Copic Video: Miss Anya Garland #1

Happy Wednesday! Yes I know you've seen this card before, I blogged about this card already (post here) announcing my January Guest Designer Spot for The Greeting Farm. Well it's been a while since I did a Copic video of me coloring images. So I decided to do one for this particular image (Miss Anya Garland).

Now I am not a Certified Copic Instructor, this being said, I just like to show my way of coloring with these Copic markers. I keep it pretty simple and not too fancy =)

I hope to do more Copic videos of my upcoming TGF projects. So please go to my YouTube Channel Paperdrama and SUBSCRIBE, I might not always have time to do a blog post but you can be kept up to date on my videos there. Hope you enjoyed!

TGF Products Used (Links Provided):

Miss Anya Garland

Copic Markers:

Skin E11, E50, E51, E93, BV00

Hair C5, C7, C9

Headband/Tights C3, V09, V12, V15

Dress 0, C1, C3

Other products:

White Gel Pen - Uniball Signo Broad, Xmas Red Stickles

Shabby Tussie Mussie

This was a 2011 Christmas project that I created and just now posting, better late than never. It's an altered cone or tussie mussie. It's actually great for any occasion. This was so much fun to create and embellish. I just love the trims that were used from KARLAS001 Etsy store.

I intertwined some green leaf trim with the ruffled Delicate Cream Trim. Several laces were layered on top of each other. The 4mm Mini White Flat Back Pearl Trim was wrapped around the top of the cone for added detail.

This flower was created using single rosettes taken from a trim. I go in detail about the project and also I do a quick flower tutorial at the tail end of the video.

I hope everyone had a fabulous Tuesday. Thanks for stopping by!

KARLAS001 Etsy Products (links provided):

Delicate Cream Trim

4mm Mini White Flat Back Pearl Trim
Other Products:
MME Festive & Frost Paper Pad, MM Cream Rosette Trim, I Am Roses R21-1 White Flowers, Misc Lace Trims, Green Leaf Trim, Pearls, Hot Glue Gun

Mini Hanging Canvas Sign

Yay it's Friday! I hope everyone had a great week and are ready for the weekend. Today's I Am Roses project is a mini hanging canvas sign.

The papers that I used are from MME Stella Rose Gertie. The black chipboard in the back was from a Basic Grey black chipboard album. Attached at the top is a mini clothespin that can hold a note or a picture. I was going through my flowers and I decided to create my own using the flat petal flowers.

I made these awesome carnation flowers in two sizes, a medium and a small. The "Carnation Flower Tutorial" can be viewed here. I threw in some .25" Paper Roses and .50" White Paper Roses into the mix as well.

The image I used is from The Greeting Farm, Simply Anya. I colored her with my Copic markers and as well as paper pieced her outfit. I laid her on top of some green burlap trim. For a more detail and up close view of the sign, you can watch my video here. I had a lot of fun making this non-christmas project LOL. I hope you liked it.

As always, please make sure to visit I Am Roses on YouTube and check out our IAR Challenge Blog, where we have challenges, contests, and lots of projects from our Designers. Thanks for stopping by!

I Am Roses Products (links provided):
P23-210 Mixed Cotta Orange Yellow Medium Daisy Flowers
P70-1 White Small Petals
R2-427 .25" Mini Mixed Color Paper Roses
R8-15 .50" White Paper Roses
Other Products:
5x7 Canvas, KARLAS001 Etsy Green Burlap Trim, MME Stella Rose Gertie 6x6 Paper. Basic Grey Black Chipboard Mini Album, TGF Simply Anya, TGF My Guy Ian, SpellBinders Floral Doily Motifs, Fiskars Treading Water Border Punch, Brown Satin Ribbon, Colorbok Olive Pastel, Copic Markers, Mini Pearls, Mini Clothespin, Misc Heart Branch Embellishment, Hot Glue Gun

New Year, New IAR Design Team

Happy New Year 2012! It's a new year and a new I Am Roses Design Team (Jan-Mar2012). Thanks for all your support. I will be taking my place as Design Team Coordinator again for the new term. I can't wait to share my creations using the beautiful I Am Roses flowers. Stay tuned!

For contests and inspiration don't forget to visit our I Am Roses Challenge Blog. Thanks for stopping by!

A Very Merry KARLAS001 Christmas Tree

Happy Friday everyone! It was rainy and gloomy yesterday and now it's sunny and windy. California weather what are you doing? LOL No matter, I will not let this crazy weather affect my creating mojo. I have a KARLAS001 Etsy project to share. It is this mini Christmas tree that is decorated with KARLAS001 goodies from top to bottom.

I used the 8mm White Pearl Trim Strand as garland. I also draped some Flat Clear/Iridescent Trim from the top hanging to the bottom. As for ornaments, I used the Jo's Shabby Clear Crystals and the Metal Capped Rhinestones. The Metal Capped Rhinestones already had a wire stem attached, so I just trimmed it a bit and bent it to create a hook. I threaded some wire through the Jo's Shabby Crystals and created the hanging hook.

As for the star topper, I went and used two Clear Flowers and adhered them back to back with a glue dot. I then stamped "Season's Greetings on to some vellum and made a cute banner. The only non-KARLAS001 item that I used was a silver glittered star ornament that I had purchased at Michael's. You can view this project on a video that I created here.

Have a great weekend everyone! Good Luck to those braving the shopping malls this weekend!

KARLAS001 Etsy Products (links provided):
Metal Capped Rhinestones
Clear Flowers
Flat Clear/Iridescent Trim
8mm Pearl Strand Trim
Jo's Shabby Clear Crystals
Other Products:
Mini Christmas Tree, Vellum, White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Mini Pearls, Christmas Sentiment Stamp, Glue Dots

Mini Christmas Wreath

Yikes, just ten more days 'til Christmas! Breathe, breathe LOL. Instead of working on presents I decided to work on this mini Christmas wreathe. This is my I Am Roses project for you this evening. The mini wreathe measures approximately 6"x 6". I incorporated a pearl and crystal garland, some clear wheat sprays and a cute little owl charm.
On the top left, I flanked a 1" Red Paper Flower with two 1/2" White Paper Roses. All the flowers used were sprayed with Lindy's Stamp Gang Scintillating Silver Glitz Spritz.

The center flower in the bottom right arrangement is a 2" Red Paper Rose. The two 1 1/4" White Paper Roses are on either side, followed by some 1/4" Mini Red Roses and 1/2" Small White Roses. To add more flowers and more red, I included a trio of Semi Red Open Rose Buds on either end of the arrangement. I wanted to add some green color to the wreathe, so I laid all the flowers on top of Green Daisy Paper Leaves. Underneath all the flowers and leaves, I layered the pearl and crystal garland with the clear wheat sprays. For a more personal touch, I added an owl charm (I adore owls) in the mix of the flowers. You can view my video of the wreath here.

So there is my mini wreath, it's already hanging on my bedroom door. Thanks for stopping by! Also just a reminder to check out the December Color Challenge still going on at the I Am Roses Challenge Blog.

I Am Roses Products (links provided):
ZQL4-1 Green Daisy Paper Leaves
R40-11 2" Red Paper Roses
R2-12 .25" Red Mini Paper Roses
R5-12 1" Red Paper Flowers
R21-1 1.25" White Flowers
T30-101 Semi Red Open Rose Buds
R8-15 .50" White Paper Roses
Other Products:
Twig Wreath, KARLAS001 Etsy Clear Wheat Sprays, Misc. Crystal Garland, Hot Glue Gun, Lindy's Stamp Gang Scintillating Silver, White Seam Binding

Embellishment Tray

Happy Friday everyone! How's the holiday shopping going? Mine? Still going LOL. Here is my I Am Roses project for you today. I turned this plain peat compartment tray, found at my .99 Store, into an embellishment holder. This is a gift that I filled up and created for my sister.

I used some bamboo skewers to hold up the banner with her name spelled out. I flanked both sides of the banner with a 1" White Rose and some S10 Flowers.
Each tray slot was filled with some of my favorite embellishments for her to use. It's a beautiful way to display any goodies and makes for easy access.

I layered some lace trims and wrapped it around the tray. The center flower is a 2" White Rose backed with some Skeleton Leaves, Rose Leaves and some more S10 Flowers. I tied a bow with some white seam binding as well.

On one of the skewers I wrapped a Short White Flower Spray with some lace and seam binding. This is not permanently adhered to the stick so that it too can be used as an embellishment. I love how this turned out and with such little cost. You can view a closer look of my project on my video here. Thanks for stopping by.

One last thing, don't forget to head on over to the I Am Roses Challenge Blog, we are having a Color Challenge going on for the month of December. Have a beautiful weekend!

I Am Roses Products (links provided):
K1-805/Z Small Natural Skeleton Leaves
B0-508 Pale Green Leaves
R77-15 2" White Roses
R5-1 1" White Paper Flowers
S10-15 5/8" Small White Flowers
SP1-151 White Short Flowers Spray
R21-278 1.25" Blue 2 Tone
Other Products:
MME Misc. Paper, Bamboo Skewers, Peat Compartment Tray, Creative Time Build a Banner Kit, Cuttlebug, Hot Glue Gun, Misc. Lace Trim, White Seam Binding, Stickles Platinum, Distress Ink Antique Linen, Misc. Alpha Stamps

Shabby Holiday Stockings

Is everyone ready for the weekend? I wanted to share this project that is easy to create using some Pink Rose trim and Pearl trims from KARLAS001's Etsy. The backing of these stockings are just basic thick cardstock cut into a stocking shape. I cut off the individual roses on the trim to fill out the shape. Instead of using ribbon as the stocking hanger, I opted to use the pearl trims.

These Mini Crystal Clear Butterflykisses Butterflies added a cute touch. Using other trims to decorate the top and some pearl embellishments for the buttons they completed the look.

This is a holiday project that is easy to create as little handmade gifts. You can also use other colored trims that you already have in your stash.

I used the White Flat Back Pearl Trim for these two stockings.

For this one, I used the Pink Flat Back Pearl Trim to coordinate with this light pink rose trim.
On this stocking, it was initially a cream rose trim but I had dyed it with my Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Spray in Cadbury Milk Chocolate. The trim I chose to go with this brown color was the Bronze Pearl Strand Trim.

I truly love how these stockings turned out and I hope my scrappy friends like them. To watch a tutorial on how you can make a similar project like these, you can view my video here. As always thanks for taking the time to stop by. Have a great weekend!

KARLAS001 Etsy Products (links provided):
White Flat Back Pearl Trim
Pink Flat Back Pearl Trim
Bronze Pearl Strand
Mini Crystal Clear Butterflykisses Butterflies
Nancy's Pink Rose Trim
Pink Loopy Trim
Other Products:
MME Festive & Frost 12x12 Paper Pad, Hand cut stocking template, Misc. Trims, Pearl Embellishments, Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Cadbury Milk Chocolate

Merriest Wishes

Hi everyone Happy Thursday evening or Friday! I created this I Am Roses holiday gift box to share with you guys. It was really simple to make using designer paper. You can watch the tutorial here. All the edges were inked with Walnut Stain Distress Ink. The sentiment "Merriest Wishes" is from a Hero Arts stamp set. I framed it with the Classic Ovals Small and Labels Four dies from Spellbinders. I then used dimensional pop dots to raise it up and it allows the seam binding to run through the back. Some 1/4" Red & Brown Mini Paper Roses and 1/2" White Paper Roses accent the corners.

I am in love with this new flower to the I Am Roses Site, Big Red Gardenia. I used it as the centerpiece in the floral arrangement on the lid. One word, gorgeous! I first placed some brown seam binding and then laid some Skeleton Leaves as the base. I randomly placed White Cherry Blossoms, 1" White Paper Roses, Brown Paper Roses and some Mini Red Paper Roses all around the base of the red gardenia.

The box is filled with yummy goodies for my friend for a holiday crop party. I can't wait for her to see it =).

I hope you've enjoyed my gift box and tutorial video. Have a fabulous Friday and weekend!

I Am Roses Products (links provided):
S3-152 White Cherry Blossoms
K1-805/Z Small Natural Skeleton Leaves
Special 1 Big Red Gardenia
R2-12 Mini Red Paper Roses
R2-40 Mini Brown Paper Roses
ZM-827 Random Mix Sizes of Classic Brown Tone
R5-1 1" White Paper Flowers
R8-15 1/2" White Paper Roses
Other Products:
MME Festive & Frost 12x12 Paper Pad, Rich Cocoa Memento Ink, Hero Arts Holiday Wishes Stamp Set, Spellbinders Labels Four, Spellbinders Ovals Small, Cuttlebug, Walnut Stain Distress Ink, Brown Seam Binding, Dimensional Foam Pop Dots, Lace Trim, Small Brown Brads

Dress Form Fairy

I finally finished my dress form project, here it is! I love fairies and dress forms, so why not combine both and I did. This was a paper mache dress form that I had purchased from my local scrapbook store. All the beautiful floral embellishments I used are from I Am Roses. To start off, I painted the entire dress form with a pink acrylic paint. After that I coated it with a crackle medium. I let that dry then I used white acrylic paint as the top coat. I love the end results.

I covered the the middle part of the dress form with Gardenia Curly Petals to mimic the skirt. I added some mini rhinestones and pearls randomly on the petals. I placed some lace trim and Natural Skeleton Leaves on the bust. To add more interest to the neckline, I added some mini pearl flat back pearl trim and a rhinestone button.

On the base of the dress form, I wrapped a White Paper Flowers Spray and randomly placed some Pink Paper Roses, Pink 2 Tone Semi Open Rose Buds, White Paper Roses and more Skeleton Leaves.

My favorite part is the wings. I used more of the skeleton leaves to form the wings, three on each side. They look very delicate and whimsical. I tied some lace trim into a bow and used this beautiful large crystal flower from KARLAS001 Etsy.

To add a little more detail, I place some mini flat back pearl trim down the lace to mimic buttons. So there is my Fairy Dress Form for you guys this Friday. I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I did making it. For a more detailed look, you can view my video here. Have a great weekend everyone!

I Am Roses Products (links provided):
GP2-1 Small Gardenia Curly Petals
R4-1 1/2" Mixed Pink Paper Roses
R8-15 1/2" White Paper Roses
K1-805/Z Small Natural Skeleton Leaves
SP2-151 White Paper Flowers Spray
T30-518 Pale Pink 2 Tone Semi Open Rose Buds
Other Products:
Paper Mache Dress Form, Mini Rhinestones/Pearls, Crackle Medium, Pink/White Paint, Misc White Paper Leaves, KARLAS001 Etsy Large ButterflyKisses Crystal Flower, KARLAS001 Etsy Mini Flat Back White Pearl Trim, Misc Bling Button, Lace Trim, Hot Glue Gun

Happy Thursday! I just wanted to quickly share this Copic video that I recorded using my Logitech C910 webcam. My first time using my webcam to make videos, still needs tweaking but I love the quality and clarity of the video. The colors I used are listed in the description box in the video. Thanks for watching, enjoy!

Birthday Card Share

Happy Wednesday! I wanted to share this birthday card I created this afternoon. I love The Greeting Farm stamps and I wanted to try something different. Instead of using Copic paper to stamp the image on, I went with kraft cardstock. I really love the vintage feel it gave my image. I then colored the image with my Copic markers (colors listed below). The colors look much softer.
I distressed all the paper edges with Walnut Stain. The image is popped up on dimensional foam pop dots. On the bottom I added pattern paper punched with a scallop border punch. I then layered some trim and buttons from my stash. I used a cupcake border punch on some more of the MME pattern paper.

Here is a video I made showing how I colored the image onto kraft paper. I also show a similar card with a different trim.



Enjoy the rest of your day and thanks for stoppng by!

