I LOVE cupcakes!

Cupcakes are an incredible treat!   They make you smile from ear to ear because they are comforting...they make you feel like a kid and you can't feel guilty eating a little cake...right? :), best part is that they are YUMMY! NOM NOM NOM :)

Baker Mae clear stamp set

I'm on  cupcake art binge right now.  Had a an awesome Children's birthday art party at the studio this Saturday we made Giant cupcakes!  They love it! I however needed more cupcake art so I pulled out one of my stamp sets from Some Odd Girl "Baker Mae" and the sprinkles from Cupcake Mae.  She is so very pretty and I instantly knew that I wanted to give her bright colors.  I gave her pink hair :) ...eeeks!  I love it! New favorite hair color  combo LOL . I also wanted to make the cupcake pop out so I inked up the cupcake and colored it and placed dimensionals to adhere it. The sprinkles on the tag and blue cardstock are from Cupcake Mae clear stamp set.

Copic Colors
Skin E50,E21,E11,E00

Hair RV21,RV23,RV25,RV29
Dress Y15,Y17,Y18,Y19
Cupcake wrapper B21,B23,B24

SOG stamp set Thanks for the Latte Coaster!

Just one of the many reasons why I love my Copic markers. You can color on almost anything! :)

One of the projects I worked on this week in the studio is a coaster using Some Odd Girls latest release clear stamp set "Hipster Mae".  Super cute character! Love her movement and outfit, so much fun! How fitting is it for a coaster?  For this project you are going to need a tumbler tile.  Tiles cannot have a glaze, it must be porous.  You can pick them up in your hardware stores in a small box of maybe 10  (don't quote me LOL), although when I went to get some .. all the crafters bought them and they can't keep them long enough on the shelves so they have to special order them LOL.  They are in demand.  Placed my order ;), I'm covered! :)  Other items you need are of course your Copics.  Light shades do not work, so try to pick medium to darker color and shade with deeper colors. You will notice that you will be jumping color families a lot to get the shading right.  Test your colors on the back of your tile.  
The ink I used to stamp my image is Brilliance ink and then I heat set it.  Do not use Memento or Ranger ink.  Memento will feather and soften to the point you can't make sense of your image.  Ranger ink will activate once your Copics touch it.   I have heard some use Stayz On but you have to take care as the ink will also get activated like the Ranger.

Stamp Hipster Mae with Brilliance Ink

Don't forget to heat set.

I used Brillance ink to stamp the latte stain.

Add your sentiment with Brilliance ink and play with colors

 I  also used the Brilliance brown ink for the edges to give it a finished look.

Inked the edges with Brilliance Brown

Make sure to heat set your inks before you begin to color.  I also waited for the tile to cool down. :)

Color your image with Copics

After you are finished coloring, if you see any shiny areas on your image and don't like the shine,  just use a cotton swab and gently dab it.  This will remove the glaze look but not fade your marker.  The marker is permanent.
Nearly finished, just one more step. :) 
On the bottom of my tile I place a cork paper adhesive.  The cork paper makes a huge difference.  No scratches on the tables. :)

Used Cork paper adhesive for the back of tile

Once you have finished coloring your tile you can spray a fixative on it to seal it.  I will have to wait for warmer weather to take it outside and spray it, not fun when you have allergies. :)

Hugs
Paola :)