Trying new things - Creative Colour Placement

Hi Friends 

Right now with everything going on and being unable to work, I decided to try something new. I recently showed a project I had done to Jennifer Dove who runs Copic Bootcamp. She loved what I had done but wanted to push me to go outside of my comfort zone. She wanted me to try creating my own face on one of Ann's images by using Creative Colour Placement. 

I wanted to do some no line colour with copics as well. First I masked off the face on the image (Holly -Cheer Up) and then stamped the image with Birch Stamp Anniething hybrid ink

This is what the original image looked like next to the image where I practiced Creative Colour Placement...Now I will admit that my partner is a little freaked out by this image and in a way I can see that but the purpose of this exercise is to try something new and step outside of that box I have been in for the last little while. Even though those who I have showed it to have had mixed reactions to this, I am still proud of it and proud of myself. I tried something new and as a result I have grown as a colourist. In these times when we are stuck in our homes and the world is feeling a little scary and small, now is the perfect time to expand your horizons and try something new...learn new things and have fun with it.

I hope you are all safe and well, and I encourage you to use this time to be extra creative...try something new.

Until Next Time - Stephen

Products used

Holly - Cheer Up

Stamp Anniething Hybrid Ink - Birch

Thanks word die

Falling Hearts stencil

Love You

Hi everyone! It's Meg here, and today I'm sharing another Valentine creation with you, using Chloe & Sam. I kept it simple, and used only the Falling Hearts stencil too, allowing the characters to take center stage.

I love that the stencil is etched deep, which means that using a glitter paste results in a lovely raised image! Here, I've used Nuvo Moonstone.

Coloring details:

skin - E04, 13, 11, 00, 000, 0000, R22, 21, 11

girl hair - YR27, 24, Y26, 21

boy hair - 100, C7, 5, 4, 2

red - R59, 29, 24, 22

gray - C7, 5, 4, 2, 0

shirt - YR24, Y26, E47, 44, 43, 42

See y'all next time!

Happy Birthday

Hi Friends! Today I have a sweet Birthday card to share with you

I used Kelly - Happy and coloured her with Copic markers. I created this card for a friend of mine and Coloured her to look like her.

I created the background using using the Heart Reverse die, Falling Hearts stencil, and the amazing Stamp AnnieThing Hybrid ink cubes.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you liked my card creation for today 

Until next time - Stephen

No Lion, You're the Best!!

Hi there, Nicole here today with a card to share.  

I used the "Falling Hearts" stencil for my background along with "Blossom Hybrid Ink" .  I started by inking up my stencil from the top of the stencil and worked downward using a lighter hand as I worked towards the bottom of the stencil to create a variegated effect.  Afterwards I went over the entire thing with the ink blender again and trying to continue with the variegated effect.

The image and the sentiment are from "Zac-Lion-No Lion You're the Best".   I embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder and attached a white enamel heart next to it. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!

Trudy - Happy Day

Hi Friends! 

Stephen here with another card to share with you. Today I decided to use Trudy - Happy Day.

I kept my card clean and simple pulling the colour pallet from the pattern papers I used. 

I used the following Copic markers to colour her up

Copics

Skin -E04, E11, E21, E00, E50, R20

Hair - E79, E77, E74, E71

Skirt - V17, V15, V12

Shirt -YR04, YR07, YR18, 

Shoes - T9, T4

I did some simple ink blending using Ripe Persimmon Distress Ink to create the background using the Falling Hearts stencil.

Also, there is an awesome sale going on right now in the Stamp AnnieThing online store. All Stamps, Stencils and even dies are one SALE!!!! Now is the time to snap up those awesome Stamp AnnieThing goodies that you have been eyeing up...OH and to make things even more awesome, FREE shipping on ALL orders over $60!!

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