Thursday, March 10, 2011

All Bound for La La Land!

 We are so excited X- Press Graph-X (your Australian and NZ Copic distributor) is also now the exclusive distributor for this gorgeous new range of La La Land Crafts stamps. These incredibly cute unmounted rubber stamps are just perfect for colouring with your Copic markers! Stamps should be available at your local papercraft store in March!!!  These stamps are cling mounted (for use with your clear blocks) and made of deeply etched natural red rubber and stamp beautifully every time!  Today I'm showcasing Birthday Marci - isn't she super sweet!!??  :)

To celebrate the arrival of La La Land Crafts to Australia, we are offering a lucky commenter the chance to WIN 3 STAMPS!!!  Leave a comment on this post telling us what you love about the new stamps and you can have the chance to WIN!!!

The competition is open to all Australian and New Zealand residents and will close on Friday April 1st at midday AEDT.  The winner will be announced on Monday 4th April!

I've had a few questions about colouring skin from beginners who know which colours to use, but not sure how to get the look they are going for.  When I began my Copic journey, I wasn't sure about skin and hair either since I did a lot of flowers, so today I'm also doing a Back to Basics tutorial on colouring skin.
Step 1 - Stamp your image in Memento ink onto X-press It Blending Card.

Step 2 - Decide where your light source is coming from by overlaying a piece of acetate that you've drawn some 'sun rays' on.  For more on Light Source, see THIS POST.


Step 3 - Lay down your base colour (in this case E50) by colouring in circles.  It doesn't have to be perfect at this stage as we'll be blending some more.

Step 4 - Add your darker skin tone (in this case E51) where the shadows would be.  You will find shadows under the fringe and on the opposite side of the face to where your 'sun rays' would be.

Step 5 - Blend your colours together with your lighter skin tone (E50 here).  Now for blush, you can either tip-to-tip or use the palette blending technique.  I chose to scribble some R20 onto the bottom of my acetate since it was already on my desk and then picked up the colour with my E51 Marker.  I chose the darker one because I wanted rosy cheeks - but I will often do it with the lighter skin tone (E50) - depends on the image you are using.

Step 6 - Feather in your R20/E51 colour from the sides of the cheeks.

Step 7 - Blend your colours with the lightest skin tone - in this case E50 until you are happy with the result.  I've added R20 to her lips for a little colour.

Step 8 - Finish colouring your image as desired, remembering where your light source is coming from!

So, do you want some La La Land Crafts stamps now???  Leave a comment below telling us what you like about La La Land Crafts stamps and you can WIN THREE of your own!!  :)

If you want to win a set of the 12 BRAND NEW SKETCH COLOURS, join us in this month's CopicOz Challenge to create a little magic!

Happy Colouring!!
KathyPin It

45 comments:

  1. Great tutorial...just what I needed :)

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  2. Thanks for the great tips on skin colouring, a really essential skill broken down so easily!!!

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  3. I am happy to go ga-ga for la-la's... nice to see the XPress Range branching into these stamps!

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  4. These are sweet little images and great for those of us who like to colour! Congrats XPress for taking the next step! Thanks for the handy little tutorial Kathy .

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  5. Thank you for that great tutorial. Do you scan your images or photograph them? I love how clear they are. Thanks for the tip on how you get the blush in the cheeks as well.

    I just went over to the La La Land website and there are so many cute stamps. I'm a big fan of the pilot Luka and all the animal stamps - I could see that these will be great to colour with Copics. Can't wait till they're available here!

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  6. Thanks for this tutorial. This images are too cute!

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  7. Thanks for the tutorial for tecniques of coloring skin. The LaLa land stamp is very nice.

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  8. I think the La La Land stamps are all so cute and they have such adorable little friends with them like the panda in Birthday Marci's image- and they have an image-boy or girl for just about every occasion needed- would love to win some thanks for the chance.

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  9. Awesome tutorial. Can't wait to see more. I just love these stamps. Can't wait to order a couple.

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  10. Great tutorial! I love La La Land Craft Stamps for their cuteness & ability to be used for any occasion. Just perfect for us stamp addicts!

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  11. Cards with these cute characters would go down a treat for my 4 girls and all of their friends! Can't wait to get my hands on some of them!

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  12. Awesome Tips!

    They are the cutest stamps, realistic yet cartoon-cute, so a great mix!

