Blending-free coloring with Copics for Day 14

Hey friends - day 14 of Kathy's (The Daily Marker) 30 Day Coloring Challenge. I thought I'd try a technique Yana Smakula shared in her June 3rd 2020 post: Blending-free coloring with Copics. She has a video tutorial on the technique that I watched a couple of times before giving it a go. Some of my friends have tried it, including Betty - you can see her lovely examples here and here and Greta - see hers here and here. Here's my first shot at it:

Supplies: Paper - Paper Studio A2 card; Gina K Tranquil Teal;

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb

Stamps - Hero Arts CL443 Good Thoughts (retired);

Gina K Designs + Hero Arts Friendship Blooms (sentiment)

Other - Copic Markers; gold & black pencils;

Hero Arts Intense Black Ink

I picked this 2010 Hero Arts floral stamp out of my stash and thought it might work well for this technique. What do you think? I deliberately didn't use the lines through the flowers as a guide for coloring. Some of my flowers look kinda bullseye but I thought I did ok for the first attempt. Shaded the background with a gold pencil and blended it with E50 Copic. Rest of the colors I won't list - just chose 3-5 shades and don't blend. Interesting technique - may try it again... I did some shading with a black pencil but it wasn't doing much for me so I just quit. Time to move on to the next project - don't you feel like that sometimes?

Thanks for the visit and have a wonderful day!!

More Alcohol Inks

Happy Thursday! I'm continuing to play with alcohol inks and created a sky & lake background.

Supplies: Paper - Alcohol Ink Yupo; Poptone Black Licorice;

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White

Inks - Ranger Jet Black Archival; Hero Arts Tangerine

Alcohol Inks - Sailboat Blue, Meadow,  Slate & Stream

Stamps - My Monthly Hero June 2018 (birds & chair);

Clearly Besotted A Little Sentimental;

Tim Holtz trees (came in his Alcohol Ink kit)

Dies - WeR Memory Keepers Rectangle Label - retired;

My Favorite Things Blueprints - retired

MMH kit chair die to match stamp

I created a similar card HERE but without alcohol inks - would love to hear which one you like better! The trees I used on that card were a lot taller - I really liked the scale of the smaller trees on this card. Probably should've popped a fish into the "lake" - I sent the card to a fisherman friend who had surgery and has had some challenges recuperating.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Fun with Alcohol Inks

Hey everyone - I'm back today using more of the flowers I stamped for yesterday's guest designer post at a2z Scrapbooking. I had such fun doing that and thank them again for the opportunity!!

What's the old saying "everything old is new again"? That's what alcohol inks are to me - I have a box of them from years ago. They seemed to go out of fashion but now they're back with new products and techniques. I had to dive back in!! I have two cards for you using the techniques Tim Holtz showed here and Jennifer McGuire showed here - really enjoyed both videos!

Supplies:  Paper - DCWV A2 card; Alcohol Ink Yupo

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; Paper Studio glitter

Stamps - Hero Arts CM256 Flowers for Coloring

CM135 Thank You Messages;

Impression Obsession Ornate Floral

Dies - Hero Arts DI503 Flowers for Coloring Frame Cuts,

DI327 Branch Wreath Fancy Die

My Favorite Things Blueprints 13 & 20 - retired

Other - Copic Markers, Joy ultra thin foam;

Hero Arts Black inks; White & black gel pens; 

Broken China Distress Oxide Ink;

Ranger Alcohol Inks from Tim Holtz Kit; Alcohol Lift-Ink

I created the background for card one using Yupo paper with alcohol inks and the new Alcohol Lift-Ink. I used a busy background stamp and couldn't get the detail to show as well as I'd hoped. But I got a usable background, plus a lovely print using the lifted ink stamped onto a plain piece of white cardstock. I used a piece of it for card two:

Supplies:  Paper - Hero Arts Pool Layering Paper,

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; Paper Studio glitter

Poptone Black Licorice

Stamps - Impression Obsession Ornate Floral

Dies - Momenta Word Fetti

Other - Hero Arts Pool gem; Ranger Alcohol Inks from Tim Holtz Kit

I'll definitely try this technique again! It's another way to stretch your supplies and get two cards very quickly. Now for one last photo - I couldn't resist sharing. I got this little Tim Holtz storage suitcase years ago and decorated it using alcohol inks. I'm thinking it might have been part of a ScrapFest class? Anyone remember?

Can you see the design in the metal? Fantastic! In the corner it says Tim Holtz by Cropper Hopper. Cropper Hopper is now Storage Studios and they don't sell this item. Ranger sells the Alcohol Ink Storage Tin which has nice slots for the bottles. I'm glad to have the personalized suitcase, even if (as you can see) all the stuff inside is jumbled.

That's it for today - hope you're having a great week. Thanks for stopping!