Jumbo Dancer

I love this little lady! She's such a fashionista! 

Stamp: Art Impressions Jumbo Dancer.

Pattern Paper: Cosmo Cricket's Upcycle. 

Markers: Copic W0, 2, 4 and Spica Glitter Pens. 

Dies: Spellbinders Circle and Scalloped Circle. 

I used Copic's Spica glitter pens to color the purse, flower, and the dancers dress. I also used the same Spica pens to outline the yellow and grey decoration on the card. You can see the lines of grey the best. 

I'm not much for fussy cutting, but, this was too fun not to. Besides, I had the perfect papers to do it! A few things to keep in mind when you're fussy cutting... I like to cut INSIDE the stamped line. That way, if I mess up a little bit, it's okay, because I always use my black Memento marker to line the cut piece. So, after I cut out her dress I held my marker at an angle and gave the dress an outline. Why do I do that instead of cutting outside the stamp line? Because, that would be TOO easy! No, no... doing it this way allows the line around the dress to be the same thickness. So it's not darker, or thicker in one area than another. I'm a tad bit OCD, please don't tell my hubby, I've been denying it for years! :) 

Hope you're having a fabulous weekend! xo

Uptown Girls! (with pizzaz)

Hi friends! Hope you're enjoying your weekend. The weather in Seattle is beautiful, and while you're reading this, I'm off camping with my family on the Oregon coast!

I don't have a video tutorial for you today because I spent a few days coloring this image. I've used Uptown Girls, and it's not easy color coordinating four ladies... so I actually picked paper first. Which I rarely do. I have to say it's much easier!

Here's what I've done...

Here's the ladies before I added the glitter.

And here they are with some pizzaz!

I find a lot of people are confused when it comes to the variety of gray's offered by Copic, so I have a quick tutorial on my blog about the differences, in addition to the uses for each one. I wanted to use the grays on this image so you can see what they look like together, and how different they look. I hope you'll find the tutorial useful! I also have a photo of all the colors I used to color the ladies...

Zoo Crew's Feathered Fiasco by Jessica Griffin

Hi friends! Hope you're enjoying your weekend. I've been working with the new Zoo Crew images, and had the pleasure of working with Feathered Fiasco!

He's so cute, I almost fell bad for him when I saw his sad little face! :( I know those days, all to well!

I did a quick video while coloring the Flamingo and water. Unfortunately, I've been having some computer/camera problems while recording, and it cut out before I could finish. But, you'll be able to see the colors I used, and the process. Also how simple it is to use FlexMarkers. When you buy the sentiment it does come whole. As in, "bad day in progress... stand clear" as one stamp. However, to get the words to stamp around the Flamingo as such, I had to cut them apart. It wasn't too difficult, but, I do suggest if you are going to cut them apart, make sure you have a good pair of scissors!

Lastly, people ALWAYS ask me what paper I use. I never think to add it into my posts, but I always use the same paper. I buy it at the paper mill! When I lived in Texas I bought from Clampitt Paper. Their prices are great! Anyways, I use Finch Fine Color Copy 80#. I really like their paper, but love that they make paper with our Environment in mind.

Well, that's all from me today! Happy Saturday friends, have a great weekend!

Harvest Try Fold

Hello AI fans!! I hope you'll like the card I have for you today. I've used one of the new Try Fold stamp sets. However, I didn't use it the way it's intended. 

Instead of stamping each image on a separate fold, I stamped them all onto one layer. The overall card size is 5"X5". I did a video to show you the correct way to use the Try Folds, with another stamp set.

To see all the colors I used, and the process I used to color, check out my blog at canyoupixelthis.com