Good Morning!! I hope you are all enjoying a long Columbus Day Weekend! This morning I wanted to just pop in to direct you to Becca Feeken's newest blog post.
She has a fabulous video tutorial on how to make the Christmas Tree Favor Boxes using our O Christmas Tree Stamp Set from her release post.
Enjoy your Day!!
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(Instructions for project shown above can be found HERE).
Do you want to take your coloring and shading to the next level? Learn all the tricks and tips to stepping up your coloring of any kind of images -- whether they are hand drawn or stamped -- colored with pencils, dye-based markers or Copic alcohol based markers with this new guide Shadows & Shading: A Beginner's Buide to Lighting Placement by Marianne Walker, Copic's U.S. Product Specialist:
We now have it in stock at our webstore and shipping!
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This week's JustRite Friday Challenge 053 is a technique challenge -- to make your own dimensional handmade flower embellishment for your papercrafted project using JustRite stamps!
Our prize sponsor this week is Spellbinders Paper Arts -- we know how much you love Spellbinders dies that coordinate so well with JustRite's stamps and JustRite is proud to be a Spellbinders Preferred Partner Company! You can always find fabulous tutorials using Spellbinders' dies over at their company blog, many of which I am sure include making your own flower embellishments!
Spellbinders has TONS of wonderful dies to help you make flower embellishments quick and easy and to provide some inspiration, guidance and tutorials to help you out with this challenge, these designers have challenge samples to share today . . .
Sherry Cheever, Spellbinders Blog Team member, has this gorgeous card to inspire you, with links to her tutorial on how to create her gorgeous dimensional flowers! Sherry stamped her flowers with our Friendship Blooms cling stamp set and then die cut them with the coordinating Spellbinders Blossoms Three dies:
Amy Sheffer, Stampers Dream Team member, designed this sweet card also using Friendship Blooms. Amy also has a tutorial on her blog on how to create her charming flowers:
Heidi Blankenship, JustRite and Spellbinders Blog design team member, created this beautiful card using our Fancy Frames cling stamp set . . . AND has a video tutorial on how to create these sweet rolled roses on her blog HERE!
Sharon Harnist designed this scrapbook page of her daughter, using JustRite's Myriad Pro 50-pt Font that fits perfectly in Spellbinders new Banner Basics die sets (there are three different sets to choose from)! Sharon also has a stepped-out tutorial on her blog on how to create her flower embellishment, using Spellbinders Classic Circle Nestabilities!
This week's grand prize challenge winner will receive these Spellbinders die templates so generously donated by Spellbinders (Banner Basics One and Ribbon Tag Trio Three):
AND our Myriad Pro 50-pt Font, for a grand prize package valued at almost $55.00!!
Two of the cling stamps in our Forever Friends stamp set match two of the dies in the Ribbon Tag Trio Three set!
Three honorable mention winners will each receive our brand new Forever Friends cling stamp set just introduced last week, valued at $19.95!
CHALLENGE RULES:
You will need to use JustRite stamps on your projectand upload it to an online blog, gallery or photo hosting website. You may make and enter as many different projects as you'd like for our challenges. You will then need to link to your project back here on our blog post, using the linking system on this challenge post. Please make certain your link is directly to your project, not just your general blog home page or overall photo gallery, so we can find it easily. (Links that are spam, commercial in content, or are not linked properly/directly to your project will be deleted). If you choose to upload your project to www.Splitcoaststampers.com OR our Flickr gallery, please use the weekly challenge code (example:JRC_053 <== that's an underscore between the letters and numbers) in the keyword section of the Splitcoast project upload page or the tag section of the Flickr gallery.
You will have until Thursday, April 28 at 8:00am Centralto make your project and enter a link to it below. Winners will be chosen and announced later that day (Thursday, April 28) here on the JustRite Inspiration Blog. Please allow up to 4 weeks for delivery of your prizes. By entering our challenges, you grant JustRite Stampers permission to use your artwork here on our blog as well as our company website gallery (with designer credit given and your blog post or gallery linked) or any possible advertising.
