Blender Challenge entry

Good morning everyone. Wow it has been a long time since I did a post for Mad for Markers and I am truly sorry to Miss Sammi but thankfully she has been a super duper friend and understands my woes. Anyway - a card to enter in to the Blender Challenge at Copic Oz. What that means is that they want you to use your blender somewhere on your creation so what better use of the blender than using it for scales on the little mermaid. I have just spotted the blender on her tail to make it look like she has scales. What do you all think...??? She is cute regardless.

Copics used:

Skin: E0000, 00, 11, 02

Hair: BV0000, 00, 02

Tail: BG13, 23, 15, blender.

PS Hope I haven't posted on someone elses day. Sorry if I have.

Let's Party

Good morning or evening or afternoon - where ever you may be. A nice sunny Autumn day here is Melbourne. School holidays are coming to an end and that means more creating time for me when kids are back at school. I did however get this card done for today's post. I used Party Blower digital stamp from Spesch Stamps. She is one of my favs and I do seldom use her but here she is. Enjoy your weekend everyone.

Markers:

Skin - E000, 00, 11, 04

Hair- E49, 79, 70

Top - R32, 35, 37

Skirt - B91, 95, 97

Bow - Y15, 38, YR14

Blower - Y38, YR12

Hat - Y15, 38, R29

mwah

Trace

Lucky Bunnies rule

Good afternoon my sweet Copic lovers. Hope we are all well. Sorry for the late post but I have been busy doing other things and I (oops) forgot but here we are with one of the Lucky Bunnies from The Greeting Farm. These can be purchased here.

Markers:

Bunny: W1, 3, blender, BG10, BG11, 23.

Balloon: R30, 32, 35

In other news - have we all seen the email about the Copic Colouring Day in Werribee on the 2nd of June. Make sure you check out the details.

mwah

Trace

Fairy Birthday Wishes

Good morning everyone. How are all the Copic lovers out there....??? Hope we are all well. It is still very hot here in Australia - at least where I am - good old Melbourne. Phew...!!! Bring on Winter. I am sick of this heat.

Today I bring you a card made with the gorgeous Wishes from Some Odd Girl - she is one of the Nouveau Girls and can be purchased in store here. I loved her the minute I saw her and knew right away that I had to buy her. Ain't she the bomb. LOL. Ok being pathetic I know but I do love this stamp.

Markers used:

Skin: E0000, 00, 11, 02, 04

Dress: R00, 11, 21, 85, 32

Wings: BG0000, 10, 11,

Hair: E43, 44, 47, 49, Chocolate Spica pen

Eyes: BM pen, BG18, 72, 75

The Blues

Good morning everyone. Tracey here bringing you another Friday post to show you my favourite colour (at the moment). I love blues and light brown/creams together. This is Sweet Thinking Mae and I bought her from Sammi at our favourite store - of course. You can pick her up here.

Markers used:

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 02

Hair: E31, 34, 35, 37,

Dress: B0000, B00, B01, B95

Top/shoes: E41, 43, 44

Congratulations

Good morning all you lovely Copic colouring addicts. Hope you are all well. It is Tracey here for my Friday post. I will make it quick as I have a little girl who has been in hospital to get some teeth pulled - poor thing but she is back to normal now which is good.

I made this card for a friend who was going to a wedding and the colours were Black, White and Red so that made for a simple but stunning card.

Markers:

Skin on girl: E0000, E000, E00, E11

Skin on boy: E000, E00, E11, E02

Dress: W1, W3, blender,

Girl Hair: YR21, YR14, E08,

Boy hair: E57, E59, E49

Suit: C03, 05, 07, 09, 10

Bow and flowers: R24, 29

Red heart was coloured with R27 and I put a coat of Glossy Accents on it.

Always

Tracey here for another Friday. What an awesome day we are having here today - at least we are supposed to. The sun is shining and it is nice and warm. What everyone wants when it is Summer.

Have we all got our Valentine's cards done. I have only done a couple - I only need to give one out to my darling hubby. I try and make love cards so you can give to friends as well.

Today I used 'In Stitches Tia' stamp - she is available as a set here. She is great to colour. Have a wonderful day - and weekend.

Markers:

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 02

Heart: R22, 24, 29, 59

Pants: C5, 7, 9

Hair: E31, 34, 35, 39

Top/shoes: R81, 83, 85, 89

Different skin tones

Hello hello everyone. What a wonderful break I had and I am back.

