Colouring Fun!

Hello lovely people.  I have not been about much on blogger recently.  
The weather has been exceptionally good here in the UK!  

I can't remember a recent summer like this one and we have been off out and about.  

The garden is an explosion of colour and is also taking up a lot of my time.  

I have managed to do a little late night colouring!
My project is a mixed media creation made just for fun and for The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge.

The sweet image is from the Coloriage Wild pad and has a base coat of Copic marker, then FC Prismacolour pencils to add detail, tone and shape.

There is also some white and black gel pen definition.  I have been practising with charcoal pencils and would really like to sketch with these.  I added some hair detail with charcoal and made a lot of mess and smudgy fingerprints over the background.  

She was therefore fussy cut and put onto a watercolour background which had been coloured and stamped with Distress Inks.  

The background was embossed to add detail and interest and the image added on top.
I am really pleased with the finished results!

This is the image as a work in progress.  You can see how the extra detail and the background warms the colour tones. 

This image has been one of my all time favourites to colour!

 Happy crafting fun to all!
  
Hope you are all having a fabulous summer (where it is summer)!

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June Poppy!

Hello to all.  A quick post today sharing a sweet Coloriage Wild image with Copic marker and Faber Castell Polychromos pencil colouring.

I really love these image, as you may have noticed.  They are fabulous fun to colour and the book is made from good quality paper.  
This project has been made for The Daily Marker 30 Day Color Challenge. 
 I have enjoyed participating once again in the June daily colouring.  The inspiration and encouragement provided by the challenge has been so appreciated.

Showing the colouring in progress.  I laid down a base coat of marker colour and then detailed with pencils.

Challenges entered:

Happy crafting fun to all!

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Lovely Lillies!

Hello to all.  I spent a lovely relaxing afternoon yesterday colouring this sweet image from Coloriage Wild.  I really enjoy colouring these pages.  The paper is the most amazing quality!   I have coloured the image and flowers with FC Prismacolour pencils.

The image has been placed on a blue mat background to make a CAS project to showcase the image.

A closer look at this sweet image. She really is a beauty!

Challenges entered:
http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/challenge-5-may-anything-goes.html
http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/challenge-81.html
http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/here-come-girls.html
http://createsandmakes.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/challenge-21.html
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/challenge-209-anything-goes-optional.html

Happy crafting fun to all!

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Sunflower Love!

Hello lovely people.  I hope you are getting to enjoy some of the lovely weather we have been having in the UK!  

I have not been crafting or on the internet much over the last week.  

We have been off out and about and had a lovely time.

I have managed to do some colouring in the evenings and would like to share this cute image from Coloriage Wild.  The image is coloured with pencils, with touches of white gel detail.  

The background is various distress inks and a spot stencil.  

I am pleased with the shaby/chic look created.

Challenges entered:

http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/challenge-141.html
https://craftaholicsrus.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/challenge-16-anything-goes.html
http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/challenge-364-anything-goes.html

Happy crafting fun to all!

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Little Water Nymph!

Hello to all.  I have had so much fun recently colouring and creating with the beautiful images from Emmanuelle Colin.  This sweet image is no exception.  
Lots of different colouring products were used to produce the depth and tones for this project.
I decided to go with the water nymph theme and give her green skin.  
It looks really lovely in real life!

Materials list:

Sweet image from Coloriage Wild

Faber Castell Polychromos pencils

Spectrum Noir markers, ColourBlend pencils and Artliners
White gel pen detail

Coredinations Cardstock

Challenges entered:
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/challenge-144.html
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/challenge-64.html
http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/week-462-be-there-or-be-square.html
http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/challenge-79.html

http://welove2create.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/challenge-7-anything-creativemixed.html

Happy crafting fun to all!

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In Days of Old!

Hello to all.  I have been pencil colouring again!   

This is one of the fabulous images from the Coloriage Wild pad by Emmanuelle Colin.   

These are such a favourite!

The girl reminds me of a medieval princess from a fairy tale, perhaps with a prince turned into a beautiful bird?

Colouring is polychromos pencils, with a little white gel pen detail.  

The background is painted and splattered (toothbrush technique) with distress inks to create a vintage feel.  

