Your Copic Coloring Guide

Posted by: Jan Marie | May 16th, 2012

Hello Blog Friends,

Today I have the pleasure of releasing an new tool that every stamper that uses Copic Markers will want in her bag of tricks! Flourishes has put together a Copic Color Swatch book that will help you in so many ways. Check it out!

It’s a Copic Color Swatch Book and it features all of the current Flourishes Copic Collections! This wonderful tool can be used anywhere, but as of now can ONLY be purchased through Flourishes. The Too Company has restricted our sales of Copic Markers to the United States, but so many of you wanted our collections. So, we did the next best thing. We created a handy ringed set to act as a visual guide for all of our Copic Collections.

Now no matter where you are, you can replicate our collections, shop with them when purchasing papers or emblishments locally. They can hang easily next to you Copic marker on your desk.

They are easy to toss in you Flourishes Tote and take to Crops or Classes.

They can even become your inventory control, and by adding a piece of your favorite paper you can color your own strips on the back using your favorite card stock and make notes of your favorite collections you like to use together.

Did I say they were available NOW??? Yes, these new babies are in stock and ready for shipping. You surely will want to add them to your very next order.

So living in Canada, Australia, China, Germany, Malaysia, South Africa or Poland to name a few, you too can have this handy Copic Color Swatch book and all of the Flourishes Copic Collections that you purchase in your Copics in homeland.

We’ve made Copic coloring easier by being the first to introduce the “blending families” now, we are taking it to the next level with the Copic Color Swatch Book. The swatch book is printed in color, punched in the top left corner and held together with a ” C” ring. The size of the giant helper in your coloring is the size of most business cards. I think of them as “mighty giants” and I am sure you will too.

Thanks for visiting with me today. I hope you will find this a valuable visit. If you like leave me a sweet note, as I love hearing from you!

Ciao,

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Timeless Tuesday #169

Posted by: Makiko Jones | May 15th, 2012

Hello everyone! It’s Maki, and I am so excited to host this week’s Timeless Tuesday challenge (FTTC169)!!

The challenge is “Alphabet Letter” - Pick one alphabet letter and use at least three supplies/elements
that start with the letter of your choice. For example, if you choose
“B” for your alphabet letter, make your creation with “B”rads, “B”uttons, “B”ow, color “B”lue,
designer papers by “B”asic Grey and so on.

Please be sure to read the challenge rules below for more details.

I picked a letter “P” and used the supplies/elements of the colors “P”ink & “P”urple, “P”earl, “P”rima designer paper, and the theme, “P”rincess

I used Make A Wish set for the image and the sentiment. The image was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black on the classic white cardstock and colored with Copic markers. Then it was cut with SB Lacey Circles and the mat was sponged with Distress Ink Worn Lipstick using Blending Tool & foam. It was adhered on the pink lacey circle mat. The sentiment was stamped on the tag of SB Fancy Tags 3. The tag was sponged with Distress Ink Scattered Straw and embellished with Want2Scrap rhinestones. The purple frame was made with SB Fleur De Lis Rectangles. The rest of the card was designed with Prima designer paper and colored cardstock. The sheer ribbon with pink pearl was used to finish off the card.

Can’t wait to see your “Pick A Letter” creation!

Take a peek at what the other Timeless Tuesday designer have created for today…

Amanda
Cindy
Heather
Makiko
Mona
Beate
Silke
GD Marie Oberg

~Maki

CHALLENGE RULES

HOW TO PLAY: Everyone can PLAY and anyone can WIN! Each week Flourishes draws one lucky name for a $10 gift code to the Flourishes store! Here’s how you can win…

Create a new card or paper-crafted project fitting the challenge. Flourishes stamps are not required, but if you’ve got them, why not use them?
Include a link back to this challenge in your blog post or gallery upload.
If you upload to Splitcoaststampers, please use keyword FTTC169.
Deadline to enter is next Monday at 6:00 p.m. EST.

One random winner will be picked from all of the entries to win the weekly prize!

We had 73 entries for Silke’s “Pink-a-licious” challenge last week and 20 players that got double entries for using Flourishes stamps. Our random winner is #38, Carole. Her beautiful card created with the Magnolias stamp set is shown below. Carole, please email Beate at beatejohns@gmail.com to claim your prize! Rosemary, please email Beate at beatejohns@gmail.com to claim your prize!

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A Colourful Catch

Posted by: Kathy Jones | May 14th, 2012

Hello Everyone! It’s another Create with Me Monday using Copic Markers! Have you noticed I’m a little earlier in the month now? There has been some shuffling and now the Flourishes Copic Tutorials can be found on the second Monday of the month right here on the Flourishes Blog!

Today I’m going to be making that card we usually fear……yes, it’s the dreaded MAN CARD!!! However, Flourishes to the rescue and we have several awesome masculine sets to chose from to make the perfect Masculine card and just in time for many of you to create your Father’s Day cards!

It was a hard decision, but today I’ve chosen What a Catch (perfect for those men in our lives who love to go fishing) to colour and have used several of the Flourishes Copic Collections – Rich Brown, Olive Green, Beehive and Cool Neutrals.

Start colouring the fishing rod by laying down a base of E42

Add a little E44 along the top and bottom edges of the rod. Fishing rods are a cylindrical shape and this will make it seem more rounded and having the highlight in the middle.

Deepen the shadows with E47 under the hat area and a little along the bottom.

Always use your next lightest colour to blend.

Colour the hat with YG61 as your base.

