Posted on February 27, 2015February 27, 2015 by Michelle

Copic: Second quarter is opening up and classes are filling up!

Look out, Copic Certifications and Workshops are popping up all over the nation! Check out the latest updated list!

Workshops:

Detroit, MI – February 27th – More Faces & Hair // Vintage Values & Monotones with Debbie Olsen
Detroit, MI – February 28th – Dress for Success: Clothing & Accessories with Debbie Olsen
Calgary, Alberta – March 6th – More Faces & Hair // Vintage Values & Monotones with Sherrie Siemens
Calgary, Alberta – March 7th – Dress for Success: Clothing & Accessories: with Sherrie Siemens
St. Louis, MO March 13th – More Faces and Hair//Vintage Values & Monotones with Michelle Houghton ME!
St. Louis, MO March 14th – Dress for Success: Clothing & Accessories with Michelle Houghton ME!
New Orleans, LA March 29th – Coloring Flowers with Copics with Marianne Walker
New Orleans, LA March 29th – Line Art with Marianne Walker
Phoenix, AZ April 10th – More Faces and Hair//Vintage Values & Monotones with Cindy Lawrence
Phoenix, AZ April 11th – Dress for Success: Clothing & Accessories with Cindy Lawrence
Charlotte, NC April 17th -More Faces and Hair//Vintage Values & Monotones with Debbie Olsen
Charlotte, NC April 18th -Dress for Success: Clothing & Accessories with Debbie Olsen
Orlando, FL April 17th – More Faces and Hair//Vintage Values & Monotones with Lori Craig
Orlando, FL April 18th -Dress for Success: Clothing & Accessories with Lori Craig
Harrison, NJ April 17th -More Faces and Hair//Vintage Values & Monotones with Cindy Lawrence
Harrison, NJ April 18th -Dress for Success: Clothing & Accessories with Cindy Lawrence
Indianapolis, IN April 24th – More Faces and Hair//Vintage Values & Monotones with Michelle Houghton ME!
Indianapolis, IN April 25th – Dress for Success: Clothing & Accessories with Michelle Houghton ME!

I could just squeel with excitement, that is an awful lot of colorful goodness all stacked up if you want more of the details make sure to check the new Imagination International Inc. website with all the details and for goodness sake get yourself signed up! HERE The full list of classes is there just remember that some are not quite ready for registration. Sign up for e-mail notifications, check back here or even at our wonderful Facebook Page Copic in the Craft Room! So much colorful goodness happening there.

You will note one special addition above. The FABULOUS Marianne Walker has added two classes to her business trip to New Orleans. These two classes are very limited and Marianne is the only one teaching them so catch her if you can!

Certifications:

Dallas, TX March 6th and 7th – Standard and Intermediate Certification with Debbie Olson
Chicago, IL March 13th and 14th – Standard and Intermediate Certification with Lori Craig
Hanover, MD March 20th and 21st – Standard and Intermediate Certification with Cindy Lawrence
Portland, OR March 20th and 21st – Standard and Intermediate Certification with Sherrie Siemens

There are not as many of these classes being offered this year so snatch the up if they in a town near you, or one that you can travel towpath some ease. There is a full listing and description at the Imagination International Inc. Website on these as well. Check them out HERE

Happy coloring! Hope to see you at one of the workshops!

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Michelle

Winner!

Random.org just helped me select a number! #14 you win!

Debbie McKelvey please shoot me an e-mail (you can click on the envelope in the group of icons at the top of my right hand column) with your address and we will send you a new Copic T-shirt!

Thank you everyone for stopping by this weekend and welcoming Jennifer to our Copic team!

Happy Colorful Monday!

Posted on February 6, 2015February 6, 2015 by Michelle — 26 Comments

A Colorful Copic Welcome!

It’s our pleasure to welcome Jennifer Dove to the Copic Fine Art Teacher Team!

What exactly is the Fine Art Teaching Team and what will Jennifer be doing with Copic? Well, the Fine Art Teaching Team is made up of a number of professional artists and instructors who travel across the country demoing and teaching at fine art stores and art schools. Jennifer has already been busy booking demos and classes in her area!

Jennifer has been using Copics since 2010 and her passion and enthusiasm are apparent to everyone she works with. As an artist by nature, Jennifer is currently busy teaching Copic Boot Camp retreats, working on her own DoveArt Designs stamp line, and designing in mixed media, jewelry making, card making and altered arts. She also has a number of video classes available with Annie’s Publishing. She is very excited to be adding this new teaching venture into her line-up.

We know that Jennifer will ROCK THE SOCKS OFF of those art schools and stores and we are so thrilled to be able to welcome her to the Copic teaching family.

