Tag Archives: Copic

Flourishes~ A Gift for You Blog Hop

Posted on October 13, 2010 | 23 comments

If you’ve been searching for a perfect set that could give class and elegance to your Christmas gift packaging, search no more! Today, Flourishes is sneak peaking a brand new set called, A Gift for You, and some of the Spellbinders™ team is joining them in the fun!

This set was designed not only to coordinate with some of Flourishes best-selling Christmas stamp sets but with more than a handful of Spellbinders Die Templates! A Gift For You – drawn by the ever-so-talented Marcella Hawley – offers 8 different tag styles and 8 different mini sentiments to fit inside! To make sure your tags come out with a regal style and design, this set coordinates with Spellbinders Labels Fourteen, Labels Fifteen, Labels Sixteen, as well as some of the new Decorative Nestabilities® designs like Lacey, Eyelet and Beaded Circles and Lacey or Eyelet Squares! The customizable options are endless. Would you like to win this set? Simply leave a comment on Flourishes’ Blog! Flourishes will draw a winner and announce this coming Saturday, Ocotober 16, in their Winner’s Circle on their blog!

If a peek didn’t whet your appetite enough, head on over to see what some of the Spellbinders and Flourishes designers whipped up today. I promise, you won’t be disappointed!!

• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Dawn Burnworth
• Julie Koerber
• Laura Fredrickson
• Leslie Miller
• Stacy Morgan
• Ashley Cannon Newell
• AJ Otto
• Beth Pingry (you are here!)
• Deborah Young
• Gina Hanson
• Holly Simoni
• Margie Higuchi
• Judy Hayes
• Julie Overby
• Kazan Clark
• Latisha Yoast
• Mona Pendleton

I loved the holly wreath in this set, and wanted to hang it on my door:

I am thrilled to remove the project picture and replace it with this:

I created a 6-panel door using S4-142 Long Classic Rectangle LG #2 (the smallest is #1) to make four of the panels, and S4-128 Classic Squares SM #3 for the top pieces. I inked the edges and embossed lines with Distress Antique Linen ink, and adhered the panels with SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L 3D Foam Squares, to give them more dimension. The door knob is a glitter brad from Creative Impressions, and it’s on the smallest die cut from S4- 283 2010 Heirloom Ornaments. All paper is from Worldwin.

The inside has “Merry Christmas” stamped on S5-025 Labels Seventeen, and layered onto S4-301 Labels Sixteen.

Taking a closer look at the wreath, you can see that it has three layers. I stamped it three times and colored them with Copic atyou Spica pens, using Lipstick for the berries and Olive and Melon for the holly leaves. I hand cut and layered with 3D Foam Squares.

Pictures just don’t capture the glittery delight of the pens, but belive me, its there!

Thanks for looking! Enjoy the blog hop and don’t forget to enter to win on the Flouishes Blog!

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Beth

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

Tagged blog hop, Christmas, Copic, Flourishes, Nestabilities, Spellbinders, stamps, Worldwin

Halloween Canvas Fun

Posted on September 4, 2010 | 2 comments

The weather is a-changing! It was a bit chilly at 6:30am when Cindy wanted out. I’m not quite ready for that, but it is nice to have the windows and front door open.

I’ve got some Halloween canvas goodness to share, both tutorials are posted over at the Spellbinders Blog. This one is A Graveyard Scene:

Graveyard Scene Canvas by Beth Pingry

The die cut paper is all from Donna Salazar Designs, all colors are Copic markers.

For Spooky Silhouettes, I used Glimmer Mist for the background on the canvas, and a fun technique for the die cuts:

Spooky by Beth Pingry

Have great weekend!

Beth

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Posted in Altered Art/Mixed Media, SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L, Spellbinders

Tagged canvas, Copic, Glimmer Mist, Halloween, Spellbinders

Using Spellbinders Edgeabilities die templates

Posted on August 15, 2010 | 4 comments

I had a question from a reader about the Spellbinders™ S4-044 Rose Blossoms die template. Spellbinders Edgeabilities® s are so versatile, they just look a little intimidating, so hopefully I can show how fun and useful these really are.

This is the die she specifically asked about:

Here are a few ways to use this die template:

First, die cut it. Doesn’t look like much, right?

Next, emboss it:

Now you see some definition! Flip it over and use the die as a stencil. I used my Copic Markers and ABS to airbrush the colors, but you can use chalk, ink, colored pencils, paint…whatever you like to use.

Next take the paper out of the die template.

You have the die template , the main piece, and the 2 smaller roses to embellish and layer on the finished product. Just toss the negative piece.

To make a card with this die, I used 8.5 x 5.5″ piece, folded. I used regular tape to hold the die template in place once I centered it onto the card front, with the cut edges facing the card front.

To cut this in my Wizard, I need the cut edges to cut into the white mat, but not into the back side of the card. To do this, I place the die (taped to the card front) on the Magnetic Mat and fold the back of the card under the magnetic mat, then place the top mat on the sandwich and cut in the Wizard.

This gives me the image with an aperture (opening) around it. The opening can be backed with vellum, other cardstock, acetate, or left open. I could have positioned the die tempate close to the edge to cut a decorative edge to the card, like this: