Ann’s Copic Tip for September…….. How to test your papers to see if you can color with Copics on them: On your untested paper draw a circle with your multiliner OR you can use something stamped with Copic friendly ink (ie Memento). You want to make sure it’s not your ink bleeding. Take a lighter [...]
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Copic Tips for September…..
Posted in Copic Tips, tagged copic club, copic markers, copic team, Copic tips, refilling copic markers on September 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Copic Club – September Technique – Brick Wall
Posted in Copic DT Creations, Copic Tips, DT Creations, tagged copic club, copic creations, copic markers, copics, technique on September 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Happy September everyone!! Well, this month it is my turn to show you how to do the brick wall technique. This one is super easy….all you need are your copic markers and your colorless blender pen. I’ve done the brick wall with my samples this month – but if you think outside the box – [...]
Copic Tips for August…….
Posted in Copic Tips, tagged copics, tips on August 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ann’s Copic Tip for August…. Things that will hurt your markers! -White out or opaque white pens even when they are dry. They will leave residue on your marker -Acrylic paints. They clog marker tips -Chalks/Pastels -Untested inks or pens. They can stain your markers. Staz On ink is bad, it’s a solvent in and [...]
Copic Tips for July……
Posted in Copic Tips, tagged Copic tips on July 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ann’s Copic tip for July………… Did you know that you can use your Copic refills as alcohol inks? Just like the Tim Holtz ones. They do the same thing AND they come in 334 colors. So it would be easy to make custom backgrounds that match your stamped image colors exactly. Imagine the possibilities. Lisa’s [...]
Copic Tips for June….
Posted in Copic Tips, tagged Copic Marker Tips, copics on June 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ann’s Copic Tip for June….. Pick a color and then “build” around it. That way you can keep gray scales the same if you want. I often pick all the colors I’m going to work with first and then color, usually starting with what my biggest area is to color. Then I pick colors to [...]
June Copic Technique ~ Direct To Paper Blending
Posted in Copic Tips, tagged cards, Copic, copic club, copic techniques, memento, Stamps on June 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Direct to paper blending. You will need 3 colors in the same family (same gray scale and about a number apart) to try this out. I used B00, B02, B04 1. Color you image with your lightest color. Make sure to color in circles to avoid streaks. I leave some areas uncolored in my first [...]
Copic Club – May Technique – Tip To Tip Blending…and Lisa’s May Reveal
Posted in Copic DT Creations, Copic Tips, DT Creations, tagged blending, copics, tip to tip on May 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Tip-to-Tip blending – this one is EASY – but these are gonna get harder….so lets start practicing!! Tip-to-Tip Blending (select parts taken from the Copic Manual) This technique really demonstrates one of the unique properties of Copic Ink. Tip-to-tip blending is good for long, very skinny areas like flower stems, where you wouldn’t have enough [...]
May Copic tips
Posted in Copic Tips, DT Creations, tagged Copic, copic club, Copic tips, Sketch markers on May 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Every month on the 12th we will be posting a new tip for your Copics. It may be about coloring, other uses or just some information on the markers themselves. Lisa and I will each have a tip. This month, I’ll also share our April tips too. If you want to sign up for this [...]
Lisa’s Copic Creations for April…..
Posted in Challenges, Copic DT Creations, Copic Tips, tagged cards, Challenges, copics, magnolia, paper crafts, ribbon, Stamps on April 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Hello everyone and WELCOME to the first official month of the COPIC CLUB!!! Don’t know what that is???? Go here….NOW!! You won’t want to miss out on this screamin’ deal!!!! Here are my creations for the month. I focussed on grounding this month. The first card, I just grounded my image with a grey [...]
