Category Archives: Copic

Flourishes Blog Hop

Posted on May 14, 2010 | 25 comments

I am thrilled to be participating in the Flourishes Blog Hop!!

What do you get when you mix the beauty of stained glass images with the fabulous shapes of Spellbinders™ Nestabilities®? A fabulous new set from Flourishes called Beauty Within. This stamp set was designed to take the guess work out of cutting and trimming an elegant shape. With the help of S4-246 Labels Eleven and S4-248 Labels Thirteen, you can color to your heart’s content and then trim your image perfectly with these beautiful die templates. This set, designed by artist Becky Fleck, will be released first thing Friday morning! Would you like to win this set? Simply leave a comment on the Flourishes Blog and you’ll be in the running! Winners will be announced Saturday at 12 PM CST on the Flourishes Blog.

Be sure to visit all the talented artist’s blogs!

Beth Pingry (here!)
Heidi Blankenship
Holly Simoni
Julie Koerber
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Danielle Kennedy
Dawn Burnworth
Laura Fredrickson
Leslie Miller
Margie Higuchi
Stacy Morgan

I decided to make a pendant with shrink plastic.

Stamp the rose image onto clear shrink plastic with black solvent ink. Flip it over and color with Copics onto the other side so the markers don’t get contaminated with the ink.

Marker colors will be more intense when the piece is shrunken. (Hint: the markers don’t blend as well on a porous surface, so I colored each section with only one marker, after much experimentation.)

Align the S4-246 Labels Eleven #5 (the smallest is #1) onto the shrink plastic colored image. Tape in place. Cut in Spellbinders Wizard™. I fed the sandwich twice to make sure it cut through the plastic. Use a hole punch to make a hole if desired. Shrink according to plastic manufacturer’s instructions.

This picture shows the end result, it shrunk from approximately 2.5 x 3.5″ to 1 x 1.5″.

The necklace is assembled by stringing plastic pearls along a sheer ribbon. Attach a clasp at the end. Place a jump ring on the pendant and attach to the ribbon between two pearls.

For the box, cut/emboss Labels Eleven #5 from blue cardstock. Leave the paper inside the die template and airbrush a blue marker over the edge of the die template. Cut/emboss white cardstock with Labels Eleven #4. Airbrush with a pink marker. Stamp “Beauty Lies Within” sentiment onto the pink Label.

For the Rose, stamp the single Rose image twice with dye ink. Color one image in simply, no blending necessary. On the second, color and blend inks as desired. Hand trim with scissors. Layer the “finished” Rose on top of the basic Rose image, and adhere with 3D Foam Squares. Layer the Labels onto a box (I recycled one from a previous gift), wrap the box with ribbon and tie a bow.

I used the following supplies:

Spellbinders: Wizard, S4-246 Labels Eleven die template
Flourishes: Beauty Within Stamp Set
SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L™: 3D Foam Squares, E-Z Runner®
Copic: R20, R22, R24, B21, B23, B24, G21, G24, G28
Tsukineko Jet Black Stazon® Solvent Ink, Tuxedo Black Momento™ Dye Ink
Shrink Plastic: Lucky Squirrel Clear
Cardstock: Worldwin Colormates Light Belgium Blue, White
Ribbon: Offray Sheerly Yours
Pearls: Bead Design Co.
Clasp: Metal Gallery

Thank you for visiting! Please leave me a comment, then go to the Flourishes Blog to comment for a chance to win.

I am working on another project with the same stamp set, but a completely different technique! I hope you’ll bookmark me or subscribe to see more!

Beth

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Posted in Copic, SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L, Spellbinders

Tagged Blog Frenzy, Copic, Flourishes, Labels Eleven, Necklace, Nestabilities, Spellbinders

Life’s a Beach

Posted on May 8, 2010 | 2 comments

Or not so much, if you look at the thermometer, it’s rather chilly this weekend. I actually have a card I put together as a thank you.

The background took all of 30 seconds and a few Copic Markers. The bottom is E37, to look like sand along a beach. Then I airbrushed layers of blues, starting with the lightest, B21 and layered horizontally increasing the colors, B23, B26, B29.

The palm tree is a retired Spellbinders™ die template. I cut the trunk from thin balsa wood, trimmed it with scissors so I just had the trunk, then used E37 to color through like a stencil. The leaves and grass are Core’dinations paper, cut/embossed and sanded. I used SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L™ 3D Foam Squares (I cut the smaller sizes in half while still on the backing) to fit on the back side of the trunk.

For the Labels, I stamped the Thank You, then lined up a Classic Oval to cut/emboss, then airbrushed B24 while the paper was still in the die template, so I had the while border. Then I did the same with the Labels Six, but airbrushed with B21 and used the 3D Foam Squares to elevate the Thank You die cut.

I added some sprigs of grass with G07. I should have made several of these, it was super quick and fun!

Happy Mothers Day!

Beth

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Posted in Card, Copic, SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L, Spellbinders

Tagged Beach, Copic, Nestabilities, Spellbinders, Thank You

Dick Blick Demo, etc

Posted on April 29, 2009 | 3 comments

While I sitting here waiting for the carpet cleaners to show up, supposely sometime between an hour ago and forever, I need to belly up and post. No silly, I don’t have new art to show off (this week) but its been a busy month and I do have an announcement:

I’ll be demoing Copic Markers this Sunday, May 3 from noon to 2pm at the Dick Blick Wheaton, IL store! Come on out and say hi! Let me know if you would be interested in a Copic class.

In other news, Cindy and the rest of the family had a delightful Easter. The Bunny brought her a nice little basket of goodies. Cindy loves cookies and bunnies, in no particular order.

I celebrated my 29th birthday again this month too. Cake was had by all, and some had more cake than others, right Spunky?

I traveled for Spellbinders twice in April, I met some great people at CKC St. Louis, we taught for 2 days. I also traveled to a trade event in San Francisco, I didn’t get to see the city, but it was a beautiful weekend on the Bay!

Then I got a magazine in the mail.
Hmm, that’s strange, I don’t have a subscription to the Stampers Sampler Catch Up Issue. What’s this? An art comp? Good golly, I’ve been published! They love me, they really love me! Ok, maybe they don’t love me, but they like me enough for page 14 at the top! Thanks Stampington!!!

And a series of these appeared when I downloaded photos. Strange, I’ve never seen this happen in real life, must have been some kind of homework assignment…Now that I know you can do it, Sparky, its going to be a long summer! buhahaha!