January start to finish card

Hi!
I thought yesterday would be a good day to get back to the start to finish series and with just a couple of setbacks I eventually finished the videos. For a better look at the card it can be found on my blog.

The first video covers coloring TGF Cheeky Rockabilly's skin.

Second video is coloring her outfit.

In the third video I had my first setback.

The fourth video is putting together the card.

Hope you enjoy!

My Heart is Yours

My pal, Tress, was asking how to give a heart dimension and I thought it would be easier to show her how I color one rather than to try and explain it in writing. So here is the video.  :)

Enjoy!

A New Take on Noses

I've been experimenting with how I color nose-less images and thought I would share since I'm pretty happy with the new look. I'm also throwing in a little bit of altering, just because I did it. The finished card will be on my blog tomorrow. Thanks!

November Start to Finish Card

Good morning! I hope everyone had a great weekend, I was able to get some crafting done and I was able to make a video too! November's start to finish card features the digital image "Cocoa Wishes Wryn" by TiddlyInks.

The first video is hair and skin coloring.

Second video is coloring the rest of the image.

The third video is putting together the card.

Thank you and I hope you all have a wonderful day!

The nose knows ☺

Hey there!
I have a quick little video sharing how I color and shade the nose on a forward facing stamped image. Hope you enjoy!

Taking A Dip

Sorry I'm late putting this video up here but things are slowly getting back to normal so I promise I'll be better. I even plan to do a couple of more videos soon.

I did this video for an All That Scraps Make It Monday and it's how I color an underwater scene.

April start to finish card series

Yesterday I took the afternoon to make my 'start to finish' card making video series for April. I inked up this beautiful Happy Days Annabel from Crafty Sentiments Designs and I totally love her. She is a bit more intricate of an image so I ended up having to break the series up into four different videos this time.

part one covers her skin

part two is her hair

part three is her dress and swing

and lastly is making the card with Annabel

the finished card is on my blog today, April 25.

Ash, and you shall recieve...

I had a few requests to share the hair combo that I used on Easter Anya in the last video and since today was a bit too windy for working outside this turned out to be a good day for a video!
Enjoy!



the finished card will be on my blog tomorrow, 4/15.

Where the green grass grows...

Happy Sunday everyone!
I had some questions on how I did the grass on my Masa card and since I was coloring more for my card tomorrow it was a quick and easy video to make. My process is pretty simple but I hope you enjoy watching it. ☺



finished card can be seen here.

March Start to Finish Card

I'm getting March's start to finish card videos in just under the wire! I inked up CC Designs Swiss Pixie Country Lula and used Doodlebug Designs Hello Spring papers for the card.

the first video is the coloring of the hair and skin.



the second is the coloring of her dress, apron and eggs



and the final is the making of the card.



Hope you enjoy!

Coloring up Fairy Paprika

I thought li'l Paprika with her braided hair could make a nice video. This first video covers the coloring of her skin and hair.




The second video covers the coloring of her dress and wings. The finished card can be seen on my blog tomorrow morning, March 7, along with a chance to win a Paprika stamp and card kit of your very own. Thanks for watching!

February Start to Finish

I have another three part coloring and card making series tonight, I had a lot of positive feedback on the last one so I will try to make this a once a month series. This month's card features Boho Anya from TGF, which I altered just a bit.

Part one is the hair and skin coloring.



Part two is her clothing.



and part three is the altering and card making.

Annabel the Mermaid

I've had a request for coloring a mermaid but thought it would have to wait until closer to summer to do since my card making mood usually falls in with the seasons. But when I got this cutie in the mail, I just couldn't resist inking her up, so today is the day for a mermaid video! I'm sure there will be more to come with the warmer weather. ;-)
Card uses Annabel the Mermaid by Crafty Sentiments Designs.
The finished card can be seen here.

part one is the skin



part two is her hair



part three is her tail

Coloring on a Sunday Afternoon

Hiya!
I was coloring today and thought I might as well film it. This first video is the skin and hair on Rosie from Sugar Nellie stamps.



In the second, I color Rosie's dress in a variegated/ombre style.



Then since I had a request from awhile ago to show how I put together a card, I went ahead and filmed this third part using Rosie on a Valentine card. Sorry it cuts off so suddenly at the end, I thought I had went over my time limit. LOL! The finished card stayed the same as when I ended it there, you just missed me debating on adding more embellishments and then talking myself out of them anyway! ;-)



The card with complete supply list will be on my blog tomorrow, January 23.

P.S.
In case you are wondering, this really is a finished card for me as I don't decorate the insides of my cards. ☺

Comparing the Copic Grey markers

Even though I've done videos using each of the grey families to achieve the color black, I was still getting questions about how they compare to each other. So I thought it would be helpful to create a side by side chart, by coloring The Greeting Farm's Creeper Madden's hair in all four grey color families. I think you can really get a sense of the different qualities of each one.



As you can see the Cool Greys have a much more metallic and shiny finish compared to the Warm Greys on the opposite end, which almost look brown.

Down to There Hair

I had a request for coloring the Tiddly Inks girls with their long, straight hair. I chose Poppy as my subject, I hope she was what you had in mind Tina. ☺



The finished card can be seen here.

Matchmaker, matchmaker...

make me a match...
Olo!
I like to match my marker colors with the colors in the papers I'm using for the card. I'm a bit OCD that way, plus I think it's a good way to stretch outside the comfort zone of automatic color families and play with the vast capabilities of these markers. So while I was in video making mode today became the perfect opportunity to show my process.
The Copic Color Chart can be printed from here
Copic is adding 12 new colors in a couple of months, so you may want to wait until the new chart is out before printing it and filling it out.



Finished card can be seen here.

I love the winter weather...

As requested here is the video of the coloring of Eva and her shovel.



the finished card can be seen here.


And if anyone is interested, I'm giving away a pack of 6 secondary colors of Copic Sketch markers and a Sweet November Fairwee Daphne stamp over at my YouTube Channel.

More love for the gingers!

Olo! I had a request for dark red hair so with the day off I colored up two of my color combos that I use when I want dark red hair. Hope you enjoy them!



The finished card with Wish Upon a Star can be seen here.

Edited to add: Ooops, the second blending at the 15:20 mark is with YR18 not E18, Sorry!


The finished card with Eva can be seen here.

Dee Dee is getting ready for some winter fun...

I had a question about coloring Wild Sprout Dee Dee with a dark skin tone, and I thought li'l Dee Dee would be fun on a Christmas card! So here are two videos with Dee Dee, the first one is the coloring of her skin and hair and in the second she get a winter coat with a little help from Wild Sprout Camille.

When I finish the card with Dee Dee I will post a link to it in this post below the two videos.
I have gone back through my prior video posts and added links to the finished cards and will continue to link videos to cards as I complete them.





The finished card can be seen here.