Copic In The Craft Room

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Michelle

Additional photos for wing layout

I forgot to include the additional photos of my wing layout so thought I would add them now. Here is a closer look at the wing before any layers end up on top of the inky layers.

Here is a tighter look at some of the doodling, notice there is an area that appears to be unfinished, I knew where my photo collage was going to sit so I gave my hand a break and did not cover the entire are with small doodles.

And here is a closer look at that gold butterfly and some details.

Thanks for taking a second peek at this layout. It was a pleasure to create and to share! Remember to peek at the other wing artist’s work at Get It Scrapped HERE.

Happy Thursday!

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Michelle

Wings on Scrapbook Pages

Every time I do an artistic layout for Get It Scrapped I think this is it! I think this might be my all time favorite! SO then you ask why do you not just do these all the time? Welllll time? They do take a little more time or maybe a lot more time but boy are the end results worth it 🙂 In the midst of my tutorial at Rubbermoon and Copic Craft Room share that went up yesterday I also had a page posted at Get It Scrapped in an article about using wind details on your layouts. It is a new trend in fashion to have magnified wing, like bird and butterfly, details creating pattern and texture into a fabric. Being on top of current trends the Creative Team took the challenge to see if we could add these lovely looks onto our pages. I would say the group was highly successful! Here is my contribution.

She Has Wings by Michelle Houghton | supplies: cardstock; Colorbok, watercolor paper; Strathmore, spray ink; Ranger, ink pens; Sharpie and Faber-Castell, lettering; hand drawn cut with Brother Scan and Cut, sequins and butterfly; Jenni Bowlin

I have done the photo collaging technique before with the girls playing on the playground. This time I was catching Sara in each position moving across the bars I was just so excited to have captured the one mid-flight! The wing itself is a mish-mosh of mixed media. I started with stencils and ink mists on watercolor paper. Then I added a layer of gesso in certain areas (which I just realized I did not include in the supplies YIKES!) I painted over the bottom right circle and then gave the first outline of the wing in a broad brush stroke of gesso. The gesso re-liquifies ends up adding tints of the colors lying beneath into the gesso. Lastly I divide up the sections and add detailed doodling into the wings. The title was cut with my Scan and Cut, I scanned my handwriting and then cut it out of white cardstock and then to finish the layout added a sprinkling of gold sequins and the gorgeous gold butterfly.

To see the rest of the beautiful wing detail inspiration check out the full article HERE.

Hope everyones weather is smiling at them today!

Happy Wednesday!

Posted on June 10, 2014June 10, 2014 by Michelle

RubberMoon and Copic In the Craft Room

Welcome back me! I have been out of town for a week visiting the beautiful Levenworth, Washington area with my Mom and Dad. We had a spectacular week with Pike’s Place market, river rafting, horseback riding, hiking, shopping and lots of spectacular food! The weather could not have been more beautiful and we soaked in the family time!

SO being out of town now I have a little catch up work to do! BUT first let’s start with what is going live today! I have 2 tidbits to share that popped up on the internet today. The first is a new tutorial over at RubberMoon. I have to say it have been fun getting some stamp time in again. It had been way too long and RubberMoon stamps are beautiful and lend themselves to creativity. For this particular tutorial I decided to do a little cleaning and playing all in one. Check out the details HERE.

Then I was featured in a little post at the Copic in the Craft Room Facebook page. You can check it out HERE. The work that was featured was the Bokeh technique that I used for a layout at Get It Scrapped. You can see that particular article HERE and If you want to see my post about how it was created check HERE.

Posted on May 30, 2014May 29, 2014 by Michelle

Get It Scrapped Creative Team 2014

Thanks for helping us to celebrate our announcement of the 2014-2015 Get It Scrapped Creative Team. Here’s a list of the things we have going on in conjunction with our Creative Team Announcement:

GUESS WHO CT TRIVIA (May 30-Jun 2)

Join us in the forums and help us celebrate the announcement of our awesome new team! We’ll have a few rounds of CT trivia going on throughout the weekend to help you get to know our team a little better. And thanks to current team member Amanda Robinson of Amanda Robinson Studio and team alumni, Jana Morton of Pixels2Passion we’ve got some fabulous prizes for a few lucky winners.

INSTAGRAM PHOTO CHALLENGE (May 30-Jun 30)

That’s right Get It Scrapped is now on Instagram and we’re kicking things off with our first ever photo challenge! We’re providing you with 25 prompts based on some of our favorite Get It Scrapped articles from the past year. Use the prompts to inspire some fun photos or even your next scrapbook page, then share it with us on Instagram using the prompt’s hashtag as well as #getitscrapped.

All photos uploaded before July 1, 2014 will be entered to win a lovely handmade camera strap cover from team alumni Leah Farquharson of Bluebird Chic, LLC!

Click here to print the list of photo prompts + contest rules and get snappin’!

GIS MEMBERSHIP PROMO (May 30-Jun2)

All who have signed up for a free membership at Get It Scrapped by June 2nd, will also get Scrapbook Your Story free. Register today and look for “Scrapbook Your Story” added to your Get It Scrapped membership on Wednesday, June 3rd at 9am ET. It will be in the last column of the Your Materials page of the Get It Scrapped membership.

Happy Instagraming and Trivia Hunting!

Posted on May 28, 2014May 27, 2014 by Michelle — 2 Comments

Rubbermoon and Copic Journal Cover

Welcome to my blog for another quick peek at some beautiful Rubbermoon stamps and coloring with Copic markers. I am going to give you all the steps and the colors I used but remember you can always substitute and if you have questions about what might work you can post a question in the comments and I will let you know!

I started with a simple paper journal that I painted with Gesso. This is going to change my coloring surface and make the Copics look very different. Then I used Momento ink to stamp both “Lovely Loft House” by Dave Brethauer and “Spread the Love” by Kae Pea. When stamping on Gesso you will want to heat set your ink OR wait several hours before working. You will see on my art where I did not wait and ended up with some smearing.

Here are all the Copics I used B95, B99, R83, R89, E15, Y11, Y17, Y35, BG93, BG99, G24, G28, E07 and a 0.3 Multiliner.

Then I added one more marker, a wide Copic B32. I decided to keep it very loose and color the sky with this broad Copic.

Next are the little birds, I started with Both the R83 and R89 I colored in the small hearts.

Then I went back in with the R83 to create a little smoother blend. On the Gesso it won’t be totally smooth but more painterly. ** Special note when using Copic markers on top of other mediums or surfaces you might pick up other inks, paints or mediums on your nibs. It is easy to take of, just scrub them off on scratch paper as you work. If they happen to dry you can always change them, but is easy to clean as you go and not ave the extra cost.

The rest of the little birds get colored with E15 on the bodies and E07 for the bellies and wings. The tiny beaks get a touch of Y35.

The Loft House is next and I am starting with the bulk of the building and working with BG99 to start.

Coming in from the opposite side with BG93 and flicking the color into the darker shade. It is easy to see how easily the Copics blend on top of the gesso on this step. Even with colors that are extremes from light to dark.

Use Y11 and Y17 to add light and welcome to the windows and door. I started with the dark first and flicked in the lighter color.

Small brick, roof and shutter details with B99 and B95, no blending here just coloring.

I wanted to add a chorus and verse from the song “Three Little Birds” by Bob Marley. For a fun easy lettering technique I added wavy lines with a Copic Multiliner.

Then I remembered I wanted to add ground under my house so it is not floating so I added scribbly grass with a G28.

I added some G24 in the same scribbly fashion into the grass as well.

To finish I added the words to the song. I allowed the letters to stretch and shrink according to the lines.

My journal is ready for creating or for gifting. Someone might need a smile and a “don’t worry” message today. Thank you so much for stopping by today! Make sure to check the recent art work at Rubbermoon as well. There have been some amazing posts over the past week with paper dolls made from pieces of stamped images with doodling, intuitive painting, and shrinky dink jewelry that I guarantee my daughter’s and I will be trying this summer!

Happy Wednesday!