Sea, sand and cute pirates!

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today :) For today's post, I'm taking you to the sea!! I have chosen two adorable pirate stamps from Chou & Flowers (a French company) and created a scene around them. Here is my final card:

The die I used is by Penny Black and the sentiment (something like Once upon a time... the ocean called) is by Chou & Flowers.

I recorded the colouring process (there is a just teeny tiny part missing, I forgot to put the camera back on - silly me!!), you can watch it below:

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Here is a close up of my image and the recap of all the Copics I used:

Boy: BV00, E50, 51, 53

Gold: Y11, YR23

Red: R35, 37, 59

Black: 100, W5, 7

Khaki: G99, YG95

Girl: R00, 20, W0, 1, 3

Pink: R81, 85

Purple: BV00, 02, 04

Flagpole: E35, 59, W1, 3

Crab: R02, 05

Bottle: BG78, YG25

Bird: B05, 18, 39, R29, Y38, YG25

Sky: B000, 00, BV00

Sand: E33, 51, 53, 57

Sea: B02, 05, 18, 39

Xxx: B93, 97, 99, Y35

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great weekend! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Spring video with Vera Lane Studio digis

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today :) For today's post, I have chosen a sweet girl and created a scene around her, using digital stamps by Vera Lane Studios. The girl image is from the Birds of a Feather digi set, and the bush from the Lil Red and Big Dad set. Here is my final card:

You can see the colouring process below:

Here is a close up of my image and the recap of all the Copics I used:

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 25, RV02
Hair: E53, 55, 57

Clothes: BV00, 02, 04, 08, RV23, 34

Sky: B000, 00

Ground: E51, 53, 55, 57

Grass: G29, 99, YG05, 95

Bush: G29, Y11, YG01, 03, 17, 67

Rocks: W3, 5, 7

Bird: B93, 97, 99, Y35

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Beginner vs intermediate colouring of a character

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today :) For today's post, I decided to focus on the colouring of a character, showing 2 levels of colouring at the same time - certainly not to say one is good and the other is not good, but to show what real beginners can try to achieve, what you can do to try and improve your colouring and to show the differences between the two types of colouring. Open your eyes, and analyse ;)

So basically no card here since it is not the point today, but 2 coloured characters. For my tutorial, I used an adorable digi by Vera Lane Studio, a girl from the "I love hedgehogs" digi set.

You can see the colouring process for both characters at the same time below:

 

Here are the coloured characters, with beginner on the left, and intermediate on the right - and a recap of the Copics I used:

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 15
Hair: 100, W5, 7

Red: R35, 37, 59, W7

Pink: BV00, RV32, 34

White: B000, BV00

Green: G29, YG03, 17

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great day! Hugs,
Delphine xx

A sweet Ladybug scene and video

 

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today :) For today's post, decided to create a spring scene featuring a sweet ladybug character, the opportunity to show how to colour grass with highlights, use reds, and colour simple folds. 

For my card I used a digi by Vera Lane Studio called Ladybug, here is the final card:

I coloured all my elements in Copics, except for a bit of glitter pen for a few details, and you can see the whole colouring process below:

Here is the coloured image and a recap of all the Copics I used:

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 25, RV02
Hair: 100, W5, 7
Outfit: R35, 37, 59, W7
Wings: BV00, RV00, Y00
Sky: B000, 00, BV00
Sun: Y000, 11
Grass: G28, YG01, 03, 17
Blades of grass: G28, YG41, 45, 67
Bird: B93, 95, 99, YR23

After the video, I stamped a sentiment and that's it :)

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great day! Hugs,
Delphine xx

Colouring a face and hair with The Greeting Farm

 

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today, coming back after a little break :) For today's post, I thought I would show how I colour a face and hair with highlights using a cropped image so you could hopefully see well how I do it. I also aimed at using unusual colours for me - pink, which I think can be a bit difficult. 

For my card I used a digi by The Greeting Farm called Miss Anya Bewitch, here is the final card:

I coloured all my elements in Copics, except for a bit of glitter pen for a few details, and and you can see the whole colouring process below:

You will note that I only used 2 colours for my hair - no need to have a ton of markers - and left white highlights to show the paper, a look some people like. Also, to give more depth, I used a grey marker below the pink as a first layer.

Here is a close up of my colouring and a recap of all the Copics I used:

Skin: BV00, E000, 00, 04, 11, 71
Hair: 100, W7
Pink: R85, RV13, 29 (+W7 for hat)
Gold: E35, Y11, YR23
Purple: V09, 15, 17
Background: RV13, 21

After the video, I stamped a sentiment and doodled dots and splatter with my black Copic marker. I also added gold gel pen around the edges of my image.