To see more of Jennifer’s work, check out her blog at just4funcrafts.blogspot.com
In celebration of Jennifer’s joining us, we want to give YOU a chance to celebrate too. Our current Papercrafting Teacher Team has joined up for a welcome hop and we are EACH giving away a Copic T-Shirt to one lucky winner. Make sure to add a comment on this blog post to be entered to win. I will cut off entries midnight Eastern Sunday, February 8th and will announce the winner Monday evening!

Visit the blogs below for your chance to win & make sure to stop by Jennifer’s Blog and give her a big welcome!

Lori Craig
Jennifer Dove
Michelle Houghton <<<YOU ARE HERE
Cindy Lawrence
Debbie Olson
Colleen Schaan
Sherrie Siemens
Marianne Walker

And here is a little Copic fun to send you on your way. I created this card this past week with the color challenge #14 over at My Favorite Things.

Supplies: cardstock; Bazzill Basics, doily; Bo Bunny, image; My Favorite Things, sequins; Jenni Bowlin, ink; Copic C3, (colors used E35, E37, R000, R01, R20, YG000, YG01, YG13, B60, B63, B66)

Hope you have a happy, colorful weekend!

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Michelle — 1 Comment

Merry Christmas!

Wishing all of you a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! From a very sunny Arizona!

Just this week I had a very special layout post over at Gt It Scrapped. We were sharing layouts about our holiday mentors. I chose my mom as my mentor, she is the one who showed me how to celebrate the holidays fro certain!

Traditions of Joy by Michelle Houghton | Supplies: papers and diets; SEI, sticker letters; My Mind’s Eye, Pink Paisley and Basic Grey, ink; Ranger and Copic, brads; Doodle Bug Design, paper clip; Freckled Fawn, lace flower; Prima

I have this wonderful small group of old photos from my Grandmother that every once and a while I delve into them. This assignment seemed to scream for such a photo search. I found this one of my Mom and I from MANY moons ago. I love it and it is so wonderful to be able to do a special page to feature her! I had this collection of papers from SEI that seemed to be made for the photo and figured out how to cut up one sheet to create several of the layers. The brown dotted paper that is the large border around the blue bird paper and around the photo is actually the reverse side to the bird paper so you can imagine I was pushing some of the cuts quite close.

I have built up a just right pile of trims and embellishments these days so I ruffled through my stash and found all the do-dads to add the fun details. You can see some more mentor layouts HERE

I just sent out a newsletter regarding all the first quarter Copic classes. There are many workshops, standard and intermediate certifications now open for enrollment! Check HERE for the current classes open! I will send out another note to may subscribers as the second quarter starts registering! If you would like to be on that mailing list sign up over in the right hand sidebar. Later this week you can get a sneaky peek of some of the images we will be coloring! I also have a tutorial going over Copic marker cleaning over at Get It Scrapped that you might like to check out. I will share a little more later this week as well.

Merry Christmas!

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Michelle

Big News!

It’s time to share some exciting news! My artwork has been published in the new Cards To Canvas book written by Colleen Schaan and published by Annie’s, publisher of the popular CardMaker magazine. Cards To Canvas is a book designed for crafters who want to LEARN some stamping and cardmaking techniques, DABBLE in some mixed media fun, and then APPLY those techniques and mediums to canvas wall art (or desk art)!

The 80-page book includes a wide range of product information, step-by-step illustrated instructions for each technique, and 26 beautiful full-color projects (with instructions) that showcase a wide variety of products and techniques. Some of the topics include: mark-making, stamping and doodling, collage, embossing and adding texture, adding color, faux finishes, and creating backgrounds.

Projects range from whimsical to artsy to vintage and feature something for all skill levels. The team of talented designers include: Elizabeth Allan, Mindy Baxter, Karen Crossen, Jill Foster, Michelle Houghton, Vivian Keh, Kate Palmer, Sharon Parcel, and Rhea Weigand.

The book is available in either print or digital formats and can be purchased from many of your favorite crafting stores or online bookstores. Also available directly from Annie’s at: https://www.anniescatalog.com/detail.html?prod_id=114818&cat_id=129

The image at the top is the canvas I shared and here is the card that I created with the same techniques. I always love working with Colleen and it was so much fun to get inky and messy creating for her amazing book! You will have to check out the book to learn more about how each of them were created.

The other artwork in the book is truly beautiful and the artists are all very talented. To take a look at more of their wonderful talent here are links to all of their blogs.

Elizabeth Allan – http://www.studiosessionsart.blogspot.com/
Mindy Baxter – http://www.stampinmindy.net/
Karen Crossen – http://ijustneedmoreglue.blogspot.com/
Jill Foster – http://www.studiosessionsart.blogspot.com/
Coleen Schaan – http://www.distinctivetouches.com/
Vivian Keh – https://contadinak.wordpress.com/
Kate Palmer – http://www.sparkletart.com/
Sharon Parcel –http://www.campgramma.blogspot.com/

Rhea Weigand – http://passionatepapercreations.blogspot.com/