Friendship is the greatest gift

Hi Copic friends, 

I hope you are enjoying Christmas wherever you are! We are having lots of fun and family time here in Norway, today we even had some snow! Finally! 

Here is a Christmas card using the cute Wee Stamp image. 

 The papers are by Studio Light and Papirdesign. 

The image by Wee Stamps/ Sylvia Zet is called "Friendship is the greatest gift". Copic colours used: 

Skin: E13-11-21-000, R20

Hair 1: E37-35, YR24-23-21-20

Hair 2: E49-47-44-43-41

Green: YR67-63-61, G99

Reds: E18-07. R24-22-35

Blue: B21-23-60-63-91

Box: E47-44-43-41

Background: B60-63-91-BV20

Enjoy the rest of your the holidays! 

This was my final post for Copic Marker Europe. 

I really enjoyed sharing my love of coloring with all of you! 

Thanks for having me, I'll see you around!

Christmas hugs, 

Elizabeth xx

For the love of art

 Hi Copic friends.

I took a break from the Christmas card making to make this card. One of my favorite images, actually. I find it difficult to colour dark skin, but I think it turned out okay :) 

I wanted to let the image be the main focus on this card. Besides the papers I used a couple of die cut stars, some lace, and flowers.

The image is Jaqui Painting by Mo's Digital Pencil/Mo Manning.

Copic colours used:

Skin: E27-25-23-21

Hair: E49-29-25-23-21

Reds: RV29, R59-27-24-22-20, W5

Pants: BG75-72-71 (homemade)70, W7

Shoe: B34-32-23-21

Dotted background: BG73-1-70, W1-00, C1-00

Floor: W7-5-3-1-00

Water: B000, Pencils and details: E35-31-30

Here's a peek at the inside of the card too.

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Hugs, Elizabeth 

#greatful #loveyou

Hi Copic- friends! 

Elizabeth here today with Copic inspiration for you. I want to show you a card I made using the lovely Silver Fairy by Wee Stamps/Sylvia Zet. 

Papers are Maja Design. Dies by Spellbinders, Magnolia and Memory Box. Flowers by WOC.

I stamped with apricot coloured ink to get the no-lines effect. 

Copic colours used: 

Skin: E13-11-21-00, R20

Hair: E57-55-53-51-50

Dress: RV95-93-91, V000

Details: E43-41-40

Wings: W5-3-1-00

Here's a peek at the inside of the card too. 

Hope you like it!

Wishing you a colourful day! 

Crafty hugs, 

 

Tutorial: How to color faces

Hi Copic friends.

There are so many ways to colour faces. Depends on what kind of image you colour and how the artist drew the face. It is a matter of taste and technique- everybody has their preference.

I thought I would show you how I like to colour faces, using the following Copic Markers: 

E0000-E000- E11-E13- E21- E15, E93 (cheeks), B99-97-93-91 (eyes)
Image is cropped from  "arctic friends" by Saturated Canary.

Start by colouring all the skin with E0000

Draw the shadows using E11. Under the hair line, over and under the eyes, under the chin, under some of the lip. Draw nose lines.

Add deeper shadows using E13.

Blend with E11 and E21.

Blend using E000.

E93 for the cheeks. I add colour from the eyes and towards the middle of the cheeks.

Blend with E000. I only use the E000 on the outer edges of the E93.

Next I darken the shadows using E15. On the hair line and hood line, 

and under the eyes and under the lips. Not on the nose.

Blend with E11 and E21. Adding shadow on the side of the nose and lips.

And finally blending with E000.

I add colour to the eyes. I used B99-97-95-93-91. From dark to light. I leave a small dot of white for highlights.

And for the lips: E93-R20 and E04. Same thing- I leave some white highlights.

Time to colour the rest of the image. Copic colours used: 

Hair: E57-55-53-51

Jacket: BG75-72-71 (homemade)- 70- 57-53-11, W7

Cup and t-shirt: BV25-23-20, W7

Skirt and mittens: E44-43-42-41

Fur: W7-3-00

Background. B60, W000, blender

Here's my finished project: 

Hope you like my tutorial. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Wishing you a colourful day! 

Crafty hugs, 

Elizabeth  

For the wedding couple

Hi Copic friends, 

Elizabeth here with today's inspiration!

Summer is wedding season, and I have made quite a few wedding cards the last couple of months. 

This is one of them. 

 I made a book card with the names of the happy couple, and wedding date on the book end.
The papers are from the Pion Design Wedding Collection.

The image is by Mo Manning. I coloured it using the no lines technique. I also embossed the image 

using Utee Embossing Powder and distressed it with Distress Ink Walnut Stain, 

to make it look old and vintage. 

Here's the image before and after embossing it, to show you the original coloring: 

Copic colours used: 

Skin: E13-11-21-000, R20

Hair: E57-55-53-51, Dress: W7-3-1-00, 

Suit: W9-7-5-3-1

Red details: R56-29-27-24-22-20

Green: G99-94-46-43-40

Dotted background: C1-3, W1, B60

 The inside is decorated like this. 

Hope you like it. Thankfully, the wedding couple did!

Wishing you a colourful day!

Crafty hugs, 

Elizabeth

Summer fun

Hi copic friends, 

Elizabeth here with today's copic inspiration for you. I hope you are enjoying wonderful summmer days, whether you are on vacation or at home. We spend a few weeks at our summer cottage every year, and I always bring my copics markers for those rainy days! Here's one of the images I colored, I put her on a summer card!

