Colouring With Spectrum Noir Markers- Morning Light

Colouring with Spectrum noir markers

The image i used is called Morning Light by artist Jeremiah Ketner

Isnt she beautiful? 

Its available to purchase from  www.craftsandme.co.uk

Colours used:

Skin FS2, TN4, TN3, TN2

Hair, EB8, EB6, EB2 for her hair i used a technique called palette blending ( check out this video to show you how to do it) https://youtu.be/3K1uxgiSvdQ

Bows OR1, CT4, CT2, CT1, HB1, HB2, HB3

Eyes TB5, TB4, TB2

Lips CR1, CR2

Thanks For stopping by

Don't forget to check out the my Video

Laura xx

Colouring with spectrum noir and copic markers - Sugar skull by the paper shelter

Hey, so here we go again with another colouring tutorial, again like the last this is available to purchase from www.thepapershelter.com her name is sugar skull, and I fell in love with her as soon as I saw her. 

 I Really wanted to do another full spectrum Noir colouring but I just couldn't get her hair to look the way I wanted so I gave up and reached for the Copics.

That's enough of me going on lets get down to the fun bit, the colour combos

For her skin I started with the lightest FS1, added TN2 to for the shading then went in with FS5 then finally back to FS1 to blend the colours nicely.

To do her face paint, I just used IG1 and the Blender to soften the lines and around her eyes, I used FS1 then IG1, 

For her nose I used BGR5, BGR4

Lips DR5, CR10

The heart, DR5, DR2, CR10

Her eyes, B00, B02, B05

and finally around her eyes BP6  

For her rose I started off with DR5 adding all the darker shades, then went in with DR2 for the mid tones, CR10 for the lightest, then finally DR7 I used this to add more depth making sure not to over do it,

Her Hair I went back to my good old copic markers, I just couldn't get my spectrum noirs to do what I wanted, I think it was more me then the pens to be fair so the colours I used are 

E47, E37, E33

For some Reason while I was filming the camera stopped so the very start didn't recording but the colours I used on the skull

CT4, CT2, CT1

BP6

LG5, LG43 LG1

B02, B00

BV02, BV13

RV04

BGR5, BGR4, BGR3

IG1, IG3, Blender

OR3, OR1

For the candles I wanted to create a glow, and I hope it is something I did mange to achieve

I used

CR11, OR3, OR1, CT4, CT1

For the glow I used the Blender and CT1, looking at it now I think I went a bit heavy with the colour, and if I was going to do it again I would maybe go with one of the LY family 

Then I used CT1 and the Blender to highlight the candles,   

and finally for her shirt BGR5, BGR4, BGR3, BGR2 and the glow for the candle CT1 again.

Here is the video for this one

Thanks for Stopping By 

Laura x 

Colouring with spectrum noir markers - Drink up by The paper shelter

Hello, Today I'm going to be writing about this beautiful image its called Drink up and is available to purchase from www.thepapershelter.com, I came across this site via google, and I'm so glad I did. I emailed the lovely team and the said it was fine for me to there images for my you tube channel and blog, These digis are great excellent value, You don't only get the line digi but you also get a coloured image, a printable backing paper and you also get a coloured image merged onto the backing paper also, The price of them for what you get is excellent they are $3.00 which roughly works out at around £2.05 and there is such a wide rage to choose from, you will be spoilt for choice.  

I have been combining a lot of the brands of pens I use in the videos but for this one I wanted to do a full spectrum noir colouring video.

For her hair I used GB9, CT4, LY4

For her skin I used: TN2, FS1, CR3

Her dress I had a lot of fun colouring this, fabric folds have never really been a strong point for me but I love the way they finished, I started by mapping out the colours starting with TB5, then TB4, then finally TB3, then starting again with the darkest colour, I went back over and blended the colours, I then add just a line of  TB7 where I really wanted the fold to stand out.

For her apron I used IG3, IG1 and the blender pen to soften the lines

For the potion bottle i just used the lighter shades of her dress TB3, TB4 with a little of GT2 and  GT1 

For the table i used GB10 and GB8

And then for her lips I used CR4 and her Eyes TB2

I did create a colour chart for her, while I was trying to decide what colour I was going to choose for her for the video, and decided to go with blue.



