Merry Christmas!

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Ho Ho Ho!

Ho Ho Ho!!!  Tis the season of Red and Green and my favourite reds are the R30's!  For my Santa (which is from the Flourishes Joy is in the Air stamp set),  I've used R32, R35 and R37 and a touch of R39.  I find these are easy to blend and give beautiful vibrant results - just perfect for the festive season!  I've turned this into a quick tag to adorn a homemade box that I used for a Secret Santa gift at my work Christmas party.  :)Pin It

O Christmas Tree

Hello Everyone and welcome to another Copic Oz Tutorial!  The festive season is well and truly here and I thought now would be the perfect time to talk about colouring Christmas Trees!! 

I'm using Flourishes' Trimmed With Love stamp set and when you look at this tree, imagine it's a Cone Shape - this will also help with your light source placement.  Cone shapes will have a highlight line in a specific part (depending on where the light source is) and will be shaded on the sides.

Some Christmas trees will look more like the above picture, in this case, it's still a cone shape (or actually several cones on top of each other), but also consider the shadows under the branches.  When looking at the Flourishes Christmas Tree, remember to shade under the ribbon/tinsel as that will also be shaded.

I like to begin by flicking out the 'glow' from the star in YR30 and also some blue glow around the tree in B0000.  It's easier to do it before the pine tree colouring rather than later.

Next, lay down a base colour of G20 all over your tree.

Add some G21 to the sides of the tree.

Darken the sides with G24 and start shading under the ribbon/tinsel.

Deepen the shadows on the sides and add darker shadows under the ribbon/tinsel using G28.  Add some flicks of G28 on the outer branches for contrast.

Colour the rest of your tree in your favourite Christmas colours!!  (I've used R32, 35, 37, B60, B63, R81, R83, R85, Y11, Y17, Y21, Y35, B32, B34.)

Don't forget to add some Christmas sparkle and shine by using a White Molotow Pen for strong white highlights and Gold and Clear Atyou Spica for fun sparkle!

Create your card!!  Hope you've enjoyed today's tutorial and wishing you all a very happy Christmas!!

Seasons Greetings and Happy Colouring!
Kathy

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Colouring Reds

Hi Everyone,

Today I wanted to share a few hints with you about colouring RED with your Copic Markers.

Because red is such a highly intense colour, people often have problems colouring with it.  

More often then not, people over saturate the area, resulting in the 'bleeding out' below.

The first, and probably biggest hint I can give you is to make sure you are working on the right paper.  X-Press It Blending Card makes colouring with reds a whole lot easier!

I have stamped La La Land Craft Image:  Christmas Elf Marci onto my paper.

The reds I have chosen to use are R32,35 and 37....

 

 I always apply my lightest colour first.  Another hint ...be extra light handed.

Next I flick in my R35. 

 Notice I have started away from the edge of the image.  

This will help to not over ink the edges.

 Very lightly apply R37 from the edges in ....

Finally, go back to your R32 to blend all the reds together.

 

And there you have the perfect candy cane coloured in red!

Happy Colouring

Mandi-Lee

xxx

 

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A Little Birdie Told Me....

Summer is here and I've been addicted to yellows of late.  Pop over to my blog to see which "Y's" have been used here along with some pretty complimentary blues!  Find out more HERE!

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Colouring Metal

Hello Everyone and welcome to another Copic Oz Tutorial.  Today I'm showing you how I colour a metal bucket using the sweet tulip image from Flourishes' April Showers stamp set.

Colouring Metal is best achieved with the Cool Grey range of Copics because although they are grey, they also have a blue base giving it a cool, metallic feel.  To give the feeling of a rounded bucket, decide where your light source is and give your bucket a highlight (or two!) and shadowed sides.

Begin by laying down a base of C1.....

Flick in some C3 from each side, leaving a highlight area in the middle.

Flick in some C5, but not as far as the C3.

Blend with the next lightest colour, leaving the middle untouched.  To really deepen the shadows, add some C7 to the edges.

Continue to blend colours and darken edges with the above colours until you are happy with the finished look!

Finish colouring your image and make your card!!

Hope you've enjoyed today's tutorial and happy colouring!!
Kathy  :)Pin It

Copic Certifcation 2013

We are SOOO excited to announce the following Copic Certification dates for 2013.

Melbourne
Standard Papercraft- Sunday March 3, 2013
Intermediate Papercraft- Monday March 4, 2013

Sydney
Standard Papercraft- Saturday March 16, 2013
Intermediate Papercraft- Sunday March 17, 2013

Brisbane
Standard Papercraft- Monday June 10, 2013
Intermediate Papercraft- Tuesday June 11, 2013

Register your interest now by heading over to the Copic Website. Please note that priority will be given to Copic Stockists and their employees. However, any extra places will be opened up to public so be sure to register.Pin It