Copic Announcement and Give Away!

Hey everyone!

The Copic Papercrafting Instructor and Design Teams would like to give a colorful “WELCOME” to the newest instructor joining us… Michelle Houghton!

Michelle has done a number of special events and demos for us over the years and we are thrilled to finally have her on our teaching team.  Michelle has a BS in Fine Arts and an MA in Teaching with years of experience teaching high school art, live workshops, and online crafting classes. 

Michelle likes to work with a variety of mediums and styles, often experimenting and looking for unique and interesting ways to use them.    We look forward to working with her and can’t wait to see her in action!

In honor of the occasion, I thought I'd share a card I colored with Copics.

I created this card two years ago...and never remembered to post it!  So...here we are. :)  The image is a digi called A Tasty Read from Elisabeth Bell Designs.  I printed it in black ink on X-Press It Blending Card, and colored it with lots and lots of Copic markers.  Her bandana was originally solid.  I gave it the traditional bandana print with a 0.3 mm Copic Black Multiliner pen, an extra small paintbrush, and some Opaque White Paint.  I gave her jeans a stonewashed look by dabbing the ink on in places, rather than blending it all out smooth.

And of course we can’t have a celebration without gifts… so we are giving away some great Copic prizes! 

Join us in welcoming Michelle by visiting each of the blogs listed below for a chance to win.  Don’t forget to leave some love at each blog because EACH TEAM MEMBER will be giving away a Copic T-Shirt and a 7-piece Doodle Kit to one lucky winner. 

Check out the awesome prizes:

I want that t-shirt!

Commenting will close at midnight on Sunday, July 6^th, and winners announced on each of our individual blogs on Monday, July 7^th.

So, time to get hopping! :)

• Michele Boyer 
• Lori Craig 
• Sharon Harnist 
• Michelle Houghton  
• Cindy Lawrence <---You are here!
• Debbie Olson  
• Colleen Schaan 
• Sherrie Siemens  
• Marianne Walker  

Thanks so much for stopping by today, friends!

Make it a great one! 

~Cindy

Comments

[Heather Sudduth]

1.

Super sweet card. Looking forward to a new Copic team member!

[Melinda C.]

2.

Gorgeous card!

[christy]

3.

great information on blog! I love copics!

[Darlene]

4.

Your card is terrific and so is that t-shirt!!

[Betsy Brown]

5.

Love your card ~ it just screams summer and time for kids to relax! Welcome to the new team member! And thanks so much for the chance to win that adorable T-shirt and markers.

[Nancy M]

6.

Love the vibrant colors and the image reminds me of lots of summers parked outside reading. Thanks for sharing your card and opportunity.

[Anna]

7.

Love your card. Welcome Michelle.

[Carole M]

8.

Welcome to Michelle. Love your card.

[Maureen Russell]

9.

Darling card! Love the image. Congrats to Michelle on joining your Team & thanks for the chance to win this wonderful prize.

[Marlys]

10.

I love ur card

[Debi Aguilar]

11.

Cute cute card! Welcome Michelle!

[Karen Patterson]

12.

Beautiful card!

[LilyH]

13.

Congrats on the new instructor on the Copic team. Thanks for the info on decorating the bandana and the jeans--will definitely put those ideas to work.

[Vickie Hawkins]

14.

Beautiful card, beautiful colors!

[JANNIS]

15.

SWEET CARD, I LOVE IT

[Lisa]

16.

Love the colors on the card.

[Michelle Sampson]

17.

What an absolutely precious image and card. Love the way she's colored.

[JoAnn B.]

18.

Wow, what an adorable card and fantastic coloring. Great prize too.
Happy 4th of July.

[Carol Coleman]

19.

Welcome Michelle to the Copic Team!

Cindy I love your card and the creative ways you use copics with other artistic mediums to make spectacular images.

[Joan K]

20.

Love the card and the coloring is fantastic - Thanks for the opportunity to win such great products - Enjoy your day :)

[Sue H]

21.

What an adorable card. Such a sweet image.

[Sylvia Dee Shore]

22.

Cindy, I LOVE your "Tasty Read" card. It is so sweet! Thanks for sharing!!!!!

[Machelle]

23.

