Penny Black Alcohol Marker Card Class

Happy Spring!

Here are three of the cards we will be coloring at Scrapbooking Made Simple inSanta Clarita. Date is the last sunday of the month! Whew Hew.. classes normally sell out so you will want to reserve your seat asap!

I decided to do so me Penny Black spring images... I just love Penny Black images even though it has nothing to do with the last name.. LOL.. - No relationship other than fondness... My class layouts are clean and simple so that we can concentrate on the coloring rather than gluing a fancy

card together... Everyone gets a color copy so they can finish the card at home if we don't finish in class... that way everyone works at their own pace! Garden Kitty

Is she cheery or what! I love these bright spring colors. She was fun to color and is sure to delight even those folks who are not cat lovers.. LOL..this cat does not shed unless you count the scraps of paper on the floor that I dropped while making the card.. shhhh..

Hat/boots: Y11, Y15, Y17or Y19 or Y32, Y35, Y38 (orangeish)

Green: YG03, YG63, YG67 Kitty: W1, W3, W5

shovel heads: C1, C3 orange: YR02, YR04

Spectrum Noir colors:

Yellows, greens, brown grays, browns

Fishing Bear

Here is the fishing bear - what a great card for a boy or man of any age. Greeting is reserved for the inside of the card so you can personalize it for that special occasion.

Blues: B91, B93, B95 Greens: Y11, YG03, YG63

Browns: E30, E33, E35, E37 Reds: R24, R27, R59 (or R89)

Gray: C1, C3, C5 Water: B00, B02

Spectrum Noir colors:

Blues, Greens, Browns, Reds, Ice grays

And finally we have this darling little boy with pails of frogs... Reminds me of the day Austin and his friend Casey Smith went frog catching.. what an event that was.. they ran into a wild Cougar! Threw their frog catching stuff and ran .. it was

a long trek through wild blackberry bushes. A few scratches later (from the black

berries not cougar) they were safe at a neighbors house where we retrieved them by car! Scary, but they were soon back to frog hunting.

Hat/vest/shoes: Yr2, YR24, E33 Shirt: R22, R24

Jeans: B91, B93, B95 or B41/B45 Sky: B000

Pails: C1, C3, C5 Grass & greens: YG03, YG36, YG67

froggies: greens plus Y11 Face; E00, E11, R21

Spectrum Noir colors:

Golden Browns, Greens, blues, ice grays, facial skin set. reds

Coloring Hair/faces - Copic

Back by popular demand. This was posted several times here on my blog, but it has been requested a million times that I repost.. so here it is.. hope it helps.

Remember! people are often intimidated by coloring images that have faces. LOL.. it's just paper, if you mess up there is usually a round bin near by to toss it into and start over..... the only way you will bet better at coloring anything is to practice.. trust me, many of my images get tossed to the round file (needs emptied quite often...LOL).

Hugs,

Jennie

March Alcohol Marker Classes - Copic & Spectrum Noir

Hi Everyone!

Here are a few more samples for some of my March Classes. I am so into flowers right now and my students seem to love them. These images are both by Impression Obsession. Are they great or what?

I had fun adding a bit of texture to these flowers. I didn't blend them as much as I normally do and I love the effect.

Tip: To leave more texture - blend less and let each layer dry a bit more than when trying to get a nice smooth blend of colors.

Tip: Note that I put the highlight in the center of many of these petals. That is to show that the petal is bending in the middle causing the light to hit the center of the petal stronger than other areas of the petal. Highlight is often shown only on the tips of flowers, this shows a variation on where to put highlight on flower petals.

Enjoy your day

Jennie

COPIC: R21, R22, R24, G20, G82, G85, And a bright & dull yellow like Y15 & YR24

SPECTRUM NOIR: Reds CR1, CR3, CR7, DG1, DG2, DG3, CT4, GB5

March Alcohol Marker Classes - Copic & Spectrum Noir

Totally love these springy colors! Both image are by Impression Obsession and will be projects in my March Alcohol Marker classes. I hope you can join us for one of my classes.

