La-La Land Roller Skate Marci

After an awesome class with Suzanne Dean a few weeks ago, I'm still trying to integrate all I learned into my colouring.  It is a bit of a change in style, that's for sure!  But I've had lots of chance to practice, with my crafty friends at our regular Friday night crop night - so much fun!  Although this week, my colouring was a little "off" to say the least, and I was colouring my poor images with see through dresses and black underwear to be funny.  (Don't ask).  Needless to say - I don't think they'll be making the cut for the monthly card kit!  Maybe I've been reading too much of the "Bloggess" lately.  That woman's humour just cracks me up!!

Anyway,

This little cutie is Roller Skate Marci from La-La Land Stamps! I’ll be teaching this card at Scrappin’ Great Deals on Sept. 29 in “Beginning and Continuing Copics”.

La-La Land stamps are perfect for learning Copics – with their open spaces and large faces, not to mention they are pretty cute!

I’ve gone with a retro ‘80s look for this card. With the roller skates, it seemed appropriate! She’s also meant to complement the little boy I’ve created for the same class, also with La-La Land.

I’ve coloured her with Copics, focusing on the 3 shade blending technique, and improved a little after my class with Suzanne Dean.

I’ve accented with some flowers, pearls, and stickles – and a cute little sentiment from Kaiser mini sentiments.

Sign up for the class at Scrappin' Great Deals!


Stamps: La-La Land Roller Skate Marci, Kaiser mini sentiment
Paper: Echo Park - Life is Good, X-press It Blending Card by Copic
Cardstock: Bazzill
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink Antique Lace
Copics: E02, E01, E00, R20, BG10, C3, E29, E5, E33, R85, R83, R81, G16, G02, G00, E35, E31, YR20
Embellishments: Bazzill flowers, Kaiser self-adhesive pearls, Diamond stickles
Adhesive:  Sticky Thumb
Accessories: Sizzex Sizzlets: Flourish & Flourish 1, My Favorite Things die, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 10

teaching Beginning Copic Class - Sept. 29

Hello stampers!

This is my first post for the Scrappin' Great Deals blog! I'm thrilled to bits to be an official SGD Diva - and look forward to sharing all my favourite things with you, as well as the little tips and tricks I've picked up along the way. I had the great pleasure of taking Suzanne Dean's workshops last weekend, both the Beginner/ Intermediate and Advanced sessions with Copics. I learned SO much from these - what an absolutely phenomenal day! We hope she'll be back again next summer, and if you didn't attend this time - be sure to sign up for the next one! Not to mention an amazing learning opportunity, Suzanne tells her personal story which is so inspirational. Just fantastic. I'm sure you'll see my style of colouring evolve as I start to apply these new techniques that I've learned!

I'm really excited to teach a class on September 29 - called Beginning and Continuing Copics. This is for anyone who has tried Copics or who uses Copics, as you'll get to not only learn some techniques, but finish two cards! I hope you like my cardmaking style - and hopefully you'll like the two that I've created this month. We will have class markers available for those who do not have their own, but please do bring your own if you have them. And - you will get a 20% discount on all Copic products and products demonstrated in class! How can you beat that?

My first card is a little boy card! This cute little guy is Luka with Truck from the beautiful La-La Land stamps. If you are a Copic user and haven't tried these stamps yet, you really have to see them! They are so perfect for Copics with their open spaces for shading, and their large round faces. And not to mention CUTE AS A BUTTON!

I've used the most beautiful new paper from Simple Stories: 100 Days of Summer. I LOVE the bright colours and how perfect are these for a little boy and back to school? They're reversible and every one is gorgeous.

I've used one of my favourite line of products, the Spellbinders Nestabilities. I honestly struggle to make a card without them now. I have so many sets - and they are all beautiful and versatile. Here I've used the Petite Oval Large and the Petite Scalloped Oval Large. Don't you just love how they are compatible with each other?

