Copic coloring

May the beauty of the season bring you joy

December 20, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

I decided to bake for my mom and bro this year because I know they no longer take part in this holiday tradition, and I wanted to send them some Christmas cheer. So I made peanut-butter-chocolate-chip cookies, cracker candy, and caramel apple fudge and packaged it all up with some mulling spices for cider. Then I made this card to tuck in with it all and sent it on its merry way.

Here is a closeup shot so you can see the glitter on the berries.

Product/technique notes

The gorgeous poinsettia stamp is by Stampendous, and I enjoyed coloring it with Copic markers. The sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts. The patterned papers are from the American Crafts 6×6 Kringle & CO pad.

Happy 50th birthday to my friend Jim

November 6, 2016 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

Jim and I have been friends since the day we met in the first week of our freshman year of college. And today he’s turning 50! I just had to stamp and color a special card for him.

Happy birthday, my dear friend.

Product/technique notes

The main image is a stamp by Hampton Arts, which I thoroughly enjoyed coloring with Copic markers. The background stamp is by Hero Arts. And the yellow-orange banner is embossed with a wood grain design.

Congratulations card: Grab life by the beans

October 21, 2014 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

Not every card we send needs to be sweet, right? This one has just a little attitude.

I’ll admit that I don’t make enough cards to send to people I love. I plan to make and mail them, but I usually wait too long and then the moment passes. But not this time!

My brother just went through the frustrating process of searching for a new job. Happily, he was offered and accepted a new position that he started today, and I couldn’t be happier for or prouder of him. New beginnings are so wonderful…

Product/technique notes

I used a few stamps from the “Cyber cafe” set from Paper Smooches, colored the coffee cup with Copic markers and embellished with paper from Little Yellow Bicycle.

Valentine rose

February 15, 2013 By Janice Daquila-Pardo Leave a Comment

I really enjoyed making this Valentine's card for my mommy!

When it came time to make a Valentine’s Day card for my mommy, I pulled out this big rose stamp and started coloring with my Copic markers. As a beginner with Copics, I found this image very fun and satisfying to color. The shading marks provided in the design of the stamp really helped me with making my color-shading decisions, something I continue to struggle with because I lack true art training. But I’m quite happy with how the shading came out on this one, and it was fun!

Now, cutting out this image was another story. Oi! Note to self: Next time you want to use this stamp, do yourself a favor and plan to leave the background intact.

I then created a matching background with Distress Inks and watercolor paper. A lace clear stamp by My Mind’s Eye completed the look.

Just because card

November 22, 2012 By Janice Daquila-Pardo 1 Comment

First things first, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the US!

I decided to participate in the challenge at A Blog Named Hero to use one of your old cards to inspire you to make a new one, with a different style.

I wanted to create a card with a detailed fall scene in the foreground and a swirl of fall colors in the background. So I clear embossed the background stamp on white cardstock and then swirled distress inks in fall colors over it. I colored and cut out the little scene with the kitty beside the house to imitate my brother’s home and furkid, and I will send this little “just because” card to them!

I wanted to create a fall scene with an abstract background, so I clear embossed the background stamp and then swirled distress inks in fall colors over it.

Here is the card I made back in April that I used for inspiration on my new one. As you can see, I used the same background stamp for a similar embossed resist look on my new card, but the two results are quite different!

I wanted to let the background on this card get most of the focus, so I kept the other elements understated.

Product/technique notes:
All the stamps are by Hero Arts; I colored the detail images with Copic markers; and I did the embossed resist technique in the background with Tim Holtz distress inks.

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