Birdie Love Scene

Hello everyone! It's Delphine here today to share a Copic scene featuring some adorable birds! For this scene I used elements from the MFT Tweet Friends set, and a heart branch by Penny Black from the All you need is Love set. I stamped my characters in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and stamped the branch in Memento Toffee Crunch to have a brown branch and to be able to go over the hearts in Copics.

As always, I started with the background. I coloured the sky in B00, 02 and created a grass hill using G28, YG01, 03, 17, 67. For the sky, I tried to have a few marks in the sky to suggest very light clouds, instead of making a completely blended uniform colour for a change. 

I then added a bit of interest to my background, creating bushes on the right with my BG72, 75, 78, G21, YG 01, 03 and suggesting more nature in the far background, using light colours - G20, 21.

Next I coloured my characters - B93, 95, 97, 99 for the blue of the male bird, BV00, 02, 04 for a more girly colour for the female bird. I added shadows on the white of their fur in W0, 1, 3 and coloured their beaks in Y35, 38. The mushroom was done in C5, R35, 37, 39, E41, 42, 43.

I then coloured my heart branch, only going over the hearts in R35, 37. I added grass blades in W7, G29.

And then, all the little details: pink and white dots in Posca pen to suggest flowers, a few hearts in R37 falling from the branch, shadows under my characters in YG67, flying birds in the distance with a grey Copic multiliner. 

Sky: B00, 02

Grass: G28, YG01, 03, 17, 67

Blades of grass: G29, W7

Bushes: BG72, 75, 78, G21, YG01, 03

Male Bird: B93, 95, 97, 99, W0, 1, 3

Female Bird: BV00, 02, 04, W0, 1, 3

Hearts: R35, 37

I hope you enjoyed this happy little scene! Thank you very much for your visit, have a great weekend! Hugs,

Delphine xx

Super cool pals!

Hi all,

A new year has started and perhaps where you live you have some snow..

You can colour snow with various Copic combo's .

I have made this card of a sweet snowman  in one of my favorite snow combo's,

BG and BV.

But this snowman is not alone he also has a foxy friend!

Below you can find my step by step colouring.

I have stamped the super cool pals stamp set

from Kraftin Kimmie 

onto Perfect Colouring Paper

with Krafty Kolours Ink.

Colouring the snowman with :

BG 0000, BG 000, BV 0000

The jacket of the snowman with

B69, B 79, BV 08

The scarf with 

BG 43, BG 49

and

V 12, V 15, V 17

Some pattern on the scarf with

SP multiliner Turquoise 0.3,

multiliner lavender 0.3

The fox with

E 97, E 99, E 18

The carrot nose with

YR 61, YR 65, YR 68

Now I have added the coloured snowman and fox onto the background,

the  shaped piece of cardstock was cut with a lawn fawn die.

The text means for a real special person ( Impronte D'autore ) .

The stars were added with Nuvo paste using a stencil.

On the edges I have added some distress oxide 

and on the snow I have added some glitter.

I have decided to add some dots to create some texture on the dark jacket 

with a blender ( "0" )

and with a white gel pen I have added some details on the carrot, scarf  and jacket 

Time to add the texts onto the reveal wheel…

hello, ciao , hallo first in pencil an afterward with a black multiliner 

and now the mysterious part…

what happened to my photos of the finished card?

I have checked my photo camera , my computer files and mobile phone

but nothing at all :(. 

As I have put a lot of work into this tutorial I could not start a new one,

but before sending this card to a children's hospital in Italy 

for a charity initiative I have made this photo

The card was lilac and the reveal wheel bit was added onto that using some foam tape.

Thanks for your visit,

thanks

Blankina

Peekaboo!

Hi everyone, and Happy New Year!! 

Today I am sharing my first Copic Marker post of 2019. 

The stamp I've used on my card is Peony Baby in a Pot by Stamping Bella. 

As always I start with the skin. My go-to colours are E00, E11, E04 and R20/R21

For the peony leaves I started with my darkest colour, YG17

I applied some YG06

YG01 to finish the leaves. 

On the flower pot, I again started with the darkest colour, E99

I dragged out the E99 with E97

and I blended it with E95. I went back in with each of the darker colours to created more shadow. 

For the flower, I applied the middle colour, RV55

I then applied the darkest colour, RV66

I went back in with RV55, filling in more of the white

and I finished off using RV63 on the edges. 

I fussy cut the image and popped it up on a tag on the front of a white on white card, adding some green leaves for a pop of colour. 

Thanks for dropping by, I hope you are inspired to take out your markers today. 

Sandie

xXx

"Love Life" Stamping with Copic Markers

Hello everyone,

I'm Cordine and this is my first post as DT member of Copic Marker Europe.

In October 2018 we have had a Copic Convention in Wiesbaden. I became a Copic Instructor for Belgium. Before you became an Instructor you have to teach a class for your fellow Instructors. This was my class and I want to teach you also another way you can use your Copic Markers.

For this technique I use Aquarell Fontaine from Clairefontaine, but you can use any kind of aquarell paper.

Why aquarell paper? Because it stays longer wet.

I also use a stamp easy tool, I can't live without it anymore...

I use the Penny black brushstroke clingstamp, this one is called "Pop pop poppy".

I placed my paper and stamp in the stamp easy tool.

Then I coloured directly on my stamp.

First the flowers with R59-R29-R24-R20

Then the leaves with YG67 and YG63

Next step is to spray the paper with Activator Solution, just enough, not too wet and not t0o dry..

Don't wait to long before you close your stamping tool.

Press down well, with a little pressure.

And this is my result.

And this is the card I made with it.

Copics:

Activator Spray

Flower: R59-R29-R24-R20

Leaves : YG67-YG63

Have a great day!

Fluffy Hats

Hi Everyone, it's Faye here today :)

On behalf of all the Copic Marker Europe Girls... Happy New Year! We wish you every happiness for 2019.

Last month I showed how I colour Northern Skies and a lot of you asked how I did the hat, so I thought I'd show you. 

I have used the same Gerda Steiner stamp; Long Time No See. I still have a soft spot for him ;)

Ready? Let's go...

I've coloured the penguin already

I'm starting to lay down the colour dark to light. Sometimes it can be a little intimidating to lay a dark colour down first, so I am planning what I will do with the dark colour with one of the medium ones, in this case, R37

Go over the planning with R39. Because there is some ink laid down already, this will allow the darker colour to blend more easily

Pull the colour out into the white space with R37

Extend the colour further into the white space with R35

Finish the area with R43

At this point I change the way I am laying the ink and go from light to dark. But, no smooth blending, dab lots of little, but variously sized dots all over the hat and pom pom

Repeat with R35, but don't lay down so much ink. Only lay a small amount of this colour on the lighter areas

Next is R37, laying less ink than when you used R35, this time avoiding the lightest areas

Lay a small amount of R39 on the darkest areas of the hat

Finally, add some RV69, but be stingy with this colour and only in the very darkest areas.

Job done!

Copics Used...

Beak/ Flippers; Y35, Y38, YR04

Tummy; C00, C0, C1, E50, B000

Body; V17, V09, BV08

Hat; R43, R35, R37, R39, RV69

Thanks so much for stopping by... Have a great day.