Floral Fantasy - Passion for Promarkers

Hello Friends

I want to say a huge thank you to those of you who have continued to follow me and leave comments, even though I have not been returning the favour.  I am truly sorry that I have not had time to visit your blogs as often as I would like, and am honoured that you continue to leave comments on my posts - what wonderful friends I have.  I have made a pledge to be more organised and make time to visit you (let's see if it works!!!)  Again THANK YOU!!!!!

Now, today I am showing you my card for Passion for Promarkers, the challenge this week is 

Floral Fantasy

we want to see at least 5 flowers on your card or creation.

We are sponsored this week by Digi Stamp Boutique, and I got one of their super images to play with!!

Image - DSB

Colouring - Promarkers

Papers - First Edition "New Leaf"

Dies - Nesties

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Challenges

Bearly Mine - Flowers Galore
Digi Makeover - Punches/Dies
Lady Annes - The Great Outdoors

Remember you must use Letraset products (Pro, Flex or Aquamarkers) on your project!  Want some more inspiration - then hop over to Passion for Promarkers and see what the rest of the team have created.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Coloured Pencil Tutorial

Many of you will know that I am a professional coloured pencil artist, with over 20 years experience (yikes - showing my age now!!) So when it come to choosing coloured pencils, I've tried them all!!  My pencils of choice are Faber Castell "Polychromos" and Derwent, both the "Artists" and "Studio" range.  These are all oil based and they keep their colour for years, I've even hung portraits in direct sunlight and had very little fading!

The most important thing to remember when using pencils is to KEEP THEM SHARP.

This tutorial is for Inky Impressions Inspiration blog.

I have stamped this cute Inky Impressions image "Water Lili" on heavyweight cartridge paper, cartridge paper will take up the pencil much easier than smooth card.

I then start with folds in the dress, using Polychromos PURPLE and DARK RED very lightly...

I then lightly went over with ROSE CARMINE again very lightly... 

Sorry a bit of jump now!!  I got so carried away colouring I forgot to take pics :-(  But you can see how I darkened the folds with the DARK RED and PURPLE, building the colour up gradually. The lighter areas are shaded with ROSE CARMINE and finally blended with WHITE.

You can see I have started on the hat, again with the PURPLE and DARK RED.  I have darkened the areas closer to her head, and behind the upturned brim.

This time I remembered to take photos, so you can see how it gradually darkens.  I have gone over the shadowed areas with the ROSE CARMINE and then built up depth with the PURPLE and  DARK RED.

I lightly shaded the rest of the hat with the ROSE CARMINE, leaving small areas white for highlights, these were then blended with WHITE.

I also coloured her lips with ROSE CARMINE.  Now I move onto her hair.  I used BURNT UMBER for the darkest areas, I like to make the area under the hat and the tips of the hair the darkest.

The lighter shade is BROWN OCHRE which is blended with the darker shade.

I continue this for the rest of the hair, leaving white for the highlights.  I used the same colours for the eyes, darker in the corners, and leaving a white highlight.

For the hatband, bow and bottom of the dress I used CHROME GREEN OPAQUE (darker) and EARTH GREEN YELLOWISH.  The skin is VENETIAN RED, CINNAMON and MEDIUM FLESH. All of the colouring is done in exactly the same way, starting with shadow, darker areas and building up the colour gradually.  Her cheeks are shaded with ROSE CARMINE very lightly.

So there she is finished!!  I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and it has inspired you to get your coloured pencils out.

Birthday or Anniversary - Inky Impressions

Hello again, my second post for today is my card for Inky Impressions challenge blog.  The theme this week, is a really easy

Birthday or Anniversary

I chose to use one of the lovely new rubber stamp releases "Nickie in Rain", you really should hop over to see the cute images at Inky Impressions, there are so many to choose from - both rubber and digi!!

Image - Inky Impressions "Nickie in Rain"

Colouring - Promarkers

Leaf Die - Memory Box

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiment - Craftwork cards

Challenges

Loves Rubber Stamps- Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Created with Love - Anything Goes

Allsorts - Here come the Girls (2nd Entry)

Don't forget to see the fabby creations from my teamies at Inky Impressions Challenge blog!!

Let's get Fruity - Fab'n'Funky

This is my DT card for Fab'n'Funky this week.  Beccy is hosting and she has chosen the theme

Let's Get Fruity

So we want to see some fruit on your project!  We are sponsored this week by the super Stamp Fairy, and one lucky winner will win a selection of their digi images.

I got to play with this image

Image - Stamp Fairy "Lenny Fruits"

Colouring - Copics

Dies - Spellbinders and Cheery Lynn

Punch - Martha Steward

Papers - First Edition "Nana's Nursery"

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Challenges

Crafting When We Can - Diecut and Punches

That Craft Place - Punches/Dies

Inspire me Fridays - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - Dies and Punches

Please take a look at the other fruity creations on the Fab'n'Funky challenge site!

All that Glitters - Passion for Promarkers

It seems like ages since I posted, wait, it has been ages!!  Well here at last is another card for you look at.  This is for Passion for Promarkers, and this week I am hosting the challenge and I have chosen the theme

All that Glitters

Whhooo - I love a bit of glitter, actually a lot of glitter!!  Don't save it for Christmas, glitter can be used any time of the year for that blingy, sparkly look!!!

So all you have to do is add loads of glitter, well a little bit at least, to your project this week and enter it into our fun challenge at Passion for Promarkers.  Don't forget to use pro or flexmarkers predominately on your project!!

We are sponsored this week by the Digi Stamp Boutique and one lucky winner will win 6 images of their choice.

Image - LOTV

Colouring - Promarkers

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Dies - Nesties

Glitter - Stickles glitter glue

Challenges

Lili's Little Fairies - Purple and Yellow

Lacy Sunshine - Anything Goes

The Craft Place - Dies and Punches

The Ribbon Girls - Use a Die Cut

Allsorts - Here Come the Girls

Card Makin' Mamas - Use a Rubber Stamp

Totally Papercraft - Anything Goes

Please hop over to the Passion for Promarkers blog where you can see the glittery creations from my teamies!!!