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Copic Boot Camp with Watercolors

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If you haven’t been yet, you should attend Jennifer Dove’s Boot Camp. It’s awesome and you learn so much! This last year I was blessed to attend but found myself without my Copic markers. Yikes! But never fear, my watercolors were near. So that’s what I took. I know it’s crazy, but what a great way to learn the medium in a different way. Check out what I did the first year HERE.

All of these images were colored on Hammermill Premium Color Copy paper with 30 year old student-grade watercolors. That’s right – these watercolors were so old and the caps so crusty that I had to cut the back ends off and squeeze the paint into trays so I could use them. But it was all good – I ended up getting five sets of watercolor trays so I shared them with my Mom and kiddos. Bonus! Anyway, without further ado, here’s what I colored at boot camp…

First off is the last image we colored which are the infamous Boots from Whimsy Stamps. Jennifer breaks this down into manageable steps and even though it looks difficult, she’s able to teach everyone in the class this shinny technique.
Next up are the images we started out with every morning. This four-square of the llama is from Fa La La Llama from Whimsy Stamps. My personal challenge was to do something completely different with each one. My favorite is the llama in space. What’s your favorite?
From this point, I don’t remember the order we colored everything so I’ll list the stamps and any notes I have for each. Here’s another set of four and again I challenged myself to make something different with each set of apples. This stamp is Back to School from Whimsy Stamps.
This cute mouse is from Deck the Halls from Whimsy Stamps and I was working on a shining light source – the star.
Speaking of shining light sources – here’s another one using Polka Dot Pals Atlas from Whimsy Stamps. With the sun being the brightest source, I colored it first and then colored the yellow glow on where I thought it would shine on the girl. Then when I colored the rest of the image, I tried to keep the yellow in that area without adding more colors.
Here’s the image completed – Polka Dot Pals Atlas from Whimsy Stamps.
This other image focuses on glass and glass reflection. This is the Atlas Jar clear stamp and Penguin Flies digital stamp, both from Whimsy Stamps. This photo shoes the original copy of the project we were doing plus the one I water colored on top of that one. I am surprised that I can’t see a lot of differences between the two mediums – they’re there but not from a glance. I think that’s pretty cool.
This stamp is Love Ewe from Whimsy Stamps.
Working on the fish scales and facial expressions, this is Mermaid Mona from La La Land Crafts.
I’ve colored this fun kitty before and converted the pumpkin into a watermelon so it was fun to color it again. This is Kitty and Watermelon from Whimsy Stamps.
Let’s move on from Halloween to some winter and Christmas stamps – this one is Rudolph from Whimsy Stamps and is available in both rubber and digital stamps.
Into the snow is Yeit Friends from Paper Nest Dolls. I think I had a hard time painting white with the water colors.
The last holiday stamp and is Gingerbread Man from Whimsy Stamps. Again, on the right you can see the one I watercolored and the one on the left is the original copy of our task.
On to some nature – this is Bee’s Knees from Whimsy Stamps and I decided to give them a rainbow color. This is one of the images I drew too and it comes with sentiments and little bees too. 😉
This little heifer friend is from Cow Friends from Whimsy Stamps.
Up into space we have UFWhoa from Whimsy Stamps. I loved coloring the alien and ship but the background was the bane of my watercoloring weekend. I couldn’t get a good blend on such a large area! That sore will pop up later on with another image too, unfortunately.
This cute image combination is from Pretty Little Things from Scrappy Boy Stamps.
Here it is – the other image I had a difficult time with because of the large open space that needed to be filled in. It would have been easier on different paper. Anyway, this little turtle is from Under the Sea Creatures from Whimsy Stamps.
This last one is Froggy Hoppy Day 2 digital stamp from Whimsy Stamps and we were working on the water droplets.
That leads us back to the Boots from Whimsy Stamps. It’s traditional to stick around Sunday afternoon and finish the other shoe – not everyone does this but apparently we made up the largest group this year. So exciting! I know that being my second year I should have colored it non-black for an extra challenge but I figured doing it in watercolor was all the extra challenge that I needed. Here’s to you Jenn – loved every minute of it! ❤

Summer With My Gnomies from Scrappy Boy Stamps

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My gnomes are back at the beach today! This is a new release from Scrappy Boy Stamps and I used a few of the stamps included in the Summer With My Gnomies set to create this scene. This is probably my favorite of all four so I saved it for last. I think it’s the color scheme that appeals to me the most but it might also be that it was the most difficult for me to implement convincingly.

