It's a Giraffe ?!!!!!

Welcome to Team B's turn to showcase some of the wonderful images from The Paper Shelter.  Today I have colored up one of the giraffe images from the set "Funny Giraffes" available here.

I've teamed up the finished image with the cloud die from Memory Box, dp from Fancy Pants Baby Mine collection, and a sentiment and ribbon from my stash.

This weeks theme at The Paper Shelter is Punches and Dies, and once again The Paper Shelter is offering a terrific prize of $20.00 to spend on whatever you like at the online store, if you use one of their images.  If you do not use one of their images, you can still enter the challenge to win 3 of their images of your choice.

Winner and a Copic Tutorial

Welcome to Terrific Tuesday at One Crazy Stamper, and as promised last week, the winner of the prize of the two Stampavie stamps as chosen by Random.org is ............
#7 - Wendance Designs

Congratulations, please contact me at s.mclaughlin8@shaw.ca so I can get your prize to you.

This week I have a tutorial about coloring skin with Copic markers.  When I color with Copics I always start with the lightest color covering approximately 60% of the area, leaving the highlight area blank.  Using the middle color I recolor about 40% of the already colored area, and then finish with the darkest shade on 10% of the same area.

After the three colors are applied, blend them all together using the lightest color.

The following diagram shows some of my favorite color combinations for skin tones.

I have listed the colors that I have used for each skin tone, but there are many others options - what is your favorite skin color combination?  Do some experimenting with different color combinations and step outside of the box - you never know until you try, what wonderfully colorful results you can achieve!!!!  Have fun playing!!!

( PS.  Don't look too closely at my coloring on this page, as I knew that it was only to show you differnt skin tones, so I was not at all careful about going over the lines!!!!! )

Wishing you all a very happy day!!

May Flowers

Well, the ladies that attend my classes are finally breathing a sigh of relief. I had promised a couple of months ago to start designing an 8" x 8" calendar that would be displayed in a beautiful wrought iron stand up flip frame that I purchased from the local big box craft store. I frantically searched several stores to get enough of the frames, and then promptly put them aside to deal with later.

About two weeks ago I decided that the time had come to get busy on the separate pages, and have completed four pages so far.  Today I am sharing the finished May page.  The Copic colored image is Bella and Butterfly from Wild Rose Studios, an image I fell in love with awhile ago, but just recently purchased.  The dp's are an oldie from Cloud 9 Design called Bay Blossoms, glitter is from Making Memories ( another oldie ), flowers are Prima's, flourishe die is a Tim Holtz, and the butterfly is from Martha Stewart.  I will be posting other pages soon, and a photo of the finished calendar later, so stay tuned!! 

Things with Wings

The theme for the next fortnight's challenge at Dream Valley is "Things With Wings".  For my card I used a stamp that a friend had loaned me featuring a little wood nymph which I colored using the palette method with my Copics.  The dp is from K & Company Julianne collection, while the die is from Memory Box.

 

This is my last challenge with Dream Valley, and while it is a sad day, I am thankful for all of the wonderful ladies on the design team that guided me through being part of my first dt.  The last year has been a wonderful experience and I wish the Dream Valley team all the best in the future!

Sundays With Crissy Challenge #30 - Tickets/Tags

It's time for me to present my card for this month's challenge at Sundays With Crissy, and the theme is Tags or Tickets.  

 

This adorable dinosaur is "Back to School Bart", a digital stamp available from Whimsy Stamps here.  He's got his backpack on, so I've imagined him ready to take off on his summer vacation.  I made the card into a slider card so that he can run to catch the plane, bus, or train.  The dp is from the On the Go collection by Bo Bunny, and the ticket stamps are from Stampers Anonymous.  You still have time to enter the challenge to win digital images from Crissy Armstrong, so check it out here.

G2GLYS!! - MayzyArt Sponsorship

MayzyArt is the sponsor for the next fortnight at Friday Sketch Challenges, and the team was asked if they would like to participate - of course we all said yes!!!  I choose the image "Texting Teen", which I colored with Copics, fussy cut and mounted on layers of dp from Echo Park's "A Boy's Life" collection.  Being the texting wiz that I am ( not!!!! ), I googled for sentiments and came up with LU4E ( Love You Forever ), and G2GLYS ( Got to Go, Love You So ) - I think they suit the card's theme.

Hop on over to the Friday Sketch Challenge blog here, and check out the fabulous creations that both design teams came up with.

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - #65 Boy Attitude
Copic Markers Europe - #7 Colour Black Hair
My Mums Craft Shop Challenge - #62 About the Boys
Totally Stampalicious - Teenagers

Style

Today was the first official day of summer, and I've had this card done for awhile and thought that today would be a great day to show it.  This is Sugar Nellie's "Trip to the Park" which I colored with Copics.  The dp, punch, and sentiment are all from my stash, while the Daisy border is a Memory Box die.

I hope that everyone enjoyed this first day of summer!!

Moving Along With the Times - Happy Birthday
Paper Play Challenges - #25 Use a Die
Divas by Design Challenge - #40 To "Die" For