Supplies used:
MME Life Stories 12x12 Paper Pad
Kraft Cardstock
Ivory Cardstock
The Greeting Farm - Birthday Anya II
Memento Rich Cocoa Ink
Distress Ink Walnut Stain
Ruffled Trim
Misc Buttons
Ivory Burlap String
Sakura White Gel Pen
Dimensional Foam Pop Dots
EK Success Cupcake Border Punch
Fiskars Treading Water Scallop Punch
Copic Markers (0, E31, E93, C3, Y13, RV11,R27)

Lindy's It's Fall Y'all Contest!

Like the image says, "It's Fall Y'All". Lindy's Stamp Gang is having a contest on their Facebook page. There are amazing prizes. If you love Lindy's Stamp Gang and you use it on almost all your crafting projects then this contest is easy peasy for you. The contest is going on now and ends October 24, 2011.

Here is my spooky project to hopefully inspire you to create. It's an altered wooden hanging spider. This is one side of the spider. On the outer body, I sprayed it with Starburst VavavaVoom Violet. After that I covered it with glue from a glue stamp pad. I then sprinkled some ultra fine black glitter. I lined the body with white rhinestones and colored them black with my Copic marker. The middle body was embossed with several layers of the Jack o'Lantern two tone embossing powder from the Jolly Jacks Set.

The inner body was sprayed with Starburst Freaky Franken-Lime. This was a very rich and bright lime green color. I then added tiny white rhinestones and colored it again with my black Copic marker....I guess I should buy some black rhinestones =) To finish off this side of the spider, I took some white seam binding and sprayed it with the Starburst Witch's Potion Purple.

On to the other side. I kept the outer body the same as the reverse side. The middle body frame is sprayed with the Starburst Witch's Potion Purple and colored over with the Magicals Witch's Potion Purple for a more deep color and shimmer. The inner body was also kept the same as the reverse side as well.
The last thing I did was add the white seam binding on this side and colored it with the Starburst Hag's Wart Orange.

I love how my spooky spider turned out. For a more detailed look of my project, please watch the video I made here. Thanks for stopping by! Now it's your turn, what will you be making for this contest?

Lindy's Stamp Gang Products (links provided):
Starburst VavavaVoom Violet
Starburst Witch's Potion Purple
Starburst Freaky Franken-Lime
Starburst Hag's Wart Orange
Magicals Haunted Halloween Set (Witch's Potion Purple)
Embossing Powder Jolly Jacks Set (Jack o'Lantern)
Other Products:
Wooden Hanging Spider, Rhinestones, Black Copic Marker, White Seam Binding, Glitter Ritz Black, Glue Stamp Pad, Heat Gun

Make a Wish

**Click Here for the I Am Roses Haunted Halloween Creative Contest Details**

It's Monday and I have a birthday card to share. I am using the image Birthday Anya II from The Greeting Farm. She is so cute, I just love her cupcake. She is colored with my Copic markers. I added a "Make a Wish" sentiment also from The Greeting Farm. The papers I decided to use for that girly shabby look are from MME Blush. One of my favorite paper pads and I used up all the papers, guess it's time to restock! LOL.
Okay let's get down to the gorgeous I Am Roses flowers. I decided to make my own floral spray along the side of the card. The large pink flower is from a Random Sizes Pink Tone pack and I used it as the base of the spray. I have two Pale Green Leaves in the back. I used lots of pink tones for the flowers. I staggered two Mini Pink Semi Open Rose Buds and added some White .25" Mini Paper Roses. The last flower I used is the Curly Shaped Pink Rose.
Ta Da! So there is my card for you today. I hope you liked it. All the I Am Roses products/links will be listed below, as well as the other supplies used. Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of your day.

I Am Roses Products (links provided):
ZM-1 Random Mixed Sizes of Pink Tone
R2-15 (.25") Mini Paper Roses
T30-518 Pale Pink 2 Tone Semi Open Rose Buds
B0-508 Pale Green Leaves
ZR4-1 (.50") Mixed Pink Paper Roses
Other Products:
MME Blush 6x6 Paper Pad, Bazzil Brown Cardstock, Spellbinders Lacey Circles, Distress Ink Antique Linen, Copic Markers, TGF Birthday Anya II, Coluzzle Circle Template Cutter, Cuttlebug, Dimensional Pop Dots