Here are the colour combination I came up with

Thanks for stopping by  and here is the video

Laura x 

D.i.y NoteBook

So as promised here is the next tutorial this is Diy note books, I love these they are so cute.

Here is the link to the video https://youtu.be/ueQOiQbyqHc

 

Lets get started, For  the covers you will need two of each, outer cover (pink) 14.5cm by 15cm, (inside)11cm by 13cm (top) 2cm by cm

Glue the inside piece roughly 1cm from the bottom and sides (I used Tattered lace glue, but I have also tried this with hi tack glue and it works very well)  

when you do use the glue try not to over saturate the paper, other wise you will end up with a load of winkles.

 leave a 2mm gap and glue the smaller piece, once its dried use a ruler and a score tool (or a empty ball point pen works well) and score the edges, plus the 2mm gap, this is so you will be able to open your note book.

You could leave this step out but I found it made the corners too bulky, cut out the corners

Next start gluing the edges down, one at a time, using something like a bone folder to help you get them nice and smooth.   

To make the holes to hold the note book together, I created a guide, placed it over the top and held it in place with a post it note, I used a 4mm single punch, you need to do this to both of the covers.

Cut some paper 12.5cm by 12.5cm and glue into the inside of the covers, you will need to re punch the holes (That's why the single punch comes in handy)

Then decorate as you like, I used Bookworm Fairy by Hannah Lynn. Make sure you don't stick your  picture over the crease at the top or you won't be able to open your note book. 

For the pages I cut 30 sheets, 12.5cm by 12cm 

  

Again I created a guide to make sure the pages would sit right, as the punch would only go though a few sheets at a time, again I used a post it note to hold them all in place.

Now coming to the end and the fun bit........putting it altogether 

using a length of ribbon feed through the back add all your pages i recommend leaving the post its in place until you have done this (just makes it a little easier)

add your cover, tie a pretty little bow, trim the tails and your all done.

You have a cute one of a kind little note book. 

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look

Laura x 

Colouring with Spectrum Noir and Copic Markers - Bookworm Fairy

Here I go again with more colouring, This time I used and image call bookworm fairy by artist Hannah Lynn, I love her images they are beautifully drawn and such a pleasure to colour, as always there is a video available on my you tube channel

https://youtu.be/Rs_AvH38W8E

The image is available to purchase at www.craftsandme.co.uk

Skin and Hair

Her hair and skin, I used pretty much the same colour combination as I did I'm my previous post,

these generally are my go to combos, but I am currently using some different combination which I will share with you in the future .

Skin: Spectrum Noir TN2, FS2, FS3 and CR3

Hair: Copic  E47 E37 and E33

Wings and Clothes

Her wings are a combination of the two different brands of pens and I love the way they have worked together I have used Spectrum Noir: HB1, HB2 and in Copic: B00 B02.

For her clothes I used PP1, FS8, IG1, IG4, once I had finished the colouring, I decided to go back in with IG1 and add some deeper shadow lines to her clothes, I'd never tried it before but I really like the way it looks, so it definitely something I would try again.

Finishing Touches

And for the finishing touches 

Eyes: B05, B02 B00

Lip: RV04, RV02

Book: RV04, RV02, E33

Butterfly: RV04, RV02

Glasses: RV04, RV02, B00

Pencil: CT1, CT2, RV04, RV02

Lamp: IG6, IG4, IG1 

And Worm: LG1, LG3

Background

And finally for the background, I printed an image the same size and cut around the edges as close as I could. I used a little removable tape to fix it over the coloured image, and used distress inks, starting with spun sugar, then milled lavender, and peacock feathers around the edge. To finish off I spritzed the image with some perfect pearls mixed with a little water for some extra sparkle and dried with a heat gun. I haven't really played around with the distress inks but I love the end results.

she looks so pretty!

I will be doing a DIY video hopefully next week using her on a project be sure to keep an eye out for that one (Once its done I will add the link on here)

Thanks for stopping by and don't for get to check out the video

https://youtu.be/Rs_AvH38W8E

Laura x 

Colouring with Spectrum Noir and Copic Markers - Sand Castle

Its been a very long time since I have written anything so for that I'm sorry but I'm back with a new colouring tutorial.

