Tuesday, August 9, 2011

My First Time Using Copic Markers

I had bought a set of Copic Markers a while ago but had never gotten around to using them. Then today I stumbled across a challenge at Delightful Inspiration where on the first challenge of the month, they give you a freebie digi stamp to use for the challenge. When you enter the challenge you are then given the next digi stamp to use for the next challenge. So everybody who enters their challenges are winners because you get free digi stamps!!! Free is ALWAYS good! But don't worry if you miss the first challenge of the month for that first freebie you can always purchase the stamp for the current challenge for a very low price. You need to stop by and check them out and get all the details straight from them. This was such a cute stamp and fun to work with. I found that it also fit perfectly with the challenge going on over at Scrapmasters Paradise which is a color combo challenge. They don't require you to have/use the exact product but you must try to get as close to the color combo swatch as possible. The 3 required colors on this card are Copics BG09  which I used for the petals of the flower on the mouses' head. Copics RV29 which I used for the mouses' dress. The last color was Copics E25 which I do not have so I used another marker that I hope matches up close enough to the color they wanted for the cupcake wrapper. And the colors I think went great here. I have a lot to learn as far as coloring techniques with the Copics. I have zero skills here. I need to watch a few dozen tutorials on how to add shading and dimension which hopefully won't require a lot of natural artistic talent. The  last challenge that I entered this into was over at Sweet Stamps. They wanted 'bling' this week and the sprinkles on this cupcake fit it to a tee. You get an extra entry into the weekly drawing if you use a stamp from them. I haven't gotten mine yet but I plan to. Thanks for stopping by and looking.

10 comments:

  1. Cute, Yvonne! Great first card with your Copic markers. I love the tiny bling sprinkles :)

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  2. Such a sweet creation Yvonne
    Cheers from Bangalore ,India
    Dr Sonia S V
    http://cardsandschoolprojects.blogspot.com

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  3. You did a great job for your first time using Copics! And I love the sparkly sprinkles on the cupcake! Adorable card :)

    Lisa
    http://indymermaid.blogspot.com

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  4. Your coloring is awesome! I don't have Copics, when I color I use colored pencils. I love your card, awesome job.

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  5. Awesome job for your first time coloring with Copics!! Love the card using our SPCC colors - WTG!

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  6. You did a great job for your first time with Copics! Thanks for visiting me today...I'm now following. :)

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  7. Me again! Just wanted to ask you to check out my blog. I made my first tutorial... Have a great weekend. Dawn

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  8. I like how you sprinkle your cupcakes! Why be sparing, lol. Its a cute card and good luck on your Copic journey. Thanks so much for joining our Bling challenge at Designed2Delight. Please keep coming back!

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  9. Yay, awesome first job with the Copics! Watch out - they're really addicting, lol!

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  10. Very sweet card! Thanks for playing along on Sweet Stamps blog! I hope you get a chance to use our fabulous stamps! Good luck on the contest! Great job on your first COPIC card! I have never tried them!

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