High Hopes Challenge #2

Okay so I pulled out my copics again-wow I do just love my copics! The only problem is that I don't have enough of them-and the colors I do have don't really match with any paper that I have. 

So I decided to try and make my own paper-and it worked out great! 

I randomly stamped and then colored in with my copics to make my patterned paper; and then used the same colors to color in Tilda! :o)

And then when I completed the card I realized it had blue/green/brown and a neutral-thus qualifying for HHC2-Yippee!

Here are the details:

Stamp: Magnolia/CTMH Friendship Blessings

Sentiment: MFT

Paper: Randomly Stamped Flowers from Friendship Blessing

CS: CTMH Chocolate/Buttercup-embossed with cuttlebug swiss dots

Ribbon and Brads: CTMH

Flowers: Prima and Bazzil

Copics: E00/E11/R20/YG03/YG63/Y21/B45/B32/R02/E35/E37/E29

OOPS! I just realized I didn't use High Hopes stamps for the high hopes stamp challenge.....sorry about that; 

how about I include another link to your site.... 

Check out High Hopes-they do have the cutest stamps out there! 

Namaste

So I'm in my craft room-DH brought the four kids swimming-I'm here with my youngest and he's napping.....aaaahhhhh-there is no better way to craft-in silence. :O)

Here is another card using MFT Serenity Things stamp set. This card is super simple. 

I used copics this time. (Eoo/E11/Y21/E37)

The thing with copics is that you need two or three colors in the same number family in order to do any shading-I did not know this! So I really need to order some more copics....hmhmhm I think I need a job now! 

Anyways, I still love my copics and am willing to invest in them bc they are so awesome!

Here are my card details:

Paper: K&Company

CS: CTMH Olive

Flower: Kaiser

Metal flower is from my LSS

Brads are doodlebug-not my favorite by the way-they really bend out of shape when you try to insert them...not good!

TFL> 

First try with copics.....

Okay so Kimmie is one of my hugest inspirations for using copics. She does beautiful work and she is very knowledgeable.  I took her advice and bought some wausau cardstock (bright white) -I got mine at Walmart. Kim also uses memento ink to stamp her images so I tracked that down too. And they do work beautifully with copics. I can blend easily and the image does not bleed. Thanks Kim!

This is my first try-I only stamped half the magnolia image and am not sure if I have CS to match the colors I bought but I wanted to post it anyways. It's not perfect but it turned out way better than I thought it would.  It kinda "stained" a bit...on tilda's apron, not sure why..maybe over blending???

I also wanted to note that I got sketch markers. 

TFL>

I'll try and get a card done tonight, I just have to search thru my stash for paper/CS to match the copic colors I bought. 

I also wanted to tell you about some HEE HAW blog candy over at Michelleo's blog. Her blog is so cute and she has some fabulous blog candy she wants to give away!