Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Winner


Hello everyone, today I have a card to enter in some challenges; Just Magnolia and Hanglar Challenge 162 has a theme of summer colours, this week's Simon Says has a theme of sporty/patriotic, Creative Card Crew Challenge 13 has a theme of 1-2-3 (mine is 1 sentiment, 2 images and 3 DPs), Creative Inspirations Challenge 169 has a theme of anything goes, and CCT Challenge 222 has a summer theme.


The images were quite large on this card so I kept them as the main focus. I have used Chequered Flag Tilda from the Magnolia Winner Takes it All Collection 2012 and she is coloured with copics, my second image is Tilda's Car from the Magnolia Sweet Rainbow Collection 2011 and it is coloured with copics and highlighted with glossy accents. The DPs are from Echo Park and I finished off with a computer generated sentiment and some jewels.

Supplies
Card/Paper: White, red and yellow card. Echo Park
Stamps: Magnolia - Chequered Flag Tilda - Winner Takes it All Collection 2012. Tilda's Car - Sweet Rainbow Collection 2011.
Colouring: Copics
Embellishments: Jewels, glossy accents
Tools: Sewing machine, nesties
Thanks for looking x

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Copic Colouring on Kraft - Tutorial

Hello everyone, a few weeks ago I said I would post my copic colouring on kraft tutorial, so here goes.... I have probably put in far too many steps, but I didn't want to miss anything out!!!


Step 1: I stamped Princess Lizzy onto Joy Craft’s Kraft coloured cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink. When colouring with copics on kraft I would advise that you use a scrap piece to test your colours before you use them on your image as the kraft card alters the tone of your copic colours. Also, when testing your colours, leave them a moment as they lighten up when they dry.

Firstly, I always start by colouring the skin tones and I begin with my lightest colour which is E000. Lay down your colour where all the dark shadows will be and leave the area which will be lightest uncoloured.


Step 2: Next add E00 and go over the area you have just coloured.


Step 3: Add a little E11 to the areas which will be in shadow.

Step 4: Using your E00, blend your E11 using small feather strokes. Finally, using your E000, blend out your E00 and colour over the area that you have previously left uncoloured. Repeat this process for all the skin areas.


Step 5: For the hair, once again, I start with my lightest colour which is E50. Lay down your colour using fine strokes where the darkest parts will be. When colouring hair always do your strokes in the direction the hair would grow.


Step 6: Next, using fine strokes, go over your E50 with E35.


Step 7: Add E25 to your darker areas. At this point if you have covered all of your original E50, don’t worry as we will be adding more!


Step 8: Add a little E29 to the darkest areas of the hair.


Step 9: Using your colours in reverse begin to blend using small feather strokes. As this is hair you don’t want to blend your colours completely, using strokes will give the impression of flowing, textured hair. Your final colour will be E50, use this to colour any blank areas. At this point I always take a look at my image and if I feel I want to darken any shadows in the hair I use my darkest colour and I use my blender pen to remove a little colour from the highlighted areas.




Step 10: To colour the eyes I used B32, B23 and B39.


Step 11: For the dress, again I begin with my lightest colour which is BG000. Lay down your colour where your darkest area will be and leave your lightest area uncoloured. In this photo you will notice my scrap piece of card which I used to test my colours.


Step 12: Next, add BG01


Step 13: Add your mid tone which is BG05.


Step 14: Finally, add a little of your darkest colour which is BG09.


Step 15: As before, use your colours in reverse to blend and use your final colour, BG000, to colour your previously uncoloured area. I always colour in small areas because the ink remains wet and you can achieve a good blend. Colour the remaining areas of the dress. In this photo I have also coloured the shoes and her necklace.


Step 16: I only used Y17 to colour her crown as it is such a small area and I used C1 and my blender pen to colour the underskirt, gloves etc.


Step 17: Finally I used W1, W3, W5, W7 and 0 to colour the ground.

Finally, here is the image on a card.

Supplies
Card/Paper: White and kraft card. DCWV - Linen Closet
Stamps: Joy Crafts - Princess Lizzy
Colouring: Copics - details above
Embellishments: Ribbon, jewels
Tools: Trouvaille, sewing machine,  Joy Crafts - flourish dies
Thanks for looking x

Monday, June 18, 2012

Cupcake Challenge 197


Hello everyone, today over on Cupcake Challenge 197 we have a theme of something in the eyelet and we would like to see you use eyelets on your cards or projects. This week we are sponsored by Crafts U Love who are giving us a £15 gift voucher as a prize and Tickled Pink Stamps are giving one lucky winner their choice of three digi images. I am also entering my card for the following challenges; Secret Crafter Challenge 190 has a theme of red, white and blue, Magnolia Down Under Challenge 151 has a bingo theme (Ribbon, Tilda and Sentiment), Cute Card Thursday Challenge 221 has a theme of punches, and Creative Inspirations Challenge 167 has a theme of red, white and blue.


