Yes, I too have been bitten by the Copic ‘bug’. They are marvelous media with which to color (not that my Prismacolor Markers are bad, it is just the Copics are refillable). I had vowed if I ran out of a Prismacolor Marker color, I would switch to Copics. It only took sixteen swap cards and lots of blending, but my Burnt Ochre went dry. A month later and I have accumulated quite a collection of Copics to complement my extensive Prismacolor Marker collection. Soon I will have to find better marker storage because my Pampered Chef tool-about is full. Anyone been there before?

This card evolved because I wanted to use Copics, my Provocraft A2 Snowflake embossing folder, and kraft cardstock with white Prismacolor pencils for a giftbag swap. I colored the snowmen with copics (R22, R29, R39; G21, G24, G28) and their bodies and the snow with a White Prismacolor Pencil, shaded with a Warm Grey 20% Prismacolor pencil (no odorless mineral spirits were used with the pencils).

Love the blending and the shadows.

The inside of the card uses a saying from the TAC Holiday Wishes stamp set (with snowflakes from the Vintage Santa set…love those snowflakes).

And here is the giftbag that started it all

Stamp Sets: TAC Snowmen Tags; TAC Holiday Wishes; TAC Vintage Santa
Paper: Kraft, Scarlet, Dark Green
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Palette Jardin Moss and Moulin Rouge

This is a 6×6 card (12×12 sheet folded into quarters with the bottom right quarter cut off and the bottom left quarter folded at a diagonal). (See my scarecrow card photos for other views of this card style (square flipup). The snowflake trio from the Vintage Santa set is stamped in Versamagic Aspen Mist on the background. And notice the ‘Merry Christmas’ greeting is stacked? The original image is one line, but the benefit of unmounted stamps is it allows the crafter to carefully cut between words and mount them as desired on an acrylic block. I paper pierced the scallop design using a Martha Stewart border punch as my template. The smaller holes are using a push pin and the larger holes are using a paper piercer.

This shows the three quarter panels from my folded 12×12 sheet (remember, I said the bottom right quarter was cut off…well except for a 1/2 inch section at the top to act as a glue flap). The two green ‘walls’ are the top left and right quarters. They are stamped with the string of lights stamp from Homespun Holiday. The aqua ‘floor’ is actually the bottom left quarter, scored at a diagonal. The diagonal folds up into the card to close for mailing.

This is a closeup of the popup message. I scored 1/2-inch valley fold on right and left sides and then a mountain fold down the center. The secret to adhering this is to push the center fold into the center of the card, apply red tape to the two side tabs, and then close the card. When you re-open the card, just gently pull the center fold of the greeting so it pops up again. I used the Memento Rich Cocoa ink for the main message and overstamped the Vintage Santa snowflakes in Versamagic Aspen Mist.

This is the ‘floor’ of the square flipup card. The snowflakes are stamped in Versamagic Aspen Mist. (TIP: Remember to write your message on the card walls and floor before you actually adhere them together…ask me how I know this…sigh)

Stamp Sets: TAC Vintage Santa, TAC Homespun Holiday
Paper: TAC Reece paper and cardstock; TAC Amelia cardstock
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Versamagic Aspen Mist; Palette Landscape