Both are colored with alcohol markers (see color list below). The phone is layered in several layers popping up the phone as well as the dial. I had so much fun coloring the phone and cutting it out for this card. Both cards use the same colors (the flowers don't have brown). Basic coloring was used focusing the darker colors in the creases of the flowers where there would be more shadow.

Note that in my flower card I colored the bottom of each flower petal darker than the top of the petal. This was done to show layering. It shows that the lighter top of the petal is in front of the darker petal behind it.

SPECTRUM NOIR COLORS: Reds CR1, CR3, CR7, Yellows CT1, CT2 CT4, greens DG1, DG3, DG3, and a brown

COPIC COLORS: Y11, Y15, Y17, G20, G82, G85, E35, R20, R22, R24 (No oranges just used my R24 for the yellow/red color)

NOTE: I saw a similar card to this phone card at CHA I believe it was made by Dina Kowal on the Impression DT...... I do not normally copy cards, but I just LOVED her card and copied her layout! Thanks Dina!

Happy Valentines Day....

Happy Valentines Day Everyone!

Here are a few cute Valentine Friendly images that I have recently colored. Some done with Copic and some done with Spectrum Noir. I love both markers.

Today is design day... so you can bet that I will be posting cards later this week! Have a sweet Day!

Popcorn Bear was colored with Copics.

Strawberry Kisses images are colored with Spectrum Noir Alcohol markers..

Images all available at your local scrapbook store or at Crafters Companion HERE

Blog Candy Winner! Donna

I hope you have all been having a great summer so far! I have been super busy, playing, boating, and teaching tons of classes... so fun.

The winner of the Blog candy is.... listed below... Donna, please send me our mailing info and I will get your hand signed copy of the book to you right away!

Congrats!

Donna said...Wow, asking me to choose my favorite Copic Trio is like asking a kid to pick his favorite dessert at the bakery! But if I were pinched to do so, the frosting on my cupcake would be R81, R83, and R85. I'm a pink kind of gal and layer it with some dark chocolate browns, E55, E57, and E59 and I'm in dessert heaven! :-)

Help me name this class.. I originally called it dots and doodles. It is adding texture, patterns etc to the image. dotted ground, fabric patterns to the clothing, water squiggles in the water etc... I need a name for the class that is snazzy and simple. Dots and doodles is not working for me.. LOL... Of course a prize will be sent for the best class name.

Copic Coloring Guide Blog Hop...

Welcome to the Copic Coloring Guide Blog Hop!

We've got information about the new book, beautiful coloring, stunning card projects, and BLOG CANDY! The Copic Coloring Guide is a new book by Colleen Schaan and Marianne Walker. It's the perfect resource for beginner and intermediate coloring artists alike. The book contains information about the different styles of Copic markers, explains the coloring/numbering system, details how to pick good blending groups, teaches a number of blending techniques through illustrated tutorials, and de-mistifies the colorless blender marker. And that's just in the first 18 pages! The book also contains over 40 beautiful coloring card projects separated into beginner, intermediate and advanced skill level. Each card project includes step-by-step coloring AND assembly instructions... along with supply lists and manufacturer information to make recreating the projects simple and easy.

I am highly honored to say that this creation is mine and is proudly displayed in the book alongside many beautiful cards...by some amazingly talented artists!

image can be purchased at The Peddler's Pack. The amazing illustrator is Karen Medler... all of her work is fabulous!

The book is published by Annie's Attic, a division of DRG, also the publishers of the popular CardMaker magazine. Click HERE for more information or to purchase the book (also available in PDF electronic download).

How would you like to win an AUTOGRAPHED copy? Each of the contributing designers is hopping today and each one is giving away a copy of the book... signed by both authors AND the designer. To be eligible to win, please leave a comment on THIS post telling us your favorite Copic color trio (or one of them) Posting will close at midnight on Saturday (July 9) and the winner will be posted on Monday, July 11

Make sure to visit each of the designers blogs to see their favorite project from the book and for a chance to win your own autographed copy!

Jennie Black

Michele Boyer

Lori Craig

Sharon Harnist

Beate Johns

Debbie Olson

Colleen Schaan

Sherrie Siemens

Marianne Walker

To be eligible to win, please leave a comment on THIS post telling us one of your favorite Copic Color Combos... my favorites change monthly! LOL...I am loving the RV00, RV55, and RV66

Heartfelt Creations - Scrapbooking Made Simple

Heartfelt Creations - Spring Cardinal card.

