Girls’ Night Out Card

Christy Copics, Ink & Paper 9 Comments

Posting will be sporadic this week while I direct fun for sales meetings at my husband’s office. Apologies in advance for the lack of crafts. I have a half-finished layout for my Ireland scrapbook sitting here just begging to be finished, but I have to be out the door in under an hour. Anyway, this is a simple card I …

Orange

Christy Copics, Ink & Paper 89 Comments

When I saw that the latest challenge over at Copic Creations was Orange, I was inspired immediately. Not, as I figure most people were, by pumpkins or fall leaves or any of those normal images that people think of in October. When you bleed orange, your mind doesn’t quite work the same as everyone else’s. I had to draw Otto, …

Snowfamily Card

Christy Copics, Ink & Paper 218 Comments

This stamp took a deceptively long time to color. Like…wait for it…2 and a half hours. It looks so easy, right? Red, Green, Black, a little orange and brown and some bluish highlights. Yeah, here’s my color list: BG0000C1N1N5N9YR04YR07R24R27R29G20G21G28B00E31E35B00 Colorless Blender It’s actually not that bad. The most time was taken deciding what colors to make each hat and scarf. …

Redeeming Myself

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As ridiculous as it sounds, I was embarrassed enough by the poorly colored Christmas trees I posted yesterday that I wanted to post an example of my good work. How silly is it to take pride in your coloring skills? I worked hard in kindergarten and want you to know it! For my samples today I used these awesome stamps …