Monday, October 30, 2017

Cool Shades Jake

Our grandson is a lifeguard and loves to play water polo so I thought of some images from Make It Crafty would work perfect for his birthday card. I used Cool Shades Jake and The Beach, both digi stamps, and merged them to make a scene for the front of the card. I also added the beginning of the sentiment to the front, and finished it on the inside. I used my Copic markers to color the image, except for his shorts - I paper-pieced those. I added a few sequins, a surfboard embellishment and glossy accents to his sunglasses to finish it up. Not too many things going on, but I am still learning with my markers and I am always worried about messing it up, but I guess that's just part of the journey! I tried to follow Zoe's ebook called Fun Techniques for Colouring Skies. This includes different kinds of skies, clouds, land and ocean. Take a  look and let me know what you think!
Skin E000, E00, E21, E11, E04
Hair E43, Y11, Y13, Y15
Sand E50, E53, E55, E57
Palm Trees YG03, YG25, G07, G28
Sky B00, B02, B05
Water B00, B01, B02, B05, B06, B26
Shells Y11, Y35, YR15; BG45, BG49, RV02

Thank you for taking a look! Have a wonderful day!

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Sparkle

My goodness, Alyce's classes at Kit and Clowder are really amazing! I look at this card and can't believe I colored it. The videos are so helpful it is almost like color by number. And, along the way you learn little tips and tricks to help with and use in ALL of your coloring. This card was made using the monthly April 2017 Markers class. The image used is "Sparkle" from Mo's Digital Pencil. After all the coloring is done (using Copic markers), it almost doesn't need any embellishments, you could frame it and hang it on your wall. Since I wanted to make a card for my grandniece, I cut it out using my Silhouette Cameo, matted it a couple more times (the very back is white paper that I colored using my RV19 and RV13 to match the image), added some cute heart chipboards from Make It Crafty, sequins, and a ribbon flower I made with a heart button glued on top. Here is the card and a list of the markers used.
Skin E000, E00, E21, E11, E04
Hair Y21, E31, E35, E59
Lips RV00, RV21, RV09
Dress B32, B24, B28, B29, B99
Skirt Underlay RV06, V04, BG49, BV08, white gel pen
Pearls BG45, BG49
Flowers RV00, RV32, RV09
Blue Feathers B24, B29
Purple Feathers V01, V06
Pink Feathers RV32, RV09
Turquoise Feathers BG45, BG49
Gloves BV20, BV23, BV25
Shoes W5, W7, W9, E31, E35, T4
Bows on Shoes BG45, BG49
Background RV13, RV06, RV09, RV19
Black colored pencil around boa feathers
White colored pencil on her teeth

Whew - I think that's it! Thank you for taking a look and have a great day!