I thought I would start this year off with an age old question. What skin tone colours do you use...?? Some people like using the light and other the dark. I kind of like the in between colours but from time to time I will do the others. I have coloured three images for you today to show you the differences in the skin. The colours used are under the image. Please click on the photo to see a larger view.

As you can see from left to right the change in tones. The middle one is the one I typically use but will from time to time do the E00 as the base colour. It is always a personal preference for anyone and sometimes you may not have the colours I have used in any of the three. What do you all think...?? What is your preference...?? Let us know.

Dingly Dangly holiday

Morning everyone. It is hump day. Woo hoo. Ahhh I feel exhausted. Just want the silly season to be over. All these activities we are doing this year are very tiring. No matter. I am sure we will get through it in one piece.

Today I have a card made for Mad for Markers using the sketch from The Sweet Stop. I used this gorgeous elf stamp from Digital Pencil. I do love Mo's stamps. This card was made especially for Tyler Prep teacher Miss Spano. He really loves her and he wanted me to make a special card for her. If I have time (yeah right) I might be able to manage a needle felted apple.

Copics used:

Skin: E0000, 00, 11, 02

Bauble: BG10, 11, 23, Kindyglitz

Clothes/Hat: W1, W3, blender, R17, 24, 22, 29

Boots: BG13, 15, 18

leaf: G21, 24, 26 (my own blend)

Background: BG11, 23, clear Spica pen.

Red, Purple, Blue

Oh wow. Christmas is only a little over a month away and I have not yet finished my cards. How about all of you....??? I definitely do not want to be leaving to the last minute - in fact I normally try and get my cards out the first week of Christmas. Phew - and then I wait for cards to arrive in case I forgot someone - which happens quite often.

As I am not in a very creative mind at the moment I decided to print out multiples of the same image and colour them in different colours. So here they are. Hope you get some inspiration.

Skin: E0000, E00, E11, E02

R20, 22, 24, 29, 89, blender, R000, 01 (background)

W9, 7, 5, 3, 1, blender

Skin: E00, 00, 11, 02

V09, 12, 15, 17, V0000, 000 (BG)

W9, 7, 5, 3, 1, blender

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 02

B39, 29, 24, 21, 95, B0000, 01, 02

W9, 7, 5, 3, 1, blender

This little elf is available at Make it Crafty.

Zombie Apocolypse is coming

Do we all like Alice in Wonderland...???? How about Spesch Designer Stamps gruesome take on the fairytale with Alice in Zombieland. You have an exclusive sneak peek of our new stamps coming out at Spesch on the 13th of November. This one is Zombie Queen. Ain't she just the best..!!!! I really loved colouring her.

Markers used:

Skin: E0000, YG0000, YG00, YG01

Dress: R24, 29, 89, C5, 7, 9, 10, Y23, 26, YR14, E41 (white)

Stocking: E41, Y26, YR14, R59

Hair: c5, 7, 9, 10

Staff and crown: Y26, YR14, R24,

Dripping blood: R29

Have a totally and utterly gruesome day.

mwah

Trace

Yep another Christmas card

Morning everyone. How are we all...??? Yep you guessed it - another Christmas card. I have to get ahead of all my cards for the season and frankly I always get behind so this year I thought it would be perfect to start early. So another 29 to go LOL. I thought I would show you this cutie from Make it Crafty. This is socks. Cute to boot right. I made him green as I figured he was an Elf - why not....!!!! Not too bad anyway. lol Could use it for a halloween/xmas card mixed in together LOL. Hope you are all up to date with your cards.

Copics used:

Skin: YG0000, 00, 02

Socks: R29, 24, 22

Hat: R59, 29, 24, 22

Shorts: C9, 7, 5

Hat brim and shirt: YG63, 25, 21, 00

Hair: C10, 5, 1

Eyes: YR14, black spica

Seasons Greetings

Oh wow oh wow oh wow. Can you believe it is now October. Gosh the time has flown and we are fast approaching Christmas so I thought I would make another Christmas card. I do love the reds and greens you can use for Christmas. Some of my favourite marker combos. This little cutie elf is from Make if Crafty and he is available in store now - here. So another card down, hmmmm another 30 to go LOL. What about all of you....??? Have you go your Christmas cards organized...?? I used the sketch from Friday Sketch Challenge. The new fortnightly challenge can be found here.

Copics:

Skin- E000, 00, 11, 04

Jacket/hat - R22, 24, 29, 59, 0000

Pants - G21, 24, 28

Bell - Y21, 26, 28,

Hair - C10, 5, 1

Shoes - C5, 7, 9, 10

White- C0, 1, 3, blender

Background - E41

black spica in eyes.

