GOOD MORNING FRIENDS! I’m back today with another project and a new Copic coloring video featuring another image from the Anita Jeram Birthday Wishes stamp set by Colorado Craft Company. I love these images and they work well with simple coloring and a simple background. I’ve linked most of the supplies below with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.
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HEY FRIENDS! I’m back today with something really different for me. If you saw my recent post on the Power Poppy blog for Inspire Me Monday, you’ll know that I’ve been bore with Copic coloring lately and more than a little overwhelmed with all of the new card making products that come out every month. As a teacher, I have to keep up with new products and there are so many new releases every month that sometimes it feels like I’m accumulating more stuff than I’m actually using.
And having full set syndrome doesn’t help. In addition to having a full set of Copic markers, I also have three full sets of colored pencils – Prismacolor Premier, Farber Castel Polychromos, and Caran d’Ache Luminance.
So I’ve been experimenting with my Prismacolor pencils more lately. I recently purchased the Old Festive Friends stamp set from My Favorite Things, mainly because I wanted to make a card for my brother’s upcoming birthday. He’s seven years older than me so my birthday cards for him usually reflect one of three themes: how lucky he is to have me as his sister; the fact that he’s my OLDER brother; or just the fact that he’s old. Yeah – the latter may be a little harsh, but he’s come to expect it from me!
I kept the overall design simple so that I could just focus on the coloring. I’m relatively new to colored pencils so I’m still working out technique and color blends. It helps that I’m experienced with Copic markers though because I didn’t have to put as much thought into color selection or shading since I followed the same concepts as if I were using my markers.
I won’t say that it was quick to do because coloring with pencils takes longer than markers, but once I blocked out the shadows and the highlights, the rest fell into place.
That’s all for me today! Hope you enjoyed today’s project! See you next time!
SUPPLIES
PRISMACOLOR: Skin: Cream (PC914), Light Peach (PC927), Beige (PC997), Lilac (PC956) Blue: Powder Blue (PC1087), Non-Photo Blue (PC919), Electric Blue (PC1040), Indanthrone Blue (PC208) Green: Deco Yellow (PC1011), Chartreuse (PC989); Spring Green (PC913), Apple Green (PC912), Olive Green (PC911), Crimson Lake (PC925) Red: Permanent Red (PC122), Crimson Red (PC924) Brown: Burnt Ochre (PC943), Chestnut (PC1081), Black Raspberry (PC1095) Grey: 20% Warm Grey (PC1051), 50% Warm Grey (PC1054), 70% Warm Grey (PC1056)
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WELCOME BACK! I’m back today with a new card and coloring video featuring the Birthday Wishing stamp set by Anita Jeram. This image was one of the first release by Colorado Craft Company so I’m a little slow in joining the parade of cards highlighting this image. But better late than never!
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GOOD MORNING FRIENDS! I’m over on the Power Poppy blog today with a new card and video for Inspire Me Monday with a new card featuring the Party Essentials Digital Stamp Set by Power Poppy. So hop on over to the Power Poppy blog to see the full tutorial.
Supply list for today’s project is shown below. See you back here soon!
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GOOD MORNING FRIENDS! Today I’m sharing a project that features the RAM You’re My Jam stamp set which was part of the new release by My Favorite Things. My friend Susan Itell over at Simple Stamping fell in love with this stamp set and asked if I would do a Zoom session with her to color it. Susan adored the card made by MFT design team member Angelica Conrad, who graciously shared the Copic colors she used on her card. So to prepare for our Zoom session, I went ahead and colored the images myself, using Angelica’s marker choices as the basis for my color scheme and adding in a few more of my own.
I find that the E markers are more difficult to blend. Lighter E colors tend to shatter the blending when used with darker colors so that I end up layering and re-layering to get a smooth blend. This time, I used tip to tip blending and had a much easier time with the blending.
For tip to tip blending, select two markers in your blend (dark/medium or medium/light) and hold the lighter marker in your dominant hand (i.e. the hand you write with). Using the light marker, pick up some of the ink from the tip of the darker marker. When you color, you will have a tone that is a blend of the two markers that will make it easier to transition from dark to light.
When finishing the card, I added a strip sentiment from the Spotlight Sentiments stamp set. It was a little wide for my layout so I trimmed off the top sentiment row from the stamped image. I backed it with a band of solid cardstock as well as a band of striped design paper to finish off the design.
That’s all for me today! Hope you enjoyed this fun project. See you again soon!
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