Get It Scrapped Blog

by Michelle Houghton Hi everyone!  I’ve been working on my new class, Creations by Hand, which starts next week and coming up with lots of fun ideas for combining Copic marker techniques, doodling, and handlettering on scrapbook pages, cards, and all kinds of projects. Here’s one way to combine copics and doodling on transparencies for [...]

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by Amy Kingsford Many of the products we can buy for papercrafting projects are actually inspired by everyday items.  From notion-inspired embellishments to office-inspired papers, we see these items on the shelves of our local scrapbook stores and in our online carts every day Wouldn’t it be fun to let ourselves be inspired by the [...]

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by Amy Kingsford As a digital scrapbooker I’m used to having  a variety of tools and everyday items packaged in kits that make achieving certain effects on my pages a snap.  When I’m making paper scrapbook pages, I often dismiss these looks because they don’t seem achievable or they  just don’t fit into my “physical” understanding [...]

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by Sharyn Tormanen Years ago, I attended a home stamping party and the demonstrator taught us about masking: I was in awe. Masking opens up a whole new world of possibilities for your stamp collection. In fact it has remained one of my favorite ways to work with stamps. Check out these cards to see [...]

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by Michelle Houghton Copic lovers, I have a new image for you to color along with step-by-step instructions.  I had a friend request a hedgehog, and because I am always looking to please, I whipped two little critters up for her.  These little hedgehogs are original artwork by me that I am sharing with you.  [...]

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By Amy Kingsford Whether you’ve dabbled in digital scrapbooking yourself or only just admired the look of others pages from afar–chances are that you’ve seen and appreciated a page that utilizes what digital scrapbookers call “brushes.”  Digital Brushes are often used as a foundation to set a page’s inner canvas or focal elements apart from [...]

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How many markers do I need in my collection?

I continue to get asked “What EXACTLY do I need to have in my marker stash to color images?” “Do I really need all 344 colors (and more as the collection grows)?”

Sorry, Copic fans, there is no clear cut answer for this. But I can share my common sense approach on how to start your collection.

Your collection should start with a base of 36 markers

Why 36? This number allows you to get one blending set in each color family group with a couple to spare for skin and a gray. Here is the list that I would recommend. The colors I have chosen are some of the most common you will see in crafting and Copic tutorials and it is the reason they are in the base set of 36.

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By Michelle Houghton Here fishy, fishy, fishy. Today I have a little fish to share with you.  You can use the colors I am using or create a rainbow fish to suit your project. I am going to do some basic blending but I am also going to do some color pushing, starting with a [...]

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By Paula Gilarde If you’re not a big fan of your own handwriting, or if you just prefer the look of typed journaling, here are 5 ways to get computer printed journaling onto your scrapbook pages–without a wide-format printer. 1. Use printed tags or journaling spots. Pre-printed tags or journaling spots don’t have to be [...]

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by Michelle Houghton I am ready for the summer warmth and sun so I designed a watermelon wedge to share with all of you.  I will also show you how to add a full watermelon to your page. I used R22, R24, R29, YG13, YG17 and 110 (special black) on my watermelon wedge. Any black [...]

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