Add YG63 on each side of the hat, rim and in the middle of the top of the hat.

Deepen the shadows with YG67.

Blend with you next lightest colours.

Colour the reel by colouring the base E40

Then add streaks of E42, E44 and E47 using the TIP of your brush nib – don’t blend!!

Colour the flies with Yr20, YR23 and YR27 from the Beehive collection. Add shadow to the ground using C1 and C3.

Next add dots of YR23 and YG63 to the shadow areas to create a pebble effect.

To create the mottle effect, dot on the ’0′ Colourless Blender. You can also add dots of C1 and C3 for more texture. This technique works better if the paper has been allowed more time to dry and the result from the Blender will be stronger.

Finish colouring your image and create your card!

Colour collections used in today’s tutorial are…..

For those of you who like to watch and learn, click the video link below!!! Thanks so much for stopping by today and happy colouring!!!

Kathy

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It’s Time for the…..

Posted by: Julie Koerber | May 12th, 2012

What a fun filled week and we can’t believe the sneaks are over! We hope you had fun seeing what our ever-so-talented design team whipped up with Flourishes’ newest polymer!!! Now, some fun for us — getting to give some of our newest sets away!!!

First, let’s find out…

Wednesday, Cindy Lawrence was the Mystery Blogger! The winner of this drawing wins our brand new sets called Hydrangea. After putting all the names in the hat, the winner is……..

Marlena M who said…Exquisite work! I love the colors you chose here. Wednesday, May 09, 2012 at 02:26 AM

Thursday, Christine Okken was the Mystery Blogger! The winner of her drawing wins our new set called Father’s Day. The random winner is….

Queen Mary said…This looks like a great set! And really perfect for dads – tools and ties don’t really work for my husband so I LOVE these cards Christine! May 10, 2012 12:10 PM

Friday, Heather Jensen was the Mystery Blogger! The winner here wins our new set On the Porch. After all the names were mixed up, the winner is……

Connie MacFarlaneMay 11, 2012 8:42 AM Heather, your card is stunning! I love everything about it – the paper, the colour choices, the bow, the beautiful stitching – it’s perfect. Love this set, thanks for the inspiration.

CONGRATS MYSTERY BLOGGER WINNERS!!! Now… moving on to the card challenges!!!! Lots of players, lots of talent, lots of fun!!! Thanks everyone for sharing your creative time and talents! Each one of these ladies below wins Flourishes’ MAY RELEASE!

For the HOME SWEET HOME CHALLENGE… Random.org drew the number 12, which means the winner is Cindy Holshouser. Look at the beautiful creation she made using the Chairs for You set. Make sure to click HERE to see her inspiration!

On to the winner of the PRETTY IN PURPLE CHALLENGE! Random.org picked the number 29 — which means Lee (a.k.a. LuvLee) is the winner with this pretty and purple popping creation!

And finally, the winner of LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE BOYS CHALLENGE! Random.org picked lucky number 13! And that means the winner is WANDA CULLEN. Check out her creation using Flourishes’ Kid’s Play set.

Claiming your prize is simple… Just email me at flourishes@bresnan.net and put RELEASE WEEK WINNER in the subject line. In your email, make sure you share what set(s) you won and we have your snail mail addy included too. We’ll get your winnings sent right away! Thanks so much for joining us this week and sharing some fun and inspiration with all of us!

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Sneak Peeks 3 — the Wrap Up!

Posted by: Julie Koerber | May 11th, 2012

Hi all and welcome to the final day of Flourishes’ Release Week! And, guess what? If you like what you’ve seen on our designers’ blogs this week, I’m happy to report that all of Flourishes’ new sets for May are in the Flourishes store!! Just click HERE to see for yourself!

Are you ready to see our last set being revealed today? It’s a set that honors those home sweet home moments!

Nothing says Home Sweet Home quite like this set from Marcella Hawley. On the Porch features images you might see on your own front porch with three vignettes and four scripted sentiments to share in all occasion cards and creations. Use this set to welcome someone home, welcome a new neighbor, share the news that you’ve moved or give someone a much needed atta boy!! The options with this 4 by 6″ set are endless!

The design team has let their creative juices flow with this set!

Would you like to win the On the Porch set? All you need to do is leave some love in the form of a comment on the blogs below! Why? You need to try to figure out…..

One of the ladies on our link list below will be picking a name from the comments on her blog post today. We don’t know which one it is… so the more blogs you leave comments on, the more chances you have to win!

Now be sure to hit the “homes” of our design team to see what they whipped up using this set!

DID YOU KNOW YOU COULD WIN OUR ENTIRE MAY RELEASE? Have you checked out our Home Sweet Home Challenge? Just click HERE to find out how to play! You can also play in our Noon Time Challenges! Be sure to check out our Pretty in Purple Challenge HERE and the Let’s Hear it for the Boys Challenge HERE! Both are fast-paced chances to win our full May release! All challenges will close this Friday at 5 PM EST–TODAY– and winners will be announced Saturday in our Winner’s Circle blog post! So get those fingers inky and good luck!

And lastly.. have you checked out the…..

This FABULOUS Sale wraps up Sunday– May 13th– at midnight — so be sure to check out all the fun things that are on sale right now for 15% off — all embellishments, Spellbinders Dies and Folders, Embossing Folders, Tools and Paper! Wow! It’s a great stock up sale!

We hope you’ve enjoyed sharing a bit of creativity with us this week! Be sure to tune back in tomorrow to see if your name is in …… THE WINNER’S CIRCLE!

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