Such a darling card! And a great blog hop!

[Lisa Stayman]

24.

Welcome Michelle! Cindy the jeans are really cool!

[donna]

25.

Beautiful card!

[Debby]

26.

Love that stamp and your coloring. Wonderful card.

[Devy Collins]

27.

Super sweet little girl! Love those colors!
Congratulations to Michelle!

[Evelyn]

28.

The colors are so brilliant - they just pop! What a wonderful way to express yourself. Thanks for the opportunity to win a set of the markers.

[Faye Owens]

29.

This is a lovely card. Beautiful

[Fran Sabad]

30.

Beautiful card! Just love the image and how you colored her!

[mary ellen]

31.

Wonderful card. I haven't seen any tutorials of dabbing on color to get the stone washed look. NEAT!

[Roma]

32.

I love this card. Love the bright colors. I so enjoy using
my copic markers.

[Pam P]

33.

Great card, love the colors you chose and your coloring is fabulous. Hope to be able to color just as well someday. Thanks for sharing your creations with us.

[Marty Robinson]

34.

Very cute card!

[Karen Pounds]

35.

Beautiful card! I Love it! Welcome to Michelle!

[Monika Davis]

36.

Wish I could color like you Cindy! You always amaze me!

[Sabrina Radican]

37.

Your card is so super adorable!!

[Shelley Lanthier]

38.

Beautiful card! I'm definitely going to have to seek out some of those delightful images from Elizabeth Bell. Welcome to Michelle and thanks for this blog hop intro!

[Claret]

39.

Always liked that image and your coloring is the best!

[Gretchen Henninger]

40.

Beautiful card. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Lisa L.]

41.

What a gorgeous card - so beautiful!

[Kathy Thompson]

42.

I love how you colored the girl. The whole card is great. Thanks for sharing your creativity. I hope I can win some copics and the t-shirt.

[Norah McPhee]

43.

Good evening Cindy,
What a lovely design and yes i think i would have tweaked the bandana to look that bit more realistic than what it would plain. I love the vibrant colours that you have used in bringing the image to life because it does look like what you would see in a photograph. Thank you Cindy,
Crafty hugs
Norah (Glenochil)

[Donna Amos]

44.

CLove your card! You did such a great job of coloring! You just can't beat the Copic colors and smoothness! Hope I can win these new colors.

[Paula-Kay Bourland]

45.

Hi Cindy. Awesome coloring on that card. Love it!

[Bunny]

46.

This is a cute card, Cindy. I have not worked with the opaque white, yet. Your coloring skills are amazing. How nice that y'all now have Michelle. Great addition to an already awesome team.

[Colleen K.]

47.

I love your card. It's so bright and cheerful.

[Becky Morehead]

48.

LOVE the image of the little girl, and your coloring is amazing! I need some opaque white! Welcome to Michelle, and I want that t-shirt!! So cute!

[Gretchen]

49.

Love that little girl and you really made her come to life. Great job as always Cindy.

[Shirley Smith]

50.

Love your card & copics

[Celeste Goff]

51.

Welcome to the design team Michelle! I'm looking forward to seeing some of your work in the near future! And Cindy, your card is so adorable!

[Nora]

52.

What a stunning card!! So vibrant and that image is precious!! Thank you for the chance to win!!

[Betsy Hance]

53.

Lovely!

[Judy V]

54.

I am an avid reader and absolutely just fell in love with that image! What a beautiful card

[April S.]

55.

Lovely card!

[Traci Lord]

56.

Stunning! Tfs! Hugs Traci

[Kelly Flaherty]

57.

Oh Cindy, your latest creation is just beautiful. This young child seems so serene and gentle. I just love the way you gave this drawing some life!

[Rebecca Ednie]

58.

Such a sweet image! Such a generous giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win!

[Julie M.]

59.

What a pretty image to start with and a beautiful job of coloring. I never would have guessed that the bandanna didn't start out that way.

[Kathy Mott]

60.

Thanks for sharing your card. I loved the paisley you put on the bandana, it was a nice touch

[Michele]

61.

Hi Cindy! I have been a fan of your beautiful cards for many years. I love your style, creativity, and the fact you are a Copic pro'.

Congratulations and welcome to Michelle on her joining the Copic Team!!!

[Pat K]

62.

Beautiful work!!Would so love to win the giveaway!

[Jacqueline V]

63.

Love that t-shirt. Your work is so inspiring...you rock!

[Rosy Newlun]

64.

Whoa, two years old and looks fabulous :) I just love how you colored her scarf, top and pants!

[Margaret Nan Harkey]

65.

This card is absolutely the cutest! The colors are brilliant and fun! I'm just getting into the card making and embellishing and I just learned about Copic markers within the past week! Looking forward to purchasing my first markers soon! Until then, I will learn all about them! (Choosing colors is going to be hard . . . ) :-)

[D]

66.

Cute! I want the shirt! The markers would be nice too.

[Bernadette]

67.

Absolutely beautiful coloring. I hope one day to be able to color this way. You worked hard, Cindy. Thank you for the inspiration.

[Debbie]

68.

As always, I love it. The shirt is adorable too.

[Joni52]

69.

Adorable card, love love love the T shirt!

[Claudia]

70.

I love belonging to the copic community:)

[Peg Klitch]

71.

All your cards are lovely. Love Copics and MFT!

[Lisa Miller]

72.

I love the colors, the card is very beautiful. Thanks

[Jo C]

73.

Great card, Cindy!

Welcome to the Copic Design Team, Michelle!

[Elise]

74.

Gorgeous card Cindy! I love the colors you used and I particularly like the design you added to her bandana! Also a huge welcome to Michelle

[Linda w]

75.

Beautiful card. I just need to dig out my copics that I hid and start to work with them again. I think that I might finally want to practice more with them. Give them another chance...

[Elizabeth Sarkisyan]

76.

Wow!! This is gorgeous and love the colors and design. Also, welcome to Michelle!

[Diane S.]

77.

Adorable card with beautiful coloring!

[HelloImAru]

78.

I love what you did with the paper. I'm going to have to use that sometime. Did you layer one on top of the other to get that little divide, or did you just bump them up against each other?

[Sharon H]

79.

Welcome Michelle....love the card Cindy...the details pop

[Barbara N]

80.

Cindy, I adore the card. And welcome Michelle.

[Kathy jo]

81.

Welcome! Love the card.

[Shannon]

82.

What a sweet blog you have.
I love Copic markers!

[Sparkle Plenty]

83.

Loved the way you added to the head coveting. Perfect!

[Janet Zeppa]

84.

Your colouring is amazing!! Adorable card!

[Linda]

85.

Love your technique on the denim. It's a beautiful card.

[Jacqueline]

86.

Ooh love the card. Coloring is amazing!

[bette]

87.

Outstanding coloring.... we all want to color like you! Great giveaway also!

[Zehra]

88.

Wow, ur coloring is just amazing

[Charity Chamberlain]

89.

Sorry if this is a repeat comment but I don't see my original post so I am redoing it. This is lovely! The coloring is wonderful and the technique on the denim is fantastic and so realistic! I like that you added the pattern to the bandana too. Great ideas!

[Sue]

90.

That would be my daughter...reading wherever. Very cute card. Thanks for the opportunity to win some Copics.

[Karen]

91.

As a new Copic person - I especially appreciate your explanations of techniques used in the card = the bandana in particular - Thanks for sharing!

[Carol]

92.

Beautiful card. I need to learn how to colour like that, your coloring is amazing!

[Melissa Banian]

93.

Welcome Michelle! Such a lovely card, thank you for the opportunity to win!

[Barbara Chmura]

94.

Summertime reading! the card evokes such great memories. Thanks for the opportunity to win a great set of markers! welcome, Michelle!

[Norma Starrett]

95.

Beautiful card. I love Copic makers, makes it much easier to color beautiful!!
Welcome Michelle, more power to you.

[Carol b]

96.

Welcome to the Copic team, Michelle . Cute t-shirt!
Carol b(cc)

[Angie]

97.

Great card!

[Vicki]

98.

Wow! A gorgeous card. Really beautiful coloring. Thanks for the project inspiration.

[NancyH]

99.

Such a pretty card. Great idea making a bandana pattern.

[Mary-Anne V.]

100.

Great card and an amazing job transforming that bandana.