We can't wait to see all of your floral embellished projects!
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Before we get started with our Friday Challenge, we wanted to make another new product announcement . . . JustRite is now carrying Tsukineko's fabulous full range of 24 Memento markers!
You can find them listed in our web store HERE. These wonderful markers come in all the same great Memento water-based dye ink colors as the ink pads and have dual tips on each marker -- brush tip for coloring and bullet tip for fine details and writing.
Today's technique challenge is Direct To Rubber, which is the act of getting more than one color onto your rubber stamp and thereby creating a multi-colored stamped image in only one stamping. This can be accomplished in a few different ways, the first of which is with these fabulous Memento markers!
Simply color different parts of the rubber stamp with different marker colors. Here, I used Rose Bud and Grape Jelly Memento Markers to color the swirly large oval label in this brand new Heart to Heart JustRite Original stamp set (this set just arrived in our warehouse, we'll be formally introducing it next Wednesday, and it will begin shipping next week!):
Since coloring a whole rubber stamp can take just a little while, the first of your coloring may begin to dry and not stamp a good image. So after coloring the stamp with the marker colors of your choice, you can either "huff" (blow your breath onto the marker, as if you were trying to fog up a mirror) to rewet the ink OR you can VERY lightly mist a little water onto the stamp -- Do this from a good 12-inch or more distance with a very fine mist sprayer and I find spraying from further away, into the air and then moving your stamp through the water spray in the air, works well. Too much water will cause the ink to run and smear when you stamp it. On the stammped image above, I huffed, and on the stamped image below, I misted it with water:
Another way to achieve a multi-colored image Direct To Rubber is with the Rock-N-Roll technique:
Simply ink your stamp with one color of ink and then with another color of ink pad, place the edge of the stamp onto the ink pad and "rock" just the edges of your stamp around the surface of the ink pad. The result will be something like this:
So this week's challenge is to use one of these Direct To Rubber methods to color your stamped JustRite image with at least two colors of ink, in one stamping! Are you up for it? We hope so, because here's what you could win:
This week's grand prize winner will receive a full set of 24 Memento markers (a $60 retail value), AND:
Spellbinders Lacey Circles Nestabilities dies, and 3-1/4" Birthday Celebrations (an additional $37 retail value), for a total prize package valued at $97!
Three Honorable Mention winners will each receive:
Birthday Celebrations and FOUR Memento Marker colors of your choice (retail value of almost $27)!
These JustRite design team members have sample inspiration for you using some of these Direct To Rubber techniques. Please be sure to click on their hyperlinked names to be taken to their blog posts with full details:
Sharon Harnist used two colors of Memento markers on the new Heart to Heart large oval stamp set being debuted next week:
Michele Kovack used two different colors of red markers to color this sentiment from our 2" round JustRite Original You're So Sweet set:
Angela Barkhouse highlighted special words with different ink colors in this sentiment from our 3-1/4" JustRite Original Mother Nature's Gifts set:
CHALLENGE RULES:
You will need to use JustRite stamps on your project and upload it to an online blog, gallery or photo hosting website. You may make and enter as many different projects as you'd like for our challenges. You will then need to link to your project back here on our blog post, using the linking system on this challenge post. Please make certain your link is directly to your project, not just your general blog home page or overall photo gallery, so we can find it easily. (Links that are spam, commercial in content, or are not linked properly/directly to your project will be deleted). If you choose to upload your project to www.Splitcoaststampers.com OR our Flickr gallery, please use the weekly challenge code (example: JRC_049 <== that's an underscore between the letters and numbers) in the keyword section of the Splitcoast project upload page or the tag section of the Flickr gallery.
You will have until Thursday, March 3 at 8:00am Central to make your project and enter a link to it below. Winners will be chosen and announced later that day (Thursday, March 3) here on the JustRite Inspiration Blog. Please allow up to 4 weeks for delivery of your prizes. By entering our challenges, you grant JustRite Stampers permission to use your artwork here on our blog as well as our company website gallery (with designer credit given and your blog post or gallery linked) or any possible advertising.
