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Happy Thanksgiving from everyone here at MarkerPOP! We hope you have a fun and safe holiday!
Koala Marci
Hi, everyone! It’s Kelli here today with a card to share with you that uses the adorable La-La Land Crafts – Koala Marci stamp. I stamped her in Memento – Tuxedo Black Ink and colored her with Copics:
hair- E27, E25, E23
skin- E01, E00, E000
cheeks and lips- R22, R20
skirt- RV29, RV25, RV23
boots- E15, E13
hat and koala on shirt- C7, C5, C3, C1, N0, E53, E51
I ran the E50 marker around the outside of the image after I cut it out to tone down the white card stock so it would match better with the cream in the patterned paper.
Sometimes when I’m deciding what to make or what layout I should do for a card, something different pops into my head and I just go with it. That’s what happened with the patterned strip along the bottom of the card. I used the beautiful October Afternoon – Woodland Park 8×8 Paper Pad and punched out a bunch of different sized circles in three different patterns and adhered them to a scrap piece of card stock. Then I cut off the excess that was overhanging and adhered it to the card. I thought it was a little different than just the usual single strip of patterned paper.
To finish everything off I added a little bit of Glossy Accents to the nose and eyes of her hat and some Clear Spica Glitter Pen to her skirt and rounded the bottom corners.
Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day! 🙂
Coloring Dark Skin Tones
Hi ya everyone! Melissa here today to share with you a simple tutorial on how I color dark skin. After all, this is Tuesday and that means Tips & Tricks. Today’s tip is how to color dark skin without getting a blotchy appearance. I love this little image from CC Designs called Beatrice’s Crayon.
The papers are from the new release from My Mind’s Eye called Ruby. The image was stamped in Memento Ink, Tuxedo Black on Xpress It paper. My image was colored with Copics.
I have a unique way of coloring with earth-tones and especially those tricky ones that like to get gunky and splotchy. I still lay down my lightest color first, which in this case is E11. However, I then choose my darkest, E18, instead of working my way up to the darkest marker. This helps me avoid the blotchy appearance that can often come from laying down too much color. The video describes the technique in which I used to color the above image with a dark skin tone.
Thanks for stopping by today. I hope I’ve inspired you to pull out your markers and color a skin tone that might not be in your comfort zone!
MarkerPop Coloring Challenge #11
Hi everyone! Samantha here & I am bringing you another MarkerPop Coloring Challenge. This challenge will be a super easy one for most of us because, let’s face it, we love to color those people stamps!
The Challenge: Skin Tones
Color up a skin tone. The skin tone can be one you are used to coloring, or you can step outside your comfort zone & try a skin tone you are not used to coloring. You may play along with other challenges, but excessive challenge pile-ons (7 or more challenges) will result in disqualification for our amazing prize. As always, have fun creating!
The Prize: TWO Whimsy Stamps of Winner’s Choice!
One lucky winner will receive two single stamps from Whimsy Stamps, winner’s choice! One entry will be chosen at random to receive our prize. Three additional entries will be chosen for the Top 3 based on their amazing coloring skills. The prize winner and top three can all proudly post their brag buttons on their blogs for the world to see! Entries are due on Sunday, December 2nd at noon EST.
We are continuing our comments contest as well. Leave a comment on one or more blog posts between now and when our challenge winners are announced for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate!
Now, for some inspiration to get you started:
Melissa used this gorgeous image from Whimsy Stamps called Hopeful. She used the following colors for her skin tone: YR0000, YR00, E11, E04
Marie used an image from LaLa Land Crafts called Kimono Marci to create a beautiful Asian skin tone.
For my image, I used a Whimsy Stamps image called Apple Blossom’s Skates. I used E 17 and E18 for my skin tone.
Now it’s your turn to show us what you’ve got! I can’t wait to see what you create for our Skin Tones challenge!