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great day! Hugs,
Delphine xx

Savanna video with Aall and Create

 

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today to share a Copic scene with a fun Aall & Create stamp set designed by Janet Klein. Here is my final card:

All the elements I used are from the #526 Serengeti set, and I tried to combine them to make a fun colourful scene. I coloured all my elements in Copics and you can see the whole colouring process below:

Here is a close up of my scene and recap of all the Copics I used:

Sky: E08, R59, Y11, Y35, YR04, 07
Ground: E35, Y21, YR23, 31

Bushes: 100, G99

Trees: 100, E35, G99, W7

Lion: E31, 50, 51, 55, 57, 97, YR31

Giraffe: E25, 29, 31, 41, 43 

Pink: RV42

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great weekend! Hugs,
Delphine xx

Aall & Create Copic Video

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today to share a little Copic scene with Aall & Create stamps which I have fallen in love with recently. Here is my final card:

I used a character and a plant from The Gardener set #424. For the background I chose the Leaves #556 stamp which I die cut to suggest a bush, and on a die cut piece of paper I stamped a cloud from the Follow Rainbows #524 set. I coloured all my elements in Copics and you can see the whole colouring process below:

Here is a close up of my scene and recap of all the Copics I used:

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 25

Eyes: B60, 63, E43

Hair: E25, 59, YR23

Red: RV69, R35, R37, W7

T-Shirt: E43, 44

Pot: C7, E41, 43, 59, G28, RV66, 69, YG06

Leaf Background: C7, G28, YG03, 17

Sky: B000, RV00, 11

Cloud: B000, BV00, RV00

I aimed at having contrast on my character, hence the use of E25 on the skin, then going back to add more layers of colour for skin and hair and all the grey underlayers for the reds and greens.

Thanks for stopping by today, have a lovely day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

A Flower Memorydex card

 Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today to share a memorydex card featuring flowers. I love my Memorydex or Rolodex, which is actually a Toutenrolex since mine is made by Toutencolle, and I use it to make date cards to help me remember important dates.

  I stamped some flowers from the Fleurs de Gnomes set by Toutencolle and coloured everything in Copics. Here is my final card:

You can see the whole colouring process below:

Here is a close up on the image and the list of all the Copics I used:

Background: E81, 84, 87
Flowers: RV06, 09, 14, 19, 42, 69
Hearts & poppies: R35, 37, 59, W7
Leaves: G287, YG03, 17
Yellow: E35, Y38

After colouring everything in Copics, I simply added touches of pencil (Payne's Grey) to add a bit more depth and a few highlights in white gel pen.

Thanks for stopping by today, have a beautiful day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Polkadoodles Together Always Video

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today to share a slimline card! I love creating cards with hearts, sending love and I think there is no particular mome,t to do that, it is something you can do all year round. 

I chose a love image by Polkadoodles called Together Always and decided to create a little slimline scene.

Here is my final colouring:

You can see the whole colouring process below:

Because the image is quite small I reduced some combos to just 2 markers for blending instead of 3 or 4.
Here is a close up on the image and the list of all the Copics I used:

Background: 0, R00, R01
Hills: G21, 24, 28, YG01, 17, 25, 67
Rabbits: C0, 1, 3, 5, R00, R20
Red: R35, 59
Blue: B04, 16, 39
Pink scarf: RV19, 25

Thanks for stopping by today, have a beautiful day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

A Clearly Besotted scene and video

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today to share some Copic cuteness! I have decided to create a scene featuring stamps by Clearly Besotted Stamps - I find them really adorable!

Here is my final card:

The characters are from the Hippo Christmas set and the houses from the Balloon Bunch Christmas set.

I have recorded the whole colouring process, which you can see below:

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After colouring my images, I added a bit of Distress Ink on the edges of my background and touches of white acrylic paint marker. The sentiment is by Clearly Besotted Stamps too, from the Christmas Line Up set and Santa in the sky is from One More Sleep.

Below you can find a recap of all the colours I used:

Hippos: C3, 5, 7
Beard: C1, 3
Red: R35, 37, 59, W7
White: W3, 5
Bag: E42, 43, 44, W7
Present: YR23, R35, 37, 59, W7
Background: 0, BV17, 29, V22, 25
Houses: BV23, 25, 29, E04, 115, 19, 41, 43, 74, Y11, 15, 38

That's all from me today! Thanks for your support and for stopping by! Hugs,
Delphine xx

A Blue Christmas and a video

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today to share some blue Christmas inspiration!