I received this wonderful stamp as a gift from Scrapbooking Made Simple in Santa Clarita. It is an amazing store, and if you can't make it to their store in person, be sure to go to their website and order from there! How simple is that! Not only can you order this stamp but also the coordinating Spellbinders dies... they are to dye die for... LOL.. sorry. Order Here!

Here I colored the image then mounted onto a simple 6 x 6 card.

As always, start with your lightest color first, then add your next lightest color and so on.

When blending two colors

together, use the lighter of the two colors touching each other to blend them together. IE: R22, R24, R2

7 use the R22 to blend where the R22 & R24 join together, and use the R24 to blend where the R24 and R27 join together

The image was colored with the following colors.

Bird: R22, R24, R27, R59 (less of each color as you get darker focusing on the areas with more hash marks or areas behind other areas IE: below the wing is darker to make the wing look popped up closer to the eye).

Cherries: Base is Y32, Y35 then I added R22, R24, R27, and a Bit of R59. Again using less of each color as you go darker. (I showed a photo of cherries prior to adding a final layer of R22. The yellow was too bright for my liking so I just added a layer of R22 to redden it up a bit).

Leaves: YG01, YG03, YG63, YG67 again using less of each color as you go darker.

Day 3 Copic Sneak Peeks - 2011

Dont forget to leave a comment on Friday's post for a chance for a free 2011 Copic Swatch Book!

Unlike past years, the new Copic Catalog is a showcase of artists and inspiration, as well as a place where you can find all your favorite Copic supplies. See gorgeous creations from a variety of artista, fron papercrafting to pop-culture. The new catalog will be available in the booth at CHA, and will also be available for available for download soon from the Copic
Website. You can find this in your local stores beginning February!

TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY... Blog Hop Candy winners announced and one more big announcement! Three winners on each blog! Whew Hew! I have got to keep my favorite new products secret for one more day........

Flowers For You!

I am just so in love with these Stampavie images. They remind me of my old Holly Hobbie Lunch pail, and tee shirts.

Yes, I am telling my age, but I LOVED everything Holly Hobbie. This little girl's name is Bernadette from the Sara Kay collection by Stampavie. Her Jeans were so much fun to color.

TIP: leave white space when coloring your first layer so that you can have highlights, so much easier to add color than to remove it. B41, B45, B95

Her hair was also fun as the artist left lots of areas to leave highlights adn shadows. I love her! Isn't she the cutest little girl ever! Y11, Y21, E33

See ya tomorrow... with images from Our Craft Lounge.....

Hugs!

CHA Announcement with BLOG CANDY

Wow!
This has been a whirlwind week. I am still pinching myself and driving around on my little Cloud Nine car. Can you just see me driving around on a cloud.... I am such a spaz at times! I am happy to announce that Copic totally surprised me with my new position with them as.... drum roll..... drum roll again..........one more time... as this is exciting for me....

Jennie Lin Black
Copic Certification Instructor, Southwestern U.S

It was totally a wonderful surprise! If I were to pick any job in the whole world, this would be it. I am looking forward to a lot of hard and rewarding work teaching Copic Certification Casses in addition to my Copic Techniques and Copic Card Classes. This will allow me to provide so much more for my personal classes, in addition to allowing me to teach in stores all over California, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona and who knows where!

Thank you Copic..... It is an honor to be on your team! The entire team is wonderful and welcomed me as if they had known me for years! back row Lori, Sally Lynn, Sharon, Debbie, front row Nancy, Sherri, Marianne, Jennie (me) and Coleen. talk about talented gals!

BLOG CANDY!
Leave a comment here and one lucky person will win a set of Copic Spica pens... a $30 value! These Spica pens are all just as sparkly as I have felt this week! A second person will be chosen to win two sets of Our Craft Lounge Stamps and sparkle fluff (Bearly Fishing & Jungle Love). Winner will be selected Friday night at 7 pm, posted on saturday... come back to see if you are a winner! Whew Hew and good luck

Please be sure to leave your email address so we can contact the winner! Thanks

Now for three samples for my Feb Card classes. First Image is Golfing Gramps by Our Craft Lounge, Second image is Bobby and Me by Stampavie, and the third image is also by Stampavie.... I just love these images... so fun to color!

