Hope all of you are having a fabulous Monday. Here is my meager attempt at a Copic tutorial. Video wise, it's not what I wanted, but it's the best I can do with the equipment that I have. Content wise, it's sufficient. I think I get my basic points across, hopefully.
I devised this method out of both economical and technical frustrations. As you all know, Copics are pricey, so I wanted to create a way to get beautiful results without having to buy every single pen. Technically I was frustrated because it was hard to blend colors in small, itsy-bitsy areas that stamped images have. I was not getting the color gradations that I was looking for. My method allows me to achieve color gradations in small spaces while saving some money at the same time.
Anyhoot, here is my disclaimer... I am NOT a certified Copics instructor or designer. I am merely sharing, with all of you, the way I use my Copics; it's my own economical approach to these costly pens. This video is for entertainment purposes only! What a way to be entertained! heehee
Remember if the video is saying no longer available, it may still be processing on the YouTube side.
It's Aloha Friday!!! I'm sorry, I don't have a video for you today... Cause I have THREE!!! Yes, you heard me, three. One, ONE video. Two, TWO videos. Three, THREE videos, ah, ah, ah!!!
So I have a project for you gals, and one guy, today. I've made a box with a belly band that can hold three cards nicely. What I have for you today is my Aloha Friday video. The second video is a tutorial on how to make the box with a belly band. And the third video is a tutorial on how to make the card.
So here is the Aloha Friday video.
Tutorial #1 The Box and Belly Band
What you'll need. All measurements are in inches.
Pocket Silhouette Stamp Set
12 x 12 Very Vanilla Card Stock (CS)
3 3/4 by 6 3/4 Chocolate Chip CS
1 1/4 by 6 3/4 strip of Kiwi Kiss Designer Series Paper (DSP)
Scallop punched Kiwi Kiss CS
1 3/8 Circle Punch
Tutorial #2 The Card
What you'll need.
Pocket Silhouette Stamp Set
Very Vanilla CS
2 1/4 by 4 1/4 Chocolate Chip CS
2 3/4 by 5 3/4 Kiwi Kiss DSP
Scallop Edge Punch
Curly Label Punch
Corner Rounder
Kiwi Kiss Ink/Ribbon
Glitter
If the video does not play, it may be still processing at YouTube. Just check back in an hour or so and it should be ready.
As for my special announcement. As some of you may already know...Stampin' Up now has on-line ordering 24/7! Now you can order all these great products yourself. If you're like me I'm constantly changing my mind even as I'm entering my order in. This allows you to have full control of your ordering process and at your own leisure. I will also have some specials exclusive to Kiyomi Krafts.
Click HERE to start process. When you click on the link you will see an orange button, under my name, in the top right hand corner. It says SHOP NOW. Click on that button. It will take you to another screen. At the top of that screen it says CUSTOMER LOG IN. Click on that. You just have to enter some demographics and you're ready to order anytime, any place, when you want! You can always click on the SU catalog on the right hand bar of my blog. It will link you to my SU page.
Hope you enjoyed this weeks Aloha Friday video's WITH tutorials! It was lots of fun to make the projects and even MORE fun sharing them with all of you! I'll be posting more pictures of the cards sometime this weekend. Mahalo for stopping by, JeNN
Someone just pointed out to me that Ranger inks, the people who make Distress Inks and Adirondack inks, have a wider range of possibilities than I may have mentioned. Please check out www.rangerinks.com to see the details.
Now I hope you guys don't get too "huffy" with me. I DO have a "disclaimer" at the bottom of the ink tutorial that mentions ~ these are what the inks do for ME. LOL Mind you I'm here in Hawaii so humidity and heat are BIG, BIG factors with different products. AND depending on how long the ink pad has been sitting in your craft drawers also makes a difference with the productivity of your product. There are expiration dates for many things in life, ink pads are no exception. Now the colors may still be good, however, some chemical structures CAN change and alter the product depending on how they were stored, for how long, and in what conditions. I also said that you should try everything out and experiment for yourself as well. It's always a learning process...for everyone.
I merely wanted to give you a starting off point to facilitate your learning process. Don't shoot the messenger...LOL!!