For this card, I stamped the girl gnome on the right side then added the sign post (with words) and shovel off to the left. Then I looked at a bunch of reference photos on what makes this kind of a beach scene appealing. Some of those components include a weathered wood fence, uneven ground and grass that grows tall in some areas.
After the coloring was complete, I used the Echo Park flip flop metal dies and created some coordinating flip flops for the corner. I think the wood decorative paper also helps add to the feel of this card.

List of Common Supplies

Stamp:
Summer With My Gnomies from Scrappy Boy Stamps

Copic Markers:
E000, 04, 30, 31, 35, 40, 41, 43, 70, 71, 74, 77, 79
G20, 85
YG97
B02, 04, 12
BG01, 11, 32, 72, 75
YR18, 21
R01, 11, 12
N1, 2, 3, 5, C1, BV25

Summer With My Gnomies from Scrappy Boy Stamps

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These summer gnomes don’t just play at the beach – look what they do in the backyards too! This is the newest release from Scrappy Boy Stamps featuring stamps in the Summer With My Gnomies set.

This was actually the fourth card I colored and I was stuck on what do to – I didn’t think y’all wanted “yet another beach scene” but I knew I had to include water some how to fit the theme. I left the desk to do something else and the idea came to me for a backyard kiddy pool. Yep, that was it! I also liked that this theme plays along with the notion of all those garden gnomes sneaking around when no one is looking.

List of Common Supplies

Stamp:
Summer With My Gnomies from Scrappy Boy Stamps

Copic Markers:
0, W3, 5, 7, BV23
Y11, 15, 28
YR12, 15, 16, 18, 21, 23, 31
R01, 11, 17, 46
E0000, 30, 31, 70, 71, 74, 77
YG21, 17, 25
B04, 06, 52
BG11, 01, 45, 57

Summer With My Gnomies from Scrappy Boy Stamps

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It’s another day at the beach and it looks like the sun is setting and almost time to go home – but I’m sure there is enough time to watch the sun set complete. I’m sharing another card today for the new release using Summer With My Gnomies. These were exclusively drawn by me for from Scrappy Boy Stamps.

For this card, I wanted to use both the gnome characters and create a scene. I really enjoy coloring the ocean and seaside so I used the same technique to on my previous cards to color this one up. I was eager to give them a traditional red gnome hat so I stuck with bold primary colors for the characters. Then I used the included sentiments on this card and also drew in some silhouette seagulls.

List of Common Supplies

Stamp:
Summer With My Gnomies from Scrappy Boy Stamps

Copic Markers:
0, N2, 3, 5, BV23
E50, 51, 30, 31, 23, 27, 35
YR20, 30, 61, 16, 18
Y11, 15, 32
R02, 05, 17, 46
G20, 28
YG17, 21
B02, 04, 06, 12
BG01, 11, 72

Summer With My Gnomies from Scrappy Boy Stamps

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There’s a new release today from Scrappy Boy Stamps and it’s introducing me with this set called Summer With My Gnomies! There is also a sandcastle challenge so check those details out HERE. Sean asked if I could draw a summer beach theme for a few gnomes and I took up the offer. I have four cards to share and here is my first …

I stamped the sand castle in a no-lines color then all the accessories with a light gray color. I colored the sea first using the techniques that I taught in my coloring class a couple weeks ago. It’s the same theory with a different shape to the shore line. Then I colored the sand castle and finally added some color accents with the accessories. Is that crab enjoying the shade of the castle or lurking waiting for the right moment to ambush a sea turtle? I wonder! Maybe the seagull is too but I told him to be nice today.

List of Common Supplies

Stamp:
Summer With My Gnomies from Scrappy Boy Stamps

Copic Markers:
B000, 00, 01, 12, 52
G20
BG11, 72
E04, 21, 23, 25, 30, 31, 33, 35, 70, 71, 74, 77, 79
C0, N1, 3, 5
Y11, 32
YR14, 15
V22, 25
R20, 35, 39, 43