On the crafts and me face book page I entered one of their freebie challenges and was lucky enough to be picked as one of the runner ups and received two Digi stamps of my choice.

This is what I coloured its called Cornucopia by Robin Pushay
and I spent about 5 days colouring making sure I had the colours perfect, as I had never coloured such a detailed image! but I was so happy with the outcome.

 

So back what  this original post is about,  Sand Castle this is again available for purchase from www.craftsandme.co.uk  its a beautiful image so please check it out.




I used a combination mostly Spectrum Noir, and Copic for her hair I decided to keep the back ground simple as I didn't want to over take from the main image.

This is available on my you tube channel as a video
https://youtu.be/5OZVJKoEoKE



So to start off I done her skin, My favourite combination of Spectrum Noir colours I like to use is
TN2, FS2, FS3, and CR3
For her lips I used BP4
and her eyes I used HB1, HB2, IB2

For the shells I decided to take to Google and have a look, I wanted to get the right colours and when I was looking at different images they had lots of peach with a hit of grey so I tried to incorporate this is as best I could the colours I went with were TN1, FS6, FS8, BG1



 The water globe I just kept very simple I used CT1 to colour all over then used nothing special just a plain yellow glittery gel pen, to add a little detail and for the water in the globe IB1.



Her tail was the bit I really enjoyed colouring, I wanted to create almost like a two tone effect, and I also wanted to blend her skin into her tail
The colours used for this are HB1, HB2, GT1, GT2




For her hair I used some Copic markers, I don't have many in my collection but they are gradually growing, E47, E37, E33





To do the back ground I lined the whole image with IB2, coloured the back ground with IB1 and used LG3 for the sea weed, Then to finish off I used a white gel pen to add some detail to the shells sea weed, and to brighten up her pearls.

Thanks for taking the time to read this, don't forget to check out the video
https://youtu.be/5OZVJKoEoKE
Laura x

Candle Decorating

Hey guys, I'm back with another tutorial and this one is about candle transfer or candle decorating I guess you could call it.

So for this you will need

 A candle,

White tissue paper with your image either stamped or printed (The image I used is my own )

Heat gun

Grease proof paper

Bull dog clips

And whatever brand of alcohol markers you like to use, I have used Copic ciao markers in BV000, BV02, BV13

First start by deciding what image you would like on your candle. If your using a digi stamp you will need to attach a sheet of white tissue paper to a normal piece of printer paper a small piece of double sided tape in the corners will do the trick, you do need to make sure the tissue paper is crease free otherwise it will more than likely jam your printer I find running an iron over will get rid of most creases, the printer I use is just an all in one cannon ink jet so nothing special but does the job, or you could use a stamp and ink pad. As soon as your image comes out, spay a little hair over the image, but do it from a distance you don’t want to soak the image you just want to lightly sprits it I find this helps with any colour bleed you might get from the printer, then go and make yourself a nice cuppa tea or coffee and put your feet up for around 20 minutes while it dries.

If your Colouring your images with alcohol markers, make sure you have a piece of scrap paper under your colouring   because the tissue is so thin the markers soak through, so you need the scrap paper to catch all that ink,

Once your image is all coloured, cut to size and decided where you want it to go, wrap your candle with the grease proof paper and clip it in place at the back, I have tried using pegs and just holding the grease proof paper and even not using any grease proof paper what so ever!, and yes it still works but the end result doesn't look good…. At all (so if you’re like me and if it’s not perfect I will start all over again) use the bull dog clips otherwise you will be starting from the beginning.

Heat the wax with your heat gun, you will see the tissue paper disappear , and the colours on your image will look as if they are getting brighter, you only need to hold the heat up to the candle few a few seconds to melt a little of the wax otherwise you might end up an uneven surface on the candle  (unless that’s the look you’re going for) do this over the whole candle, then leave the  candle to cool down for a round 10 to 15 minutes and remove the grease proof paper slowly and you’re done.

They make beautiful unique gifts for someone, and the design possibilities are endless with a process that’s so quick and easy to do.  

   If you like a free copy of my butterfly, just e-mail me at somethingfunkycrafts@gmail.com and I will happily send it over to you in a jpeg format.

Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed.