Tutorial Tuesday - Refilling Copic Markers

Happy Tuesday y'all and Happy Chilly Fall!

Grab your coffee - I've found a new favorite for my Kuerig machine 'Vanilla Mocha' with Heath Bar Creamer - YUMMO!!!

I've been colorin' like crazy lately and of course, all my Copics seem to need a little 'refillin' lately!

Well, I've got a simple way I thought I'd share with you to refill your markers.

So, all you need is is a Copic ink refill and matching marker that needs refilling.

Also, to make less mess if you have bad aim - I always have a piece of my trusty cardboard. =)

Remove cap of ink refill and cap of Copic Marker (the Broad tip end)

Carefully drop refill liquid onto broad tip end of the marker.

It takes a little time, but you don't have to spend the Moo-lah on the little refiller thing-a-ma-jiggy (yep, that's the technical name) AND you don't have to pull out the nib and potentially make a bigger mess with a spill.  =)

Happy Refillin'!  

ROLLIN' with Shelly's Girlies!

HOW-DY - Min checkin' in to say 'Howdy' - yah, guess I already said Howdy, huh?  =)

So I thought I'd share with you a little pumpkin' carvin' the hubbster and I did for Halloween.  Yep, we dug into the goopy pumpkin guts, cleaned out the pumpkin and created some super fun and amazing works of art that are now starting to get all wrinkly and shrinky.  

However, in their glory (and on Halloween night) they looked magnificent! (The Baby's 1st Halloween was for our friends who live next door - our little nephew was celebrating his very first Halloween - so it was only fitting!)

Okay, so now that I've TOTALLY gotten off topic - I think I remember a teacher in junior high remind us all about STAYING ON TOPIC - yep, didn't fair so well there, did I?  =)  

Okay, so back ON topic!  

Have you joined in our ROLL 'EM challenge yet?  If you're asking yourself, "Roll 'em?  What in the world is she talking about?"  Well, that means you OBVIOUSLY HAVEN'T joined us yet!!

So, to peak your interest, I thought I'd share you with the Fabulous Fall Fence (with an added Pumpkin' that I love) all from Shelly's Images Store!

So, be inspired, hit the Shelly's Images Store, Stay on Topic and join us for our Roll' Em' Challenge - you could be our Winner this week, but you can't win if you don't play!

Hugs & Happy Days!

TTT Challenge - Roll 'Em

Happy Thursday friends!  

We are ready to start a brand new challenge and we hope you will join in and play along with our fun "Roll 'Em" challenge.  

This week our amazing Design Team is featuring "Fall Fence" 

Marianne "rolled" 3 for Bling, 6 for Embossing, and 8 for 3 Buttons. 

I just love this project and especially like the twine tied to the side with the pretty embellishment.

Priscilla rolled 1 for Flowers, 4 for Ribbon, and 7 for Digital Image.

I love how Priscilla tore the edges of the paper around the letters.  

Jackie rolled 4 for Ribbon, 7 for Digital Image, and 8 for 3 Buttons. 

I love the way the digi stamp is framed by the beautiful sparkly leaves.  And Jackie's coloring on the image is fantastic!

Miranda rolled  0 for Kraft, 5 for Distressing, and 8 for 3 buttons.

I love the shape of this project and absolutely love how Miranda shows a completely different way to color the image.  Such a soft and water color look.

 

Darlene rolled 1 for flowers, 2 for using at least 2 layers, and 7 for Digital Image

The flowers in pretty Fall colors really finish off this project perfectly.  And I love the sparkly centers.  

And last is my project.  I promised to share the project I made using my tutorial that I shared on Tuesday.  If you missed my "Squash Card" tutorial you can find it here.  The only change I made from the tutorial is that I folded down the front part of the square to reveal the inside folds.

I rolled 3 for Bling, 4 for Ribbon, and 7 for Digi Image.

And a photo to show the card folded open. 

Now it's your turn!!!!  Just use the Random Number Generator in our sidebar.  Type in 0 for the minimum number and 9 for the maximum number.  Click "Generate" and make note of your numbers.  Repeat the process two more times so you end up with 3 numbers.  Don't cheat!!!  You will ruin all the fun!  It really is so fun to see what you can create with three random ingredients.

Roll 'em 

(Use the Random.org number generator to pick your products, roll at least three times)

1 – Use FLOWERS of some sort

2 – 2 Layers

3 – BLING

4 – Ribbon/Trim/Twine or Lace

5 – Distressing

6 – Embossing

7 – Digital Image

8 – 3 Buttons

9 – NO Patterned Paper

0 – Kraft Paper

Please be sure to follow these simple rules...

Challenge Rules:
1. Link directly to your blog post entry,NOT your entire blog.
2. Shelly's Images are NOT required (but we'd LOVE to see them).
3. New projects ONLY ... NO back linking.
4. Your entry must follow the theme. Blog posts must specify the numbers you rolled and the items you used on your project.
5. Only FIVE entries per challenge PLEASE. Any additional entries will be deleted in an effort to keep our challenge fair for all participants.
6. Challenge entry ends at 12:00 Noon (CST) on the Wednesday, November 14th 2012.

7. Please turn word verification off at your blog if you would enjoy a comment from us. It is just too time consuming to type in word verification at each challenge entry. Thank you for understanding.

TTT Challenge Winner - Spooky!!!

Yiiiiiiikes!  So many scary, spooky, creepy, and crawly projects were entered in our challenge.  Thanks so much for all of the inspiring projects!

We have changed our challenge awards a little and we hope you love our new blog badges for our winners to display at their blogs.  We will now award a $6 gift voucher to our "Beary" Favorite project as chosen by our amazing Design Team and I.  We will also award two additional "Top 3" awards to our challenge favorites.

Our "Beary" Favorite project is Suzanne from Scrap Bitz.

Suzanne, we just absolutely loved how you turned this vintage digi into a "spooky" project.  We loved all of the details on your project and as always your coloring is just amazing.   I will be emailing you very soon with your $6 gift voucher.  Please also be sure to grab your "Beary" Favorite badge here.

We also have two more awards to round out our Top 3 for this challenge.  These awards go to Ann Marie from My Eclectic Spirit  and Lucy from Lucy Loves Scrapping!

Ann Marie, we just loved the layout and textures on this adorable card.  I know how proud my kids always are when they come home with a bag full of candy and you can just sense that in this cute stamp.

Lucy, so many fun embellishments on this project and the scalloped circle mat really brings focus to the cute stamp.  And I love how you colored this image with the green hair to make her look like she is all dressed up for Halloween. 

 Ann Marie and Lucy please be sure to grab your Top 3 badge here.

Thanks again to everyone who entered our challenge.  Your creativity always inspires us.    If you didn't win today please be sure to visit www.shellysimages.com and click "Monthly Digi Giveaway".  Then just enter your name and email address to enter for our October giveaway.  Be sure to enter once each month for your chance to win.  

Our new challenge has already begun.  Come join us for our "Spooky" challenge.

Squash Fold Card Tutorial

Hi everyone!  Happy Tuesday!!!

Tuesday means it is time again for a Tutorial here at Shelly's Images and today I thought I would show you how to make this super simple "Squash Fold" card.  

This card can easily be made into any square measurement.  I happen to have both 5 x 5 and 6 x 6 square envelopes so I chose to make a 6 x 6 card for this tutorial.  **Don't forget...it costs more to send square cards**

For my 6 x 6 squash fold card I am starting with a 12 x 12 inch piece of card stock.  For a 5 x 5 squash fold card begin with a 10 x 10 inch piece of card stock.  My card stock is Bazzill Yam.
Score at 6 inches.  For a 5 x 5 card score at 5 inches.

Now turn the paper and score at 6 inches (or 5 inches for a 5 x 5 card).  Your paper should now have 4 equal sections scored.

We are ready now to score diagonally from one corner of our card stock to the opposite corner.  Only make ONE diagonal score.  For the 6 inch card it is a little hard to fit it on the score tool.  So here I have lined up one corner at the top with the middle score line. 

Now carefully fold the card open and score from one corner to the middle point.   

 Repeat the last step for the other corner so you end up with one full score line going from one corner to the opposite corner.

 Now fold along each score line and use the bone folder tool to make a nice fold.  Unfold and repeat for all score lines.

 To fold our squash fold card just fold in the sections that are made with the diagonal score.  The diagonal score will meet in the center.

 Here is another picture that shows the card folding closed.

Be sure to check back on Thursday to see my finished squash card and all of the other wonderful projects from our DT. 

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial today.  And I hope you will try one of these fun folded cards!

TTT Challenge Winners - Tic Tac Toe

Thanks so much to everyone who played along for our Tic Tac Toe game.  It is truly one of my favorite challenges and we got so many wonderful entries.  The DT worked hard again this week to come up with our favorite 3.  This week's winners are....

The Gold Medal Award winner is Rina from Scrapbook Fashionista.

Rina, the DT and I were completely in awe at this project.  I have truly never seen an explosion box more beautiful than this one.  Aaaamazing!  I am sure the bride and groom who receive this will treasure it.  I will be emailing you very soon with your $6 gift voucher.  Please also be sure to grab your Gold Medal Badge here.

Our Silver Medal Award winner is Lyndsey from Handmade with Love, Gems and Pretty Things.

Lyndsey, your project was one of my personal favorites and I was so pleased when it was also a favorite with the DT.  The colors you used are just so striking.  And the gems and beautiful flower just finish it off perfectly.  Love, love, love this project.   Please be sure to grab the silver medal badge to display at your blog.  You can find your badge here.

And, Our Bronze Medal Award winner is Jenny from Dragonllew's Spot.

Jenny...sometimes simple is just better and that is definitely the case with your beautiful project.   We loved the soft colors, lace, and beautiful corner embellishment.  Please be sure to grab the bronze medal badge to display at your blog.  You can find your badge here.

Thanks again to everyone who entered our challenge.  Your creativity always inspires us.    If you didn't win today please be sure to visit www.shellysimages.com and click "Monthly Digi Giveaway".  Then just enter your name and email address to enter for our October giveaway.  Be sure to enter once each month for your chance to win.  

Our new challenge has already begun.  Come join us for our "Spooky" challenge.

SPOOKY - TTT Challenge

Hello to all and welcome back to another fun challenge here at Shelly's Images!  

As you know, Halloween is right around the corner and Shelly has 'brewed' up some fabulous images for us to use on our Halloween creations.  

Today's challenge theme is:

S-P-O-O-K-Y

(interpret as you will)

and the design team has created some AMAZING projects using Shelly's "LOVE POTION" image.  You'll want to get your hands on this image ... another FABULOUS set!

LOVE POTION SET

Now for some amazing inspiration from the Shelly's Images design team!  I don't know about you, but I just LOVE seeing all the unique creations using the exact same image ... what fun!

MIRANDA

AMANDA

 DARLENE

JACKIE

MARIANNE

PRISCILLA

 SAMMI

 MIN

WOW!  Now that should help get your "SPOOK" on!  

We look forward to seeing YOUR "SPOOKY" creations and we'd appreciate you following our few simple rules (shown in the sidebar).  Most of all, we hope you have FUN!!