iCopic Weekly Challenge #45 - Water

Hello Friends! Happy Monday and Welcome to another fabulous iCopic Weekly Challenge. This week's challenge is a fun one. The challenge is to color some water (make a water scene, use an image with some water on it, or have your image look like it is under water, etc.). I knew that the adorable Mermaid Anya from The Greeting Farm would be just perfect for this challenge. I think one of the quickest water backgrounds you can make is an under water background. I simply die cut an oval from X-Press It Blending Card Paper and colored the under water background using B11, B13, B15. The Mermaid Anya image is going to be covering the center of the background once she is layered on top, so you will only need to color the outer edges of the die cut oval to create the background. I started off by laying down the base color around the edges using B11. I added dots of B13 and B15 onto the B11 base color and blended them with another layer of B11. I then used the Colorless Blender to add more dots. I used this dotting method to create the look of bubbles, as I would imagine Mermaid Anya would be surrounded by bubbles under water. It's a very easy and fun technique. Now are you ready to play along for a chance to win a wonderful iCopic prize and to be featured on the iCopic Blog? Be sure to visit the iCopic Blog for the full challenge rules and to link your Challenge Card Entry.

Copic Colors:
Skin: E000. E00, E11, E21
Hair: E25, E31, E50
Clothing & Eyeshadow: YG23, YG25 and V05, Vo6
Background: B11, B13, B15

Thanks for visiting and Have a Super Day!

iCopic Weekly Challenge #41 - Wavin' Hello!

Happy Monday! Hope you had a fabulous weekend! It was a hot one here in Cali, so you can see why I had this cutie on my mind for card making. This week's iCopic Challenge is Skin Tones. If you are used to coloring lighter skin tones then challenge yourself to coloring a darker skin tone and vice versa. I wanted to color this super cute Surfer Anya image by The Greeting Farm closer to my own skin tone during summer. I also colored her hair to match with some serious Sun In getting sprayed in for highlights. I always wanted to do that, but my mom was not having it at the time. So Anya gets to rock the highlights for me! I seriously do wish I had her abs. LOL! Surfer Anya was a blast to color and she looks stunning in every skin tone. I simply used two colors to achieve her gorgeous tan - E11 & E13. Easy Peasy! I hope you will play along with this week's challenge. It's been great seeing someone win a fabulous iCopic prize each week. To play along for your chance at winning just visit the iCopic Blog for the details and to link up your creation. Good Luck!


Copic Colors:
Skin: E11 & E13
Hair: E53, E25, E59 & E49
Swim Suit: R81, R83, RV55, YG23 & YG25
Flower: Y11, Y13 & Y15
Surfboard: Y11, Y13, Y15, RV09, RV17

Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash!

Happy Saturday! I thought this weekend would NEVER get here. I haven't been able to stamp much, except for the swap cards I made. I will be posting those up hopefully next week. I couldn't wait for the weekend to stamp for the Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash! Big Congrats to Taylor and the TE crew! I am huge fan of Taylored Expressions and I am so glad for the long weekend to play along with all of their fun challenges. The first card I wanted to share is for the TEBBDB (Paper Piecing) & TEBBDE (Paper Tole) challenges. You can visit the Stamp a Sweet Impression blog for a complete listing of all 13 challenges. My BFF, Pilar, needed a hot air balloon thank you card. It had to be masculine as well. That was a challenge in itself. Luckily I had the adorable Fly Away set from the Greeting Farm. I used some of my Bo Bunny stash for the paper piecing. I popped up the hot air balloon pieces and sentiment with 3D Foam Tape. To keep the look more masculine I decided to put the sentiment on the balloon to mask the heart. I could have easily not stamped the heart, however I was going nuts looking for my Memento dew drop pad with no luck. Sentiments are great for covering up stuff. I am sneaky like that... LOL! Well I hope you get a chance to join the party! I will be back with more this weekend.
Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful weekend!
:) Rach



Rachie's Recipe:
Stamps: Fly Away (Greeting Farm) and Note of Thanks (SU!)
Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU!), Memento Tuxedo Black and Fresh Snow (PTI)
Paper: Kraft CS (PTI) and Patterned Paper (Bo Bunny)
Accessories: Circle Nesties, Ribbon, Brads (Bazzill), Oval Punches & Crafter's Tool Kit(SU!) and 3D Foam Tape (Best Creation)

The Sky's the Limit

Hi ya! Just wanted to wish you all a fabulous weekend! I also wanted to share with you a recent card I made using this super cute stamp set from The Greeting Farm. I managed to use as much Bo Bunny products as I could as well. Can you tell? You know I love this stuff! Well I still can't get over that pig. He is way too cute. I had a pretty fabulous Friday and feel the Sky's the Limit. I don't know I just felt so inspired today. Like anything is possible! If at first you don't succeed - try, try, again! My mom always told me, "If it was easy everyone would do it." She is so wise. So I am off to conquer my goals and I hope you will too. See ya on Monday! Big Hugs and a High Five too!
:) Rach






Rachel's Recipe:
Stamps: The Greeting Farm
Paper: White CS (PTI) and Patterned Paper (Bo Bunny)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: SU! Oval Punches, Piercing Tools, White Gel Pen & Dimensionals, Ribbon (Bo Bunny), Red Brads and Stardust Stickles.