Luka is stamped on Copic XPress It paper (my own personal favourite) with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured in Copics (see colours below). I've used the awesome new adhesive from Sticky Thumb (you HAVE to try this one out!) to mount all of my pieces! Et voila - Luka with Truck!

Hope to see you on September 29 - or on my blog anytime at http://sarahsassy468.blogspot.com. My goal is to start incorporating some tutorials, maybe even videos (eeks!).

Sarah
xx

Stamp: Luka with Truck (La-La Land) and clear acrylic sentiment stamp
Paper: Simple Stories (100 Days of Summer), Copic XPress It
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Adhesive: Sticky Thumb Tape Runner and Pop dots
Accessories: Bo Bunny Jewels, Prima Flowers, Spellbinders Nestabilities
Copic Colours: B93, B95, B97, R24, R27, R29, B00, G20, G94, G99, E25, E27, E29, E35, E31, YR20, E11, E01, E00, R20, C0, C2

High Hopes Stamp Challenge

Hello everyone and happy August!

We are having a beautiful summer here in London - absolutely fantastic!  And for some reason it is motivating me to craft!  Well, that along with the fact that I had my crafty Mother-in-Law here for two weeks, AND I've been making time to get together with my stamping and crafting friends lately!  We had an awesome time at Friday night crop at Scrappin' Great Deals last week - if you live in the area - definitely come and hang out with us some time!  It's a blast!

I am also LOVING this weather and spending so much time outside - enjoying my backyard and deck.  Even sharing my son's little pool with him!  It fits my bum, so it works for me!  And I happen to really like taking photos of my cards outside - instead of inside.  I just like the look of the outside shots personally.

I'm especially motivated lately because I'm beyond excited to go to a full day workshop with Suzanne Dean this Sunday!  HURRAY!  I've been looking forward to this for MONTHS!  If you don't know of her, and you're a Copic fan, you really need to check out her blog - and her FABULOUS YouTube tutorials!  I really love them - they are so helpful.

I've been re-discovering my High Hopes stamps lately, which were buried in my stash.  They are beautiful images to colour with Copics.  I really love little people, and love colouring skin and hair especially, so these are perfect for me!  You can find a full selection of them at Scrappin' Great Deals.  Sheila keeps all the latest in stock!  And my beloved friend and fellow stamper Andrea happens to be on their design team - so that certainly helps - as she's one of my crafty inspirations!  (Definitely check out her beautiful blog for some inspiration - she is so talented).

I stamped this little girl with Memento tuxedo black, on XPress It cardstock.  I always pull my Copic colours from my paper, and this one is My Mind's Eye, Lime Twist - Fly a Kite.  I coordinated with Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie and Buckaroo Blue to pull from the papers.  I really like working with the 6x6" paper stacks and pulling all my other colours (card, flowers, Copics) from there.

I started by colouring her overalls in blue with B00, B02, B04, B06, B18.  I've feathered over with the colourless blender a little to bring in some more highlight.  I then coloured her t-shirt, bows, and patches in orange with YR07, YR04, Y38, trying to get a little contrast at least, even in those tiny spaces.  Then I picked up the red in the flowers & ladybugs, with R14, R24, R26.  I've coloured the little hearts in R14, R12.  The skin I used my usual combo of E11, E02, E01, E00, R20.  I like having lots of depth in the face and lots of shading.  I just like the effect on my little characters faces.  Her hair I've used my favourite combo E35, E31, YR20, which can really give different effects depending on how many layers you do, and how much white space you leave.  The shoes and buckles are with E29, E27, E25.  The grass and leaves are done with G20, G21, G24, G29.  I've highlighted her eyes with B00 (I'm not fond of leaving "empty" eyes) and as I usually do, outlined the whole image with BG10 (my favourite colour).  I've highlighted the little "dots" in B00, added some diamond glaze to the bugs and the flowers, and some stickles to the dots and lines, just to perk it up a little!

