Forest Gnome

Hi.
Helen here today.
Today I will colour a forest scenery.

Hope you will enjoy this!

Skin:E0000 - E05 - E00 - E21 - R00
Hair: E18 - E08 - YR24
Skirt: R81 - R83 - R8 - R89
Cap: V91 - V93 - V95 - RV99 - T3
Shawl: E70 - E71 - E74
Shoes: C3 - C5 - C7
Leaf: YG25 - YG63 - Y11 - Y15 - E08 - YR07 - YR04

Background:
E08 - E23 - E31 - E33 - E35 - 37 - E41 - E42 - E43 -  E44 - E47 - E70 - E71 - E74 - E79
 G0000 - G21 - G24 - G43
N3 - N6 - N7
T1 - T3 - T5 - T7
YG0 - YG03 - YG17 - YG25 - YG63 - YG67 - YG91 - YG93
YR21 - YR23

Happy colouring
Helen

 

Squirrel Friend Heart and Tags Card with Video

Hello,

How are you doing? I hope you are happy to see some fun little squirrels.

I have stamped my clear stamp set called squirrel friend from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps onto Perfect Colouring Paper.

I have used mostly with E ( Earth ) tones together with the YR ( Yellow Red ) for a nice Autumn look. Aren't they cute the squirrels ?I love their expressions..and this set has different cute little elements too. So I have created this little scene.

I have cut the PCP with a tattered lace die I recently got myself. The dotted lines around the edge were just perfect to stitch ( by hand ) with some orange thread. I have also cut an extra heart layer out of design paper and cut it in half in able to create a pocket for the tags. The little tags are dies from Magnolia..

Please have a look at the short speed colouring video below.

Warm fall wishes. I am so thankful for you

Leaves are falling Autumn is calling

Copic:

Squirrels: E13, E15, E17, E19

R32, RV34, white gel pen for the cheeks

Leaves: YR12, YR24, YR27, YG91, YG95, YG97, E84, E87

Tree: E33, E37, E 3

Pumpkins: YR12, YR18, YR09, E19

Background : YR12, YG91, YG95, YG97

Hope you have enjoyed my post, see you next time.

Hugs, Blankina

Autumn Sunset Scene Slimline Card

 Hi all Copic friends,

The summer is slowly coming to an end and I get in the Autumn colours mood..

What about you? Do you love all those warm colours like me? 

The Copic family YR (yellow red) and the Copic Family E (earth tones) are just perfect.

Today I would like to show you my new slimline card in autumn colours of course using the pretty digital stamp called "Autumn" from Sweet November stamps.

I have printed the digital image and sentiment onto Perfect Colouring Paper with my printer, and afterwards I have used my slimline die from Mama Elephant to cut the shape.

Time to start colouring

 the skin..the scarf.....the cardigan..the gilet..the trousers..the bag ..the boots..

Of course one could stop at this point as the image is fully coloured but I wanted to create  a background too.

You could use stencils and or stamps to create a background or you can  just draw it yourself. But then you need some inspiration right?

As inspiration I have chosen a photo from my lovely holidays at the lake, it was just a guideline to make some kind of background :). 

Ofcourse first I start to draw some lines with light colour ( E 30 ) in this way  I can still add details or slightly change the scene in case I do not like it. 

When you use a pencil you should be aware that pencil covered by Copic will not erase that is why  I have decided to colour the scene directly with my Copic.

I know it is a bit scary but once you start it will get better .. and if you really don't like the result you can still fuzzy cut the image and put it onto design paper hi hi .

Please see my short video below of the colouring process of this card..

Here is the final result,

to complete the card I have added two leaves, cut with my I-crafter dies.

The top layer of the leaves was coloured with my Copic and on the green paper I have sprayed some distress mica spray  ..in this way some sparkle was added.

Hope you have enjoyed my post .

Please try to create your own background too, it is fun and as always practice..practice..practice.

Here are the Copic  colours I have used :

Skin : E 00, E 11, E 04, R 20, R 22

Hair : YR 21, E 99, E 19, E 18

Scarf : YR 14, YR 16, YR 09, E 18, E 15

Cardigan : YG 91, YG 93, YG 95, YG 99

Gilet : YR 23, YR 24, E 15

Boots : YR 23, YR 24, E 15, E 99

Trousers: E 11, E 15, E 18, YR 24, E 99

Bag : W 5, W 7, 100, YR 14, YR 18, YR 09

Background sky : BG 70, BG 72

Water : E 30, YR 0000, YR 000, YR 01, BG 70

Mountains : W 3, W 5, W 7

Glow from sunset : Y 35, Yr 000, YR 14, YR 16

Grass : E 30, YG 91, YG 93, YG 95, W 3, YG 99

Top layer leaves : YR 14, YR 16, YR 09

Thanks for your visit on the blog,

hugs Blankina

The Littles Happy Fall

Hi all. 

Today I'm sharing my colouring on a card I made featuring The Littles Playing in the Leaves from Stamping Bella. 

First I stamped the image onto Perfect Colouring paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 

As always, my skin colours are E00, E11 and E04. 

These images are very small and I don't do cheek colour on them. 

Hair: E50, E51, E53, E55. 

To give the leaves an autumnal feel I used oranges, reds, yellow, greens

Red - R32, R35, R37

Green - YG11, YG13, YG17

Orange - YR12, YR16, YR18

Yellow - Y11, Y15, Y38

For the grass I used a contrasting green to the leaves - 

G20, YG11, YG21, YG23, YG25

Dress - BG01, BG53, BG45, BG57

Scarf - YR14, YR16, YR18

I applied a little bit of white gel pen for highlights. 

