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Friday, January 21, 2011

Snow Dancing!!

Happy Friday my friends!  As you read this I will be driving the 10.5 hour drive to Nashville today--here's praying for an uneventful drive, lol!  I enjoy the quiet but this will be my longest trip to date so we'll see how I do.  They are calling for snow in the morning but it should be gone and out of here by the time I hit the highways.  On Sunday I am on a mission to find Mr. Tim McGraw, LOL, I know he's just dying to meet me, hee hee!  Although my mom has given me strict orders to search out Brad Paisley for her, hee hee!  But I'll keep it short and sweet for you today as I have lots to do and need to get to bed a bit earlier than my usual 1 am :)  Hope you all have a great weekend!

NewsBitz:

-Want to see where I'll be next?  Visit www.cmcroad.com to see the next upcoming copic classes!

-7 Kids College Fund has LOTS of new & yummy products in the store!  Pre-order all the NEW Spellbinders dies HERE (30 of them, yikes, lol), NEW Bildmalarna cuties HERE, and fab NEW Sizzix Embossing Folders HERE!

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Snow Dancing!!


Yes, yes, yes---I am very late with my Copic Creations Challenge project & I apologize!  But here is this cutie for you all!  Our sponsor this week is the lovely Prairie Fairy and they have sooooooooooo many cute digi images for you to choose from.  They gifted each of the DT gals 1 image and I chose this fun and whimsical "Morley Dancing" image--isn't he cute!  They have lots of images with him in funny poses, lol!  Since for most of us it's still winter (bah humbug, lol) I wanted to do a more masculine birthday card as I don't make many of those. (course this would work well for a gal too)  The challenge was to do something different & fun on our cards/images---I chose to paint with my copic inks.

These papers are by Memory Box (older) and the brown decorative border was done with a MS border punch.   The large snowflakes are punches that I coated with MS Glitter Snow and then added a bow treatment to one of them.  The sentiment and twill ribbon are from a PTI and the image was cut with SB Nesties Labels 15--I love that shape.  As usual I softly blended the outside of the image with my fave Inkssentials Blending tool (with foam)--love, love that lil tool!


So most of this image was colored with Copics EXCEPT his boots and antlers--those I painted with the Copic Refill Inks.  How?  I used a plastic artist's palette and put 1 drop of C7 and 1 drop of E53 into separate areas.  Then I wet my paint brush with rubbing alcohol (you could use Colorless Blender too) and very lightly started making strokes onto my image, keeping the area wet with the rubbing alcohol to blend it nicely--it took a lil' while to get the look I wanted.  I dabbed off a lot of ink each time on a paper towel and slowly added a bit of color layer by layer slowly until I was happy with it.  It is a much longer process than just coloring with copics, lol, but it was fun.  I finished off the antlers and boots with a coat of Diamond Glaze for shine.  The ends of his scarf got some Sparkly Fluff and his boot cuffs got white Doodlebug Flock and then more MS Glitter Snow around him.  Cute isn't he?  He looks like he's having wayyyyyyyyy more fun in the cold snow than I would, LOL!

Make sure to hop by the Copic Creations Blog to see the rest of the DT's projects and join in on the challenge with us too!  Have a fabulous weekend!



20 comments:

  1. funny, lovely card ! great job,
    greetings, martina
    x

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  2. Hi Suzanne,

    I hope you have a great time in Nashville, I'm sure Tim McGraw will be waiting with open arms! lol!

    Gorgeous card, I love the style of colouring on the boots and antlers, gives it a bit of a softer feel. Have a good weekend! Lyns xx

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  3. This is adorable..love the colors.and what an adorable Moose!!!!

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  4. Suzanne... He is so adorable! Your coloring and new paint technique is awesome! (As usual!) Have a safe trip! Enjoy Nashville... If you want to run into any stars head down town to "Legends" it is a bar / live band place... Stars are known to stop in there after their shows over at the Ryman! ( I used to live in Jackson TN and we visited Nashville... got to know lots of things like that!) Hope you have a wonderful weekend and a safe trip! Happy Creating! Sara

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  5. Hi Suzanne! Drive carefully to Nashville!! We are heading there in February... but my trip will be for a National Wild Turkey convention... whoo=hoo! LOL!! At least I will get a lot of coloring done while hubby enjoys all that hunting stuff!!! LOL!! I'll keep an eye out for Tim, too, and Brad...he's so yummy!!! hee hee!!
    Your card is sooo cute!! Love the image and the way you colored him!!!
    Hugs,
    Teri

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  6. Suzanne, adorable card, you new idea for coloring to fab, I can see why it might take long to get a desired affect. It was will worth it. Cute, cute, cute! See you tomorrow, get there safely!

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  7. What an adorable card, Suzanne......he's so cute!!

    Have a safe trip and loads of fun!! And, I hope you do see Tim McGraw. I've seen him in concert a few times, and what great eye candy!!! Just compose yourself so you can get back home to reality!!!!

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  8. It's gorgeous! And what a great stamp!
    Hugs
    cordine

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  9. Drive safe! Great card, fab colouring and made mesmile he is sooo cute x

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  10. Hee hee hee, Suzanne, thanks for the card. It sure brought a smile to my face. Perfect for putting me in a good mood for the weekend. As always beautifully put together. The DP's are gorgeous. And oh is that a new shape of nesties I see? I think I'll see if my local store has it...LOL.

    Hugs,
    Norma

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  11. Hi there Suzanne~~this is so cute!! Those papers are PERFECT--Love them together!!
    Hugz

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  12. Wishing you a safe trip and a fun one.
    Your card is super cute. I always love your coloring.

    hugs
    bobbi

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  13. I hope you get to meet him!!! Love that card - he is a really cute stamp too!

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  14. glorious card, love the fun image x

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  15. I think the coloring turned out great. THis is a really fun card. Penny

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  16. I love this card he's so cute!! I was wondering if you could help me, I won the # 12 challenge at 7 Kids blog and I have been trying to contact them without anyone answering me. Could you please let me know who I need to contact, I sent an email to M Gemza (the only email I could find on the account) and to the store and I haven't heard from anyone. If you could help me I would so appreciate it. Thank you Dee ed0946@ptd.net

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  17. Such a darling image & colored to perfection! And you painted part of it with Copics? Wowsers, Suzanne! Love it! You are truly the Copic Queen........LOL

    Hope you have an uneventful trip & I'll be praying for your safe return home.

    Huggies ~ Sharron♥

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  18. Suzanne, have a safe trip. When you find Tim, tell him I would love to come visit him too!! Love your card!! It is awesome. Wonderful coloring!!

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  19. Love, love, love your card .. this moose is adorable and your copic colouring skills are fabulous!

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  20. You've made your Morley Dancing look absolutely stunning! Lovin' the fluff too. Nicely done. Thanks.

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I appreciate all your lovely comments and taking the time to stop by! hugz,Suzanne