I added some Prima flowers, some rhinestones, and a cute sentiment from My Favorite Things - stamped on some of the Lime Twist paper and punched with a die from My Favorite Things.

I've entered this card into these challenges:
High Hopes:  anything goes
Oldie but Goodie:  Outdoors
Creative Craft Challenges:  summertime
Everybody Art Challenges:  summer
Craft Your Passion:  favourite season
Have a great week!

Sarah
xx

Explore Tilda for Copc

Hello again!

Another creation with my new Magnolias!

This is "Explore Tilda" who I've created for the Copic challenge # 55

As always, she's stamped in Memento chocolate brown on XPress it paper.
I've used "My Mind's Eye" tickled pink 6x6 paper pad for my background papers.
I've used Spellbinders Nestabilities die to cut her out.
I've added some dewdrops for accent, but left the layout fairly simple to highlight the scene.
I've added some stickles to the grass for accent and some glaze to the magnifying glass & the hearts.

I've used the following Copics:
Shirt:  R00, R01, R02
Pants:  BG01, BG03, BG05
Hair:  E35, E31, YR20
Hearts:  R30, R32, R35
Grass:  G40, G82, G94, G99
Skin:  E11, E02, E01, E00, E000, R20
Shoes:  W0, W00, W1, W3, W5
Magnifying glass lense:  BG10
Outline:  BG10

Tilda with Butterfly Dress

Happy Sunday!

I was so thrilled to get my recent shipment of Magnolias!  I just LOVE colouring these gorgeous images with my Copics.  They are adorable!!  So I think I'll be posting quite a few of them this week...

This little girl is "Tilda with Butterfly Dress"

I stamped Tilda with Memento (brown) on Copic XPress it cardstock (my favourite for Copics).
I've punched her out with an oval Spellbinders Nestability.
I've used one of my favourite designer papers - Bo Bunny Gabrielle.  One of them I've punched out with scallop oval Spellbinders Nestability die.
I've used my pearl pen to add some embellishments to the corners and included these gorgeous crocheted flowers I found on Etsy!

I've tried to keep Tilda fairly pale - which I don't usually do much with my Copics.  I've been inspired lately by Suzanne Dean's YouTube tutorials on how to colour with Copics to look like distressing ink.

I've coloured her dress in BG's (my favourite colours) to coordinate with my Gabrielle paper.  And I've used some peach tones from the paper as well.

I've used some stickles to "glitter" up the pebbles and added some glaze to the roses.

Colours used:
Dress & Bow:  BG10, BG11, BG13
Roses & Lace Trim:  R00, R01, R02
Shoes & Basket:  E55, E57, E59, W5
Leaves:  BG72, BG75, BG78
Hair:  E35, E31, YR20
Skin:  E11, E02, E01, E00, E000, R20
Socks:  W00, W0, W1
Pebbles:  W00, W0, W1, W3, W5, W7, W9
Outline:  W1

I've created this card for the following challenge:
Just Magnolia Week 118

Kraftin' Kimmie Abigail Apple in Copic pastels

Here's my latest Kraftin' Kimmie creation!  I LOVE a stamp with a full skirt - so much fun to colour!  And these colours are my ABSOLUTE favourite.  I have gone through two packs of this beautiful Bo Bunny Gabrielle paper.  It just suits me to a t!

I've stamped Abigail on XPress It with Memento tuxedo black.  I've antiqued the edges with distressing ink and punched her out with a Nestie. After colouring, I've added a few accents with my Sharpie Poster Paint pen and crystal glaze on the apples.  I did have to give her some eyelids and eyelashes.  The big eyes seemed too "blank" for me!

