Wednesday 16 May 2018

First Copic Creation

Hello lovely peeps


For today's card I have used 'Tiny Townie Garden Girl - Violet' from Stamping Bella which I bought at the Sincerely Yours show in Taunton on Sunday. Isn't she adorable?

I decided to colour her in with my new Copic markers. Yes, I've finally taken the plunge and bought some more to join my solitary YR000, and I'm so glad I did. The brush nib on them is amazing, the tip is tiny so it's easy to get into fiddly areas.

I did make life a little difficult for myself by opting for the layering technique for my first Copic project instead of my usual blending. There is a challenge on the Copic UK Facebook group this month to use just 5 markers to colour your image, with a tutorial on how to build up the colour by letting your project dry between each layer.


Here's a close up of my colouring, which I'm quite pleased with for a first attempt. I used the layering technique on her skin, hair and dress.  For the violets I scribbled some V09 (which is a very dark shade) onto acetate and picked up the colour with the blender pen so I could get lighter shades.


Other ingredients:
Studio Light purple 6x6 paper pad
Tag, Super Crescent die by Sizzix 
Pumice Stone Distress Ink
Sentiment from Serena has a Sign set (Stamping Bella)
Lilac Organza Ribbon (Three Kings)
Tonic mini flower punch
Cosmic Shimmer PVA

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Copic UK Official FB Group - Anything Goes with optional Five Marker Challenge
Stamping Bella Anything Goes
Inkspirational #160 purple and gold
Cardz 4 Galz #71 All Dressed Up
Southern Girls #184 retro - use punches
Addicted to Stamps 164 ribbons
Fashionable Stamping #135 Floral

Thanks for stopping by,
Katrina x

11 comments:

meg said...

Love the paper and image your colouring is beautiful

Liz said...

Gorgeous card, Katrina, beautiful colouring. xx

Shirley said...

She looks adorable Katrina especially the way you have coloured her.

Thank you for sharing with us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges.

Warm crafty hugs from Shirl x x x
ShirlsArtwork.

Wendy Nicola Jackson said...

Beautifully done Kat! Love the 5 colours. So perfect for that sweet image and your paper is beyond perfect to tone in with it! Love this beautiful creation hun, so so pretty. Hugs, Wends xoxo

Claire said...

She's darling and coloured amazingly well for your first try, I think you're a natural with Copics x

bolletjelucky.blogspot.com said...

The image looks lovely Katrina and well coloured for your first try. Beautiful card.
Thank you for joining the challenge at Addicted To Stamps Challengeblog.
Greetings Miranda (dt-ATSC)

Marina said...

How pretty! Your colouring is great . Thank you for joining us at Inkspirational Challenges.

Fikreta said...

lovely card

Mrs.B said...

A lovely card and the pretty image is coloured perfectly.
Thanks for sharing at Fashionable Stamping Challenges
Avril x

Veerle said...

Such a lovely card Katrina. Great coloring. Thank you so much for entering our challenge and good luck. Greetings from Veerle DT-ATSC

Cazro said...

Adorable and isn't she just scrumptious. I love your colouring and choice of colours. So pleased you shared with us at Cardz 4 Galz. Caz DT