Pretty in Pink Slimline Card

Hi all,

How are you doing?

Hope you like my slimline card I have prepared for you today.

I have called it pretty in pink.

I have stamped a cute rubber stamp from the Greeting Farm onto Perfect Colouring Paper with Krafty Kolours wicked black hybrid Ink.

This cute stamp is part of the special 10 years anniversary set.

Here she is 

Let's start to color her skin.

I have chosen a different combo this time;

YR 00, YR 20, E 95, E 97, E 99, R 85

Her hair with YR 20, E 97, E 99, E 18

Her jacket and stockings with RV 13, RV 34, RV 66, RV 69

Her hat

E 71, E 77, E 79

Her boots 

R 56, R 59, RV 34

Her dress

W 4, W 6, W 8, E 77, RV 69

She looks quite fun but I will add some white accents too.

Here you can see the difference I have added some dots with a white gelly roll pen.

After I have fussy cut the image with my scissors. 

To cut the various layers of card stock I have used some slimline dies from Crealies..

I love the borders of these dies they give an elegant look.

The image was added onto the card with some 3d foam pads.

As a fun detail I have added a small ( real ) zip on the top of the card.

I have inserted a paper flower from I am Roses too.

A simple cheery card in some pretty red pink shades.

Copic :

YR 00, YR 20, E 95, E 97, E 99, R 85, E 18

RV 13,RV 34, RV 66, RV 69

E 71, E 77, E 79

R 56, R 59, RV 34

W 4, W 6, W 8, E 77, RV 69

Hugs Blankina

Stamping Bella Christmas Card with Video

Hello all,

Well it is almost Christmas..

Today I am sharing a pink Christmas card made for a dear crafty friend.

I have used the Stamping Bella stamp, called Curvy girl with Bubbly.

I have started to colour the image in the airport after my Copic Instructors meeting...

while I was waiting for my flight.

I have finished the card only now, just on time to be send, in the video you can see the colouring process...

The lovely designer paper was bought at Tedi, and the Poinsettia Die is from Marianne Design,

the Oval Die is from Joy. The pretty pearl brad is from embellishment.de

Copic :

Skin : E 00, E 11, E 13, R 20

Sair : E 13, E 09, E 18

Greenery: G 94, G 99

Holly : G 94, YG 03, G 17, YG 23

Bow : R 24, R 29, R 59

Candy Cane : R 24, R 29

Glass / Sparkling wine Y 21, YR 21, YR 23

YG 00, YG 03, YG 23

Details on tag: Multiliner SP wine 

Merry Christmas ,

God Jul,

Joyeux Noel,

Fijne Kerstdagen,

Frohes Fest,

Buon Natale!!!!

PS Do you live in Italy?

Would yoyu like to follow the ECCP classes with me?

The next dates are :

please contact : copicinstructor@libero.it

Hugs Blankina

Challenge #54: Skin!

Challenge #54

Hi everyone!

Deborah here for you today with a super fun NEW Challenge #54!

Thank you to all who participated in the last challenge in our Facebook Group, the winner will be chosen by random.org and will be announced on Wednesday August 31.

Our new challenge is:

Skin

Let us see that you can colour some skin, it can be on a man or woman but some animals have skin too, like a snake. So that can't be difficult.
Pull out those fabulous Copic Markers and show us what you've created!

I used the digital stamp "Double Eyelashes" by The East Wind. You can see there's a lot of skin on this image. I really enjoy colouring skin. My tip for you is try to keep your nibs clean and refill your markers often. You will see the skin colours are blending very smooth.

Here are the colours I've used:
skin: E13, E11, E00, E000
hair: E59, E37, E35, E33, E31
eyeshadow: E79, E77, E74, E71
red: R59, R46, R24, R22
pink: RV17, RV55, RV52
green: G28, G24, G21

Rules:

- You have to use Copic Markers on your creation

- Your creation must be new

To enter, just put your picture in the correct folder in the photo section of our Facebook Group before the end of September 27.

The winner will be announced on September 30.

Now it's your turn! Show us your work, and you can win 2 Copic refills of your choice.

Please be aware that only entries from those living in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East are eligible to win.

Hugs,

Deborah

shadowing and haircolouring tutorial

Some time ago I promised to do a hair tutorial and even better today I have a hair and face tutorial.

I have got a lot of photographs to show you so let's get started:

I started with a layer of E50 and E00. The first layer does look a bit stripey, but I don't worry about that yet. Many more layers will come and eventually I will blend all layers together with E000.

Fot some shadows I used BG0000. Blue is a cool colour and things in the distance always look more cool. I used the BG for the edges of her face and under the nose and chin.

For the 3rd layer I used the BV000 and BV00. These blue violets are just awesome for shadows.