Colours:
Dress:  R17, R14, R12, R11
Apples, sash, bows:  G24, G21, G20
Hair:  E49, E29, E25, E33, E31
Basket:  E35, E34, E33
Skin:  E11, E01, E00, E000, R20, R00
Outline:  Bg10
Eyes:  B00

As mentioned, this is my fave Bo Bunny Gabrielle paper (6x6 stack).  I've used SU! Cameo Coral.  I've antiqued all the edges with distressing ink.  I've added some cute little plastic flowers I had, and some self-adhesive pearls (I LOVE these patterned ones!).  And then I've punched out various Gabrielle papers with my new My Favourite Things dies:  Die-namics Dizzy Doily, Die-namics Sweet Stack Labels, and inside I've used Die-namics Dizzy Border. 

To abide with Kimmie's challenge, I've decorated the inside for once!  I used some more Gabrielle paper, SU! Very Vanilla, antiqued the edges, and stamped with a quote from the SU! Asian Artistry set (I LOVE this set!).

I'm entered this card into the following challenges:
Kraftin' Kimmie
Copic Challenge #54, Pastel Colors

Happy Summer!  It's a hot one here today - 33 - phew!

Sarah

High Hopes Bear Hugs Thank You Challenge

I had a wonderful week of crafting with my mother-in-law who's been here visiting from England!  Sadly my inlaws went home today, and it's back to work for me tomorrow - boohoo!

Here's a card I finished up this morning, for the High Hopes "Thank You" Challenge!
also for the Crazy 4 Challenges C4C95 Challenge.

I've stamped High Hopes "Bear Hugs" in Memento, rich cocoa, on X-Press it paper.  I've coloured her in Copics, punched out with my Nesties ovals and mounted her on My Mind'sEye, Fine and dandy, "tickled pink" paper (punched with Nesties scallop ovals).  I used another piece of paper from the same 6x6 paper pad, and mounted all on SU! cardstock. I also used SU! certainly celery (which I've embossed with a Cuttlebug folder) and kraft cardstock, and topped with an SU! taffeta ribbon.  The "Thank You" sentiment is a SU! stamp, which I've stamped on the "tickled pink" paper with Memento, tuxedo black, and used my Nesties scallop ovals again, and pop-dotted.  I've added some self-adhesive rhinestones, and some paper roses, which I've accented with liquid glaze (thank you Andrea for this great tip!) to look like dew drops.

Copics used:

Bear:  E35, E31, E53, E50, R20, RV11

Skirt/ flowers:  R89, R85, R83, R81

Shirt/ shoes:  YG97, YG67, YG63, YG61

Socks/ t-shirt:  C1, C00, C000

Hair:  E31, E25, E29, E49

Bandage:  E13, E11

Skin:  E11, E01, E00, E000, R20, R00

Grass:  G21, G24, G29

Outline:  BG10

Happy Summer!

Sarah

La-La Land Sweetheart Marci for Copic Challenge

This is my FIRST La-La Land stamp, and it certainly won't be my last!  What a gorgeous image - and PERFECT for Copic colouring!!

I've used SU! Concord Crush and Barely Banana, which I've embossed.  I've used the gorgeous Prima Sweet Fairy 6x6 Paper - what pretty colours!  Accented with a Prima flower, clear SU! button with twine, and some old SU! ribbon I had.

Copics used:

C00, C0, C1

E11, E01, E00, E000, R20

V25, V20, V93

YR23

Y32, Y35

R85, R83, R81

E49, E29, E25, E33, E31

I've created this card for the following challenges:

Copic Challenge No. 53:  White Clothing

Simon Says Stamp Challenge:  A Stitch in Time

Papertake Challenge:  Anything Goes (bonus buttons)

Card Positioning Systems:  No. 225

Happy July everyone!

Sarah

Tim Holtz Movers & Shapers Bird & Cage and Glassine Paper

Still having an awesome summer vacation this week - with my inlaws visiting from the UK.  My Mother-in-law Carol and I have been creating non-stop and spending lots of time at my favourite store, Scrappin' Great Deals and attending lots of craft workshops, including an awesome morning yesterday with my good friend Andrea Murdock.  I LOVE any chance to spend time with my crafting friends - and my beloved Copics!

