Spinner Card

      

HI! I have a fun card to show you today. I found the idea at Denas blog and I made a tutorial showing you how to do the same even tough you don´t have small stamps (or round stamps). I choose to have three different stamps at my card. To see them look in the end of the post.

To do this card you need: 

- Paper

- 3 stamps

- Brads

- Dies (Circle)

- Ribbon 

- Sticky Tape 

First we need three circles. I have used a XL QuickKutz die, and I have used the biggest circle. Your circle has to be smaller than your base on the card. My base was 6x6 inches and my circle a little bit smaller. The first circle I have cut out three of the main holes (it´s the same in the card). On the second one I have cut out three more, just one size smaller than the main hole. This is the one we are stamping inside, so it´s just a template. You can use just normal printing-paper for this one. The last one it the one that is the same as my colouring paper. This is the one I am colouring my stamps on.  

Now I just use sticky-tape to attach the one with the smallest circles and the one with my colouring paper on. Just to it on the sides. 

Ready to stamp. Find your stamps and your ink. 

Remember to cover to two holes with paper. I just used the circles that was cut out. 

When we are stamping we are always stamping in towards the middle. (This is at least if you want the opening on your card to be the same place mine is). 

Here you can see all of my stamps stamped in to my paper. Remember to cover the one you have done before you move on to the second stamp. They sometimes overlap. Before I removed my template I took my Copic-pen (0.3) and drew a line in the circles like they would look like little stamps with outlines. Then when you remove the template you will be able to see the outline. 

Here you can see. Now you should double check that everything is right in your card. 

To prepare the base I have a 6x6 inch in craft-paper. I take another circle in the biggest size just to do some measurements. IMPORTANT: A little piece on one side has to stick out for the person to be able to spinn the spinner. Now, place the template we made in the first step on top of the new circle to measure where the hole should be. Draw inside and remove the template. Than place you little circle-die on top and run it trough the machine. 

Here you can see mye card base prepared and my spinner. Now it´s just to do the colouring. 

All the stamps finished and all coloured in. You can see that I have made a mark in the middle. Place the circle on the top of your base again (you will still have your pencil marks), and place a needle trough the hole so that the middle is the same on your base and on your spinner. 

Decorate your card and use a little brad to attach your spinner to the base. 

IMPORTANT: The little brad can not get anything on top of it. So if you do like I did, just glue the flower on one side, but lat it cover two sided. Than decorate and finish up our card. 

As you can see I also ended up lifting Denas card. It was just so elegant and pretty. Thank you Dena.

Here you can see the spinner from the inside. Hope you managed to stay trough this tutorial.
Here is the stamps I have used: Racer Henry, Fireman Henry & Chef Henry. 

Hugs from Henrikke

Coloring with Copics; Warm Grey, Cool Grey or Natural Grey?

      

Hi everyone! I, Henrikke, got a new tutorial for you today and I also made a card so you can see what we are making. I am completly new to copics, I just started three months ago, but since I love colouring in my Whiff of Joy images I already see which one I am going to use the most. I love colouring Henry in grey so today I have a little tutorial for you showing you how to colour him in (for beginners like my self) and which grey colour to chose. Here is the card that I made with my finish Henry. I  have used my favorite Henry-stamp so fare, "Henry with rocking horse". 

So what we need to start with is your image, as I said mine is the new July Release Image Henry on rocking horse. I also have my copics and I have chosen to use three different grey this time: 

- Natural Grey: N0-N2-N4-N6

- Warm Grey: W1-W3-W5-W7

- Cool Grey: C1-C3-C5-C7

I also got my blender, but not to blend just to fix my mistakes. 

On this tutorial I am also using: 

- Brown: E49-E47-E44-E43

- Peach: E11-E01-E00-E000

- Hair on horse: E33-E35

First we got to do the rocking horse, but the reason I am showing you this here, is because it would be the same as if you wanted to colour your Henry in brown instead of grey. I start with E47. During the whole tutorial I will be using a flick technique (because I don´t really know any else!) 

Add E44 just a little bit over E47 and futher out. 

Add E43 just a little bit over E44 and futher out. 

Start over at the first step again, add E47. 

Add E44 just a little bit over E47 and futher out. 

Now we are adding the darkest one of them E49. Don´t go to fare in, you just want it do make a define shadow in the start. 

Add E47 again. 

Add E44 again. 

Go over with E43 all the way out to the edge. 

Finish the rest of your rocking horse. I also made the hair of the horse in E35 + E33. 

Now we are going to use the same technique to colour in Henry. For the main tutorial I have used the warm greys. Start with W7. I just do one area at the time, first his face and than the rest of his body. 

Go over again with W5. 

Go over with W3. 

Do the rest of his face in W1. This will not be the final layer on Henry so don´t worrie if the colour don´t blend. 

Now put away your W7 because it´s such a dark colour. Now we are jumping straight to W5 and going over the areas with W7 and W5. 

Go over with W3. 

And than finish it of with W1. As you can see the colours are bleding so much better on the second coat. But I like to do it at least three times on each area. 

So go back to your W5 and add it to his face. 

Add W3 again. 

And finish it of with W1. 

Do the rest of your Henry. 

Now let´s do his ears, nose and tail in E11-E01-E00-E000. 

Start with E11. 

Go over with E01. 

Than E00+E000. 

All done. 

This is Henry in COOL GREYS. 

Henry in NATURAL GREYS.

Here you can see them all next do each other. 

On my card I have used Henry with Warm Greys because my patteren paper has warm grey in it. So match up your papers with your Henrys to see which one is the right one to use. I hope you have learned something, and maybe the people who has just started with copics like me want to do more?? Hope so! Enjoy your day! :)