A special mixed media gift midori & card

Hi all Copic friends,

How are you?

Here in Italy we still have to stay at home so I have done a lot of colouring lately :) 

and have tried new things too. Today I show you one of these "new"  things.

I have a fun die from Studiolight to make booklets/album or midori, instead of leather for the cover  I wanted to try something different .

So I have used the Transotype Synthetic Paper !!

With the die I have cut the shape

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On the TSP I have used a pretty butterfly stencil from Kraftin Kimmie and with a spatula I have added some glitterpaste. ( Ferrario -  malta glitter iridescent ).

After drying I have played around with some Various inks ( refills ), just let drops of ink and blender fall on the TSP  and with a little tool I have blow the ink. You could also use a hairdryer ( cool air ).

this was the result

When everything was dry I have added some paper on the outside and inside, ribbons and an elastic cord to keep everthing together.

It almost looks like a little purse , doesn't it? 

Please watch the video to see the rest....

Copic used :

Refills ( Various Ink ) : V 12, E 70, RV 10, R 81, blender "0"

Card : 

Animal : E 70, E 71, E 74, E 79, W 7

Cheeks /inside  ears : E 04, E 70, E 71

Accents : gelly roll white

Background : B 000, B 02, B 05, RV 10, RV 13, V 12

Edges : E 70, E 74, E 79

Grass : YG 91, YG 94

Flower : RV 10, RV 13, YG 91, YG 94

A sweet gift idea..hope this post will inspire you to try something like this too!

Thanks for your visit here on the blog, in case you would like to see more videos from my cards and creations. I suggest you to follow me on you tube: blankinacreations on video

Hugs Blankina

Playing with ink!

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today to share an inky post ;) I decided to have a play with my Copic Various Inks, I find it soooooo relaxing to just add drops of colour to paper and watch them mixing - I love it!

I used Transotype Synthetic Paper and put drops of BG09, 15, B04, 69 on it - I just let them act the way they wanted :)

Here is the result - I just keep playing until I like what I see. As you can see, I also usually use a piece of synthetic paper larger than what I really need, so that I can choose the part of the paper I like the most.

I cut my background and glued it to a white card base.

To decorate my background, I picked some Make it Crafty Chipboard - a Wreath Circle Frame, a Christmas Layered Word and a word from the Celebrate Adapt A Word. I coloured them using metallic pens for a bit of sparkle and white acrylic paint. I then covered them all in Star Dust Stickles.

I then glued everything to my background using Glossy Accents - and decided to add "It's" to have a well-balanced sentiment.

Thank you very much for your visit, have a great Sunday! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Under the sea

For today's post I've created an under the seascape with Copic Markers. 

Start with making a background on Transotype Synthetic Paper. 

Pick out a few nice colours (Various Ink) like  BV00, BG75, BG49 and BG45.  Add a few drops of ink on your paper and add some pure alcohol, so the ink can flow freely on the paper. Add some more drops when needed and use a mini blending tool to create structure. 

Finally I also used some gold foil. 

I will use the gorgeous stamps by Pink Ink Designs. The stamps have a lot of fine details and I decided to stamp the images straight to the background, so I don't have to cut out all those tiny hairs. I also stamp the images on a sheet of Perfect Colouring Paper.  

I always start with a layer of E50. 

Add some shadow with BV00.

Add the E00 over the BV00 to get a warm skintone. 

And blend all layers together with E000. 

I am not satisfied with the result so far, so I keep adding  E00 and E000 to enhance the colours.  

For the darkest shadow I add W3 and W5. 

The mermaid's body will be rosy purple, start with BV00 and R22. 

Add R29 for more shadow in the rosy red parts.

And use BV02 for more shadow in the purple parts. .

I use the R20 to blend the BV00 and R22 together. 

Blend the BV02 and the BV00 together using the BV01. 

Use the R24 to blend R29 and R22 together.  

Use the R20 and R22 to add some spots on the tail and the body.

I will use the same colours for the fish. 

For this cute little fish I used BG45, BG49, BV04 , BV02, R22 and R24.

This beautiful fish will get 1 colour, R20, R22, R24 and R29.

And for these lovelies  I use R20, R22 and R24. 

And for the cute fish at the bottom BG02, BG45, BV00 and BV02.

After I cut out all the images and glued them down on my background I decided to add some coloured pencils.  

And this is the end result. 

Used a Copic Multiliner to make the hairs and swirls a tiny bit darker. 

Have a fabulous day,

see you next month.

Miranda

Copic Watercolouring Technique...

Hello everyone!

it's Sue here today with a really easy and pretty technique.

I'm going to show you how to paint with your Copics as if they were watercolours!

I am using a beautiful stamp from Stamping Bella - 

Uptown Girl Melanie - The Modern Bride, a paint palette, a paintbrush, Copic Various Ink Refills E00, YR21, YG63, BV08, BG23, B60 and Colourless Blender.  I also kept a piece of paper towel handy for wiping my paintbrush.