 I used Maja Design Papers and lots of dies and flowers. My daughter and I picked small sea-shells at the beach for me to use on my cards. I used some of them here.

I created a little scene using Delphine's tutorial on how to color sand HERE. I added water and clouds to create a whole scene around this cute Saturated Canary image called Vintage Swim.

Copic colors used: 

Skin: E13-11-21-000, E93, R20, R81 (cheeks) and E93, R20, R81- 83 (lips)

Swimsuit and bathing cap: BG75-72-71 (homemade)-70, BG11, W7

Flower: R89-85-83-81

Sand: E43-42-41-40, E30-31

Sea: B000-00-01, B21, B91 and BG000

Clouds and sky: C00-01-03, B91, B60, BG000, B000-00

Hope you like it! 

Keep enjoying your summer! 

Crafty hugs, 

Elizabeth 

Happy Swing

Hi coopic friends, 

Elizabeth here today with copic inspiration for you. 

My coloring this time was very much inspired by my talented team- mate Deborah.
I love these cute girls on the swing.

I thought I would make the card in soft tones to make the image pop. 

The papers are by Maja Design, Flowers by WOC and Kort og Godt, Sentiments by Kort og Godt and Norsk Stempelblad. Dies by La La Land Crafts, and the punch used is by Martha Stewart.

The image is by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. Copic Markers used: 

Skin: E13-11-21-000, R20-24-35

Hair: E59-57-53-51 and E29-25-21

Shorts: B99-97-95-93-91

Pink: E89-85-83-81

Purple: V09, V28-25-22-20

Black: W9-7-5-3-1

Sky: BG0000-10, B000, C03-01-00

I made the card for my daughter's teacher at the end of this school year. 

It says Thank you in Norwegian. I thought the image was perfect for a wonderful teacher who really loves to teach! 

Wishing you all a wonderful summer!

Crafty hugs, 

Elizabeth 

I treasure your friendship

Hi Copic Friends, 

Today I have a friendship card to show you. 

I kept the decorating pretty simple to let the image be the main focus on the front of the card. I used papers by Pion Design, flowers by WOK and Hobbykunst, Butterfly by iamroses, dies by Memorybox and the rest is from my stash.

 I used this cute Saturated Canary image called Sisters and colored with the no-lines coloring technique.  As you probably know by now I love this technique! Here's a work in progress image for you. I love how the characters pop from the page in the process. 

Copic colors used: 

Skin: E000-21-11-13-15, R20-22

Hair 1: E29-27-23-21, Hair 2: E49-47-44-43-

Hair 3: E59-57-55-53-51

Eyes: B91-95-97, E23-25-27, G21-82-94

Green: YG95-93-91

Purple: V28-25-22-20

Grey: W7-5-3-1-00

Blue: B99-97-93-91

I used W3 and W5 to retrace the details around the eyes.

Here's the inside of the card. It's a fun fold with lots of layers.

 I used a tutorial made by Cathrine Sandvik for the card base. 

I used Stempelglede sentiment stamps on the first layer. The inside of the card has room for a message.  

Hope you like my inspiration post today,  

Wishing you a colorful day! 

See you soon! 

hugs, 

Elizabeth 

Tutorial: Adding darker colors to an image to create depth

Hi copic friends,
I remember when I first started coloring, I was so afraid to use the darker colors . I bought them...lol...but I rarely used them. So afraid to ruin my image.

So I thought I would show you what a difference it makes to get some contrast in the image to create depth. If you are a beginner you can easily find the darker matching color by looking at the copic color wheel and choosing a higher spesific value in the same color family and color group (the last number on the marker). For example if you use R81 you can add R83- R85- R89.

On this image by Saturated Canary I used two or three markers in each blending group. Only the lighter ones.

Some people prefer the lighter colors, and thats okay if you do. But what happends if you add the darker colors?

First I added E49 to the hair to define the deepest shadows. And more E44 to blend. Finally I went over with E40 to smothen it up. 

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Next the face. I had colored using E000 and E21 and E93 for the cheeks and lips.

Here I added E13- E11and R20 for the cheeks and lips. The face looks a lot less flat than before.

(And by the way a tip is to color the face before the hair, it is so easy to drag some of the darker browns into the face and ruin your image - learning the hard way...lol) 

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Originally I used R81 and V000 for the pinks.

I added E89-85-83 ont the flowers, t-shirt and skirt. 

                      

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I used E41 and 43 for the apron and parts of the skirt. Here I added E47 and 44, and some more E43, E42 and E41 for a good blend. 

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 On the basket I originally used E33-E31 and E30

I added E37 and E35, and used the other three again to blend. 

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For the gloves and legs I used C1 and C00.

I added C7- C5 and C3 for deeper shadows and used C1 and C00 again. 

               

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 On the leaves I originally used G43 and G40.

I added G99 and G46 and G43 and G40 again. 

                

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Here are the two images. Look how different they are.

And here is my finished card: 

Papers are Pion Design. Flowers are by WOC and Kort og Godt. Butterfly by Magnolia. 

Sentiment stamps by Norsk Stempelblad AS.

And here's the inside of my book card.

Hope you'll challenge yourself to try!

Hugs, Elizabeth