For my card this week I decided to use my MS punch to create a pretty edge, so my card is smaller than usual at 5 x 5 inches. I have used Tilda Offshore from the Magnolia Summer Memories Collection 2012 and she is coloured with copics. The DP is from basic grey and the sentiment is from WOJ. I finished off with some ribbon, stitching and eyelets.

Supplies
Card/Paper: White and blue card. Basic Grey - Life of the Party
Stamps: Magnolia - Tilda Offshore - Summer Memories Collection 2012. Sentiment - WOJ
Colouring: Copics - E000, E00, E11, Y11, Y21, YR23, R22, R27, R59, B93, B95, B97, C1, C3, C5, C7. 0. Silver gel pen
Embellishments: Eyelets, ribbon
Tools: MS Punches, nesties, sewing machine trouvaille, corner chomper and crop-a-dile
Thanks for looking x

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Lizzy with Strawberries

Hello everyone, today I have a summery card to share with you. I am entering it into the following challenges; Totally Gorgeous Challenge 135 has a theme of sunshine, Fussy and Fancy Challenge 64 has a theme of swirls and flourishes, this week's Papertake Challenge has a theme of anything goes and Creative Card Crew Challenge 12 has a theme of song inspired - mine is Strawberry Fields Forever by the Beatles.


For my card I have used Lizzy with strawberries and she is coloured with copics. The DP is from doodlebug (I think) and I have used a Joy Crafts stencil for my embossed panel. The flourish was cut with a Joy Crafts die and I finished off with some ribbon and jewels from my stash.

Supplies
Card/Paper: White and pink card, doodlebug (I think)
Stamps: Joy Crafts - Lizzy with strawberries
Colouring: Copics
Embellishments: Ribbon, jewels
Tools: Trouvaille, Joy Crafts flourish die, Joy Crafts embossing stencil, sewing machine, bow easy
Thanks for looking x

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

TOMIC Challenge 53


Hello everyone, it is our 1 year anniversary today over on the TOMIC Challenge blog and it is my last challenge as a TOMIC DT member for a while.....I am expecting a baby in September and I have chosen to stand down for the next 6 months at least to give myself a break. For this special challenge we have a theme of anything goes and we have lots of prizes for you.


For my card I have used Edwin in Miami from the Magnolia Summer Memories Collection 2012 and he is coloured with copics and highlighted with glossy accents. I have also used the Memory Shells and the Have a Sunny Day Sentiment from the same collection. I used my new Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles dies to cut out my image and while it was still in the die I sponged broken china and antique linen distress inks onto it to create the background. My DP is from DCWV and I finished off with some ribbon and jewels.

Supplies
Card/Paper: White and kraft card, DCWV - Linen Closet
Stamps: Magnolia - Edwin in Miami, Memory Shells, Have a Sunny Day Text - Summer Memories Collection 2012
Colouring: Copics - E000, E00, E11, R20, E43, E47, E49, E02, E51, E53, E35, E50, BG000, BG01, BG05, BG10, BG15, BG23, C1, C3, C5, 0. Distress inks - antique linen, broken china.
Embellishments: Ribbon, jewels
Tools: Sewing machine, nesties
Thanks for looking x

Monday, June 4, 2012

Cupcake Challenge 195


Hello everyone, today over on Cupcake Challenge 195 it is my turn to choose the challenge and I chose the theme of tags. Once again, we are sponsored by our regular sponsor Simon Says Stamp and they are giving one lucky winner a $20 gift certificate to spend in their store.


I am also entering my tags for the following challenges; Simon Says Stamp and Secret Crafter Challenge 188 both have a theme of anything goes. Now, before I go any further I must warn you there are loads of pictures!!


I decided to prepare myself for christmas early as I'm always a last minute girl, so I have made a load of tags using various stamp sets from Waltzingmouse.....details of all the sets are given at the end of this post. For each of my tags I have used memento tuxedo black ink, cut them out using the relevant nestie and distressed them using vintage photo distress ink. Finally I added an extra long length of satin ribbon, to enable them to be tied around a bottle, bag, or gift.


For the standard tag shape I just used my corner chomper on the 1/2 inch setting to round off the corners.


Here are some finished off with green ribbon.


Burgundy ribbon....


And purple ribbon....


And finally, a picture of all 24 tags!!!!

Supplies
Card/Paper: White card
Stamps: WMS - Compliments of the season, seasonal remedies, seasons of love, very vintage christmas, vintage labels four
Ink: memento tuxedo black, Distress ink - vintage photo
Embellishments: Ribbon
Tools: Nesties, corner chomper, trouvaille
Thanks for looking x