This is such a lovely technique and it is really simple to achieve lovely results.  Here are a few top tips for you!

If you don't have Copic Various Ink Refills you can use Copic Markers by scribbling them onto an acrylic block and using a paintbrush dipped in Colourless Blender to pick up the colour.

Copic Colourless Blender will lighten the colours you are using so you might want to choose darker colours than you usually would and practice on a piece of spare card first to see how the colours come out!

Use the smallest brush you are comfortable with and once you have dipped it into the colour and the blender you might need to just lightly dab the tip of the brush onto the paper towel so it isn't too wet. 

Clean your brush each time you have used a different colour and dry it on paper towel.  

Replace the Copic Colourless Blender as it becomes dirty.

 Put a few drops of E00 and Colourless Blender into the paint palette.  Dip the tip of the paintbrush into the E00 and then into the blender and quickly paint the face, starting in the area of the face with the most shade.  You can repeat this if you want to, until you have a depth of colour you are happy with.  Repeat with the shoulders and arm.  Clean the paintbrush with colourless blender and dry on a paper towel.

Put a few drops of YR21 into the paint palette and repeat the same technique with the hair - dip the brush into the YR21 and then the colourless blender and paint the hair, starting in the part of the hair where there is the most shade.

Put a few drops of YG63 into the palette.  Dip the brush into YG63 and then into the colourless blender and dab some spots of green onto the leaves.

Put a few drops of BV08 into the palette.  Dip the brush into the BV08 and then into the colourless blender and paint the flowers.  You can repeat this adding more colour to the petals where you want them to be darkest.

Dip the brush into YG63 again and then into the colourless blender and dab some spots of green onto the centre of the flowers.

Using B60 add some folds to the frock - you only need a light touch here, if the folds look too dark you can smooth them out by painting with some colourless blender. 

Put a few drops of BG23 into the palette.  Dip the brush into the BG23 and then into the colourless blender and paint the ribbon.  You can repeat this adding more colour to the ribbon where you want it to be darkest.

I had nt tried this technique before, I promise it is really easy to do and It would be great if you could have a go and show us at

Copic Marker Europe Facebook Group

A scene with Various Inks

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today to share some Copic inspiration with you! The Copic range is huge and has the most beautiful vivid colours, so I decided to make a happy colourful scene card using my Copic markers, of course, and my Various Inks! 

I started by creating a background for the base of my card...

I used RV02, Y11, YR04 and 0 to create it. Once I was satisfied with the result, I let everything dry and then die cut a piece I liked with a Lawn Fawn die.

Next I created a little grassy hill using Inks too. For this part, I used YG01, 13 and 67 - and nothing else at all, just my inks and no other alcohol solution. I then die cut a piece of green with the same Lawn Fawn die and with an MFT edge die.

I then stamped and fussy cut a cute character from the Cuddles the Puppy set by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and coloured it in Copics. 

Skin: E000, 00, 11 (plus a little Polychromo pencil)

Hair: E33, 49, 59

Dress: RV14, 17, 19

Dog: E41, 42, 43

I then stamped a sentiment in Versafine (had to go back on it a little with a Pitt pen - then I put all my elements together and added a few dots in Posca pens - nothing else to avoid hiding the background too much.

I really enjoyed experimenting with this kind of scene card and will definitely be making more ;)! Thank you very much for your visit, have a great day! Hugs,
Delphine xx

A romantic Gel Press Various Ink card

Hi all,

In a few days it will be Valentine's Day, 

so I have made a romantic card to get you in the mood.

Actually I am a romantic type all year long :) .

I have used my Copic Various Inks ( refills )

 together with a Gel Press to make this background.

Did you know there are different sizes and kind of Gel Presses?

For this type of card, a small shape Gel Press will do,

 as I like hexagons to make patchwork cards

 I have chosen a small hexagon shaped Gel press.

Here is a detail of my finished card,

first I wanted to add a sentiment on the front 

but I think it was so romantic and delicate without 

that I have decided to add the sentiment inside instead .

I have started like this…

Here you can see some of the prints I have made..

Perhaps the best way to get an idea

 of the making of this card 

will be to watch my little video,

posted below.

And ?

Might it be something for you to do?

Enough colours to try I would say, 

a fantastic range of 358 Copic Various Ink colours

 are waiting to be used on the Gel press!

I have used : 

Copic Various Ink : R 83, R 85, YG 91, E 34

Gel Press : Petites , Hexagon 3" ( 7.62 cm )

Gel Press brayer

Acrylic paint white 104

stamp Magenta

 die stencil chevrons cut MFT

die flowers Precious Marieke

die hexagons Action

flower foam Leanne Creatieve ( pink )

crystals

Hugs Blankina