Annette on Copic Coloring

Happy Day everyone. Annette Allen from My Clever Creations here with you again today to share a fun card. 

Today I am playing with Coffee Love and Tea Time. These images are perfect for mixing it up to create a fun project.

I colored this sweet image with Copic Sketch markers. When coloring I always start with the darker shade then blending with the medium to light colors. I love bright colors and how it makes the image come to life. I used a die to cut this fun shape around the image and added some fun designer paper to make the color pop just a little more.

With this smile it is for sure to make someone very happy.

Thanks for letting me share.

Annette

Guest Designer : Amy Tsuruta

I love Amy's style... it's clean, it's simple and it's eye-catching. I've known her since 2008 when we first connected on the blogosphere and I am glad to have met her in person last year during CHA. She is just the sweetest friend one can ask for :)

And seeing how she is a coffee lover like myself, I had to ask if she would create some cards or projects with my digital stamps and boy, do I love what she came up with :D

Hi, it's Amy! I live in Washington State. I'm the proud mother of two lovely kids and am engaged to ''thee most spectacular guy'' who supports my crafting obsession. I work part-time for a start up biotech company in Seattle, have been blogging since 2007. I absolutely love being part of this crafting community!!

Coffee + Me

Always a Good Idea

Don't you think they are fantastic? I love the soft, pastel colors on these projects so much. 

I have another post scheduled in the afternoon and it has tips on copic coloring from our Guest Designer, Annette. Be sure to check back in the afternoon :)

Guest Designer : Annette Allen

Happy Monday! This is my second post for the day and I would like to introduce my guest designer, Annette Allen who designed a really beautiful card for us today :)

Hi, my name is Annette Allen of My Clever Creations and I am so excited to be guest designing for Evelin T Designs. I live in Colorado and am a stay at home wife who loves the Lord. I have been crafting since 1997 and I do not just make cards but also enjoy sewing, scrapbooking and various other crafts. I think if it involves glue and getting messy, you could say that I love it. I have been married for almost 20 years. My passion is crafting and I love being inspired and also inspiring others. Thank you for having me and I look forward to many new friendships. 

Always a Good Idea and Coffee Heart

Happy Crafting!

It's a flower but it's not...

Confused? I was... for a while :P

The challenge is to use a flower as anything but a flower!

I created a card that was not up to par (Leah, you're very kind but I think I was far below par) and made another one to replace the one that I made initially. I couldn't have a card that was not in-line with the DT's designs on PaperBlooms! They all interpreted the challenge so well! Check out the DTs' cards over at PaperBlooms! They are beautiful!

Oh, by the way, this is the final week of my August stint over at PaperBlooms as their Guest Designer. I'm going to miss working with the girls :) I loved every minute of it and I'm going to miss 'belonging' somewhere :)

Here's my take on the challenge!

Code : AO0050

Now, go on... head on over to PaperBlooms and join in the fun! :)


Quirky

Love & Acetate

Woo hoooooo!!!

Guess what? I'm Guest Designer for Get Sketchy's sketch #2! So so SO happy to be given this opportunity to share my love on their blog :D I actually applied for the Design Team position when they were looking for their DT but I didn't make the cut *sobs sobs* Oh well, I love the girls they have chosen to be on the team so that makes the hurt a bit less :P

And when Bree emailed me to be the Guest Designer, I jump in my seat (literally!). I couldn't be happier (well, I could be happier if I'm on the DT...ho hummm... :P) And from that moment on, I was just waiting for her email to send me this sketch to work on.



This is the first time I'm making an acetate card. It proves to be more challenging than using normal cardstock. I realize that sticky tape sticks exceptionally well on acetate and erm, it will never come off... unless you want to destroy your card! But that being said, I still had a lot of fun with it. It challenges me to find ways to hide the glue from the inside of the card.

I forgot to take pictures of the inside but I used butterflies to cover the glue dots and a strip of paper the same colour as the ribbon to cover the double-sided tape. And I can't take pictures of it anymore because it's already in the mail to my parents :)

Oh, I'm proud to say that I'm using recycled ribbon as well :) That ribbon is from a gift I received. I kept it cos it's so beautiful and still so new!


Code : AAL0011


Quirky

I'm Guest Designer over at Paper Blooms

Happy Wednesday to all of you!!!

It's midweek! Finally :) Another 2 days and it's the weekend!! I've got a bit of mix feelings for this coming weekend cos as much as I look forward to the activities to be held, but I do love my time alone. And I won't have much of that with back-to-back activities that's going to happen this weekend.... I'm a bit of a loner :P

Oh, but can you guess just how excited I am today? Nope? :P I'm so very excited because I'm Guest Designer over at Paper Blooms for the month of August! *wow* It's such a privilege for me to be their GD :) Thanks Leah!

This week's challenge is to create a home decor piece. It can be anything you dream up from simple to lavish! :)

I made a frame art that can be hung or sit on a table :) It's sitting on my table at the moment as I craft.


The butterfly is coloured in with Copic then filled up with Glossy accent. Then I arranged the blings one by one to create the flourish you see. I think I might create a few more of these for gifts.


Quirky