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  13. very cute stamps I love the animals and little Luka and Marci they look great to use copics on.. thanks for the tute.. still trying to work out the light source so great tip..

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  14. They are just sooo cute, love them all!

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  15. Big round eyes and CUTE kissable lips... who could go past Marci and Luka!!!

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  16. Thank you for a fantastic tutorial, always good to see another way to colour faces!

    La La stamps - well, anything with a 'Marci' in it is a winner in my book. Loving that XPress It are finding new products to bring to Australia and NZ!

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  17. Oh I sooo love these stamps - had so much fun using them last weekend! Cant wait to get my hands on some!

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  18. They are so cute and really love all the boy images :)

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  19. Thanks for the refresher on colour skin tones with Copics.
    I've seen these gorgeous La-la-land faces popping up all over blogland and they are so cute. I'd love to have some of my own because their sweet, innocent little faces are adorable and it will make me come back to my favourite colouring medium - COPICS!!

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  20. ohh these stamps are so so adorable... thanks for the great tips on colouring in skin tones...

    sheree

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  21. Great tutorial, awesome tips! Thanks for the chance to win some of these lovely stamps...so cute!

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  22. Great tips -the skin is what i've been working on lately. I would love it if you could do some really close up photos of the blending of the skin, I think I'm trying to overblend but I don't have anything close up to compare it to. I love the stamps too - my favourite feature is they have lips! I like some of the other brands, but love ones with full sets of facial features!

    Tamara

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  23. I love LA LA LAND stamps cos they are SOOOOO cute! My image stamps mainly contain bears - sure they are cute but when you've been colouring them so so long and already on your second bottle of refil ink, you know its time to change! Great Tutorial as well - just the right images to practice skin colouring on ;)
    Emma P.

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  24. thesee images are super-cute. not sure if they are available here in the UK so keeping my fingers crossed.

    kathleen mc xx

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  25. Such cute images. They look like they'll make colouring a breeze :-)

    Margaret

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  26. Love the gorgeous lips and eyes on these stamps! Michelle xoxox

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  27. Thanks for the tutorial on colouring skin tones, and OMG - these stamps are just too cute. Thanks for the chance to win - I can just picture all the cute girly cards that could be made with them.

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  28. What's not to like about the La La Land stamps. They are so cute and adorable and look so nice to colour. I am loving the winter little girl. Really want to colour her.

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  29. I've been lucky enough to have been Irina's GDT for 3 months - these stamps are just fabulous to colour, cut out and create with!
    xXx

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  30. Wow two wonderful things in the one post. La La stamps (they look fantastic & fun) & a great tutorial on skin tones. Thanks so much for showing them both xoxoxo

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  31. La La Stamps are a fresh new look with gorgeous facial features. Thanks for the tutorial :)

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  32. how cute are the stamps i will be checking out more of them

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  33. I bought my first copic markers this week and have spent the entire day looking for what stamps I could buy that would be lovely to colour in. These La La stamps are just heavenly!

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  34. I visited the local craft show yesterday and seen a demonstration of the copic markers and they were using the new La La stamps and fall in love. Unfortunately I could only buy one La la stamp but it took me an hour to decide which one to purchase. Thanks for the great skin tone tutorial.

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  35. La La Stamps are very cute. Great skin toning tutorial :)

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  36. Got to play with the La La stamps in the Project class and the Beginners class... beautiful to colour and so cute to use on all types of projects!

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  37. La La Stamps are sooooo cute & look like they'd be tons of fun to colour....I'd LOVE to win some :)

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  38. I can't wait until we get these stamps at my LSS. I love them because the images have lots of open space to colour and they are so darn cute! Great tutorial Kathy :)

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  39. I would love to own these new La La Land stamps. The images are a very good size for cards which I love to make. Also they look like they would be easier to colour in. Not to mention that they are just so cute. Love the skin colouring tutorial. Thanks

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  40. I just love the Superheros! Originality at its best.

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  41. Wow... this is an awesome tutorial, and helped me alot, I love this image, she is adorable!!

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  42. I am so intimidated by coloring with Copics so these tips are really help.

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  43. I love the La La Land stamps. They are so easy to stamp and colour with my arthritic hands. I have problems with some other unmounted stamps but the La La Land stamps always stamp out really well and they are so cute.

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  44. I was going Ga Ga trying to perfect skin colouring but this tutorial now has me sorted so I'm off to La La Land to colour to my hearts content. Thank you.

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