Colouring Basics

Hi! Hope you enjoyed Jenny's fabulously coloured cards yesterday. Today, I've kept it pretty simple.. plus this is a great example of how to hide your mistakes.

So, I've used the same set as last week from Sugar Pea Designs

Now, I've kept the colouring really simple- and been playing around with the blender pen again. I've done a close-up to show you that you really need to blend for the best effects. Everything else on the card is blended well- I simply go over with the lightest colour, and don't use the blender pen overly. Look at the next picture- I've left the blue bear unblended- you can really see how the harsh lines don't help the dimension at all. 

 

So, the mistakes?

I stamped the clothes and added the line of black for the washing line..I wanted a very CAS look to the card. Sadly, I'd had a little bite to eat during crafting..and...there was a mark (possibly chocolate, but I really wouldn't like to admit to that!).

So, the grass 'cover-up' was born. I ended up with not enough 'grass' for the width but decided to leave that 'carefully planned' (!) element as it was.

As I'd solved that issue, I managed to get ink on a bit of grass. A lot more sighing later, decided to 'hide' the ink by way of Glossy Accents on the grass. A 'dewy' glow all over the grass. You can spy a little if you look at the photo.

As I looked and felt moderately smug, I noticed a water stain on the 'grass'.

Arggh. Too late. I'd adhered it down.

So, washi tape to the rescue.

Most mistakes are coverable. I'm not used to having to solve 3 on one project!

My colouring tip for today? Use your blender pen to create patterns on solid parts of your coloured image. Look closely- you'll see spots, stripes and dashes, all courtesy of the blender pen!

 

Hope your projects are mess and mistake free!

See you next week,

 

Keren x

A Lot of Dirty Laundry!

Hey! Hope your Tuesday is going well. This week I thought I'd do some colouring (or coloring if you're not a Brit!). Now, I'm still learning- I have tons to learn still so taking on a larger scale bit of colouring was probably a bit ambitious. But I had great fun combining some simple techniques with Copics, Shin Han & Promarkers.

The set I've used is this one by Sweet Pea Designs

I made this card with a mama in mind who has a ton of kids like me- and actually if you say 'dirty laundry'- she'll immediately think of the mountaineous piles of clothes ready to wash!

I wanted to try and do something different with the scene which is why I die-cut a circle out of the area & raised the frame up whilst leaving the base on the bottom! I've added details using the blender pens (like around the clouds) and also added fun detailing with a gel pen.



Do grab some pens and have fun with colouring. You can equally fun effects with pencils or watercolours. There are lots of images suitable in the store- do go and have a nosey
Look out for the other talented teamies this week- we've all gone a little colouring crazy!

See you next week,
Keren xx