Oxide Inks and Copic Markers - What A Pair!

Hi Everybody,

I have been having so much fun today!  It's about 90 degrees and humid so I'm in the house in the A/C playing with my Tim Holtz Oxide Inks.  I thought I loved the Distress Inks (and I do) but
OMGosh, these oxide inks are so easy to work with and so easy to blend that you can make a masterpiece without even trying.

I'll show one of them here today and I've got a couple others in the works.  I used 4 Oxide Inks and a few Copics....  The stamp set I used is from The Ton Stamps called Large Peony 1.  I'm in love with this large flower.  I also love the sentiments included.  They now have 5 of these Peony stamp sets.  If you love to color, check their site out.

All I did was tap out the pads on my craft mat, spritz several times with a little spray mister bottle and dabbed the watercolor paper in the ink where I wanted it.  I started with 2 colors.  I used Arches 140# cold press watercolor paper and dabbed it in 2 different colors.  I started with Worn Lipstick and Wilted Violet and I used my heat gun.  Then you can turn your paper around and put colors on opposite of where they originally started, so put the pink where you originally put the purple, etc, or you can add more colors altogether.  So then I added the other 2 colors, Broken China and Cracked Pistachio just placing the paper over the inks and lightly rubbing or dabbing and heat set it and wow, I thought it looked so cool!  You really would have to just play and try this yourself to understand what I mean.  It's very easy and I can't wait to start making videos so I can show instead of tell lol. Basically just add ink until you like the look of it.

Then I stamped the large peony with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and I masked and put another flowers and 3 leaves.  I did have to stamp the flower 3 or 4 times since I used watercolor paper.  Then I took a few Copics and did a little shading, very little because you don't want to cover up the ink.  I'll list the colors I used below.  When you use Copics over this oxide ink, they blend so easily.  For example, on the leaves, I added BG15 and BG11, but just a little.  You don't even have to do this and it will still look great. I went around the entire thing with C3 Copic Marker.  I used a Spectrum Noir Shimmer Glitter Brush Pen in Clear on some of the center petals and around the edges of a few outside petals.  *Please note, I normally do not use Copics with watercolor paper/inks and I normally do not use Memento Black ink on watercolor paper but since the watercolor part of the background was finished, I could use this ink and Copics without worrying about it.

I stamped the greeting with Versafine Onyx Black ink and embossed with WOW Clear Embossing Powder to make it a little shiny.  Finally, a few clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh finishes it off.

I haven't seen one of my friends in about 3 months.  She always says, Hey Girl!  We live in Mississippi, everybody says Hey Girl so I knew I had to have this set because of that in addition to the awesome flower.  Her favorite color is pink so I know she will love it.  We meet for lunch about once a month or two so I want to tell her we need to do that soon in my card.

I hope you'll try these inks, they are so much fun and use your Copics with it and see what kind of a masterpiece you can make.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!


Regina

Copics Used:  RV34, RV32 and then I went back and added R59 for a little darker shading.
V15, V01 and I used V17 for darker shading.  BG15 and BG11 on leaves

Easy, Colorful Easter Cards

Hi Everybody,

I haven't made cards for a few days because, wait for it..... I GOT ENGAGED!  My boyfriend and I went to Hermann, Missouri, where wineries are.  We go each Fall and he surprised me with a 2 day trip last week and that is where he proposed.  It was a great time and now when I look at my ring (which I LOVE by the way), I will think of our place, Hermann Hill Inn.  If you're looking for a nice trip, like wine, and want to stay in an awesome Inn, look up Herman Hill Inn.  Highly recommend it!

Anyway, I made three quick Easter cards.  I tried to use stitched oval dies with an Easter egg shape and it doesn't exactly look perfect but that's okay.  They're for our parents so they'll love them no matter what right? :)  I bought this Happy Easter Egg die by Memory Box last year and didn't have time to use.  I like it because it is large and scripty.  It cut really good too.

I colored the tulips with Copics on the inside of this one.  

I made this one a window card.  I love the floral patterned paper.  I made these 2 cards around this paper.  

I put oval frames around the die here.  Not perfectly lined up and centered but that's okay. 

I made this one a window card

Supplies Used:

• Recollections 120# white cardstock for base
• Stampin' Up Watermelon Wonder cardstock
• Gina K Designs Jellybean Green cardstock
• Memento Bamboo Leaves Ink
• Memory Box Easter Egg Die
• Gina Marie Stitched Oval Dies
• Copic Markers (the tulip image is from the Nature Class at Kit and Clowder)
• Pretty Pink Posh Clear Sequins
• Eyelet Outlet White Enamel Dots
• Stampin' Up Fine Tip Glue Pen (Love this!!)