We can't wait to see your projects using this technique!
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As promised, today we have another tutorial on coloring floral images from our Beautiful Day large oval stamp set. Design team member, Sharon Harnist, shares how to creatively use Copic markers to color "white" images. Since Copic doesn't make a white marker (the highly-pigmented ink would be too thick to flow through the marker tips), Sharon shares her tips for coloring things white with Copic markers:
I used the Snowdrop and Lily images from this stamp set (click on images for a larger view):
In my two samples above, both stamped with Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Copic’s X-Press It Blending Card, I used two different ways to color objects white. The first method is to start with a very pale (quad 0) marker color as a base coat on the flowers and then add the deeper shades of color to the centers of the flowers. Here, I used R0000, R81, R83 and R85 to make these Lilies resemble my favorite Star Gazers:
(Greens used were YG03 & YG17). You can also use the Colorless Blender marker to remove color from the outer edges of the flowers, to make them appear even whiter. But I find starting with the R0000 gives a better, less streaky blend than the Colorless Blender:
The second method is to add shading to your white object -- after all, even white things have shadows to them, just like colors do! Shading will make the white of your object "pop" and appear even whiter!
In my second example above, I used C1 and C3 to shade the flowers:
If I hadn't added any shading to the white flowers, this is what they would have looked like:
A bit dull & lifeless, right?!! Another tip to coloring white things is to place as much color around the white object(s) as possible -- this will give more life to your project. As you can see in my second example, there are a lot of greens around the white flowers (YG03, YG17, YG63), the pink bow (R81, R83, R85), and I airbrushed the background of the image with Copic Y32. All these things draw your eye to the white flowers and make them the center of attention!
If you have done all of your coloring and then realize you need some white highlights, but forgot to allow for them, or removing color with the Colorless Blender isn't an option, Copic does make an Opaque White "paint" (more like a thick ink, shown in the photo above) that can be applied to your artwork. Here's a closeup of how I used it on the centers of these Crocus from The Greatest Joy:
We hope you have enjoyed our coloring tutorials this week. We'll be back next week with more, using a brand new product to the JustRite web store!
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It may be the dead of winter and a huge nationwide winter storm outside, but here at the JustRite Inspiration blog, it's a beautiful day! We'll be sharing some coloring tips today, using one of our new JustRite Original Ribbed florals, A Beautiful Day large oval stamp set:
JustRite design team member Debbie Olson prepared this video, sharing her tips for Copic coloring the Irises in this stamp set:
Here are some more design team samples, using A Beautiful Day stamp set:
Debbie also has this beautiful Copic colored bouquet of Snowdrops:
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Sharon Harnist also used the Iris image, Copic colored on solid patterned paper:
Kathy Jones also shares her pretty Copic colored Iris:
Kellie Fortin's pretty Copic colored yellow & pink Iris card:
Michele Kovack colored the Snowdrops from this stamp set with Copic markers and white pigment ink on kraft cardstock, then glittered the flowers:
We'll be back on Wednesday with another Copic coloring tutorial, using this beautiful stamp set!
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Welcome back to JustRite’s Friday Challenges! This year, since we know both you and we have very busy schedules this Spring, we’ve decided to try out a different schedule of hosting our challenges every other week, on the first and third Fridays of the month. You will have 1-1/2 weeks to make your project -- each challenge will end on the Wednesday (at midnight Central) before the next challenge is announced. You may enter as many different projects as you'd like, but you may win only one prize per challenge. We hope this will give you more time to plan and participate in our challenges!
With this new 2-week challenge timetable, our challenge prizes will be bigger and better this year (more on that below)! This week's challenge will have TWO Grand Prize winners and THREE Honorable Mentions! As a result, we have decided to end our Flickr Gallery prize distribution each Monday, effective immediately. You are still more than welcome to post your challenge entries and/or any other JustRite projects you make in our Flickr Gallery -- we love seeing all of your gorgeous work!