Here's a card we worked on together after Andrea's workshop last week, where I picked up a new fave, Tim Holtz for Sizzix Movers & Shakers!

Here we stamped SU! French Script in Memento Brown on SU! Very Vanilla, then sponged several distress inks and some chalk inks.  With Baroque Motifs, we embossed in detail white EP and inked the edges with distressing ink.  We punched that out with SU! Top Note Die.  We've used SU! Cool Carribean & Chocolate Chip Cardstocks.

My new faves here - Viva Decor Pearl Pens!  Can't get enough of these!  I also discovered the Tim Holtz Glassine Paper.  SO lovely!  So we've cut out of this paper with the Tim Holtz for Sizzix Movers & Shapers Bird & Cage.  Aren't they adorable? 

Happy Summer!!

Sarah

Kraftin' Kimmie Christmas Clara in July

Having a wonderful summer vacation - enjoying two weeks with my in-laws who are visiting from England. My Mother-in-law is an avid a stamper as I am - and we`ve spent most evenings (and nights) happily crafting and stamping!

I'm loving my Nesties lately, and Carol wanted to see how to make a shaped card - so this is what we came up with.

In the UK, Carol uses mostly ProMarkers, so she`s enjoyed working with my Copics this week.  She's also a big fan of Kraftin' Kimmie stamps, so much more to come with my lovely Kimmies!  Hopefully we'll find time this week to go over and meet Kim.

We made the card with Nesties Labels 10.  I've used the Petite Ovals Large to cut out my paper (My Mind's Eye Hattie).

Clara was stamped on XPress it, and coloured in Copics.  We've added some self-adhesive pearls and some Prima Flowers.  The little soldier has Gold pen for his feather & his buttons.

Happy Summer!

Sarah

Kraftin' Kimmie Danny

Hi there,

I was SO happy to get this stamp!  Finally an image I could use for both my father and my father-in-law!  Actually my father-in-law rides a motorbike, so it's PERFECT for him!

Both of their birthdays are this month, so I made two of this card.

This is Danny from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.  I stamped him in Memento Tuxedo Black, on Xpress Blending paper, and coloured with Copics.

Jeans:  B99, B97, B95, B93

Jacket & Boots:  E79, E77, E74, E71

Bike:  R89, R59, R37

Bike:  C9, C7, C6, C5, C4, C3, C2, C1

Hair:  E49, E47, E57, E33

Skin:  E11, E00, E000, R11

Glasses:  C0, C1, C2

T-shirt:  C0, C1

I've mounted the image on Stampin' Up! Kraft cardstock, and used Bo Bunny Timepiece paper, as well as the coordinating elements (I LOVE this set!).

I've also created the card for the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 163 - I like Chocolate a lot

Krafty Girls Challenge Blog:  Challenge 77, Let's Get Krafty

Copic Creations Challenge No. 49 - Sky/ Clouds

Have a great week!!

Sarah

xxx

C.C. Designs Sugarplums Bride Emma

We had the pleasure of hosting a bridal shower at work for a colleague - what fun!  I LOVE all things wedding and baby.  I wish I'd been a professional party planner!

Of course, I had to make a shower card for Jackie - and here's what I came up with.

I bought this stamps especially for the occasion, because this little image is so sweet - she reminds me of Precious Moments, which I love, and seem so personal and romantic.

I've used my latest favourite paper series - Bo Bunny Gabrielle - with the coordinating elements and ribbons.  I LOVE these series with all of the matching components.  It makes colour matching a breeze!  I've used a labels Nestabilities set from Spellbinders and some Prima flowers to bring out the turquoise (my favourite colour - and what a great combo with peachy pink).

I stamped Emma on XPress Blend it paper with Memento tuxedo black and coloured her in with Copics (of course).  I used E50, and a little E40 & E41 in the shadows, for the dress and veil - always tricky to do a large area of white.

Happy Mother's Day!

Sarah

xxx