When you only use cool colours in the face, it might look a bit weird in the end. So I decided to add some RV00 for some warmth. allthough the RV is a cool colour too, it looks warm next to the BV and BG I have been using in the previous layers. 

Aading some more shadow with the W1, especially around the eyes and under the nose. 

In this stage I took out the E000 and started blending all the layers together. 

The eyes have shadows as well. The eyelid casts a shadow on the eyeball. I used W1 and BV00 to create this shadow. The R20 is for the fleshy parts of the eyes. 

For colouring the eye I use several layers too. I started with YG61.

The 2nd layer is with YG23.

And the 3rd layer YG67. The darkest part of the eye is where the eyelid casts a shadow. So add a little of your darkest green just at the top of the eye.

Eyes usally have more than just one colour. So I added some tiny brown spots using E34 and E57.

The lips were coloured with E93, 95, 04 and 000. 

Colouring hair can be tricky.  There is always a lot of shadow in hair, all those strands going underneath other strands of hair. So I find it easier to start with my darkest colour, in this case E09. In a flicking motion I colour the darkest parts of her hair. 

Then I use the E08, YR16, YR15 and YR14 to colour the rest of the hair. I keep adding layers of ink until I'm happy with the result. The darkest colour might have been faded out a little with all those layers I put on top of it. So for some more depth I go back to the E08 and E09 to add more detail and depth to the hair. 

And this was how she looks after all those layers, but I thought she looked a bit pale and her lips weren't sparkling enough. 

I completely covered the skin in a layer of YR61 and blend it in with E000. On the lips I added some YR14, 15 and E08.

I liked it much better this way. 

And this is the end result. I used the face in my art journal and doodled a little in the background. 

See you next month.

Miranda

Tutorial: Combination for skin colors

Good day Copic Fans. 

I'm Sandra from Italy and today I propose a new tutorial for some different skin combinations . 

Some you can find here, but today I have realized some new that I want to show you.

During ECCP classes we study the Copic Color Wheel and we understand very well how to choose the colors "surfing" between the various families. 

Certainly the easiest method to choose our color palette is to remain on colors that are part of the same family.

So, following this simple rule I made different shades of skin, let's see together 

I started with an olive- beige  palette.

And then  I decided for a dark african skin 

The shades that tend to beige-yellow can be used for the skins of the eastern areas 

After I tried a skin shade with a little bit different dark tones . 

Indian people tones.

In fact, I visited India during my summer holidays and I was very fascinated by the skin of people. 

It 'a dark color, but with a shade totally different from African.

The shade is brown with a gray component, I tried to go using two different types of combo.

The first combo

And the second . I'm really surprise about that combo because I find that has a very realistic look.

Finally another little experiment for you that I made with my favorite skin combo of the moment. 

In both images, I used the exact same colors and I colored the same character .

How you can see the final effect is really different! Look like combo of different colors, instead they are the same. 

This example is to explain you that in addition to the combinations we choose to color our characters, what really makes the difference (an huge different ) is our "hand" and how we use Copic to color. 

With "light" hand

With "heavy" hand

And my collection for skin combos , grows !!I

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial, thanks for following me.

Hugs

Copic used 

Swimming wear BV 01-02-04

Lips :R22- 35

Paper: Perfect Coloring Paper

Tutorial : Combinations for skin colors

Hello dear Copic lovers and welcome back . 

Here is Sandra from Italy and for my new post I want to share a tutorial for combinations skin colors . 
I'm always looking for new color combinations for the skin, and I hope that my tutorial will be helpful for your inspirations.

Using the beautiful image "Cali Girl" of Satured Canary  and Perfect Colouring Paper, I experimented different types of skin.

I have to admit that I like a natural,  clear skin tones  tending to shades of beige, but in some cases it is necessary to change!

For example, to color the skin tone this girl in bikini , it is definitely better go with darker skin tone that simulates a beautiful tanned skin. 

I've divided the different  skin combinations  by “ethnicity”, but of course you are free to experiment with color and combos you prefer most!

I go with the first combination with pink shades using Copic  R family .

In my opinion, this shades are very suitable for babies skin  coloration because  is very delicate and fresh.

For  next combinations I go with  Copic  E family .

These skin tones can be considered "European" with neutral-beige  tones. 
I started using very light  tone like E0000  , then move to increasingly darker shades like . 

After the European , I  go with  "Latin" skins  that have a darker  olive skin tones. 

Finally I go to the "African" skin very dark , I really love this beautiful  true effect !

At the end I used black bazzil cardstock and a Tim Holtz die to create different tags . 
I assembled tags all together with metal ring, so I can add new anytime !!

I hope that you enjoyed my tutorial thank for following  . See you soon at the next project!

Copic used for bikini: BV 01-02-04

Sandra