Today’s challenge is sponsored by Scor-Pal. If you are not familiar with Scor-Pal (but we bet you ARE!) or have any questions about their products, you can find some general basics about their fabulous scoring tools HERE and see all the products they carry HERE. This is one of their products you are probably most familiar with – the original Scor-Pal (available in both inches and metric measurements):
This year a new and improved Scor-Pal has debuted!
What is new? . . .
I personally have and use and LOVE both of these scoring tools and this newest mini-size sits right on my desktop next to my stamping space, immediately ready to place folds on my cards, or decorative touches to any smaller project:
Here’s how the Scor-Buddy compares in size to the original Scor-Pal:
Notice that fabulous self-healing cutting mat on my larger Scor-Pal? Now the Scor-Buddy has a mini mat to top it, too!
Are you ready to hear about this week’s prizes? Two Grand Prize challenge winners this week will each receive a Scor-Buddy with zippered storage pouch and Mini Self-Healing Cutting Mat ($26.95 combined retail value)!
In addition, those two Grand Prize winners will also receive our new JustRite Original ribbed Happy Everything Mini Tag Kit AND our new Fancy Tags cling set ($52.90 total retail value), for a total combined Grand Prize retail valued package each worth almost $80!
We're not done yet! We will also give away to THREE Honorable Mention winners our new You Inspire Me cling stamp set ($19.95 value)!!
How's that for starting off the new year of our challenges with a big bang?!!
For your chance to win one of these fabulous prize packages, all you need to do is make a project that has scoring used on it . . . either decorative scoring or scoring used to create a project (other than just a fold on a card!).
You can find many tutorials and tons of inspiration for this scoring challenge on the Projects page of Scor-Pal’s website.
I had already worked out my own dimensions for the sticky note cover (shown above) that I showed you on this post a few weeks ago and then just yesterday found similar instructions in Scor-Pal’s November 2010 project E-Zine here! Their instructions are for a sturdier version, with paper-covered chipboard covers, and include a cute gift box for the sticky note cover, too -- so check that out!
Here's a new sticky note cover I made for today's challenge, using our large oval JustRite Original ribbed stamp set, The Greatest Joy:
Here's how I created the base for my 3" square sticky note cover:
Start with a piece of heavy-weight cardstock measuring 7-1/2" x 3-1/2". Score 3-1/2" from each end (first score from the left side, then turn the cardstock around and score again 3-1/2" from the other end):
Then cover the outside with patterned papers and stamped image. You can find more finishing details, including the Copic-colored crocus flower center, at my personal blog, PaperFections.
Scor-Pal designer, Valerie Stangle, has graciously made these beautiful samples for today’s challenge, using our 1-5/8" round Just A Note borders and centers. A wonderful peek-a-boo gift box full of tags that can be used for any occasion, all year long!
You can find full details and all the instructions on how Val created her tags and beautiful box over at her blog today. Thanks so much for your gorgeous project, Val!
These JustRite designers also have fabulous scoring project inspiration for you today – be sure to click on their hyperlinked names to be taken to their blog posts with full details of their projects:
CHALLENGE RULES:
You will need to use JustRite products for your project and upload it to an online blog, gallery or photo hosting website. You may make and enter as many different projects as you'd like for our challenges. You will then need to link to your project back here on our blog post, using the linking system on this challenge post. Please make certain your link is directly to your project, not just your general blog home page or overall photo gallery, so we can find it easily. (Links that are spam, commercial in content, or are not linked properly/directly to your project will be deleted). If you choose to upload your project to www.Splitcoaststampers.com OR our Flickr gallery, please use the weekly challenge code (example: JRC_046 <== that's an underscore between the letters and numbers) in the keyword section of the Splitcoast project upload page or the tag section of the Flickr gallery.
You will have until Thursday, January 20 at 8:00am Central to make your project and enter a link to it below. Winners will be chosen and announced on Thursday, January 20th here on the JustRite Inspiration Blog. Please allow up to 4 weeks for delivery of your prizes. By entering our challenges, you grant JustRite Stampers permission to use your artwork here on our blog as well as our company website gallery (with designer credit given and your blog post or gallery linked) or any possible advertising.
We can't wait to see your scoring technique projects!
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