Christmas is coming

Good morning everyone. How are we all...??? Tracey here today with a very special post to let you all know about the current need for submissions to Sammi for her second edition of Copicendium. As you all know Christmas is fast approaching and because of that Sammi is wanting to do a Christmas edition of the magazine so email her your creations - especially if you have done some creating with Copics and scrapbooking. Be it tags, globes, whatever - Sammi needs it.

Now on to my card. This is a sweet stamp from Sugar Nellie and it is the most fabulous stamp to colour.

Copics used:

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 04

Jacket: R24, 29, 59,

Skirt: YG21, 25, 63, 67,

Hair: E49, 47, 41

Hat/socks: B91, 93, 95, 97, YR12, 14, 18,

R24, BV000, 02, 04,

Star: Y21, 26, YR14, W5, Clear spica

Wings: B0000, 01, 93

White: W1, W3, blender

Gloves: R22, 24, 29

Nevaeh

Good morning everyone. Tracey here with my weekly post. Today I have a gorgeous girl Nevaeh. This girl is so cute. I love her dress so thought it was perfect to colour and put in here for my post. What do you reckon...??? Email me if you want to know where she comes from.

Markers used: Skin- E000, 00, 11, 04; Hair - E49, 47, 44, 43; Dress - BG11, 13, 15, 18, E49, RV25, 29, 000, 13, blender; Stocking - W1, 3, E49, 47, 44, 43, blender; Shoes - RV13, 25, 29, W5, 7, 9.

Hope you get some inspiration from my card.

(ed. The image is from the Saturated Canary shop)

Not just for one use

When you purchase your markers do you buy and use for only the one thing...???

I started bear making recently and most of the shading etc that happens on these bears are with Copic makers. Who would of thought....!!!!! So with my copic markers in hand I shaded this little bear.

Her eye were clear glass so I air brushed the back with BV23.

Ears - E74, Paws - BV25, Eyes/ around nose - E70, R11.

And there you have it. You can use Copic markers on just about anything. Give it a go.

Birthday Ian

Good morning everyone.

Tracey here to show you a fab stamp that is now

available in store right here.

This is Birthday Ian. I must admit that I am not

very good with boy cards even though I have two boys

myself. Will have to make an effort. LOL. Enjoy your day.

Markers used:

Skin: E00, E11, E02

Shirt: Yg0000, 00, 01, 05

Hair: E50, 51, 53, 55

Jeans: B91, 93, 97

Banner: V12, 15, 17, YR20, 12, 14, Y11, 18, 26, YR14.

Shoes: R24, 29, W5

Shading: W5, W3, blender

Shades of Grey and Green

Good morning everyone. Hope we are all having a great week. It is hump day so that means it is my day to post. I thought I would have a play with my new stamp and use lots of Green but a little grey and brown too. She was amazing to colour and she has Clear Spica on her wings but as always it did not come out in the photo. Enjoy the rest of your week.

Copics:

Skin: E000, 00, 11, 02

Hair: E50, 51, 53, 55

Wings: E70, 74, 79, C1, 5, 7, 9

Clothes/socks: G20, 21, 24, 26, 28

Shading: B0000, 000, 00,

Shadow: C3, C1, Blender

Dried leaves: E53 (couple of times).

Colouring Chibi/Anime eyes

I have had many enquiries on how to colour the eyes on most of our stamps at Spesch so I thought I had better do a tutorial on it. More like a show and tell as there isn't much to it really. Below are three photos showing my progress with the eyes.

Colour the whole eye with a light colour. I used B21

Grab a darker colour and put it in the middle. I used B02

Lastly I grabbed my 0.5 liner and coloured her iris.

Here is the whole image coloured.

If you want to get tricky you could go darker in the middle and blend with the lighter colour but I like the colour to be close so I don't blend (most of the time).

Bonnie looking super cute

Good morning. Tracey here again with another card to try and inspire you.

Again this week I used the sketch for the challenge - go here to see the details but be quick as you only have a couple days left before the challenge ends. I used Miss Bonnie from the new Blush range from TGF. Again what a cutie. Can't wait to get my hands on more.

I thought I would try and do some pleats. It worked out really well and if you want to know how to do what I have achieved in this card go here and visit Zoe's blog. She has made a great video to teach how to do this. Thanks for joining us today.

Copics used:

Skin: E000, 11, 04

Dress: BG13, 15, 18, blender

Hair: E49, 79, 74, 70

Socks: W3, W0, blender

shoes/dress trim: R32, 35, 37