There are 19 B Ciao and 35 B Sketch Markers. To feature B markers, I chose an MFT image called Furry and Bright and stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto an SMLT haïku card. I have used B000, 02, 05, 18, 21, 23 and 39 on my card.

Here is my final colouring:

You can see the whole colouring process below:

After colouring my scene, I added Snowflakes by Toutencolle, stamped in Memento Blue Sky and the sentiment is by Toutencolle too. 

Here is a close up on the image and the list of all Copics I used:

Skin: E13, 71, YR000, 00

Hair: 100, B21, C5, 7
Blue: B02, 05, 18, 39, C7
White: C3, 5
Red: R35, 37, 59
Gold: E35, Y11, YR23
Dog: E40, 42, 43, 53
Snow: B000, BV000
Background: B000, 21, 23, R000

Thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend! Hugs,
Delphine xx

Spotlight on R markers and a Greeting Farm video

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today to share some red inspiration!

There are 18 R Ciao and 30 R Sketch Markers, ideal for lots of combinations. To feature R markers, I chose a winter image by The Greeting Farm, from the Miss Anya Jingle set and decided to create a little scene using DPs this time as a background. In the R family, my all time favourite marker is R35, the most vivid red I know and I use it all the time in all my red combos. Also, in the R range, you can find beautiful pink and peach tones, some I used on the clothes here. For my card, I picked R11, 32, 35, 37, 59.

Here is my final colouring:

You can see the whole colouring process below:

I coloured my image in  Copics and did some fussy cutting. I picked a DP by Bo Bunny with snowflakes and since it had a few music notes in the corner, I decided my Anya was singing ;) I added a sentiment and some notes from an old Greeting Farm set called Sing Hello. Oh and for my character to have feet in the snow, I tore a piece of glitter paper to suggest snow.

Here is a close up on the image and the list of all Copics I used:

Skin: E000, 00, 11, R20

Hair: E35, 79, Y11, YR23
Red clothes: R35, 37, 59, W7
Peach clothes: R11, 32, W3
White: W1, 3, 5
Gold: Y11, YR23, W3

You can notice I use Warm Greys for shading with my reds, I find it makes a difference and greys are the easiest - not the only - way to add shading.

Thanks for stopping by today, have a beautiful day! Hugs,

Delphine xx

RV markers for Halloween & a video

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today to share some RV inspiration! 

There are 14 RV Ciao and 29 RV Sketch Markers, another great range, and I don't know why, not the one I use the most - and certainly not for Halloween usually!! But to feature RV markers, I chose a super cute image by Polkadoodles called Matilda Witch and made a little scene. I have used RV10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 69.

Here is my final colouring:

You can see the whole colouring process below:

As you can see in the video, I printed my Matilda and coloured everything in Copics. For the moon, I used a mask from a Kraftin' Kimmiestencil to colour the sky without colouring the moon and coloured it afterwards. I then added black elements, a hill and did some doodling in Copic multiliner. Last step, I added a bat in multiliner, using a bat stencil.  

Here is a close up on the image and the list of all Copics I used:

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 71
Hair: 100, N5, 7
Clothes: N3, 5, 7, RV14, 17, 69, W7
Broom: E35, 59, Y11, YR21
Background: 100, N7, RV10, 11, 13 + Copic Multiliner
Moon: N1, Y000, 00
Ground: N1, 5

Thanks for stopping by today, have a nice day! Hugs,
Delphine xx

A Halloween cat video... & a limited palette!

 

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today to share some colouring inspiration. I thought I would focus on the colouring of an image without a background for once - I did have beginners in mind when I picked my image, thinking how important it is to focus on the image and mastering a few techniques before creating backgrounds. I also wanted to show how you can limit the number of markers you need - just by changing one colour in a combo and applying a different quantity of colour :) And so, today's image uses 8 markers only.

I chose a Halloween stamp from the "Des bonbons ou un Sort" set, a set made by a French store named Toutencolle. I find this Halloween cat super cute - and a great opportunity to show how to colour black and grey. To me, buying a set of grey markers is very important when you start - Cs or Ws, Ts or Ns if you have Sketch markers. No need to have all letters and all numbers, just one set with every other number is great!

Enough talking, here is the colouring process video :

As you can see, I didn't ground my character, no shadows below since I plan on using my Copic cat on a future mixed media project and will cut it out.

Here is a recap of all the colours I used:

Cat: R20, W3, 5, 7

Hat: 100, W5, 7

Buckle: E37, Y11, YR23

Broom: E37, Y11, YR23, W7

That's all from me today, thanks for stopping by! Hugs,

Delphine xx