Have you made your Easter cards yet?  I always try to make cards so complex, don't know why. Sometimes it's fun to go back to basics and just cut and glue. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina

Mod Squad Animal Challenge

Hi everybody!

This week Joyce Erb invited me to participate in the Mod Squad Challenge Blog.  The challenge is Animals, sponsored by Kat's Scrappiness at http://www.katscrappiness.com/.  The stamp set I'm using this week is from Newton's Nook Designs called Newton's Birthday Bash.

The challenge is from Wed., 2/24 to Tues., 3/1.   Here is a link to the Mod Squad Challenge Blog.


I think this card is so cute!

These stamps stamped super good, clear.  I had fun with this set.  I paper pieced the hat and gift, haven't done that in a while.  I used Copics to color the cat.  

Supplies Used:

Recollections 110# white card stock for base

Gina K Designs Passionate Pink and Onyx Black card stock

Patterned Paper, Amy Tangerine, Sketchbook

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Copics used:  W00, W2, W5, R20

Gina Marie Designs Square Stitched Dies

Chevron Embossing Folder

I hope you'll play along in this challenge.  This is a great stamp set to make cute, quick cards and have some fun with paper piecing, masking, etc.  

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina

I Brake For Pine Spray Frames

Hi everybody!

This week I needed to make a few masculine cards so I thought this stamp from I Brake For Stamps called Pine Spray Frame would be perfect.  I like that you can put any sentiment you want in the frame or even a photo.  Wouldn't a photo be super cute?

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I colored the stamp with Copics and it really came to life and then I  fussy cut it out.  I used Glossy Accents on the die to give it some shine and dimension and Stickles on the bells, added a few glittered enamel dots and made a great card for women or men.  

Did I inspire you to make some masculine Christmas cards?  Try this frame with a sentiment, die or photo.  

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina - Design Team Member

I Brake For Skating Santa

Hi everybody!

I am back from vacation, trying to get back in the groove.  I went to Hermann, Missouri.  There are wineries there and we stayed in a very nice Inn, B&B.  It is so beautiful there in the fall.  This year, we got a room with a nice size deck and a fire pit.  It was awesome!  

Well, it seems that shaker cards are all the rage right now so I made one this week.  This is only my second time making one of these.  Not sure why I don't make them more often but since I have so many sequins, seed beads, etc., I might as well put them to good use and start making them.  

I used a stamp from I Brake For Stamps called, Skating Santa.  There is also a digital version for Skating Santa.  He looked like so much fun to me!  

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 Originally I was going to make an ice skating pond and somehow that morphed into this shaker card so the circle is supposed to be what he is skating on.  When I think of Santa, I think of a magical time and believing in things you cannot see so that is where the word, believe came into play here, using red, foil card stock and a Tim Holtz die.  I colored Santa with Copics.  I put some Diamond Stickles on his vest and Red Glitter Stickles on the berries.  I added glossy accents to his skates and gloves to make them shiny.  I used a metallic Sakura pen called Silver Star to color the blades of the skates.  I used a marker called a Snow Marker on his hat.  These are so much fun to use!  You just dot some ink on the area, wait until it dries some and then use a heat gun on it and it poofs up.  The last picture shows the snow pen part on the hat better.  I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder with snowflakes and sponged with Tim Holtz Distressed Ink, Tumbled Glass, some heavy, some lightly.  

I used a piece of acetate that I cut off of a package that some card making supplies were in for the window of the shaker card.  You can use transparencies or you can also buy the windows especially for shaker cards, I want to try those.  I put some fun foam behind the backing behind the window secured with glossy accents and scor-tape.  I added various sequins, seed beads, etc., inside the window and popped Santa up on pop dots.  Finally, I added some red glitter enamel dots to the two corners.  

Did I inspire you to make a Shaker Card?  Anybody any age would love to receive one of these.  

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina - Design Team Member

I Brake For Traditional Thanksgiving Cards

Hi everybody,

Thanksgiving will be here in the blink of an eye.  I wanted to make a traditional card for someone for Thanksgiving.  I was going to color the feathers different colors and make it look really fun and colorful.  I decided to look up pictures of what a real turkey looks like because I really didn't know.  I was very surprised by what I saw.  I even sent a picture of my card to someone that used to raise turkeys and she said this was spot on.  I didn't know they have a bluish face/head and iridescent feathers.  

This stamp comes from I Brake For Stamps.  It's called Thanksgiving Greetings.  

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I used several layers to make it look like a picture, colored with Copics, sponged at the top, added some Perfect Pearls on the feather to give it an iredescent look, and finished it off with some hemp cord and a button.  Easy peasy except wow, did I use a lot of Copics!!! 


Supplies:

• Recollections 110# White Card Stock (for base)  ** I LOVE this for card bases!
• Gina K Designs Chocolate Brown and Tomato Soup Card Stock
• Authentique patterned paper, 6x6 Bundle Collection called Thankful 
•  Memento Rich Cocoa Ink
• Tim Holtz Antique Linen (to sponge) 
• Ranger Perfect Pearl and Perfect Medium
• Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables
• Copic Markers
• Virginia Turtle glitter enamel dots
• Hemptique Hemp Cord
• Gina K Designs button, chocolate brown
• Tombo Mono Adhesive Dot Runner

If you are thankful and feel blessed, why not make a card during this holiday season time and tell someone what they mean to you and your life.  

I hope I inspired you to make some Thanksgiving cards.  It's really relaxing to color this stamp.  

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina – Design Team Member

I Brake For Treadmill Freddie

Hi Everybody!

I have a fun card to show you today.  I used a super cute digi from I Brake For Stamps called Treadmill Freddie.  You may remember a card I made a while back with Freddie on Harley.  There are several Freddie digital stamps.  Check them out!  I know most of you have a Scan n Cut by now so digis are no longer an issue with the fussy cutting.  If you use Coupon Code SAVE10REGINA, you will receive 10% off of your order. 

I wanted to make someone a motivational card because they have been on a diet and have lost about 10 pounds so far so I wanted to congratulate them with this cute card. 

Here's the digi, Treadmill Freddie

 

How cute is this!!!  I even cut the outside part with my new Scan n Cut!  I haven't played with it enough to figure out how to cut the inside parts so I just used an X-Acto knife for those 3 parts but it was really easy and I went around the edges with a black pen (LOVE this pen - see supplies)

I used a Tim Holtz stencil to make the water/paint splotches to add some interest and a little color.  I colored him with Copics of course.  I used a Die-Versions die at the top of the card.  I love how you can use these style dies and it keeps the sentiment out of the way but is still a large size.  I added some enamel dots, twine, googly eyes and glossy accents on the screen of the treadmill.  



Supplies:

• Recollections 110# white card stock for base

• Gina K Designs Blue Denim, Red Hot and Turquoise Sea

• Die-Versions Express Edges Die called, "You Did It"

• Tim Holtz Layers Stencil called Splatters

• Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Distress Ink

• American Crafts Red Twine

• My Mind's Eye Enamel Dots

• Adhesive Googly Eyes

• Glossy Accents

• Pop Dots

• Tombo Mono Adhesive

• Micro Glue Dots

• Copics:  Treadmill C3, C5, C7, C9 and Freddie YG01, YG03, YG17, YG67 

• Scan n Cut 

• Tim Holtz Scissors 

• FABER-CASTELL PITT Artist Pen Black 199 (love this pen more than Copic Multiliner)

Check out the Freddie digital stamp collection.  There is also a super cute Freddie Thanksgiving digi called Freddie Pilgrim.  If you use Coupon Code SAVE10REGINA you will receive 10% off your order, includes Overstocks, 50% off Deals of the Week, Clearance. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina - I Brake For Stamps Design Team Member

 

Art Impressions Big Bertha Big Mouth Birthday Card

Hi everybody!

I love making cards because I can make them to fit almost any situation.  Well, after making this one, I think I can cover any situation now lol.  My Mom's top front tooth has been coming out for months now and she has been so upset, mad, etc., and now it's just kind of a running joke.  She smiles and laughs all the time and tries not to because of her missing tooth and is having a really hard time of it.  

Anyway, I saw this stamp back in June and knew I had to have it to make her birthday card.  It is Art Impressions Big Bertha Big Mouth Stamp.  I believe there are a couple other big mouth stamps as well.  There might be more now but as of June I think there were 3.  Tell me this isn't the funniest thing you've ever seen since you know the situation.... it's all in good fun. 

My friend Crystal Lopez colored this image when I was staying at her house a couple weeks ago.  She is so talented and can make cheetah print like no one's business.  Please visit her blog because she is very creative and you will definitely get inspiration from her work.  Here is a link to 8upscrapin

The directions on how to assemble the card with the pull out tab are included.  There is a small square die to use to cut out the mouth area.  The only thing I would tell you is stamp out one and practice cutting it before you cut out your colored one.  Also, when you draw the 2 lines it tells you to draw, I would draw them a little bit more spaced apart and a little longer than your tab is so the tab will fit well and feed easily through the slits.  

Happy Birthday Mom!  Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!



Regina

I Brake For Bucks

Hi everybody!

Deer hunting season is almost here and so I thought I would make a card using this Buck stamp from I Brake For Stamps.  This is a great stamp to use for a masculine card.  I cut off the top of the stamp as you can see on my card with a plan in mind.  I colored it about 4 weeks ago and decided to make a card with it this week and forgot what my plan was LOL!  I cut it off because I didn't want blue sky to show but I can't remember why.  :(  Please tell me I'm not the only one who is like this.  


Here's the stamp... If you use Coupon Code SAVE10REGINA at checkout, you will receive 10% off of your purchase. 

I used embossing folders as you can see on the card background and the background the stamp is on and sponged ink around the edges of the die the stamp is on.  I cut a couple pieces of camo ribbon and adhered to card, adding bronze brads in corners.  I colored the stamp with Copics and I asked my boyfriend to make sure I colored it accurately and he said yes.  Yay!  I cut the stamp out with a die and cut off the top part of the stamp (for whatever reason?!?) and cut out the leaves and For You sentiment with dies.  Supplies listed below.  

It is kind of difficult to make masculine cards and I usually don't put ribbon on them, twine maybe, but not ribbon, but I made an exception here.  I usually make masculine cards pretty CAS but I tried to add as much as I could to this one to see how much I could do and it still be a masculine card. This card will be to display in my boyfriend's reload room so I made it 6" square.  

Supply List:

• Recollections 110# white card stock for base
• Gina K Designs Fresh Asparagus, Kraft and Chocolate Brown card stock
• Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs ink (used to sponge around die)
• Memento Tuxedo Black 
• Tombo Mono Adhesive
• Brown Fun Foam (to pop up stamp)
• Pop Dots
• Zig Two Way Glue Pen
• Leaves embossing folder by Darice
• Woodgrain embossing folder, Tim Holtz Alterations 
• Copic Markers
• Spellbinders Foilage Die
• Spellbinders Labels 18 die
• Spellbinders Classic Large Squares Die (to cut out stamp)
• Sizzix Dies, Card Phrases Set #3 (For You die)
• Camo ribbon from big box store
• Bronze brads from big box store

Isn't it amazing how many different supplies we use on a single card?  

Did I inspire you to get this stamp to make masculine cards for the deer hunting men in your life?

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!!

Regina - I Brake For Stamps Design Team Member

I Brake For Poinsettias

Hi everybody!

I see that my fellow card making friends have been making Christmas cards for a few months now, this is my first one of the year!  Yay!  I think it turned out beautiful!  The first time I saw this stamp I knew I had to have it.  This stamp is from I Brake for Stamps called Poinsettias in Squares.  If you use Coupon Code SAVE10REGINA, you will receive 10% off of your order.  There are over 4,000 stamps so I'm sure you will be able to find several that fit your taste.  Time to get the Christmas ones! 

Here's the stamp.  Look at the possibilities!  

First, I stamped with Versamark Ink and embossed with silver embossing powder.  I cut the squares out with scissors and then I cut 9 squares out with my Silhouette that were a little larger.  The tiles are 1-1/8" so the squares I cut out are about 1-1/4".  I glued down the poinsettia tiles to the silver squares that I cut and then cut a piece of vellum and used pop dots to pop them up and give dimension.  I embossed the red layer with poinsettias.  I colored the stamp with Copics.  It was so relaxing to color this too.  
Finally I cut out the Joy from my Silhouette, design ID# 36114, using glitter paper and used some cute glitter enamel dots.  I love these!  

Supply List:

• I Brake For Stamps Poinsettias in Squares stamp
• Gina K Designs White and Red Velvet Card Stock
• Grafix 40# Clear Vellum
• Martha Stewart Elegant Paper Pad (used silver under the poinsettia squares)
• Sizzix Texture Fades Embossing Folders by Tim Holtz 2/pkg - Texture Poinsettia Pattern
• American Crafts Christmas Glitter Papers
• Silhouette Design Joy, # 36114
• Versamark Ink
• Martha Stewart Sterling Silver Embossing Powder
• Virginia Turtle Stamps Starlight Glitter Enamel Dots

Copics: Poinsettia Stamp R22, R24, R29
Poinsettia Leaves G43, G46
Poinsettia Center Y15 and dots of R27

Did I motivate you to make a Christmas card?  Start now!  

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Regina - I Brake For Stamps Design Team