Hugs! Jennie

Current Class List!

February Classes
here is a list of my February Classes. If you have any questions please call the store direct or email me at jenniebstampin@aol.com
Feb 6: Copic Techniques, Scrapbook Heaven, Westminster, CA 714-891-4664
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Feb 8:
Scrapbook Heaven, Westminster, CA (714) 891-4664
Our Craft Lounge & Copic marker class: we will be making 4 cards using Our Craft Lounge stamps, sparkle fluff, embelishments and copic markers. Call store for details and cost. two times to choose from 2:30 - 5:00 or 6:00 - 8:30

Feb 10:
Collective Journey, Redlands, CA (909) 793-2200
Our Craft Lounge & Copic Marker Class We will be making 4 cards using Our Craft Lounge stamps, sparkle fluff, embelishments and copic markers. Call store for details and cost. Time 5:00 - 7:30

Feb 11:
Pages from the Heart, Monrovia, CA (626) 358-5334
Our Craft Lounge & Copic Markers Class: We will be making 4 cards using Our Craft Lounge stamps, sparkle fluff, embellishments and copic markers. Call stre for details and cost.
Time: evening call: 626-358-5334

Feb 19: Custom Impressions, Bellflower CA (562) 925-5927
OCL & Copic Techniques
Learn basic copic techniques including blending, feathering, shading, understanding the copic color wheel, how to pick natural blending colors and colors that great together, how to color wood, how to color hair, and soooo much more. Extremely informative 3 hour class. We will be practicing these techniques in a workbook made by me with several OCL images picked especially for each technique. call store for details and registration
time: evening
Call:

Feb 27: Once Upon A Memory, Huntington Beach, CA (714) 965-0088
OCL & Copic Techniques
Learn basic copic techniqes including blending, feathering shading, understanding the copic color wheel, how to pick natural blending colors, how to select colors that go great together, how to color wood, how to color hair and soooo much more. Extremely informative 3 hour class. We will be practicing these techniques in a workbook made by me with several OCL images selected especially for each technique. call store for details and registaration.
Time: evening


March 6:
Collective Journey, Redlands, CA (909) 793-2200
Card Class using Our Craft Lounge stamps & Copic Markers
Call store for details (samples in store a few weeks prior to class)

March 8:
Scrapbook Heaven , Westminster, CA (714) 998-8855
Copic Techniques Class, Saturday Feburary 6th 10:00 am
Copic Card Class Copic Markers (second monday each month)

March
Scrappin in the Hills, Anaheim CA (714) 998-8855
Copic Techniques, Sat March 13th- call store for details
Copic Card Class, Monday March 22nd - call store for details

Here is a list of classes I am considering and/or trying to fit onto my calender!

Copic Certification Classes
(store owners, design team members, class instructors, demonstrators and more).
Portland, Oregon -Confirmed March 28th
Phoenix, AZ - mid April
San Francisco, CA -
Los Angeles, CA -
Las Vegas, NV
San Diego, CA
Santa Barbara (?) are you interested... let me know
Northern California and or SW Oregon
Please give me suggestions for additional locations to consider......

Copic Techniques
Open to the public and normally taught in a scrapbook store, or other venue

Redlands, CA - Collective Journey, classes currently scheduled for February & March
Anaheim, CA - Scrappin in the Hills, classes currently scheduled for March
Bellflower, CA - Creative Impressions, classes currently scheduled for February
Monrovia, CA - Pages from the Heart, Classes currrently scheduled for March
Your store could be here.... contact me for information

Monthly Card Classes Please call stores for details
Collective Journey - Redlands, CA
Scrappin in the Hills - Anaheim Hills, CA
Pages from the Heart - Monrovia, CA
Scrapbook Heaven - Westminster, CA
Your store could be here.... contact me for information

CHA Classes - Copic Techniques & Our Craft Lounge

CHA Classes
I am very excited to announce that I will be teaching at least one class at CHA Anaheim on January 22nd from 1:00 - 3:00. We will be coloring 3 different cards with each featuring a different Copic technique.

