Morning everyone!!
Hope you are all having a good week! Its my birthday today so I am in a very good mood lol...may have to go to the craft shop later to get myself a little pressie..!!!
Anyway, onto this weeks tip that is created by our very talented Dawn who is sharing with us how to colour with Copics. Therefore, the challenge for this week is:
USE AN IMAGE / SENTIMENT
CHALLENGE
This can be stamped, digi - anything at all!! Even if you just stamp a little sentiment - that can be used as well. Remember - you can join in this challenge as many times as you like!
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Hello everyone!
So glad you can stop in today to join us for a new Top Tip Tuesday tutorial. I am thrilled to be able to share a quick and easy way to start using Copic markers.
Let me start by saying - I am not Copic Certified, I have no formal training. This is my own opinions and steps I use to color images. This is just a guide to help you and I hope makes you want to play with Copic markers.
I have shown in this first step what colors I used and also how I put down the base colors. This is how I like to work, using the darkest color first.I have outlined the bear with the lightest gray, it makes the white pop or almost as if I colored the bear white. I also added a shadow under the bear and Penguin almost like they are standing in snow. Do you think it looks realistic?
In step two I am showing you how I add the second and sometimes a third color. I also use the blender to remove some color. Did you know the blender removes color?
Did you know that The C -gray colors make Black?
In step three you can see where I have started to color the scarf and hats. I try to use the darker colors where there would be shadows or folds. If you think about this scene I am assuming the light is coming in from the left so that side of everything will be lighter.
In step four I am adding the extra colors to the accessories and using the blender to remove any extra and also take off a few spots to give that worn look -see the red hat, and the scarf and how I used the blender to remove the front sections?
This is the final step showing you everything colored and the few spots where I removed using the blender.
So did these steps make sense to you? Do you think this will help you get started ?
Here is my finished card- I cut out the image with a Spellbinder shape, even had the image overlap the shape.
Now you know I had to add a few flakes to make this realistic.
Ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon.Background paper from CTMH
Hope you enjoyed my tutorial on using Copic markers. Please let me know if you have any questions. I will try to help.
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How fantastic is that tutorial? As someone who has difficulty in colouring, I think it is really helpful...may have to get myself some copics..!!
Now onto the sponsors for this week:
Whimsy Stamps are offering one lucky winner 5 images of their choice.
Whimsy Stamps is a family owned business and online store located in the United States. We carry a line of whimsical and fun rubber stamps made from deeply etched red rubber and mounted on EZ mount foam. We also have a digital stamp collection with new releases on the 1st of each month. We've recently added an online gallery for our DT and registered users where you can find lots of samples using our stamps. We also have an inspirations blog with daily postings and product info and our featured stamper Saturdays!
Featured Tipper Prize:
Ooh La La Creations has a fantastic prize to give our featured tipper...its a surprise...!!
We live in France. My daughter and I design the CD's. I started crafting about 20 years ago with glass painting and decorated furniture then started making cards for friends and family. We decided to design our own CD's as there was not much craft materials around when we moved here. We use living Artists for all of our CD's now and have recently shown our CD's on Create and Craft TV
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Using an Image Challenge Team 1 DT Cards using gorgeous Whimsy Stamps images!
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Remember, on the new look Top Tip Tuesday blog, all you have to do to win a prize is:
Thanks for stopping by and we can't wait to see your fabulous creations!!!
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How fantastic is that tutorial? As someone who has difficulty in colouring, I think it is really helpful...may have to get myself some copics..!!
Now onto the sponsors for this week:
Whimsy Stamps is a family owned business and online store located in the United States. We carry a line of whimsical and fun rubber stamps made from deeply etched red rubber and mounted on EZ mount foam. We also have a digital stamp collection with new releases on the 1st of each month. We've recently added an online gallery for our DT and registered users where you can find lots of samples using our stamps. We also have an inspirations blog with daily postings and product info and our featured stamper Saturdays!
Featured Tipper Prize:
Ooh La La Creations has a fantastic prize to give our featured tipper...its a surprise...!!
We live in France. My daughter and I design the CD's. I started crafting about 20 years ago with glass painting and decorated furniture then started making cards for friends and family. We decided to design our own CD's as there was not much craft materials around when we moved here. We use living Artists for all of our CD's now and have recently shown our CD's on Create and Craft TV
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Using an Image Challenge Team 1 DT Cards using gorgeous Whimsy Stamps images!
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Remember, on the new look Top Tip Tuesday blog, all you have to do to win a prize is:
- Create something using the theme of the challenge
OR - leave a tip
OR - do both!!
You can enter as many times as you like - just as long as its a new creation - any back dating creations will be removed.
You must also do a link to Top Tip Tuesday on your creation post.
Thanks for stopping by and we can't wait to see your fabulous creations!!!
