Thinking Inking

Copic Coloring Guide Level 2 WINNER

Hello from St. Louis! We have a winner on the Copic Coloring Guide Level 2, and it is. . .

So, Janet B, I have e-mailed you! I should have the new book today, I'm hoping.

Thanks so much to all who participated!

 

Our Refuge and Strength

Welcome! I'm in St. Louis this weekend, along with Lori Craig, for Copic Certification classes. I'm hoping to meet some of you here! Today I have another encouragement card to share. My dear father-in-law is not feeling well these days, so I've been trying to get a card made every week for him, just to encourage him and remind him of things that he knows far better than I. I pulled out my Papertrey Ink Beautiful Blessings set once again--love this set!  To ink the sentiment in two colors, I put tape over the two words that I wanted to be red and inked with Hawaiian Shores ink, then removed the tape and stamped. Next I taped the parts that had been Hawaiian Shores earlier and inked the remaining parts with Pure Poppy ink. I removed the tape, aligned with the Hawaiian Shores layer, and stamped.

I wanted to keep it colorful and thought that some Cosmo Cricket Baby Jane patterned papers would be just the ticket. I used several Spellbinders dies including Grand Labels Twenty-Three for the card base, a Bauble Blossoms One for that aqua trim layer, and Office Supplies for the distressed notebook layer.

That's it for today. I will be posting a winner of Colleen and Marianne's book as soon as I get a chance on Friday night. I teach late that night, so it could even be Saturday morning when it gets posted. Thank you for visiting!

Copic Coloring Guide Level 2 FAVORITES

Hello from St. Louis! We have a winner on the Copic Coloring Guide Level 2, and it is. . .

Thanks so much to all who participated!

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Welcome to a very special blog hop!  I am excited to announce my participation and publication in the new Copic Coloring Guide, Level 2: Nature!

Authors Colleen Schaan and Marianne Walker have partnered up again with the team at Annie’s Attic and some of the most talented artists and designers in the industry to bring you a quality publication packed full of techniques, theory, tutorials, and inspiration.  The 64-page book is the next step in the Coloring Guide series, offering information and educational material for crafters of all skill levels.

From the introductory suggestions for creating a Copic journal and tips for working with digital images, to explanations of advanced blending techniques and detailed tutorials for coloring specific objects, the book presents useful information in an easy-to-follow format. 

A bonus CD comes with the book that contains all of the hand-drawn images used in the tutorial section of the book, along with the assembly instructions for all of the projects.

Each participating designer is hopping today to give you a peak at their favorite project from the book, and a chance to WIN your own autographed copy! 

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This is one of my projects in the book. I loved this little Mo Manning Bye Bye Boy image and wanted to use it because of the hair texture--not to mention that it was just a beautifully drawn image!. I was happy with how it turned out, and judging from the number of people who left comments in the previous giveaway about wanting more information on hair and skin tones, it's something that I need to share more of!

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To help kick off the celebration of the new book, each designer on the hop is giving away an autographed copy of the book--signed not only by Colleen and Marianne, but by the individual designer too!  Please leave a comment on this post for your chance to win your copy of mine.  Commenting will be closed Friday night (3/09/2012) at 10pm CDT.  Winners will be announced on the individual designer's blog.  

Michele Boyer

Lori Craig 

Jennifer Dove-Bonner

Sharon Harnist

Tammy Hershberger

Melanie Holtz

Michelle Houghton

Debbie Olson  (here)

Claudia Rosa

Colleen Schaan

Marianne Walker

Can't wait for your copy? 

Copic Coloring Guide Level 2: Nature is now available at many stamping and scrapbooking stores. Visit your local store today and ask about availability.  It is also sold through the Annie’s Attic catalog, accessible online at HERE at AnniesAttic.com.

Copic Blog Team Expands: GIVEAWAY

DRAWING IS NOW CLOSED--thanks for playing along and for giving helpful feedback. I will share it with the rest of the Copic girls, and perhaps we can help with some tutorials!

At 10pm, there were 155 entries on my blog. The three tape set winners here are Eulanda, Shelly, and Paula, shown below:

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Today I'm happy to share with you that we have two additional members on our Copic blog team, Cindy Lawrence and Michele Boyer. Both Cindy and Michele are fabulously talented and as sweet as can be, so I am truly excited to have them helping out!

What's a celebration without a giveaway? On all of the Copic blogs we have something to share either today or tomorrow. It's only right that Cindy and Michele have the BEST prizes on their blogs, right? You'll have to go enter at their blogs, but it be will totally be worth your time, especially if you have some Copic markers that could use a good home case. . . hint, hint. . .  :-}   

The rest of us all have some thing useful to share as well, a roll of X-Press It foam tape and double-sided tape for three different people. So, to enter on my blog, please leave an answer to this question in the comments section at the bottom: What kind of Copic tutorials would you like to see? I will leave this post open until Saturday night at 10pm Central, and then let Random.org choose three winners for me. 

Here is a list of other Copic blog links with prizes:

Cindy Lawrence (big prize!)

Michele Boyer (big prize)!

Colleen Schaan

Lori Craig

Marianne Walker

Sharon Harnist

Sherrie Siemens 

That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by, and good luck!