To create the clouds I used my copics instead of inks. 

First I used B01 and a stencil to draw the lines for the clouds. 

Then with B00 I coloured out further from the line

I brought colour out even further with B000 and then I brushed over it with the colourless blender to soften the lines. 

Finally I expanded the grass area before cutting the image out using a pierced rectangle die. 

Thanks for dropping by today. I hope you're inspired to take out your markers and colour. 

Have a great day

Sandie

xXx

Autumn Wishes..Lady Mushroom (Glimps)

Hello Copic friends,

One thing I love about Autumn are the lovely warm colours...

So today I am showing you a card in autumn colours with a lovely digital stamp from Glimps.

I have printed the image onto Perfect Colouring paper with my printer.

Below you can find some steps of the colouring;

 Mushroom :

E 40, E 43, E 44, E 47, E 79

Skirt :

RV 93, RV 95, RV 99

 Mushroom :

R 32, R 37, R 56, R 59

Shirt/ Boots :

E 93, E 95, E 97, E 99

 Hair: 

YR 20, YR 23, R 27, E 44

As you can see on the photos during my colouring I had in mind another kind of background,

but when I have started to assemble the card I thought it was too dark.

So I have chosen some other papers and background colours to give it a different look.

Here you can see the final result.

The image : 

Lady Mushroom ( Glimps ) 

 Dies, 

Hearts (Cuttlebug)

Circles ( Studiolight)

Little Mushrooms (Marianne Design)

Inks : 

Ground Espresso (distress oxide ink).

Berry Bliss ( Kraftin Kimmie )

On the mushrooms I have added some crystal drops  ( white dots ) 

Enamel dots:

  Kraftin Kimmie.

Glitter :

Stamperia

Paper:

Plain ( Avec )

DP ( Tedi )

Copic : 

Skin : E 51, E 53, E 55, E 93

Hair : YR 20, YR 23, R 27, E 44

Mushroom :  E 40, E 43, E 44, E 47, E 79, R 32, R 37, R 56, R 59

Skirt : RV 93, RV 95, RV 99

Shirt and Boots : E 93, E 95, E 97, E 99

Thanks for your visit, 

Hugs Blankina

Sweet November "thanks" card with 3d elements

Hi all Copic friends,

Today I have prepared a "thanks" card,

with some 3d elements.

I dedicate this card also to all kind readers of this blog.

(and people that leave comments, it is always nice to get feedback) 

Are you ready ? Please sit down and relax watching.

Here we go!

To start I have printed the digi with the fairy twice.

This was an exclusive digi designed by Amy Young (not only an excellent colorist).

 I have also cut a sheet of Perfect Colouring Paper with a ticket die.

 (this will become the background).

Now I have put the die cut piece of PCP onto my stamping tool, 

and the hand cut fairy was put on to that piece of paper with some magnets.

Now I have stamped my clear stamp with some little toadstools

 onto the paper with fairy with grey ink.

On the wings of the fairy some small details of the toadstools will show with grey ink.

Once the fairy was taken off the sheet I have repeated to stamp the toadstools but now with black ink.

In this way you will have a black version on the sheet

 and a grey version on her wings to make the wings look transparent.

One fairy was hand cut in one piece.

Okay now it is time to take the second fairy and cut just some pieces of the fairy.

(the pieces you want to lift later , to create a 3d effect).

I have chosen her arm attached to her head as one piece,

and a piece of her skirt.

You can put these pieces aside until later.

I have first started to colour the background.

The toadstools were coloured with the november colours 

E 37, R 37 and G 99.

I have seen these colours on the american Copic site.

I have also coloured the cloudy sky,

 using B 21 and B 23, C 2 and C0 and the blender.

In the wings I have used the lighter colours B 21 and C 0 in this way the wings seem to be transparent.

The same with the toadstools in the wings I have chosen not to use the brown but only red.

The grass was coloured with G 94 and G 99.

Time to colour her face, 

of course I will only completely colour the separate face that will be layered on top. 

The face of the complete fairy will only get some colour on the edges.

skin : E 00, E 11, E 13, E 95, E 04

Green eyes with YG 91 and YG 95

Now it is time for her dress,

again you have to colour the pieces that will be on the top layer only.

Here you can see her arm, the top piece of her shirt and the "skirt",

the lower pieces will only get some colour on the edges.

Love these colours from the YR family : YR 23, YR 24, YR 27

and for a dark shading I have used E 18.

The wings got some YR 23 on top of the sky and toadstools,

after I have added some deco glass pasta "moondust" with a pencil to the wings.

Under the skirt I have added some small foam pads and glued it to the fairy.

Here you can see that the fairy is not flat.

I have attached some foam pads under the "skirt",

some on the right side of her head and on her left shoulder,

the hand was glued onto the lower hand.

I have also coloured her hair with

E 23, E 25, E 47, E 49

this was a suggestion of Amy the designer of this cutie.

The dots of the toadstools and her hair decoration got some extra sparkle,

on top of the glue I have added some glitter.

Later I have decided to give an extra sparkle to the wings too.

Thanks, Grazie, Bedankt !

Digi stamp : Sweet November exclusive digital stamp by Amy Young 

Clear stamp : Studiolight Diny's Signature Collection, 

Dies : Studio Light

Copic :

skin : E 00, E 11, E 13, E 95, E 04

hair : E 23, E 25, E 47, E 49

clothes : YR 23, YR 24, YR 27, E 18

toadstools : E 37, R 37 ,G 99, E 00, E 31, E 18

grass : G 94, G 99

sky : B 21, B 23, C 0, C 2, "0" blender

tags : YR 23, YR 27

Thanks for your visit,

hugs Blankina