AC170 Challenge Favourite!

Good afternoon everyone!!  What a fabulous day it is!  We had more gorgeous entries over the last couple of weeks - thank you - and now it's time to select a winner of the prize as well as our Top 3!

This week our Favourite spot goes to Deepti!  

Congratulations!  Be sure to email me for the details of your prize!

Now a big thank you to our Top3 for this challenge!

Janet

Dorothy

Vicki

Thank you all for playing along with us!  Be sure to grab you special blinkie!

We have some changes coming your way this evening with our next challenge so be sure to stop by and see what's going on!

Hugs for now,

Andrea

Topical Tuesday #82: Adding Detail

Hi everyone, it's Marcia here. It's my turn to host Topical Tuesday and today I am sharing how I use my Copic Multiliner to add detail to stamped images before I colour them.

Most images are pretty amazing as they are, but sometimes I love to add some personal touches. In the case of today, it's adding in some clothing detail and extra embellishment.

I've used the Annabelle Stamps image called 'Lil Monster's Birthday' ... I've stamped it on blending card in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

He's pretty cute as is, but using my multiliner sized 0.1, I've added in the following details:

• Some jewels on his crown
• Big fat polka dots on the balloon
• A shirt seam with buttons
• Cuffs onto his sleeves
• Some ground for him to stand on

Once I did this, I coloured him up with my Copics, matching him to my printed papers - which in this case have come from Carta Bella 'Well Played' range.

He's now ready to make his appearance on the front of a card!

You can use your multiliner to add all kind of details to your images:

• Freckles
• Flowers
• Clouds
• Fences
• Roads
• Brick walls (a favourite of mine)
• Hair ribbons

The possibilities are endless. But you must use a Copic multiliner pen, otherwise your black ink will bleed once you colour over it with Copic markers.

Now here is Lil Monster in all his glory .... have a fab day!

Friday Feature - Splat Attack

Welcome to our Friday Feature!  This week we are showcasing the recently released set of Splat Attack, and to celebrate we are also including a 20% discount on this set for 1 whole week!!

Let's see what the Belles have created for us this week!

Therese

Marion

Sue

Donna

Marcia

Tobi

Kylie

Thanks ladies these are amazing!  

Don't forget our latest challenge is still running and if you'd like to play along you'll find all the details HERE!!  A new challenge will go up next Friday with a few changes taking place....  See you all then!

Hugs for now,

Andrea

Topical Tuesdays - Gelatos

Hi everyone, it's Tobi Crawford here with some more fun with mixed media products! Last time I showed you how to work a little bit with your art journal, and today I will share a page I've done to help get you inspired to play a little!

I started out by covering the pages with gesso. There was a bit of paint drippings on the left side and I wanted to make sure that they were mostly hidden before I added the gelatos... Also, the gesso helps to protect the paper from watery substances which I'll use later!

I started by scribbling a few different green colours onto the paper that will eventually be the ground. 

If you've never used Gelatos, then you need not worry. They are a cinch to use! There are a lot of ways to blend them but my favourite method is baby-wipes!! Simply wipe a moist baby-wipe horizontally across the colours and gradually work your way down. It's very evident when the colours are blended versus not.. 

Once the "ground" was blended I added some colours for the sky. For this section I worked from the bottom of the sky up to the top. 

Once I blended the sky I added some black on the horizon and blended it with my finger. (PS... do you notice my container for some of my Gelatos and watercolour crayons? It's a container for Copic originals.. They fit perfectly!)

Now for some stamping! I added some beautiful butterflies from Butterfly Sunshine in Archival ink. I just love silhouetted images. They are so powerful! 

Once I added some journaling I stamped some circles from Splat Attack and dusted some Panpastels on them to pop them up. 

AC170

Welcome to a brand new challenge!  This fortnight we are creating with a sketch and the Belles have done an amazing job!!  Let's take a look!

Marion

Sue

Therese

Kylie

Donna

Tobi

Now we'd love to see your creations!  You have 2 weeks to play along with chance to win a $15.00 Discount Coupon to AnnaBelle Stamps store!!

See you round blogland!

Hugs for now,

Andrea

AC169 Favourite!

Hello everyone, I hope you are all having a fabulous week!  Have you checked out all the fantastic entries for our last challenge??  They were all amazing!

Congratulations this week to Di with this gorgeous card!

Email me and I'll send you the details of your prize!

Now our gorgeous Top 3 picks!

Janet

Pat

Vicki

Thank you ladies!  Be sure to grab your special blinkiw from the blinkies tab!

See you all tonight with another great challenge!!

Hugs for now,

Andrea

Topical Tuesdays - Favorite Prismacolor Combinations.

Hello, it's Donna here for this week's Topical Tuesday.. I know that many of you use Copics as your favourite medium to colour with, but I have always loved the texture that pencils give me and today I thought I would share with you some of my favorite blending combinations when I colour with my Prisma pencils.

I have found Prismacolor pencils to be the best when it comes to blending, not only are they soft and lovely to use, the colour range is massive. I don't actually use anything to blend my pencils together. I know lots of people use baby oil and other stuff and you can buy a Prismacolor colourless blender pencil for adding fine lines, like individual hairs or perhaps to highlight here or there. I, personally have never found it necessary but you might like to do it that way...

The first combination I would like to share with you is in the Blue Range...

Here I have used PC1024 - Slate Blue to start with, then PC1025 - Periwinkle and then PC901 - Indigo Blue. As you can see, I start with the lightest colour first and then finding where the shadow is going to be on the image I gradually get darker.

The next combination is in the Green Range.

Here I have used PC1005 - Limepeel, PC1090 - Olive Green and PC908 - Dark Green. And again I have started from light to dark.

The next combination is from the Yellow Range.

Here I have used 4 different pencils to get the affect that I am happy with. PC1012 - Jasmin, PC1002 - Yellowed Orange, PC1032 - Pumpkin Orange and believe or not PC922 - Poppy Red. 

 The last combination is in the Red Range.

Red is actually really hard to get right in pencils and I find that I need all of the reds plus black to get the affect that I am after. Here I have used PC922 - Poppy Red, PC924 - Crimson Red, PC925 - Crimson Lake and lastly PC935 - Black.

I have used one of the gorgeous Poppy images from the Remember When stamps set.... I hope this helps you when you are next thinking about colouring with your pencils. 

Donna