Happy New Year, fellow bloggers.  I hope yours is blessed and happy and fun and memorable.

I thought I would share a quick video after getting a lot of questions on how I colored these butterflies…

I did these very quickly with Copic Markers.  However, there is a big disclaimer here: The way I did the coloring here isn’t the “correct” way to use Copics.  And this video doesn’t go into details about the markers or even show a true technique.  It just shows how I quickly colored these butterflies.  Fast… with no big planning of colors… messy since I was cutting them out… etc.  If you are looking for “real” Copic Marker techniques, you can do a youtube search and get great help.  But, if you want to see how I did the butterflies above, here you go…

And here are the notecards I made for my mother-in-law with these butterflies.  All the cards are Hero Arts colored notecards turned inside out, so that the white is on the outside.  I embossed them all with Cuttlebug, Quickutz or Sizzix embossing folders.  I then used matching scraps and greetings from Papertrey Ink.  Simple and fun.  (Put on a good movie and color.  Take the colored butterflies to your son’s swim lesson and cut them out as you watch. The butterflies will be done before you know it. 🙂

Here is a close-up of one of the butterflies.  This also shows the tad bit of glitter I added with a pen.  Just the right finishing touch…

Supplies: Hero Arts butterfly stamps, Papertrey Ink greeting stamps, glitter pen, Hero Arts notecards, Cuttlebug & Sizzix & Quickutz embossing folders, black pen for antennae, Momentos Black Ink, Nennah Paper, Copic Markers.

Kay and I spent the day today making cards for the Cards for Kids card drive.  Some of the kids could use some extra encouragement right now, so the more cards the better.  We also made cards to send to Winter, who is collecting cards for St. Jude’s.  Please check it out HERE.

Ok… off to make cookies with Audrey.  We plan to deliver them to some of Ken’s mom’s friends tomorrow.  Just spreading some smiles.

Night!