Here is a basic embossing tutorial to help beginners. In the video I show different embossing powders and how to use them including the "Heat and Stick" powder. Embossing is so much fun and it truly is "just like magic" every time I watch it melt.
Just some points to remember.
1) The Heat and Stick powder is better suited for light weight embellishments. It does not hold beads very well. It may hold it initially, but if you put it in the mail the beads may not stay put. If you want to stick beads down you can use Crystal effects (Diamond Glaze) or Tombow adhesive.
2) The embossing buddy is to remove static from paper before you emboss or apply glitter. I don't care to use it for this purpose because I don't like the residue that it leaves on the paper. This is my own personal preference. However, that residue it leaves can be used to your advantage in certain situations...
3) I use it on the back of stickers if I want to take the "tackiness" off. I sometimes want to give a sticker dimension and lift it off the page. I adhere a dimensional on the back of the sticker and leave the protective backing on. Then I take the embossing buddy and pat the back of the sticker with the embossing buddy. This ensures that when I adhere the sticker to the card the sticker part of it will not stick to the card. Haha, I know that didn't really make sense. But I think you get what I mean.
4) I use it for new stamps to get the oily residue that is left on new stamps from production.
5) I use it for big stamps. I pat the embossing buddy on the stamp. The little particles cling to the stamps surface and help the ink adhere to the stamp. Sometimes it's a struggle to ink up big stamps with bold prints and doing this helps a lot.
6) I also use it on new clear acrylic stamps to get the oily residue from production off.
I hope this tutorial helps. Email me if you have any questions!
Here is the ink pad basic tutorial that I promised all of you. I felt that I needed to do this tutorial so that I could give you a foundation to build your stamping knowledge on. After watching this video you can move on to the embossing tutorial which I will be posting soon.
Here is the tutorial. I hope you learn something from it and I hope that you can apply what you learned today to your own crafts.
Now a couple other points that I didn't mention in the tutorial.
1) Always make sure you tightly seal your ink pads before you store them.
2) Store ink pads upside down. This is so that the ink settles at the top of the pad and keeps them "juicy" for your next use. (Stampin' Up! Pads that slide to open don't need to be stored upside down. They flip upside down when you close them.)
3) If you would like more information on a pad that I have not reviewed, first check the back of the pad for more information. It may say if it is a pigment, dye, or solvent ink. If you're not sure always test the ink on a scrap piece of paper. Stamp the image... does it dry fast? It may be a dye or solvent. Does it stay wet for a long time? It may be a pigment. Stamp a test image. Swipe your aqua painter over it to see if it smears or runs. Swipe your marker/Copics over it. Does it run or smear? There are ways you can "test" the ink yourself and discover it's capabilities.
4) Clean your stamps after each use with stamp cleaners. If you're on the road at a stamping get together you can use baby wipes. Make sure you dry your stamps after cleaning them so there is no chance for mold or mildew to grow.
5) For StazOn Ink ALWAYS use their special StazOn cleaner to clean your stamp after each use. The cleaner is a special formula that breaks down the ink and conditions your stamp at the same time.
6) Sometimes you can heat-set an ink and it may work with Copics or watercolors. Heat-seating is using your heating tool over the stamped image for a few seconds right after you stamp it. This is done before you color your image with your medium of choice.
7) If you emboss your stamped image you can use virtually any medium to color it without a problem. This is why I tend to emboss all my images. It's a fail-safe way to color in my opinion.
Here is a chart with some of the most common ink pads and what they are compatible with or capable of doing.
***Most dye based pads can be used in conjunction with a VersaMark pad making them capable of embossing. Please refer to my embossing video coming up soon for more information on this technique. The last column says Non-porous. This is referring to if you can stamp on non-porous surfaces with that particular ink pad.
I hope this was helpful! If you have additional questions please don't hesitate to email me.
Again, make sure you try ALL of these before hand. Depending on where you live, the humidity, or...just whatever and for whatever reason ~ inks and Copics/watercolors may or may not work together. (This is NOT the law. This is merely a guide to give you some perspective on the different products out there.)
