Copics and Yupo Paper + GIVEAWAYS
Hello! Today I wanted to share a fun and easy way to create backgrounds with Copic Markers and Yupo Paper. I also share shaker card tips.
[All supplies are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post. Compensated affiliate links used at no cost to you. To watch the video in HD on YouTube, click HERE.]
I have heard many readers say that they feel Yupo Paper and alcohol inks are intimidating. Therefore I thought I would share with you a very simple way to use Copic Markers with Yupo for fun backgrounds.
I created a variety of very colorful backgrounds on Yupo Paper with Copic Markers. Be sure to watch the video to see just how easy it is. Yupo Paper is a smooth, synthetic surface especially good for alcohol ink & mixed media techniques. It is smooth and resists buckling. The finish is gorgeous… and it is non-porous and water and tear resistant.
For the images on my cards, I used the Hero Arts April My Monthly Hero Kit. The stamp set in this is kit is such fun – reminds me of paper dolls or fashion plates. I white heat embossed the images on acetate… along with a sentiment from the Hero Arts Dare to Dream Set.
For this first card, I made many dots of Copic Markers on Yupo Paper. The color is so bold!
To create the shaker window, I used the Hero Arts Nesting Rectangle Die Set. I decided to not put anything distracting in the shaker window and just use the wonderful Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix.
In the video I also show a trick for dry embossing a frame around a shaker window (look closely) using the Hero Arts Nesting Rectangle Die Set and White Craft Foam.
These next backgrounds were created by adding dots of rubbing alcohol over the Copic-colored Yupo Paper. LOVE. The sentiments and the images on the right card are from Hero Arts You Are Fabulous Stamp Set.
These fashion girls remind me of my 19-year-old. Can’t wait to mail them to her and her friends in college.
The fastest way to create a fun background is to simply scribble back and forth on the Yupo Paper.
Oh… and if shaker cards aren’t your thing, you can heat emboss right on the colored Yupo Paper.
Keep in mind there are MANY things you can do with Yupo Paper. This was just a simple start. 🙂
BLOG HOP
This post is part of a blog hop celebrating the April Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit featuring LOTS of product. The kit value is over $70… but only costs $34.99. You can see all the details HERE. The kit is available for a limited time only – once it’s gone, it’s gone. (Remember that Hero Arts does now have a subscription option with FREE US shipping in case you never want to miss out on a kit. Find out info HERE. And they are shipping faster from now on!)
There are also many fabulous new products available that coordinate well with the kit. You can find them all HERE.
Here is the kit. All this for under $35! (Yes – those are two full-size stamp sets and coordinating dies and more!)
The next stop on the hop is the wonderful blog of the wonderful Wanda Guess. (You can always start at the beginning of the hop at the Hero Arts Blog.)
GIVEAWAY
Hero Arts is giving away a kit to a lucky blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. For your chance, leave a comment below and on all the blogs in the hop by 11:59pmEST on 4/9/17 telling me if you have ever tried Yupo Paper. (To leave a comment, scroll down to the bottom of this post and click the green “leave a comment” button. The winner’s name will be shared on the Hero Arts Blog. Hero Arts will reimburse the winner if they already bought the kit.)
SUPPLIES
Want to find the products I used? To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Compensated affiliate links used at no cost to you. Thank you! Affiliate and product disclosure can be found here. All products were personally purchased except those from Hero Arts and those with an asterisk. As always, this post was NOT asked for, paid, or sponsored.) Click on the letters below each picture to go to a favorite store: Simon Says Stamp (SSS), Ellen Hutson (EH), etc.

