥ ♥ ♥

♥ ♥ ♥

Copic used :

Skin: E0000, E000, E01, E21, R00, R20

Hair: E50, E51, E55, E59

Skirt: BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78

Sweater: yg21, yg23, yg25

Bag: R20, R22, R24, R27

Shoes: E70, E74

♥ ♥ ♥

Bye Bye Kindergarten

 

Hello elementary School !

Happy Birthday Card

Hi Ladies,

Angie here, with a Happy Birthday Card for you.

 

I've used this fun Mo Manning Digi-image with a cute boy sitting on his pot.

To make this great colors of the design papers really pop, I've decided to use craft paper for the background and kept the layout quite clean.

To match the colors of the papers

(out of the 6x6 paper pad "Bundle Of Joy" by Echo Park Paper)

I've used following Copic Sketch Markers.

Happy Birthday to whomever it may concern :D

Angie

A Summer Birthday card

Hello copic fans,

It's my turn today (Wenda) to show you a card, I made one with a digi from Saturated Canary, it's a real summer card I think so.

I finish the card with some flowers and the tree on the right side I made it with crafter's clay from Martha Stewart and colored with perfect pearls.

The color combo, rose and brown I had never used but I think I like it.

The colors I just are :

Skin : R22 - R20 - E11 - E00 - E000

Hair : E37 - YR24 - Y26 - Y15 - Y21 - E50

Rose : C6 - RV66 - RV55 - RV63 - RV000

Brown : E29 - E27 - E25 - E23 - E21

Background : B41 - B24 - YG17 - YG25 - YG05

I hope I did inspire you with my card and wish you a nice day.

Tilda with big ice creme!

Hello Copic-Friends!

DeeDee is here to show you a new inspiration with our Copics.

I made a little summer card with the super cute Tilda with Big Ice Creme of Magnolia from the With Love Collection. The amazing design paper are of MajaDesign. As alway I add some wonderful flowers and butterflies. I hope you like it!

♥ ♥ ♥

♥ ♥ ♥

Copics:

Skin: E13-E11-E00-E000-E0000-R20

Hair: E47-E44-E43-E42-E41

Clothes: W3-W2-W1-W0-W00

R89-R85-R83-R81-RV000

Ice Cream: R85-R83-R81-RV000

BG72-BG70-E53-E51-E50

RV95-RV93-RV91

♥ ♥ ♥

Big Hugs,

Diana (DeeDee)

Broom Ride!

 
Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today with some Halloween inspiration! I love Halloween colours and I love witches, so I just could not resist using this adorable image! 

This stamp is Broom Ride by CC Designs, from a new line of stamps called Roberto's Rascals. The Halloween sentiment is by Tiddly Inks from the Bewitching clear stamp set. The border was made with a Martha Stewart punch and I added a piece of orange washi tape to it. Very simple!

Skin: E000, 00, 02, 11, R20

Hair: Y11, 21, YR23, E17

Outfit: C1, 5, 7, 9, E09, V09, 12, 15, 17, YR02, 04, 07

Broom: E30, 31, 33, 35, 37, Y15, 26, 28

Cat: R20, C5, 7, W1, 3, 5

Ground: W0, 1, 3

That's all from me today! Thank you very much for your visit, have a lovely day! 

Hugs

Delphine xx

Shop Til You Drop

Morning,

Today I'd like to share with you two CHA stamps coming to Little Darlings Rubber Stamps in a couple of weeks.  I have coloured in pastel tones for a change and created the Paris background to match the little Candibean Shop Til You Drop image, isn't she a darling.   The postcard is from my stash but fitted perfectly with the little Eiffel Tower postage stamp in the corner.

The brickwork was created using mainly the E group of Copics.  I have added a tag and attached some Melissa Frances pink tulle secured with a pearl brad.  The butterfly is my new favourite by Joycraft.

Copics Used:-

Skin E00, E21, E11, E000, R20

Hair E43, E25, E31, E50

Pinks R83, R81, RV10, RV000

Lilacs V15, V12, V00, V000

Greens YG67, YG63, YG03, G99, G20

Greys C7, C5, C3, C1, C00

Browns E44, E43, E42, E41, E40

Hugs Tracy x