I am so honored that Copic and Our Craft Lounge are sponsoring me for this exciting event. I hope many of you will join me for the fun. Space is limited to 50 guests per class, and I would love to fill the class and book a second class. Class registration information will be availabe very soon. Here is the link to the event.

Watch for more details!

CHA Craft SuperShow
www.craftsupershow.com
SHOW DATES & HOURSFriday, January 22 - 12:00noon - 8:00pmSaturday, January 23 - 10:00am - 6:00pmTICKET PRICES:$20.00 - 2-Day Pass$15.00 - 1-Day PassChildren Under 10 -

My Classes! Copic Techniques & Card Classes

Wow!

The Copic Technique Classes are being loved! I want to thank every participant from each of my classes. You have all made me feel so special and loved with your wonderful comments! I have been asked many times to write a techniques #2 class and it is in the works! So watch for information on that sometime in December!

Meanwhile i have lots of classes scheduled and thought i would post them here in one post for your ease of finding!
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October 12 - 2:00 & 6:00 - Westminster, CA - BOTH CLASSES FULL! REPEAT 11/14/09
Copic Techniques @ Scrapbook Heaven
Sold out 12-13 in each class Repeat on november 14. Call Scrapbook heaven for registration. 714-891-4664

october 15 5:00 pm - Redlands, CA
Collective Journey - 909-793-2200
Cards with Copic Markers & Our Craft Lounge Stamps!

October 17 - 10 AM - Cherry Valley, CA
A Cherry Tree Shoppe - 951-845-3533
Fall Cards with Our Craft Lounge Stamps & Copics

October 19 - 5;00 PM - Redlands, CA OPENINGS AVAILABLE
Collective Journey - 909-793-2200
Copic Techniques

October 21 - 6:00 pm - Covina, CA - almost full
Hearts & Crafts - 626-967-9036
Copic Techniques

october 22 - 10:30 am - DAY CLASS OPENINGS AVAILABLE
Redlands, CA - Collective Journey 909-793-2200
5 Christmas Cards - Copic markers & Our Craft Lounge Stamps

october 26 - 5:00 pm - Redlands, CA - space available
Collective journey - 909-793-2200
5 Cards with Copic markers & Our Craft lounge stamps -

November 1 - 1;00 pm - monrovia, CA - almost full
Pages from the heart - 626-3500-5334
Copic Techniques using our Craft lounge images

November 14 (Saturday) Westminster
Copic Techniques - Scrapbook heaven 714-891-4664
Copic Techniques using our craft lounge images see class description below

November 17, Redlands, CA
Collective Journey 909-793-2200
Christmas Cards - our Craft lounge & Copic Markers.

November 18 - Cherry Valley
A Cherry Tree Shoppe - 951-845-3533
Christmas Cards - Copic Markers & Our Craft Lounge Stamps

November 21 -26 - VACATION! Yippie!

COPIC TECHNIQUE CLASSES!

Totally awesome Copic technique classes offer a wide spread variety of all the basic steps of using Copic markers. Each attendee will receive a special 16 page Copic workbook with directions for each technique and images especially selected for that technique. We will practice each technique together and I walk around the class giving individual attention to each guest, helping them improve their coloring techniques. You will be amazed at how much your coloring will improve after attending one class and lots of practice!

Here is a list of most of the things we go over in class.

1. Introduction to Copic Markers
2. How to refill markers - demo
3. Paper selection
4. Ink - what types to use when
5. Understanding the basic color wheel & the Copic Color wheel
6. What the numbers & letters on each marker means
7. How to select natural blending colors.
8. Blender pen - fun and helpful tips on using the blender pen & blender solution.
9. Shading & finding your light source.
10. Blending.
11. Fading backgrounds.
12. Feathering.
13. how to color hair.
14. how to color wood.
15. Tip to tip 7 palette blending.
16 Beginning basics of Copic air Brush System - even get to make one image with airbrush.