I added a few sequins. 

Image was mounted onto Core'dinations card and then onto a kraft card layer to create a CAS card.

This project was so enjoyable to colour and create.  I hope you like it too!

Challenges entered:
http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/challenge-144.html
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/challenge-64.html
https://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/week-14-anything-goes-colouring.html
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/crafty-catz-challenge-411-atg-added.html http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/challenge-524-anything-goes.html
http://creativeknockouts.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/240-anything-goes-amb-illustrations.html

http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/challenge-38.html

Happy crafting fun to all!

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Colouring Book Practice!

Hello to all!  Sharing a little colouring book practice with you all today!  

 It was miserable yesterday, cold, wet, with at one point huge hailstones.  

I stayed warm and cosy in my craft room and coloured this amazing image from Coloriage Wild.

This colouring pad from Emmanuelle Collin is full of delicious images and I am enjoying working my way through these! 

The image is coloured with Faber Castelle Polychromos pencils.

I will be entering this in The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge.   

We are now on Day 29, tomorow will be the final day.  

 I have not managed to submit a colouring every day, but most days. 

You can see these on my Instagram account.   

Its been loads of fun and I can't wait for the next one! Thank you to Kathy of The Daily Marker for running the event!

Happy crafting fun to all!

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Elegant Lily!

Hello to all.  I have a confession to make.  I have a serious pencil colouring addiction (you may have noticed).  

The more I use them, the more I love them!  

I am trying to vary my mediums and use markers or watercolours but I keep going back to pencils.  

I love the precise detail and the tone you can achieve.

This project made for The Daily Marker 30 Day Color Challenge features another image from the Coloriage Wild pad.  

These are delicious and so much fun to colour. 

Pencils used are Faber Castell Polychromos.

Challenges entered:
http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/challenge-276-anything-goes.html
http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/challenge-359-anything-goes.html
http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/challenge-157-anything-goes.html
http://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/challenge-44.html
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/crafty-catz-challenge-401-with-optional.html - new pencils, colouring pad and floral decorations.

Happy crafting fun to all!

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Spring Floral Colours!

Hello to all!  I have been colouring this sweet image from the Coloriage Wild pad by Emmanuelle Colin over the past couple of days. 

 I am completely in love with her drawings!  

This project has been coloured with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils and a touch of white gel pen detail. 

Blending solution (Spectrum Noir) has been used for the skin tones and it creates a smooth and creamy finish.

 The images from this colouring book are quite large (approx 7.5'' x 7.5'') and don't really need much embellishment. 

The image after colouring and with no added embellishment.  
This would look lovely mounted and framed.

Showing the actual image.  

The light was dreadful yesterday and the pictures have a slightly grey/cream tinge.  

In real life the image is crisp, clean and bright! 

This is a picture of the work in progress made for The Daily Marker 30 Day Color Challenge.
Another day with really bad light!

Challenges entered:

http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/challenge-74.html

http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/challenge-205-anything-goes-twist.html - new colouring pad and pencil tin!
http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/anything-goes.html
http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/challenge-1-january-anything-goes.html

Happy crafting fun to all!

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Going Coloriage Wild!

Hello to all.  My card share for today features one of the beautiful images from the Coloriage Wild colouring pad by Emmanuelle Colin (thank you Santa!).   

This pad is choc full of cute, fabulous images printed on superior quality papers.  A complete and utter joy to colour!

A real spring thing going on here, so the colours are bright and beautiful.  

The new Daily Marker 30 day Challenge has just started on FB and Instagram.

 I coloured this last night so that I could join in.

Materials used:

Coloriage Wild - Emmanuelle Colins

Faber Castelle Polychromos Pencils

Green backing card and colourful dots.

White dots are made by dabbing with rubber masking gum which was removed after colouring (a sort of reverse bokeh effect).

I can't tell you how delighted I am with this book and will be sharing lots more colourings as I get back into the swing of things.

Challenges entered:
https://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/challenge-192.html
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/challenge-190-team-cs-designs-15th.html
http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/anything-goes.html
http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/challenge-73.html
http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/challenge-1-january-anything-goes.html

Happy crafting fun to all!

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