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Showing posts with label Coloring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coloring. Show all posts

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Pam's Favorite- Copics!

Hi, it’s Pam and I’m just a big kid at heart.  I still love to color.  When Scrapdoodles gets in new stamps, the first thing I wonder is “Can I color this?”  


When our order of Prima Dolls stamps came in I immediately thought of how great these would be to color and how much fun my granddaughter and I would have with them.  The stamps are large, perhaps too big for a card, (which is how I typically use my stamps) but they’d be fun on scrapbook pages and altered art projects and they are perfect for the cover of a journal example I’ve created for my upcoming 2 Cool 4 School composition book class for kids on August 14th.  (There are still spaces left, call the store to register your child.)


Large stamps are great for a variety of media;  Copic markers, Tim Holtz Distress Markers, gelatos, water color pencils, colored pencils and good old crayons.  You can also stamp them onto patterned paper, trim and paper piece the clothes, hair, etc. 

I have a very large collection of Copic Markers.  My husband bought me my first set of Copics for Christmas about 3 ½  years ago and I’ve been building on it ever since.  Copics are markers developed for artists.  The ink is alcohol based and the beauty of alcohol ink is that you can use it on almost anything and the colors blend wonderfully!  You can create texture, depth and shadows easily and with a little practice you can make images really come to life.   

The initial cost of the markers may be a little off-putting at first but when you stop and think about the fact that they are easily and affordably refillable, the nibs are changeable/replaceable, and Scrapdoodles carries a vast collection of markers, refills and supplies, it’s a relatively small cost for a product that will last for many years. 

Scrapdoodles will be featuring Copic classes in the fall; Basics, Hair and Faces, Critters and more!  Watch the blog for more information.

We look forward to seeing you in the store and in our classes! 

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Copics are Michele's Favorite This Week!

My favorite product this time around is Copic Markers!   



I have loved to color since I was a little girl- the huge box of 64 crayons was always a favorite gift for me.   I loved all the colors and shading by pressing harder or softer when coloring.   As a grown up I still love to color but now I mostly use my Copics!



I fell in love with Copics (pronounced "cope-icks") when we first started carrying them - I love the huge variety of colors but more than that I love how easy they are to blend!   I feel like they made my coloring look much better than it really is
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Coloring for me is a stress reliever and mostly just for fun - and while I have created cards with them mostly I just color in my personal Copic coloring book!    I made this book (using my WRMK Cinch) using Copic paper and a few printouts from the Internet.  


I keep a log of the color chart, color combos I like, and stamped images - some are mine, some are friends' stamps, some are samples from online.   I also have a sheet of acetate that is removable so I can place it behind whatever image I am working on so it doesn't bleed through.


I also happen to be one of the Copic teachers at the store - so I get to share my love of Copics and teach others how fun they are!!!!!

Michele